Articles published on Friday, November 10, 2023
The High Commission of Canada and the National Assembly of Guyana today announced that one Senator and three Members of Parliament from Canada will be visiting Guyana from November 13 – 18 as part of engagements through the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
(Reuters) – A Magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck the Dominican Republic region, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was under growing pressure today to sack one of his most senior ministers, Suella Braverman, after she published an inflammatory article attacking the police’s handling of a planned pro-Palestinian march.
MANILA/BEIJING, (Reuters) – The Philippines today condemned China’s coast guard for “unprovoked acts of coercion and dangerous manoeuvres,” including its use of a water cannon against one of its boats in an attempt to disrupt a resupply mission in the South China Sea.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Central Bank of T&T (CBTT) says the decision to suspend the exchange of TT dollar banknotes by the Bank of Jamaica was taken to reduce costs and to prevent the possibility of criminal activities, including money laundering.
By Antonio Dey The Commission of Inquiry into the Mahdia dormitory fire of May 21 that claimed 20 lives wrapped up yesterday with counsel, Keoma Griffith castigating the Chief Fire Officer and a regional education official.
Three of the five men accused of murdering four fishermen in May 2016, during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River opted to plead guilty when they appeared at the High Court in Berbice on Wednesday while two of the accused will stand trial next week.
Having been freed several months ago, the woman who was convicted of murdering her daughter, Neesa Gopaul in 2010 was back behind bars last night following a miscalculation of her sentence by the prison authorities.
Twenty-six-year-old Khushal Singh, has emerged as the University of Guyana’s (UG) 2023 valedictorian.
Minister of Public Service Sonia Parag yesterday chided former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge and GTU General Secretary Coretta McDonald for making what she termed “disillusioned and unconscionably misleading” statements concerning her government’s plan for civil servants.
(Reuters) – New Zealand returned to winning ways at the World Cup following a four-match slump as they defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday, and all but secured their place in the semi-finals.
The Kamarang/Warawatta Village are two distinct Amerindian villages situated at the confluence of the Kamarang and Mazaruni rivers which are conjoined administratively.
By Michelangelo Jacobus The highly decorated youth sprinter Tiana Springer, along with rising star Ezekiel Newton, will headline the Guyana athletics contingent to Paramaribo, Suriname, for the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) from November 17–19.
Following a retrial, Julius Brunker, has once again been found guilty of rape and has been remanded to prison to await sentence.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following with concern the recent escalation of tension between Guyana and Venezuela over the border controversy between the two countries.
The official launch of the MVP Sports Girls Pee Wee U11 Football Championship was officially launched yesterday at the entity’s Giftland Mall location in Turkey.
Fresh from the lead role which it played at the head of a regional business delegation undertaking an important bridge-building mission as part of a wider regional effort to cement trade and business ties between Africa and the Caribbean, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CARIB Export) announced recently that it had now joined forces with the French state agency, Business France, as part of yet another initiative to catalyze private sector growth in the Caribbean.
Eleven football players who were recipients of Guyana Football Federation (GFF) scholarships, are now certified excavator operators following the successful completion of a three week Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) training course.
Hearings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of an application by Guyana for provisional measures against a Venezuelan referendum have been adjusted following a request by Caracas.
By Caribbean Times -November 7,2023 Guyana is the first country to deploy large-scale carbon on the international market as the CARICOM country seeks to advance its climate security.
Fresh off an unbeaten campaign in the recently concluded West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, Slingerz FC coach Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard stated that the primary objective is to secure a berth in the Guyana Football Federation Elite League.
With Jamaican women having known to have long stood shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts as ‘players’ in the country’s agricultural sector, concerns are being expressed over what is felt to be a condition of gender prejudice that underlines unequal access to resources necessary for them to match their male counterparts in terms of growth in the sector.
Former chef, John Caesar, has been acquitted of the 2018 murder of Linden businessman Romel Edison Gomes; but remains imprisoned on a life sentence he is serving for attempted murder.
Dear Editor, Reference to SN editorial titled `The Minister and the report on the dorms’ (7th Nov.
Dear Editor, I was quickly perusing the letters’ column of your daily newspaper and the headline “Shabby service at the Deeds Registry and Land Court Registry” caught my eye.
(CMC) – The irrepressible Leeward Islands Hurricanes made light work of Barbados Pride, crushing them by 155 runs in a lopsided semi-final yesterday to book their spot in tomorrow’s final of the Super50 Cup.
On more than one occasion over the past few months the Stabroek Business has been ‘wondering aloud’ as to whether it would not be altogether appropriate, including timely, for a region-wide report to be issued on the pace of progress towards the completion of the promised Regional Food Terminal, the creation of which, as we understand it, had been assigned to the Governments of Barbados and Guyana.
The police are currently investigating the death of a two-month-old baby, Allison Ram, of Agatash Village, Region Seven.
With the deadline for the submission of presidential candidates and their executive lists expiring at midnight last night, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary Ian Alves remained tight-lipped as to whether incumbent Wayne Forde or any other persons submitted their respective slates.
GAZA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday that Israel agreed to pause military operations in parts of north Gaza for four hours a day, but there was no sign of a let-up in the fighting that has killed thousands and laid waste to the seaside enclave.
Just over two months ago, the President of the Guyana Manufacturers Association (GMSA) Mr.
A two-member team from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence is currently conducting a Strategic Leadership Programme here in Guyana.
Dear Editor, It has become necessary to address the persistently misleading narrative that the Central Government is willfully withholding resources from the Municipality of the City Council (M&CC), supposedly due to its control by the opposition.
By Raphael John-Lall Consultants in the energy sector believe that policymakers at the Government level must do more to ensure that there is more local content in the energy sector that will lead to job creation and more business activity.
ExxonMobil Guyana is fueling New Era Entertainment’s 2023 futsal tournament, which will commence this evening at the Retrieve Hard Court in the mining town of Linden and last for the duration of two weeks.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked set to clinch another term in office after his Socialist Party (PSOE) yesterday secured the backing of Catalan separatist party Junts to form a government in a deal the country’s opposition condemned as “a humiliation”.
A 5th form student of Golden Grove Secondary School, East Coast Demerara, was severely injured during a confrontation inside the school’s compound yesterday afternoon.
Dear Editor, “If you are 60 years old or over, and have made at least 750 contributions to NIS, you may qualify for a regular monthly pension.
Dear Editor, I am writing to voice my concern about an issue that has been affecting the residents of CC Eccles, specifically the residents that live on the street before the Industrial Site.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – An unusual statement by Israeli spy agency Mossad saying that it had helped foil a Hezbollah attack in Brazil is the latest incident to strain relations between Israel and Latin America’s largest nation against the backdrop of the Gaza war.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described as a ‘national emergency’ the need to reach out to Jamaica’s human resources who are outside the formal labour force, given evidence of a labour shortage.
The 2024 Physical Education (PE) class from Rosignol Secondary was hard at work yesterday at the Nexgen Golf Academy, Woolford Avenue, with teacher Kevon Jawahir, Master Coach Aleem Hussain, and Senior Coach Vishal Dhanai in an effort to maintain their dominant performance in the CSEC elective.
(Reuters) – Surgeons in New York have performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a human, they announced yesterday, an accomplishment being hailed as a breakthrough even though the patient has not regained sight in the eye.
Five men last evening attempted to rob the Pompey’s chicken outlet located along the Fyrish Public Road, Corentyne.
(Trinidad Guardian) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Surinamese government to implement a more effective social protection programme.
The Guyanese squads for the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) U17 boys and girls basketball tournament were named on Wednesday by the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF).
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany will strengthen its military to make it the backbone of deterrence and collective defence in Europe, its defence minister pledged yesterday as Berlin issued new defence policy guidelines for the first time in over a decade.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday dismissed as grossly inaccurate a misleading social media post last evening by someone named Alice Seetaram under the bold caption, ‘URGENT!
Dear Editor, Nowhere is safe in the Gaza and on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed yesterday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the destruction that happened under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
Introduction This column extends to Mr Trotman compliments and appreciation for his publication.
Head of One CONCACAF and Caribbean Projects, Howard McIntosh, stated that the proposed D’urban Park Football Complex, upon its completion, will transform the local football landscape of Guyana.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1044’s trading results showed consideration of $13,416,027 from 56,217 shares traded in 14 transactions as compared to session 1044’s trading results, which showed consideration of $5,657,614 from 25,618 shares traded in 22 transactions.
The Stabroek Business’ decision to return to the theme of what we believe has been an inexplicable delay in providing an update on the pace of progress towards the establishment of the promised Regional Food Terminal is driven, primarily, by two factors.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Reuters denied yesterday suggestions by media advocacy group HonestReporting that it and other international news organisations had prior knowledge of the Oct.
We are back in the season of noisy festivals. They are not supposed to be noisy.
Sean Lindore, called ‘Leather’, a 27-year-old miner from Bartica was charged on Wednesday with the murder of Sherman Phillips at Sandhill Backdam, Cuyuni River.
Dear Editor, I wish to express in the form of a reiteration, the importance of young people in our society.
