Daily Archive: Sunday, January 1, 2023

The Guyana Police Force would like to notify the general public that a comprehensive probe is currently ongoing in relation to the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Detective Corporal #20922 Dwayne McPherson, a 31-year-old who was stationed at Mahaicony Police Station; and Kishan Budburgh, a 20-year-old fisherman of Grove Huntley, Mahaicony, ECD.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a leftist and former guerrilla, announced late yesterday a January ceasefire with five illegal armed groups to support peace talks.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s acting president, Hamilton Mourao, yesterday criticized outgoing far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro for allowing anti-democratic sentiment to thrive in the wake of this year’s election, in a veiled dig in a New Year speech.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to counter U.S.-led

(Reuters) – Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and ’80s included “I’m So Excited,” “Jump (For My Love)” and “Fire,” died of cancer yesterday at age 74, her publicist said.

Acting Warrant Officer Class One, Paul Gomes heads the list of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) promotions this year.

Top Cop Clifton Hicken (right) showing his moves at the police old year’s ball last night.

Declaring that his government intended to step on the accelerator in 2023, President Irfaan Ali last night said that there will be a greater thrust towards community development and among major plans are the digital transformation of Guyana and a number of vital roadways.

The inaugural edition of the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ will be decided this evening when Region #3 battles tournament favourite Region #4 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora at 20:30hrs.

Guyana’s latest West Indies test player Tagenarine Chanderaul, former West Indies off-spinner Clyde Butts and businessman Ramesh Sunich, known for his benevolence towards sportsmen and sports associations alike were inducted as Everest Cricket Club’s Life members recently.

The Louisiana, United States offshore medical provider, RemoteMD LLC, has filed for bankruptcy in the US leaving companies here wondering how they will recover in excess of $100m for services that they were subcontracted to provide for oil and gas workers.

Fruta Conquerors, Georgetown, Upper Demerara, East Coast Demerara and West Demerara Football Associations recorded contrasting wins when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Tiger Rentals U13 Championship commenced yesterday at the National Training Center (NTC), Providence.

Dear Editor, The Renegotiationist Movement and spokesmen have focused on the notion that unless Guyana renegotiates all natural resource contracts, especially those in oil/gas and gold, to get more income, the poor will get poorer and the rich will get richer.

Police have detained two persons for questioning as they continue to investigate the murder of 78-year-old woman, Ramdai Balkarran, whose body was discovered in her Paramakatoi Village, Region Eight home several days ago.

Months after machining joint venture, GKB Industries acquired the Guyana Sugar Corporation [GuySuCo] Enmore packing plant for oilfield services manufacturing, the facility remains unoccupied and commitments to workers have not been kept.

Dear Editor, As we enter a new year, we unfortunately carry along a now century-old conflict about differential socioeconomic development of the several groups in our country.

Dear Editor The great Austrian diplomat and statesman, Clemens von Metternich, (1773-1859), declared in 1809 that the diplomatic strategy of the Habsburgs is to “to avoid any engagements whatsoever and to flatter.” 

Law enforcement officials in Suriname last week arrested Guyanese national, Kevin Carter in connection with the murder of a Chinese shopkeeper there.

 Dear Editor, The internationally renowned Chartered Accountants and Professional Services firm, Ram & McRae, in the 28th edition of their detailed annual budgetary analysis, titled, ‘Focus on Guyana’s National Budget 2018’, dedicated an entire section to the Coalition administration’s proposal for the construction of a New Demerara River Bridge.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Former Pope Benedict, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign and a standard bearer for conservatives who yearned for a more traditional Church, died yesterday, ending an extraordinary period in which two men wearing white lived in the Vatican.

Twenty-eight women were murdered last year with the majority of the killers being their husband/partners who were abusive or didn’t accept their decision to end the relationship.

Dear Editor, A very proud and prosperous New Year to you, your management and staff.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela and Colombia will fully reopen their shared border on January 1 to allow passage of cargo and passenger transport via the cross-border Tienditas bridge, Colombia Migration said in a statement on Saturday.

Despite an appeal on April 9 last year by the President of CCJ, Justice Adrian Saunders for substantive appointments before the end of 2022, Guyana has entered 2023 without a confirmed Chancellor and Chief Justice and amid myriad excuses by President Irfaan Ali.

Thirty-two-year-old Nafraz Hassan, the owner of the vessel ‘Lady Shazeeda’ which sank on Christmas night says that he is most grateful for the lives of his seven-member crew and to the relevant authorities who  assisted in saving the vessel’s engineer, 57-year-old Christopher Williams. 

Dear Editor, Your Editorial of 30th December (“Oil money and poverty”) correctly criticized the clueless and incompetent PPP government for failing to tackle poverty, inequality, and general misery in Guyana.

RAMALLAH, West Bank, (Reuters) – Israel condemned and the Palestinians welcomed yesterday a United Nations General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice to provide an opinion on legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.

(Trinidad Express) The Integrity Commission has revealed that in 2022 it served court orders on hundreds of public officials for failing to declare their assets, forcing a majority to speedily comply.

By Shuntel Glasgow Another year has arrived and residents who live in dire conditions in Plastic City on the foreshore of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Demerara continue to hope for an escape from their squatters’ existence.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese of the diaspora living in Switzerland and Germany, I have been following Guyanese politics closely for the last few years.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S.

Predictions of significant economic growth in Guyana due to the developing petroleum industry are being realized.

Having worked 52 years in the sugar industry, including working closely with Governments and regional institutions along the way, if there is one thing I have learned it is the extreme frailty of all grand plans.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Trinidad & Tobago midfielder and coach, Everald “Gally” Cummings, who played against Pelé, has hailed the Brazilian as “the greatest” footballer of all time.

Sometimes, when I hear the wind whistling through the trees and rustling the old branches, I am reminded of the Peepal tree and the secret song that it hides in every leaf.

LeBron James celebrated his 38th birthday by scoring a season-high 47 points to help the visiting Los Angeles Lakers erase a 15-point deficit and beat the Atlanta Hawks 130-121 on Friday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – In 2022, Britain lost its queen and Brazil its soccer ‘king’ – two giant figures of the 20th century who crossed paths at least twice over the years.

In the week before Christmas, on the occasion of its 56th Convocation Ceremony, the University of Guyana conferred upon Ameena Gafoor the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters.

I am aware that not everyone reading this weekly column is in Guyana.

This review contains some mild spoilers Writer/director Rian Johnson would like you to know that very wealthy people are generally awful, exhausting, and immoral.

LONDON, CMC – Jamaica Reggae Boyz target Demarai Gray scored a stunning equaliser as lowly Everton held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw in a feisty English Premier League match yesterday at the Etihad Stadium.

In Mahdia, Boniface Fredericks laments the fact that nothing is indigenously traditional about Old Year’s or New Year’s Day in Mahdia.

Dear Editor, In response to the letter published in the Stabroek Newspaper on December 31, 2022, with the title “My son paid $3000 to the GPO as a penalty for not having a National ID card,” The Guyana Post Office Corporation wishes to inform the public that such a policy does not exist within the Corporation and that a valid driver’s license is an acceptable form of identification when accessing the Corporation’s services.

We asked several persons what they were looking forward to in 2023.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England, Dec 31 (Reuters) – In-form Marcus Rashford stepped off the bench to earn Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, a win that moved Erik ten Hag’s side into the Premier League top four.

It is with a smile that I am typing “Best wishes for 2023” to everyone reading this column.

By Rae Wiltshire I look forward to meeting new people with different experiences.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has issued land titles to some of the squatters at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara as part of ongoing efforts to eventually regularise the community.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women’s head coach Courtney Walsh said the past year was tough for his side, but they had little time to put things right ahead of the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, starting on February 10 in South Africa.

So here we are at the start of a new year, although just how new it will be for most of us remains to be seen. 

By Henrik Svedäng (The Conversation) – To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050.

(Trinidad Guardian) Supermarkets have now resorted to placing cheese and luxury meat products under lock and key to try and stop organised shoplifting from taking place, the Supermarket Association of T&T has stated.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Ministers of Sports from 19 Caribbean countries are scheduled to attend a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) forum here next month.

After losing Chess.com’s World Speed Chess Championship to American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura recently, world champion Magnus Carlsen rebounded to claim FIDE’s World Rapid Championship title last week.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Three Bermuda legends, Clyde Best, Sam Nusum and Randy Horton, have paid tribute to Pele, describing football’s first superstar, who has died at the age of 82 in his native Brazil, as a “humble” person, having played with and against him.

Happy New Year Everybody! Yes, it is that time of the year and we must engage in certain routines even if they will last, at best, 2 weeks.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine yesterday, killing at least one person in Kyiv, in attacks President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said showed Moscow was in league with the devil.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former Barbados captain and West Indies opener, Desmond Haynes said he had lost “a good friend and a good guy” after news broke that former national all-rounder Neil Phillips had died earlier this week.

LUCKNOW, India, CMC – Team mentor Gautam Gambhir defended the decision of Indian Premier League franchise, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to spend nearly U.S.

(Reuters) – South Africa middle-order batsman Theunis de Bruyn will miss their third and final test against Australia in Sydney because he will return home for the birth of his first child, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.