Daily Archive: Friday, July 7, 2023

 Food For The Poor (Guy) Inc. will be hosting a Public Distribution tomorrow,  Saturday 8 July, 2023 at its Festival City Complex, 1999 – 2002 Blue Mountain Road, North Ruimveldt.

Gladford Archer of Leonora Primary, Ritisha Gobin of Academy of Excellence and  New Guyana School’s Ayana Jagandan are this year’s top National Grade Six Assessment performers.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Indian high court rejected an appeal by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi today to suspend his conviction in a defamation case, quashing for now his hope of returning to parliament and contesting national elections due next year.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved in the early hours of today the main text of a tax reform that will restructure the country’s complex consumption taxes, a move President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva touted as a “great victory”.

MAG Elegance is an 8 year old small business enterprise in the creative arts sector owned by Lindener, Matoya Anecia Grant.

On July 6th, 2023, members of the Executive Management Commit-tee of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry met with representatives of Esso Explora-tion & Production Guyana Ltd.

Guyana men’s hockey team finished the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) hockey tournament in seventh place following their 7-0 rout of El Salvador yesterday on the final day of the competition in the Dominican Republic.

A massive fire of unknown origin last night destroyed dozens of stalls at the Charity Market at Charity on the Essequibo Coast.

The reason Guyana is China’s top trade partner in the Caribbean is because Chinese businesses are aggressive and have been trading with this country even before oil and gas discovery and the numerous opportunities here were known, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.

Charity was crowned the Region #2 champion in the Digicel Schools Football Championship, crushing Abram Zuil 4-1 yesterday at the Tapakuma ground.

The Stabroek Business welcomes the recent disclosure by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) regarding the staging of a Small Business Week (July 21-29), whilst, simultaneously raising some issues which, we believe, are critical to ensuring that the event is impactful insofar as it redounds to the benefit of the small business community, as a whole.

(Reuters) – On another sensational day of Ashes action, the pendulum swinging this way and that, it was difficult to call who had the advantage as England finished day one of the pivotal third Test on 68-3, having bowled Australia out for 263 at Headingley.

When Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday met with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, he presented a “dossier” setting out what the opposition believes is the marginalisation of people here, along with issues that in his opinion, need to be urgently addressed before the 2025 general elections.

The ground-breaking June 5-15 trade and investment mission to selected African countries by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the anticipated August 4 launch of the Africa EXIM Bank in Barbados points to an increasingly aggressive regional posture in the matter of upping the level of trade and economic ties with the African continent.

Austin Street, Campbellville resident Safraz Khan was last night in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on him in what appeared to be an attempted `hit’.

Queen’s College and Kwakwani will compete in the Boys U14 final, following semi-final wins yesterday in the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Festival at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

A recent article on climate change in the Caribbean published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the island territories, collectively, are “the most exposed region to climate-related natural disasters,” and puts its “estimated adaptation investment needs” at more than $US 100 billion, an amount which the article says is “equal to about one-third of its (the region’s) annual economic output.”

Beacons and Rising Stars recorded easy wins when the Bartica Football Association (BFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

New Mayor of George-town, Alfred Mentore, yesterday pledged to “bury the hatchet” and be a people‘s mayor in the execution of his duties.

By Raphael John-Lall (T&T Guardian) President of the Supermar-ket Association of T&T (SATT) Rajiv Diptee is warning of dire consequences like hunger and malnutrition if T&T and the rest of the region do not achieve food security in the short term.

Close to 1000 children inclusive of over 300 migrants are beneficiaries of quality early childhood development programmes and family support services in Barima-Waini,  a visiting Canadian government official has been told.

Guyana girls got their first points of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 women’s 30-over tournament after beating Barbados by 11 wickets at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St.

Dear Editor,  “Are You Not Entertained? Are You Not Entertained? Is This Not Why You Are Here?”

Towards the end of June the Caribbean was made aware that its food security condition had realized something of an improvement, albeit a marginal one, compared with what we had been told back in August last year.

Dear Editor, I disagree with the SN editorial on “No further action” where it berates Mr.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday detained a Herstelling man after cocaine was found in the car that he was in.

Defending men’s champion Shomari Wiltshire started his campaign with a comfortable win on day two of the Guinness Senior National Squash championships on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street.

(Reuters) – Meta’s Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 18 hours of its launch, emerging as the first real threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, as it took advantage of its access to billions of Instagram users and a similar look to that of its rival.

Take a walk through downtown George-town, – Shopping Malls, Pavements and just about any other convenient spaces and you are likely to see evidence of bustling entrepreneurial pursuits of all sorts.

Dear Editor, I am a mother, just like you. I can imagine the pain and anguish you must be experiencing, that your child, your beloved daughter, should have undergone such a devastating, life changing occurrence; an experience that will remain with her and affect her for the rest of her life.

The second night of action in the annual ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship has been rescheduled for Friday July 14th at the National Gymnasium, Mandela.

Police are investigating the suspected drowning of a 14-year-old student of Kaneville Squatting area, East Bank Demerara, whose body was found on Wednesday afternoon, floating in the Essequibo River in the vicinity of 5th Avenue beach.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, has been voted out of the hardline House Freedom Caucus group after clashing with a fellow lawmaker, a caucus member said.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica said yesterday it has charged former President Luis Guillermo Solis with corruption, accusing him of involvement in a 2017 improper transfer of government funds to state-owned Bancredito.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday said that Kamalodeen Jallalodeen also called “Dude” is wanted for questioning in relation to a quantity of cocaine that was discovered in a motor vehicle at the Young Professional Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

(Reuters) – When archaeologists discovered a megalithic tomb in Spain dating back nearly 5,000 years and bearing sumptuous items such as a dagger made of rock crystal, ostrich eggshell and an African elephant’s tusk, they knew the person buried inside was a powerful figure.

Dear Editor, It is with heaviness in my heart that I pen this letter.

As the second round of the Cricket West Indies’ Under-19 Rising Stars 50-over tournament concluded, Guyana remained winless after losing to Leeward Islands by eight wickets at Cumberland, St.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Official results from Guatemala’s first-round presidential election late last month will be released next week, the country’s electoral court announced yesterday, following a extended delay triggered by challenges from parties.

A convicted Nigerian national has been remanded to prison while his accomplice was released on $300,000 bail after they were both charged with attempting to defraud a woman through the delivery of an overseas package.

(CMC) – Captain Hayley Matthews continued to leave an indelible mark on the series, carving out an eighth Twenty20 International half-century as West Indies Women strolled to an uncomplicated eight-wicket win over Ireland Women yesterday.

Dear Editor, Due to obvious reasons, my efforts to share teaching moments with readers in Guyana and the readers of Guyana’s media have encountered some setbacks.

MINSK, (Reuters) – The mutinous head of Russia’s Wagner group is no longer in Belarus and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday, raising questions about the deal that ended last month’s revolt.

Western Tigers and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) recorded lopsided wins when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence. 

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on July 5, 2023, hosted an Open Day from 9am to 2pm at the Regional Democratic Council Compound, Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, Region 2.  

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Ivan Marquez, the well-known leader of a faction of former FARC rebels who returned to arms after a peace deal with Colombia’s government, has died in Venezuela, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters yesterday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A French court yesterday declined to consider a case brought by a coalition of environmental groups and local authorities which was seeking to compel TotalEnergies TTEF.PAto

Dear Editor, The news item by an online site about the elections of the Lethem council (INews July 6), which was won unopposed by the incumbent, it was observed in the photograph of the new council, a framed official portrait of the former minister, with responsibility for local governance and regional development, was quite visible. 

Leslain Baird finished just off the podium in the men’s javelin while the men’s 4x100m relay team crossed the line in fifth last night at the ongoing Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday replaced his tourism minister, the first cabinet reshuffle of his administration, as he seeks to shore up support for his political agenda from a powerful bloc of lawmakers.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin  for William Mittelholzer also called “Stamma” of 179 Republic Gardens, Georgetown.

At the end of last month President Irfaan Ali addressed the nation on a subject which was not at the forefront of citizens’ minds given the questions swirling around the Dharamlall case.

If it’s one thing society continues to do, it is the excusing of violence and sexual predation against women and girls.

Dear Editor, America has its expectations, which is why Anthony Blinken is here. 

One of the things that the emergence of the oil and gas sector appears to have done for Guyana is to trigger an upgraded interest in entrepreneurship of one kind or another.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1026’s trading results showed consideration of $88,321,064 from 317,043 shares traded in 72 transactions as compared to session 1025’s trading results, which showed consideration of $41,206,264 from 82,784 shares traded in 36 transactions.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. wants other countries to engage China on limiting the flow of synthetic drugs, the State Department’s top official on narcotics said yesterday, as Washington complains of a lack of cooperation from Beijing to combat illegal trade in the dangerous substances.