Daily Archive: Sunday, October 2, 2022

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential election will be settled in a second-round runoff vote on Oct.

Detectives in Regional Police Division #3 are investigating the murder of 29-year-old Deonarine Ramachandran of Conservancy Dam, Canal #1 Polder, West Bank Demerara.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iranian lawmakers chanted “thank you, police” during a parliament session today, in a show of support for a fierce crackdown on widespread anti-government protests against the death of a young woman in police custody.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis for the first time directly begged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying today that the crisis was risking a nuclear escalation with uncontrollable global consequences.

MALANG, Indonesia, (Reuters) – Up to 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, officials said today, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters.

“My name is Mandesa Williams and I am HIV positive.” It took ten years for 30-year-old Mandesa Williams to say those words publicly and now that she has revealed her status to the world, the mother of two is on a mission to make the journey of HIV+ Guyanese one where they do not have to live in perpetual fear of being outed.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr.

Government has informed the five pre-qualified companies in the running to build the 300MW natural gas-fired power plant at Wales that it has the right to accept or reject any proposal or terminate the selection process without incurring any liability.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall has moved to appeal the decision by Justice Brassington Reynolds to throw out a case against former Finance Minister Winston Jordan and BK Marine over the controversial sale of riverfront property.

A mother is now mourning the loss of her 10-year-old daughter, who succumbed to her injuries after being struck down in Lethem, Region Nine last Friday by a driver who was both speeding and intoxicated at the time.

A pedestrian died on Friday night after he was struck down along the Harlem Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD), by a speeding driver who was rushing his son to the hospital.

The X11 edition of the South American Games kicked off yesterday in Paraguay and part of Guyana’s delegation was among the welcoming ceremony.

Following a denunciation by Venezuela, the Government of Guyana last evening said it stands by President Irfaan Ali’s recent pledge before the United Nations towards pursuing a judicial settlement to resolve the ongoing border controversy between the two countries.

Family members of Nirmala Sukhai, the woman who was disocvered dead in her La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home on Friday, are puzzled as to what might have been the motive behind her suspected murder and are hoping that the autopsy will provide some answers as to how she met her end.

Star cyclist Jamual John and ace runner Cleveland Thomas earned the winner’s spoils when Kaieteur Attack Racing and Team United hosted the ‘Fireworks’ Golden Mile and criterium event yesterday.

Milerock edged Capital FC 2-1 when the Upper Demerara Football Association leg of the NAMILCO U17 Championship commenced yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

Dear Editor, PM Mark Phillips and the PPP seek to convince us that once they can show that the government has spent money in this or that Afro-Guyanese community (e,g.,

Shadow Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Roysdale Forde has said the recent intervention by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to have Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom’s trial reassigned threatens his constitutional right to a fair trial and should not be entertained.

Dear Editor, Please allow me a few lines to respond to an editorial that was published in the Friday, September 30, 2022 edition of the Stabroek News on the 181st Thanksgiving Ceremony of Queenstown Village on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two.

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is currently investigating what caused an “abnormal” electrical discharge that led to an explosion at its Kingston One Power plant, resulting in power outages in Demerara and Berbice on Friday.

North Ruimveldt handed Christianburg/Wismar their first loss in the third Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League, prevailing 1-0 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, The land purchase offer by the current administration is competitive and shows a significant improvement from the past if the land being purchased is land used for farming.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), while commending Guyana for its progress in strengthening its anticorruption framework and fiscal transparency in the extractive industries, has urged government to more closely follow up on the recommendations of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies Women were involved in yet another tight finish but this time came out on the losing end in a six-wicket defeat to New Zealand Women which levelled the five-match series here yesterday.

Preparatory work on Hubu Aquafarms, which will specialize in the rearing of prawns for export, have been advancing despite delays, according to Director Simon Shaw.

Dear Editor, The ordinary citizen does know, maybe doesn’t even care to know, how interest rates operate. 

PARIS, (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe came off the bench to give Paris St Germain a 2-1 home win against Nice as the French champions reclaimed top spot in Ligue 1 yesterday.

The Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS) and REEL Guyana on Tuesday launched a short documentary on the Imbotero Research Centre in Region One.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans, including five oil executives, in exchange for two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro jailed in the United States on drug convictions, U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Arsenal meted out their usual punishment to north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium with goals by Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka sealing a 3-1 win to keep them top of the Premier League yesterday.

Dear Editor, The main purpose given for building this gas pipeline is to supply the majority of electricity to Guyanese homes and businesses.

Dear Editor, Especially in the Third World, corruption is rampant in the procurement process and awarding of Government contracts.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops said on Saturday they had taken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible use of low-grade nuclear weapons.

(Reuters) – Defending champions USA beat China 83-61 to win a record-extending 11th Women’s World Cup title in Sydney yesterday, while Australia’s Lauren Jackson brought the curtain down on her glittering career with a bronze medal.

Dear Editor, Everyone in the political landscape of Guyana knows that Rickford Burke is a staunch critic of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a solid polling lead going into Sunday’s election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, with a chance of clinching the race in the first round, fresh surveys showed on Saturday.

Netrockers and Amelia’s Ward Panthers battled to a 1-1 stalemate when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

Editor’s Note: Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine’s letter, “A litany of bungling in the legal system with no end in sight,” which was published in the Saturday 1, 2022 edition of Stabroek News, included the erroneous suggestion that the Director Public Prosecutions was one of seven persons charged with fraudulently obtaining under-valued house lots.

Last week the Department of Public Information reported on the government’s policies and measures with regard to advancing education in Guyana.

By Tieanna Jordan Passionate, ambitious and goal oriented. That’s how Aniyah Couchman describes herself.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 1.470% during the final period of trading in September, 2022.

Introduction In an effort to provide clarity and boost comprehension of the listed column title in this series, last week’s  column introduced my re-visit of Government Take under Production Sharing Agreements, PSAs, with a summary re-statement of the intellectual origins of PSAs in legal theory, behavioral economics, and institutional theory.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Crews restored power to more neighborhoods across Havana on Saturday after a second day of protests over ongoing blackouts in Cuba’s capital, including some of the largest demonstrations since widespread anti-government rallies in July 2021.

On Sunday, September 25, the EMC Foundation, in partnership with the Herdmanston Lodge, held a paint mixer to raise awareness of Guyana’s unique ecosystems and their vital role in supporting biodiversity.

As Guyana joins the rest of the world to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month (observed annually in October) one survivor is calling for more family support for cancer patients because for her the illness has not had as much of an impact as a lack of support did.

As the controversy in international chess deepens, the World Chess Federation’s (FIDE) Fair Play Commission (FPL) has announced that it will set up an investigatory panel to investigate world chess champion Magnus Carlsen’s contention that American Hans Niemann cheated during a  tournament last month in St Louis Missouri.

The news that a lawyer was “temporarily remanded…over his failure to submit promised evidence…[and] spent a few minutes in the holding area for prisoners on Wednesday” (SN September 30) is indeed disturbing. 

It is in the nature of all things to seek stability and equilibrium.

At thirteen, I think it was, I was reading love poetry.

There are a number of health problems a man can face throughout his life.

In her 2018 essay titled “My Genre Makes a Monster of Me”—which was published in Uncanny Magazine’s September/October 2018 ‘Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction’ special edition—horror writer Zin E Rocklyn laments the ways her body makes her feel monstrous.

A 38-year-old man was taken into custody yesterday following the discovery of $4.7 million worth of cannabis in a minibus and a car at Bath Experiment, West Coast Berbice.

We already commented on the way the public theatre seems fairly well settled in its return to life after the recent lock-down. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least 12 prisoners in Haiti died for lack of food or medicine in the month ending in mid-September, a Haitian official said on Thursday, adding the figure had likely risen since then due to a gang blockade that has created crippling fuel shortages.