Articles published on Monday, January 17, 2022
A fire just before midnight on Sunday gutted two bonds controlled by Laparkan Shipping in the Guyana National Industrial Company compound on Lombard Street leaving millions of dollars of losses in cargo and infrastructural damage.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said that it is deeply saddened and shaken at the passing of its Founding Chairman, Dr.
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights today to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the death of the famous diarist, who was discovered in her canal side hideout and died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945.
(Trinidad Express) Police fired tear gas to disperse an unruly crowd of approximately 300 protesters and detained 12 of them at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, yesterday.
Pioneering businessman Yesu Persaud has passed away, according to President Irfaan Ali.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has added his voice to the barrage of criticism that has greeted the Natural Resource Fund Act which was rushed through the National Assembly on December 29 by the government without any prior consultation.
CPSO, the regional business body which has raised reservations about the local content law here has never reached out to Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) or affiliate bodies here and the business community here is questioning its ties with CARICOM “They have never visited Guyana to meet with the Private Sector Commission or approached for local representation.
Wärtsilä engineers arrived here on Saturday and have begun diagnostic testing on malfunctioning generator sets at GPL’s Garden of Eden plant and load shedding will continue until the problem is resolved, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Minnows Ireland survived a lower order wobble to beat West Indies for only the third time in a One-Day International when they stunned them by two wickets here yesterday, to also claim their first-ever series win over the Caribbean side.
Self-exiled Guyanese politician Balram Singh Rai, who was one the last major surviving figures of the pre-independence period and later famously clashed with the Jagans, passed away in the United Kingdom last week at the age of 100.
A Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne family is seeking answers about the death of a four-month-old baby girl at the Skeldon Hospital on Friday last and the region says that an investigation is ongoing.
Civil society group Article 13 yesterday expressed concern over sustained online attacks on one of its prominent members, Yog Mahadeo.
Dear Editor, I read with amazement the article in Saturday’s Stabroek News `GPL shuts down Garden of Eden plant over fears of major explosion -outages planned as national grid loses 46.5MW’ which stated inter alia “Fearing a massive explosion after the detection of fuel in the exhaust of a generator, the Guyana Power and Light Inc.
Well-known educator Arthur Chandra passed away on Friday at the age of 61.
Dear Editor, In Guyana’s Indigenous Villages the question of the constitution and functioning of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) is presenting some worry.
The police are continuing their probe into the suspected act of arson which destroyed the echocardiography (ECG) laboratory at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on New Year’s Day.
Dear Editor, Over the past few days and primarily at the weekend I was inundated with calls from Guyanese around the world (no exaggeration) and many at home.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that there were nine more COVID-19 deaths as of January 15th and five of these persons were fully vaccinated.
Dear Editor, Balram Singh Rai would have been 101 next month.
The Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) has given its full public support to the Local Content Act.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has put together a five-member team to evaluate the State’s handling of the COVID-19 virus “with a professional eye” and present their findings in one week.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation noted a letter to the Sunday Stabroek dated January 16, 2022 written by one Edward Burrowes.
Off-spinner, Junior Sinclair yesterday ensured Keemo Paul’s XI whip Leon Johnson’s XI by eight wickets inside three days during the second Guyana Harpy Eagles’ Best versus Best match at the Albion Community Development Centre ground.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A major winter storm slammed much of the eastern United States with snow, ice and high winds yesterday, causing widespread travel disruptions and power outages on a holiday weekend.
Dear Editor, In my layman’s understanding I seem to recall the operations of Wartsila were assumed by the then newly established PPDI.
A fire yesterday destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete house in Maida Village, Corentyne, leaving a family counting millions of dollars in losses and contemplating their next move.
The competitive juices of players from the national rugby team flowed on Saturday at the National Park following a break for the holidays.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic flew out of Australia yesterday after a court upheld the government’s decision to cancel his visa, capping days of drama over the country’s COVID-19 entry rules and his unvaccinated status.
(Reuters) – Australia underlined their utter Ashes supremacy by crushing England’s hopes of a consolation victory and winning the day-night fifth test by 146 runs with two days to spare in Hobart yesterday to seal a 4-0 series triumph.
(ICC) Bangladesh’s defence of their ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup title got off to a poor start as they slipped to a seven-wicket defeat against England in their Group A opener yesterday.
Bones Hyland had career highs of 27 points and 10 rebounds, Nikola Jokic had 17 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds, and the host Denver Nuggets routed the Los Angeles Lakers 133-96 on Saturday night.
Trends have emerged in Guyana where political parties, principally the PNCR, sometimes define their responsibilities as relating to only those who they ‘represent’ or their ‘supporters’ or who ‘voted for them,’ even though, as Government or Opposition, they are expected to represent the interests of all Guyanese.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A Grand Slam accustomed to the iron rule of Novak Djokovic will emerge blinking into a brave new world today as rivals jostle to fill the power vacuum left by the departed Serbian superstar at the Australian Open.
Last week, we began a discussion of the Santiago Principles and the extent to which the recently passed Natural Resource Fund Act 2021 is in conformity with those principles.
(Reuters) – A gunman who took four people hostage at a Dallas-area synagogue and was himself killed as federal agents stormed the temple was identified yesterday as a British citizen, while police in England said they had detained two teenagers for questioning in the investigation.
By Thomas Harding Thomas Harding is author of ‘White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery’ published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson .
Dear Editor, Welcome to Rajendra Singh about to be confirmed as Guyana High Commissioner to the UK – at long last.
Sasenarine Singh, the Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo has sued Kaieteur News for alleged libel contained in three letters published by the newspaper.
The Government, the Joint Services, the Private Sector Commission (PSC), citizens and others who turned out on Saturday and yesterday to clean up the capital city must be applauded.
