Daily Archive: Monday, July 22, 2024

Radesh Raghobar, who was the subject of a wanted bulletin issued by the Customs Anti- Narcotic Unit on Saturday, 20th July 2024, in connection with the discovery of two AR-15 rifles, two matching magazines, twenty-five 5.56 rounds, one 7.62 round, one bulletproof vest, and 2.3 kg of cocaine found at his home on Friday, turned himself in today at CANU’s Headquarters.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today urged Venezuela’s government to respect the result of next Sunday’s presidential election, saying he was “scared” by incumbent president Nicolas Maduro’s threat of a bloodbath if he loses.

(Trinidad Express) Three  weeks ago, 22-year-old Shameia Went decided to escape a violent relationship when she was chopped in the hand for using her cellphone.

(Trinidad Express) Ice cream salesman Winston Sammy was shot and killed on Sunday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Opposition United National Congress is calling for Indian businessman Naveen Jindal of Jindal Steel and Power Limited to be disqualified from the bidding process for the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.

The Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB or the Bank) on Sunday noted the closure of the internal administrative process involving Dr.

(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines DAL.N struggled yesterday to restore normal operations after last week’s crippling global cyber outage, canceling 1,250 flights beyond the 3,500 it had already scrapped.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery, its biggest on the Black Sea, was damaged in a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight which sparked a fire, Russian officials said on Monday, though the extent of the damage was not immediately clear.

A 69-year-old construction worker of Westminster Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara was shot and killed during a robbery at his home yesterday morning.

Commentator Ralph Ramkarran yesterday suggested that the ruling PPP/C consider the creation of a new national register by house-to-house registration in order to “eliminate what would be a major source of distraction during the election campaign”.

A Pomona Housing Scheme teenage boy lost his life yesterday morning when the driver of the vehicle he was travelling in lost control and crashed into the gate to someone’s yard at Fairfield, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

Regional Health Officer of Region Ten Dr Gregory Isaacs has denied allegations of drug shortages at the Linden Hospital Complex, following claims made by Vice Chairman and Executive Member of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Region Ten Mark Goring.

The murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium continue to haunt their family who are continuing their call to the Guyana Police Force to bring their killer(s) to justice.

 As part of government’s efforts to boost agricultural development in Amerindian communities, the Ministry of Agriculture, through the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), recently handed over a selection of plants along with farming equipment to the residents of Akawini, Lower Pomeroon, in Region Two. 

(CMC) – A stunning collapse in a nightmare final hour saw the West Indies surrender the Richards-Botham Trophy with a demoralising 241-run defeat in the second Test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Mahdia, Region Eight and at Atlantic Ville,  East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Undefeated West Demerara outfit Slingerz maintained their pursuit of leader the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with a thumping 11-0 victory over Anns Grove in the KFC Elite League on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden dropped his faltering reelection bid on Sunday, amid intensifying opposition within his own Democratic Party, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate against Republican Donald Trump.

Dear Editor, Back in May 2022, the World Health Organisation, via the World Report on Vision, estimated that without urgent action, the number of people who are blind could triple by 2050.

Mocha Village Cup Football Stabroek Ballers was crowned the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Champion, defeating home-side Red Force by a 2-1 score on Saturday evening at the community centre ground.

Liam Brummel, who was born prematurely at the Suddie Public Hospital last month, and whose mother subsequently died of dengue fever complications, was discharged from that facility’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on July 20. 

Guyana Panthers won the inaugural edition of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Boy’s U-16 Youth Academy Cup, defeating the Guyana Jaguars on penalty kicks yesterday in the final at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, The current Traffic Chief seems to have accepted the role of barking with no bite.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel’s first public strike against the Iran-aligned group a day earlier.

Marlon Vossey who police said was wanted in relation to simple larcenies, discharging a loaded firearm and break and enter was arrested in Region Five on Wednesday by residents.

After rain put paid to the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) U-17 50-Over Inter-County over the last week, they have opted for trial matches between selected players.

Residents of Waterloo and Quamina streets in South Cummingsburg, Georgetown are grappling with severe waterlogging, which has become a persistent issue on the roadway outside their homes.

Dear Editor, President Joe Biden should go gracefully to pasture. If he is as is today, there is no telling how he will be a year from now. 

BEIJING (Reuters) – Two tropical cyclones will bring gales and heavy rain to China’s eastern seaboard this week, with the first expected to make landfall on Sunday, after deadly flash floods struck the country’s interior over the weekend.

CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-Day Guyana produced a vastly improved performance in their Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s U-19 2-day fixture against Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend, but the game ended in a draw nonetheless.

The local entertainment scene is expected to come alive next week with the hosting of Guyana’s premier steel pan concert.

Last week, the Minister of Home Affairs stated that: the ‘biggest immediate ongoing problem’ of the Guyana Police Force is allegations of corruption in procurement; and he has an obligation to make sure that ‘there is an accounting for the people’s sweat, wealth and labour which comes to us for the operations and administration of the Guyana Police Force’.

By Red Thread, Guyana A recent regional hearing on corporal punishment and its impact on the rights of children in the Caribbean was organized by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights.

Dear Editor, I wish to join with others in expressing my deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the late Ramon Gaskin popularly known as ‘Rambo’ because of his courage to speak his mind and stand up for what he believed in.

Road users are advised to exercise caution due to ongoing road construction at Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic.

In a Project Syndicate column in the July 19 edition of Stabroek News, the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) Chief Economist Eric Parrado addressed  what he called political short-termism in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) where policymaking and planning are not consistent between different administrations.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada’s Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a provincial body said on Saturday, as the oil-rich province continues to fight five different ‘wildfires of note’ in separate areas.