Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Deryck Carl Holder, a 40-year-old taxi driver from Lot 9 Second Street Meadow Bank, Georgetown, was arrested on Monday and charged yesterday with a $50m armed robbery on a Lusignan businessman.

Cash grant Cash grant to be shared in Region Nine today: The Ministry of Finance last week said that the $100,000 cash grant will be distributed today in Region Nine.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N today said its annual project spending will rise to between US$28 billion and US$33 billion between 2026 and 2030, with a goal of lifting oil and gas output by 18%.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban’s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, and six other people were killed in an explosion in the capital Kabul today, his nephew Anas Haqqani said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is one step closer to becoming a republic and moving away from the British monarchy.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sherryann Roet, who was found hanging from a tree in Couva on Monday.

-pay increase this year to be 10%, 8% next year -deal also reached with UG unions The Government of Guyana (GoG) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday announced a two-year wages pact, the first major deal between the two sides since a crippling 1999 public service strike.

Jet Global Services (Guyana) Inc – a Guyanese-incorporated company – in a release yesterday, announced the launch of its chartered international flight operations, connecting Guyana to Europe, North America, and South America, starting July 2025.

Navin Stoll, a 27-year-old truck driver, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Courts to face the charge of the attempted murder of his wife, 24-year-old Claurine Prescod-Stoll.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday said that the Liliendaal pump station that is seven months behind schedule is expected to be commissioned in two weeks.

Executive Members of the Alliance for Change (AFC) and A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday held a meeting where they “acquainted” themselves with each other and discussed opportunities for collaboration.

The High Commission of Canada in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday hosted a project steering committee meeting with key stakeholders of the government in an effort to accelerate results for children and enhance coordination among partners for project implementation, a joint High Commission/UNICEF release announced yesterday.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – West Indies coasted to a seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in St Kitts to claim the three-match ODI series.

-ignores agreement to give up seat Dr Asha Kissoon, Member of Parliament for The New Movement (TNM), has reiterated her stance that her appointment to the National Assembly was both legal and constitutional.

– pledged at previous meeting to eradicate this constant issue In what has become a habitual action, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), despite promising to eradicate the sloth of their payment apparatus following a meeting with the programme, has reneged on that pledge and once again failed to remunerate the Golden Jaguars their Nations League and Play-In match fees.

Guyana and Qatar yesterday held their first political consultation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Takuba Lodge, Georgetown, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated.

The government is planning to construct a bridge over the Makouria Creek, in an effort to improve access between Parika and hinterland regions with the project soon going out for tender. 

– GoG, GOA sponsors team’s participation Team Guyana will depart today for San Juan, Puerto Rico, to compete in the impending FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup Championship slated for December 13th-15th, with the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Olympic Association funding the squad’s participation.

The contractor responsible for Phase II of the widening of the Railway Embankment – from Sheriff Street to Orange Nassau – has been instructed to cover the sand stockpile used now for charging, so as to avoid it being wasted and being an environmental hazard, Minster of Public Works, Juan Edghill said.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was recovering in an intensive care unit yesterday, doctors said, after being rushed to a Sao Paulo hospital for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October.

Team Guyana recorded mixed results in the RBC Juniors and TPA Classified Tennis Championships, which are currently being staged in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An Integrity Commission investigation has found that a company linked to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his business partner Norman Brown built an apartment complex in St Andrew with more rooms than allowed, breaching the law.

Kitty Hustlers and Vryheid’s Lust secured berths to the next round when the Kashif and Shanghai National Futsal Championship continued last evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

The Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT) National Training Project for Youth Empowerment programmes recently held its graduation ceremony for 196 participants at the Essequibo Technical Institute in Region Two.

Dear Editor, It is becoming increasingly evident that a pseudo-coalition of sorts appears to have formed among opposition parties in their simultaneous criticism of the current government on the issue of corruption in Guyana.

(JIS) Jamaica is now ranked number one in the Caribbean for the collection of plastic bottles for recycling, says Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda.

Due to a lack of funding from its parent body, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) has opted to suspend its men’s and women’s league championship with immediate effect.

Former US Congresswoman Jackie Speier who survived an attack in 1978 that killed congressman Leo Ryan prior to the mass suicide in Jonestown disagrees with the plan to turn the north west area into a tourist attraction.

Dear Editor, This two hundred thousand (200,000) dollars per family shift to one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars to every Guyanese over 18 years within a few days exposes a serious weakness in the thinking of the administration and delivery of benefits to Guyanese everywhere, but before I add my two bits there is a fundamental flaw in Government which is a hostility to any form of consultation and it appears even  within the ruling cabal.

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Syria’s new interim leader announced yesterday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad three days ago.

(Reuters) – At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered various forms of torture and other “crimes against humanity” at the hands of the government over the past seven years, a human rights NGO said yesterday.

– Royal International Hotel joins supporting cast The fixtures for the 2024 KFC Goodwill International Series were announced yesterday, with the tournament kicking off this Sunday with four matches at the Queen’s College and Ministry of Education grounds, respectively.

The provision of health services in Guyana was bolstered with the graduation of 148 students from the New Amsterdam School of Nursing, situated in Region Six – East Berbice-Corentyne.

Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter of 9 December 2024, which ‘serves as a response to recent opposing views regarding the Jonestown Memorial Tour …’.

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) – Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with murder in the shooting of a top UnitedHealth executive, briefly struggled with officers and angrily shouted while being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, as a clearer picture of his motives began to emerge a day after his arrest ended a massive manhunt.

Denellon Emanuel, also known as ‘Thug Life’, was acquitted of attempted murder and wounding charges by a 12-member jury yesterday at the High Court in Demerara.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian and Italian authorities said they launched two joint operations yesterday aimed at dismantling a transnational plot to transport cocaine from South America to Europe using cargo ships or airplanes.

Police have arrested a Venezuelan man who drove off with a woman’s vehicle at around 7.30 pm on Monday before crashing the vehicle at Soesdyke a short time later.

Dear Editor, The Nov 12, 2024 meeting with contractors was sad a day for the Presidency.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time yesterday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A federal congressman was assassinated late on Monday in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country.

Dear Editor, Approximately one month ago, I noticed the water trickling through the pipe in my yard in West Ruimveldt and it takes half of an hour to fill a bucket.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Having not played for South Africa for three years, George Linde made up for lost time on one electric Kingsmead evening with a stunning all-round performance.

Last Friday, 6th December, the Cricket West Indies (CWI) board  was scheduled to meet in Antigua.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said yesterday she was worried that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to levy broad import tariffs could derail progress in quelling inflation and raise costs for households and businesses.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – When US President-elect Donald Trump vows to deport millions of illegal immigrants, India might not be the first source country that comes to mind.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he was convinced he would return from Spain to his country in time to be sworn in as president on Jan.