Daily Archive: Monday, February 21, 2022

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities today, drawing U.S.

Former taxi driver Faizal Bacchus now awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to the 2015 killing of proprietor of the Regent Multiplex Mall Ganesh Ramlall, who was popularly known as ‘Boyo.’

MOSCOW/PARIS,  (Reuters) – The Kremlin today said there were no concrete plans for a summit over Ukraine between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, placed under sanctions by China when he left office at the end of the Trump presidency last year, will visit Taiwan next week and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s government said today.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia today fully reopened its international borders to travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings as tourists returned and hundreds of people were reunited with family and friends.

(Barbados Nation) Government will soon be setting up a new Constitution Review Commission, says Attorney General Dale Marshall, and he will be making recommendations about its membership to Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Michael Deepak Doodooman valiantly braved the scorching heat, trying to save his elderly parents as he saw them rolling around on the ground, their clothing engulfed in flames, as a raging inferno swept through their Princes Town home yesterday morning.

Five overs into the final day’s play of the Georgetown Cricket Association GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall first-division two-day final, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ensured they retained their championship for the third straight season by virtue of first innings points over nemesis Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC).

The Lady Jaguars continued their perfect campaign in the Concacaf ‘W’ Championship Qualifiers, which also serves as the pathway for the 2023 FIFA World Cup, brushing aside hapless host Turks and Caicos 7-0 Saturday night at the TCIFA National Academy ground in Turks and Caicos.

The Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) Inter-Association Under-15 cricket tournament bowls off tomorrow at various venues in Demerara.

Sprinter, Shamar Horatio, along with Javon Roberts (800m) and triple jumper Trevon Hamer surpassed the qualifying standards in their respective events during the second CARIFTA Trials over the weekend at the National Track and Field Centre.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters)  – Second-half goals from substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga earned Manchester United a 4-2 victory over Leeds United in a thriller at Elland Road in the Premier League yesterday.

Maybe the NBA is a big man’s game after all. That was part of the tone stemming from the All-Star competition Saturday night in Cleveland.

Defending champion Pitbull, East Siders, Gunnerz, Titans and Conquerors were among the winning teams when the second Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic commenced Saturday at the Burnham Court on Middle and Carmichael Streets.

Fireside Grill N Chill and Trophy Stall became the latest corporate entities to support the second Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic which commenced Saturday at the Burnham Court, Parade ground.

Recently crowned national men’s singles champions Christopher Franklin and Chelsea Edghill will spearhead the Guyana men and women’s teams to this year’s Caribbean Table Tennis Championships.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) overcame a one set deficit to prevail 3-1 over Young Achievers when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior League continued on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

A search and rescue mission was underway yesterday for three fishermen after their Noble House Seafoods trawler capsized on Saturday morning some 18 miles off the Mahaicony Coast.

Dear Editor,  This week Guyana surpassed 1200 deaths on February 16, about one month shy of the first death on March 11, 2020 two years ago. 

More than a year after it first saw the IHS Markit audit of the US$460m in pre-contract costs claimed by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL, the PPP/C government says it is finalizing queries of “lumped” sums and investigating costs of items such as risers and the process should be completed in weeks.

(Reuters) – Manchester City said they were “shocked and appalled” by an attack on midfielder Phil Foden and his family after a video appeared to show them involved in a scuffle at Saturday’s boxing fight  between Amir Khan and Kell Brook at  Manches-ter’s AO Arena.

(Reuters) – British boxer Amir Khan  suggested that he is considering retirement from the sport after suffering a comprehensive defeat with a sixth-round TKO at the hands of Kell Brook on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Last week (Feb 17, 2022),  SN reported `Guysons in US$60m joint venture for oilfield manufacturing – Enmore sugar packaging plant to be transformed as part of deal’.

Project Manager of the Hope Energy Development (HED) Inc, Johan Sydow said that with the incorporation of a solar aspect into the Hope wind farm, they are now in a position to offer power in the vicinity of US$0.07 per kilowatt-hour.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Novak  Djokovic  was looking forward to kick-starting his 2022 season in Dubai following his deportation from Australia, and said he would be the first to congratulate U.S.

Dear Editor, Calvin Holder died on February 7, 2022 and was buried one day more than a week afterwards.

Two persons were injured after a car slammed into a restaurant in New Amsterdam last evening.

Dear Editor, The debate in your newspaper on “Guyanese culture” reminds me of an exchange in 2001 with Mr.

With Guyana seeking to diversify its faltering sugar industry and the PPP/C reopening closed estates, General Electric’s (GE) Regional Product Director John Ingram advised that ethanol can be used to aid the transition to renewable energy and he was bullish on the proposed use of natural gas here.

Dear Editor, I am appalled and truly saddened at the depths of depravity to which our Parliamentary debates have sunk.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that an unvaccinated Region Four woman, 80, died on February 20 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Two Corentyne men have been held over the raiding of a tomb at Hampshire Cemetery on Thursday evening.

Dear Editor, This should be the biggest, most joyful celebration of the Guyanese year, with the sole reason being because it is our own. 

The decision to reverse the EPA’s non-requirement of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the new Demerara River Bridge lies solely with the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) according to EPA’s Executive Director Kemraj Parsram.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to a summit over Ukraine, the U.S.

Dear Editor, Who is Bill Cotton people, keep asking me. Why me?

The Civil Aviation Training School, Air Navigation Services, on Friday held a Graduation Ceremony for 17 Aeronautical Information Management Officers (AIMO) who completed the course in 2021.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian police yesterday secured the downtown core of the capital with fencing as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupation of Ottawa.

Dear Editor, Since writing on May 10, 2021, on the urgent need to get the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) operational, this important body has still not yet been constituted, while a holdover staff of 20 languishes for 16 months without leadership.

Over the years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been actively involved in assisting Guyana in the strengthening of citizen security, promoting self-reliance financing, and supporting resilience within national institutions and communities, among others.

Dear Editor, I don’t know who needs to hear this but I am so heart-burstingly proud of the government of the Republic of Guyana and of her esteemed President, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who over the past few days, has shown the entire world that he is made of very fine annealed steel.

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – The Dominican government yesterday began building a wall that will cover almost half of the 392-kilometre (244 miles) border with Haiti, its only land neighbour, to stop irregular migration and the smuggling of goods, weapons and drugs.

By Rahul Basu Rahul Basu is the Research Director at the Goa Foundation and a member of ‘The Future We Need’, a global movement to make intergenerational equity foundational for civilisation beginning with minerals Treating mineral sale proceeds as revenue or income hides the real transaction — the sale of inherited wealth The principle that the economy must be “sustainable” — we cannot compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs — is beyond question.

Many questions can legitimately be asked about the deal announced on Wednesday, February 16 for 55 acres of land at Enmore (part of the East Demerara Estate) and the much-vaunted sugar packaging plant which had been hailed under the previous PPP/C government as the lynchpin of the hoped-for industry turnaround on the East Coast and further afield.

Dear Editor, The GAWU believes it must offer a response to some elements of Mr Lincoln Lewis’ letter appearing in the February 18, 2022, edition of the Stabroek News.

Addressing questions about the staffing complement at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony said that while the country’s premier health institution is adequately staffed, it is expected that the Festival City Polyclinic would reduce its outpatient load.