Daily Archive: Sunday, September 4, 2022

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) reopened to light traffic this afternoon after a near six-hour closure due to a barge hitting its retractor span.

The police today said that they are investigating a report of a hit and run accident yesterday in which a Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara man died.

By Meshach Pierre A man motions to a bush island on the edge of the savanna.

GAZA,  (Reuters) – Gaza’s ruling Hamas Islamists executed five Palestinians two, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the enclave’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry said.

…sugar contracted by 55.9% compared to last year After recording a 36.4% growth in the real gross domestic product (GDP) for the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Finance has now revised the projected GDP growth upwards from 47.5% to 56%, according to the mid-year financial report.

GCC the Sequel, Hikers Cadet, GCC Spartans, Old Fort Igniters and Saints Conquerors clinched victories when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued on Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports  Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Dear Editor, In a recent article, the Exxon head was quoted as saying, “Investments with 20/30-year horizons require stable contracts – ExxonMobil Guyana President,” (ON, August 29, 2022). 

The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) recent announcement that it is making a quarter of its lands available for private farmers is an initiative that has been welcomed by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).

Guyana’s Junior Jaguars recorded their second consecutive win in the Concacaf U17 Men’s Qualifying Championship, defeating Saint Martin 3-1 yesterday at the IMG Facility in Bradenton, Florida, USA.

Dear Editor, Guyanese are faced with several factors impeding the normal life of our relatively poor economy.

Chair of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Cathy Hughes said that the party’s engagement with diplomats from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) largely revolved around the need for a new voters’ list and electoral reforms before heading into another election.

Slingerz FC won the West Demerara Football Association League Knockout championship, defeating Den Amstel 1-0 Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Dear Editor, I refer to your feature and Editorial on, “The Inaugural Caribbean Festival of Arts as Prism” recently held virtually.

Forty-six families who have been squatting at Cameron Dam, West Bank Demerara for decades have been allocated lands in Lust-en-Rust, according to the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CHPA).

Ann’s Grove and Charlestown will contest the Boy’s divisional final of the ExxonMobil U14 Football Championship to crown a new winner, while defending champion East Ruimveldt will oppose Charlestown in the Girl’s final, following respective semi-final wins yesterday.

Dear Editor: I refer to a letter in Saturday’s edition of your newspaper headlined ‘Mr.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has announced that dredging on the west bank of the Mazaruni River has commenced and is expected to conclude on December 15, 2022.

wGuyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde  recently presented the association’s 2021 audited financial statements to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr.,

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Patentia, Wales, West Bank Demerara, Region 3.

A family of eight is now homeless after a fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted their Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) home on Friday morning.

Dear Editor, It has finally sunk in, despite my resistance.  This country had to pay in some way for its superabundance of natural, physical riches. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Jamaica Tallawahs extended its perfect start to the Men’s Caribbean Premier League with a four-wicket win over a lacklustre Guyana Amazon Warriors team here yesterday.

A Coroner’s Inquest is scheduled to commence later this month to determine if anyone is responsible for the deaths of Munishwar Ramkellawan and Marianny Martinez, the couple  discovered with gunshot wounds to their heads at their Eteringbang Landing home back in 2019.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Champions Manchester City and Liverpool were both held to draws in the Premier League yesterday leaving Arsenal on top of the table ahead of their game at Manchester United on Sunday.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – A critical nuclear power plant in Ukraine again lost external power, international energy officials said yesterday, heightening concerns as the energy battle between Moscow and the West ramped up in recent days amid the ongoing war.

Dear Editor, In the continuing imbroglio between the Government and the African organisation over allegations and counter allegations about accountability and transparency, two points struck me: From the inception of the war of words, why did the organisation not make known its affairs were audited for the period 2018-2021 by a government agency, and given a clean bill of health?

President Irfaan Ali has assured Guyana’s Indigenous peoples that they will all be included in the country’s development and benefit from its prosperity.

Dear Editor, As our children across Guyana begin a new school year, I wish to shed some light on the difficulties experienced by parents.

A 50-month sentence was last Wednesday handed down to Stephan Ramsay, an officer of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) of the Guyana Police Force, for causing the death of 59-year-old Dulmattie Boodlall by dangerous driving.

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

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has pledged its support for Anisa Mohammed following the veteran West Indies Women’s off-spinner’s decision to take a six-month break from international cricket.

Dear Editor, I commend editorial captioned, “GuySuCo – A ward of the state” (Sep 3). 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. former President Barack Obama and tennis great Billie Jean King led the tributes to Serena Williams after her U.S.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian electoral authorities yesterday morning carried out a search and seizure warrant at the home of Sergio Moro, a former judge who led one of Brazil’s biggest corruption probes, a former justice minister and current Senate candidate.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – When a pronouncement by a religious scholar in Iran drove Iraq to the brink of civil war last week, there was only one man who could stop it: a 92-year-old Iraqi Shi’ite cleric who proved once again he is the most powerful man in his country.

The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 after 148 tests.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, (Reuters) – Leg-spinner Ryan Burl picked up 5-10 in just three overs yesterday as Zimbabwe stunned Australia in the third one-day international in Townsville, registering an exciting three-wicket victory and denying the hosts a series clean-sweep.

(Trinidad Guardian) Junior Dexter Peters, 51, was yesterday denied bail when he appeared virtually before a Port-of-Spain magistrate charged with two offences arising out of claims of sexual abuse at the St Dominic’s Children’s Home 25 years ago.

The investigation into the death of 30-year-old Cindy Jattan who was employed at the Gafoor’s Land of Canaan Complex, is still open and is expected to be completed within days according to Occupational and Health Safety Consultant for the Ministry of Labour, Gwenneth King.

Dear Editor African Guyanese have been in a terrible economic state in Guyana for a very long time.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,  (Reuters) – For the second time in a week, NASA yesterday aborted an attempt to launch its giant, next-generation rocketship, citing a stubborn fuel leak that the space agency said could delay the debut mission of its moon-to-Mars Artemis programme  by at least several weeks.

(Reuters) – Sunrisers Hyderabad have appointed former West Indies captain Brian Lara as their new head coach to take over from Australia’s Tom Moody, the Indian Premier League team said yesterday.

For many years I have been gradually collecting poems written about Guyana or by Guyanese from as early as possible to the present day for the purpose of preparing and publishing an entirely new and comprehensive Anthology of Guyanese Poetry.

Michael Thomas, 35, Indigenous People’s activist, guitarist and dancer, is the toshao of Aishalton Village in the South Rupununi, chairman of the South Rupununi Development Council (SRDC) and an executive member of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), things he never dreamed of becoming. 

The Guyana team played admirably at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India and it’s time for some reflections.

Major sea-level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice cap is now inevitable, scientists have found, even if the fossil fuel burning that is driving the climate crisis were to end overnight.

(Trinidad Guardian) TriniBad artiste Kalonji Arthur who was shot multiple times in the car park of the Brix Autograph Collection Hotel in St Ann’s on Friday underwent emergency surgery the same day after the shooting but is still in a serious condition.

Most older nations view their history in terms of one long continuous sweep, from the beginning of human occupation in their particular land space down to the present time. 

What does living a good life in Guyana mean today? This was the question considered by human rights activists and members of civil society at the “Living Good 2” panel discussion hosted on August 19 at Herdmanston Lodge, in Georgetown.

Social media can be both helpful and dangerous and its dangers are well known.

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

The Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta) is 50 years old.

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

Once upon a time there lived a cat of marvellous beauty, with a skin as soft and shining as silk, and wise green eyes, that could see even in the dark.

It’s the ninth month of the year already. If you have not managed to stick to the fitness plans you made at the beginning of this year, it’s still not too late.

Dear Editor, Can you assist me to find out from the management of the Guyana Police Force when will the credit union be paying ranks their dividend?

VALVERDE DE LA VERA, Spain, (Reuters) – The sun beats down on the narrow streets of the Spanish village of Valverde de la Vera, filtered through multi-coloured shades made out of plastic shopping bags and the remains of old advertising billboards.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Angelica Bourgoin strokes the shell of Janus the tortoise, whispering to him quietly as he scuttles in his pen and – his two heads rubbing together – prepares to celebrate his 25th birthday.

Last Update: 1,791.764                                            Movement: -3.089% Current Update: 1,736.409 YTD                             Movement: 68.781%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 3.089 percent during the final period of trading in August 2022.

Introduction Two  remarkable reports on Guyana were separately published by two leading international organizations towards the end of the first year of Guyana’s First Oil.

The crux of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” begins when a Djinn is released from a bottle in a hotel room in Istanbul.

        Single-flat and elevated young professionals’ houses constructed at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Sometimes the perfect book just happens to find you, ticking all the boxes you want for a review even before you knew those boxes needed ticking.

Has the PNCR/APNU now transitioned to a fully fledged ethnic party prone to violence and threats of violence?

Fire last evening destroyed the China Star store at Lethem in Region Nine.