Daily Archive: Monday, December 12, 2022

The air transportation woes affecting the Eastern Caribbean since LIAT’s collapse, will be getting closer attention from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) as the Board of Directors has approved a technical assistance grant towards developing interim arrangements to address the crisis.

Two Brazilian nationals are reported missing following a river mishap that occurred around 7 am yesterday in the vicinity of ‘Looking Glass Falls’ in the Mazaruni River.

Ranks of the Lewis Manor Police Outpost were conducting a Stop and Search exercise on the No.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s credibility is at stake, EU foreign ministers warned today, following allegations Qatar lavished cash and gifts on European Parliament officials to influence decision-making.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gunmen opened fire near a gas station at King’s Wharf, San Fernando, on Saturday night, killing two men and injuring another in what police believe to be a drug-related hit.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with U.S.

Bent Street was crowned the men’s champion while Fruta Conquerors clinched the women’s title when the MVP Futsal Championships concluded  Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

President of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle yesterday met with former WBC light welterweight boxing champion Kostya Tszyu.

Defending champions Alex Ekesa of Kenya, and Felix Herimiarintsoa of Martinique successfully retained their marathon titles when the 2022 edition of the Run Barbados Weekend concluded yesterday at Barclays Park.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Beleaguered West Indies were inflicted with their worst-ever Test defeat here yesterday when Australia demolished them by 419 runs before lunch on the penultimate of the final Test at Adelaide Oval.

Canadian Pan American gold medalist Natasha Wodak and Kenyan Alex Ekesa won the women and men’s 10K races respectively at the Run Barbados Weekend Saturday.

(Reuters) – NASA’s Orion capsule barreled through Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific ocean on Sunday after making an uncrewed voyage around the moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the U.S.

The Office of the President last night announced that President Irfaan Ali had clinched a deal with speed boat operators to have the fare for the Georgetown to Vreed-en-Hoop crossing remain at $100.

Dominic Tyrell, Romeo Hunter and Sarah Sanmoogan were among the standout lifters when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) staged its flagship, Senior National Championships yesterday at St Stanislaus College. 

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One of the Guyana’s rarest bodybuilding gems, Rosanna Fung will make her final appearance as an amateur Wellness athlete on Sunday at the National Cultural Centre. 

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has rued West Indies’ lack of resolve in the Adelaide second Test but said he believed the chastening result was a learning curve, which would serve the side well in important contests next year.

Food and water are now in great demand as communities in the Upper and Middle Mazaruni continue to battle devastating flooding as a result of torrential rain over the last week.

(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday forecast a substantial reduction in U.S.

MULTAN, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Imam-ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel struck defiant half-centuries to keep Pakistan in the hunt but England maintained the upper hand in the action-packed second test yesterday.

Describing debarred contractor, Vevakanand Dalip, as one of the most equipped contractors at the time when the company won bids for road and culvert works across Region Nine, Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock and Regional Executive Officer, Karl Singh, have both promised Stabroek News to provide clarifications on how he was selected.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Three women including a friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were killed yesterday when a man pulled out a gun and opened fire at a meeting of residents of an apartment block in Rome.

SOCU’s recent arrest of an attorney simply for advising her client to remain silent has  once again shone the spotlight on an agency that has been rife with scandal, allegations of abuse of its funding and controversial interrogations and charges.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Croatia will not attempt to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi by man-marking him but instead will focus on immobilising the entire team in their World Cup semi-final tomorrow, they said.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon today after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company.

DOHA, (Reuters) – As Kylian Mbappe was being muzzled by the England defence, it was France’s old guard who took the defending champions through to the World Cup semi-finals in a nerve-racking 2-1 victory on Saturday.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China reported 8,838 new COVID-19 infections for Dec.

Dear Editor, On the COVID-19 Update of November 29, 2022 inaccurate information was disseminated. 

A Christ Church student was saved by a public-spirited citizen after being attacked by a group of fellow students last Wednesday.

The Golden State Warriors picked up where they left off in June, riding Stephen Curry’s long-range shooting and a defense that frustrated Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum for a 123-107 victory Saturday night in a rematch of the NBA Finals in San Francisco.

To allow for the construction of the Mandela to Eccles Bypass Road, the Vieira-owned Houston Estates gifted the state a swathe of land and the related transports were recently passed in the High Court according to the Official Gazette.

Dear Editor, I have read Dr. Janette Bulkan’s letter in the Stabroek News on 8 October 2022 titled, “NTC must explain legal basis of their endorsement of government’s move to make decisions over Indigenous titled lands.”

Over 170 residents at regularized sections of Greenwich Park (Railway Embankment), Tuschen (Railway Embankment); Plantation Uitvlugt and Stewartville Sideline Dam; and De Kinderen (Railway Embankment), Region Three are expected to begin receiving Certificates of Title before the end of the year.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Dr. Thomas Singh, Director of the University of Guyana GREEN Institute & Senior Lecturer UG in the Stabroek News of December 3rd 2022 “There is much debate on whether these forest credits really satisfy the criteria of `additionality’”.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Under-19 stars Djenaba Joseph and Trishan Holder have been called up to the West Indies Women’s senior squad for the opening two Twenty20 Internationals of the five-match series against England Women.

QUETTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Six Pakistani civilians and one Afghan soldier were killed yesterday in cross border shelling and gunfire, according to officials on both sides of the frontier.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and GTT on Wednesday launched the Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) service for the General Register Office and Immigration Services.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Two teens were killed and four people injured in Peru yesterday during protests demanding the country hold general elections following the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo, police and local authorities said.

Dear Editor,  It’s that time of year when prices rise and everyone is cashing in on the benefits to be derived. 

The University of Guyana (UG) and the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) will contest the final of the tertiary knockout basketball tournament following semifinal wins at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

BELGRADE,  (Reuters) – Serbia demands the release of all arrested Serbs from northern Kosovo, but also seeks to defuse tensions there following tensions in the restive region, President Aleksandar Vucic said yesterday.

POTSDAM, Germany,  (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this weekend Germany should attract more foreign workers and make it easier for women and older people to work in order to avoid labour shortages and a crisis in its public pension system in the years ahead.

(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the first of two tests this month against Bangladesh, the board of control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Sunday.

Four persons were arrested after the police found a gun, ammunition and marijuana during a raid in a Turkeyen apartment complex on Saturday that led all the way to Stabroek Market.

Dear Editor, I would like my dear fellow Guyanese to answer the following questions. 

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Panamanian judge summoned former President Ricardo Martinelli to stand trial for a money laundering charge, investigators said on Friday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Economy Ministry yesterday rejected assertions by president-elect Luis Inacio Lula da Silva’s transition team that the outgoing administration was leaving government finances “bankrupted.”

Globally, corruption is a corrosive influence that undermines public faith in institutions resulting in diminished citizen security, stunted economic growth, and a drain on public and private resources. 

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

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Here’s the plan: Select 100 companies whose business burdens nature.

Dear Editor, Boat operators plying the Vreed-en-Hoop to Georgetown route who downed tools on Friday over a denied increase in the fare and passengers have unfortunately found themselves between a rock and a hard place.

At the height of the elections shenanigans in March of 2020 it had become obvious that the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh had failed comprehensively to execute her mandate.

United States baked goods company, Cinnabon is coming to Guyana and has begun hiring staff for its location in the Giftland Mall at Turkeyen.