Daily Archive: Thursday, August 1, 2024

CARACAS/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia called for Venezuela to release detailed voting tallies today, amid a dispute over presidential election results that has sparked protests.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Brazil today took over the administration of Argentina’s diplomatic premises in Caracas following the expulsion of Argentine diplomats by Venezuela’s government, leaving the fate of six Venezuelan opposition figures taking refuge in the embassy unclear.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja today, as thousands rallied against escalating cost of living and governance issues in Africa’s most populous nation, according to eyewitness accounts.

SOUTHPORT, England/LONDON, (Reuters) – A 17-year-old boy appeared in an English court today charged with the murder of three young girls in a knife attack at a summer dance class that has shocked the nation and sparked two nights of violent protests.

The National Assembly yesterday approved the Family Violence Bill with sweeping new provisions including  police officers being allowed to enter premises without a warrant to provide assistance to a person under threat.

-case adjourned to Monday State prosecutor in the elections fraud case, Darshan Ramdhani KC yesterday challenged Magistrate Leron Daly on decisions she made on the first two days and her note-taking.

Following the “amicable” end of Trinidadian company, Kallco’s work on the Conversation Tree road project, the government took possession of its vehicles and equipment to cover the advance payment that had been made to it.

-GPL $16b, GuySuCo $9.5b The government is seeking Parliament’s approval for over $40 billion in supplementary funds to shore up needed expenditure up to the end of 2024.

Ranks from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard Unit in Berbice found ten parcels of suspected cannabis weighing 135 lbs, which were handed over to the Police on Tuesday.

-no fault divorce, gender equality among key provisions The Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Bill was yesterday passed with broad support in the National Assembly and will enshrine no fault divorces and other progressive provisions such as alimony for both men and women.

Citing  “discipline violations” China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled Wang Yilin,  a former Chairman of CNOOC which holds 25% of Guyana oil rich Stabroek Block.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) last week announced that it had welcomed a delegation from the Dominican Republic and the National Institute for Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP) to pave the way for new collaborative initiatives.

Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh yesterday performed a post-mortem examination with dissection on the body of Miracarmen Rodrigues Serrano, who was allegedly murdered on 2024/07/29 at Quartzstone Landing, Region #7.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has expressed sadness at the passing of Dr.

Traditional giant Western Tigers hopes of a top four finish took a hit on Tuesday evening as they were held by Den Amstel 1-1 when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, I am writing to urgently call upon the police in West Demerara to address the continuous and flagrant breaches of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic laws.

The government’s planned free event on Emancipation Day on the Malteenoes Sports Club ground in Georgetown has outraged the Opposition PNCR which contends that it will clash and compete with the traditional African-based event directly across in the National Park.  In a release on Tuesday, the PNCR pointed out that for the the last 31 years, the African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) has organised the Emancipation Day event held in the National Park.

North East La Penitence, Festival City, and Road Warriors advanced to the quarterfinal section following hard-fought wins in the round of 16 section when the 10th edition of the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship continued last night.

Dear Editor, At the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Govern-ment of the Caribbean Community in St.

(Reuters) – Jamaica’s twice 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris Olympics after dropping the 100 from her programme in a move she said was to protect her body.

-Finance Minister tells graduating inspectors Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh has acknowledged that the NIS still has some ways to go to get its house in order and warned of zero tolerance for employers who fail to submit employees’ contributions.

Dear Editor, Here are some stunning facts: In a single square mile, mangroves hold as much carbon as the annual emissions of 90,000 cars; Mangroves protect coastal communities by buffering storm surges; Man-groves serve as “nurseries” for numerous species, sheltering them from predators and currents.

Police are investigating a serious accident which occurred at about 7.30 pm on Tuesday on the Soes-dyke- Linden Highway, which resulted in one person being hospitalised with a fractured backbone.

One of Guyana’s oldest and largest insurance companies, Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, has attained its ISO 9001:2015 certification.

Dear Editor, I learnt today that for the first time in my memory, we will be having simultaneously two Emancipation Day events in Georgetown.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reu-ters) – Tanzania yesterday launched a 541-km modern standard gauge railway running between its administrative and commercial capitals, built by a Turkish firm as part of a government drive to improve transport infrastructure.

Dear Editor In response to questions, it was explained the Conversation Tree contract was “amicably settled” and not terminated (INews July 31).

The Ministry of Labour on  July 29th, held its annual Emanci-pation Festivities on the tarmac of the Ministry, Brickdam, Georgetown.

CAIRO/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war.

As part of its efforts to provide Guyanese shoppers with a convenient way to pay online for goods and services using its platform, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), recently announced the launch of its new e-commerce API [application programming interface], which will also boost the shopping experience offered by local businesses, a MMG release informed on Tuesday. 

Dear Editor, May all Guyanese make the best of Emancipation Day 2024.

CHICAGO/HOUSTON/HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely suggested to the country’s largest annual gathering of Black journalists yesterday that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris had previously downplayed her Black heritage.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Newly minted president of the Court of Appeal Justice Marva McDonald Bishop, in freeing Vybz Kartel and his three co-appellants, today said that it was not in the interest of justice to order a retrial.

Dear Editor, According to the Russian authorities, one of the reasons why the war was launched against Ukraine was because of ‘the rise of fascism in Ukraine’.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday hosted a cultural programme in observance of Emancipation Day.

International historians and social scientists agree that the world is in the midst of a polycrisis and this has probably been the case for quite a number of years now.

(Reuters) – French poster boy Leon Marchand and U.S. distance dynamo Katie Ledecky made history while the Paris pool saw its first world record on one of the great nights of Olympic swimming yesterday.

(CMC) – Left-hander Jeremy Solozano forced himself into the selection frame for the upcoming Test series against South Africa with an impressive hundred on day one of the four-day tour match against the tourists yesterday.

(Reuters) – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz stayed on collision course for a golden showdown at the Paris Olympics as they surged through to the quarter-finals yesterday.

(Reuters) – Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka displayed nerves of steel as he capitalised on early errors by the top contenders and fended off a late challenge by China’s Zhang Boheng to win the men’s all-around gold medal at the Paris Olympics yesterday.

YBG All-Star Games Cordel Hoyte’s double-double led his side, Team Yellow, to a hard-fought 59-57 victory over Team Blue in the boy’s U-18 division when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) All Star Games concluded at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

CARACAS/PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Shops and public transport across Venezuela shut down yesterday as tensions over a fiercely disputed presidential election and rumours of more opposition arrests and sporadic violence kept many people home.