Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 10, 2023

JERUSALEM/GAZA/KFER AZA,  (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes hammered Gaza today, razing entire districts and filling morgues with dead Palestinians as Israel took revenge for the Hamas assaults that have triggered some of the worst blood-letting in 75 years of conflict.

HELSINKI, (Reuters) – A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea have been damaged in what may have been a deliberate act, the Finnish government said today.

Amid heightened demand, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today announced that industrial/large (Tariff D) customers will face a higher rate during peak periods.

Former Chief Planning Officer in the Ministry of Education, Evelyn Hamilton has passed away.

(Reuters) – At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in an artillery strike on a refugee camp near the border with China which sources said was carried out by the ruling military.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Tehran was not involved in the militant Hamas group’s weekend attack on Israel, Iran’s top authority Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today, but hailed what he called Israel’s “irreparable” military and intelligence defeat.

(Trinidad Express) The Government is on the cusp of settling a memorandum of understanding (MoU) mechanism for Maritime Security Cooperation between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago to combat human and narcotics trafficking, migrant smuggling and other forms of transnational organised crime.

Following questions raised by APNU+AFC MP, Ganesh Mahipaul, the NDIA yesterday disclosed that a  $978m contract for a pump station at Black Bush Polder (BBP), Corentyne was terminated in September for poor work and several others had been granted extensions for a variety of reasons.

Police in Regional Division No.2 are investigating an alleged hit-and-run fatal accident which occurred on Sunday at 12.30 am on the public road at Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast.

Region One Police Commander, Himnauth Sawh, says that the body of a man was found with a stab wound to the left side of his chest on Sunday at Powis Landing.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday expressed his confidence in Wayne Watson, the General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) and team who have been responsible for managing the DHBC’s daily operations since 2021.

The Guyana Cricket Board senior selection panel yesterday named the Guyana Harpy Eagles squad for the upcoming CG Insurance Regional Super50 competition with experienced left-arm orthodox spinner Veerasammy `Gunna’ Permaul and batsman Tevin Imlach the captain and vice-captain respectively.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your newspaper to further respond to the claim by Attorney General Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC MP of “constitutional atrocity” by the APNU+AFC government in appointing Deputy Commissioner Nigel Hoppie as acting Commissioner of Police without complying with the procedure laid down in the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

By Shabna Rahman Jimmy, a Venezuelan national from the Warrau tribe, was among a few family members who travelled to Guyana about two years ago, but ended up living with almost 70 others in the same house at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara. 

Dear Editor, The Government must cease its silence and inform the nation on the status of the recent international drug bust that subjected Guyana, yet again, to international infamy.

Low-scoring but thrilling clashes were the highlight of the opening night of the Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) first-division men and women’s leagues at the Providence National Stadium on Sunday night.

Dear Editor, First it was Bharrat Jagdeo dissing the late Janet Jagan, now it’s Irfaan Ali dissing Donald Ramotar.

In the wake of the recently concluded Senior Inter-County tournament, all eyes including the national cricket selectors, should have been on Richie Looknauth, the talented all-rounder who displayed exceptional prowess with both bat and ball. 

Pursuing a case which the High Court has ruled Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC had no standing being a part of in the first place, the State has now incurred an additional $2.5 million dollar in costs on top of the initial $4 million; having lost on a second round of litigation. 

Dear Editor, Again because of the economic state Guyana is in many Guyanese are forced to leave but mind you Editor, while it is not always easy to live and work in a foreign country where the choices and opportunities are numerous, it is worth it.

(Reuters) – New Zealand roared to a second successive win at the World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by 99 runs in Hyderabad yesterday, with left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner capturing five wickets after impressing with the bat earlier.

For the 2024 budget, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has called for the abolition of personal income tax and  provision of unemployment benefits among a raft of other measures for improved living standards.

The Mayor and City Councillors were caught by surprise yesterday when they were informed by Town Clerk Candace Nelson that a Local Government Commission letter to suspend Solid Waste Director Walter Narine for insubordination had been rescinded.

Dear Editor, It happened before. It happened again. A sitting president who did not find favour with comments by a former president was ungraceful and undiplomatic in offering a response.

Cougars and Paradise Invaders battled to a 2-2 stalemate when the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday evening at the Rosignol Community ground.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday commissioned the newly constructed Buxton Post Office and emphasised the need to ensure that the postal service is not left behind in today’s digital world.

Dear Editor, It is now over a month since the new road built at Little Diamond, linking the East Bank main road to the New Diamond Road, has been completed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former West Indies Under-19 batsman Brad Barnes and little known left-arm pacer Shalom Parnell were named in the Jamaica Scorpions squad to defend the West Indies Super50 Cup, starting on October 17 in Trinidad.

Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar and the Senior Management of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday met with Komal Singh, the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission and other members of the private sector on the recent move by GPL to take off large users from the grid during peak demand hours.

(Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body will take action to protect drivers from the sort of extreme heat and humidity they suffered during Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix, it said yesterday.

Dear Editor, There is a clause in the contract that deals with the subject of renegotiation.

Ashmin Mahadeo continues to fight for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being mysteriously shot in the neck on the morning of October 1st at her Williamsburg, Corentyne residence, and investigators in Berbice are yet to nab the person behind the gun.

Dear Editor, “Mobilize Guyana to exorcise Exxon.  Do it, boss. Sincerely, GHK Lall” (SN 8.10.23.)

(Reuters) – The Dominican Republic announced new measures to strengthen control at its border with Haiti, including an indefinite extension of the border shutdown it enacted last month plus boosting military forces as well as a new exports ban.

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Spinner Maheesh Theekshana is set to play today’s World Cup match against Pakistan after recovering from a hamstring strain, assistance coach Naveed Nawaz said yesterday.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, (Reuters) – The Islamist militant Hamas movement threatened to execute an Israeli captive every time Israel bombs a Palestinian home without warning, as Israel called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, raising fears it planned a ground assault.

Romeiro Hutson, a 25-year-old of Lot 345 ‘D’ Field, Sophia was on Friday convicted of narcotics, gun and ammunition offences and will spend three years and six months in jail.

(Reuters) – A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East’s most powerful army.

Dear Editor, According to a Bank of Guyana Report, the share of Total Revenue that Guyana received for profit oil and royalty between January 2020 and June 2023 is US$2.68 billion.

CARACAS/DOHA/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Venezuela and the U.S. have progressed in talks that could provide sanctions relief to Caracas by allowing at least one additional foreign oil firm to take Venezuelan crude oil for debt repayment if President Nicolas Maduro resumes negotiations with the opposition in Mexico, five sources said.

DHARAMSALA, India, (Reuters) – Ben Stokes is set to miss today’s match against Bangladesh but England captain Jos Buttler is more concerned with the outfield in Dharamsala, which he thinks is not ideal for World Cup matches.

(Reuters) – Annual growth rings inside the ancient remains of Scots pine trees in the Southern French Alps have revealed evidence of the largest-known solar storm, one that might have fried satellites and knocked out electricity grids had it occurred today.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday deplored the attacks in Israel and the counterattacks in the Palestinian territory of Gaza over the last few days.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico has not provided its ally Cuba with any energy donations, a senior official said yesterday, even as Mexican oil exports to the communist-run Caribbean island have risen dramatically this year.

DOHA, Qatar, CMC – British race car driver Lewis Hamilton said he accepted responsibility for the collision with Mercedes teammate George Russell that put him out of the Qatar Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday.

Dear Editor, There will be a partial solar eclipse visible over Guyana on Saturday afternoon October 14, from about half past one to about half past four.

BRUSSELS/BERLIN,  (Reuters) – The European Union backtracked in disarray on Monday on an announcement that aid to Palestinians had been suspended in response to the attack on Israel by Hamas after EU countries complained the bloc’s executive had overstepped the mark.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s president-elect Bernardo Arevalo said yesterday the government is using violence to counter protests and create tension which could be used as an excuse for declaring a state of “siege,” even as the government announced tighter measures.

Dear Editor, I take the liberty of humbly offering a few simple recommendations to President Irfaan Ali.

(Reuters) – Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, along with firms participating in a joint offshore project, have begun price negotiations for exporting Venezuelan natural gas to the Caribbean island, following a U.S.

ZURICH, CMC – Cricket looks set to return to the Olympic Games after more than a century.

The applicants in the motion challenging the EPA’s grant of an environmental permit for the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) Project have taken consolation in a decision by the court that they were not “obstructionist” and they have lauded the judge for the timeliness with which her ruling was handed down.

Dear Editor, The SN article (of 10/8/23) suggests that Brooklyn, New York is “the epicenter of the Guyana migrant community.”

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A Kenyan court yesterday issued a temporary order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police personnel in Haiti in a U.N.-approved

Latoya Hughes, a 19-year-old female of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara was fined for a series of charges and placed on bail on others yesterday.

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TOLEDO – Sooner or later, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s destructive political magic, which has kept him in power for 15 years, was bound to usher in a major tragedy.

By Myrtha Désulmé Myrtha Désulmé is President and Founder of the Haiti-Jamaica Society, a Board member of the Haitian Forum for Peace and Sustainable development (FOHPDD), and longtime Advocate for Haiti.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica and Honduras slapped each other with visa requirements for travelers from the other’s country yesterday, with Costa Rica first implementing the measure citing security reasons.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Guanapo men were re-manded into custody when they appeared before an Arima magistrate to face charges of murder, shooting and the possession of guns on Monday morning.

HANGZHOU, China,  (Reuters) – With no major security incidents and a record gold medal haul for its athletes, China will regard the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou as a soft power triumph that ticked a number of political, sporting and operational boxes for the hosts.

Informed observers are unlikely to dwell for any length of time on last Friday’s ‘engagement’ between a ministerial team that included Prime Minister Mark Phillips and Senior Minister in the Ministry of Finance Dr.