Articles published on Monday, August 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has not made an offer of amnesty to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to shield him from criminal prosecution in the United States in exchange for him giving up power since the South American country’s July 28 election, the White House said today.
The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Shaquan Caesar, 22, who it says is wanted for questioning in relation to computer-related forgery and related serious offences.
Weston Pickering, a 42-year-old businessman from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was arrested yesterday after a Police team found an illegal AK-47 Assault Rifle and matching rounds of ammunition during a search of his home.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the army would eject Ukrainian troops from Russian sovereign territory after Kyiv’s biggest incursion across the border since the start of the war in 2022.
(Trinidad Guardian) It took 24 surgeries and 60 hours of operating time for a team of American doctors to remove hundreds of growths from T&T citizen Charmaine Sahadeo’s face, head and body.
Amid signs of an internal rift, the GTU says there will be no signing of a wage deal today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two teenagers and a 21-year-old mother of one were killed in a police-involved shooting on the Caroni Savannah Road early yesterday morning.
DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Police arrested senior leaders of Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of its supporters ahead of a meeting in the southwest of the country, a party spokesperson said today.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A helicopter on an unauthorised flight crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Australia’s northern tourist town of Cairns today, killing the pilot and forcing hundreds of guests to evacuate after a blaze, authorities said.
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) seems to be on the verge of accepting a multi-year salary increase proposal from the government, which would give teachers a 10% pay hike for 2024 and raises over the next two years not lower than what other public sector workers receive, sources have said.
The partly decomposed body of an unidentified woman was found floating in a trench at Eccles dumpsite road on the East Bank Demerara on Saturday afternoon.
Government and Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project contractor CH4/Lindsayca have agreed on the third member of the Arbitration Board that will settle the current US$50 million dispute, a source close to the project said, and this now paves the way for the process to begin.
Rochine Maison was acquitted on Monday August 6 by Justice Zamila Ali-Seepaul, of the 2021 murder of Keno Griffith, also known as ‘Tuckie’ at McKenzie, Linden.
Olympic Kremlin of the Slingerz Racing Stables captured the feature event in the Guyana Cup Horse Racing Championship yesterday at the Rising Sun Turf Club in West Coast Berbice.
Police investigating simple larceny committed on a 64-year-old businessman at Takutu Landing, in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) have arrested a suspect and other accomplices.
(CMC) – Alick Athanaze missed scoring his first test century of his career as the West Indies salvaged a draw against South Africa in the opening test match at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago, yesterday.
Zibon Williams who was arrested and charged for the murder of Joshua Ferdinand in 2021, appeared before Justice Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Georgetown High Court for his sentencing hearing which was delayed and set to a further date.
Theresa Walker, a 57-year-old part-time cleaner said: “The cost of living is affecting me terrible because I’m living alone and I work only as a part-time cleaner.
KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had launched an incursion into Russian territory to “restore justice” and pressure Moscow’s forces, in his first acknowledgement of Kyiv’s surprise offensive into the western Kursk region.
Dear Editor, The recent proposed 6% to 9 % salary increase for teachers in 2024, followed by 8% increases in 2025 and 2026, has been met and rightfully so, with widespread disappointment among fellow Guyanese educators.
(Reuters) – Against all odds, the Paris Olympics have delivered. Just a few weeks ago, the chances of a successful Games in the City of Light seemed slim.
Caribbean Schoolboys Boxing Championship St. Lucia Boxing Association President David ‘Shakes’ Christopher is buoyant about his team’s chances at the impending Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys & Schoolgirls Boxing Championship, which is slated for August 16-18 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Dear Editor, The concept of diplomatic immunity was recently in the news (mainstream and social media) locally and in the diaspora.
Guyana’s economic oil-based boom is in full swing and no less so than the construction sector which is at the forefront of the country’s infrastructure transformation.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them.
Dear Editor, Kindly permit me an opportunity to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News dated August 11, 2024, captioned “President could achieve more for city by collaborating with council.”
Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Tapeball ChampionshipMontra, Mahdia, Titans, and Diamond secured their respective places in the semifinal round when the 2nd edition of the Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Tapeball Championship continued yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – An ATR-72 turboprop plane operated by regional carrier Voepass crashed on Friday in a residential area near Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 passengers aboard.
The government’s nationwide infrastructure development programme continues with construction soon to begin on a 1.2-kilometre stretch of road in White Water Village, in the Mabaruma sub-district of Region One, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release informed last Saturday.
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors.
Undefeated defending champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), defeated the Western Tigers 4-2 to retake their lead at the standings when the KFC Elite League continued at the National Training Centre in Providence on Saturday evening.
Dear Editor, Lelon Saul, the City’s Finance Committee Chair, has penned a humorous propaganda piece in Stabroek News.
– in International Youth Day message In observance of International Youth Day, SASOD Guyana emphasised the significance of protecting the rights of all young people in Guyana as well as in the Americas region, including their rights to life, bodily autonomy and safe working environment.
SOUTHPORT, England (Reuters) – The parents of one of three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed event in northern England last month called for an end to the nationwide rioting that followed their deaths at an emotional funeral for their young daughter.
(Trinidad Guardian) A call has been made for the Student Guild president of the University of the West Indies, Kirby Moses, to step down.
On 29 July 2024, the Chief Justice ruled that the 30 percent excise tax imposed by the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) on a vehicle brought into the country by a remigrant on 28 June 2024, was unlawful.
(Reuters) – The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women’s basketball final yesterday, claiming an historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the hosts the golden finish to the Paris Games that had seemed within their grasp.
In a statement on August 7th, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) responded to a news item in the August 3rd edition of Stabroek News in which the Alliance For Change (AFC) sought updates on an improved electoral system.
Dear Editor, There is merit to Robin Singh’s argument. Keep GuySuCo running at an annual subsidy of $US40 million.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.
By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad Newsday.
Hundreds of Hindu youths from various regions across the country gathered last Saturday for the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) Youth Summit.
(Trinidad Guardian) A shooting at Paradise Lane in Valencia on Friday night has left one dead and three people, including a 16-year-old student from Valencia Secondary School, injured.
