Daily Archive: Saturday, May 14, 2022

I have a very good friend who lives here (in Barbados) but has been in Guyana for almost 2 months.

 (Reuters) – An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.”

In response to the large number of motor vehicular accidents, inclusive of those resulting in fatalities on the public roadways, specifically caused by an unacceptable high incidence of drunken driving, the Government of Guyana has made a decision to take a series of measures to confront this serious problem.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Shanghai was tightening its COVID-19 lockdown for what it hoped would be the final week of its battle with the virus before it could gradually begin to ease restrictions, while Beijing kept fighting its much smaller but persistent outbreak.

(Trinidad Express) A Petit Valley man who was deported after illegally entering Grenada is expected to face the court on Friday charged with the 2021 murder of Ricardo Ottley.

Following an invitation sent on April 29 by President Irfaan Ali to Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton, the two yesterday met in their official capacities for the first time and a number of preliminaries were clarified on appointments to constitutional commissions.

Savings from the reduction of staff by 300 over the past 18 months and prudent management of the utility company’s finances have seen the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) achieving financial sustainability, its Chief Executive Officer Shaik Baksh yesterday announced.

A showdown looms today at the statutory meeting of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) as key  members are maintaining that their motion to boot Chairman Trevor Benn was successfully passed but Benn has dug in his heels and insists that he remains the substantive holder of the post.

President of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle, yesterday met with the legendary boxer Roy Jones Jnr.,

A team from the Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA), led by the Chief Executive Officer, Sherwyn Greaves yesterday returned to Linden, Region Ten, to honour a commitment made on Monday to provide house lots to squatters whose structures were recently removed to make way for a housing scheme road.

Beginning May 2022,the High Commission of India in Guyana will once again be accepting applications for on-site training in India, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, after a stoppage due to Covid-19 pandemic according to release yesterday from the High Commission. The

Demerara women opened the Guyana Cricket Board senior women’s Inter County T20 tournament with an 89-run win over the  Select XI while Berbice eased to a nine-wicket win over Essequibo yesterday at the Albion Community Centre Ground, Berbice.

DERGACHI, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine’s military showed yesterday, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead.

Thirty-six-year-old Linden resident  Corwyn Arthur who attacked and beat a 16-year-old girl with a knife before brutally raping her on a lonely road on the night of December 17th, 2013 heard from her impact statement, the psychological and other trauma his actions continue to cause her almost a decade later.

All roads will lead to the National Park tarmac, Tho-mas Lands this evening for the semifinals  of the Magnum Independence Cup football competition.

Dear Editor, Permit me a few lines in your publication to express a few notable concerns.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday a first summit in Washington with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marked the launch of a “new era” in the relationship between the United States and the 10-nation bloc.

Prominent Guyanese jurist, Dr. Arif Bulkan has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Belize.

(IPL) The Punjab Kings (PBKS) bounced back with a victory in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after beating the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 54 runs yesterday at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Dear Editor, It must be with a sense of relief that the public now has reasonable access to the Head and Deputy Head of the General Register Office (Birth Certificate Office), GPO building.

Eighteen young professionals from the mining town of Linden, Region Ten will soon be moving into their new homes, having finalised the documentation process for the units, a release from the CH&PA said yesterday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said yesterday that the spread of COVID-19 had put the country in “great turmoil” and called for an all-out battle to overcome the epidemic, while 21 new deaths were reported for a day earlier among people with fevers.

They are teammates but from today they will become rivals. Raynauth Jeffrey and Jamaul John will, from today, battle each other as well as their other rivals for top honours in this year’s Three-Stage Independence cycle road-race sponsored by the National Sports Commission to the tune of $1.8m.

Dear Editor, The Summit of the Americas must go on! It is the democratic right of any country to reject the invitation from the US, as it is the right of the host not to invite countries with leaders that do not respect human rights, the rule of law and free and fair elections and whose governance does not embrace the basic tenets of democracy….leaders

(Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement yesterday.

The US$200 million (which equates to some $41.7 billion) from Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was transferred on Wednesday to this country’s Central Bank and will be subsequently deposited into the Consolidated Fund for spending, this newspaper understands.

One week after presenting a cheque to be the main sponsor of the Novices bodybuilding championships, Chief Executive Officer of Fitness Express, Jamie McDonald, did the same for the powerlifting federation.

Dear Editor, The Opposition needs pace and power and boots on the ground.

(Reuters) – The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday ruled that defendants accused of violent crimes such as homicide and sexual assault can use self induced extreme intoxication as a defense, striking down a federal law supported by women’s advocacy groups.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago Red Force Head Coach David Furlonge is hoping the return of Darren Bravo and Akeal Hosein will give his team the boost they need to overtake Barbados Pride at the top of the regional four-day championships standings.

A man died following an accident in the vicinity of Splashmins Resort along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway at about 5.30 am yesterday.

Dear Editor, A prospective candidate wondered why your editorials have not enquired about the number of positions of Heads of Departments advertised as vacant in GGMC these past weeks, positing that it was abnormal for most organisations, particularly of the public sector, to operate with such a vacuum for an indefinite period: –              Manager, Mines –              Manager, Geological Services –              Manager, Environmental                  Division –              Manager, Administration –              Human Resources Manager –              Assistant Commissioner, Finance –              Chief Security Officer The enquirer speculated that it could not be as a result of resignations, unless of course they were forced, which is the same as if the incumbents were fired – leading one to speculate about the nature of any Board decisions, and the latter’s implications, given the current work environment projected in comparable areas.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Swedish membership of NATO would boost national security and help stabilise the Nordic and Baltic regions, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said yesterday, a day after neighbour Finland said it would seek to join the U.S.-led

Forty-eight-year-old Route 42 (Georgetown-Timehri) minibus driver Sherwin Reynolds who had been accused of raping a differently-abled woman back in 2018, was acquitted by a jury yesterday afternoon.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions head coach Andre Coley says his side will need bigger totals and more significant partnerships to play catch-up when the West Indies Championship resumes next and move from the bottom of six-franchise standings.

President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev is set to be returned to office unopposed after the Court for Arbitration (CAS) for sport yesterday ruled against stopping today’s election in Istanbul, Turkey.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Robert McFarlane, a White House adviser who tapped Saudi royals to fund a covert war in Nicaragua and flew on a secret mission to sell arms to Iran in the scandal that shook Ronald Reagan’s presidency, has died.

World Migratory Bird Day is being celebrated across the world today and  Environmental Management Consultants Inc.

Dear Editor, Every once in a while a news item bursts on the scene that gladdens the heart.

After Stabroek News published an article about a Princess Street man who was seeking the help of the public to purchase an electric wheelchair, his plea was answered yesterday when businessman, Azruddin Mohammed, donated a mobility scooter.

Jayson Tatum scored 10 of his game-high 46 points in a key fourth-quarter sequence and teammates Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart added key hoops as the Boston Celtics held off the host Milwaukee Bucks 108-95 last night to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series.

(Reuters) – Elon Musk tweeted yesterday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc TWTR.N

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh yesterday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing.

A total of thirty-six new COVID cases were recorded yesterday by the Ministry of Health.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition fight in Dubai against Don Moore, which was scheduled for today has been called off following the death of United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, organisers told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, I’m a 58-year-old man, and there were countless times that my mom has mentioned that she thought about aborting me before I was born.

There is something vulgar about hosting an “all white” party on a barge in the Demerara River with a ticket price that is higher than the current monthly minimum wage even if it is for a good cause.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Haitian Jonas Joseph juggled running a busy hairdressing salon and a small bar in the capital Portau Prince for five years, allowing him to provide for his young family.

Many Guyanese believe that the arts and culture are an afterthought for government and not respected as other disciplines.

Fish ah deh ah watah but nah ah dam tap. Is Aunty Myrtle fighting a losing battle?

(A column of Transparency Institute Guyana Inc) In the part 4 we described how even before Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) began to write on the petroleum contract and advocated for insurance to be included in local content (we had not then made representation for oil spill protection as we began to make recently) Berbice fishermen had demanded oil spill insurance.

LOS ANGELES  (Reuters) – It took Tom Cruise 36 years to head back to the danger zone, and movie critics said Thursday it was worth the wait to see Top Gun back on the big screen.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – From a Star Wars X-Wing spacecraft model to a “Thor” hammer, a treasure trove of entertainment memorabilia from much-loved movies is going up for auction in Hollywood next month.

Yogita Persaud has a mission at which she is determined to excel: taking handmade cards to the next level.

Poverty porn is a strategic tactic which often reveals itself in the form of photographs and videos in order to drum up support (often financial) and draw sympathy/interest from the public.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Chef Mario Batali was acquitted on Tuesday of sexually assaulting a woman at a Boston bar in 2017 while posing with her for fan “selfie” photos, with the judge doubting the credibility of the accuser in the latest #MeToo era trial involving a U.S.

US-based Guyanese writer Whitney Persaud has recently published a children’s book, Curious Kyrie and the Mouse in the House and copies are slated to be available in Guyana in the coming weeks.

“Hold It Down” is a new Dancehall single, which was released just last week by One Dan in collaboration with Davy Marley, both of whom are Lindeners. 

(Reuters) –The long awaited Friends cast reunion will be broadcast on May 27 and will feature a slew of celebrity guests including Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and K-Pop band BTS, streaming service HB0 Max said on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan announced his retirement from boxing yesterday after defeat to compatriot Kell Brook in February.

(Reuters) – India has prohibited wheat exports with immediate effect, the government said in a notification late yesterday, as the world’s second-biggest wheat producer tries to calm local prices.

 Dear Editor, This letter was inspired by Dr. David Hinds’ Politics 101 Wednesday, May 11.2022 edition.