Articles published on Sunday, December 22, 2019
The Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) today announced that effective from January 2nd, 2020, the weight for all categories of vehicles crossing the bridge will be reduced.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Skipper Virat Kohli’s masterly 85 set up India’s successful chase as the hosts pipped West Indies by four wickets in the third and final one-dayer to complete a 2-1 series win today.
(Jamaica Observer) If chairman and CEO of the Miss World organisation Julia Morley had her way, Jamaica would be the host of the 70th anniversary of the international beauty pageant come next year.
(Trinidad Express) The entire board of directors of State-owned television station TTT has been fired.
(Jamaica Observer) The people of Arcadia, St Thomas, say they, too, have a stake in the ‘ownership’ of Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh, a native of the soil.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a rally today for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital.
President Paula-Mae Weekes has declared the dangerous drugs amendment act law and it comes into effect on Monday.
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) and the Federal United Party (FEDUP) will contest the March 2, 2020 elections as a “single entity” though the details of what that entity will be called or how it will function to maintain the individual identities of the two parties remain unclear.
A day after the announcement of first oil and hailing what it said was visionary leadership by the late President Janet Jagan in engaging ExxonMobil, the opposition PPP yesterday flayed the government’s handling of the petroleum sector and pledged to have the necessary legislative framework installed in six months were it to win the March 2 general elections.
Over the last month UK explorer Tullow Oil has lost more than £1bn from its market value after announcing a decrease in its production capabilities over the next three years.
The debilitating physical and emotional pain of an HIV-positive mother of six, which she witnessed as a young 17-year-old work study student in a private hospital, pushed Simone Sills into the world of nursing and long years after that woman died she has lived on through Sills’ work that has been centred around HIV and AIDS.
As the discussion of local content and Guyana’s preparation for the nascent oil and gas industry continues, a former Government Technical Institute student who now works with Saipem (an Italian oil and gas industry contractor) is saying to youths that it is not too late to get prepared and educated for the myriad job opportunities that come with the sector.
CUTTACK, India, MC – West Indies face India in today’s decisive third One-Day International knowing victory will see them end a near two-decade wait for a series victory on the subcontinent.
I was introduced to my family’s Christmas traditions very late. This is because I was born long after most of the traditions—the cooking, cleaning, shopping and sharing—were already established by my family without me.
Climbing the Guyana face of Mount Roraima for the first time was an experience that will never be forgotten, according to two Akawaio men who are the first Guyanese on record to do so.
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When the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) holds its Annual General Meeting today at its office, Charlotte Street, New Amsterdam, Roy Jafarally will challenge incumbent Hilbert Foster for the leadership of the board.
The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) – headed by Lenox Shuman – is adamant that there is not much hope for the future of Guyana without constitutional reform.
By Gabrielle Mohamed In the early hours of the Christmas Eve, the rickety gait of a broken granddaughter stumbles along the red chapped bricks of Georgetown’s Main Street.
KOLKATA, India, CMC – Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir has criticised Kings XI Punjab’s million-dollar acquisition of West Indies speedster Sheldon Cottrell, labelling the move as a “desperation” buy.
GAWU on Friday said that sugar production this year will not reach 100,000 tonnes and will be the lowest production of GuySuCo in its now 43-year history.
By Cosmata Lindie Well, we were hanging out in Heaven Just doing what angels do Lighting up the new stars And snuffing out the old ones too No, it wasn’t us who made them That was God’s work, as you all know But the maintenance of creation Is what the angels do All systems were up and running And God was pleased with what he’d done But one world was causing worry That third rock from the sun It was really quite a jewel With great promise, so God said But the humans set to care for it Were cursed by sin instead And God fretted over them While we just did what angels do Paid visits, carried messages And helped quite a few souls too Oh yes, and Jesus?
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Andre Fletcher struck a maiden Twenty20 hundred while Johnson Charles narrowly missed out on a second, as the two exiled West Indies stars propelled Sylhet Thunder to a crushing 80-run victory over Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.
Darkness cloaked the silent world And then appeared a Star Brightly shining in the East It was seen both near and far.
General Manager of the Linden-based Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc, Eric Yu, has refuted recent reports in the media that inferred that the Chinese company was not paying dividends.
A new champion will be crowned in the second annual KFC Goodwill Series as Lodge Secondary dethroned Shiva Boys of Trinidad and Tobago to set up a championship match with Annai Secondary today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
WASHINGTON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Across the globe, rural workers and rights groups are testing an international agreement they say could help hundreds of millions of people protect their right to own and use land.
The Head of the Government Analyst Department, Marlan Cole said on Friday that it is not possible for his department to verify the authenticity of documents from foreign authorities by making contact with them each time a container arrives.
The Golden Grove Community Centre Ground will come alive this evening when the knockout round of the inaugural 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Championship commences with a doubleheader.
The perfect Christmas playlist will likely be different for each of us, but there are arguably a few songs that should probably make your cut.
Dear Editor, In a single article in yesterday’s Stabroek News on the statements by ExxonMobil and President Granger heralding the start of oil production in Guyana, SN devotes seven paragraphs (or 25%) to the views of unnamed critics of various aspects of the oil issue.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday said the United States and China would “very shortly” sign their so-called Phase One trade pact.
Dear Editor, Where is the voice of Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan concerning Mr.
Over two and a half years after Maverick De Abreu was accused of assaulting popular Soca artiste Rodney ‘Benjai’ Le Blanc outside the Palm Court nightclub, he is expected to call his final witness when his trial resumes in the New Year.
Elite League teams Fruta Conquerors and Buxton United stormed into the quarterfinal round following lopsided wins on Friday in the GFF Super 16 championships at the Beterverwagting [BV] ground.
A Visit from Saint Nicholas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St.
A businessman was recently charged with submitting a total of $22 million in forged invoices to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Dear Editor, I was heartened by media reports, just over a week ago, that the Governor of the Central Bank contemplated penalties against Republic Bank if it did not make speedy amends to its prolonged unacceptable service to customers.
The Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) yesterday announced that effective from January 2nd, 2020, the weight for all categories of vehicles crossing the bridge will be reduced.
Dear Minerva, I have had a very disturbing few weeks. My partner and I have always been very honest with each other, or so I thought.
Guyana Floodlight Under-15s (GFL) opened their campaign in the third Youth United States Open with a six-wicket win over Woodland Cricket Club yesterday in Florida, United States of America.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel yesterday named tourism minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in decades, under a new constitution that seeks to decentralize former leader Fidel Castro’s job.
The Dharm Shala Home of Benevolence for All Races is making its annual appeal to continue the day to day operations of feeding housing and clothing those who seek assistance with no charge attached.
Christmas Day is in three days and the New Year is just around the corner.
Dear Editor, I read a letter in Stabroek News 11/12/2019 `Failure to address the ethnic impetus in domestic abuse will see the scourge continue’ on the preponderance of violence against women in the East Indian community vis-à-vis other ethnic groups in Guyana.
Goal is Money, Mighty Rulers, Future Stars and Goal Raiders secured convincing wins when the inaugural Christmas Futsal Fiesta commenced on Friday night at the Bartica Community Center hard-court.
LUCKNOW, (Reuters) – A court sentenced a former lawmaker from India’s ruling party to life imprisonment for raping a teenager, his lawyer said on Friday, the highest ranking Indian politician to get such a significant jail term in recent years.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a meeting of top military officials to discuss boosting the country’s military capability, state news agency reported yesterday amid heightened concern the North may be about to return to confrontation with Washington.
A computer technician was recently granted bail after he denied an accusation that he fraudulently misappropriated funds entrusted to him by attorney Gordon Gilhuys to buy and install CCTV cameras.
Dear Editor, Two things I hate: one – complaining about the same problem a million and thirteen times, and not doing anything drastic to solve it; and/or, two – applying the same remedy one thousand and fourteen times and getting no better result.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he is distressed and shocked following the murder of Mi4 security officer Mark Nurse.
The Rotary Club of Georgetown Central and the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central collaborated just over a week ago to provide over 100 families in Plastic City, Vreed-en-Hoop, with food hampers for the Christmas season.
Tim Hardaway Jr. made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lift the visiting Dallas Mavericks past the Philadelphia 76ers, 117-98, on Friday.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – More than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, officials said, as police try to quell sometimes violent demonstrations against a citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution.
Bail has been granted to the four men recently accused of robbing a businessman of a quantity of raw gold at Matthews Ridge.
Dear Editor, First oil is upon us and Guyanese should be rejoicing unreservedly; however, despite having had four years and seven months to prepare for this day, the Granger administration’s dereliction of duty has resulted in us greeting first oil with our pants around our ankles.
(Trinidad Express) The fire ignited by a fallen transformer, not the collision injuries, led to the death of Michael Bradshaw, Djenne Hills-Dyer, two of the four victims of a fiery crash on Thursday.
LAHORE, (Reuters) – Pakistan openers Abid Ali and Shan Masood smashed hundreds and forged a 278-run stand to flatten Sri Lanka in the second and final test in Karachi yesterday.
On Saturday, December 14th, Nigel Butler and a group of other artistes turned the Courtyard Mall into their own personal live-art gallery as part of their plan to bring more recognition to the creative industries.
Given my own interests in cultural matters and the arts, generally, coupled with my wife’s own interests in other areas, it’s fair to say that evenings in Georgetown will often find me in various gatherings where those subjects are on the menu and, as to be expected, these occasions can vary in quality from official to exhilarating, and so one can go to these things hoping to encounter the latter.
“Sometimes I want to do so much, and it just gets to me.
A Linden DJ, who was accused of hitting his drinking partner’s head with a gun during an argument, has been remanded to prison.
Last Update: 596.61 Movement: 1.38% Current Update” 604.85 YTD Movement: 17.48% LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 1.38 percent during the third period of trading in December 2019.
Introduction Last week’s column introduced four attributes of the Buxton Proposal, which I am certain, if kept constantly to the fore-front of its consideration would allow a deeper understanding of it as a potentially transformational poverty policy intervention, reaching beyond a cash transfers to all households’ scheme (and thus race/ethnic neutral).
If one of the two main political groups in Guyana, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) or A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) achieves an absolute majority at the March 2 general elections, one half of the population will feel alienated.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French telecoms group Orange and its former CEO Didier Lombard were guilty of “moral harassment” that prompted a spate of suicides during a restructuring at the company in the late 2000s, a Paris court ruled on Thursday.
Present Hope, East Bank Essequibo, bordered by Saint Lawrence and Lookabu, is a haven to the more than 100 people who call it home.
The best words for Christmas are from T.S. Eliot’s marvelous poem, “The journey of the Magi.”
(Jamaica Gleaner) A member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is among four persons who died yesterday in separate motor vehicle crashes.
Oil & Gas Oil production begins: ExxonMobil on Friday night announced the start of oil production from the Liza field, offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after the first find of hydrocarbons.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The illness that swept through the England camp has eased with bowlers Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad and Jack Leach returning to training as Ollie Pope struck a century in the three-day warm-up fixture against South Africa A in Benoni yesterday.
The final chapter of the progressive Gaico Construction Grand Prix chess tournament ends today at the National Stadium, Providence.
Dear Editor, By Guyanese standards, it has been a relatively dignified December.
ANSA McAL Trading Limited yesterday opened their T.WEE Gourmet Shoppe filled with a variety of alcohol beverages and chocolates at the Giftland Mall.
Last week we reported that fourteen new parties had applied to Gecom for symbols to contest the 2020 general and regional elections.
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Elusive British street artist Banksy has highlighted the issue of rough sleeping in a seasonal mural showing two flying reindeer pulling a homeless man on a street-bench sleigh.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government has sparked a holiday controversy by hanging Christmas lights in major cities, which many say have no place in a country suffering chronic blackouts.
(SciDev.Net) – Lower-income countries are increasingly facing a double blow from the impact of both undernutrition and obesity, which often coexist within the same community – and are even found within the same families or individuals.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong residents have been gathering across the city on weekends and in lunch breaks to write Christmas cards to injured protesters and those in detention as anti-government demonstrations grind on through the holiday season.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian teenage Scrabble protégé Tengku Ariff Shah can spell more English words than most adults in the Western world, but he doesn’t always know what they mean.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Author J.K. Rowling became the latest person to be “canceled” on Friday in a row over transgender rights after the action signifying online outrage took off in 2019, along with terms such as “girly swot” and “eco-anxiety”.
LONDON (Reuters) – “Cats” star Jason Derulo has hit back at critics who have slammed the film adaptation of the hit stage musical, calling the movie “an incredible, brave piece of art”.
MADRID (Reuters) – Forget Black Friday, twinkling lights or any other Christmas tradition; Spain’s Christmas season doesn’t properly kick off until today, when El Gordo, the world’s richest lottery, hands out prizes totaling 2.38 billion euros (US$2.62 billion).
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Along the ancient walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, a man dressed as Santa Claus tries to raise holiday cheer from atop a camel by offering free Christmas trees to residents.
PARIS (Reuters) – In a change of scene, Santa Claus is donning flippers and a diving mask along with his traditional red-and-white outfit to scuba dive in a Paris aquarium as he teaches kids about global warming and climate issues during the festive season.
