Daily Archive: Monday, March 20, 2023

By Troy Peters The National Under-21 male and female hockey squads intensified their training at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday ahead of their participation at the Junior Pan American hockey championships next month in Barbados.

Adrian Hetmyer (left) and Daniel Persaud appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court today charged with the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit approximately 233 lbs (106 kg) of cannabis on 6th November, 2022.

Jamaican economist and University of the West Indies lecturer Dr Damien King forecasts doom for Guyana as he believes it would fall victim to the resource curse because it lacks strong institutions to prevent corruption.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s state-owned oil and gas company, Petroecuador, said on Sunday it would declare force majeure on its Eden Yuturi oil field in the eastern part of the country amid a conflict with a local community.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Switzerland awoke to a new era today after UBS UBSG.S

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – Shai Hope says he plans to fully embrace his role as the team’s principal run-scorer and gloveman, along with his new responsibilities as captain, after carving out a 14th One-Day International hundred to help propel West Indies to a 48-run win over South Africa in Saturday’s opening ODI here.

Guyana Harpy Eagles have placed themselves in a strong position to regain the West Indies Championship as they head home for the final two rounds at the top of the table.

A magnificent unbeaten century from national player Akshaya Persaud was instrumental in getting Demerara to a commanding total at the end of the opening day’s play against Essequibo in the Guyana Cricket Board’s senior Inter-County four-day tournament yesterday.

Ballin 4 Peace, defending champion Linden All-Stars and GT Ballers were among the winners on the opening night of the Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic at the Burnham Court, Parade ground.

A group of civil society activists are calling for the postponement of the public hearings on the Wales gas to shore project, citing among other reasons, that having Head of the Guyana Energy Agency Dr Mahender Sharma on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) was a conflict of interest.

Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points apiece as the Philadelphia 76ers won their eighth straight game, beating the short-handed Indiana Pacers 141-121 on Saturday in Indianapolis.

The proposed Barbados-Guyana Food Terminal is currently awaiting approval from the Town and Country Planning of Barbados, according to that country’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir.

Boxing prospects, Abiola and Alesha Jackman will continue to hone their skills while in India at the ongoing International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Dear Editor, We have called on the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) by letter dated March 16 to postpone its Public Hearing scheduled for March 22 on the 300 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant to be located at Wales, West Demerara.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the Diamond-Grove area, East Bank Demerara in Region Four about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Parties that make up the joinder list have commenced consultations for the replacement of Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) member Lenox Shuman, who has tendered his resignation as a Member of Parliament.

(Reuters) – Australian pacer Mitchell Starc ripped through India’s lineup with five wickets to lay the platform for a crushing 10-wicket win in the second one-day international in Visakhapatnam yesterday that levelled their three-match series.

Dear Editor, The new eID Cards for USD $34 Million, Industry back-channel quote for USD $17 Million is awfully Expensive.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has set one of its lowest production targets in years, despite significant investments in the sector.

The Guyana Cricket Board selectors have decided that Dave Mohabir will lead the national U-15 team for the second season heading into the Cricket West Indies’ Regional tournament set for Antigua and Barbuda from April 2 to 13.

Dear Editor,  A few days ago, a friend asked me to help a lady figure out why her electricity bill is way above average.

Dear Editor, If we ever needed a reason for all the drama that Edison Jefford endured last year when he tried to host his annual Futsal event, look no further than the just launched Kashif and Shanghai ‘One Guyana’ tournament.

(Reuters) – New Zealand moved to the brink of a 2-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka on day three of the second test yesterday by dismissing the tourists for 164 and reducing them to 113 for two, still 303 runs in arrears, after enforcing the follow on.

The driver of a hire car is in custody as police continue their investigations into a fatal accident which occurred at about 22:30 hrs on Saturday on the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

(Reuters) – A day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, scene of some of the worst devastation of his year-old invasion.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – All-rounder Hayley Matthews has praised the tenacity of Mumbai Indians’ bowlers even though the franchise suffered their first defeat of the inaugural Women’s Premier League here Saturday. 

Local artist Esan Benzy blew past 70 other entries to win the Guyana Police Force (GPF) academylogo and slogan competition.

Dear Editor, A string of train derailments recently in the USA has created heightened attention to rail safety nationwide.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest of a series of tests carried out by the nuclear-armed state since the start of this year.

Former champion Chase Academy, Santa Rosa, Vryman’s Erven, and Mackenzie High clinched wins when the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected militants killed at least 22 people in a string of attacks across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri and North Kivu provinces overnight Saturday, officials and activists said on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I recall that during the 1980s I could visit Barbados regularly.

Having completed 40 houses in various areas across the country since it was launched by President Irfaan Ali last year, Men On Mission (MOM) is focused on its 2023 programme, which aims to also deepen the existing partnership between the joint services, community-based organisations and the private sector with the unwavering support of both central and local governments.

As if there was some monumental exigency, the government on March 10th hurriedly signed virtually a US$34m contract with a German company for the rollout of an electronic citizenship card which is intended to contain a wide range of personal information including a tax ID number, blood type etc.

Last Monday, the meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to scrutinize the public accounts and the related reports of the Auditor General, had to be cancelled because of the absence of a quorum.

Venezuela won the men’s team event and Guatemala the women’s when the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) table tennis qualifiers continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, Our political founding fathers’ collective vision back in the late 1940s through the 1950s & 1960s were to unite Guyana in their quest for an independent and free Guyana.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd on Saturday participated virtually in the Inter-national Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and their Host Countries and Communities and committed to Guyana’s continued support to Venezuela refugees.

(Reuters) – Ecuadorian and Peruvian authorities worked on Sunday to assess the damage caused by the previous day’s strong earthquake that shook the region, leaving at least 15 dead and hundreds injured.