Daily Archive: Friday, June 17, 2022

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud today announced that all persons living with permanent disabilities as well as those with HIV and cancer patients will now benefit from lifetime public assistance.

Police ranks in Regional Division 4’C’ are investigating a fatal accident which has claimed the life of 42-year-old Romeo Machado of Lot 58 Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara.

In what will be seen as a reversal of an earlier position, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced Cabinet’s approval of the recommendation for a $60,000 per month minimum wage.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization agreed on the first change to global trading rules in years today as well as a deal to boost the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in a series of pledges that were heavy on compromise.

BRUSSELS/KYIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – The European Union gave its blessing today for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc, reaching out deep into the former Soviet Union for what would be a major geopolitical shift resulting from Russia’s invasion.

Guyana has lifted the COVID-19 testing requirement for international travel; effective June 18, 2022, the Ministry of Health said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Several police officers who were recorded trying to subdue two men at a fete at Queen’s Park Savannah yesterday morning may find themselves facing both disciplinary and criminal charges.

Sugar union GAWU yesterday publicly called for the removal of GuySuCo Chief Executive Officer, Sasenarine Singh,  a move that will pile pressure on the government over the beleaguered industry.

An international team will be named by Tuesday to form the Commission of Inquiry (CoI)  to probe the attempts to rig the March 2nd 2020 regional and general elections,  President Irfaan Ali announced yesterday.

A Berbice rape complainant who ingested a poisonous substance died on Wednesday night – hours after the accused was remanded on the charge of rape.

A fire just around noon yesterday left a trail of devastation for a Grove, East Bank Demerara family as the conflagration destroyed two of their properties, one of which housed a well-known paint shop.

The cost of living continues to rise and even though the Irfaan Ali government budgeted $5 billion to cushion the steep hikes, food and other commodity prices are continuing to climb.

(Part 97) It is more than five months since the 96th column was published in the Stabroek News on January 22nd of this year.

(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 in Game Six of the NBA Finals in Boston yesterday to win the Championship trophy for their fourth time in eight seasons.

A Corentyne woman and her husband are now nursing injuries after their neighbour launched an attack on them after they offered assistance to the attacker’s abused wife.

ExxonMobil yesterday said that the gas compression and injection systems on the Liza Unity Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel have been safely commissioned in around half the normal industry time and has achieved background flare as designed and within the 60-day period outlined in the Liza Phase 2 Environmental Permit.

The affiliate associations/federations of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) last evening voted in favour of ratifying its constitution based on the recommendations of its parent body, the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

In keeping with Canadian company CGX’s relinquishment provision in its contract, the Guyana government on Wednesday said that a notice of blocks to be given up will be provided soon and added to this country’s first-time auction scheduled for September. 

Historically, the agriculture sector has been male-dominated. While, historically, women have been known to work side by side with men in the sugar industry and to develop and sustain ‘kitchen gardens’ to keep the family pot ‘boiling, men, apart from being dominant on large farms across the sector have been known to dominate various other disciplines associated with food production.

Rhonda Grovosner-Marcus’ passion for the beauty industry derives, she says, from enjoying “seeing other people look good.”

Alan Padmore, the labourer whose lifeless body was discovered in a hammock at his Bushlot, West Coast Berbice (WCB) residence last week, died from hanging, according to an autopsy.

Dear Editor, The recent debacle of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) losing its land on which its new head office would have been built is cause for concern about how state assets are doled out, the lack of transparency, and lack of full disclosure.

Dear Editor, I respond forthwith to a letter Ms. Annette Ferguson published on June 12, 2022 captioned “Recommissioning the two water taxis was a PPP/C attempt to erase the legacy of the Coalition Government.”

Lawrence Braithwaite is one of many creative Guyanese who, over many years, have transformed their ‘knack’ for ‘working magic’ in the kitchen into foods that ‘catch on’ not just at the family table but with a much larger market of ‘foodies,’ big enough to transform a hobby into a profitable worthwhile economic venture.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday introduced the digital Theoretical Driver’s Examination in Region Six which saw a first batch of sixty candidates sitting the examination online.

A Black Bush Polder man was yesterday found not guilty, following a trial at the High Court in Berbice, of fatally stabbing a soldier at Philippi Village, Corentyne, back in December, 2018.

By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas The Russian invasion of Ukraine has opened a new chapter in international relations, with important implications for the global economic order.

KYIV/IRPIN, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Britain will host talks on rebuilding key infrastructure in Kyiv today, a day after the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visited Ukraine and offered it the hope of EU membership as it battles a ferocious Russian offensive in the east.

The Magnum ‘Unfinished Business’ Futsal Championship, which is slated to commence tomorrow at the National Park tarmac on Thomas Lands, was officially launched yesterday at the ANSA McAl headquarters, Beterverwagting (BV), East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, I am requesting the Minister and the Traffic Chief to visit the traffic nuisance now created in Eping Avenue since the Sheriff Road has been completed.

Slingerz FC recorded a positive return to local football following a six-year hiatus, defeating Uitvlugt 3-0 on Wednesday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League.

Dear Editor, One media house tells of a glorifying rousing and affectionate welcome…popularity on display… plan and vision among other eloquent terms including a poem, (News Room June 16).

Backed by the attraction of an oil-driven expanding national economy the government of Guyana is pushing to ensure that the country’s July 22-24 Building Expo to be staged at the National Stadium, Providence, East Coast Demerara will serve to generate even further interest in the country’s building and perhaps more importantly to further push back the architectural barriers which, up until now, do not fully reflect the reality of a country in transformation.

The reconstruction of David Rose Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens, has started.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The lead Republican negotiator in U.S. Senate efforts to craft a bipartisan gun safety bill walked out of the talks yesterday, while the lead Democrat remained optimistic that lawmakers could vote on legislation before leaving for a two-week July 4 recess.

Dear Editor, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali is the President and both protocol and the etiquette of statesmanship compels him to afford dignified reception to any question from any corner on any subject, including those form naysayers.

A Wismar, Linden man is now dead after he suffered fatal injuries when he crashed into a rail along the Washer Pond Public Road, in Mackenzie, Linden, on Wednesday morning.

The inaugural Women’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will feature three teams with Stafanie Taylor captaining Guyana Amazon Warriors and six local players featuring across the teams.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, to overturn his 2020 election defeat despite being told repeatedly it was illegal to do so, aides to Pence told the congressional committee investigating the Jan.

The oil-producing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) state of Trinidad and Tobago has been put on notice by the country’s central bank that the recent “windfall” from the country’s oil and gas sector should not be mistaken for a long-term phenomenon and that those earnings should be directed at making such adjustments as have been rendered necessary by the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) will stage a Father’s Day Small-Goal Football tournament at the Vryheid’s Lust Tarmac, East Coast Demerara on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Cosmetics maker Revlon Inc REV.N has filed for bankruptcy, falling victim to global supply chain disruptions that pushed up raw material costs and prompted vendors to demand upfront payments.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of Surita Aruna Deosaran, who survived two bullets to her head in March, suspect the same gunman who shot her returned to finish the job on Wednesday afternoon.

Pre-bid meetings for the new Schoonord, West Bank Demerara to Crane, West Coast Demerara, four-lane highway, in Region Three began on Wednesday with a number of site visits with interested contractors, the CHPA said in a release.

The first edition of the Caribbean Games will be staged in Guadeloupe from June 29 to July 3 and Guyana will be represented in three of the seven disciplines.

The prime minister of Barbados evoked a Jamaican reggae legend Wednesday as she described in stark terms the “triple crisis” in her region that’s threatening the health and welfare of the entire Western Hemisphere.

Dear Editor, I was outraged that GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander can attempt to justify the non-production of the APNU/ AFC Statements of Poll (SoPs) for certain parts of Region 4 (SN 2022-July-16).

(Reuters) – Tournament favourite Rory McIlroy was among the five-man pack sitting one shot back of Canada’s Adam Hadwin after the first round of the U.S.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 171 new cases of COVID-19.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday signed legislation to improve oversight of ocean shipping, which lawmakers say will help curb inflation and ease export backlogs.

(CMC) – West Indies produced a stellar exhibition of seam bowling to bundle Bangladesh out cheaply, and then made a steady, albeit sluggish reply, as they dominated the opening day of the first Test yesterday.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s government is set to push forward its tax reform plans, including a bill on mining royalties, by the end of this month, a top cabinet member to President Gabriel Boric told Reuters, legislation that could impact the world’s top copper producer.

Two presidents, agri and food It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to be so absolutely negative about my homeland today.

What we are already beginning to discover is that for all the global concerns arising out of what we are told is the nexus between fossil fuels and the worrisome threat of cataclysmic climate change, Guyana’s remarkably rapid transformation from a ‘banana republic’ to one of the most-watched countries in the hemispheric is entirely a function of our new-found oil and gas resources.

Recently, the death anniversary of revolutionary feminist icon, Andaiye was celebrated.

(Reuters) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) has tightened its rules on transgender participation by increasing the transition period on low testosterone to two years and reducing the maximum permitted testosterone level.

Dear Editor, On June 16, 1948 five sugar workers were gunned down by colonial police as they strove for better working conditions.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Chamika Karunaratne picked up three wickets, including the crucial one of Glenn Maxwell, to trigger an Australian collapse as the hosts won the rain-hit second one-day international by 26 runs yesterday to level the series.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 971’s trading results showed consideration of $4,302,621 from 12,381 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 970’s trading results which showed consideration of $49,593,989 from 93,383 shares traded in 38 transactions.

It is a strange story.  There was Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton visiting the relatives of Quindon Bacchus in Golden Grove on Monday, when he was followed by the police all the way back to his home.

The CG United Cricket West Indies’ Women’s Super50 got off to a pulsating start with the Barbados Women beating Windward Islands by 149 runs yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 16, 2022