Daily Archive: Sunday, December 25, 2022

(Reuters) – A deadly blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists in their cars, knocking out electricity to thousands of homes and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that has chilled the United States for days.

In keeping with the season of giving, residents of the Dharm Shala continue to feel the government’s appreciation for their services as President Irfaan Ali today delivered a cheque of $2 million to the management of the organisation.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers today conducted an operation on Black Bush Polder main road where they attempted to intercept a canter bearing licence plate number GYY 2037.

MALE, (Reuters) – The Maldives criminal court on Sunday sentenced former president Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison and fined him $5 million after finding him guilty of corruption and money laundering charges related to receiving kickbacks from a private company.

-contractor given six more months Four years on,  rehabilitation of the Leguan ferry stelling is still to be completed and the original contractor – who had been sued by the state – has now been given another six months to get the job done.

Citizens Bank Guyana Inc registered an after-tax profit of $1.8b for 2022, a whopping increase of 70.5% over the preceding year.

This month marks three years since oil production began here for which this country has received some 15 million barrels in profit but there is still no Petroleum Commission to regulate the sector despite solemn promises by senior officials of the current administration.

A section of the Uitvlugt seawall on the West Coast of Demerara is currently being undermined due to ongoing sea defence works and the erosive effects of the ocean.

As of October this year, over half a million tonnes of bauxite have been produced by the two companies operating here.

Civil society activist, Jonathan Yearwood says he is disappointed at the quality of service being provided by the Commissioner of Information as he is still to be supplied with details of a key Housing Ministry contract.

Three years since it was first completed and submitted, followed by promises that it will be made public, government says that the IHS Markit audit of ExxonMobil’s US$460 million pre-contract costs is still being reviewed by the company.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday promoted Telon Perreira, the Presidential Guard who was stabbed during the attack outside of State House two Thursdays ago, to the rank of Corporal.

Despite the fact that Guyana has earned three years of oil money amounting to about US$2b, Parika Sea Dam is one of the many areas in all parts of the country that remain completely untouched and residents are disconsolate and unsure of their future prospects.

For the year 2022, the Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) policing division has recorded an 11 percent decrease in serious crime with a 60 percent reduction in murders.

Dear Editor, I recommend the article written by Ann Usher on ‘Indigenous groups in Guyana raise alarm over historic issuance of carbon credits by Norwegian-funded certifier’, Development Today, 23 December 2022.

Bids for two Ministry of Education projects were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on Thursday.

Dear Editor, All around us we witness the demand for “representation by presence” in calls for “diversity” in institutions.

Two years ago, just after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Amrita Routche, 37, found the perfect opportunity to start a business, making concrete garden figurines and planters, which she experiences a great demand for at Christmastime.

Dear Editor, As Amerindian leaders, it is important to speak up, when our voices as Indigenous peoples who live in our forests, are taken over by those who profess to speak for us.

DC Caesar Fox formerly Waramadong was crowned the KFC Goodwill Series Schools football champions after they defeated  newcomers St.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that an investigation into an incident at the Providence Police Station is currently underway and no information can be released at this point.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Charlestown have an urgent request to have a gentleman who goes by the alias “Short man”, be removed from the area permanently, as this individual has been a threat to the safety and security of innocent citizens of the Charlestown & surrounding wards of Georgetown area for many years now and nobody seems to be doing anything about it.

Everyone hopes for a better life, and it was for that reason that 46-year-old Clarene France ran away four years ago from her abusive partner at Mabaruma, North West District. 

Region #4 dismissed Region #9 by a 1-0 score when the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championship continued on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Dear Editor, One notes the persistent indifference of the General Manager, NIS, too busy to enquire who is a ‘nonagenarian’.

(Reuters) – An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States yesterday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancellations.

It has been more than sixteen months since Brazilian, Euclid Da Silva was gunned down on Regent Street, Georgetown and the police investigation into the case appears to have gone cold.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said yesterday, part of the country’s controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs.

Dear Editor, I have pleasure in extending to Stabroek News and its staff my gratitude for the interactions I have had with it via my letters to the letter column.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Canada-based miner First Quantum Minerals Ltd FM.TO

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says it has been trying to unblock a six-inch sewer along Second Street, Albertown which is packed with solids including medical waste.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration yesterday ordered all local and foreign NGOs to stop female employees from working, in a move the United Nations said would hit humanitarian operations just as winter grips a country already in economic crisis.

KYIV, (Reuters) – A Russian strike on Ukraine’s recently recaptured city of Kherson killed at least 10 people, wounded 58 and left bloodied corpses on the road, authorities said, in what Kyiv condemned as wanton killing for pleasure.

The Ministry of Health’s Nursing Assistant Programme was launched for the first time in Region Two at the Suddie Public Hospital on Wednesday by the Ministry’s Health Sciences Education Division.

(Trinidad Express) A pastor who was struck by a car on Friday night, has died at hospital.

Dear Editor, There is an article in the online edition of ‘Mirror’ in which last Sunday’s classic World Cup Football final between Argentina and France, which Argentina won in a shootout, is now subject to an almost 200,000 signed petition, by a French website and largely in  France,  calling for the final to be replayed (Dec 23).

(Cricinfo) It’s a golden age for fast bowling in Test cricket and Lungi Ngidi is loving it.

Guyanese would probably think of better things to do than read the newspapers today.

Kyrie Irving came alive in the fourth quarter when he scored 14 of his 18 points as the Brooklyn Nets fended off a comeback attempt by the Milwaukee Bucks and extended the NBA’s longest active winning streak to eight games with a 118-100 victory on Friday night in New York.

(Reuters) – Former captain Shahid Afridi has been appointed interim chair of Pakistan’s men’s national selection committee, the country’s cricket board (PCB) announced yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Members of former President Pedro Castillo’s Cabinet say he was planning his impeachment trial defense and appeared confident he would win – right up until his explosive speech in which he tried to illegally dissolve Congress, sparking his dramatic ouster and arrest.

Last Update: 1,628.634                             Movement: -0.783% Current Update: 1,615.883                       YTD Movement: 57.066%The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.783 percent during the third period of trading in December 2022.

(Reuters) – The second test between Pakistan and New Zealand next month has been moved from Multan to Karachi due to “deteriorating” weather conditions, the Pakistan cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Ahead of his 100th test for Australia in a Boxing Day match against South Africa in Melbourne, David Warner vowed to keep fighting despite having his back “up against the wall” after his recent struggles in the longest format.

Since my first encounter with what I now call The Seawall Mural, it is a joy to pass that junction and better yet, to be held up in traffic in its vicinity.

Brett Maher kicked a go-ahead, 48-yard field goal with 2:19 remaining to lift the host Dallas Cowboys to a 40-34 win over the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday.

Local hero Scott Boland has retained his place in the Australia XI for Boxing Day with an ‘underdone’ Josh Hazlewood to miss another Test as he continues his recovery from a side strain.

Merry Christmas Everybody! What have you been up to so far?

(Reuters) – Manchester United have triggered one-year contract extensions for four first-team players, including England forward Marcus Rashford, manager Erik ten Hag said.

There was a myth about a group of villagers who lived in the Solomon Islands.

If me bin know always deh behind de door. What’s Jonathan’s excuse for his actions?

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura defeated Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen in a close final to win the 2022 Speed Chess Championship and claim his fifth title in that genre of chess.

By Miranda La Rose The local aviation industry needs to improve its ridership in and out of Guyana with the growth in all sectors of the economy on account of the burgeoning of the oil and gas industry and to court more airlines Guyana needs to send its ambassadors to meetings and conferences to network, says Lt Col (ret’d) Egbert Field, Director General (DG), Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

A 19-year-old is now in police custody after he and another allegedly stole over $300,000 in electronic appliances and cash from a Riverstown family.

By Stanley Greaves The Advent of December anticipating the Christmas Season of celebrations, religious and secular, saw a change in activities from the rest of the year.

Many full- blooded, loyal, dedicated Christians would admit that their God, The Son Jesus, never indicated that His birth should be celebrated every December.

First off I would like to wish everyone reading this column, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

BRISTOL, CMC – Bermuda captain Nahki Wells said he was delighted after signing a new two-year contract extension to remain at second-tier English Championship club, Bristol City until 2025.

The Guyana Police Force was upbeat last week about its pre-Christmas statistical announcements, although this time, perhaps, there was some cause for the officers to indulge themselves with a measure of modest satisfaction.

(Reuters) – The World Cup final ended nearly a week ago but the drama around it continued as the match referee showed a photo on his phone during a news conference to respond to claims that Lionel Messi’s extra-time goal should not have stood.

(Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by rapper Saman Seydi Yasin against his death sentence even as it confirmed the same sentence against another protester, the judiciary said yesteday.

By Troy Bickham (The Conversation) – Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of a fire hazard and impossibly tangled strings of lights?

Theatre has a very close history with religion. It owes its origins to religion.

2022 feels awash with the metatextual on the big-screen, whether direct contemplations on the film industry or more general ruminations on art and artists.

Dear Editor,  I’ve said repeatedly that Guyana is blessed immensely. We have an abundance of wildlife, agricultural produce, and amazing/breathtaking views throughout the country.

A total of 30 Kuru Kururu teen girls benefitted from much needed training when the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Adventures hosted its annual Parushi Club programme over the course of three months.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – India suffered a top order meltdown chasing a small victory target of 145 after spinner Mehidy Hasan struck triple blows to keep alive Bangladesh’s hopes of a series-levelling victory in the dramatic second test yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Two more murders have taken the murder toll to 590.

The best words for Christmas are from T.S. Eliot’s marvelous poem, “The journey of the Magi.”

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Next year’s West Indies Championship will again be contested over five rounds, starting February 1, and only Antigua, Grenada, and Trinidad will stage matches, Cricket West Indies announced yesterday.