Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Resulting from recently completed investigations carried out by the Law Enforcement and Investigations Division of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), ten charges were instituted in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today against Ramps Logistics (Guyana) Inc.,

VIENNA/LONDON,  (Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed steep oil production cuts today, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S.

GOLD COAST, Australia,  CMC – Australia defeated West Indies by three wickets in the opening Twenty20 International of the two-match series at Metricon Stadium here today.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied yesterday that his administration spied on journalists or opponents after a report that the phones of at least three people investigating human rights abuses were infected with Pegasus spyware.

A longtime Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) construction boss was fired last week after a probe revealed that he arranged jobs for family members on US$18 million worth of contracts he oversaw for the agency, The New York Post reported today.

After more than two years of persistent lobbying by the private sector, in the wake of oil production, government yesterday announced that it would be seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) to build a 30,000 barrels-per-day oil refinery here.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) may soon advise the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development that the earliest possible date it could host the overdue Local Government Elections (LGE) is March 6, 2023.

Police are now on the hunt for a Charlestown man over the murder of Government Technical Institute (GTI) student, 19-year-old Samuel Grannum, who was brutally beaten on Friday and  succumbed to his injuries on Monday.

Dear Editor, I refer to your article on page 20 of the Sunday Stabroek Oct 2, 2022 which carried Venezuela’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ response to Guyana’s President’s statement to the UN General Assembly last week, 30th September 2022.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Captain Nicholas Pooran said yesterday West Indies had pushed the controversial omission of Shimron Hetmyer to one  side, in order to focus on the two-match Twenty20 International series against World champions Australia and their preparation for the T20 World Cup later this month.

Police in Berbice registered  a major breakthrough over the weekend after they arrested a logger with narcotics on Angoy’s Avenue who was wanted for the 2010 murder of Cleveland Hetemeyer.

Dear Editor, The recent letter of former Ambassador Kenrick Hunte that “EEPGL and auditors should explain why total revenue is included in the PSA’s cost function” (SN 4 Oct 2022) offers considerable detail on mechanisms associated with Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) as capital flight from developing countries.

Guyana’s Priyanna Ramdhani yesterday stormed into the quarter finals of the women’s singles badminton competition at the XII South American games currently underway in Paraguay.

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine/KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s military had made major, rapid advances against Russian forces in the past week, taking back dozens of towns in regions in the south and east that Russia has declared annexed.

Dear Editor, I write to join in the condemnation of the recent Guyana Police Force (GPF) “wanted bulletin” for Rickford Burke, President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), on an extortion charge.

During a community meeting held by Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, on Monday evening, residents shared differing views on the road improvement project to widen the corridors from Conversation Tree to Dennis Street in Georgetown.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity yesterday after a grid failure, a government official said, adding that authorities were working to gradually restore power supply in the country of 168 million people.

The Opposition APNU+AFC, yesterday, called on the Ministry of Education to consider renting buildings to address the issue of overcrowding of schools noting that the current housing of students in tents violates the rights of children to receive an education in a comfortable setting.

Dear Editor, I have decided to write this letter because of the large number of bloggers who thought Sodom and Gomorrah had descended upon Guyana with the vulgar behaviours, and high nudity seen at the recent Cricket Carnival.

With the ninth edition of the Courts Pee Wee Boys U11 Football Championship scheduled to start Saturday, tournament coordinators, the Petra Organization, donated two balls to each of the competing schools to aid in their respective preparation.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday lauded the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) for achieving the ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management Systems.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Two substances in the saliva of wax worms – moth larvae that eat wax made by bees to build honeycombs – readily break down a common type of plastic, researchers said on Tuesday, in a potential advance in the global fight against plastic pollution.

Dear Editor, I have a fascination with the month of October.

The Petra Organization donated the championship trophy towards the maiden edition of the Joshua Denny Memorial U20 Football Championship, which is set to conclude on Friday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday said the Army is working on a proposal to create its own commercial airline, confirming reports from a leak of government documents last week.

GUYOIL service stations are continuing to see heavy traffic as motorists take advantage of the company’s fuel prices that were lowered in accordance with a Ministry of Finance announcement on Saturday night.

Guyana took part in its first ever Esport International Competition yesterday in Paraguay at the ongoing South American Games. 

Dear Editor, Sherwood Lowe in his letter, ‘Shifting the conversation on racial discrimination regardless of where one stands on the existence and extent of the problem’ self-debunks.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their advances in quantum mechanics on the behaviour of subatomic particles, opening the door to work on super computers and encrypted communication.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Chief selector Ann Browne-John says she anticipates an exciting climax to West Indies Women’s ongoing five-match Twenty20 International series against New Zealand Women.

Even as the Guianas are far away from achieving a 50% reduction in the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), the efforts of the Guyana and Suriname governments and their international partners for a complete phase-out, is a step in the right direction, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Director of Suriname and Guyana, Dr.

Dear Editor, Today, October 5th marks thirty years since the restoration of democracy to Guyana after twenty-eight years of PNC dictatorial rule.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has asked Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw some of the oil blocks it has put up for auction in order to protect forests, he said yesterday on the sidelines of a climate conference in Kinshasa.

Dear Editor, I have seen a very short letter by Krishna Nand Prasad in the Stabroek News of September 27, 2022.

With the Judge hearing their case refusing to grant interim orders which would have among other things seen them being able to attend Parliament, the eight suspended Opposition MPs have moved to the Full Court.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Police in Haiti fired tear gas yesterday at thousands of protesters marching in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, against Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s government and its handling of crippling fuel shortages and soaring prices.

LIVERPOOL, (Reuters) – Liverpool put their recent stutters behind them to comfortably beat Rangers 2-0 in the Champions League yesterday and move into second spot in Group A.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies Women have been handed two difficult opening fixtures in their ICC Twenty20 World Cup campaign next February.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N yesterday signaled strong third quarter operating profits on the heels of the prior quarter’s all-time high as earnings from natural gas offset weaker refining and chemicals, according to a securities filing.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips says that diplomatic relations between Guyana and China are marked by friendship and cooperation.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country paralysed by a gang blockade, a WHO spokesperson said.

Dear Editor, The recently concluded CPL Cricket Carnival lacked one important component.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Director of the International Peace Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (1992-1996); Former Chancellor of the University of Guyana Wars end in one of four ways: victory; defeat; a negotiated peace; or a stalemate.

On the 5th October, 1962, sixty years ago today, the film “Dr No” premiered in London, England.

(Reuters) – Loretta Lynn, the coal miner’s daughter and moonshiner’s wife who became one of American country music’s biggest stars and a leading feminist in the genre, died yesterday at the age of 90, her family said on Twitter.