The Office of the Leader of the Opposition today called for a reputable law enforcement agency such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to probe alleged corruption in the police force
In a statement, it said that the Opposition had warned when the PPP/C government refused to investigate Second Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo after it was alleged that he was involved in bribery and corruption in the Vice News documentary, that the government was opening avenues for corruption to proliferate in the Guyanese society, especially the Guyana Police Force.
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat says that the United States last evening assisted in expediting his clearance at the JFK airport in New York where he was rushing to be with his father who had a medical emergency.
KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – At least 62 passengers were missing after landslides swept two buses into a swollen and murky river in Nepal today, authorities said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s James Anderson brought down the curtain on his stellar international career by taking a wicket against West Indies on the third day of the first test at Lord’s today as he helped his side wrap up a comfortable win by an innings and 114 runs.
LONDON, (Reuters) – James Anderson signed off from international cricket with his 704th and final wicket today, ending a glittering 21-year career during England’s emphatic win over West Indies and prompting tributes from teammates and fellow greats.
Shaun Anthony Simon, known as ‘El Hooper/Coil Bottle’ a 28-year-old trans woman, of Grove, East Bank Demerara, was shot dead yesterday morning at King Street and South Road, Georgetown.
– Vincent Alexander
Opposition Commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) say that while the body has no power to remove The New Movement’s (TNM) Asha Kissoon from Parliament, it can “stop pussyfooting” and address the issue as it relates to who is the real Leader of the List of her party and that she is illegally occupying the seat.
The Government of Guyana has written to the United States Department of Justice for information it said it needs on the sanctions placed on businessmen Nazar Mohamed, his son Azruddin, and Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr Thomas.
For various reasons, Rhadika Basdeo makes a compelling case for her being named by the Ministry of Agriculture as the country’s Agro-Processor of The Year.
Bibi Fareena Joseph called Christine, a 33-year-old housewife from Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested on 2024-07-07 and charged yesterday with attempting to murder her daughter, 9.
(Reuters) – West Indies limped to 79-6 at the close on the second day of the first test against England at Lord’s yesterday, trailing their hosts by 171 runs and heading for a heavy defeat.
By Mia Anthony
Ryan Fredericks, a 25-year-old father of three, remains hospitalized in a critical state following a bloody confrontation on Wednesday which left two brothers, Ellis Joseph and Marvin Joseph dead.
Mocha Village Cup Football
Family, Stabroek Ballers, and Touches secured berths to the semifinal round when the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship continued on Wednesday evening at the community centre ground.
SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship
– De Nobrega & Estava clinch Boy’s U-14 crown
Denzel Luther and Gerald Scotland captured the Boy’s Senior Doubles accolade while Nathan De Nobrega and Denny Estava won the Boy’s U-14 doubles crown when the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship concluded yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).
Dear Editor,
I read, with interest, the report of Mr. Nigel Hughes’ first press conference as leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) in the July 9, 2024, issue of the “Kaieteur News”, I was disappointed.
A security guard attached to the Shaveh Restaurant and Lounge along the Corentyne Public Road in Portuguese Quarters was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly beat a Corentyne man outside of the night club on Sunday evening.
Jason Isaacs, who was wanted in connection with the murder of an overseas-based Guyanese businessman back in 2021 at Reliance, East Canje Berbice and was arrested earlier this month was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with several counts of armed robbery.
Dear Editor,
In this continuation of yesterday’s contribution on Bharrat Jagdeo’s reaction to Nigel Hughes’s ascendancy to leadership in a major opposition party, the focus is limited to two issues: conflict of interest and interests.
Kyle Couchman prevailed in the Moo Milk-sponsored National Junior Chess Championship Qualifiers, which concluded at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
A Corriverton taxi driver was on Wednesday evening busted along the Corentyne highway with his motorcar heavily packed with packages of cannabis which amounted to close to $35m worth.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden mixed up the names of Vice President Kamala Harris and his Republican rival Donald Trump yesterday but insisted he was pushing ahead with his re-election bid even as more of his fellow Democrats urged him to end his campaign.
Dear Editor,
The Stabroek News July 11, 2024 edition article stating that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday cited a “possible typographical error” in Mohamed’s Enterprise’s construction of the Guyana Fire Service Headquarters on Homestretch Avenue is only akin to the bed sheet statement of the polls fiasco.
GCB Inter-County Boy’s U-17 50-Over
Romario Ramdehol picked up three wickets while Afraz Ali Budhoo struck an unbeaten 72 to lead Berbice to a six-wicket win over Demerara when the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Inter-County Boy’s U-17 50-Over Championship commenced yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence discovered that Russia planned to assassinate the chief executive of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall RHMG.DE
CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship
Despite conceding a two-wicket loss to the Windward Islands yesterday in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana have confirmed a berth in the final of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U-19 T20 Championship tomorrow.
(Reuters) – The leaders of small Caribbean island nations yesterday said that financial damage wrought by Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease financing costs to address the worsening impacts of climate change.
Squatting is illegal and comes with known consequences including the reality of structures being demolished by landowners, Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, stated in a Department of Public Information (DPI) release yesterday.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has expressed discomfort at the visible differences in education outcomes as evidenced by the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2024 results and holds the view that there is need to re-align Guyana’s education policy as well as engage in poverty alleviation.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto yesterday fired his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from nationwide protests that have created the biggest crisis of his two-year presidency.
CWI Men’s U19 2-Day Championship
-player departs event due to academic duties
Fast bowler Isai Thorne will replace all-rounder Zachary Jodah in the Guyana Men’s U-19 team for the CWI Rising Stars 2-Day championships after the latter was forced to exit the event due to ongoing academic commitments.
CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-Day
Guyana got off to a horror start in the CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-day tournament in St Vincent & the Grenadines, as Leeward Islands medium pacer Nathan Edward ripped through their batting order to help bowl out the Guyanese for a paltry 111 on day one at the Park Hill Playing Field.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that began in a prison and has spread throughout Latin America.
Dear Editor,
I am writing on behalf of the voices of the Movement to express our deep concern regarding the current political landscape in Guyana under the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
-residents say masked men were involved
By Mia Anthony
Dozens have been left homeless at the Sarah Johanna squatting area, East Bank Demerara after their homes were demolished when the reputed owner of the land moved to the court to have them evicted.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will commence the inaugural edition of the Youth Academy Cup on July 16th at the National Training Centre in Providence, with the nation’s premier U-16 players competing against two academies from Trinidad and Tobago.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba is tightening regulations on fledgling private businesses, reining in profits and beefing up oversight as the government wrestles with how best to manage fast-growing private enterprise in the communist-run country.
By Mary Robinson
DUBLIN – This summer of record-breaking heat waves and contentious elections around the world offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the role individuals can play in driving positive change.
(Reuters) – The leaders of small Caribbean island nations on Thursday said that financial damages wrought by the passage of Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease financing to address the worsening impacts of climate change.
Widely regarded as having the standout agro processing sector in the Caribbean, based on the success that its agro produce has enjoyed on the international market, Jamaica is reportedly focused on repairing the extensive damage that was inflicted on its huge farms that provide the various fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs that sustains the agro processing sector, raking in a significant share of the country’s foreign earnings.
The advent of Guyana’s oil and gas era already having triggered an expansive state-led exercise designed to elicit global attention into the prospects that inhere in the promise of an emerging petro state, the Government of Guyana has also been targeting Guyanese abroad through a continually unfolding PR effort to entice them to return home to take up new job opportunities that are likely to emerge in a transforming society.
With Guyana now ‘soaking up’ its global popularity as a favoured destination for business and – to a lesser extent – as a holiday destination, Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond had unsurprisingly announced late in June that visitor appetite for the country is expected to increase for the rest of 2024.
GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1079’s trading results showed consideration of $12,646,380 from 23,680 shares traded in 30 transactions as compared to session 1078’s trading results which showed consideration of $64,276,949 from 300,880 shares traded in 58 transactions.
It is a matter of considerable irony that even as a number of Caribbean/CARICOM countries remain engrossed in the process of picking up the proverbial pieces from the destructive assault visited upon them by Hurricane Beryl, and when such limited agricultural sectors as exist in some of the smaller territories in the region would have been swept away by the onslaught, the Caribbean, at least up to this time, has said nothing about the lessons learnt from Beryl’s tantrums for redesigning strategies that ensure its food security bona fides can at least hold its own, to some extent, when weather rampages occur.
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The sons of Berbice journalists Malisa Playter Harry and Nafeeza Yayah Sakur came out as top performers at their respective schools on the Corentyne at the National Grade Six Examinations leaving their families proud.
With Caribbean countries continuing to come under scrutiny as the international community evinces an enhanced level of worry over the scourge of money-laundering, one of Jamaica’s leading daily newspapers on Wednesday July 10 reported prominently, with a generous measure of seeming exuberance, the country’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) FATF’s ‘grey list,’ regarded as the ‘rogues’ register’ of countries perceived as being accommodating to money laundering.
On Tuesday the government used its majority to pass an amendment order in relation to the University of Guyana Act over the objections of the opposition.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Abin spy agency was used to illegally monitor tax auditors who were investigating a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro in an attempt to disrupt the corruption probe, Supreme Court documents unsealed on Thursday showed.
