Daily Archive: Thursday, February 2, 2023

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that over the past few months it has observed an alarming increase in the efforts to smuggle refined narcotic drugs and other such illicit items through personal consignments (barrels, boxes, packages, and containers) at all ports of entry into Guyana.

Yesterday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation at a premises located on Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Shell SHEL.L delivered a record $40 billion profit in 2022, the energy giant said today, capping a tumultuous year in which a surge in energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine allowed it to hand shareholders unprecedented returns.

(Trinidad Express) “What a joke!” was the exclamation made by the team of attorney who represented the nine former murder accused who were awarded $2 million for malicious prosecution in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder case on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) The month of February began with two people shot dead and a third in hospital during an altercation in Biche yesterday.

A CANU chase into Buxton and the arrest of a Vigilance man with a large quantity of suspected cannabis yesterday triggered resistance from villagers and hours-long unrest on both the main road and embankment as blockades were created and a truck set ablaze.

Guyana and West Indies off-spinning all-rounder Gudakesh Motie is caught doing core work, so vital for a bowler, with the medicine ball as he readies himself for the upcoming first test between the West Indies and Zimbabwe on Saturday at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo.

Eagles overcame a two set deficit to defeat Young Achievers 3-2 when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) senior men’s league continued  Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The cost of sand has nearly doubled from last year and the blame for the increase is being ‘traded’ between  pit owners and truck drivers, even as the ordinary citizen laments over the pressures felt when purchasing  for construction and other works.

Guyana-born British actress, Letitia Wright, popularly known for her role in the Black Panther movie, ‘Wakanda Forever’, was yesterday conferred with a Honorary Doctorate, Honoris Causa, by the University of Guyana (UG).

Teenager Matthew Nandu made a dream debut yesterday scoring an unbeaten half century for the Guyana senior cricket team the Harpy Eagles to help them reach 205-5 at stumps on the first day of their four-day Cricket West Indies match against defending champions Barbados Pride at the Antigua Recreation ground. 

The Bahamas is set and ready to host the 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games in Nassau from April 8-10 and is inviting local and international media partners on-board to lend coverage. 

A Berbice contractor was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving following an incident in Canefield, East Canje Berbice, where it is alleged that he rammed his vehicle into a crowd.

Dear Editor, Recent “Letters to the Editor” have sought to question the viability of transporting gas to shore by ship.

ExxonMobil on Tuesday declared a US$56 billion net profit for 2022 as Guyana continues to feature as its premium investment and the company boasted of its excellent relationship with the government here and it expects to bring its third oil platform  earlier than anticipated.

LeBron James moved closer to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record and gained two spots on the all-time assists list Tuesday night, when the Los Angeles Lakers superstar posted his first triple-double of the season to spark a 129-123 overtime win over the host New York Knicks.

The registration period for the 2023 edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Bank/West Demerara championships ended Tuesday paving the way for the  qualifying tournament to take place Sunday at the Pouderoyen Tarmac from 9:00am.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article published in the Stabroek News on January 25, 2023 under the caption `CCJ rules that former AG Williams can be sued in personal capacity’.

First Lady Arya Ali yesterday officially dedicated the Prosperity vessel at a naming ceremony in Singapore, a release from ExxonMobil stated.

The calendar has flipped to February and as customary the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is set to host its Novices/ Juniors Championships.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the tribal First Nations communities of Guyana who will be the beneficiaries of great wealth in US dollars.

The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority is to open a sales mission here from today in preparation for the inaugural flight by British Airways on March 27, 2023 between Guyana and the island.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Amir Jangoo, Tion Webster and Terrance Hinds bailed out Trinidad and Tobago Red Force with half-centuries on the second day of their opening round Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

Dear Editor, A quotation from Shakespeare’s “As you like it”, reads as follow” ‘All the world a stage, and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and entrances.’

Boat operator Brian Alberts who was accused of raping a woman on New Year’s Day at Yarakita North West District, back in 2016 was set free after a jury acquitted him yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, The Cheddi Jagan International Airport wishes to acknowledge the letter in the Newspapers, dated February 1, 2023, by Ms.

During his feature address at the opening of the four-day Inspectors and Sergeants conference yesterday, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn urged the law enforcers to be ‘peace makers’ saying that without peace there won’t be progress.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Selectors have included the Under-19 World Cup trio of Zaida James, Trishan Holder and Djenaba Joseph in a 15-member squad announced yesterday to compete in this month’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Opener Shubman Gill blasted a blistering hundred as India routed New Zealand by 168 runs in the third T20 International to secure a 2-1 series victory yesterday.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Caribbean island country could also support its neighbour on electoral reforms.

A Vryheid, West Canje Berbice businessman was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of his ex-partner who sustained three chop wounds to her head and one to her right arm during an attack.

Dear Editor, I wish to yet again bring your attention and that of the readers to the perplexing issue of abuse being vented towards our women in society.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade yesterday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands.

KIMBERLEY, South Africa, Feb 1, CMC – Fast bowler Jofra Archer produced a career-best six-wicket haul in only his second One-Day International in 2-½ years following a long injury layoff, as England outplayed South Africa by 59 runs in the final ODI of the five-match series here Wednesday.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Authorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America’s largest prisons, more than doubling the country’s incarceration capacity, as a government crackdown on criminal gangs is causing the prison population to soar.

Dear Editor, UG’s decision to confer an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters, on Guyanese-British Actress, Letitia Wright is taking it too far.

A 24-year-old Vreed-en-Hoop butcher who was charged with attempted murder was yesterday remanded to prison.

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday accepted the Letters of Credence from the Resident Ambassador of Mexico,  Mauricio Vizcaino Crespo, at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Data analytics company Palantir PLTR.N is “responsible for most of the targeting in Ukraine,” Chief Executive Alex Karp said yesterday, elaborating on the U.S.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – A Costa Rican court sentenced a man to 22 years behind bars on Wednesday for the murder of an indigenous leader in a 2020 land dispute, a case that has stoked decades-old tensions between native communities and farmers over disputed territory.

Former West Indies U-19 batsman and West Indies emerging player, Kevlon Anderson, will take up a stint in Trinidad and Tobago where he will play club cricket for Preysal.

Dear Editor, There has been some criticism of the government’s part-time employment programme however, for some categories of persons there are tangible benefits to be reaped and a pathway for positive changes in their present circumstances.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Shares in Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s conglomerate plunged again yesterday as a rout in his companies deepened to $86 billion in the wake of a U.S.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies left-hander Shimron Hetmyer lashed a six off the final delivery of the contest as Gulf Giants edged Kieron Pollard’s MI Emirates by five wickets here yesterday, to notch their fifth win in six games in the International League T20.

Scores of children and young people were yesterday afternoon left disappointed when Guyana-born British actress, Letitia Wright did not turn up to what organisers said was a planned engagement at the Impeccable Banquet Hall under the auspices of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G).

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A decommissioned 1960’s aircraft carrier has been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry to be scrapped there will be sunk in the Atlantic Ocean in waters under Brazil’s jurisdiction, the Brazilian Navy said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, It was so good to see on Stabroek News of January 25, the gentleman who imposed my first consultancy experience, Edgar Heyligar, the then Commissioner of Income Tax, and who became the first Commissioner of the nearly transformed Guyana Revenue Authority upon the formal synchronisation of Income Tax and Customs and Excise Departments.

Shashi Tharoor Says More… Project Syndicate: You have argued that the Ukraine war has turned India’s “long-standing diplomatic and strategic dependence” on Russia into a serious liability.

Early last month, UNICEF published a haunting, yet largely ignored, report on behalf of the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) on which it is represented along with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress yesterday re-elected the leaders of both chambers who were backed by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a victory that will help him advance his legislative agenda and curb the influence of his right-wing opponents.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress yesterday rejected a proposal to move elections forward to December 2023, despite nearly two months of protests that have left dozens dead following the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo.

The High Commission of India in Georgetown  selected four young Guyanese as the participants of the 64th edition of the Know India Programme (KIP) which was conducted over three weeks from the 3rd to 24th January, 2023 in Madhya Pradesh, India.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Former England batsman Gary Ballance has been picked in a 16-man Test squad to face West Indies in the two-Test series beginning Saturday in Bulawayo.

Dear Editor, Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is a clear violation of International Law but can’t escape the psychological Rubicon.