Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The Ministry of Public Works says that from tomorrow, Thursday 4th January 2024 to Friday 5th January 2024 (Time: 21:00hrs to 03:00hrs), Asphaltic Concrete paving works will be conducted on the Hubu Main Access Road, East Bank Essequibo, Region #3 (Parika First Koker to Nancy Bar).

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa closed an extraordinary see-saw first day of the second and final test against India at Newlands on 62 for three in their second innings, trailing the tourists by 36 runs after 23 wickets and several records fell today.

Police are investigating the murder of  Tommy Roberts, a 35-year-old farmer of Wanakai Village, North West District, Region One, which occurred at about 7.10 pm on January 1st, 2024 in the village.

Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony yesterday made a visit to the new Diamond Hospital construction site.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently conducted a successful medical evacuation of  two young patients from the Chinoweing Health Post in Region Seven to receive urgent medical care.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Two explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran today to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S.

Government will be moving this week to initiate a number of projects with the signing of the contract for the Wismar Bridge, turning of the sod for the New Amsterdam Hospital, and advertising Requests for Proposals (RFP) for national gas projects, among them.

A fire which started at Port Mourant, Corentyne just before 10 last night completely destroyed two houses and the owner of one of them died.

Guyana yesterday took up its seat as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term: 2024-2025.

Dear Editor, Mr. Anil Nandlall S.C. Attorney General and principal legal adviser to the Government has written rather disparagingly about comments I made in my last Friday‘s Stabroek News oil and gas column.

Dear Editor, SN’s Cost of Living series often expose a critical aspect of the life struggles of Guyanese that gets bundled within the general discussion on poverty.

The Ministry of Health is working assiduously to improve the time taken to diagnose cancer and a major move this year will be that of telepathology which will allow remote visualizing of images on a video monitor rather than viewing a specimen  through a microscope.

Dear Editor, We have been told that the Argyle Declaration for Dialogue and Peace between the Presidents of Guyana and Venezuela has been a victory.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that it recovered $69m last year on behalf of workers.

Dear Editor, Recently, the Berbice Cricket Board held its Annual General Meeting and elected new office bearers to run cricket in Berbice.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) overcame Western Tigers 8-7 via sudden death penalty kicks to win the KFC League Cup on Monday evening at the Eve Leary Ground, Kingston.

Anthony Haynes was shot dead at Grahams Hall, East Coast Demerara on December 31st and a two-month-old baby was reportedly injured at the same time, sources say.

Bossalina defeated Horse of the Year winner Spankhurst to clinch the feature race at the Sino-Truck Horse Racing Classic on Monday at the Rising Sun Turf Club, West Coast Berbice.

Dear Editor,  The New Year’s message did not steal the thunder of the Minister of Finance in the broad outlook of what to expect in 2024, at least not for senior citizens,  the elderly and the underprivileged.  

A former policeman, John Moore, 23,  of Second Front, East La Penitence, Georgetown, yesterday appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded over possession of a rifle, pistol and ammunition.

The body of Owen Smith Jnr aka ‘Tonkie’, a 25-year-old miner of Santa Cruz Village, North West District, Region One,  was yesterday pulled out of the Barama River at about 7:30 am by the police with the assistance of relatives, a police report stated.

Dear Editor, One of the most noticeable indicators of the government’s underperformance is its treatment of public servants, the backbone of any functional society.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds has confirmed that former prime minister Basdeo Panday will be given a State funeral.

A 29-year-old man from 1015 Kilcoy/ Chesney Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice, was caught with 2 grammes of marijuana in a parcel stashed in his underwear yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Prison.

(Trinidad Express) The soldier wanted in connection with the murder of his estranged wife and mother in law at a house in Shorelands this morning was held by police last night.

Dear Editor, As most people are painfully aware, there seems to be a daily occurrence where our women are assaulted, or killed in the most horrific and inhumane way.

BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA,  (Reuters) – Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the potential risk of war in Gaza spreading well beyond the Palestinian enclave.

Dear Editor, Happy New Year.  I read a letter in the Sunday Chronicle December 31, 2023 by Mr.

Sookraj and Sons General Store in New Amsterdam was broken into during the wee hours of Tuesday and over $400,000 in items were stolen.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen opened fire on a car in Woodbrook, Port of Spain shortly after midnight yesterday.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft yesterday.

Debutant Strikers FC of Massara Village won the Climb Guyana Cup, defeating Falcons by a 1-0 score on December 24th at the Aranaputa Sports Ground, North Rupununi.

At the dawn of a new year most people will either ponder setting one or two ambitious goals (which are, in most cases, forgotten or abandoned by mid-February), and, or, do an in-depth personal review of their /performances in the past year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Kidnapped businesswoman Aneisha Narine-Boodhoo has been found. Confirmation came yesterday from the Hunters Search and Rescue Team led by Shamshudeen Ayub Details are still coming in however Guardian Media was told Narine-Boodhoo is currently at the hospital seeking medical attention.

Milerock captured the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Futsal Championship, dismantling Capital FC 7-3 on Monday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac, Linden.

The semi-final section of the ‘One Guyana’ King and Queens Beach Football Championship will commence this evening at the PPP office compound in Mackenzie, Linden.

Beacons won the Bartica Football Association Yearend Knockout Championship, defeating the Rising Stars 5-3 on penalty kicks on Monday evening at the Community Centre ground.

Twenty-seven year-old miner, Michael York, appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the George-town Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with break and enter and larceny.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – A record 520,000 migrants crossed the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap in 2023, more than double the number reported the year before, according to government figures seen by Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, Knowing Dr. Randy Persaud to be a paid propagandist of the Government, operating under the nomenclature: Presi-dential Advisor, I do not pay his letters any heed.