Daily Archive: Friday, November 11, 2022

The Ministry of Public Works’ National Enhancement Committee in collaboration with Non-Governmental Organisations is again conducting another National Clean-Up Exercise, starting tomorrow, Saturday, 12th November 2022.

Ruling among other things that both the Minister of Natural Resources and the Local Content Secretariat breached the Local Content Act, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC this afternoon directed that Ramps Logistics be issued its Certificate of Registration no later than 12 noon on Monday, November 14th.

BLAHODATNE, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops were greeted by joyous residents in the centre of Kherson today after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion in February.

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc’s new owner Elon Musk on Thursday raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt, capping a chaotic day that included a warning from a U.S.

 (Reuters) – FTX is scrambling to raise about $9.4 billion from investors and rivals, a source said yesterday, as Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried urgently seeks to save the cryptocurrency exchange that has been buffeted by a rush of customer withdrawals.

(Reuters) – A New York jury yesterday found Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis liable for raping a publicist at his Manhattan apartment in 2013, ordering him to pay at least $7.5 million in damages in the civil case, an attorney said.

Following a boat mishap at Imbaimadai Landing yesterday, land surveyors Terrence Thomas, a 29- year-old of Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown, and Jermain La Rose, 34, of Canvas City, Wismar, Linden are missing and feared drowned.

Cabinet yesterday issued a no-objection to a US firm being ranked  number one to build a 300 MW power plant fuelled by offshore natural gas – drawing the country closer to a project that will spew climate warming residues and be the most expensive public sector undertaking in Guyana’s history, replete with safety and other risks.

A Bloomfield, Corentyne estate labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of his wife.

The man who was discovered dead on the Lusignan Prison Road on Saturday had been knocked off his bicycle and stabbed, CCTV footage revealed.

(Reuters) – Alex Hales and Captain Jos Buttler shone in a record unbroken opening partnership as a ruthless England humiliated India by 10 wickets at Adelaide Oval yesterday to storm into the Twenty20 World Cup final.

Financial analyst, Sasenarine Singh yesterday said there was “considered and deliberate” efforts to have votes cast in Region Four during the March 2020 elections declared without any scrutiny and observation.

Having announced recently that its Third Business Development Forum was due to commence today, Friday, November 11, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry President, Timothy Tucker, declared that of late, the Chamber has been focussed on access to capital and the securing of (presumably lucrative) joint venture partnerships, altogether sound and legitimate preoccupations that are a corollary to the wider mission of it taking advantage of the entrepreneurial openings that have been created by the opportunities that have been opened up in a Guyana economy that is in a condition of accelerated transformation and ensuring that its members benefit from those opportunities.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd on Wednesday  convened a meeting of the Multi-agency Coordinating Committee on the influx of migrants from Venezuela and stressed the need for data gathering.

Guyana has been crowned the Men’s B-Division gold medallists, after defeating India by a 7-6 score-line at the Inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championship in Canada.

A pair of title fights headline a deep card as the UFC makes its annual November trip to New York’s Madison Square Garden for UFC 281 tomorrow night.

As the prospects arising out of what is now Guyana’s largely oil-driven economy appear to grow even stronger, Caribbean business enterprises are ensuring that they are not left ‘out of the loop’ in terms of investment opportunities here.

The Belladrum Community Centre building which Public Service Minister Sonia Parag was locked out of on Tuesday, was constructed from government funds following the March 2016 local government elections, according to Emile Wilson, Chairman of the Profit/Rising Sun NDC.

Dear Editor, As the representative of the International Decade for the People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDAPADA-G), I attended the recent consultation on the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act and the National Registration Act.

Dear Editor, This is an appeal to the NDIA to clear the drainage canal which runs north to south from the Railway Embankment between Turkeyen and the CARICOM Head Office.

The Petra Organization yesterday presented the group stage prize money to the respective 12 teams in the MVP Sports Futsal Championship at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.

Christopher Persaud of Craig, East Bank Demerara was yesterday charged with stealing a $2.4m car belonging to Anessa Yusuf, the police said.

Climate change exchanges between rich and poor countries have had to do with who ‘foots the bill’ for the damage caused by global warming in various parts of the world.

Ajay Persaud who was initially accused of dousing his wife with hot porridge in August was yesterday charged with her murder.

(Reuters) – Following is a list of players who have been ruled out or are doubtful for the Nov.

Dear Editor, It is a clear case of damn if you do, damn if you don’t, in the Belladrum standoff involving the Minister of Public Service.

Political uncertainties associated with Brazil’s now concluded general elections that brought an end to the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro did not prevent South America’s largest oil company, Brazil’s Petrobras, from racking up net profits totalling US$9 billion dollars, over the most recent quarter, though that return was down from the previous quarter while reflecting a 48 per cent improvement over the same period last year.

Survivors of the Pomeroon River mishap are still coming to grips with the traumatic events that led to the death of cameraman, Trevor Patrick, 48-years-old of Charity Housing Scheme.

Dear Editor, I refer to the unprecedented action of the police in locking up an attorney for advising a client against the wishes of the said police officer.

By Charwayne Walker British Guiana led by Police Sports Club fullback, Hubert ‘Senor’ Braithwaite, defeated Suriname 2-0 in their three match international football series played at Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda, Georgetown, in October 1955.

As higher global oil prices continue to worsen the economic woes of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries, a disclosure has been made to the effect that the World Bank will be partnering with the United Kingdom and Canada in pursuit of a geothermal operation in the island territory of St.

Former vendor, Nathan Stoute, is now awaiting sentencing for the 2014 killing of Cuyuni shop owner Bibi Sheniza Khan-Bhola who was stabbed during a robbery at her business premises.

Dear Editor, The Auditor General’s annual report for the fiscal year 2021 is out and not unexpectedly, a sitting member of the Public Accounts Committee, Opposition Member of Parliament Ganesh Mahipaul is falling over himself to grab onto the floating straws of this report.

So says the prized pugilist who headlined the last mega boxing event which was held at the National Stadium in April.

The recent intervention by eighteen former Latin American and Caribbean leaders seeking Washington’s removal of an economic blockade against Cuba that has been in force for more than half a century, reflects what is still an enduring region-wide mindfulness that Cuba deserves better, having once been the socio-economic ‘live wire’ of the region prior to the revolution that swept the Castro regime into power.

KYIV/FRONTLINE NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have reclaimed dozens of landmine-littered settlements abandoned by Russian forces in southern Ukraine, officials said, the day after Moscow announced its withdrawal from the strategic capital city of Kherson province.

Special Education Needs (SEN) teachers have been urged to move out of their comfort zone.

(CMC) – Former Test captain Jimmy Adams has praised contemporary Shiv Chanderpaul as an icon for future generations, and said he remained in “awe” of the legendary left-hander’s accomplishments during a stellar 20-year career.

Dear Editor, Remembrance Sunday, the first Sunday after the Remembrance Day (11th November) is being marked in the UK with, amongst other religious events, an event at the Animals War Memorial near Hyde Park in London.

With the past year particularly, having presented the Caribbean with irrefutable evidence that its food security credentials are nowhere close to where we might have imagined them to be, the “early 2023” breaking of the ground for the creation of a seven-acre facility intended to serve as a food logistics hub and trans-shipment area for agricultural produce from Guyana to meet the needs of the region in times of crisis, has to be kept in sharp focus.

PHOENIX, (Reuters) – Two days after Americans went to the polls, the political world remained on tenterhooks yesterday, with both chambers of the U.S.

(Reuters) – Following are the eight groups for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Qatar from Nov.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Rondell Chappel, 36, in relation to the rape of a child under 16 years.

There is much that both the Government of Guyana as well as the local business sector can learn from the recent protestations of a prominent Jamaican firm, ARC Manufacturing, which specializes in the manufacture of various types of construction materiel, which the company says, is being imported into the country at the expense of its own offerings. 

Dear Editor, Here, in “Little Guyana,” New York, pride has surged once again, as Guyanese and Caribbean cricket legend, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a former captain of the West Indies team, was inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame, joining cricket’s most celebrated players.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) – Countries scrambling this year to source more natural gas to replace supplies from Russia are risking years of emissions that could thwart climate goals, the research collaboration Climate Action Tracker said on Thursday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s brief honeymoon with financial markets looked finished yesterday, as he pushed for more room to grow social spending without setting long-term fiscal rules or naming his top economic policymakers.

A vendor was on Wednesday ordered to post $60,000 bail after appearing in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and being charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm.

(Reuters) – Double Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said he was not a big fan of sprint races, despite winning both of the ones held this season, as the sport discusses future format changes.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 10, 2022 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, Recently, Minister Parag, who has parliamentary responsibility for Region 5, ventured into Belladrum to inspect a building to be used for developmental activities for persons in that area.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nicole swept across Florida on Thursday, weakening but still carrying a powerful punch with a mix of heavy rains and fierce winds that downed power lines, flooded homes and left at least two people dead.

 (Trinidad Guardian) In what appears to be a major coup for the Keith Rowley administration, finally the Iron and Steel Plant at the Point Lisas Industrial Estate is set to restart production under new owners and could lead to the creation of hundreds of high paying jobs.

The police force, beef and chickenPerhaps the very final and conclusive results of this Tuesday’s American mid-term elections are not yet fully computed and completed as yet.

Troy Billey, a 32-year-old driver of Lot 26 Wismar Hill, Linden was arrested on 2022-11-09 and charged with the offence of Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Last week AFC President Cathy Hughes said at her party’s weekly press conference that parliamentary scrutiny of government was being hindered by the fact that certain key committees were not functioning. 

(Reuters) – The Danish Football Association (DBU) said yesterday that FIFA had rejected Denmark’s request to train at the World Cup in shirts with the words “human rights for all” on them.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 992’s trading results showed consideration of $18,738,581 from 76,653 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 991’s trading results, which showed consideration of $16,945,862 from 35,608 shares traded in 19 transactions.

“I don’t do breakfast or dinner, dinner is only when I feel hungry if not I mostly do a snack in the evening just to manage the rations for the month.”

To say that the Carnegie School of Home Economics, along with the Government Technical Institute (GTI), are among the most noteworthy and impactful training institutions in the history of Guyana is to indulge in considerable understatement.

Dear Editor, I recently reviewed the speech of His Excellency and the dialogue on the events in Belladrum.