Daily Archive: Monday, October 31, 2022

Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources and India’s Minister of Petroleum  met today in the United Arab Emirates where they discussed  energy sector cooperation.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden today called on oil and gas companies to use their record profits to lower costs for Americans and increase production, or pay a higher tax rate, as he battles high pump prices with elections coming in a week.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today said that it is cognizant of the arrest of Attorney-at-law Tamieka Clarke, by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) through its Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and maintains that actions of this nature need to be publicly denounced.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ships brought grain from Ukrainian ports today, suggesting Moscow had stopped short of reimposing a blockade that might have caused world hunger, despite suspending its participation in a U.N.

From October 25-28, the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown hosted a Department of Commerce “Trade In the Americas” delegation consisting of five firms representing approximately US$205 million in revenue from across the United States.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al- Rawi is looking forward to the increased scope of powers that regional corporations will soon possess to enable them to take stricter action against errant contractors who have contributed to the increased flooding across the country.

Hoteliers Dee and Michael George have purchased the historic Herdmanston Annexe on Lamaha Street, formerly owned by GuySuCo, and will add it to their hotel business while preserving elements of its colonial architecture.

Citing the brief arrest of attorney Tamieka Clarke on Friday, retired Assistant Com-missioner of Police, Paul Slowe says that ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) are behaving as if they are above the law, He related his own experience of what he says was improper conduct by the same SOCU officer, Krishnadat Ramana who ordered the arrest of  Clarke on Friday simply because she advised her client of the right to remain silent while being questioned.

After two days of intense battle at the Lusignan Golf Course in the GTT Guyana Open tournament, Avinash Persaud secured his 11th title while Shanella London retained her championship in the female division yesterday.

Dear Editor, President Ali’s rhetoric when he launched Men on/of Mission was solid as he addressed most of the concerns about men in Guyana and the world. 

The nation’s best student athletes showed up and showed out when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)  hosted its Inter Guiana Games (IGG) trials yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre. 

While acknowledging there are deficits in the mental health programme,  the Ministry of Health yesterday said that there had been major improvements particularly in the staffing of the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) and a range of other interventions have been put in place or are in the pipeline.

The contractor who was fatally chopped on Friday on the Annai Access Road had been trying to rescue a friend from two assailants, the police said yesterday.

The Georgetown Cricket Association GISE/ Star Party Rentals/ Trophy Stall first-division, two-day clash between Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ended in a draw yesterday.

Dear Editor,  After seeing the video of Charandass Persaud, who at the time of its recording, was Guyana’s High Commissioner to India, verbally abusing Ms.

Unknown and Achievers will compete in the final of the ExxonMobil Futsal Championship, following semi-final wins on Saturday evening at the Retrieve Hardcourt, Linden.

Dear Editor,  Reference is made to the SN editorial “Party democracy” (Oct 23).

To discuss the issue surrounding their 143 acres of land aback the community which is now before the courts, Residents of the Beterverwagting/Triumph (BV/Triumph) communities are being asked to attend a meeting this evening.

Dear Editor, The Flying Stars Cycling Club’s Duckie Memorial and  the 50th  Anniversary races were  a  resounding success.

December 12th 2022 has been named as Nomination Day, the date on which Lists of Candidates have to be submitted for the March 13th 2023 Local Government Elections.

Gold is Money, Back Circle, and Future Stars recorded crushing wins in the men’s division, while Fruta Conquerors and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) clinched victories in the women’s section when the MVP Sports Futsal championships continued  Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s GDP per capita has risen over the last couple of years and, if projections are correct, is set to rise further.

AHMEDABAD,  (Reuters) – At least 132 people were killed in the western Indian state of Gujarat yesterday when a footbridge packed with sightseers enjoying holiday festivities collapsed and plunged them into the river below.

Customers can now use their Mobile Money Guyana (mmg+) wallet at Massy Stores nationwide.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi decimated India’s top order and David Miller blasted a vital fifty yesterday as South Africa triumphed by five wickets against the 2007 champions in a low-scoring Twenty20 World Cup clash at Perth Stadium.

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) slated for November 6-18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, CARICOM has heightened its call for developed states to step up to the plate and make climate financing more accessible and equitable.

KYIV/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for today for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’s withdrawal from the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chief selector the Most Honourable Desmond Haynes believes the opening combination of Kraigg Brathwaite and the uncapped Tagenarine Chanderpaul, can pay dividends for West Indies in Australia despite their almost identical batting styles.

Dear Editor, Now that my latest publication Biographical Dictionary of Guyana – a first in the English-speaking Caribbean – has been published, I have started to gather information for a fifth edition of the Bibliography of Guyana and Guyanese Writers due to be out early next year in 2023.

MOGADISHU,  (Reuters) – The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia’s education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said yesterday, warning the death toll could rise.

President Irfaan Ali last night congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on winning yesterday’s election for the Brazilian presidency.

Dear Editor, I am happy to note that Sean Devers is going to be a part of the Super50 Commentary team for the Guyana matches in Trinidad.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies strokemaker Keacy Carty hit his second regional one-day hundred to help Leeward Islands Hurricanes avert danger and clinch a three-wicket win over a plucky West Indies Academy in the opening game of the Super50 Cup here Saturday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the squad for the West Indies Women’s Under-19 training camp and trial matches to be played next month in Trinidad.

Residents of Mocha Arcadia on the East Bank of Demerara can soon expect the completion of the reconstruction of their Barnwell and Cemetery roads.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election yesterday that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and the end of Brazil’s most right-wing government in decades.

Dear Editor, I have been eagerly awaiting the news confirming that Mr.

DOVER, England,  (Reuters) – A man threw petrol bombs attached to fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover yesterday and then killed himself, a Reuters photographer said.

By SASOD Guyana’s Human Rights Programme. This column was written by Human Rights Coordinator Melina Harris and edited by Managing Director Joel Simpson.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase yesterday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning from the president, were met with tear gas and gunfire from security forces, social media videos showed.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s murder toll climbed to 504 yesterday afternoon after four men were killed in three separate incidents in Morvant, St Helena and Marabella.

Dear Editor, I refer to `GHRA calls for fundamental electoral reforms and a move away from Stone Age politics’ (Stabroek News, October 25, 2022) in which several over-generalizations are made about the state of politics in Guyana.

The International Court of Justice (the World Court) is to hear preliminary objections by Venezuela to Guyana’s case seeking a ruling that the 1899 arbitration ruling delineating the boundary between the two countries is valid and binding.

‘Indian son rises over empire. History comes full circle in Britain’, read the headline on India’s NDTV early morning news bulletin, indicating the fascination there and across much of the world that the UK, a country still struggling to find a post imperial role, should choose someone of British Asian origin as its latest Prime Minister.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Spice and Tigers copped wins in the women’s division, when the Bounty Supermarkets National Indoor Championship continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

As the halfway point in this administration’s life approaches, the jubilation, nay euphoria,  over the spending that is now possible with the country’s oil revenues is easily discerned.