Daily Archive: Sunday, October 8, 2023

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The head of Exxon Mobil’s XOM.N shale oil and gas business, a unit involved in merger talks with rival Pioneer Natural Resources PXD.N,

JERUSALEM/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza today, killing hundreds of people in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attacks in its history when Islamist group Hamas killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more.

At around 00:30hrs today, Police ranks were on mobile patrol on Church Street when they observed a black Toyota Tacoma #GAD 8333 parked in the centre of Church Street between East and Cummings Streets.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas’ latest attack on Israel may have been disrupting a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties and added Washington will announce new assistance for Israel today.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel battered Gaza today, a day after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting an unknown number of others, threatening a major new war in the Middle East.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide were shot dead today in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, the Israeli foreign ministry said.

KABUL, (Reuters) – More than 2,000 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan and more than 9,000 injured, the Taliban administration said today, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – As Israel reeled from a deadly attack by Hamas militants who broke through barriers around Gaza and roamed at will, killing scores of civilians in Israeli towns, defence chiefs faced growing questions over how the disaster could have happened.

Defending champions Enterprise, Den Amstel, Ann’s Grove and Marian Academy were among the winners when the 10th Courts Pee Wee Football Championship resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The contentious $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, Pump Station contract award to Tepui Group was flawed, as not only should the company have been disqualified for not meeting the bidding criteria but the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) erred when it lumped two other contracts to the award, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

Defending champions and undefeated outfit Slingerz FC crushed Belle West 9-0 when the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

Projecting that he will be re-elected in 2025, President Irfaan Ali on Friday said that the country will be exporting corn and soya by 2027 and he stressed the importance of digitization.

In a one-sided showdown at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Demerara emerged victorious, dethroning Berbice with a convincing 63-run win in the final of the Guyana Cricket (GCB) Board Senior Inter-County Super-50 tournament.

Following weeks of complaints about potholes on the Central Corentyne Highway and poor repairs, the authorities yesterday began patching sections of the thoroughfare.

Upper Demerara and East Coast Demerara recorded lopsided wins when the 2023 edition of the Thunderbolt Flour Power Under-17 Academy Football Championship commenced yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence, with a doubleheader.

Former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, is suing Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for in excess of $30,000,000 for allegedly slanderous statements he said Jagdeo made against him at a press conference and a public rally back in March of this year.

Ahead of the Grenada International Sevens Rugby tournament set for late November, the ‘Green Machine’, Guyana’s national rugby team, has begun preparing for the upcoming tournament.

 Dear Editor, I feel compelled to express grave concerns regarding the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority’s (NDIA) management of critical projects.

Sideline and Ogle Street recorded contrasting wins when the 2023 edition of the Beterverwagting (BV) Inter-Block Football Championship commenced on Friday evening at the Community Center ground.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday took a swipe at former president, Donald Ramotar who was reported to have said recently that he supported a renegotiating of Guyana’s much criticised Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil.

The Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) Farfan & Mendes and Woodpecker Products men and women’s first-division leagues will bully off from 4pm this afternoon at the Providence National Stadium, the GHB says.

Dear Editor, The announcements by President Ali to fix problems at NIS (National Insurance Scheme) and fix the slow processing of Passports are to be highly commended.

Preparations are underway for Guyana to host the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF23) that will see an anticipated 1,500 foreign delegates from over 100 countries later this month and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is assuring that Georgetown will be ready.

Dear Editor, The Press Release published in the Guyana Chronicle and on Facebook on October 5, 2023, entitled: “Environmental Protection Agency, Press Release, Court Refuses Activist Request to Cancel EPA’s Permit for Gas to Energy Project” is less than honest, misleading, and betrays a lack of neutrality and genuine commitment to inclusive public participation that the very release claims to be fostering.

To improve the State’s capabilities to tackle financial crimes including the civil and criminal forfeiture of proceeds of and properties acquired through these crimes, the Attorney General’s Chambers will partner with the Asset Recovery Unit (ARU) of the Regional Security System (RSS) to host a workshop in Guyana from tomorrow to the 13th of October, 2023.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GRMSC) will stage its inaugural Drag Race meet in Essequibo today at the Mainstay/Whayaka Airstrip.

Dear Editor, My experience at the GPHC neurology department was nothing short of inhumane.

A fire of unknown origin that started around 7:41 pm yesterday completely destroyed a house at Theatre Alley, Republic Road, New Amsterdam, Region Six.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday said that it stood by the validity of the election process where Trinidad’s Azim Bassarath was elected vice president of Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Dear Editor, There are more stories of violence among children – teenagers – this week.

A 38-year-old woman of El Dorado Village, West Coast Berbice died yesterday morning after she was run over by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) bus on the Foulis Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

This summer women’s football from both a global and Caribbean perspective took over sports public consciousness for both equally positive and negative reasons.

Dear Editor, A social media clip came to me overnight, compliments of a citizen. 

Courts’ “Operation Trans-formation,” a home make-over promotion captured the attention of Maya Persaud, Miss India Guyana 2021.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies one-day captain Shai Hope has been predictably named to lead a star-studded Barbados Pride unit for their Super50 Cup campaign starting later this month in Trinidad and Tobago.

Shawn Joseph, who was crushed to death by a crane on Thursday, while planting piles on a construction site of a shore base facility at Providence, East, Bank Demerara, was flung out of the machine, says his mother.

Dear Editor, Given the size and character of the demand for electricity in the present day, it is clear that the burden on GPL is unreasonable.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Aiden Markram smashed a 49-ball hundred, the fastest ever the men’s 50-overs World Cup, as South Africa’s rampaging top order helped them thrash Sri Lanka by 102 runs in their tournament opener yesterday.

The Ministry of Education yesterday warned about scammers targeting residents of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

Rosamund Benn nee Gouveia was just 16 years old when she got married and according to her did not know “how to cook or keep house or how to do farm work”, nor was she equipped with any skills to earn a living.

Dear Editor, It would be interesting to know what those who would ‘renegotiate’ the Guyana/ESSO & Partners Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) are willing to offer in return for a larger percentage of profits.

Congratulations are in order for the organisers of ‘Beyond the Brush’ a pop-up, two-day commercial art gallery deep within the Marriott Hotel, Guyana.

Some diasporas in the United States attempt to influence how Washington engages with their countries of origin.

As we navigate the fourth quarter of the year, there are a few things that we can do to finish strong and set ourselves up for a great 2024.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 1.818 percent during the first period of trading in October 2023. 

If you can, every now and then it is good to escape the reality which you have settled into.

The man who shot two women on Freeman Street, East Ruimveldt, George-town, on September 28 is yet to be arrested.

Last week, in sharing about my market find of purple-flesh sweet potatoes, I said I was going to try making sweet bread with it and share the results with you.

Recently, I came across some interesting revelations about the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky World Championship Chess Match.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Azim Bassarath has also raised doubt over the claim by Barbados Cricket Association president, Conde Riley, that Kensington Oval has been already awarded next year’s Twenty20 World Cup final by the International Cricket Council.

By Nigel Westmaas Outside of Africa and the Caribbean, nowadays Ghana and Guyana are often confused.

JERUSALEM/GAZA/SDEROT  (Reuters) – Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns yesterday, killing at least 250 Israelis and escaping with dozens of hostages in by far the deadliest day of violence in Israel since the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago.

By Rae Wiltshire Latiefa Agard was 11 years old when she became interested in acting.

If you have watched the famous animated movies “Happy Feet” or “Penguins of Madagascar”, you are probably familiar with characters such as Sven the Puffin that remind us of the fact that penguins cannot really fly; at least not in the traditional sense.

The Cane Cutter Mid the hot sun, The still winds “Him”, with his pardners Among the long canes, Sunburnt, fire-burnt canes.

“I just tired of working in the night. Sometimes I feel as if I am not getting any time for myself much less my children.

Introduction Last week’s column wrapped- up my consideration of ExxonMobil’s performance as a leading protagonist against global climate policy transition.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour recounts a One Day International (ODI) between the West Indies and Australia at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where he met a few characters and experienced Trinbago culture.

Narges Mohammadi, a professional engineer, is a 51-year-old Iranian wife and mother of two, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence imposed in May 2016 for spreading propaganda against the state.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday met with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Food Security Expert and Caribbean Deputy Development Director, Jonathan Reeves, at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.