Daily Archive: Sunday, February 13, 2022

Civil society group Article 13 today expressed deep concern over the government’s replacement of Dr Rudy Jadoopat at the natural resources transparency body with Dr Prem Misir.

The United Kingdom’s shadow overseas secretary, David Lammy has written to the government asking it to pardon 70 abolitionists convicted for their roles within the 1823 Demerara slave uprising.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed has hit back at Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on his claims about a high demand for Venezuelan prostitutes in Chaguanas, saying it was based on a report that shows no real investigation or information based upon sound research.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president cemented his grip over the judiciary today with a decree that lets him dismiss judges or block their promotion, helping consolidate his power after he seized executive authority last summer in a move his foes call a coup.

Government anticipates that its Local Content Secretariat (LCS) will become functional by this month end and is continuing to push for maximal opportunities in the oil and gas sector for locals in partnership with ExxonMobil’s Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD).

The US$100 million Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre will open next month end to cater to an expatriate clientele seeking long-term stays with luxury accommodation, proprietor Robert Badal said on Friday.

Edith Reuben, the Yarrowkabra housewife whose body was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard last week, was hanged and the police have since arrested two suspects, including her husband, who they say have confessed to the crime.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Saturday commissioned a new 15-bed Infectious Disease Unit in the compound of the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital, in Region Six.

A $3 billion increase in the bid price for the Linden to Mabura Hill road upgrade project is the result of an addition for contingencies and Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has said it is not unusual for bid prices to be “corrected” during the evaluation stage of tenders.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has called for the removal of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall after he told an opposition parliamentarian that she needed a “dildo” during a parliamentary sitting last week.

While seeking to dispel suspicions raised by the opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) over the decision to terminate negotiations with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) for the construction of the new Demerara River bridge, the government on Saturday disclosed that the talks lasted almost a month but no agreement could be reached.

Three women have been added to the country’s growing list of COVID-19 fatalities.

Guyanese left-hander, Shimron Hetmyer, will turn out for Rajasthan Royals this year while Jason Holder and Nicholas Pooran also attracted big buys in the 2022 Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) auction yesterday.

Dear Editor, As the Energy Conference gets underway, Guyana continues to experience the phenomenon of blackouts.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin yesterday that the West would respond decisively to any invasion of Ukraine, adding such a step would produce widespread suffering and isolate Moscow.

Today’s column will simulate two scenarios of expected money inflows into and outflows from the Natural Resource Fund.

A sum of $1.7 billion was on Thursday approved for the construction and rehabilitation of police stations across the country.

A composed innings from Guyana Harpy Eagle’s Veerasammy Permaul ensured Guyana Harpy Eagles defeated Windward Volcanoes in the opening round of the West Indies Championship at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad.

Dear Editor, Last November Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo announced prematurely that China State Construction and Engineering Company (CSCEC) was selected to construct the new bridge across the Demerara River.

Needing to return to work to take care of her two children after her marriage failed, Vanda Allicock chose the worlds of fashion and massage therapy to not only earn an income and maintain a sense of independence but also to highlight the cultural traditions and beauty in nature so integral to the Indigenous way of life.

WINDSOR, Ontario, (Reuters) – A standoff between Canadian police and protesters blocking a key bridge to the United States continued yesterday, hours after authorities moved in seeking to end the blockade of the important trade corridor.

In anticipation of this week’s International Energy Conference and Expo, which is being held from February 15 to February 18 at the Marriott Hotel at Kingston, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has organised a Benab Duty-Free Shop at the nearby Umana Yana, to showcase local products.

Dear Editor, Having listened to a portion of Mr. Jagdeo’s interview with Vice News, during which he spoke to Indigenous Guyanese issues, the following was disclosed, among other things: 1. 

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday signed a five-year Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) with Blue Water Shipping at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel for the staging of a girls U15 Developmental League.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) So India has yet again comprehensively defeated the West Indies in an ODI Series.

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TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – A convoy of fighters moved into Tripoli from the Libyan city of Misrata yesterday to shore up the interim prime minister amid a push by the parliament to oust him in favour of its own candidate.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday reported that a party of ranks on Friday destroyed a total of $115 million worth of marijuana discovered in the Berbice River.

Dear Editor, Please grant me a space in your newspaper to vent my frustration with the Ministry of Finance, Valuation Division (Government valuation office) located on Camp St, Georgetown.

After the COVID-19 pandemic brought a screeching halt to their gigs in clubs and other party venues, deejays like Guyana-born Gerald ‘Jerry’ Aaron have found new audiences and communities through online streaming.

Despite intermittent showers, Ronaldo Alimohamed and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) left-arm spinners left Police Sports club in an uncomfortable position of 90 for seven after day one of the Georgetown Cricket Association/GISE/ Star Party Rental/ Trophy Stall two-day, first-division  semi-final.

(Reuters) – Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel hijab-wearing girls is an insult that will force her to chose between religion and education.

Dear Editor, Regarding the controversy surrounding the Atlantic Reader Series, and how fairness and balance can be achieved without members of particular ethnic groups feeling marginalised or misrepresented, and the dilemma of state institutions, which are supported by taxes being seen as favouring certain ethnic groups, cultures and/or religions by the material they produce for public consumption and the activities they engage in, I have a suggestion and I do hope that concerned members of the public who feel strongly about this issue will offer suggestions/solutions that are feasible and not just focused on the problems.

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) – A birthday party held on a mountain sacred to indigenous Venezuelans has generated outrage over damage to the area in an episode critics see as entitled excess playing out amid Venezuela’s prolonged economic collapse.

Two men were detained by the police yesterday following the seizure of more than $600,000 in uncustomed alcoholic beverages in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jonathan Carter’s half-century proved the difference as Barbados Pride thwarted a Leeward Islands Hurricanes fightback, to post a four-wicket win on the final day of their first round contest.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan’s central bank on Saturday criticised Washington’s plan to use half the bank’s $7 billion in frozen assets on U.S.

Dear Editor, The consideration to remove the national curfew restriction all together is ill-conceived and ill-timed.

Dear reader, Did you know that February is International Correspondence Writing Month (InCoWriMo for short)?

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has refuted the claims of Corentyne fire victim Kulcharran Prashad that their tenders arrived without water when it responded to the fire that destroyed his home last Thursday.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Retired Nicaraguan general Hugo Torres, a former revolutionary comrade of President Daniel Ortega later considered a political prisoner by the opposition, died yesterday in a Managua prison aged 73, his political party and local media said.

When Tandy Tappin read for her degree in education, she faced years of trials and hardships, which included losing her only son as well as her mother in less than a year, all of which resulted in her graduating long after she was due.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago flirted with danger here yesterday before pulling off a nerve-jangling three wicket victory over Jamaica Scorpions, on the final day of their opening round match in the Regional First Class Championship.

Dear Editor, It was instructive, if not disturbing, to note the interaction at the Ministry of Labour regarding a ‘foreign’ recruiting agency’s payment arrangements for local employees – that is among complaints of other perceived discriminatory conditions of employment.

Wendell Meusa, an international Candidate Master, obliterated Guyana’s accomplished blitz players in a clean sweep at the STR Wood Inc online five-minute tournament this past weekend.

Cynthia Nelson has fascinated Guyanese for over a decade and a half with her “Tastes Like Home” articles in Stabroek News.

“I ain’t know dey say I is a senior citizen but I sure nuff a dem young boys does break long before me,” the sleazy words of a man reached my ear.

This final Sundance Film Festival dispatch explores a quartet of films concerned about ideas of living, legacies and the state of our world.

Aliyah Thom, the Eccles, East Bank Demerara girl who went missing on Thursday afternoon, has been found.

Last week the Annual Officers’ Conference of the GDF took place to discuss topics falling under the less than pithy rubric of ‘Enhancing national security and development through capacity building, empowering troops and strengthening community relations’.

Introduction Today’s column  treats with my support for the well-sustained  assertion to the  effect that ExxonMobil, in the second half of the 2010s and certainly all of 2020, had become a classic zombie firm, as defined in last week’s column as a business, finance and economics concept.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The U.S. government yesterday expressed concern over continued violence against journalists in Mexico, two days after the latest killing of a reporter.

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s chief scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, said on Friday that the world was not yet at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as there would be more coronavirus variants.

I had a vivid dream of my father. When they come in dreams my mother and my father seem very real and I reach out to them.

I’ve written numerous columns on Branch Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs), discussing the plethora of benefits that come with having them in your supplement stack; the number one being muscle recovery.