Daily Archive: Monday, May 1, 2023

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will end its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travelers and federal workers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the White House said today.

The Commission of Inquiry into the March 2nd 2020 general election says it is unable to say if GECOM Information Technology officer Enrique Livan was responsible for adjusting votes in District Four.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – As foreign states wind down their evacuations from Sudan, the United Nations warned of a humanitarian breaking point with no let up in fighting between rival military factions despite a supposed ceasefire extension.

 (Barbados Nation) Barbadians are being told to brace for the possibility of shortages in some crops, as the agricultural drought affecting the island persists.

PAVLOHRAD, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia unleashed a fresh volley of missiles on Ukraine overnight, causing huge blazes in a city in the east, damaging dozens of homes and wounding at least 34 people.

(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N said today it will buy most of First Republic Bank FRC.N

(Trinidad Express) Vouchers to pay fines are now available at NLCB lotto booths.

ASUNCION,  (Reuters) – Paraguayan conservative economist Santiago Pena, 44, won the country’s presidential election yesterday, tightening the ruling Colorado Party’s political grip in the country and defusing fears about the end of diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

A 45-year-old Stabroek Market handyman was on Saturday evening stabbed to death by three men on bicycles in the vicinity of Strikey’s Bar, New Road Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, in what appears to be a random attack.

‘We are fully transparent with our accounting practices and records’ ExxonMobil says it has submitted its responses on the findings of the IHS Markit report which unearthed some US$214 million in questionable claims and this raises again the question of when the government will disclose its final position.

With 16 Caribbean countries still to ratify and implement the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 189, which speaks to the recognition and protection of domestic workers, the Caribbean Domestic Workers Network (CDWN) renewed its call for governments to take necessary steps to honour the obligation.

Despite a court ruling which stated that President Irfaan Ali acted unlawfully in the suspension of members of the former Police Service Commission (PSC), Reverend Patrick Findlay and Attorney General Anil Nandlall both maintain the President acted in law when he appointed the new PSC last year.

CARIFTA Games gold medalist, Tianna Springer, brought her talents back to the Guyana, dominating the competition yesterday at the Boyce and Associates Relay Festival.

Prized featherweight, Keevin ‘Lightning’ Allicock springs into action today at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men’s World Boxing Championships which gets underway at the Humo Arena in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has set up a committee to look into the issue of safe school environments in the wake of several student, teacher, and parent confrontations, some of which escalated into violence.

A 14-year-old Orealla boy yesterday lost his life while reportedly taking a bath in the Corentyne River.

Kwakwani Untouchables ‘A’ won the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) National Women’s 3×3 Championship, which was hosted on Saturday at the Burnham Court, Parade ground, Georgetown.

(IPL) A special night saw a special innings, a special finish, and a special run-chase as Mumbai Indians chased down 213 against Rajasthan Royals in a thrilling 1000th IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Beginning today, some 20 children from Baramita Primary School in Region One (Barima- Waini) will begin benefiting from a learning pod created through a partnership with Food for the Poor (Guy) Inc and STEMGuyana that aims to foster development in especially Robotics and Technology, Maths, English, Science and Reading.

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 on Sunday.

(IPL) Following their defeat to Lucknow Super Giants, the Punjab Kings were back to winning ways yesterday as they beat Chennai Super Kings in Match 41 of TATA IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

More than 7,000 labour inspections have been conducted since 2020 by the Ministry of Labour.

Melanie and Victoria Kings recorded contrasting victories when the East Coast Demerara leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Boys Football League commenced on Saturday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

(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 on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Losing a child is the worst “lifelong” pain any parent can endure. 

Interviews and photos by  Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the Mahaicony area, East Coast Demerara and La Penitence area, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Jamal Murray scored 20 of his game-high 34 points in the second half and added nine assists, Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 19 rebounds and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 125-107 in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday night.

Essequibo Businessman Ganesh Jaigobin was on Sunday elected as President of the Essequibo Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Jaigobin’s Hotel 2 conference hall.

Dear Editor, The National Intelligence Agency Bill (NIAB) which was introduced to the National Assembly of Guyana with the aim of establishing a national intelligence agency to provide actionable intelligence in the maintenance of the country’s safety and security is a matter of serious concern for the populace.

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.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s rival military forces accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire on Sunday as their deadly conflict rumbled on for a third week despite warnings of a slide towards civil war.

Dear Editor, I am not an economist, so forgive my lack of understanding. 

A 13-year-old student of Wismar/Christianburg Secondary School drown-ed yesterday during an outing at Buck Creek in Linden, Region Ten.

(Reuters) – China’s Ding Liren was crowned yesterday as the 17th world chess champion in a tense match against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the last chapter of an odds-defying sequence of events.

Dear Editor, Another May 5th is approaching and it is always a time for retrospection and Shraddhanjali.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s election officials were counting ballots after polls closed on Sunday in what could be the sharpest challenge to the ruling conservative Colorado Party in over a decade and as the country’s long ties with Taiwan were potentially at stake.

The Guyana National Fisherfolk Organisation (GNFO) has thrown its support behind the establishment of an Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) strategy for the seabob sector.

Pandit Lakshman Prasad (1859-1949), Indentured Immigrant 1898, and the Founding of the Arya Samaj Movement in Guyana (then British Guiana) By Harry Hergash Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana, taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.

In relation to the seizure of the cellphone of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Permanent Secretary and the revocation of her visa  by the US authorities, the President reportedly stated that the Permanent Secretary was on her way to a training programme in China for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic when she was called in for a secondary inspection at Miami International Airport.

In its Executive Summary, the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the March 2nd 2020 General Elections expressed the hope that its work would bring closure to this chapter of Guyana’s sordid electoral history.

(Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body opened an investigation after Alpine’s Esteban Ocon pitted on the last lap of yesterday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix with mechanics and photographers jumping out of the way.