Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 31, 2024

MARACAY/VALENCIA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Stores were closed and buses not running around much of Venezuela today, as tensions over a disputed presidential election and rumours of opposition arrests kept many people home.

CAIRO/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early this morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said, drawing threats of revenge on Israel in a region already shaken by the war in Gaza and a deepening conflict in Lebanon.

SOUTHPORT, England, (Reuters) – Dozens of British police officers suffered injuries in violent clashes in an English seaside town late yesterday after three young girls were killed a day earlier in a violent stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC’s flagship news programme, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three counts of making indecent pictures of children.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said today the bloc could not recognise Venezuela’s election result until all votes were counted and records provided, amid international concerns over the integrity of the vote.

(Trinidad Express) Doctors are noticing that a lot more children in the critical stage of dengue are presenting neuro-symptoms resulting in neuro-dengue.

(Trinidad Express) CARICOM does not have to take a position on the Venezuelan election because it is a domestic matter, Caricom chairman Dickon Mitchell said yesterday.

The Gas-to-Energy project moved closer to fruition yesterday with the signing of a US$8.6 million contract between the Govern-ment of Guyana and Chinese company, Power China, to construct a building to house the National Control Centre, a Depart-ment of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

-says variety of measures have been taken Confirming that  Inclusion Body Hepatitis (IBH) has been a significant problem in the poultry industry here, the Ministry of Agriculture says it has taken a series  of actions to address the issue In a statement on Monday, the ministry was responding to report in that day’s edition of Stabroek News where PNCR MP Vinceroy Jordan criticized the government over the problem.

CARICOM Heads, who convened in Grenada for their 47th Regular Meeting, yesterday expressed deep concern over crime and violence in the region.

Guyana’s third athlete to jump into action at the Olympic Games currently being held in Paris, France, swimmer Aleka Persaud could not get past the Heats in her women’s 100m freestyle event.

A 31-year-old self-employed resident of Buxton, East Coast Demerara died yesterday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he lost control of his vehicle while on the public road at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games yesterday, reinforcing her status as one of the world’s greatest athletes just three years after abruptly withdrawing from the same event at the Tokyo Games.

The two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks who were allegedly nabbed on Saturday with 316 lbs of ganja during an intelligence-led Police operation were yesterday charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, I am compelled to respond to Mr. Eric Phillips’ recent epistle in the Stabroek News of July 29, 2024, concerning the dispensing of funds for Emancipation Day celebrations and the associated ceremonial activities.

Dear Editor, I previously wrote that the production of the serious crimes figures by the police to indicate that there is a decrease in serious crime is meaningless when the perception is that crime is high and  that citizens are living in perpetual fear of crime.

The Forty-Seventh  Conference of Heads of Government of the Carib-bean Community says it is gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba resulting from the 62-year-old embargo “wrongfully imposed” on the people and Government of the Caribbean nation by the United States of America.

CWI Rising Stars Men’s U19 Super50 – Barbados crowned Champions An unbeaten half-century from all-rounder Jonathan Van Lange coupled with an all-round bowling performance powered Guyana to a five-wicket win over the Windward Islands yesterday in the final round of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Men’s U-19 Super50 competition.

-defence in flurry of objections As chaos broke out on March 5th 2020 in the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM’s) command centre at Ashmins building, then Minister of Health Volda Lawrence remained quiet while past District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo attempted to read out what he said were final figures even though the tabulation process was not complete.

Dear Editor, The sloth of justice in Guyana continues to manifest itself.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, has informed APNU+AFC Parliamentarian and former minister, David Patterson that convening a sitting of Parliament before a public holiday is not unusual and listed several instances to support his claim, thus rejecting the Alliance For Change’s (AFC’s) call for today’s scheduled parliamentary sitting to be pushed back.

Dear Editor, “The event was a success and is a clear manifestation of the GoG’s (Government of Guyana) interest and commitment to ensuring that the Diaspora is integrally involved in the development of Guyana and benefitting from the nation’s prosperity.”

The Government of Guyana continues to press ahead with its focus on agriculture as evidenced by its handing over of an investment agreement with Demerara Dairy Inc (DDI) for the establishment of a $3 billion state-of-the-art dairy farm and milk processing facility.

Dear Editor, I write with grave concern following the declaration of Venezuela’s Election as free and fair by the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) can expect to have its crime-fighting capabilities bolstered with the recent graduation of more than 50 ranks who on Monday, successfully completed the Criminal Investigation Department’s Induction course, a GPF release announced yesterday.

Dear Editor, Sir Clive Lloyd was recently conferred with the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC), the region’s highest honour at the 47th regular meeting of the conference of CARICOM heads of Government in Grenada.

(Reuters) – Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said yesterday that early estimates suggest that losses from deadly Hurricane Beryl, which hit the Caribbean earlier this month, likely total as much as a third of economic output.

Dear Editor, An I News Guyana news online article titled “Excise tax rates applied by GRA to remigrants’ duty-free vehicles unlawful – CJ” published on 29/7/2024, caught the eye for some stunning revelations regarding the disparity in taxes paid by a remigrant citizen of Guyana and a citizen that has been living in Guyana. 

The police yesterday said that they intercepted three men on two motorbikes transporting 55.5 lbs of ganja and one was held after a chase.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government unveiled yesterday a 23 billion reais ($4.07 billion) proposal for an artificial intelligence (AI) investment plan aimed at developing sustainable and socially-oriented technologies.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Protesters took to the streets across Venezuela yesterday, demanding that President Nicolas Maduro acknowledge he lost Sunday’s election to the opposition, as a major international observer concluded the vote was undemocratic.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express deep concern regarding the escalating issues of gun violence and drug trafficking that are severely affecting our nation, Guyana.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Panama Canal  expects to increase the number of daily transit slots for vessels to 36 from the current 34 beginning in September, the canal’s deputy administrator said, as rains allow authorities to ease drought-imposed restrictions.

At about 6:28  yesterday morning, Police conducted an intelligence-led operation on the Albion public road in front of the Albion Police Station, where they stopped and searched a Toyota Premio motorcar and found an unlicensed firearm and seven rounds of matching ammunition.

The PNCR yesterday said that it could not support the AFC’s call to reinstate the 2 am curfew as it is not convinced that the road accident crisis can be resolved by merely one measure.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) brutalised Anns Grove by a 7-0 score when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence.

– Beacons, Rising Stars also in winner’s row Traditional giant Rivers View and AK Galaxy recorded comfortable wins when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Monday evening at the Community Centre ground.

By Charles A. Kupchan WASHINGTON, DC – Kamala Harris can win the US presidency.

DUBAI/LONDON, (Reuters) – Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran yesterday, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group’s international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

(Reuters) – Australia’s Kaylee McKeown successfully defended her Olympic 100 metres backstroke title at the Paris Games yesterday, edging out American world record holder Regan Smith in a dominant win in the final at La Defense Arena.

(Reuters) – Spain’s raging bulls Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz blazed into the quarter-finals of the Olympics men’s doubles as the temperature reached boiling point at Roland Garros yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The mother of Trinibad artiste Mescach Emmanuel, better known as Plumpy Boss, is calling on the government of St Maarten to assist her son who is in critical condition after he was shot several times on Saturday night on the Dutch Caribbean island.

Following the conferred of the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) on Guyanese and West Indian cricketing legend, Sir Clive Lloyd, the Guyana Cricket Board has sent out salutations to one of Guyana’s finest to ever play the game.

(Reuters) – India’s bowlers struck late blows before the world champions beat Sri Lanka in a Super Over in the final Twenty20 of their three-match series in Pallekele yesterday for a clean sweep under new coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav.

(Reuters) – Daniel Wiffen wiped tears from his eyes on the Paris podium after becoming the first Irishman to win Olympic swimming gold, and a medal of any colour, with a thrilling 800 metres freestyle victory yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am compelled to respond to Beverly Alert’s recent letter concerning the scheduling of a parliamentary sitting on the eve of Emancipation Day 2024.

Once again, West Indies cricketers are grabbing the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

(Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris will tour battleground states next week with her vice presidential candidate, two sources familiar with the planning said yesterday, a signal the selection process for her running mate is coming to a close.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said today, drawing fears of wider escalation in a region shaken by Israel’s war in Gaza and a worsening conflict in Lebanon.