Daily Archive: Monday, October 17, 2022

The management of the Transport and Harbours Department today said that the M.V.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc today explained the causes of the recent service interruptions over the last weekend.

LONDON, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has set Russia on a path towards turmoil that could unseat the Kremlin chief, trigger civil war or even break the country apart, said a Russian diplomat who resigned over the war.

LONDON, (Reuters) – New finance minister Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan and scaled back her vast energy subsidy today, launching one of the biggest U-turns in British fiscal policy to stem a dramatic loss of investor confidence.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones today, killing at least three people in an apartment building in downtown Kyiv during morning rush hour, and targeting infrastructure across the country in the second big wave of air strikes in a week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shocked and heartbroken over his murder, the family of 29-year-old Randy Joseph is calling for justice.

(Trinidad Guardian) State-owned Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) has until tomorrow to respond to a lawsuit filed by a Florida-based travel service provider that has accused this country’s national carrier for accepting payments from United States citizens to provide transportation for their Cuban relatives to travel between Cuba and Guyana to access US consular services.

 (Reuters) – Twice winners West Indies crashed to a shocking 42-run defeat by Scotland in their T20 World Cup opener in Hobart today, the second major upset inside two days at the global showpiece tournament.

Pre-tournament favourites Samara Sukhai and Jasmine Billingy yesterday crowned themselves and the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in gold by winning the girls U13 team event at the Caribbean Table tennis Federation’s mini and pre-cadet championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Christianburg/Wismar reclaimed the top spot in the 3rd edition of the GuyOil Secondary School Football League, crushing Cummings Lodge 4-0 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Elton Dharry is in line for a shot at the British Commonwealth super flyweight title and that fight may be staged here in Guyana as early as next month or in December.

The government is looking for a consultant to help it craft a bill that will end time-consuming preliminary inquiries (PIs) in what will be a major reform of the criminal justice system here.

The Ministry of Health the World Bank and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday signed a One Health agenda contract geared at addressing health threats in the animal, human and environment interface.

Local company, Gaico Construction last week signed an agreement with Grand Canal Industrial Estates Inc (GCIE) to begin an in-river structures and dredging project for the building of the Berbice Deep Water Port “We have signed a contract and are in the process of mobilizing to begin work in another month’s time…one of the important things with this project, and that we are very upbeat about, is that we want to recruit a lot of people from the Berbice area to work on it,” Director and Chief Executive Officer of Gaico Construction, Komal Singh told Stabroek News yesterday.

Essequibo secured a 10-wicket win over Demerara yesterday to march into tomorrow’s Guyana Cricket Board Senior Inter-County 50-over final.

Dear Editor, I’m sitting on the balcony at the guest house in Paramakatoi looking out on the majestic Kawa mountains, the cool breezes blowing over the rugged and harsh terrain.

HOBART, Australia, CMC – Ottis Gibson, one of the architects of West Indies’ Twenty20 World Cup in 2012, believes the Caribbean side may require a rethink of strategy in order to find success again in the shortest format.

By Shuntel Glasgow Squatters at Cane View/Herstelling  (Mocha), who have been given a final grace period of two weeks by the Ministry of Housing to move, say they are not satisfied with the offer to them and they won’t be able to undertake any commercial activity where they are to be relocated.

Dear Editor,  Indira Thakurdin’s, letter (SN October 15) gave much for both sides of the divide, seeking control of the credit union, to chew on,  in advance of the much anticipated elections.

As the government continues to implement its plan to meet the goal of reducing the country’s food imports by 25% by 2025, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday detailed twenty ongoing projects which he said will boost food security and reduce imports.

HOBART, Tasmania, CMC – Embattled West Indies begin their quest to qualify for the main draw of the Twenty20 World Cup when they face Scotland here today, with captain Nicholas Pooran hailing the strong morale in his inexperienced squad.

Dear Editor, In the grand scheme of the great oil game and Guyana’s entry into that exclusive territory, ancestral lands and small landholders really don’t count for much. 

With works on the proposed Versailles, West Bank Demerara shore base on pause for the past year, protected mangroves that were bulldozed to facilitate construction have since regrown.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Recovering all-rounder Daryl Mitchell is targeting a return to action in New Zealand’s second match of the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan on Oct.

Dear Editor,  Joseph Bacchus had his own political party. Many said it was literally his own party because it consisted of him and no one else.

Former heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder knocked out Robert Helenius in the first round as the ‘Bronze Bomber’ made a winning return to boxing in Brooklyn, New York.

Dear Editor, Delighted to see Dhanpaul Narine’s letter in the Sunday Stabroek about the New York salute to ‘Uncle’ Joe Solomon. 

Major rehabilitation is in the works for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attacked each others’ records in office yesterday in the first debate of the second round of Brazil’s election.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal   Stabroek News on Thursday spoke to members of the public about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

By Charwayne Walker in association with Brian Hackett former president of the Lusignan Golf Club Top Professional golfer attached to the lusignan Golf Club David Deonath playing in the Dollop Pro/Am golf tournament inPoint a Pierre, South Trinidad in May 1976 out played a team of 80 golfers including Canadians to take the first prize of US $650.

(Trinidad Express) The men who sprayed bullets into a playground, and killed an innocent 9-year-old boy, used a panel van stolen from a bakery company to carry out the sickening crime.

Dear Editor, As a poet of Guyana (I am proud to appropriate to myself this designation) I have spoken of the abuse of power in many of my poems.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the building of a world-class military while touting the fight against COVID-19 as he kicked off a Communist Party Congress by focussing on security and reiterating policy priorities.

GEELONG, Australia, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup campaign got offto a disastrous start yesterday as the former champions crashed to a 55-run defeat by Namibia in Geelong.

The National Aquatic Centre will be closed from today for five days, a release from the National Sports Commission (NSC) states.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa said yesterday the government will give workers tax relief from November by raising the threshold at which income tax is charged, as the country battles with soaring inflation.

Malcolm Watkins, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health (MOH) along with the Regional Health Officer of Region Nine, Dr Cedel Mc Watt and Michael Gouveia, Hinterland Coordinator visited Region Nine from October 12-13 during which Telemed connections were made for several communities.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) is launching Project Change Agents (PCA) to tackle domestic violence specifically and violence in general in the Caribbean.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church, after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe in July revealed close ties between it and the ruling party.

By Percy C. Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana.

On September 20, the public was made aware of a spectacular crime.

A clarification for online users who may not have access to the full article.

Ashoka Buildcom Limited, the Indian contractor for the road linking the East Bank of Demerara with the East Coast of Demerara has advertised for dozens of workers as preparations for the project get underway.