Daily Archive: Friday, October 6, 2023

Led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips,  Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Cabinet colleagues including Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira participated in discussions today with representatives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and other trade unions in Guyana at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N is in advanced talks to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources PXD.N

OSLO, (Reuters) – Iran’s imprisoned women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters.

(Trinidad Express) A supermarket security guard was shot and killed last night.

Senior Petroleum Coordinator in the Ministry of Natural Resources,  Gopnauth ‘Bobby’ Gossai has been blamed for the audit fiasco where US$214m in disputed oil expenses was slashed to US$3m and he is to be disciplined, a statement last night from Minister Vickram Bharrat said.

While finding that the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit to ExxonMobil for its Gas to Energy (GTE) project was “contrary to law and improper,” High Court Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has nonetheless refused to grant reliefs sought in an action which challenged that decision.

A 34-year-old crane operator was crushed to death by a heavy-duty machine moments after he jumped from it as it toppled while planting piles at a construction site of a shore base facility at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The Public Procurement Commission plans to discuss the award of the controversial $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Pump Station contract which Member of Parliament David Patterson had written to it about, requesting that an investigation  be launched, sources say.

By Antonio Dey It was an emotional and heart-wrenching three minutes of tears as female Dorm Warden, Carlett Williams, recounted her terrifying experience before the presidential inquiry into the tragedy which claimed 20 lives including her five-year-old son.

With Guyana now expected to significantly enhance its health care portfolio to keep pace with the country’s envisaged broader development trajectory, the local Optical Care Service, Optique Vision, has disclosed that it is investing in the establishment of a new Optical Care Hospital at its existing 350 New Market street location.

(Reuters) – New Zealand crushed defending champions England by nine wickets in the opening match of the 50-over World Cup yesterday, demonstrating again their knack of punching above their weight in showpiece events.

The Rosignol/Zeelust Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) has launched an investigation into the removal of sand from a burial ground located at Murphy Dam Cemetery, West Bank Berbice, resulting in several tombs disappearing.

Dear Editor, Forty-seven years ago on October 6th, 1976, one of the worst terrorist attacks in our region took place just off the island of Barbados when seventy-three young and unsuspecting persons were killed by a bomb that downed the Cubana Airlines Flight 455.

It would appear that Guyana is by no means the only the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member country where persons employed in the private sector have the shock of their lives at particularly vulnerable moments upon discovering that huge chunks of National Insurance Scheme (NIS) deductions have ‘gone south’ insofar as amounts deducted from their salaries as contributions towards their pension schemes, are not paid in by their employers but have, instead, ended up, presumably, in the pockets of delinquent business owners who failed to properly route those deductions.

A sizable gathering at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, witnessed a mesmerizing spell of seam bowling from Berbice’s Romario Shepherd as he accounted for Essequibo’s top four batsmen to cripple their DLS revised target of 133 (29 overs) in the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Inter-County Super50.

Caribbean be warned! If the already searing heat that has already descended on the region is not only creating a generous measure of discomfort for the citizenry but may also be casting doubt on the extent to which our food production pursuits will measure up to the 25×2025 target, the regional climate monitoring body, Caribbean Climate Body (CariCOF) is predicting what is is being described as “increased heat stress” in the region for at least the duration of October.

Leading US House Democrat, New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries  last night said that he discussed an inclusive and equitable Guyanese society when he last week met with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and his team in Washington.

Dear Editor, The Vice President’s comment that Exxon will not be a part of the investigation into the pre-production expenses’ audit is dangerous.

In a region where airline travel has been continually bursting at the seams, the Trinidad and Tobago state-owned airline, Caribbean Airlines is looking to raise its game by leasing a dozen new passenger aircraft to deal with increasing intra-regional passenger demand.

Hosts Buxton Stars maintained their unbeaten record in the East Coast Demerara Senior Men’s Football League, defeating Airy Hall by a 2-1 score-line on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

President Irfaan Ali says that Guyana plans to work with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to develop a technology-driven regional food hub.

Dear Editor, Is it legitimate to remove consumers from the national grid who have a legal right and legitimate expectation to be on it and served? 

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, I reminded Guyanese of a popular newspaper column titled “Believe it Or Not” by Ripley.

A Corentyne farmer yesterday pleaded guilty to the 2019 murders of a Canadian hotelier and his watchman at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Rivers View and Potaro Strikers earned semi-final berths in the ‘Rats’ Memorial Football Championship following commanding quarterfinal victories on Wednesday evening at the Bartica Community Center ground.

(Trinidad Guardian) While Venezuela will receive the equivalent of millions of US dollars monthly from the gas agreement to exploit the Dragon Gas Field reserves, Director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Dr Francisco Monaldi is not sure that if Venezuela will receive the value in cash or non-cash payments.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico yesterday rejected U.S. plans to build new sections of wall at the U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, According to your report on the ongoing “Mahdia COI” in yesterday’s (Oct.5th) SN, Commissioner Kim Kyte-Thomas (KK-T) “asked the sub-officer if he would still state that the operation was effective despite the lack of adequate fire equipment as stated in his after-action report.”

Dear Editor, BRICS is a group of 5 countries, i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Pointing unerringly to her intention to chart a foreign policy course that she regards as best for her tiny island nation, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has, in recent weeks, sent unmistakable signals that she is determined to hitch her country’s sails, first, to the mast of its self- interest. 

Guyana secured nine medals, six of which were individual gold accolades, at the recently concluded Caribbean Development Archery Championship, which was held at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.

The man who allegedly broke into the house where Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, were found murdered in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, was yesterday charged with threatening behaviour.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – At least 100 people were killed yesterday in an attack on a military academy in Syria, a war monitor and an official said, with weaponised drones bombing the site minutes after Syria’s defence minister left a graduation ceremony there.

Demerara Mutual yesterday announced the opening of its latest branch office located at the new West Central Mall in Leonora, on the West Coast of Demerara.

WASHINGTON/ANKARA, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near its troops in Syria, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has brought down an aircraft of NATO ally Turkey.

Dear Editor, The energy sector is under severe constraints owing to the lack of capital investments over the years, coupled with strong growing demand.

Caribbean countries are in a desperate need of an energy transition, the think-thank Atlantic Council has stated.

A superb all-round bowling effort from Demerara led by Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed, combined with an unbeaten 93 from opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, led Demerara to a 7-wicket win over the GCB Select XI at Enmore, East Coast of Demerara yesterday in the Inter-County Super50.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – French energy company EDF Renewables yesterday said it will withdraw from a solar energy project in central Colombia due to delays in permits, as well as regulatory and tax changes.

Dear Editor, First a little prefatory note: only the Kaieteur News publishes letters indiscriminately, giving equal opportunities to all.

Two persons have been fined by the courts for breaching prohibition notices by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party hailed a “seismic” victory in an election for a UK parliamentary seat in Scotland, beating the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) in a sign of its recovery in the country before a national election expected next year.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde pronounced yesterday that the installation process for the FIFA-approved lighting apparatus at the National Training Centre, Providence, is scheduled to be completed and commissioned in early December.

Oct 2 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports in September topped 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), the second highest monthly average this year, as state-run oil firm PDVSA and its joint ventures recovered output, particularly in the Orinoco Belt. 

Alton Straker, a 27-year-old taxi driver of Lot 63 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was charged yesterday with grievous bodily harm and pleaded not guilty.

(Reuters) – The United States is restarting deportations of Venezuelans who cross the U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, “Why dis lamp ain’t light, why dis house in darkness, the kerosene bottle empty??”

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday October 5, 2023

Simon Corlette, a 27-year-old resident of Lot 5 Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara was yesterday remanded on a charge of assaulting a woman.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – European Union and Mercosur negotiators met in Brazil on Tuesday and Wednesday to try to reconcile their different positions and complete a trade deal that has been in the works for two decades, three diplomatic sources told Reuters.

Dear Editor, Our country must take the prize for supreme political irony, except for the fact that it is so sad.

By Immaculate Atuhamize and Bertrand Badré KAMPALA/PARIS – The Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, held this past June, rightly focused on promoting an inclusive climate action plan that leaves no one behind.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the award-giving body said yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali is not a man to be inconvenienced by legal niceties. 

Dear Editor, A contract for the construction of a Pump Station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Region #3, was awarded to Tepui Group Inc.

Guyana’s agro processing sector is favourably positioned to step up way above where it is at this time.

The Ministry of Labour’s, Occupational Health and Safety Department (OSH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service is engaged in a three-day OSH workshop with approximately forty-five employees from thirty-six government agencies and ministries from the public sector.

(Reuters) – The Domini-can Republic is ready to restart a decommissioned canal off a river shared with neighbouring Haiti, it said yesterday, weeks after shutting down the border to stop another canal being built on the Haitian side that it asserts violated a treaty.

Mwange Smith, a 19-year-old unemployed youth of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown yesterday pleaded not guilty to two counts of armed robbery and was placed on $150,000 bail.

The Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Ronald Fingall, 23, who is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Asher Blake on October 1, 2023 at Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).