Articles published on Friday, October 7, 2022
MOSCOW/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree, published today, to set up a new operator for the Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project, following similar steps to seize other oil and gas projects with foreign participation.
During the wee hours of today an ambulance reportedly attached to the Skeldon Public Hospital was found with a quantity of smuggled chicken.
(Reuters) – Haiti is preparing to seek military assistance from the international community to confront gangs that have blocked the country’s principal fuel port, the Miami Herald reported today, citing sources with knowledge of the decision.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize today, highlighting the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.
(Reuters) – Australia’s David Warner smashed an incendiary half-century and Mitchell Starc claimed 4-20 to help the hosts beat West Indies by 31 runs in the second Twenty20 International and complete a 2-0 series sweep in Brisbane today.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday said that it had obtained judgment against SOL Guyana Inc for Corporation Tax owed in the sum of $2.7b together with penalties and interest until the date of payment.
Controversial construction company, St8ment Investment Inc is expected to recommence works on the construction of the Primary School at Bamia/Amelia’s Ward, Linden, some two months after it abruptly halted construction.
A 30-year-old porter who is accused of strangling La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) resident, Nirmala Sukhai to death during an argument was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.
Deficiencies in “essential physical infrastructure” necessary to enable the growth of the country’s agro-processing sector including facilities for efficient manufacturing and packaging of agro-produce to render products market-ready have been identified as being among the main hindrances to the acceleration of the sector, according to responses to a limited survey undertaken by the Stabroek Business over the past three weeks.
Stafrei Alexander and Owen Belfield were on Wednesday handed a life sentence and a 14-year sentence respectively for the 2015 murder of Linden resident, Richard Remmington, whose decomposing remains had been found in a clump of bushes.
Chairman of Demerara Distillers Ltd., Komal Samaroo, says that “connecting Guyanese businesses with potential partners around the world” and accessing relevant information to support market access for local products ought to be the highest priority for business owners here.
Three of Guyana’s elite boxers arrived in Asunción, Paraguay, yesterday on a mission to punch their way to the podium at the ongoing South American Games.
NEW DELHI – Indian state refiners plan to lock-in more of their crude supplies in term deals, worried that tighter Western sanctions on Russia, including from the EU, could curb future supplies in already tight markets, sources at state refiners said.
Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News on Wednesday spoke to people generally about the rising cost of living and how it was affecting them.
If the easing of the physical manifestations of the coronavirus has pushed governments across the region to remove most of the restrictions that had had a devastating effect on normal life and more particularly on activities that impacted directly on the physical well-being of individuals and groups, not least families, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, William Maloney, has gone on record as saying that the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) has, up until now, still not recovered to its 2019 level as the region seeks to emerge from its condition as being among the regions of the world hardest hit by the pandemic.
The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) yesterday distanced itself from comments by one of its members who stated that if Ramps Logistics does not get Local Content Certification here, other Trinidad and Tobago businesses will leave this country for Suriname.
Despite their dormancy on the international circuit since competing in matches in the 2022 CONCACAF Nations League in June, the Golden Jaguars have climbed in the FIFA ranking to 171st out of 211 affiliated nations.
Just over two years ago, as COVID-19 cut a swathe through the Caribbean striking in the process at the very heart of the region’s key Tourism industry, Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett announced what might well have been considered the unthinkable, that the country’s highly prized and decidedly successful tourism industry was confronted with “imminent closure” given what a March 20, 2020 Jamaica Observer said had been the imposition of “travel restrictions on many of its source markets as well as local containment and restriction protocols.”
The Sol and Rubis gas stations have lowered their fuel prices after state-owned GUYOIL slashed its tariffs on Sunday following a decision by the government.
As part of the ongoing FIFA reform process, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has created and approved stringent ethics and procurement policies for its membership which it says will improve accountability and transparency in local football.
Dear Editor, Local software developers and IT service providers can bring in foreign currency for Guyana.
A 17-year-old boy was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of 29-year-old Deonarine Ramachandran during a scuffle last Saturday night.
What is being seen by both governments and the private sector in the region as perhaps the most significant business gathering convened in the Caribbean since the receding of the COVID-19 pandemic had its virtual launch earlier this week, reportedly attracting, more than 400 participants from 36 countries seeking to participate in an initial forum designed to set the tone for the actual deliberations in Port of Spain next month.
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has informed attorney, Nigel Hughes that the Regional Security System’s (RSS) report into allegations made by police detective Dion Bascom which include an alleged cover-up in the Ricardo Fagundes murder probe remains “confidential” and as such he cannot be provided with a copy of same.
Dear Editor, Just recently, the news read that “First Lady (is) to establish a business centre for Persons with Disabilities.”
The government of Suriname says it is seriously looking to implement a Citizen-ship by Investment programme that grants citizenship to foreigners who want to invest in the country, according to the country’s president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi.
Underscoring the shortage of judges which compounds the case backlog in the judiciary, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that plans are afoot to increase the numbers sitting in the Court of Appeal.
NEW YORK/KYIV, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons is the biggest such threat since the Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russia’s military leadership faced a rare domestic public backlash over the war in Ukraine.
Dear Editor, Guyana hosted the last round and the play-offs of the recently concluded CPL 2022 Tournament.
An increase in oil exports in September 2022 from Venezuela to China, Cuba and Europe, among others, is expected to boost revenues for this Bolivarian country.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador launched a bidding process yesterday to seek developers for six exploratory oil blocks in the Amazon region, hoping to draw in investment of some $2 billion.
Georgetown Football Association (GFA) executive committee member Lomell Johnson has lambasted the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for their lack of financial support towards conducting the ongoing Senior Men’s League and National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U-17 League.
NA KLANG, Thailand, (Reuters) – Thai government buildings flew flags at half mast today to mourn the death of more than 30 people, including 23 children, after an ex-policeman burst into a daycare centre in a knife and gun rampage that left the nation shocked and seeking answers.
Even as Suriname readies itself for its anticipated major oil and gas recovery programme, the state-run oil company, Staatsolie, is revealing plans for spending a whopping US$1.5 billion in the country’s offshore investment programme.
(Barbados Nation) The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) apology for its controversial survey administered to schoolchildren will not be enough to satisfy the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT).
Phillip Solomon is now awaiting sentencing after pleading to the 2018 fatal beating of his friend Vernon Cummings, at the Timehri Wharf.
Dear Editor, As the dust slowly settles subsequent to the completion of the Caribbean Premier League 2022 version, followed by the much vaunted Carnival events, I must express my utter disgust over the fact that the aforementioned events were scheduled and coincided with the Great Hindu festival of Navratri during which the feminine aspect of god is propitiated.
Dear Editor, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Guyanese are in for more pain.
(Reuters) – A man who pleaded guilty to participating in an elaborate plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced to four years in prison after he served as a key witness in the trial of two co-conspirators as part of a deal with prosecutors.
The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) annual November race meet, will take a different twist this year as they team-up with Impressions to host what is being dubbed as the premiere auto event of the year, Guyana Automotive Expo and the Ignite Race of Champions.
(Barbados Nation) Ex-Government Minister Donville Inniss has lost an appeal to overturn a U.S.
Police on Wednesday arrested an Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman who was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of uncustomed goods after breaching a roadblock.
The 3rd edition of the prestigious GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League will officially resume on Sunday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown, with four fixtures.
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The trial of Alvin Reid who is accused of the 2016 killing of 14-year-old Malika Hamilton is set to commence on October 11th before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Demerara.
(Reuters) – The United Nations yesterday called for the creation of a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti that would allow the distribution of fuel amid dire shortages created by a gang blockade of the country’s principal fuel terminal.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The U.N. rights council yesterday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny.
Dear Editor, It was as a Bookers Sugar Estates Cadet in 1958, assigned to Bookers Industrial Holdings Ltd, that I was directed to review a register of their land sales in an area outside of Georgetown, since called Prashad Nagar.
(Reuters) – Britain’s Phil Read, the first motorcycle rider to win world championships in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc grand prix categories, died yesterday aged 83, his family said.
This is about as good a time as any to mount a vigorous lobby for the allocation of a more generous share of state resources to the growth of those mostly micro and small businesses in the agro-processing and craft sectors, among others, which have not, over the years, had delivered to them the various promises made by government including, at one time or another, promises of facilities that would enable them to transfer their manufacturing operations to premises that would render those operations more efficient.
Dear Editor, The brutal murder of Samuel Grannum in the heart of the city, by as many as six men, shows the evil and horrific mentality of some in this society.
(Reuters) – Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton yesterday said he did not plan on retiring from Formula One any time soon.
In observance of Fire Prevention Month 2022, the Guyana Fire Service has been conducting several outreaches in various communities in efforts to raise awareness and educate citizens.
Two gold miners and a boat captain appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Monday where they were charged with raping a 32-year-old Venezuelan woman.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s environmental regulator announced yesterday four charges against Canadian-owned Lundin copper mine for a sinkhole that appeared at the site of one of its mines the north of the country in late July.
(CMC) – Captain Hayley Matthews struck her sixth Twenty20 International half-century but that was the only highlight for hapless West Indies Women, as they slumped to a five-wicket defeat off the last delivery of the final T20I against New Zealand Women yesterday.
(Reuters) – South Africa survived Sanju Samson’s late onslaught to beat a depleted India by nine runs in the rain-affected opening one-day international in Lucknow yesterday.
(Reuters) – A catchweight fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr.
The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) organization released a statement yesterday saying that no world rankings points will be given to LIV golfers over their next two events, despite the partnership the circuit struck with the MENA Tour.
We are now an oil nation, shortly to become a gas one too.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 987’s trading results showed consideration of $40,492,697 from 121,632 shares traded in 30 transactions as compared to session 986’s trading results, which showed consideration of $5,295,920 from 16,647 shares traded in 12 transactions.
(Reuters) – Nepal’s most high-profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane was taken into custody on his return to Kathmandu from Doha, local police said yesterday, following an arrest warrant against him in an alleged rape case.
Can a man rape his wife? This is a question that many people to this day will respond to with a no.
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday for “the courage and clinical acuity” in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality.
(Reuters) – In the last change to the FIFA World Rankings before the World Cup starts next month, Brazil increased their lead at the top and Spain dropped below Italy.
Perhaps, as usual, this is no scientific/political analysis; no academic dissertation; no intellectual discourse.
(Reuters) – Britain’s Emma Raducanu has pulled out of the Transylvania Open due to a wrist injury, organisers of the WTA 250 event said yesterday.
