Daily Archive: Sunday, April 9, 2023

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai today presented the Rupununi Livestock Association with a cheque valued at $1 million to support the ongoing development of agriculture.

(Trinidad Express) A Penal man was shot and killed, and his body was dumped on a desolated road a few kilometres away from his home on Saturday morning.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island today, with the island’s defence ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China’s missile forces.

Dear Editor, When I saw Tacuma Ogunseye shackled in irons I was horrified.

Local quarry operator and businessman, Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohammed, has declared that from 2025 he will be able to supply at least one million tonnes of aggregate annually following an agreement he signed with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).

In separate press conferences on Thurs-day,  APNU and the AFC excoriated the government on its failure to release the IHS audit report on the claimed expenses by oil companies and said that the government’s attitude on the matter reeked of recklessness and negligence.

Social worker Poshia Bryan was plunged into heartbreak and hardship in 1998 when her then husband migrated leaving her to fend for herself and six children between the ages of 4 and 15 years old and reportedly marrying someone else before they divorced.

A 28-year-old pork-knocker of Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, is in police custody for the murder on Friday night of a Red Hill labourer at Port Kaituma, Region One.

Intending to create influential and impactful leadership in companies, Dr Shanti Persaud last week commissioned her state-of-the-art Lead to Influence training facility at Lusignan, a close to $200 million investment.

Residents of Paramakatoi, (Potaro-Siparuni) and the surrounding communities will benefit from improved access to healthcare with the commissioning yesterday of a smart hospital in the village.

Big tree fall down, goat bite he leaf. Where are the trees?

The police are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life of a 28-year old occupant of a pickup after the driver lost control of the vehicle on the Mabura Trail in the vicinity of Marian Hill, Upper Demerara River on Friday.

Mere hours after arriving in The Bahamas yesterday on a late charter, Tianna Springer changed into her spikes and earned Guyana’s first gold medal of this year’s 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games. 

President Irfaan Ali said that his Government will work along with the villages in the South Pakaraimas to launch a special agriculture project led by young people and women.

Several standout boxers from the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Gym including Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Keevin Allicock, exhibited their skills yesterday at the Akbar Gym in Cornelia Ida, West Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, Leguan Hospital is being transformed, rehabilitated and  modernized thanks to the efforts of the New York-based diaspora.

Middle Mazaruni won the Bartica Football Association Regatta Championships after they  defeated Eteringbang 1-0 on Thursday evening at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

The Georgetown Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday said it is deeply saddened by the loss of its  Past President,  Denis E.

Dear Editor, On 1st March 2017, Justices Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Roxane George-Wiltshire SC were appointed to act as Chancellor and Chief Justice, respectively, by President David Granger.

Chase Academy, Bartica, and Ann’s Grove secured quarterfinal berths in the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship, following round of 16 victories yesterday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Carifesta Avenue.

In an effort to address the backlog of over 3,000 persons requiring echocardiograms due to the destruction of the Georgetown Public Hospital’s echocardiography laboratory last year January, government has partnered with local private hospitals to provide the services at a subsidised cost.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Texas on Friday suspended the two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone while a legal challenge proceeds, dealing another setback to abortion rights in the United States.

Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine is adamant that the takeover of rehabilitation works for several city markets will not happen under his watch unless consultations are held with the city council.

Dear Editor, I was made aware that GPL has outsourced service connections for Leguan to an external company.

Competitors from Suriname and host country Guyana will today battle trophies as well as bragging rights when the Undiscovered Martial Arts Championships get underway at the Guyana National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, from 9:00am However, all eyes will be on Jonathan Sunich, who will be the   star attraction.

(Reuters) – In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran’s compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police announced yesterday.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has again called on the government to release the IHS Markit audit report on the expenses claimed by ExxonMobil for the period 1999 to 2017 in the interest of transparency and its obligations to keep citizens informed.

Dear Editor, Persons in authority (including teachers and parents) may benefit from reflection on this wisdom from 2000 years ago: “A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.”

Conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited is the latest entity to provide corporate backing to this year’s edition of the Kares CrossFit Caribbean Championships. 

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel fired rockets at Syria yesterday in retaliation for launches against Israeli-controlled territory, the military said, as tension along Israel’s northern border remained high following a cross-border exchange of fire.

Dear Editor, During the afternoon of September 16, 2020, I had a meeting with President Mohammed Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown, Guyana.

The Port Mourant Turf Club is expected to be a hive of activity today with the staging of a one-day horse race event.

Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc on Thursday refuted allegations made by a patient,  Wonder Kellman-Hall in a lawsuit brought against the facility.

Today  will mark 30 years since security guard Monica Reece was murdered and her body dumped on Main Street and while the killing remains unsolved to date, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has assured that the investigation remains open.

Dear Editor, Second Vice President Jagdeo’s recent remarks, that attempt to paint the Opposi-tion as having no comments on the new model PSA, are a perfect example of the difference between the current PPP and Coalition leadership.

GUWAHATI, India,CMC – West Indies batting enigma Shimron Hetmyer produced a flashy cameo as Rajasthan Royals won their second game in three outings, with a comfortable 57-run victory over Rovman Powell’s Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

MILAN,  (Reuters) – Drugs cartels operating in Italy are increasingly using shadow networks of unlicensed Chinese money brokers to conceal cross-border payments, according to Italian judicial and law enforcement authorities.

Dear Editor, It has to be queried when was it known to the athletics association where and when the Carifta Games will be held? 

KOWLOON, Hong Kong,  CMC – West Indies fast bowler Shamilia Connell snatched two wickets to help Warriors successfully defend a small total in the Fairbreak Invitational here yesterday.

Clarice Francina January became the latest member of the century club having reached the milestone on April 4th.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to weigh in on the IHS cost recovery audit for the period 1999-2017.

A team from the Ministry of Labour  conducted  a two-day Sensitization Outreach on Child Labour in the Agricultural Sector in Abary River, Region 5 last week.

OUAGADOUGOU,  (Reuters) – Unknown assailants killed 44 people in two attacks in northern Burkina Faso overnight on Thursday, authorities said.

The NBA has launched an investigation into the Dallas Mavericks’ actions that resulted in several key players either missing Friday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls or playing sparingly while the club was still eligible to make the play-in tournament.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Islamic State yesterday claimed responsibility for an attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that authorities said killed around 20 people.

UKRAINE/BELARUS BORDER,  (Reuters) – More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war.

Corwayne Gomes appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, The PNCR remains the party I love and will forever be committed to and I, like our other members and supporters, will do everything in my power to see our party rise to higher heights.

(Reuters) – Opening batsman Tim Seifert’s blistering 88 helped New Zealand defeat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their thrilling third and final Twenty20 international in Queenstown yesterday to complete a 2-1 series victory.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – U.S. venture capitalist Stacey Brandhorst has traveled Latin America giving advice to fledgling entrepreneurs.

The number on the scale should not be your sole measure of progress.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – At least 74 people were killed in Nigeria’s Benue state in two separate attacks by gunmen this week, local officials and police said on Saturday, the latest clashes in an area where violence between pastoralists and farmers is common.

Introduction Last week I displayed the macroeconomic underpinnings in the claim several have made to the effect that “Guyana is the newest petrostate in the Americas”.

The capital city has always represented a challenge for a PPP government.

Love of sport is woven into the fabric of my long life.

Dear Editor, The shackles on the feet of Tacuma Ogunseye are no accident.

On 7 June 2022 Venezuela submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a second preliminary objection based, on this occasion, on the argument that the United Kingdom is an indispensable third party, without the consent of which the Court cannot adjudicate upon the dispute.

Dozens of residents of Agricola accompanied Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar on an exercise to inspect the community’s drains and alleyways as part of the PPP/C Government’s efforts to lift the residents’ standard of living.

In 1979, there was a strong grandmaster chess tournament in Munich in which Dr Helmut Pfleger, a grandmaster himself, sought to monitor the heart rates of players.

Holidays in Guyana traditionally involve cooking. During large family gatherings, it is easy to become distracted, leaving room for disaster.

The Smalta Flying High Kite Flying Competition returns tomorrow, Monday, 10th April 2023.

Have you ever woken up late in the morning, when the sun has fully risen, and the light that filters in through your window is no longer golden, but bright and white?

The “largest ever” Rupununi Rodeo was officially opened in Lethem, Region Nine yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago installed themselves as firm favourites to win the West Indies Rising Stars Under-15 Championship when they rattled off their third win on the trot with a 17-run win over defending champions Barbados yesterday.

Introduction Part 107 of this column took up the issue of the construction of a Head Office building by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at Ogle, ECD and asserted that the whole saga is rife with misrepresentation, secrecy, complicity, abuse of power, possible illegality, and a touch of mystery.

Digicel Guyana on Thursday announced its sponsorship of the Bartica Regatta, Rupununi Rodeo and Linden Town Week.

Do you find that unlike Christmas, there’s a certain ease at Easter?

(Trinidad Express) A Chinese grocer was gunned down on the compound of his supermarket in San Juan on Friday night.

The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) on Thursday congratulated the winners of its raffle. 

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies cricket Roger Seymour reminisces on the final day of a Test Match in Barbados.

There is a term that gets bantered about a lot in Guyana.

“It wasn’t the easiest thing and I had to battle with it, but now, looking back, I believe I made the right decision and have no regrets.

On Holy Week Malefactor (Left) So you is God? Den teck wi down!

According to a Forbes report in 2020, Guyana has the largest diaspora population in comparison to the rest of the world (36.4%).