Daily Archive: Sunday, August 20, 2023

Caribbean Airlines is telling passengers affected by cancelations not to come to the airport as they will contact them, the Trinidad Guardian today reported.

Commander Regional Division #6, Senior Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus, on Friday last, led a Police team that met with the Mayors of New Amsterdam, Rose Hall Town, and Corrivertown, in Berbice.

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands,  (Reuters) – The Netherlands and Denmark have said they will definitely give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine once conditions for the transfer have been met, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said today as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited his country.

(Jamaica Observer) A St James man accused of killing five people in separate incidents will have to adjust to the confines of the lock-up as no bail application was made on his behalf when he appeared in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.

As part of its efforts to fill the judicial vacancies that have for years delayed hundreds of cases here, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will set aside its tradition of inviting persons it believes are qualified and instead, advertise for candidates, sources say.

Former educator Berkeley Wendell Semple, 56, a two-time winner of the Guyana Prize for Literature, Poetry category, in 2004 and in 2022, who is now putting together his fifth volume of poems for publication, found inspiration to write during his years of serving the USA in the military during Desert Storm and while stationed at sea.

With the matter of reparations for European slavery very much in the spotlight here and in the Caribbean community, the family of one of Britain’s most famous prime ministers is set to travel to Guyana this week to apologise for their ancestor’s historical role in slavery.

Cheese on Bread is a well-known Bajan saying that is an exclamation of amazement.

Residents of Black Bush Polder, Corentyne are once again calling on the government to embark on a project to improve the roads, especially the main access lane within their communities as sections are currently in a deplorable condition.

(CPL) Rain was to prove the victor as Saint Lucia Kings and Guyana Amazon Warriors took a point apiece in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Guyanese reggae band First Born is set to soon release a single from an upcoming album, ‘The Truth Must Prevail’.

The police are investigating the death of a 34-year-old taxi driver whose body was discovered yesterday morning by a fisherman in a clump of bushes at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

Former two-time national boxing champion Jeff Roberts is of the opinion that unified welterweight champion Terrence Crawford can be the boxer to break Floyd Mayweather’s record.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymourexplores the lore surrounding one over in a Test match at Kensington Oval, Barbados As an event or a tale acquires folklore status distortions are liable to occur as it passes from generation to generation.

With the recommissioning of the Rose Hall Estate being the priority at the moment, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has given the assurance that the problematic Skeldon Estate will be reopened with the idea of sugar production being done on a smaller scale.

Guyana recorded two wins and suffered three defeats on the opening day of the Volleyball International Cup in Roraima, Brazil.

The police yesterday morning arrested a Sparendaam gold miner and his wife after suspected cannabis was found on their premises.

On Friday, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport was to have hosted “The 1823 Bicentennial Cultural Festival and Concert” on the grounds around the 1823 monument on the Kitty seawall.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia won a dramatic women’s 10,000 metres at the world championships last night after race leader Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stumbled and fell about 20 metres from the finish line.

In commemorating the bicentennial anniversary of the 1823 Demerara slave uprising on Friday at the monument site opposite the Georgetown Seawall, President Irfaan Ali said that the protection and preservation of democracy must be a shield to safeguard Guyana’s freedom – a freedom that must never come under threat again. 

When yuh deh in bad luck wet paper self ah cut yuh!

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – The United States won a dramatic World Championship gold with a world record in the mixed 4×400 metres relay yesterday as Femke Bol fell five metres from the line just as it looked as if she was going to bring the Netherlands home for gold.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.371 percent during the second period of trading in August 2023. 

A fire of unknown origin that started yesterday afternoon in a storage room of the COVID-19 hospital at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara was successful contained while the contents of the room were damaged.

Grace Kennedy Money Services (GKMS) has thrown its support behind the Strikers Sports Club “All-Female Domino Championship,” which is penciled to commence on Saturday at the entity’s Meadowbrook location.

One week after an 18-year-old youth from Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown was stabbed to death while trying to make peace in a fight, the man suspected of carrying out the murder is still  on the run.

Uitvlugt defeated fierce rival Pouderoyen by a 2-1 score when the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

The closing rounds of the Georgetown FA’s Senior Men’s League (SML) will continue today with a triple-header at the GFC ground, Bourda.

STEMGuyana is hopeful of continuing its winning ways as it breaks the mould by sending its first all-female team to compete in an upcoming robotics competition which will be held in southeast Asia.

The one-month-old “In Motion” Programme pilot  has provided support to 20 business owners (13 females and seven males) in Anna Regina through capacity building and one-on-one technical help.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Rain allowed only three overs before forcing a no-result in the third game of the Caribbean Premier League between Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots here yesterday.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday conducted an operation at Sandaka Creek, East Berbice-Corentyne, where they discovered several bags, containing parcels of suspected cannabis in clumps of bushes along the creek.

Briton John, in a time of one hour and 19 minutes yesterday won the Carlton Wheelers/Ricks and Sari, Regan Rodrigues Memorial cycle race around the inner circuit of the National Park.

Kevin Blair appeared virtually on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with using threatening language and malicious damage to property.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC – Jamaican Oblique Seville clocked a personal best 9.86 seconds to win his heat and cruise into the next round of the 100 metres, on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have a few comments regarding the on-going Youth Parliament, that is now a staple in local politics.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – United States will join the likes of former champions West Indies at next year’s ICC Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, after defeating Canada by seven wickets in a winner-takes-all qualifier here Friday.

Fazal Mohammed, called ‘Wrong turn’ appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday where he was charged with simple larceny.

KELOWNA, British Columbia, (Reuters) – Forest fires in Canada’s western province of British Columbia intensified further yetserday, doubling the number of people under an evacuation order to 35,000 from a day earlier, as authorities warned of difficult days ahead.

Dear Editor, In the wake of this year’s commemoration of Emancipation Day, there have been several panel discussions and symposia organized by African Guyanese activists discussing “the African-Guyanese condition”.

Amos Jack, a 21-year-old handyman of Zeelugt Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo, was arrested and charged on Friday  under Section 187 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act Chapter 8:01 for Larceny in Dwelling House, committed on a 76-year-old of Canal #1, West Bank Demerara, which occurred between July and August 2023.

(Reuters) – Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah made a winning return to international cricket after 11 months on the sidelines in a major boost to India’s campaign at the home World Cup in October-November.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – Taiwan’s election next year is a choice between democracy and autocracy, Vice President William Lai said in comments broadcast after China carried out military drills around the island in anger at his visit this month to the United States.

Nineteen-year-old Leon Cameron, of Lot 12 Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden, appeared on Friday before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of simple larceny.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Gymnasium Courts set of activities will climax tonight with the staging of the Winfield Braithwaite Schoolboys and Junior boxing championships.

Dear Editor, There comes a time in the life of every nation when its history demands the presence of a figure who stands tall, well above the fray, with a commitment and will to lift the life of its citizens for generations.

ABUJA/NIAMEY,  (Reuters) – A delegation from West Africa’s main regional bloc ECOWAS yesterday met Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and held talks with junta leader General Abdourahmane Tiani in the capital Niamey, a Nigerian presidential spokesperson said.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Saturday sanctioned 100 Nicaraguan municipal officials accused of participating in human rights violations for their roles in the closure of a popular university and jailing of a prominent bishop.

Introduction Except, perhaps for the case of my similarly long series of columns dealing with the Buxton Proposal on direct cash transfers to the poor, I have never received so many requests to re-cap a series in order to aid comprehension of the many new concepts introduced in my presentation on an individual topic, as in the case of my discussion of the treatment of the planned public auctions of oil and gas rights.

Eleven youth chess players are currently representing Guyana at the nine-round, round-robin Central American and Caribbean (CAC)  Championship from August 20th to August 27th in Trinidad and Tobago.

Oftentimes, I would see a few individuals working out in the morning and then once more in the evenings.

The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins – glancing and incandescent – is some of the most extraordinary to be found in English.

The Demerara Rebellion of 18 August 1823 was a seminal event in the history of enslaved resistance in British Guiana and in the colonial world.

At the end of last month President Irfaan Ali made an eight-day visit to China in the company of various officials and members of the private sector. 

As a trainee or professional artist, nothing beats seeing art in person and seeing lots and lots of it.

I recently saw a meme being shared on  Facebook that made me feel a bit sad, and, if I’m being honest, caused me to chuckle a little at how nonchalant we are when it comes to connecting the dots to global problems.

Dear Editor, The Elder should not be perplexed as to why the two top judicial appointments are not substantive (SN August 19). 

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England and Spain go head-to-head in the final of the Women’s World Cup today, capping off a tournament that has broken attendance and TV records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women’s game.

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Seven people including a 6-year-old girl were killed, 144 wounded, and 41 were in hospital after a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said.

Twenty-four-year-old Stephen King appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of simple larceny.

As indicated last week I am away from the office and I am reprinting some columns that resonate.

There is a common feeling that many young people and teenagers experience.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico’s Baja California peninsula yesterday, a U.S.