Daily Archive: Friday, March 3, 2023

(Reuters) – Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, the disgraced lawyer and member of a powerful South Carolina family, was sentenced to life today for killing his wife and son in what prosecutors said was an attempt to hide his drug addiction and theft of millions of dollars.

Construction of the first forty-eight homes is progressing under the Lethem Housing Support Programme, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) said today.

Former Bishops’ High School teacher, Coen Jackson, has now been cleared of all remaining sexual assault charges against him, after the virtual complainant informed the court that she was withdrawing the allegations.

Both Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) Head Prem Misir remain mum on their respective roles in the country’s suspension from the EITI, as civil society group Policy Forum yesterday warned of even more serious sanctions if actions are not rectified and systems upgraded.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) yesterday rebuked the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) over its comments concerning the alleged foreign currency shortage in the country.

A West Demerara man is now dead after being involved in a single-vehicle accident.

Conceding to an overnight deal with bondholders, Digicel’s founder, Denis O’Brien, is set to ‘let go of the reins’ as the company has agreed to a comprehensive plan reduce its debt.

The office of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) in Lethem, Region Nine was dismantled during the wee hours of yesterday morning, allegedly by workers of a contractor who was awarded a contract to carry out remedial work by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), which has claimed ownership of the building occupied by the PNCR for decades.

ExxonMobil yesterday said that a crane toppled while lifting a container at its Ogle East Coast Demerara site where construction for its local headquarters is underway and that an investigation has bene launched.

Residents in Rose Hall, Corentyne yesterday took to the street in protest after they accused lawmen in Berbice of wrongfully arresting a young man in connection with a robbery committed on a business place in the town.

Loopholes in Guyana’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act, which is aimed at combatting suspicious financial transactions will soon be addressed as two pieces of amendments will be tabled in the National Assembly, Attorney General Anil Nandlall stated.

First Bauxite LLC (FBX), the parent company of Guyana Industrial Minerals (GINMIN),  which operates at Bonasika, Demerara River in Region Three, has announced major changes in its board and senior management. 

Police on Tuesday arrested a gold miner who was in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition at a makeshift camp in Region Ten.

Following a joint exercise by police and army on Wednesday at Ikuruwa Creek, Canje Creek Berbice River three marijuana farms were destroyed and a shot gun with matching ammunition seized.

Visits to India over a brief period, first, President, Irfaan Ali and afterwards by his Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, have provided unmistakable signs of the intention of the now oil-rich South American republic to significantly strengthen existing ties with India, through the vehicle of the local oil and gas industry.

Wildlife trader, Feezal Shaw was recently sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $2.1 million in restitution to the survivors after being found guilty on a single count of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).

Much of the government’s credibility is likely to turn on the recent assertion reportedly made by Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GOINVEST) that the politically sensitive region, Region Ten is poised to become a focal point in Guyana’s journey towards food security.

(CMC) – A memorable day for Kemar Roach, Joshua Da Silva, and Jermaine Blackwood turned bleak when West Indies failed to overcome another supine batting display and destructive pace bowling from Kagiso Rabada, and crashed to an 87-run defeat against South Africa in the first Test yesterday.

The body of a fifty-four-year-old labourer of Perseverance Region Two was discovered floating in a trench in the community by residents early yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, I have seen publications on the awarding of contracts by the Central Housing and Planning Authority, via the Ministry of Housing and Water and have a few concerns: 1. 

The circumstances in which the farmers who form the membership of the Mocha/Arcadia Multipurpose Cooperative Society find themselves now leave them with no option than to make hay while the sun shines.

The cream of the nation’s teen athletes vying for spots on the CARIFTA Games outfit will clash with the seasoned seniors tomorrow at the National Track and Field Centre.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and plead not guilty to charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Beyond its substantive role as a forum for wide-ranging discourse between and among local and external players in Guyana’s high profile oil and gas sector, last month’s staging Guyana’s Oil and Gas Conference, the second in successive years, also served as a ‘sounding board’ for external business enterprises keen to secure an understanding of the prospects for entrepreneurial pursuits outside the immediate confines of the oil and gas industry.

Dear Editor, I have an umbilical and emotional attachment to Wales, especially since the estate was closed and the workers, plus four to five times the number of retrench-ed workers and their families were ruthlessly thrown out into the cold.

MVP Sports, the leading distributor of sports apparel on local soil, has partnered with the Petra Organization as a primary sponsor for the entirety of the entity’s football calendar of activities.

Twenty-five-year-old Sussana Philmattie of Cullen Region Two is still in severe pain after a pack of gauze was removed by doctors two months after she gave birth to her first child via Caesarean Section at the Suddie Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, I read a letter to the editor carried by the Guyana Times newspaper on Thursday, 2nd March, 2023 written by Mr.

(Reuters) – Australia spin spearhead Nathan Lyon claimed eight for 64 on a turning wicket to put the tourists on the verge of victory inside three days in the third test against India yesterday.

The Guyana Prison Service’s (GPS’s) management team, led by Director of Prisons [Ag], Nicklon Elliot last Wednesday visited the new state-of-the-art Lusignan Prison to overlook the transition process of inmates and also to get a first-hand view of the progress of ongoing construction projects at the location.

By Brooke Glasford In the past few months I have started using TikTok, after fighting it down as most millennials did.

Even as the Caribbean’s successful completion of its Food Security Terminal remains a critical indicator of the progress being made towards the fending off of threats to regional food sufficiency, the World Bank’s latest global security update issued in February sharply underlines the critical importance of pressing ahead with the full and final completion of what has become a critical regional undertaking, the planned regional Food Security Terminal.

Dear Editor, The innumerable letters and commentaries on the Exxon & Partners’ oil contract has unwittingly thrown constitutional reform (CORE) to the periphery of the political landscape, despite Guyanese becoming amenable to reform since 2001.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – China has a “stunning lead” in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology.

The completion of major rehabilitation on the Demerara Habour Bridge now places the bridge company in a better position to replace the damaged span nine and realigning of the bridge, General Manager Wayne Watson recently said.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic stayed on course for his third title of 2023 by powering into the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-3 7-5 win over Hubert Hurkacz yesterday.

VSH United Guyana Incorporated joined the growing list of sponsors to throw its financial muscle behind the Jefford Classic Golden Mile, which is scheduled for the National Park Circuit, Thomas Lands on March 12th.

For all her unshakable focus on her academic pursuits, Queen’s College Sixth Form Student Sheridan Dyal is not indifferent to the entrepreneurial opportunities that are open to her even before her days of tying the knot on her QC tie finally come to an end.

Dear Editor, Like modern technologies, goods and services that crossed international borders, we now find Guyanese politics exported to NYC and New Jersey in the USA. 

The U.S. Embassy in Guyana has announced the opening of the application period for the 2024 Fulbright Foreign Student Program.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is automatically immune from lawsuits over his supporters’ assault on the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) DNA samples from the parents of Ste Madeleine mother Danette Pierre have confirmed that the burnt remains found in a vehicle in Claxton Bay were hers.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared at the George-town Magistrate court charged with possession of 2.144kg of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, I waited for the dust to lighten before venturing my two tiny coppers on a man alternately hailed and scorned. 

Rock Auto Trans and Spare Parts donated a 125cc motorcycle towards the Most Valuable Player (MVP) prize for the impending Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic, which is slated for March 18th-19th at the Burnham Court on Parade ground.

(Reuters) – The fallout from Canada’s ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on government-issued devices looks set to hurt the leaders of the country’s two main opposition parties, who have used the app more actively than the ruling Liberals to win over supporters.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher has ordered an investigation into allegations that “senior Government officials” are involved in human trafficking.

In our lead story yesterday captioned ‘Call for increased stakeholder participation marks public meeting on Exxon’s Uaru project’ we misidentified social activist Danuta Radzik as her sister Vanda Radzik.

On February 17 Guyana was suspended from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, usually referred to by its initials of EITI.

In a matter of a handful of months the mood of local agro-processors shifted from the condition of disappointment associated with the official turning down of a request for a subsidy to help fund their participation in last October’s Florida Trade Expo to one that was more upbeat following the decision by government to assign what we are told was a significant subsidy to the attendance of Guyanese small businesses, mostly agro-processors, we understand, at the recently concluded Barbados Agro Fest. 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Russia and the United States’ top diplomats spoke to each other face-to-face on Thursday for the first time since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of a G20 meeting where ministers traded blame over the conflict.

(In tribute to the late columnist Allan Fenty: Stabroek News will be running some of his earlier columns in his regular Friday slot.

With just three weeks to go, the National Novices Bodybuilding Championships has begun to pick up more steam.

(Jamaica Observer) Eight of the 26 men on trial for alleged Klansman gang crimes may have mistakenly killed and set a St Catherine couple on fire in 2017 while looking for a rival gangster by the name of “Bobo Sparks”, but on Wednesday Chief Justice Bryan Sykes declared that it does not absolve them from punishment.

Black hair has long been a contentious issue in Guyana. While we can frequently hear that hair is just hair, hair and texture discrimination is a very real issue that plagues Black persons, especially Black women and girls. 

Introduction On 22 February 2023, the Guyana High Court handed down its decision in the action brought by newspaper publisher and crusader Glenn Lall.

Dear Editor, Amidst the furore over the mic snatching incident, shouldn’t protocol and courtesy have dictated that the MC/REO be advised of a small change to the programme by the Chairman, instead of foisting his authority on proceedings? 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1008’s trading results showed consideration of $119,812,258 from 182,404 shares traded in 44 transactions as compared to session 1007’s trading results, which showed consideration of $121,539,541 from 328,525 shares traded in 50 transactions.