Daily Archive: Sunday, April 30, 2023

Nathaniel  Nelson,  a 14-year-old Line Path Secondary School student, allegedly drowned at about 07:30hrs today (Sunday) at Orealla Village, Corentyne River.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, (Reuters) – The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis said today, declining to give further details.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said today.

Security President orders that intelligence agency bill be taken to select committee: President Irfaan Ali las Friday night said that he had ordered that a bill for a national intelligence agency be taken to a select committee of Parliament for full deliberations.

(Reuters) – An armed attack has killed 10 people in the Ecuadorean port city of Guayaquil, the public prosecutor’s office of Ecuador and police reported today.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – As Canada’s largest strike by federal workers approaches its third week, thousands of people are in immigration limbo amid canceled hearings and stalled applications, which could make it harder for the country to compete for global talent as employers face a tight labour market.

The multi-million US$ Sheriff Hospital at Leonora, West Coast Demerara was yesterday officially opened with its principals committing to a charge from President Irfaan Ali that while patients will have access to world class healthcare service it must be affordable.

By Joseph Allen With the aim of expanding its footprint in the Guyanese economy, Surinamese insurance company, Assuria formally opened its modern $1b head office yesterday.

While GPL continues to fail to meet the majority of its targets, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has decided not to impose a penalty on it but has highlighted the impact of high power losses on the financial stability of the utility.

As he had done before in dismissing a case against former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff, Gary Best, who had been charged with driving under the Influence (DUI) in relation to the death of cyclist Jude Bentley, Magistrate Clive Nurse has thrown out  another case of DUI, even though a breathalyser seemingly recorded a reading above the legal limit.

Thirty-four-year-old Sandy Persaud continues to live in fear as police in Region Six have failed to arrest her partner of four years who brutally chopped her about her body earlier this month resulting in her now being unable to move around on her own.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday called on the government to come clean on the implications of the seizing by US authorities of the phone of the Home Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary and the subsequent revocation of her visa.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says a complete review has been done of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act and an amendment Bill is in draft to be tabled in the National Assembly later this year.

President Irfaan Ali (centre) recently met with the Ambassador of Russia to Guyana, Alexander Kurmaz (fifth from right) and the Ambassador of Cuba to Guyana, Jorge Francisco Luis (fourth from right) at State House.

Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport Charles Ramson Jr., disclosed that a conference was conducted yesterday with the 12 Core Sports of the National Sports Commission to discuss the establishment of a sound framework for travelling international teams.

Dear Editor, We have been assured many times by the petroleum companies here that they are operating according to international standards.

By Shaniya Harding and Tanacia Karim (Interns with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) Many children dream of going to the zoo.

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali’s Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 2020 General and Regional Elections has failed to address the cause (s) of our electoral problems.

Farfan and Mendes Ltd, a provider of industrial equipment and supplies in Guyana, and Soventix Caribbean based in the Dominican Republic, a developer, and service provider of construction and other services for solar photovoltaic plants, have won an award for the Best Energy Storage Project for the Lethem Engineer-ing, Procurement and Construction (EPC).

Following a four-year absence since its prior iteration in 2019, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially launched the Elite League 5th season yesterday during a simple ceremony at the entity’s Section K Campbellville Secretariat.

President Irfaan Ali  on Thursday restated that a unit to focus on defence diplomacy is being set up within the Office of the President and will soon be launched.

Cevons Waste Management has thrown its financial support behind the ‘Salute to Mothers’ dominoes competition by donating the first prize package of $150,000 and a trophy.

Dear Editor, Monday, May 1, we celebrate May Day or if we prefer Labour Day at the beginning of Critchlow Week in honour of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, the Father of Trade Unionism in the British Commonwealth.

The Police Falcons was the last team standing yesterday when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) staged the Trophy Stall 7s tournament at the National Park. 

NEW DELHI/LONDON,  (Reuters) – An unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of more than 70 children in Gambia, a chemicals trader involved in the supply chain told Reuters.

Dear Editor, Now that  Jagdeo has decided  not  to  sell the  Marriott  primarily  because  of  low bids, ExxonMobil  should purchase it at a premium and turn it into an office property to house all businesses, government entities and not-for-profit  related to everything oil and gas.

In commemoration of this year’s May Day tomorrow, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) will be hosting a parade in Georgetown.

Horace Burrowes defeated Linden Dowdrige to become the new president of the Guyana Cycling Federation following its annual general meeting Friday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter to the editor dated April 23, 2023 which was featured in the Stabroek News bearing the caption, `Poor service from NIS on my old age benefits’.

President Irfaan Ali attended the Change of Command Parade between the outgoing Chief of Staff (COS) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Godfrey Bess and COS, Brigadier Omar Khan at Camp Ayanganna on Friday.

Dear Editor, I walked into Shanta’s on Camp Street for the first time to make some purchases on April 26.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – At a summit tomorrow, U.S. President Joe Biden and Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are expected to reach agreements on greater business engagement, as well as “military enhancements” amid shared concerns about China, a senior Biden administration official told Reuters.

Two hundred children from across the country will benefit from sensory toy kits which were donated to the Ministry of Education by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).

Bishops’ High and President’s College recorded contrasting wins in the female section when the Youth Basketball Guyana coordinated ExxonMobil Regional Conference continued Friday at the Marian Academy hard court, Carifesta Avenue.

The National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) has recognised several organisations which have taken steps to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for their employees.

Dear Editor, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that we have at least sixty-five African organizations in Guyana (IDPADA-G).

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Air strikes and artillery rocked Khartoum yesterday as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire, prompting more civilians to flee and renewed warnings of wider instability if the war is not stopped.

Dear Editor, I was recently remembering the last time I visited our Botanical Gardens and remembered the lack of diversity in the garden’s plants.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s Catholic Church yesterday said the “door was open” to future talks over the release of prisoners on the island following a meeting the previous day with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and top advisors.

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton says that the seven recommendations made to Chinese mining company BOSAI in the wake of the death of its  employee are to prevent the recurrence of such an incident as no one was found culpable for Neptrid Hercules’ death.

(Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol early yesterday, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky in the latest attack on the Russia-occupied peninsula.

Dear Editor, Not on official government business but still the government’s image is seemingly tarnished.

The International Republican Institute (IRI)  is to host former United States (US) Congressional Representatives for a legislative forum with current and potential Guyanese Members of Parliament (MPs).

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Mexican Senate approved in an express session yesterday a package of laws including two constitutional reforms and a new mining law rebuked by the mining chamber and Canada.

(Reuters) – Montana’s governor on Friday enacted a Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, days after a transgender lawmaker protesting the bill was barred from the floor of the state legislature, sparking a national furor.

Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox combined for 54 points and the Sacramento Kings forced a seventh and decisive game in their Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors with a front-running, 118-99 victory in San Francisco on Friday.

Every fowl feed pon he own craw!  Everybody has to learn what is good for him/ herself!!!

The United States will face Greece, New Zealand and Jordan in group play of the FIBA World Cup this summer as Team USA seeks to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Butterflies have a rather erratic manner of movement. They have the appearance of the lightest creatures in the world, but they fly as if they have been tethered to the heaviest burden in the world.

Sixteen-year-old, Glenston Drakes of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, died on Monday morning after he was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) last Friday complaining of abdominal pains.

Part 1 Introduction As revealed in this column series thus far, in early 2020, extractivist and neoextractivist-oriented interpretations of the series of prolific oil reservoirs discovered offshore Guyana have already yielded the transformative notion of Guyana as a rapidly emerging Petrostate.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Crystal Palace scored three rapid-fire goals in the first half and then held on to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a full-throttle thriller yesterday, lifting them further away from the Premier League’s relegation zone.

D’Angelo Russell scored a playoff-career-best 31 points on 12-of-17 shooting and the Los Angeles Lakers punched their ticket into the Western Conference semifinals with a 125-85 trouncing of the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Friday in Game 6 of their series.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour recounts an interview with Reg Scarlett, the former West Indies off-spinner.

By Janet Naidu  How often does one discover an iconic figure who was hidden in our Guyanese history? 

LONDON,  CMC – A destructive spell from Barbados Pride and West Indies pacer Kemar Roach including his 500th first-class wicket, blew Warwickshire away and set up defending champions Surrey for a nine-wicket win in the English County Championship yesterday.

By Mia Anthony Guyana Media and Communication Academy intern Darrin Hall is on the autism spectrum.

ST JOHN’S,  CMC – A resolute half-century from West Indies Test opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul was the main attraction when the second Headley-Weekes Tri-Series match between Team Weekes and West Indies Academy ended in a draw yesterday in Antigua.

MUMBAI, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein played a supporting role in helping Sunrisers Hyderabad get a welcome win under their belt after three losses in a row when they beat Delhi Capitals by nine runs in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Lawrence Sizarro, of Alexander Village, appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Leron Daly where the charge of the use of threatening language was read to him.

In 2010, I left these shores, transiting through Barbados where I was held for a long while by immigration before being led into the departure lounge for my flight to Gatwick.

From a bookless home in Palmyra Village, East Canje, Berbice and growing up among cattle, historian and author Clem Seecharan dug deep into local and international repositories and has researched and authored over 18 books on cricket, the Guyanese and Caribbean way of life, all steeped in social and political history.

Two things occurred earlier this week that made me think of a column I wrote back in 2009 about food identity.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s second instance appeals court lifted yesterday the suspension of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, imposed earlier this week for its noncompliance in sharing information about extremist and neo-Nazi groups using the platform.

The Candidates Tourna-ment has been organised by FIDE, chess’s international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Championship.

The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the General and Regional Elections of Guyana on 2 March 2020 is the first of its kind, despite the fact that the first rigged general elections in Guyana occurred in 1968, some 55 years ago.

Last Monday, a Bill which potentially could be viewed in a sinister light was read for the first time in the National Assembly.

“There are times when I ask God what did I do wrong?

Among the high points of the recent Guyana Prize Literary Festival, resurrected last February, was the performance of the play Sauda by Guyanese playwright Mosa Telford, directed by Ayanna Waddell and staged by the National Drama Company at the  Cultural Centre. 

(Reuters) – A man shot dead five neighbours including an 8-year-old boy after some of them had asked him to stop shooting a semiautomatic rifle in his front yard in Cleveland, Texas, because it was keeping their baby awake, police said yesterday.

Language identifies a culture and helps to shape its identity; the forcible removal of one’s language can cause low self-esteem and an inauthentic identity.

Dear Editor, The trade union movement in Guyana which was founded by the late Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow in 1919 was once a powerful force in our country.

Lack of satisfaction in a local product was what birthed the much-talked-about pepper stew being sold under the JoFa Products brand and if one is to go on the word of business owner Faye Gilgious-Greaves, it is indeed a ‘hot’ product on the market.

Renowned American coffee brand, Starbucks Cafe, opened for the first time in Guyana at the Amazonia Mall, Providence on Tuesday.

Most jobs are done because they have to be done – to earn a living, support a family, get on in the world, secure the future.

Last Update: 1,681.488                       Movement: – 2.867% Current Update: 1,633.278                 YTD Movement: 0.701% LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 2.867 percent during the final period of trading in April 2023 on the sale of 17,652 shares.