Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Joe Biden said today they agreed the Venezuelan government must quickly publish the vote tallies of Sunday’s contested election to end the crisis in the oil-producing country.

The Guyana Government today called for independent verification of the will of the Venezuelan people following controversy over Sunday’s general elections which have seen both President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition claiming victory.

Crime Six held after large arms find at home of Ricardo Fagundes: A police operation last Wednesday found a large cache of arms at the Kitty home of the murdered Ricardo Fagundes and six persons are in custody.

RABAT/PARIS, (Reuters) – France recognises a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute over the territory, President Emmanuel Macron said in a letter today.

KOCHI, India,  (Reuters) – Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala today, killing at least 106 people while they slept as unexpected heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment today for directing a terrorist organisation.

 (Reuters) – The Organization of American States’ (OAS) election observation department said today it cannot recognize the results by Venezuela’s national electoral council declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s disputed vote.

(Trinidad Guardian) As investigations continue into a third killing in Arima in as many weeks, residents near Dump Road and environs have implemented self-imposed curfews for their safety, as they remain uncertain of who is next.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Protesters took to streets throughout Venezuela today, waving flags and demanding President Nicolas Maduro acknowledge he lost Sunday’s election to an opposition that says they clinched a landslide victory.

-prosecution, defence clash Minister of Local Govern-ment, Sonia Parag was the first witness to testify yesterday  in the long-awaited 2020 electoral fraud trial and as she attempted to explain what she observed as a PPP/C candidate the defence objected several times but most of these were overruled by presiding Magistrate Leron Daly.

Eon Fagundes, 46, of Lot 25 Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was arrested on 24-07-2024 and charged yesterday with the offences of: 1) Possession of fire-arms without a licence; 2) Possession of ammunition without a licence.

Chief Justice Roxane George SC yesterday ruled that the imposition of a 30% excise tax on the vehicles of remigrants is unlawful and the inscribed 10% figure should be applied, according to the attorney for the applicant in the matter.

At about 7 pm last evening, Police arrested a 25-year-old suspect who allegedly strangled Miracarmen Rodrigues Serrano, a 26-year-old female sex worker from Santa Elena De Vaire, Venezuela, and Quartzstone Backdam, Cuyuni River.

A West Coast Berbice construction worker died after he was involved in an accident along the Number 28 Village Public Road in Region Five.

Ahead of the highly anticipated 2024 Guyana Cup, seven top-tier Thoroughbred horses from around the globe have touched down on Guyanese soil.

-females included for the first time The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Summer Camp opened yesterday with a massive turnout of over 90 participants inclusive of females for the first time.

Tragedy struck on Sunday when 19-year-old Navin Ramnaught of #1 Village, Berbice, drowned while swimming at Splashmins Resort.

Following their potentially Elite League deciding 1-1 draw against Den Amstel Football Club (FC) on Thursday last (July 25), Slingerz Football Club has filed an official protest with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for a disallowed goal.

-floats four-lane bridge for river Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo last week said that a planned deepwater port will still be located in Region Six as he stressed that the Berbice River could have a four-lane bridge – an idea which is currently on the drawing board.

Belize’s opening of a High Commission here  underscores its  intent to enhance its bilateral ties with Guyana and strengthen its presence in South America, according to its envoy here.

Marlon Christopher Wilburg called `Miceman’, 29,  yesterday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the attempted murder of six-year-old Smith’s Memorial Primary School pupil, Jeremiah Gustave, on July 9th on Charles Street, Charlestown.

CARACAS/MARACAIBO/MARACAY, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said yesterday the country’s opposition has 73.2% of the voting tallies from Sunday’s election, allowing it to prove election results it says give it a victory.

Dear Editor, The recent theatrics of President Irfaan Ali, frolicking on stage, have evoked mixed reactions among the populace.

Renowned Guyanese Cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd, and Jamaican Regionalist and former CARICOM Secretary-General, Roderick Rainford, were both conferred with the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC), the Region’s highest honour.

Dear Editor Four GDF ranks arrested, within days apart, after being found with substantial quantities of an illegal substance.  This

(Reuters) – Leaders across the Americas and beyond reacted to the Venezuelan electoral authority’s announcement just after midnight on Monday that President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in office, despite multiple exit polls that pointed to an opposition win.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President  Joe Biden yesterday proposed sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but opposition from Republicans in Congress means the proposals have little chance of enactment.

Dear Editor, As a Member of the 12th Parliament of Guyana, I am disturbed that the Speaker, in collaboration with the Government, has called a Sitting of the House on the eve of Emancipation Day 2024 knowing full well that the Sitting would likely go into the late hours of the night.

Addressing  the 44th Heads of Govern-ment’s meeting in Grenada on Sunday, the outgoing Chairman of CARICOM, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali said that the region continues to be buffeted by climate change and other crises that did not originate with it.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told U.S. cabinet secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin yesterday that regular engagements between Manila and Washington were needed to ensure “agile” responses to his country’s maritime tensions with China.

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte has denied all suggestions about an acceptance of a 7% agreement offered by the Government to the GTU.

Dear Editor,  In a progressive move, the Government of Guyana has introduced Bill No.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Indigenous people who see a threat to their ancestral lands from the construction of a railway to carry grains to a port in the Amazon yesterday pulled out of a work group created by the government last year to advance the project.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – At Singapore’s House of Seafood restaurant, the fish-head curry comes with a side of crunchy crickets, the tofu has bugs crawling out of it and the patrons can’t get enough.

-GRA officers lodge weapons with police Three Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officers yesterday lodged their firearms and had their hands swabbed for gunshot residue as the police launched an investigation into the shooting of a 36-year-old alleged chicken smuggler at Enmore seawall, East Coast Demerara on Saturday night.

Dear Editor, There are some things in this country that cause me to shake my head in disbelief.

(Trinidad Express) Trinibad artiste Mescach Emmanuel, better known as Plumpy Boss, is in a critical condition after he was shot several times on Saturday night in St Maarten.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  An Israeli drone strike killed two people and wounded three more in southern  Lebanon  yesterday, the Lebanese civil defence said, as Lebanon braced for Israeli retaliation following a rocket strike that killed 12 teenagers and children at the weekend.

-PAC hearing told A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting two Mondays ago heard that the Regional Demo-cratic Council (RDC) of Region Seven has failed to recover approximately $2.329 million in overpayments made to contractors for several projects in the region.

Dear Editor, I found myself amused while reading the recent opposition claims concerning the alleged rigging of the Venezuelan presidential elections.

ELANCOURT, France,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Tom Pidcock roared back after suffering a puncture to retain his Olympic men’s mountain bike title following a thrilling battle with France’s Victor Koretzky yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Serbia’s top-seeded Novak Djokovic overcame a brief bout of nerves in the second set before beating 14-times French Open champion Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-4 at the Paris Olympics yesterday and moving into the third round.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have opened an investigation into events that led to last week’s arrest of Sinaloa Cartel chief Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Mexico’s security minister said yesterday.

By Reed Galen WASHINGTON, DC – Books will be written about the last month in American politics.

A supermarket owner and his wife were beaten and robbed during an armed robbery on Sunday night at Lima Sands, Region Two, Essequibo Coast.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Canada declared Summer time in the Paris Olympic pool yesterday and the country’s 17-year-old sensation Summer McIntosh made it look easy while others celebrated medals won by barely a fingertip.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – West Indies head coach Andre Coley urged fans to stay optimistic about the potential of his side after their chastening loss against hosts England in the Richards-Botham Trophy Series.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – China and South Korea are having to fight much harder in the Olympic badminton in Paris than at the Tokyo Games three years ago as the Asian powerhouses face a tougher challenge from Europeans, Latin Americans and North Americans than they have in the past.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – A first series win for England’s cricketers in 18 months represents progress for coach Brendon McCullum but with the team by no means “the finished article”.

SABAC, Serbia, (Reuters) – Thousands rallied yesterday in the Serbian city of Sabac to protest the Rio Tinto RIO.L, 

One of the discomfiting things about the behaviour of the incumbent political administration is that it is not in the habit of providing public responses to matters of pointed national importance with either the alacrity or the forcefulness which those situations deserve.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – American super heavyweight Joshua Edwards was eliminated from the Paris Olympics after losing to Italy’s Diego Lenzi, while Australia’s Harry Garside and Tyla McDonald also suffered defeats on Monday.

Dear Editor, I write once again to express my approval of President Dr.

(CPL) The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are launching a new Health, Fitness and Wellbeing advisory board to help the tournament promote healthy living initiatives throughout the region.