Daily Archive: Monday, July 25, 2022

President Irfaan Ali and US Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Don Graves held “fruitful discussions” today in Washington DC.

NASSAU, (Reuters) – Seventeen people died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants capsized off the coast of The Bahamas, authorities said yesterday, as more Haitians attempt to reach the United States to flee gang violence and poverty at home.

Heart of Palm company, Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited (AMCAR) today informed the union GAWU that it had decided to shut down its Rosignol, West Bank Berbice plant and will send home the approximately 30-person workforce.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc  (TIGI) yesterday added its voice to growing calls for a commission of inquiry as regards the disclosures by VICE News on suggestions that there is an organized system of bribery of officials of government at very high levels and systems to provide money-laundering services.

An overwhelming response on the first two days of the International Building Expo has led organisers to extend the event until tomorrow.

More than a month after Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo threatened to sue him for libel, no one can provide information on the current whereabouts of Su Zhi Rong (also known as Su Zhirong), the Chinese businessman at the centre of bribery allegations against Jagdeo in the VICE News exposé.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Thurs-day tabled the Suicide Prevention Bill in the National Assembly which, once passed, will decriminalize attempted suicide and mandate counselling for survivors.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran says that corruption continues to be a major problem here and the PPP/C government should establish a permanent, high-level office to counter it.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Jonas Vingegaard claimed his maiden Tour de France title after yesterday’s 21st and final stage, completing a triumph he effectively sealed in the mountains after a vintage duel with Tadej Pogacar.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that a Region Two man, 49, succumbed to COVID on Saturday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Shai Hope’s 13th One-Day International hundred in his 100th ODI went in vain as India pulled off the highest-ever one-day run chase at Queen’s Park Oval and third-highest in the region, to stun West Indies by two wickets here yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali and a delegation including Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Hugh Todd and Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud departed for Washington yesterday for a series of high-level engagements.

On the heels of a century from Rampertab Ramnauth, Guyana secured a massive win over Trinidad in the ongoing Regional Under-17 tournament in the Twin-Island Republic.

It’s been just over a year since flooding devastated homes and farmlands across Guyana but Indigenous communities in regions Seven and Nine are still feeling the effects.

Guyana’s lone cyclist at the Commonwealth Games, Christopher Griffith is nervous yet confident ahead of the quadrennial event which kicks off next Thursday in Birmingham, England.

Mocha resident, Giovanni Browne left the Inter-national Building Expo smiling last night after he emerged as winner of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) ‘Drive Home’ promotion.

With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) currently undertaking the process of constitutional reform, Eton Moses, Secretary of Buxton United FC, has declared that the club will not support any third term proposal for the federation or the dismissing of voting rights of delegates, who arrive late to Congress.

Patients of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) who require the service of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine continue to face financial pressure and Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says that the recommendation from an ongoing Strategic Plan at the facility will determine whether one will be sourced.

Dear Editor, I perused an article in Stabroek News, July 23, 2022 entitled, `Felix Austin Police College name change planned since last year.’

Dave Mohabir has been named skipper of the Guyana Under-15 team for the upcoming Regional tournament in Grenada next month.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond and Country Head of ANSA McAl Trading, Beverley Harper, cut the ribbon for the new ANSA Mini Mart on Friday.

Dear Editor, The debate over unlimited insurance coverage in the event of an oil spill ignores the middle ground where cooperation between the two main parties is achievable.

(Reuters) – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday and took a huge stride towards a second Formula One title after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc made a costly mistake and crashed out while leading.

A mining pit accident in the backdam of Kumung Kumung, Puruni River, Region Seven on Friday claimed the lives of two miners.

EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan broke the women’s 100 metres hurdles world record in a stunning semi-final effort at the World Championships yesterday.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday stressed that transformational projects are underway and in the works for Bartica in Region Seven.

Dear Editor, The Government of Dr. Irfaan Ali must be commended and applauded for the many development projects and social services interventions across all the portfolios However, when will the Government of Dr.

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terror acts”, state media said today, the Southeast Asian nation’s first executions in decades.

(Reuters) – The board of Cricket Scotland resigned with immediate effect yesterday, a day before an independent report into racism in the sport is published.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Government is being asked to pay up US$60 million owed on Clico liability or risk possibly being sued by Caricom counterpart Antigua.

(Trinidad Guardian) The escalating murder spree continued on Saturday night into yesterday, as three more people lost their lives by the gun.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine pressed ahead yesterday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian missile strike on Odesa was a sign of more to come.

Linden’s Deputy Mayor is bemoaning what he describes as a lack of consultation on the developmental plans for the mining town.

After the COVID-19-induced hiatus of two years, the Building Expo opened on Friday at the National Stadium at Providence with hundreds of exhibitors, thousands of visitors and a flurry of announcements by the government.

Dear Editor, Greetings and best wishes for the weekend.  As promised, please follow the link below for the schedule and other details regarding the three-day, virtual, international symposium, “The Inaugural Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA ’72) as Prism: 20th Century Festivals in the Multilingual Caribbean” (August 5 to 7, 2022): https://www.carifestaat50.com/

By SASOD Guyana’s Human Rights Programme Jennifer Anderson is a Legal Intern working with SASOD Guyana through the Canadian Bar Association’s Young Lawyers International Programme, supported by Global Affairs Canada.

Last week, the temperature in several parts of Europe reached an all-time record high of 42 degrees Celsius, triggering massive wildfires in France, Spain, Portugal and Greece and causing thousands of residents to flee their homes.

There is now a direct flight between Guyana and Cuba. Fly All Ways Airlines will operate the route once weekly with a 180-seater aircraft.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – England’s decisive one-day international against South Africa at Headingley yesterday was abandoned because of rain, with South African opener Quinton de Kock agonisingly short of a century.