Daily Archive: Sunday, August 7, 2022

The body of Romeo Persaud aka `Fineboy’ of Hog Island, Region Three was found floating this morning in the Essequibo River.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate today repelled attempts to amend a $430 billion measure sought by President Joe Biden, as Democrats forged ahead with efforts to pass a bill aimed at controlling climate change and cutting prescription drug costs for the elderly.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Venezuelan Government is hoping to revive cooperation with T&T in the areas of energy and the economy.

Team Guyana’s men 4x100m relay team just missed out on the medals with a fourth place finish in the Commonwealth Games final today at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, the UK.

Although both the government and the National Toshaos Council (NTC) have promised to send high-level teams into the Region One indigenous community of Chinese Landing to ascertain the level of devastation caused by miners, they have yet to materialise while mining activities have intensified.

Tucked away several miles up the Barama River, Chinese Landing has a population of just about 210 residents and according to the majority, they now have no means of earning any income to support their families.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said he intends to meet with executive management and the Board of Directors of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in a bid to end the acrimony between them.

Troy Thomas, who was extradited from Guyana to the United States in 2019 to face trial for a December 2011 fatal shooting in New York, has been sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your newspaper to respond to a statement attributed to me in an article titled “GECOM Secretariat still awaiting a decision on local gov’t polls – as preparations continue”, authored by Lakhram Bhagirat, and published in the the Stabroek News dated August 6, 2022.

A $472 million one megawatt solar farm was commissioned at Lethem, in Region Nine, on Friday.

Dear Editor, I was not surprised that Exxon’s response to my letter of August 2, 2022, would entail the same old fancy mumbo jumbo talking points through their PR that mean nothing to the Guyanese people and only meant for kerfuffle.

A part-time Sheet Anchor, East Canje Berbice hire car driver saw his car go up in flames in a mysterious arson attack around midnight on Friday.

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, England A blistering anchor leg yesterday by star sprinter Noelex Holder historically propelled Team Guyana into today’s men’s 4x100m relay final here at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England.

President Irfaan Ali and First Vice President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Dawn Gardener met on Friday for an engagement of ways in which they can better the lives and welfare of public servants.

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission yesterday congratulated newly elected Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis Dr Terrance Drew and the St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) on their victory in the August 5th  2022 General Elections.

Dear Editor, On Saturday August 6th, 2022 the Communications Manager of Esso Exploration wrote a letter that appeared in the major Guyanese newspapers in which she made a number of points with regard to the EPA permits.

Dear Editor, Those who ignore the plight of the poor, marginalised and dispossessed to focus on handshakes must not fail to recognise whereas it is nice to be courteous, and the world would be a better place with courteous people, it must be recognised that good governance, human survival and rights take precedence over courtesy in any part of the world.

A new pothole has developed along the 200-metre stretch of Thomas Road, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, which was recently rehabilitated, and it is posing a fresh danger to vehicular traffic.

From Mabaruma in Region One, Barima/Waini, Anita Lynette Baird, has lived her dream in electronics, radio journalism and public relations and she aims to continue working in communications and social work as a consultant or as a director of a company where she can contribute to uplifting people’s lives.

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, England   Christopher Griffith is among Guyana’s last hope for a medal at these ongoing Commonwealth Games here in Birmingham, England.

TAIPEI, (Reuters) – Taiwan officials said Chinese aircraft and warships rehearsed an attack on the island yesterday, part of Beijing’s retaliation for a visit there by U.S.

A Linden man was sentenced to four years in jail last Thursday after he pleaded guilty to damaging the property of the British High Commission and another person.

Rosemary Kilkenny believes that the work she has been doing at her alma mater – Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA, where she is the first Black woman to have been elevated to a leadership role – on ensuring that there is inclusivity the university’s faculty and staff is impactful and that success is due to the “significant grounding” she had in Guyana as a child.

(CMC) – Erratic West Indies crashed to their 14th defeat in the last 16 Twenty20 Internationals against India, yesterday’s 59-run drubbing at Central Broward County Park Stadium culminating in a fifth straight series loss to the Asian powerhouses.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologised to the leader of the country’s opposition Socialist party for not knowing that he had been wiretapped by Greece’s intelligence service in 2021, adding he would never have allowed it.

By A. A Fenty There was no moon to be seen that night.

Dear Editor, The PNC held a rally at Burnham Court on the second anniversary of the PPP coming into office in 2020.

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, England Natalie Cummings’ historic run at the Commonwealth Games here in Birmingham, England came to an end yesterday at the National Exhibition Centre, however she plans to build on her newfound confidence.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Two police officers were charged yesterday in relation to shooting incidents at Rich Plain, Diego Martin, which resulted in the death of PC Clarence Gilkes.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday seized seized just over five pounds of cannabis at Swan Village along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) raised grave concerns yesterday about the shelling the previous day at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying the action showed the risk of a nuclear disaster.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children.

    “What’s life if we don’t repeat our stories?”   – Boubacar from “Liquid Twilight” by Ytasha Wowack I am always mindful about what I want to review for Emancipation Day.

Dear Editor, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US Congress and second in line to the US Presidency, has managed to set off a grave and dangerous international crisis by her visit to Taiwan.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, played a pivotal role in assisting two CARIFTA athletes and medalists, Adriel Austin, and Anisha Gibbons, in securing two year scholarships at colleges in the United States of America by partially funding the aforementioned studentships.

(Jamaica Observer) – The Government has moved to impose heavy punishment on UC Rusal Windalco for the release of “thousands of litres of harmful trade effluent” into the Rio Cobre last week that resulted in a fish kill which affected several species, impacted other aquatic organisms, and posed a danger to domestic water supply for tens of thousands of Jamaicans.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday reported the discovery of a kilogramme of cannabis at 4 Miles Squatting Area, in Bartica and the arrest of a businessman in connection with it.

Inspired by the deaths of her brother and uncles from diabetic-related conditions, New Amsterdam, Berbice-based physiotherapist Michelle Baird is offering food products that cater to people who have diabetes or diabetic-related conditions as well as pain management.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A second fuel storage tank near Cuba’s supertanker port in Matanzas exploded yesterday morning following a blaze which burned through the night after lightning hit another tank on Friday evening.

In this week’s column I am going to digress from the usual format of chronicling the life experiences of women to address a swirling issue that has exploded in the virtual world, but does not seem to have taken root in the physical realm where actual damage has been done.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police yesterday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June.

[The Thinker, Frank Anthony, Donald Ramotar, Clement Rohee, Hydar Ally, Indranie Chanderpal, Editors, Georgetown: Cheddi Jagan Research Centre; Vol.6, January – June, 2022, 66pp.]

Handwringing over the running-time of movies ahead of their release is a dangerous game: good movies feel just-right, regardless of their length and lesser movies feel long, overstaying their welcome, no matter how brief.

Today’s column starts my revisit of the Guyana Natural Resource Fund, NRF, alternatively termed Sovereign Wealth Fund, SWF.

It will be a clash of the multilaterals this evening, when defending champion Christianburg/Wismar battles North Ruimveldt in the championship match of the Milo Secondary School Football Tournament at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

Ever so often I would hear about certain protocols that must or must not be observed in order to lose or gain weight.

Maybe it is something to do with the time of year, but this is the season for political folly it seems. 

Dear Editor, It is heartening to see the improvements which are being made in Essequibo as it relates to the construction of new police stations, schools, hospitals, markets, and to a lesser extent, the opening of new housing schemes.

The Health Ministry has recorded 43 new COVID-19 cases after 570 tests more were conducted.

At nearly 90 I am not, to say the least, as mobile as I used to be.

The month of August marks 25 years since the PPP’s selection of Mrs.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 1.690%during the first period of trading in August 2022.

Dear Editor, After two years in government, it is clear that the PPP cannot govern Guyana singlehandedly, and should have long invited members of civil society into an inclusive government.