Daily Archive: Thursday, November 9, 2023

A statement from the Guyana Prison Service follows: Today the Guyana Prison Service has issued a directive to recall convicted murderer Bibi Gopaul to prison to complete serving her lawful sentence imposed by the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Twenty-six-year-old Khushal Singh, has emerged as the University of Guyana’s (UG) 2023 valedictorian.

President Irfaan Ali this morning announced a $25,000 one-off bonus for 67,000 public sector workers at a cost of $1.7b to be paid next month.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuban Idalberto Echavarria maneuvered his wife Olga in a wheelchair to the front of the line at Terminal 2 of Havana’s airport, dodging luggage and a sea of people bidding farewell to friends and family.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – For the third time, Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination took to the debate stage on Wednesday night in his absence, seeking a way to dislodge the former president from his commanding lead in opinion polls.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles suffered a significant batting collapse in the CG United Regional Super50, leading to their exit from the tournament at the hands of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, who secured a six-wicket victory  yesterday in the semi-final.

By Joseph Allen As the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) marks 54 years of doing business in Guyana, the company yesterday introduced a $1.6 billion mixer plant at its Agricola, East Bank Demerara facility.

Howard McIntosh, Head of One CONCACAF and Caribbean Projects, has commended the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for its ongoing efforts in converting the National Training Centre in Providence into a modern international playing facility.

Following an operation yesterday in the Upper Berbice by ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force (Coast Guard), 30 lbs of cannabis seeds, and 10 acres with approximately 58,000 cannabis sativa plants ranging from three inches to ten feet in height were found.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd on Monday disclosed that 80% of migrants from Venezuela are either Guyanese or of Guyanese parentage.

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) following an investigation, has deemed the lap time (1:15.798s) set by James Westmoreland, a Super Stock Biker for Team Mohamed’s  as invalid.

By Antonio Dey Former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge wants policymakers to revisit Guyana’s current labour system as he posits there should be equilibrium in wages and salaries in both public and private sectors.

(Reuters) – Oleksandr Usyk is hoping his undisputed heavyweight world title fight with Tyson Fury can take place in Saudi Arabia in February once the Briton has recovered from a bruising 10 rounds with boxing novice Francis Ngannou.

PUNE, India, (Reuters) – England snapped their five-match losing streak at the World Cup yesterday, as a century by Ben Stokes set the tone for a 160-run victory over the Netherlands that kept his team’s Champions Trophy qualification hopes alive.

The Ministry of Public Works on Tuesday signed 21 contracts worth $1 billion to rehabilitate 25 roads in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

In the illustrious history of One Day International cricket, breathtaking innings have been etched into memory – performances that transcended the boundaries of skill, resilience and sheer audacity.

Dear Editor, I withheld penning these few lines for a long time hoping that the Deeds Registry and Land Court Registry would get their act together and improve their customer service.

Spanning sixteen years, the long battle in the courts has finally come to an end for former dismissed manager of the New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon, who has been awarded his pension and other benefits in full.

The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation will collaborate with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to  host its flagship National Senior Championship on December 2 at the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor, There is no more urgent issue for Guyanese to decide on than a change to our citizenship laws; currently, this right is afforded to anyone who can demonstrate a single Guyanese grandparent, marriage to a Guyanese citizen, and those who have worked/lived here for a minimum of seven years.

Bibi Sharima-Gopaul, who had been found guilty of murdering her daughter Neesa Gopaul, 16,  in 2010 has been released from jail and the Guyana Prison Service is expected to issue a release on the matter “shortly”.

The Fitness Expo 2023, hosted by Guyana Fitness Games (GFG) over the weekend, concluded with tremendous success, leaving a profound impact on all attendees.

Dear Editor,  The anonymity of your Sunday 5th editorial writer does not by any means let him//her off the hook.

Georgetown’s Mayor Alfred Mentore on Monday described President Irfaan Ali’s comment that “waiting on City Council to get works done is hopeless,” as “disrespectful to local democracy and an insult to the separation of powers”.

The Ministry of Education Priority Programme received a tremendous boost Tuesday as over 100 cricket bats and helmets were donated by the President of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy, Aleem Hussain.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran police discovered nearly half a metric ton of the synthetic drug fentanyl hidden in a shipping container, officials said yesterday, in the first such seizure of the opioid in the Central American country.

The family of a 32-year-old motorcyclist of Lot 1578 Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt who died yesterday on the Railway Embankment Road at Triumph is calling for the trucking company to accept full responsibility for what happened.

Dear Editor, The Israelis have railed internationally, and justifiably so, against the atrocities committed by Hamas one month ago on women, children and babies.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados Pride and Leeward Islands Hurricanes will lock horns in the second semi-final of the Super50 Cup here today, with both hoping to turn the page on their disappointing recent form in the knockout stages of the regional premier 50-over tournament.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Costa Rican authorities detained eight employees from the country’s largest commercial bank on Wednesday in connection to the theft of more than $6 million, the biggest crime in the bank’s 109-year history.

Police conducted an intelligence-led operation yesterday in New Amsterdam, Berbice which led to a major drug bust and the recovery of a shotgun and several rounds of ammunition.

Dear Editor, Permit me a space to re-share this letter about the indiscriminate and illegal use of fireworks to celebrate the auspicious Festival of Light, Diwali, a celebration of good over evil, a celebration of light over darkness.

WASHINGTON/GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Street battles raged in Gaza City with Hamas fighters using tunnels to ambush Israeli forces, as the United States said Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war, countering Israeli comments that it would control security indefinitely.

AYOLAS, Paraguay,  (Reuters) – Heavy rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has sent hundreds to shelters in the town of Ayolas in southern Paraguay, with residents bracing for more flooding on the way.

Twenty-eight-year-old Clifford Veira of Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan have rebounded from defeat at the World Cup and can do so again, coach Jonathan Trott said after Tuesday’s three-wicket loss to Australia in Mumbai.

Dear Editor, “Read the fine print” is the advice from legal advisors and applies not only to hire purchase transactions.

BRUSSELS/KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised as a “historic step” a recommendation by the European Union executive yesterday to invite Kyiv to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, even as it fights to repel Russia’s war.

(Reuters) – A forecast for rain has added an unknown element to New Zealand’s final World Cup group stage match against Sri Lanka in Chennai today, captain Kane Williamson said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Lawmakers expressed outrage in Parliament on Tuesday over a deadly attack on a taxicab in Salt Spring, St James, which left a man and two young boys dead on Monday evening.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Hollywood actors reached a tentative agreement with major studios yesterday to resolve the second of two strikes that rocked the entertainment industry this year as workers demanded higher pay in the streaming TV era.

Dear Editor, The situation in the Gaza is getting from bad to worse.

A release from the Ministry of Home affairs yesterday informed that its minister, Robeson Benn, accompanied by Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, and Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, led an outreach on Tuesday, to the mining community of Imbaimadai, in Region Seven.

Detectives are probing an attack which has left 26-year-old Jasoda Gocool of Herstelling Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

It would seem that President Irfaan Ali has a plan for Georgetown.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate approved yesterday a historic reform on consumption taxes, but the effective implementation depends on subsequent bills, over an extended transition period.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal restored the country’s cricket board on Tuesday, staying sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe’s decision to sack them.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Israel’s spy agency Mossad worked with Brazilian security services and other international agencies to foil an attack on Jews in Brazil planned by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, One has to hope that diplomacy and world pressure succeeds in keeping Maduro, his land grab and his December 3 referendum firmly at bay.

By S. R. Insanally, former Minister of Foreign Affairs The purpose of the New Global Human Order (Resolution A/RES/62/213 adopted by acclamation at the United Nations 79th General Assembly, 7 March 2008) was fundamentally to address the political, social and economic issues which have long challenged its membership.