Daily Archive: Saturday, February 1, 2020

The National Park is temporarily closed until further notice as there seem to have been an invasion of bees, a release from the Protected Areas Commission said this afternoon.

Following recent revelations in Stabroek News of Global Witness’s estimate that Guyana stands  to lose some US$55B on one contract over the next 40 years, Change Guyana presidential candidate, Robert Badal said if he was elected to office he would set up a Commission of Enquiry into the processes and negotiations surrounding Oil and Gas Contracts.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China faced mounting isolation from international travel curbs and flight suspensions today as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259.

(Trinidad Express) Eight years after it was proposed, glass bottles will officially be banned this Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

Police say they uncovered a plot to kill a member of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), and the intended hit-man was killed in a shootout.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is actively participating in the ongoing audit of the US$460 million in pre-contract costs claimed by ExxonMobil and its co-venturers and is working to have a 24-hour presence on offshore oil operations and closed-circuit television access as it yesterday promised strict tax oversight of the petroleum sector.

President David Granger last evening announced plans for a squatter resettlement body as he sought to make his case for re-election to residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara), where he also touted conditional cash transfers for families with school-age children from oil revenues and access to farming lands for laid off sugar workers.

Attorney General Basil Williams, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan, and Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland are among 74 public officials who have been identified as being delinquent in filing their declaration of assets for last year, according to the Integrity Commission.

Dear Editor, Two days after the highly regarded London-based international NGO Global Witness received a tongue-lashing from Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge at an APNU+AFC rally, the NGO has noted that Guyana stands to lose US$55 billion on the oil deal with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL. 

A 22-year-old bank teller was allegedly stabbed by her “reputed husband,” who police say then attempted to end his own life by ingesting a poison and jumping into the Demerara River on Thursday evening.

A Corentyne rice farmer, who is accused of being a cattle thief, was evening gunned down in the Number 67 Village, Corentyne backlands on Thursday, while allegedly stealing two cows. 

Dear Editor, The ExxonMobil petroleum agreement purports to provide Guyana with a 2% royalty and 50% of the profit oil.

This weekend, the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will devote activities to honor the lifetime achievements of some of its outstanding members along with the birthday celebrations of Maurice Solomon and Hemraj Kissoon. 

The penultimate group stage of the Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal competition commences this evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with eight fixtures.

A 23-year-old woman was remanded to prison yesterday after she was charged with the murder of Latoya Haywood, the mother of two who was fatally stabbed on Christmas morning.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C’s hysterical reaction to comrade Volda Lawrence’s call at the Kitty Rally that was sponsored by the APNU+AFC, for supporters to work the “night shift” outside of the polling stations to protect their votes, is not new since both major parties have made this call at previous elections.

The annual Mocha Village Cup’ Streetball Championship officially kicks off this evening at the Mocha Tarmac with 10 matches.

Dear Editor, In the January 29, 2020, issue of the ‘Kaieteur News’, there is a report of the Court proceedings in the libel case of Donald Ramotar vs.

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BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of yesterday, an increase of 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country’s National Health Commission.

For the past five years whenever the calendar flips to February, the nation’s fittest athletes prime their bodies for the gruelling Crossfit-style Fitness Games Challenge.

Known as the Singing Chef, or in Europe as the Gourmet Musician, Eon John’s talent is serenading his audience with music and food and after doing this at restaurants around the globe, he has returned home to do the same.

Dear Editor, Mr. Christopher “Kit” Nascimento continued his obsession with NCN  in yesterday’s SN letter `Stony silence by broadcasting authority on NCN happenings’.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday condemned what it called the “unacceptable conduct” over the past few days of purported supporters of political parties contesting the upcoming March 2nd general and regional elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union yesterday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they said marked a new era for the country.

A Brazilian national is now a remanded prisoner after he was charged yesterday with the murder of Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway miner David Atkinson, who was killed last October.

The neck of a sheep is a tasty cut of meat.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) is set to stage the first of three CARIFTA Games trials at the National Track and Field Centre tomorrow.

Dear Editor, It is very heartening to see reggae music continuing to firmly establish itself on the international scene and gaining the recognition and respect it deserves for its positive influences.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter on Tuesday titled, `Neither festive nor a ‘lime’’ from Robin Singh (SN January 28).   

The 2020 edition of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior national championships got underway last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate yesterday voted against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s almost certain acquittal next week.

A 45-year-old resident of Port Kaituma, who is accused of raping a woman, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the offence in a city court.

Sometimes it can feel as if concerns surrounding climate change is an upper-class problem, primarily because access to alternatives that would be better for the environment are more expensive and very often inaccessible to the masses.

Dear Editor, Please refer to an article which appeared in Stabroek News’ issue of  Thursday January 30, 2020: `EPA ‘generally pleased’ with new Bosai tailings pond’.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued an expanded version of his travel ban yesterday that targets prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries, a move that could affect thousands of people and reignite debate on whether the policy is discriminatory.

Months after he was charged with attempting to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through the JFK Airport to sell for use in high-stakes bird-singing competitions, a Guyanese man on Thursday admitted to the crime.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp yesterday reported a 5.2% drop in fourth-quarter profit on weaknesses in chemicals and refining and flat oil and gas output, with asset sales helping to stem the decline.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] has approved the staging of the ‘East Coast Jubilee Republic Football Tournament’, which is set to get underway tomorrow and end February 28th.

Traits Model Management has issued a second casting call for models who are interested in the upcoming Strut Le Labyrinthe to show up for auditions set for February 9.

PARIS/LONDON/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption, prosecutors said yesterday as the European planemaker agreed a record $4 billion settlement with France, Britain and the United States.

As the impeachment trial in the US Senate heads towards a partisan anticlimax, the intellectual debasements of the Trump era have plumbed new depths.

EL ROSARIO, Mexico  (Reuters) – Surrounded by the millions of monarch butterflies that Mexican environmental activist Homero Gomez fought to protect until his mysterious death, relatives and friends paid tribute to him yesterday.

On January 29th 2020, Stabroek Sport published an article headlined ‘UDFA clubs suspended, fined in absentia’, which stated that the Upper Demerara Football Association (UFDA) had suspended and fined Eagles United and Botofago Football Clubs for one year and fined $50,000 each for their non-participation in the year-end competition.

In celebration of Bob Marley’s 75th birth anniversary and to promote local talent, Carib Feedback Productions presents a Bob Marley Showcase on Thursday, February 6, at the Pegasus Hotel Poolside.

A 42-year-old miner is currently hospitalised with burns about his body, which he suffered on Wednesday evening while rescuing children from a burning building at Mahdia, in Region Eight.

Conspiracy theorists believe that many of humanity’s troubles are coordinated by a group of elites who run the world.

Dear Editor, Please publish this letter I am sending to  highlight my encounter with the general manager, customer relations and the pensions section of the NIS.