Daily Archive: Sunday, September 24, 2023

Guyana Amazon Warriors 99/1 (Ayub 52*, Hope 32*; Hosein 1/21) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 94 all out (Carty 38, Deyal 16; Pretorius 4/26, Motie 2/7)  by 9 wickets   It was a historic night at Providence as Guyana Amazon Warriors won the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final with a 9 wicket win over the Trinbago Knight Riders, ensuring a maiden CPL title for the franchise. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) With some 565 suspected, presumed and confirmed cases as of Friday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness yesterday declared an outbreak of dengue in Jamaica.

(Trinidad Guardian) With T&T’s credit card sales using foreign exchange projected to reach US$2 billion this year, Minister of Finance Colm Imbert requested the Central Bank inject US$50 million into the banking system on a one-off basis last Wednesday.

 (Reuters) – A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth’s atmosphere today and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists.

NEAR KORNIDZOR, Armenia,  (Reuters) – The 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will leave for Armenia as they do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan and fear ethnic cleansing, the leadership of the breakaway region told Reuters today.

By Miranda La Rose When Jemel Liverpool invited his brother, Kareem to take part in a seven-day safari to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest free-standing and dormant volcanic mountain, with a group of close friends to celebrate his 40th birthday, he gladly accepted and began mental and physical preparations in earnest.

By Abigail Headley On September 29 and 30, FineArt.gy will host its first ever art show titled “Beyond the Brush”, where 40 artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel.

Venezuela’s decision to hold a referendum to bolster its spurious claim to Essequibo saw a rare briefing yesterday by President Irfaan Ali of Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on the growing tension between the two countries even as Guyana attracted more support from the OAS and the Commonwealth.

By Deneita Fredericks Lisa Narine’s journey from a rural upbringing to becoming Miss Universe Guyana, which will soon take her onto a global stage, highlights her unwavering determination and commitment to becoming an advocate for women’s empowerment.

Layers of soft eggs, tender shrimp, and delicate onion flavour, combined with a subtle hint of toasted sesame oil produce a hearty, satisfying, filling dish of Cantonese stir fry Shrimp & Eggs.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that both Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat have explaining to do in relation to the scandalous reduction in disputed oil audit costs from US$214m to US$3m which has seen blame being cast in several directions.

Six years after its closure, the Rose Hall Estate is to officially return to grinding today, bringing a sense of relief and life back to the community of Canje and by extension the county of Berbice. 

By Rae Wilitshire “I believe art ought to be out there.

By Mia Anthony Five-year-old Jai-Devi Gurdyal passed away at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday after suffering an asthma attack and relatives say they were told she had been overdosed on antibiotics at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) earlier that morning.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.530 percent during the third period of trading in September 2023. 

The Police yesterday said that they are investigating the murder of  Estephanie Garcias, a 28-year-old  Venezuelan woman on Friday at Kaikan in Region #7.

A fire broke out last night at the Ramada Princess Hotel at Providence on the East Bank.

For the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Tonight is the night. After five attempts at winning Caribbean cricket’s Holy Grail, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, losing finalists in their previous five attempts get another chance to win a maiden Caribbean Premier League title.

Following concerns raised by its membership about issues being encountered with the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on September 13, 2023, met with NIS General Manager, Holly Greaves, to discuss gaps and the need for improved efficiency in the Scheme’s operations.

The stage is set for a thrilling showdown as the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Trinbago Knight Riders lock horns in the final of the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

A Grove Housing Scheme man was on Friday remanded over an AK-47 rifle while another man was granted bail.

St. John the Baptist, Kabakaburi, Redeemer and Marian Academy secured contrasting wins when the 10th edition of the Courts Pee Wee Football Championship commenced yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

A Timehri father of two is dissatisfied with the slow progress of the case concerning an accident involving his pregnant wife and son who were travelling in a minibus at Hope, East Bank Demerara on June 26th, 2023.

A hit-and-run fatal accident along the Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara in the area of Chico Ramas gas station on Friday morning has claimed the life of a 25-year-old Mahaicony driver.

Guyana’s Lady Jaguars will resume their group A campaign in the Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup Qualifiers when they face off with Dominica today at 4:00 p.m.

Dear Editor, The President declared that Spanish is now compulsory in public schools across Guyana, but are the required human resources and materials available to realise Dr Ali’s vision?

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) successfully completed a two-day outreach in the Bartica Football Association (BFA) jurisdiction where the importance of grassroots and female football were identified as strategic priorities for the current administration.

Another hinterland village will see an end to its water woes with the installation of a new $56 million water distribution system.

Troy Humphrey, who crashed into the Eccles roundabout on September 15 was on Friday remanded on the charge of dangerous driving.

Dear Editor, Venezuela’s initiative to go to a referendum to seek its citizens’ opinion regarding that country’s claim over the Essequibo, is but a reiteration of that nation’s greed, and of its ill will toward the Guyanese people, under the régime of Nicolás Maduro.

(Reuters) – India seamer Mohammed Shami says the team’s rotation policy is working well and will prevent players from being overloaded as they prepare for the World Cup on home soil next month.

Dear Editor, The news item that “RDC lacks capacity to clear overflowing school bin left since last term – Region 5 Chair,” (INEWS, September 23, 2023) is such a pathetic excuse coming from the Region 5 Chair, if that’s a true story.

Eagles soared past Crane Rovers by a 7-3 score-line when the West Demerara Football Association senior men’s league continued yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

Nicholas Salchan, 29, a vendor of Lot 71 Back Street, Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara was remanded to prison on Friday on a charge of trafficking 44,700 grammes of cannabis.

Dear Editor, Why is the Government indulging in the pretence that the only problem with teachers’ remuneration is that some are being paid below the minimal of the relevant scales?

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – A first-half hat-trick from midfielder Rianna Cyrus enabled hosts Barbados to start the Concacaf Road to W Gold Cup with a convincing 5-0 win against St Vincent & the Grenadines in Group C of League B on Friday.

(Reuters) – The surge of migrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said yesterday.

A meeting has been set for the revival of the Guyana/China Friendship Society.

Dear Editor, It is with great urgency and unity that we must address a crucial matter affecting our beloved nation, Guyana.

The metal arch installed across the Little Diamond New Access Road on the East Bank of Demerara by the Ministry of Housing was damaged on Friday when a Canter (#GSS 1912), driven by 35-year-old Brian Hubert Cameron, collided with it.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Women endured a setback to their quest for a place in the 2024 Olympic Games when reigning champions Canada Women inflicted a heart-breaking 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Concacaf playoff.

SYDNEY/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. is disappointed Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S.

Dear Editor, Thanks for your enlightening Editorial on September 22, 2023, entitled “Math’s results.”

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – A second-string England cruised to a 48-run victory over Ireland in the second ODI at Trent Bridge yesterday, bowling out the visitors for 286 after racking up 334-8.

Two men appeared on Friday at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court charged with the possession of 1500 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

 MARSEILLES, France,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard of dignity”.

Dear Editor,  I migrated from Guyana to the United States, thirty nine years ago. 

Police on mobile patrol duty in Regional Division #6, acting on information, went to a fisherman’s residence at Sheet Anchor, East Canje Berbice, at about 7.30 pm yesterday, where they found six bulky parcels wrapped with transparent plastic and black plastic bags, along with bed sheets, towels, and a jersey.

NASSAU, Bahamas, Sep 23, CMC – Prominent track & field administrator, Alpheus Finlayson died on Friday, a few weeks after the death of his wife, Dawn.

(Trinidad Express) “They killed my children for nothing.” These were the words of mother of five Anisa Mohammed, who lost four of her children when gunmen stormed their house at Heights of Guanapo, Arima, and killed siblings Faith Peterkin, ten; Arianna Peterkin, 14; Shane Peterkin, 17; and Tiffany Peterkin, 19, early on Thursday morning.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Even China’s population of 1.4 billion would not be enough to fill all the empty apartments littered across the country, a former official said yesterday, in a rare public critique of the country’s crisis-hit property market.

Playing a sport requires so much investment not only as it relates to money but time too.  

People often forget to train smaller, stabilising muscles that play a crucial role in overall strength, balance, and mobility.

The soil takes on the appearance of a layer of gentle dust that rests upon the Earth – ready to be ploughed and watered, or carried away in trucks to a different land.

“All I want is for my children to grow up to be God-fearing, well-adjusted, productive citizens of this society.

At about 2 pm yesterday, acting on information received, Police went to a house at Barnwell, East Bank Essequibo, where they arrested a 27-year-old taxi driver who was found to be in possession of an unlicensed 9mm firearm with two matching rounds of ammunition.

My mind is wandering! I think of the young university graduate desiring to further her studies at the master’s level in art, but unable to do so because of the costs of studying in a foreign land.

Last week I mentioned the fact that two world chess championships were held in September 1993 which was unusual and unprecedented.

Dear Editor, There are stories of different forms of violence in the news.

I wrote an essay thirty-two years ago which at ninety still has not lost its meaning.

President Irfaan Ali and First Lady, Arya Ali, hosted a breakfast for the players and management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors at State House yesterday.

Most Guyanese welcomed the meeting between the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), led the House Democratic Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and the delegation from the Guyana Government. 

Karaudarnau Village launched its Amerindian Heritage month celebrations yesterday. A post on its council’s Facebook page said that the celebrations kicked off with a 3 am bath in the Rupununi River and breakfast.

(Reuters) – Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the season with a sixth successive Premier League win but it was not as serene as it might have been in a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest as they played the second half with 10 men.

TOCORON, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Venezuela has completed the first phase of regaining control of its prison system, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said yesterday, speaking at the Aragua jail near Tocoron, just days after security forces seized the prison that was infamously run by prisoners.

President Irfaan Ali appeared before the UN General Assembly last week to condemn the threats from Venezuela about Guyana’s auction of offshore oil blocks.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s federal anti-terror agency yesterday said it confiscated the properties of an alleged Khalistani militant whom it accuses of terror activities in India, as tensions with Canada grow over Sikh separatists.

This essay is an extension of the previous one on September 10: ‘Balances due from abroad and the foreign exchange “shortage”’, which argues that there has been a precipitous decline in the availability of the liquid stock of foreign exchange available to the non-bank private sector, although the aggregate level of foreign exchange is on the rise.

Robyn rushes excitedly over to Shelly with the news of Matthew’s proposal of marriage and requests some “favours”.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at the 1979 Prudential World Cup Final between the West Indies and England.

 The highlight of a mediocre Toronto International Film Festival was this comedy about a frustrated black author, starring Jeffrey Wright.

Introduction Today’s lead Operator/Contractor for Guyana’s oil and gas operations, ExxonMobil, has an unenviable history as both a 1] exemplar zombie corporation and 2] strong proponent of corporate information warfare against climate policies and programmes targeted at a 2050s transition.

In the month when the Guyanese nation celebrates its Amerindian heritage, we pause for a brief gaze at an important part of that heritage – Guyanese Amerindian Art.