Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Andrew Bhola, a 25-year-old mason of Lot 42 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was arrested on 2025-2-10 and charged today with the offence of rape of a child under 16 years, committed on a 12-year-old female.

WASHINGTON/KYIV,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he had better move fast to secure a peace or he would have no country left.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China will always be Latin America’s “trustworthy” friend and partner, its foreign minister told his Bolivian counterpart, as Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a region historically under the U.S.

Businessman Robert Badal is to build a US$45m hotel on the grounds of the Pegasus Corporate Centre.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) launched its 2025 competition calendar in impressive fashion on Sunday with the Novices and Juniors Championship at the Saint Stanislaus College Auditorium.

-Todd tells Venezuelan envoy Foreign Minister Hugh Todd yesterday told Venezuela’s ambassador here that Guyana is outraged at an attack on Friday by suspected sindicatos across the Cuyuni River which left six Guyanese soldiers nursing wounds. 

A United States-based company, Curlew Mid-stream, has sealed a refined fuels venture with Guyana, aiming to enhance the country’s energy security and affordability while also potentially serving northern Brazil and the wider region.

The Mexico-Guyana Chamber of Commerce was officially launched yesterday at the Guyana Energy Conference & Supply Chain Expo 2025, a release from the Expo announced.

(Reuters) – In the first ODI without a single ball of pace, the United States broke India’s 40-year-old record for the lowest successfully defended total in a full men’s 50-over match as they beat Oman by 57 runs yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro yesterday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his plane, in order to kill him, citing the success of his efforts to tackle the drug trade.

Rosalinda Rasul yesterday testified about the use of a spreadsheet at the 2020 general elections – instead of Statements of Poll – and the incorrect numbers that were generated as a result.

Dear Editor, Vaping among schoolchildren is a growing concern for parents, educators, and policymakers.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) –  Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was charged yesterday over a plot to overturn his 2022 election loss, the office of the country’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday, in the latest legal setback for the far-right leader.

Guyana’s U-20 women’s football team will compete in Group A of the 2025 Concacaf Women’s U20 Qualifiers, where they will face Haiti, Belize and host nation Antigua and Barbuda.

-after lengthy debate A motion put forward by APNU+AFC  Member of Parliament Volda Lawrence calling for the upgrade and maintenance of the historic Le Repentir Cemetery was passed after more than four hours of heated debate in Parliament on Monday.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Bolivian counterpart Celinda Sosa at the United Nations yesterday, according to a statement from his ministry, and said China was willing to “continuously elevate the China-Bolivia strategic partnership”.

President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, yesterday declared that his country is ready to finalise petroleum exploration agreements with the Government of Guyana as part of a 2023 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), a Department of Public Information (DPI) release reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, Whilst Monday’s incident at the Pearson International Airport would seem remote to Guyana, it offers some lessons on how Guyana is prepared to deal with a similar situation at Cheddi Jagan Airport.

Guyana’s top table tennis stars, Chelsea Edghill and Shemar Britton, are set to compete at the prestigious 2025 Pan American Table Tennis Cup, which serves as the ITTF Continental Cup for the Americas.

Dear Editor, Having mixed  and mingled with a mixture of Guyanese representing a variety of age groups, social and ethnic backgrounds, I wish to observe as follows:- Those who do not support the PPP get the impression that President Ali may mean well.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he may not let Venezuela export oil and petroleum products via companies like Chevron CVX.N.

Reigning Georgetown Football Association (GFA) First-Division champions, Pele Football Club, will convene a Special General Members Meeting this Saturday to elect a new executive body.  

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Monday met with first ever Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) mission to Guyana which currently attending the Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo 2025.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said yesterday it had agreed to hold more talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine after an initial meeting that excluded Kyiv, a departure from Washing-ton’s previous approach that rallied U.S.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that he will block the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One until the news agency stops referring to the Gulf of Mexico.

Dear Editor, In the course of history, words written, spoken and sung have always held immeasurable power.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The United States condemned the “dangerous” manoeuvres of a Chinese navy helicopter that endangered the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, its ambassador to Manila said yesterday.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has launched an investigation into an incident which occurred at the Lusignan Prison where a male inmate might have been sexually assaulted.

Over 300 employers and employees from both the public and private sectors are now better informed about their rights and responsibilities following a seminar on Guyana’s Labour Laws, hosted by the Ministry of Labour.

Dear Editor, The sociopolitical landscape of Guyana, marked by its colonial legacy and entrenched ethnic divisions, has long demanded voices willing to confront uncomfortable truths.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argen-tina’s presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said yesterday that it was “insulting” to speculate that bribes where involv-ed in the case of libertarian President  Javier Milei promoting a cryptocurrency that rapidly slumped.

COLEMAN, Florida,  (Reuters) – Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents and incarcerated for nearly five decades while maintaining his innocence, was released from a Florida prison yesterday after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence.

Elijah Fraser, a 23-year-old from Byderabo Road, Bartica, appeared yesterday at the Bartica Magis-trate’s Court before Magis-trate Teriq Mohammed, where he was charged with refusing to consent to taking a Breathalyzer Test.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body is planning to spice up the showcase Monaco Grand Prix by forcing teams to carry out more pitstops.

(ESPN) We live in a time when the ODI is starved for attention, with the older sibling commanding instant respect for its age and wisdom and the younger one bawling at full lung capacity if you dare to look away while it cartwheels around the room.

Dear Editor, Donald has the Art of the Deal. Bill has the Art of Brevity.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro said yesterday that her government reached an agreement with the United States to continue a century-old extradition treaty.

By Mia Amor Mottley BRIDGETOWN – The existential threat of the climate crisis casts a long shadow over our planet.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

PALM BEACH, Florida, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump  said yesterday he intends to impose auto tariffs “in the neighborhood of 25%” and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, the latest in a series of measures threatening to upend international trade.

Last week Monday, 10 February, Cricket West Indies (CWI) proudly released an extended statement under the caption,’ Cricket West Indies passes historic governance reform at Special Meeting of Shareholders.’