Daily Archive: Saturday, May 13, 2023

The registration of the Rupununi Miners Association Co-operative Society Ltd has been cancelled.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Johnson Bowen, 87 years old, a pensioner of Block 22 Wismar, Linden and Manuel DoSantos,  a labourer of the above address.

ROME, (Reuters) – Rome promised its full backing for Ukraine today as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy began a visit for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who said in late April the Vatican is involved in a peace mission to end the war with Russia.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of bouncing checks to buy clothes in a Rio de Janeiro clothing store over a decade ago, a court in Rio said.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 68% in April from the previous year, preliminary government data showed yesterday, a positive reading for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as it represents the first major drop under his watch.

MANILA, (Reuters) – A Philippine court yesterday acquitted of a drugs charge one of the fiercest critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs”, a move welcomed by activists who called her incarceration a vindictive effort to harass and silence her.

(Trinidad Guardian) The removal of jury trials is not an infringement on a person’s constitutional rights, says Attorney General Reginald Armour.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party was set to win elections in the southern state of Karnataka today, emphatically defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a big boost to its prospects ahead of national elections due next year.

In a bid to protect local farmers against chicken smuggling while at the same time safeguarding against contaminated produce entering the country, the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has notified that poultry and poultry products would not be allowed into the country.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned a new $45m pump in Tucberg Park, New Amsterdam, which is expected to significantly improve drain-age within the area which often floods during heavy rainfall.

Back Circle will engage Sparta Boss whilst Bent Street will oppose California Square in the semi-final round of the ‘One Guyana’ National Futsal Championship tonight at the National Park, Thomas Lands, following quarterfinal wins on Thursday.

(CMC) – Both admitting the “challenges” that lie ahead of them, former West Indies captain Daren Sammy and former Jamaica wicketkeeper-batsman Andre Coley have accepted the responsibility of coaching the West Indies Men’s senior team for the foreseeable future.

The man accused of murdering popular entertainer and educator, Kirwyn Mars also known as ‘Sir’ Mars, has been remanded to prison.

By Joseph Allen The Ministry of Public Works yesterday began dismantling stalls along the Providence, East Bank Demerara Highway, among other areas, leaving vendors questioning their future.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has been under conditional funding from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) for over a year, according to a source close to the federation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

In its editorial of May 7, 2023 Stabroek News stated that Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy addressing members of the press on World Freedom Day on May 3rd indicated that a separate association which would advocate for the rights of the press would be established. 

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has confirmed that the entity has officially written the Kashif & Shanghai Organization in an effort to remedy the ongoing issue surrounding the Most Valuable Player (MVP) ring that was awarded to Colin Nelson at the 2021 Super-16 Championship, said to be valued less than $80,000.

Former government minister Annette Ferguson has won a libel suit she had brought against Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton; and was awarded $6,000,000 in damages for certain statements he had made about her during a televised programme.

Dear Editor, The recent court matter about the EPA’s treatment of the financial liability that would arise if there is an oil spill has many lessons for us as we learn to manage our emerging oil and gas sector. 

(CMC) – A maiden List A hundred from Kyshona Knight and a destructive spell from her international teammate Qiana Joseph marked third round of matches in the West Indies Women’s Super50 Cup yesterday in St Kitts.

After more than two decades of waiting, the first 48 residents of Lima Sands, on the Essequibo Coast were presented with their Certificate of Title, during an outreach led by Susan Rodrigues, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), Sherwyn Greaves.

Dear Editor, The “independent” constitutional agency, the Public Procurement Commis-sion (PPC) is yet to provide an acknowledgement to my official complaints for contracts investigation, lodged since February 2023.

Archery Guyana has been deemed fully affiliated to the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) with full affiliate status.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir says  that on Wednesday he disallowed a request for urgent consideration of a motion on oil spill insurance from APNU+AFC’s Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul as the request was sub judice.

Police in Region Seven are investigating the death of a 54-year-old pitman, who allegedly suffered a seizure at 147 km Sands Landings, Buck Hall, Cuyuni River, on Thursday.

Dear Editor, Allow me a space in your daily to ask Vice President Jagdeo and the PPP how it is that after its first term of twenty-three years (1992- 2015), and three years since their re-election in 2020, they only now see it fit to unveil a plan for the development of New Amsterdam.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. along with Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle have dispatched congratulatory messages to Guyana’s top marksmen who won the respective X and O-Classes at the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council Individual Championships which ended on Thursday at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol Range, Antigua and Barbuda.

A flurry of moves have been made by the Guyana Rugby Football Union to bolster its profile and its players.

Dear Editor,  A little over a decade ago, members of the media were invited to the launch of the ambitiously conceived Independent Media Association of Guyana (IMAG), the organizational objective of which was “To collaborate with media workers in promoting Professional & Ethical standards, Safeguarding and Promoting the rights & Privileges of the media in all Guyana”.

The body that was discovered under the Takutu Bridge that links Guyana and Brazil has been identified as that of 17 year-old Geraldson Joseph.

Dear Editor, As residents across Guyana prepare to elect persons from their own communities to represent them at the local government level, the PPP/C has embarked on a programme of using the people’s own resources to restrict, oppress and discriminate against them.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is inviting potential bidders to harvest pine trees with a specification of 35cm Diameter at Breast Height (dbh) and above from its Ebini River pine tree plantation.

(CMC) – Chief executive officer Johnny Grave said Cricket West Indies has long made its views known on two news items in the sport that caught international headlines over the past week.

Gavin Hamilton, a 50-year-old farmer of Moco Moco Settlement, Central Rupu-nuni, was on Thursday charged with the murder of Levi Aldie. 

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico

One Guyana President’s Cup Football Championship successfully concluded its first run-off on January 1, however, to date, service providers and workers attached to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) are still to be remunerated.

For the first time since it found oil here in 2015 and inveigled a scandalous Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) out of the APNU+AFC government in 2016, ExxonMobil finds itself in uncharted waters. 

Some will say he was controversial. Some will condemn him because they did not agree with his lifestyle.

Dear Editor, Pensioners used to get the first 10 cubic meter water per month free, we have to pay for any amount above that.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is Professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.