Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and vice-president Michel Platini have both been found not guilty following their fraud trial in Switzerland. The pair stood trial over a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.6m) made by Blatter to Platini in 2011. Both men had denied wrongdoing and said the transfer was belated payment for Platini’s advisory…
–as Caribbean Airlines Cargo connects to island nation CARIBBEAN Airlines has announced the expansion of its cargo network to/from Cuba effective June 28, 2022. Through a partnership with General Handling Agent Aerovaradero, the airline will offer air cargo services twice weekly into Havana on Tuesday and Saturday on its scheduled passenger flights. From there, the…
NARA, Japan, July 8 (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, public broadcaster NHK said. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the western…
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Wednesday, presented the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with 25 REED R8080 Data Logging Sound Level Meters with Bargraph to aid the Force in noise management and complaints of noise nuisance. EPA’s Legal Officer, Shareefah Parks, presented the Noise Meters to Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, on behalf of…
Three weeks after 16-year-old Akeem Bissoon of ‘A’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown disappeared at an abandoned airstrip in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazarui), his mother is still searching for answers. The teen’s mother, Jennifer Henry, says police ranks continue their search but she is calling on the family member who took her son on the trip to…
THOUSANDS of residents within six low-income communities in Region Three (Essequibo Islands / West Demerara) are soon to benefit from a street light installation project under the Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP). AHUAP is executed by the Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and funded by…
Led by centuries from Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, Australia posted 298-5 on the opening day in the second Test, at the Galle International Stadium, on Friday. The duo took advantage of Sri Lanka’s offerings in fairly challenging conditions for batting, returning 109* and 104 respectively. Australia were in trouble early, losing David Warner for five…
MAKEDA Braithwaite, a 24-year-old editor, has written a short science fiction story that was published by the American-based FIYAH-Literary Magazine. Her short story titled, “The Pastry Shop Round the Bend,” was based on herbs used by Guyanese. “There’s this Guyanese way of thinking, there is a herb, there’s a this for every single illness you…
Two new centres of excellence will be established locally to provide cardiovascular and oncology care for patients in Guyana and the wider Caribbean, as part of a new national health care initiative launched on Friday. The new initiative sees Guyana partnering with the renowned Mount Sinai Health System and the Stabroek block co-venturer Hess Corporation…
–investor says multi-complex facility could be fully opened early next year WITH works progressing on the US$25 million “Royal Orchid” Hotel and Mall on Mandela Avenue, investors expect to have more businesses opened before the end of the year even as they noted that the facility could possibly be opened fully by 2023. A primary…
