Daily Archive: Friday, September 16, 2022

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday morning launched Government’s latest acquisition for the Ministry, a Cold Milling Machine.

On Wednesday, 14th of September 2022, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) intercepted a female outgoing passenger destined for the United States of America (USA) with a large quantity of suspected cocaine concealed in biscuit wrappers in her carry-on luggage.

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin today that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine.

Two lawmen were this morning charged and placed on $100,000 bail for corrupt transaction after they allegedly received a bribe of $400,000 last weekend to drop a charge against a Corentyne man. 

IZIUM, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Several bodies with rope around their necks and hands tied were among those visible at a mass burial site being exhumed by Ukrainian police and forensic experts today in territory recaptured days ago from Russians in northeastern Ukraine.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians can again apply for all categories of non-immigrant visas from the United States embassy in Wildey Business Park.

(Trinidad Express) S.M. Jaleel Co. Ltd has responded to the news that one of its most senior employee has been charged in the United States with a child sec crime.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration secured a tentative deal yesterday to avert a railway strike that could have wreaked havoc on the U.S.

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday said he understood that Xi Jinping had questions and concerns about the situation in Ukraine but praised China’s leader for what he said was a “balanced” position on the conflict.

Chartered accountant and attorney Christopher Ram has produced evidence that the controversial 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) had been amended in 2019 to make clear that ExxonMobil could not reclaim the 2% royalty due to Guyana.

The aggressive pursuit by emerging Guyanese businesses of opportunities offered by major international markets to positively transform their entrepreneurial fortunes must be attended by both a clear understanding of the rules and regulations associated with marketing in an international environment, as well as “a sense of mission” on the part of aspiring Guyanese entrepreneurs, Secretary/Director of the Florida-based Guyanese-American Chamber of Commerce (GACC), Melinda Gordon, has told the Stabroek Business.

As Guyana’s skills needs continue to grow in response to the demands of what has become an oil and gas-driven development trajectory, the role of the state-run Board of Industrial Training (BIT) is assuming an increasingly important role in the wider national response to those skills needs.

(CPL) – The Jamaica Tallawahs consolidated second place in the league table with a six run (DLS) victory over Barbados Royals, inflicting their first loss of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season.

Guyana’s burgeoning oil revenues and robust forecasts of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth have resulted in the European Union (EU) making the decision to decrease  funding to the country.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer, regarded by many as the greatest male player to wield a tennis racket and who took the sport to new levels during a career spanning more than two decades, will retire after next week’s Laver Cup in London.

Global oil and gas exploration is set to falter this year as the number of licensed blocks and total acreage fall to near all-time lows as the sector struggles to shake off the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing oil market crash, Rystad Energy research shows.

Even as the United States yesterday reiterated its pledge of US$28 million to the Caribbean for agricultural development, President Irfaan Ali also made a pitch to Washington for an additional US$25 million for vulnerable groups of women and youth.

Venezuela’s numerous artisanal miners in the country’s El Callao mining region are coming under increasing pressure from the political administration in Caracas which, reportedly, has been ‘cutting’ deals with bigger gold mining operations that allow for a larger share of the returns from those operations to accrue to the government but progressively reduce the earnings of the small miners.

Dear Editor, My condolences to the family and friends of Duke Pollard who just passed.

Tier one contractors operating in Guyana’s oil and gas sector have complied with the government-issued order to pay local suppliers of goods and service within 45 days and have amended their Local Content Master Plans to reflect such.

(CPL) – Trinbago Knight Riders ended their three-game losing streak and reignited their Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign with an exciting win against the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Wednesday evening.

As the Maduro administration in Venezuela continues to find ways to circumvent Washington’s unyielding pressure on its oil industry, the authorities in Caracas have disclosed a collaborative initiative with Iran that seeks to put a brake on the huge financial losses which the country has had to endure on account of the US’ squeeze on the country’s economy.

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to say I found it disappointing that a respected independent media house like SN, would publish the letter from the commissioner without first verifying its contents, on a sensitive matter.

The National Population and Housing Census 2022, where all persons in Guyana are counted, began yesterday.

After a hiatus of some two decades, amateur boxing is set to make its return to Rose Hall, Corentyne, tomorrow evening.

As part of efforts to aid schools in their preparation for the 3rd edition of the GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League, tournament coordinators, the Petra Organization, donated four balls to each of the eight participating schools yesterday during the official team briefing.

The past few months have brought with them a healthy measure of evidence that having, over many years, remained decidedly indifferent to its food security vulnerability, not least what, in most Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member territories, continues to be varying levels of dependence on extra-regional food imports, the region is seemingly now prepared to frontally address the issue.

Dear Editor, The political opposition and its representatives at GECOM are making the following demands for the holding of elections in Guyana: 1.

While the European Union (EU) cannot immediately give a timeline on when Schengen visas will be issued to Guyanese here rather than in neighbouring Suriname, its new Ambassador here, René van Nes, says the issue has his full attention.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Simona Halep will not play against this season after having surgery on her nose.

By Kristalina Georgieva, Antoinette Sayeh and Ratna Sahay Too many women are locked out of economic opportunities, which is not only unfair but also harms growth and resilience for all.

Dear Editor, I was piqued when I read the letter, “Address the paucity of Indian-oriented programmes on NCN radio stations.”

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities found a mass grave of more than 440 bodies in the northeastern town of Izium that was recaptured from Russian forces days ago, officials said, including some people killed by shelling and air strikes.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it is investigating the one-barrel oil spill from the Liza Unity FPSO.

Dear Editor President Irfaan Ali has tasked the newly formed Commission on the 2020 elections with submitting the findings into its inquiry within seven months.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday discontinued the private criminal charge which was filed against Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Wendell Blanhum by attorney Nigel Hughes over statement/s he made against Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Brazil airline Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteli-gentes SA GOLL4.SA

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday September 15, 2022

(Reuters) – Batsman Craig Ervine has recovered from a hamstring injury to captain Zimbabwe at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next month, one of a number of players who have regained fitness in time for the tournament.

(Reuters) – Russian athletes who have not been welcome at international events due to the country’s war with Ukraine could soon be allowed back in competition, said the head of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee yesterday.

Dear Editor, In spite of funding issues, the difficulties of in-person instruction attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the challenge of providing education to an ever increasing number of students, the University of Guyana has been making significant strides over the last few years under the tenure of current VC Dr.

80-year-old Gordon Leslie Durant has been sentenced to another four years behind bars for the killing of his wife Joan, whom he buried in an unfinished bathroom at their Melanie North, East Coast Demerara home 10 years ago.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – At least nine people died, including two 12-year-old children, in a stampede at a large rock concert in the western Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, authorities and emergency services said yesterday.

The passing of the British Queen Elizabeth, predictably brought forward varied responses from the public.

Yesterday we reported on a recent LAPOP survey which found that 65% of Guyanese would be prepared to trade away elections for material guarantees.

It appears that the disappointing response which the government has given to a request from the Florida-based Guyanese-American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) that a subsidy be made available in order to afford participation of a Guyanese contingent in next month’s Florida International Trade & Cultural Expo (FITCE) has triggered a response from the GACC.

More than three years ago, and even before the first barrel of oil was produced, the 2016 Petroleum Agreement signed by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana limited (Esso) and Hess and CNOOC, its Joint Venture partners, concluded its first renegotiation with the Government of Guyana.

-Ministers anonymous Should a government be “forgiven” for not finding time to facilitate street repairs and upgrades because it’s too busy constructing its evil big-picture apartheid?

(CMC) – Tropical Storm Fiona has forced Cricket West Indies to postpone today’s opening One-Day International here between West Indies Women and New Zealand Women.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), on August 20, 2022, installed a 3.42kWp Solar PV System along with a 21.6kWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Chinese Landing Primary School in Region 1.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican crime lord Jorge Costilla Sanchez was sentenced to life in prison in a U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the basis that Omicron and the variant’s latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete.

Dear Editor, Earlier I referred to RBO Hart’s popular column titled “Things that bother me.”

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 984’s trading results showed consideration of $38,402,700 from 105,930 shares traded in 30 transactions as compared to session 983’s trading results, which showed consideration of $3,990,590 from 8,139 shares traded in 26 transactions.