Daily Archive: Thursday, August 29, 2024

There will be no tolls for crossing at the  country’s three main bridges when they are completed President Irfaan Ali this evening announced.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers agreed today they would not recognise the “democratic legitimacy” of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro following the country’s disputed election, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

The Guyana Police Force today said that it is currently investigating another serious allegation made under the Sexual (Offences) Act of Guyana by a female against former senior policeman, Paul Slowe.

As part of the United States and Guyana’s ongoing military-to-military partnership, the U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (left) yesterday welcomed Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, to Guyana at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

CAIRO/GAZA,  (Reuters) – Palestinians in Gaza were waiting today to see if there would be a pause in fighting to allow a polio vaccination campaign to begin, as the conflict raged across the besieged enclave, killing at least 34 people.

 (Reuters) – The members of Swedish pop group ABBA have asked U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop using their music and videos at his campaign rallies, the band’s record label said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigations are continuing into the death of 16-year-old Aliyah Santoo, who was allegedly shot by a male companion at a house in Wallerfield on Tuesday night.

By Marcelle Thomas Reconstruction of the more than half-century-old Linden/Soesdyke Highway is set to commence soon as government yesterday inked a US$161 million contract with Trinidad and Tobago’s Namalco Group and its local partner, GuyAmerica Construction Inc.

-city still in the dark Financed by a Qatari group, Georgetown is to have a Hilton hotel and a DoubleTree Suites on a swathe of land along Carifesta Avenue but the city council yesterday remained in the dark on the plans.

The Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) yesterday achieved a groundbreaking advancement in cardiology with the successful performance of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) procedure at its facility located in the Georgetown Public Hospital.

-January to July consistently exceeded 32 degrees Celsius The Hydrometeorological Service, Minis-try of Agriculture, yesterday forecast above-normal temperatures across Guy-ana for the period September to November 2024.

Yesterday, an operation led by an Inspector in Waikarai Backdam, Region #7, resulted in the seizure of multiple firearms and a large quantity of ammunition, a release from the police said.

-Labour Ministry hosts seminar to improve safety As part of its efforts to foster safe working environments across industries and combat workplace fatalities, the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department yesterday hosted a workshop at the Regency Suites Hotel in Georgetown, to promote safety and health in the construction sector, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

Dear Editor, The infallible ones are at it again. In a letter in today’s Stabroek News (SN), the letter writer sought to justify the PPP’s past decision to construct a floating bridge crossing the Berbice River.

‘Bend it Like Beckham’ Futsal Traditional giants Sparta Boss, Bent Street, Back Circle, and North East La Penitence advanced to the semifinal round following contrasting wins in the quarterfinal segment when the inaugural edition of the ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ Futsal Championship continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

A delegation from Chinese company,  CNOOC, which has a 25% working interest in the lucrative Stabroek Block, met with the government yesterday to discuss opportunities in the gas sector.

Dear Editor, The announcement of a state-of-the-art fixed high-span bridge across the Berbice River by the Guyana government is another example of addiction to “steroids” induced progress.

– one-day event set for September 5th at Pouderoyen The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship was launched yesterday at Colours Boutique on Robb Street ahead of its commencement on Friday, September 5th, at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, West Demerara.

Desmond George, a 35-year-old resident from Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was charged with rape and has been granted $300,000 bail.

(CMC) – Alana Reid secured her place in history as the fourth consecutive Jamaican to claim the women’s 100m title at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, capturing gold yesterday in Lima, Peru.

Dear Editor, I note with some alarm, the statement or rather decision of the present administration, the PPP to build another bridge across the Berbice River.

As part of the Guyana Police Force’s efforts to foster better community relations and to make Information Technology accessible across the regions, it on Friday commissioned the Zara Computer Centre at Lethem in Region Nine.

World U-20 Athletics Guyana’s medal hopes at the World U-20 Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru, all but evaporated yesterday at the Estadio Atlético de la Videna.

Dear Editor, Why are Guyanese current or lapsed affiliations with political parties used to discredit them but someone’s recent lengthy employment at ExxonMobil is used in their favour?

Nicolas Williams, an 18-year-old from Onderneem-ing Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, who was charged with the rape  of a child under 16 years, was granted $300,000 bail on Tues-day when he appeared at the Anna Regina Magis-trate’s Court before Magis-trate Tamieka Clarke.

Dear Editor, The SN editorial of August 28, referring to the CXC results of the 2020 examinations, states inter alia that “Two days after the release Guyana’s Minister of Education Priya Manickchand challenged the CXC over the discrepancies of the grades which were awarded to students across the country in particular subject areas.

Dear Editor, From Dr. Ramcharan’s pen: “It would help us to navigate our way inside Demo-cracy Inc.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation on Wednesday in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail on condition he pays 5 million euros, reports twice a week to police and does not leave French territory.

Police Commanders of regions 2, 3 and six have issued noise nuisance warnings to entertainment spots and business places over noise nuisance.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A controversial reform of Mexico’s judiciary is set to be debated and voted on in Congress next week, a leading ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday, amid friction with Canada and the United States that have criticized the reform, saying it could impact investment and trade.

The University of Guyana on Tuesday paid tribute to late author and promoter of the arts, Ameena Gafoor who passed away on Monday.

Dear Editor, I’m only writing to keep my writing skills, such as they are, honed.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Senegal has suspended all mining activity for nearly three years on its side of the southeastern Faleme river in a decree aimed at protecting the environment and supporting local communities threatened by an artisanal gold mining boom.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduras’ foreign ministry yesterday said it would end a more than a century-old extradition treaty with the U.S.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to write on the subject of religion.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – The Ecuadorean government yesterday began the process of shuttering oil wells in the 43-ITT block, located on a vast nature reserve, after voters last year backed a referendum to end drilling in the area on environmental concerns.

The state-of-the-art $600 million abattoir at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, Region Five has been completed, thereby modernising Guyana’s meat processing capabilities and bringing them up to international standards.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Teenager Diaa al-Adini was one of the few Palestinians who found a functioning hospital in war-ravaged Gaza after he was wounded by an Israeli strike.

Dear Editor, Our deepest condolences on the passing of our esteemed sister, Dr.

Elroy Withrite, also known as “Eddie”, who was found guilty of the murder of Andrew Drakes on June 8, 2019, at Farm, East Bank Essequibo, is expected to be sentenced on September 17, following a report from the mental health clinic on his mental state.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) –  Michoacan state, Mexico’s avocado heartland, launched a certification programme yesterday aimed at helping consumers in the United States and other countries avoid those grown on illegally logged land.

(Reuters) – A Las Vegas, Nevada, jury yesterday found a former elected county official guilty of killing an investigative reporter who wrote critical articles about him, sentencing him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years.

On Friday, the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department’s officer Nazmoon Jafarally Prittipaul visited the 752 ft Offshore Drillship Noble Sam Croft.

Dear Editor, The M&CC, on one hand speaks of securing revenue from billboards, as it should, but on the other hand has passed a motion reducing rates and taxes for political parties. 

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United Nations yesterday said journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, imprisoned in Guatemala over the last two years, is being held in potentially life-threatening, inhumane conditions that could amount to torture.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – At least three people were killed in southwestern Japan yesterday as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in Kagoshima prefecture, bringing heavy rain and very strong winds as well as snarling air traffic and knocking out power to over a quarter million households.

Ovid Akeem Williams, a 19-year-old labourer of Charity Back Street, Essequibo Coast, was  on Monday jailed for 18 months over the possession of ganja.

(Trinidad Guardian) A panel of the Office of the Procurement Regulator (OPR) has determined that the Housing Development Corporation may have deviated from the request for proposals (RFP) and other documents when it published an intention to award the contract to build housing units at Santa Rosa to China Harbour Engineering Company.

 NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Chinese lenders approved loans worth $4.61 billion to Africa last year, marking the first annual increase since 2016, an independent study showed yesterday.

Dear Editor, My family and I left for Guyana on August 26, 2024.

(CMC) – West Indies players Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, and Gudakesh Motie all made moves in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) player rankings released yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has officially announced his retirement from international cricket, concluding a career that spanned over 12 years at the highest level of the sport.

Dear Editor, I am an avid reader (and writer for) your letters columns.

By Laura Alfers and Christy Braham JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON, DC – Today’s escalating climate crisis disproportionately affects the world’s two billion informal workers.

Shamar Holligan of Lot 54 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice was on Tuesday fined $155,000 for a series of offences including being an unlicensed biker and assaulting a cop.

Strikers and Three Hills recorded wins in the men’s division, while Three Hills was also victorious in the women’s segment when the Rupununi Football Association Senior Leagues resumed on Saturday.

Anyone traversing Mandela Avenue, Ruim-veldt in the vicinity of the DSL outlet on August 17 last would have been privy to the latest Ministry of Public Works-led cleanup campaign featuring President Irfaan Ali, which the Department of Public Information (DPI) was happy to let us know, was a country-wide affair that saw members of the Cabinet dispatched to other regions to work along with citizens.

(Reuters) – Pakistan recalled leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed yesterday for the second and final test against Bangladesh after their decision to play an all-pace attack on a slow track backfired in the series opener in Rawalpindi last week.

PUCON, Chile,  (Reuters) – Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specializing in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference this week to share the most cutting-edge research from the vast white continent.

(Reuters) – Dawid Malan, a former top-ranked batter in T20 internationals, has retired from international cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A tenacious Andrey Rublev survived a marathon U.S. Open encounter yesterday when he battled back from two sets down to beat Arthur Rinderknech 4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2 and move into the third round at Flushing Meadows.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Coco Gauff brought her “nothing to lose” mentality to the second round of the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump mounted a “sustained, detailed effort” to attack a major gathering of some sort before deciding to target the Republican presidential candidate at a Pennsylvania rally in July, FBI officials said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Aryna Sabalenka faced little resistance from Lucia Bronzetti as the hard-hitting Belarusian eased past the Italian 6-3 6-1 yesterday to claim her spot in the U.S.