Articles published on Sunday, July 28, 2024
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelans were awaiting results late on Sunday in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with President Nicolas Maduro confident of victory even as the opposition has attracted impassioned support and warned of possible irregularities.
(Reuters) – The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao today became the newest associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a bloc promoting economic integration and cooperation across a region of largely small island developing states.
Two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks were today nabbed with 316 lbs of narcotics during another successful intelligence-led Police operation by the Special Branch and other ranks.
The Bank of Guyana (BoG) today said that Maritime Mutual Insurance Association is not authorised to conduct insurance business in Guyana.
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has issued a warning over the use of lasers, noting that they can be hazardous to pilots.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s election campaign said today it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados is once again recruiting nurses from Ghana, despite reports that a number of them, particularly those from the first batch entering the country, had broken their contracts to go to greener pastures in the United Kingdom.
(Jamaica Gleaner) It is no secret that broadcaster, writer and historian, Roger Steffens, is the owner of a massive reggae archive, which houses the largest collection of Bob Marley artefacts in the world.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin today warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany then Russia would station similar missiles in striking distance of the West.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelans waited in line at polling stations and cast ballots on Sunday in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with President Nicolas Maduro confident of victory even as the opposition has attracted impassioned support and warned of possible irregularities.
The Police say they are investigating the shooting death by a cop of Gordon Sancho, a 26-year-old unemployed man from the Goedverwagting squatting area, East Coast Demerara, which occurred at about 00:30 hrs this morning at ‘C’ Field Cummings Lodge.
By Miranda La Rose Guyanese Canadian livestock specialist Dr James Wilson Smith, well-known as Dr Jimmy Smith, was admitted to the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) to pursue the certificate course in farm sciences with the objective of taking over the management of his father’s farm in the Berbice River.
Onika Jarvis describes Strive592 as a movement mobilising people to “walk, run, move.”
Had enough green plantains yet? Come on, we can never get enough of green plantains.
(CMC – Two late wickets rocked the West Indies and undermined a courageous effort with the ball, leaving them staring at a series whitewash at Edgbaston yesterday.
-deplores `veiled threat to independence of judiciary’ `The AG is not the legal guardian of the minds of the Guyanese people.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Award No.
Dear Editor, Today, July 28, Venezuela votes. The date, chosen by the National Electoral Council (CNE), signals their orientation: it is the birth anniversary of Hugo Chavez, 61 year old Nicolas Maduro’s predecessor, mentor, promulgator of the present Constitution; the name of the country (the Bolivarian Republic) and the guiding philosophy of the United Socialist Party he founded – dubbed “Chavismo”.
-new design completed The contractor for the $1.4b Port Kaituma stelling yesterday said that serious flaws that have arisen in the structure were due to the poor design for the project.
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was without power for 28 minutes last night after a blackout and its backup system failed to kick in immediately.
Dear Editor, For years now, across the different political regimes (PNC and PPP), it has been the policy and practice to provide grants to the African Guyanese communities for the purpose of hosting activities or undertaking community projects in commemoration of the 1833 proclamation of the emancipation of the enslaved people of African descent and the abolition of enslavement, in the colony, in 1834.
In a move to maintain tranquillity in residential areas, trucks, articulated, and heavy-laden vehicles are now restricted from traversing narrow community streets.
Dear Editor, Over the years, hundreds of letters with suggestions to reduce the increasingly high traffic deaths in Guyana have been published in the national newspapers in the country.
In the interest of lowering stone prices, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo earlier this week told contractors in Region Six that government gave out eight new quarry licences, six of which have come into operation.
(Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris cast herself as the “underdog” in the presidential race and called her Republican opponent Donald Trump “just plain weird,” while Trump painted Harris as “evil,” “sick” and “unhinged” as the rivals exchanged barbs from afar yesterday.
Dear Editor, In a SN letter of July 19, Writer Conrad Barrow in response to my earlier letter on the above referenced subject, was of the opinion that I did not attend Queen’s College nor Bishops’ High School or even visited them.
By Shuntel Glasgow Amid concerns that employers are getting off scot-free in cases where workers die on the job, the mother of a teenager who was electrocuted is calling for justice for her son and accountability.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Progress has been made suppressing fires in the Canadian tourist town of Jasper, with the remaining ones expected to be put out by the end of the day, authorities said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Ah, the sight of our tiny squad at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games—it really tugs at the heartstrings, doesn’t it?
Thirty-six-year-old Quacy Jamal Craig, who was wanted by the police over the murder of Dexter Horsham in 2023 at West Ruimveldt, was apprehended on Friday following a lively police chase.
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday inducted Geraldine Agatha Quintyn into the club of centenarians.
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children yesterday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group.
Dear Editor, The counter offer for the teachers’ pay hike in the ongoing negotiations for 2024 it is posited is seven percent.
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara The highly anticipated rematch from the previous year’s final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Zone saw title holders Ballerz Empire defend their championship with a 2-0 win over Showstoppers on Friday night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.
(Reuters) – As a propeller plane on Thursday whirred towards the U.S.-Mexico
Guyana Association of Women Judges Commentary By Christel Lambert Vice President- Guyana Association Of Women Judges Introduction As we approach World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30th, 2024, the Guyana Association of Women Judges (GAWJ) is committed to raising awareness about one of the most severe human rights violations in the world today.
Santos hammered lowly Buxton United by a 7-0 score when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence.
(Reuters) – Australia’s peerless women’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay swimmers secured their country a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event at the Paris Games yesterday with an Olympic record-breaking swim.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will kick-off its Kool Kidz Summer Festival on August 3rd at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Coast Demerara.
Kamala Harris, described as an American woman of African and South Asian heritage, is poised to be nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in US elections to be held in November.
Breaking Down Sexual Offences Act Last week we examined section 38 of the Sexual Offences Act, Chapter 8:03, Laws of Guyana (SOA) which abolished the presumption that boys under 14 years could not be found guilty of rape.
Paris Olympics 2024 – Noel sets national record in defeat Guyana’s first two athletes jumped into action yesterday at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, but sadly, could not book progression despite their best efforts.
Any number of times I read of some atrocity here or in the wider world and say to myself or exclaim in horror: “No, this is the worst.
On June 9th this column published a mother’s lament over her son having gotten married in haste and the numerous issues he and his wife were having.
(Reuters) – Caleb Dressel collected his eighth career Olympic gold medal, and a first of the Paris Games for the U.S.
Dear Editor, The accusations levelled against senior police officers, as senior as the acting Police Commissioner are serious.
‘You work for the people and communities that elected you. You must have good governance, transparency and accountability.
[We are privileged once again to have the opportunity to present another priceless archival document from 1966, the year of Guyana’s Independence.
(Reuters) – Japan’s world number two table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, were upset by North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in the first round at the Paris Olympics, losing the chance to retain the country’s gold medal.
From a brutal Japanese period epic to a controversial Netflix stalking drama and a hit video game adaptation, we pick the year’s greatest programmes to stream right now.
Queen’s College student Aditi Joshi, 14, supplemented her international FIDE rating by scoring the most points for Guyana at the recent 2024 Pan-Am Youth Chess Championship, in Florida, USA.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s government declared the country was “broke and broken” ahead of an assessment of the public finances on Monday which the newly-elected Labour Party will use to blame their predecessors for a 20 billion pound ($26 billion) shortfall.
Venezuela goes to the polls today. This is an election which under normal circumstances would hold the same level of interest for Guyanese as one in Brazil or Colombia or Suriname, for example.
By Nigel Westmaas “Mi naw bow to Babylon!”..Mi neva bow to Babylon!
The night sky is a quiet gift. It is filled with stars and moonlight, and it settles over us like a silk blanket as we sleep.
As part of its efforts to spearhead upcoming Emancipation activities and celebrations, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Friday distributed grants to a number of African organisations to assist in the preservation and promotion of the rich cultural heritage of Africans, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated.
President Irfaan Ali assured the 170 children participating in a national youth camp organised by Men on Mission (MoM) that the government is dedicated to moulding them into exemplary citizens.
