Daily Archive: Saturday, September 3, 2022

The Ministry of Public Works this afternoon announced an immediate intervention to ease the traffic congestion in the Grove/Diamond area on the East Bank of Demerara.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (Reuters) – For the second time in five days, NASA today halted a countdown in progress and postponed a planned attempt to launch the debut test flight of its giant, next-generation rocket, the first mission of the agency’s moon-to-Mars Artemis program.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, today with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as “a peacemaker” who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom.

Region Three police are probing a report that two employees of Elite Protection Service were robbed yesterday morning of $5.8m.

The police today said that Peter James, a 26 year-old gold miner of Baramita, North West District was stabbed to death last night by the man he was drinking with.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – The toll from cataclysmic floods in Pakistan continued to climb today with 57 more deaths, 25 of them children, as the country grapples with a relief and rescue operation of near unprecedented scale.

(Trinidad Express) Police suspect the murder of a 27-year-old woman on Independence Day may have been drug-related and that she was not the initial target.

A state-of-the-art petroleum training facility was launched yesterday and according to Prime Minister Mark Phillips, it is part of government’s efforts to continuously bolster investments in human capital.

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday defended  the award of the reconstruction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School to Kares Engineer-ing Inc, stating that it was the lowest responsive bid.

The opposition APNU+AFC on Thursday met with diplomats from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) in an effort to highlight the issues it claims that the government is ignoring.

In response to a request from Minister of Culture, Charles Ramson for its financial records, IDPADA-G yesterday said that an audit report on its expenditure from 2018 to 2021 had already been submitted to the government and it is prepared to have a mutually agreed independent auditor examine expenditure for this year.

Dear Editor, I was extremely saddened to hear of the death of our Former Foreign Minister, Rashleigh Jackson, with whom I had the pleasure of serving in the Cabinet.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Shericka Jacksonstormed to victory in the women’s 100 metres at the Diamond.

Dear Editor, I read with interest in your newspapers of 31st August  of the various appointments to some very important boards, I am very happy that the Customs Tribunal has now been reconstituted as I have business colleagues who have issues with  valuation  of their imports and could not have their matters addressed without  pursuing legal action.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA), in what can only be described as an unprecedented move, has published the final terms and scope for the Environ-mental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s fifth proposed oil project.

Although Guyana has just two confirmed cases of the monkeypox virus, health officials here are taking no chances and according to Dr Tracey Bovell – doctor in charge at the Infectious Diseases Hospital – the facility has set aside space to cater for some 37 patients.

`The arrest relied upon baseless allegations which were exposed by a belated and full investigation long before the trial commenced’ LONDON, CMC – Callum Harriott, a 28-year-old Guyana international based in England, says his United Kingdom football career has been shattered despite being cleared of raping a woman by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce notes yet another article in the Stabroek Business of September 2, 2022 purporting to speak on behalf of agro-processors. 

During the wee hours of yesterday, lightning struck a small fishing boat in the Corentyne River leaving a Fyrish fisherman missing and two others traumatised As of yesterday afternoon fisherfolk and the Coast Guard were continuing the search for Hemnarine Chandradeo also known as ‘Ravin’, 28, of Fyrish Village, Corentyne.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Kyle Mayers’s rapid half-century underlined Barbados Royals’ winning start to their Men’s Caribbean Premier League campaign, easily brushing aside St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by seven wickets here late Thursday.

Dear Editors, I would like to thank our former President and current Vice President for sharing data and information that exposed the financial affairs of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) to public scrutiny.

A heightened police presence as well as special traffic arrangements will be implemented for an “easy and free” flow of activities for the Cricket Carnival which will be held here this month, the GPF says.

Dear Editor, After spending more than a decade in the teaching profession, I’m now in an unpleasant situation where I feel that I’m being punished by education officials for daring to seek professional mobility.

Navigating life as a young professional is no easy task, but 29-year-old Radika De Freitas has been doing so effortlessly.

Old Fort, GCC Spartans, Old Fort Samurais, and Saints S-Team recorded wins when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued on Thursday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Survival Supermarket Sheriff Street has reaffirmed its commitment to Nexgen Golf’s promotion of the sport for beginners and will host its second tournament next Saturday at the Scout Association Ground on Woolford Avenue. 

Dear Editor, Eminent Guyanese jurist, Justice Louise Blenman, has taken the oath of Chief Justice of Belize (Demerarawaves September 2). 

Purple Arts Production’s nine-week children’s workshop, which commenced on July 2, culminates on stage at the Theatre Guild, Kingston, Georgetown tonight with a grand performance by the 22 attendees.

The latest COVID fatality is a 70-year-old man of Region Four, Demerara-Mahaica.

Often, all it takes is a little imagination, creativity, or quite frankly, a bit of laziness to put together familiar ingredients and come up with something quite delicious.

Dear Editor, Since the University of Guyana Foundation Inc. (UGF) was launched on February 8, 2022, several articles were distributed by the Univer-sity of Guyana Publicity and Communications Division and carried in the media including your newspaper.

A fire of unknown origin on Thursday ravaged a two-storey wooden and concrete house and severely damaged another, leaving several persons counting their losses. 

All roads will lead to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue this evening when the newcomer Slingerz faces off with national heavyweight Sparta Boss in the final of the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship.

Following their 1-0 defeat of West Ruimveldt in the quarter finals, East Ruimveldt U14 girls’ team will look to go all the way and win the Petra Organisation, Exxon Mobil U14 championships.

Dear Editor, A Journey with the Amerindians – the original inhabitants of Guyana.

Hats Off Custom Décor located at 24 North Road, Lacytown and owned by Lawanda Pillay is working to become a household name with its one of a kind and specialised products.

Almost one year after it was launched, 1600 members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have been trained under the COPSQUAD initiative on how to deal with reports of gender-based violence.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Coco Gauff dominated fellow American Madison Keys to win 6-2 6-3 yesterday and reach the U.S.

Dear Editor, The GAWU’s attention was drawn to Ms. Pauline Wong’s letter appearing in the September 01, 2022, Stabroek News regarding our efforts to bring respect to the collective labour agreement (CLA) between our Union and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).

PATTAYA, Thailand,  (Reuters) – Transgender performers at one of Thailand’s most famous cabaret shows have returned to the spotlight for the first time in about three years after being forced to find other ways to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic.

The four men who were recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) were yesterday charged with possession of narcotics.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Rich countries agreed yesterday to try to cap the global price of Russian oil, while Russia delayed the re-opening of its main gas pipeline to Germany, as both sides raised the stakes in an energy war between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

LONDON, CMC – Guyana international Stephen Duke-McKenna has joined English League Two leaders Leyton Orient from Queens Park Rangers (QPR) on a season-long loan deal.

Dear Editor, It was Benjamin Franklin who remarked: Be careful of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.

(Reuters) – The long-awaited The Lord of the Rings prequel, The Rings of Power, received widespread praise from television critics, with most reviews applauding the plot, visuals and cinematography of the first two episodes.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Argentines descended on the capital’s main plaza yesterday in a show of solidarity against a shocking assassination attempt on the country’s vice president a day earlier, which triggered an outpouring of support in a country gripped by deep political polarization and economic crisis.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug.

Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Patrick Findlay has urged ranks of Region One (Barima-Waini) to remain committed and professional in the execution of their duties.

VENICE, Sept 1 (Reuters) – In a break from its normal business model, U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a formal judicial investigation into allegations by France midfielder Paul Pogba that he was the target of extortion attempts and threats from an organised gang, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Women & Gender Equality Commission notes with concern the persistence of the Stabroek News in facilitating the peculiar humour of cartoonist Mr.

(Trinidad Guardian) A brazen shooting in the carpark of the luxury Brix Autograph Hotel in St Ann’s yesterday left one woman dead and a TriniBad artiste nursing multiple gunshot wounds.

A Nigerian national was yesterday remanded to prison while his alleged accomplice was released on $100,000 bail after they were both charged with attempting to commit a felony.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures.

A caretaker yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

(Reuters) – Former India goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey has been elected the new president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), it said yesterday, a week after world soccer’s governing body FIFA lifted the ban imposed on it for undue third-party influence.

Perhaps we are tired of the accounts of Guyanese women who have been murdered by the hands of the men they loved.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba slammed U.S. funding for “democracy promotion” programmes as interventionist and illegal, aimed at toppling the government just as the island nation faces its worst economic crisis in decades, the country’s Vice Foreign Minister said on Friday.

A ritual being performed at the Amerindian Heritage Cultural Extrava-ganza on Thursday night at the National Stadium to commemorate the month of celebrations.

Since taking office in August 2020 the PPP/C government has spent $20.9B in various subventions to the Guyana Sugar Corporation.

Social media is such an unbelievably powerful tool. It can really be used as a force for good when it helps to bring people together, brings instant awareness of varying social issues (even if it’s for a hot minute) or displays virtual solidarity.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier yesterday, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.

Dear Editor,  Reference is made to a letter published in the Stabroek News (SN) edition of August 28th, 2022, by Gary Girdhari with the caption “it seems strikingly inappropriate that highest institution of learning in bed with biggest rum producing enterprise.”