Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 21, 2024

(Trinidad Guardian) Gunmen opened fire on Moruga businessman Enrico Andy Guerra, killing him and his five-year-old daughter, Anika Guerra, last night.

Accountability Port Kaituma Stelling designer has admitted flaw – Edghill: Public Works Minister Juan Edghill says that CEMCO Inc has acknowledged design flaws in the ongoing $1.4b Port Kaituma Stelling project where fissures occurred, necessitating remedial work.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. has drafted a list of about 60 Venezuelan government officials and family members who could be sanctioned in the first punitive measures following the South American country’s disputed presidential election in July, two people close to the matter said.

The Ministry of Works says it is currently conducting emergency work on the bridge at Felicity on the Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) today signed a wages and benefits deal for 2024 to 2026.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama delivered a one-two punch at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, urging Americans to back Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour presidential bid against Republican Donald Trump.

With the 2024 Olympic Games done and dusted, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) is looking ahead to the next two Olympic cycles (2028 and 2032), with its President Godfrey Munroe calling for a ‘reset’ among the stakeholders of Guyana’s sports fraternity yesterday.

Caribbean Senior Squash Championships – Khalil/Ince advance to Men’s Doubles semifinals Mary Fung-A-Fat lost to Barbadian Margot Prow in the final of the Women’s Open when the individual segment of the Caribbean Senior Squash Championships concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Club facility.

Nicolette Fernandes advanced to the final in the women’s 40+ category of the World Squash Federation Masters, dispatching South African Karen Blom 3-0 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, yesterday at the Frans Otten Stadion.

The 2024 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results show a mixed bag of performances with some core subjects experiencing a decline, while others have seen notable improvements.

An aspiring neurosurgeon is one of the two students who topped in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination.

Even as the central government continues with cleanup initiatives around the country, garbage collection continues to be a sore point in several wards of Georgetown and City Hall blames some of its contractors.

A 23-year-old Berbice River man is now dead after he was fatally stabbed on Monday leaving his family seeking justice.

The Government of Guyana will today sign a US$1.9 million mineral mapping agreement with United States-based company Global Venture for the mapping of this country’s resources.

Former acting chief education officer of Guyana Genevieve Whyte-Nedd has died after a prolonged period of illness.

Dear Editor, In my letter dated August 18, 2024, titled “The Cybersecurity Law, as is, is a Threat to Democracy,” I emphasized the hypocrisy of those who enacted the Cybersecurity legislation and made it political.

While President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced that this year the Indigenous communities will receive 26.5% of Guyana’s earnings from carbon credits, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has said that they are calling for 50% and above.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court created a hospital safety task force on Tuesday to recommend steps to ensure medical workers’ safety, days after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor caused national outrage and protests by junior doctors.

A young woman of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, is urgently seeking financial assistance after being diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition that requires immediate surgery.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Haiti’s former president, Michel Joseph Martelly, over drug trafficking allegations, accusing him of playing a significant role in perpetuating the ongoing crisis in the country.

Dear Editor, The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “icon” as ‘a person or thing widely admired, especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere.’

Dear Editor, A long time ago, I encountered Dave Martins once only at German’s Restaurant in what used to be called Tiger Bay back then.

KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban’s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.

Police in Regional Division No. 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) are investigating the discovery of a decomposed body of a man that was found in an abandoned house at Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, on Monday morning.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian Senate approved a bill on Tuesday containing measures to offset the effects of a payroll tax exemption, in a key step to solve a months-long struggle between Congress and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration.

Dear Editor, I write in reference to the recent article titled “Hughes urges all parties to craft joint 15-year development plan for Guyana,” published by Stabroek News.

DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken crisscrossed the Middle East on Tuesday as part of Washington’s latest diplomatic push to secure a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage release deal as major areas of dispute remained between Israel and Hamas.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) recently presented 27 bursary awards to union members’ children who wrote the National Grade Six Examinations earlier this year.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River near the inland grains port of Rosario over a suspected case of mpox onboard, an industry official said on Tuesday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza overnight, according to statements from the military and the prime minister’s office on Tuesday.

Political commentator James Hagstrom delivered an insightful presentation on the American democratic process and the crucial role of media and civil society in promoting effective governance in a virtual dialogue hosted by the US Embassy yesterday.

Dear Editor, Every day, I see President Ali, featured in a BBC commercial, wagging his fingers and vociferously declaring, “I will lecture you on climate change!” 

(Trinidad Express) Trevist Nicholas appeared before a court Master yesterday charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend Kiefer Wilson.

Last Sunday evening, the announcement of Dave Martins’ passing at home in Guyana spread across the modern day ‘Guyanese grapevine’ like a forest fire raging out of control.

Airy Hall maintained their perfect record in the East Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League as they thrashed Haslington 3-0 at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

(CMC) – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is still the best female T20 all-rounder in the world.

(CMC) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken the decision to move the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Potaro Strikers climbed atop the standings in the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League, caging Wolves 3-0 to record their third consecutive on Monday night at the Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – World number one Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests in March but has been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent tribunal, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said yesterday days before the Italian is set to play at the U.S.

BERLIN (Reuters) – The German Federal Court upheld a 99-year-old woman’s conviction for accessory to murder over her role as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in the last two years of World War Two.

The Guyana Business Journal in collaboration with the Caribbean Policy Consortium recently hosted a webinar titled, “Powering the Future: Guyana’s Energy Landscape and the Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project,” a release from the Journal stated yesterday.  The event saw the attendance of experts from academia, industry, and policy circles, including Anthony Bryan, Milton Chaves, David Goldwyn, and Ulric Trotz, who gathered virtually to discuss Guyana’s emerging role as a regional leader in energy and sustainable development.

(Reuters) – Veteran Australia batsman Steve Smith says he has no plans to wind down his cricket career having signed a long-term deal to play in the Big Bash League (BBL) with the Sydney Sixers.

(Reuters) – Darius Visser hit 39 runs in a single over to set a men’s Twenty20 International record and help Samoa to a 10-run victory over Vanuatu in a 2026 World Cup regional qualifier yesterday.

Guyana ended their group stage campaign on a positive note in the Caribbean Football Union’s (CFU) Boy’s U-14 Challenge Series as they thrashed the Cayman Islands yesterday at the Larry Gomes stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, If my recollection is correct, sometime in 2014, the late Justice Ian Chang appointed a Public Trustee as the Administrator of our family estate, located on the southern side of the Good Hope Public Road, Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – The World Cricketers Association (WCA) said it has launched an independent review of the sport’s structure with one of its key aims being to find a solution to the “confusing and chaotic” global schedule.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will host a training camp from tomorrow (August 22) to September 4, which will be facilitated by High Performance Coach Alexandre Gomes.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the country’s judiciary.

The refereeing trio of Kenisha Prescott, Brandon Cyrus, and Safiya Goulding have been selected to officiate at the ongoing Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boy’s U-14 Challenge Series, which is being staged in Trinidad and Tobago.

(CMC) – Almost two months after the completion of the 2024 men’s T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given a thumbs down to two of the pitches used in the competition.

(Reuters) – Right-arm medium-fast bowler Milan Rathnayake will make his test debut when Sri Lanka face England in the first of their three-test series at Old Trafford in Manchester, governing body Sri Lanka Cricket said yesterday.

A 20-year-old Port Kaituma man was yesterday denied bail when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with attempted murder and malicious wounding.