Daily Archive: Friday, May 6, 2022

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – A deadly explosion hit a well-known hotel in downtown Havana today, tearing a gash several floors high in the side of the building, killing at least 22 people and injuring upwards of 70, witnesses and state media said.

President Irfaan Ali and a high-level cabinet team held a brief meeting with the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (left) at State House this morning.

A Corentyne businessman died after a car struck him along the Nigg Public Road this morning.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered setbacks elsewhere in local elections, with voters punishing his government over a series of scandals.

SLIAC, Slovakia, (Reuters) – Germany will deliver seven self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said today, in a further reversal of a longtime policy not to send heavy weapons to war zones due to the country’s Nazi past.

(Trinidad Express) Montrose Road, Chaguanas, was blocked with burning tyres last night as residents protested the murder of businessman, Darryl Dindial, who was shot dead in a robbery.

North East La Penitence, Showstoppers, and Melanie, earned respective hard fought quarterfinal berths, when the Round of 16 section in the 4th Magnum Independence Cup concluded yesterday at the National Park tarmac, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

The Texas Golf Association (TGA) and the Guyana Golf Federation (GGF) have announced the signing of a collaboration agreement which will see an exchange of ideas, along with training and other opportunities in the coming years. 

GPL yesterday accused the local company which had been managing its generators of using cheaper parts which then required early replacement.

(Reuters) – Tucked behind Doha’s $300 million Lusail Boulevard, where construction workers are toiling to transform desert into a Champs Elysees inspired commercial thoroughfare before the 2022 soccer World Cup, sits a sole convenience store.

Archery Guyana under the direction of senior coach, Robert Singh has recently hosted a training seminar in the hinterland community of St.

A taxi driver died yesterday morning after he lost control of the motorcar he was driving along the Windsor Forest Public Road, West Coast Demerara and two children were injured.

Guyana’s hopes of earning a medal at the ongoing South American Youth Games in Argentina now rest on the shoulders of boxer, Travis Inverary, after Matthew Beharry’s exit yesterday.

The Demerara Distillers Limited Group registered after-tax profit of $4.789b for 2021, 23% or $896m above the previous year.

Almost 62 percent of Guyanese normalize intimate partner violence (IPV) and agree that physical violence between couples is a private matter which should be handled by the couple themselves or their families, according to a Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) report.

(CMC) – The Windward Islands Cricket Board (WICB) has tapped into the experience of former West Indies fast bowler Sir Andy Roberts to prepare the Windward Islands Volcanoes for the resumption of the West Indies regional 4-day tournament.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday raised concerns that a two-day media conference organised by the government promoted self-censorship under the guise of responsible reporting and that there was a conflation of journalism with other aspects of communication including social media influencing.

(CMC) – Guyana internationals Reiss Greenidge and Kai McKenzie Lyle are among a number of UK based players who will be on the move this summer after being released by their clubs.

Devin Booker scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half and the Phoenix Suns took a 2-0 series lead with a convincing 129-109 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

Family members of Suresh Dyal of Maria’s Lodge in Region Two are in a state of shock at the news of the man’s sudden death.

Between forty-five and fifty of the local products that were part of last weekend’s UncappeD event at the Providence Stadium have reached a stage of development that renders them ready to be placed on the international market and the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) is prepared to work with the respective business owners to assist them in their pursuit of lucrative overseas markets, the organisation’s Vice President and Chairman of the body’s Agro Processing Sub Sector, Ramsay Ali, told the Stabroek Business on Sunday.

Police in Region Four can now view the live feed of movements in the community of Haslington New Scheme on the East Coast of Demerara following the recent installation of two high-end CCTV cameras.

(Reuters) – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen can take another big bite out of Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc’s 27-point lead in Miami this weekend as Formula One gets ready to rock around its newest venue.

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease around the world, international agencies are counting the cost of the pandemic to poor regions and countries, including the Caribbean, where the ravages of the pandemic have resulted in likely much larger challenges for ordinary people.

Dear Editor, On Sunday, May 1st the Guyana Trades Union Congress’s (GTUC) annual May/Labour Day march/ parade returned to the streets after two years of absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other restrictions.

(Trinidad Express) T&T RED FORCE vice-captain Joshua Da Silva is looking for his side to continue their winning form as they seek to win their first four day title in over 20 years when they tackle the Leeward Islands Hurricanes from May 18 at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex.

Two years after the staging of the first ever UncappeD event at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, the third such display and marketing of products from across the sub-sectors, this time, at the Providence Stadium, offered glimpses of both longevity and newness, of struggle and of survival.

Three men were on Tuesday busted in Lethem with 48 grammes of cannabis by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in an operation aimed at combating narco-trafficking within various communities, including schools, the agency said.

(Reuters) – The Chilean Football Federation yesterday asked FIFA to rule on the eligibility of an Ecuador player, alleging he used a false passport and birth certificate and throwing into question the Andean side’s participation in this year’s World Cup.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who attacked and robbed a La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) family of over $500,000 in cash and other valuables on Wednesday night.

Dear Editor, In the year 1962, the British Government held a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into allegations of corruption and maladministration on the part of Premier Eric Gairy,  premier of the then British colony of Grenada.

Guyana and Suriname are among the countries in “up and coming regions” that could benefit from sanctions being imposed on Russia by western nations in the wake of that country’s ongoing military hostilities against the Ukraine, according to a recent oilprice.com

(Reuters) – British actor Stephen Fry will become the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), a year after he advocated for change following a racism scandal that shook English cricket.

Noel Anthony Fredericks, the Mainstay resident who was found dead late last month, more than a week after he was last seen died as a result of compression injuries to the neck compounded by blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy confirmed.

With Guyana now suitably incentivized to hold its various service entities to higher standards the country is now better positioned than it had been previously to provide internationally recognized standards certification to local entities.

Dear Editor,  “Boots on the Ground” is an effective and proven crime fighting strategy.

Swag Boss emerged victorious at the Linden Town Week Mayor’s Cup Dominoes Championship, overcoming the challenge of WHO and Gjetsco on Saturday at the Egbert Benjamin Conference Hall in Mackenzie, Linden.

With record keeping having been identified as one of the challenges facing accounting agencies, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman, Jermaine Figueira, has recommended to the Region Three Regional Democratic Council (RDC) that they commence digital record-keeping.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has devastated hundreds of hospitals and other medical institutions and left doctors without drugs to tackle cancer or the ability to perform surgery, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Dear Editor, I remember the days when Georgetown was proudly referred to as the Garden City.

Keen to accelerate the push to expand Guyana’s agro processing and craft sectors into the rest of the region and beyond, the organisers of the country’s UncappeD event is seeking to stage the next event of its kind in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state of Antigua, Event Director Ramsay Ali told Stabroek Business in an exclusive interview on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal said his recovery from a rib injury has been like a “roller coaster” after the 21-times major winner returned to action with a win over Miomir Kecmanovic at the Madrid Open.

Dear Editor,  Aubrey C Norton has just entered Parliament and assumed the important and challenging office of Leader of the Opposition.

The Houston, Texas-based Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) have pledged to leverage their combined resources to boost economic relations between the United States and Guyana.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The British Virgin Islands yesterday swore in Natalio Wheatley as the British overseas territory’s new premier following the removal of ex-premier Andrew Fahie, who was arrested on drug charges in Miami last week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Authorities in Fiji have seized a $300 million yacht of Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov at the request of the United States, the U.S.

Known for her creative thinking Fashion Designer Sonia Noel last weekend added a decidedly pleasing dimension to UNCAPPED 111 at the National Stadium through a small but delightfully tasteful fashion display on the Tarmac of the Stadium.

Bam Adebayo scored 23 points and Jimmy Butler added 22 Wednesday night as the top-seeded Miami Heat dumped the fourth-seeded Philadelphia 76ers 119-103 in Miami for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Dairo Antonio Usuga, the accused leader of Colombia’s Clan del Golfo criminal group, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S.

With small women led businesses  in the culinary, cosmetics and creative sectors currently mushrooming in Guyana the enterprising owners are sparing no opportunity to parade their ‘offerings’ to the public.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s son Laureano, an influential figure in the country’s leftist government, has reached out quietly to the Biden administration in recent months seeking to re-engage with the United States, according to people familiar with the matter.

Fifteen new cases of the COVID-19 virus were reported yesterday by the Ministry of Health.

Dear Editor,  The constant response to the minimum wage proposal is it has been receiving Cabinet’s ‘active consideration’. 

The High Commission of India in Guyana collaborated with the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha to celebrate the occasion of the 184th Indian Arrival Day at the Indian Arrival monument in Palmyra, Berbice yesterday.

Earlier this week, news broke that the US Supreme Court had done a private vote with the intention to strike down Roe vs.

(Poor?) GECOM Chairpersons Hello friends Consider the term   “single-parents”. Does it mean unmarried parents?

Dear Editor, Jagdeo`s latest Press engagement, a la another of his attempts to lecture the media operatives, and to influence public opinion, adds up to: the more things change, the more they remain the same.

By Aziz Huq CHICAGO – For the first time in American history, an insider at the US Supreme Court has deliberately disclosed a draft opinion in a high-profile case with the apparent intent of altering either the Court’s deliberations, or the public’s reactions to the putative decision.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 05, 2022

(Reuters) – England speedster Jofra Archer feared he might not play again after undergoing two bouts of surgery on his troublesome elbow, the 27-year-old said.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Mexican journalist was found dead in the northwestern state of Sinaloa yesterday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country which has drawn international scrutiny.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 965’s trading results showed consideration of $75,556,170 from 151,306 shares traded in 30 transactions as compared to session 964’s trading results which showed consideration of $13,731,868 from 42,538 shares traded in 27 transactions.

It is entirely unsurprising that a good deal of official media-driven hype and hoopla surrounds the three-day May 19-21  Agri Investment Forum and Expo, the current ‘selling point’ being that a number of Caribbean Community Heads will be travelling to Georgetown for the event.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras posted a first-quarter net income that beat forecasts yesterday, just minutes after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro railed against the state-run oil company’s profitability, saying its executives had no sympathy for ordinary people.

Barring politics there can be no subject which generates more letters to the editor than that of noise nuisance.