Daily Archive: Sunday, March 3, 2024

The police say they are investigating the murders of Zaheer Mohammed Sheriff, a 50-year-old gold miner of Byderabo Road Bartica and Donvan Washington, a 26-year-old porter of Lot 11 Seventh Avenue Bartica, which occurred at about 10:00 hrs today at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region #7.

No public statement has been issued by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) on disruptions to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – International connectivity to Haiti was disrupted today following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to a prison break at the main penitentiary as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – OPEC+ members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed today to extend voluntary oil output cuts into the second quarter, sources said, giving extra support to the market amid concerns over global economic growth.

(Trinidad Express) The soldier who was shot and killed in La Puerta, Diego Martin, last month was a hitman for hire in the criminal underworld and had been involved in the murders of seve­ral people in the past.

 (Trinidad Guardian) On February 7, an oil-like substance began leaking from an overturned barge, clearly abandoned, stuck in a reef south of Cove, Tobago.

A Woman Superintendent, a Corporal and other Ranks from Regional Police Division #3 were performing security duty at the Leonora Stadium, West Coast Demerara, at around 11 last night when they observed, intercepted and searched a 42-year-old man who was acting suspiciously and who was later found to have an unlicensed 9mm pistol and eighteen live matching rounds of ammunition in his possession.

Residents of Corriverton, Berbice, along with villagers in Orealla, Siparuta, and nearby communities, are being urged to take precautionary measures due to increased smoke levels in the air stemming from a forest fire in neighbouring Suriname, the Ministry of Home Affairs said today.

RAFAH,  (Reuters) – Born a few weeks into the Gaza war, infant twins Wesam and Naeem Abu Anza were buried today, the youngest of 14 members of the same family whom Gaza health authorities say were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah overnight.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Thea LaFond needed just two attempts to win triple jump gold at the world indoor championships today  and become Dominica’s first global champion in athletics.

By Mia Anthony Trevor Benn emerged as the top vote getter in the long-awaited Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union Limited (GPSCCUL) elections yesterday after months of feuding and court actions between two factions which continued even through polling.

President Irfaan Ali will not be contesting for the position of General Secretary (GS) at the PPP Congress in May, as he believes his current portfolio of responsibilities are more than enough.

The Integrity Commission has served notice to 31 public officers that they face a fine and imprisonment if they don’t submit their 2022 Declaration Form on or before April 2nd , 2024 and among those listed as defaulters are the acting Top Cop Clifton Hicken; the GWI CEO Shaik Baksh; the CEO of the NDIA, Frederick Flatts and the Vice Chancellor of UG, Dr Paloma Mohamed.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday spearheaded a multi-agency response to the recent wildfires countrywide, as directed by Prime Minister Mark Phillips.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday told farmers in the Upper Corentyne Area that the ministry is working aggressively to put systems in place to deal with the current paddy bug infestation. 

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday said that the leader of The New Movement (TNM), Dr Asha Kissoon is refusing to relinquish her seat in Parliament in line with the agreement struck by the three list joinder parties in 2020.

Western Tigers mauled Anns Grove 4-0 last evening in the KFC Elite League at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre, Providence.

Working for three years in the private sector made Nicholas Fraser, head of the Allied Arts Unit (AAU) in the Ministry of Education (MoE) realise how valuable his skills and expertise in education are to the nations’ teachers and children, and that this was where he got job satisfaction.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has dismissed an application filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, who was seeking to have former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan arrested without a right to be heard, and committed to be tried for the offence of misconduct in public office, which a Magistrate had discharged him of, after finding that there was not enough evidence to sustain the charge against him.

The body of Leon Dass, a 42-year-old security guard of Lot 131 Agriculture Road, Triumph, on the East Coast of Demerara was discovered  on Thursday afternoon floating in the canal along Agriculture Road.

By Abigail Headley As much as he loves Chutney, for Vicadi Singh, a 32-year-old husband and father from Better Hope, East Coast Demerara family is everything.

Dear Editor, Every year on Easter Monday hundreds of ex Guyana National Service members along with their wives, husbands and children make their way to National Service Sports Complex (the PPP government changed our complex’s name to Georgetown Club, but we continue to refer to it as GNS Sports Complex or “Nash.”)

In the blink of an eye, Guyana’s once most celebrated cricketer is no long the centre of attention.

(Reuters) -U.S. energy major Exxon Mobil said on Thursday that trader salaries would be adjusted based on benchmarking and will include performance bonuses at the end of the year and long-term incentives as compensation.

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) defeated their West Demerara counterpart by a mammoth 123 runs when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association U-19 tournament commenced yesterday at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground.

Dear Editor, How much longer do citizens of CARICOM countries have to put up with the “Pappy Show” to borrow a Jamaican term called the Heads of Government meeting?

On March 25th, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will embark on its ‘National Academy and Learn to Box’ programme, which will be staged at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis gym in Albouystown and serve as the starting point for other jurisdictions.

Oneil Melbourne, a 26-year-old from La Grange, West Bank Demerara, who was wanted by the Police on a commitment warrant for two years imprisonment, was arrested on Friday by Corporal Benjamin of Kaikan Police Station in Region #7.

Dear Editor, The simple act of kindness of former colleague, Sonia Peters, who has been an Airport Security Officer from the inception of the establishment of the security unit at the Airport, has gone viral. 

In excess of 210 days have elapsed since the international friendly against Ethiopia on August 2, 2023, and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is still to remunerate the Golden Jaguars senior men’s programme’s contractually bound match-day fees.

Dear Editor, Boy, just when you thought you had seen all the dumb politicians who were or want to be presidents of the US, another one turns the corner.

On Friday, the Ministry of Health received 4000 Dignity Kits courtesy of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean in collaboration with the Canadian Government.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as today and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, sources with knowledge of the talks said, after foreign governments resorted to airdrops to aid desperate civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

A family of six is now homeless after an early morning fire gutted their entire two-storey house in Canefield, East Canje Berbice. 

Dear Editor, Two events usually attract misinformation, once known as propaganda.

Dear Editor, With Dr Cheddi Jagan’s death anniversary three days away, I excerpt  views on him from US Diplomatic personnel who had been posted in Guyana.

Nearly 100 Guyanese  benefited from programmes under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) last year.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt his campaign in the key battleground state as he gears up for the general election in November.

Ranks from Regional Police Division #8 conducted a raid at Mahdia Landing/Arcade  on Friday during which they found 2,020 grams of marijuana.

Dear Editor, The world-wide celebration of the recent West Indies test match victory over Australia isn’t over.

(Reuters) – Turnout for Iran’s parliamentary election, seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s legitimacy, appears to have hit an historic low of around 41%, according to unofficial reports quoted by state media yesterday.

The Ministry of Labour’s Region Nine officers, on February 28, 2024, conducted an outreach in the Marudi Mountain Mines, in the South Rupununi.

Dear Editor, The smiling PM of St Vincent as Guyana and Venezuela exchange gifts instead of the words related to Essequibo makes a nice picture.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russians queued yesterday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow.

It’s not granola but it is easy to see how it can be part of the family of granola.

(CMC) – Julien Alfred sped to a world-leading 6.98 seconds to clinch gold in the women’s 60-metre final yesterday and deliver St.

The Civil Procedure Rules provide that a Court may, on its own initiative, order any or all parties to a proceeding to participate in a mediation.

Sparks from the central fire – I was lucky to be near enough to feel the blaze these men ignited in the world.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei vowed to “speed up” his plans to overhaul the country and solve its economic woes in a fiery speech to Congress on Friday, challenging them to pass a new package of bills after an earlier version of his “omnibus” reform was rebuffed last month.

Dear Editor, Guyana celebrated 54 years of Republican status on February 23, 2024.

Anyone with common sense, not to mention the teachers, must be saying to themselves, ‘Thank goodness for Justice Sandil Kissoon.’ 

On February 26th, as Guyanese recovered from an eventful three-day weekend of celebrations marking our 54th Republic Anniversary, Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA marked a milestone birthday.

(Reuters) – New Zealand were 111 for three at the close of play on the third day of the first test against Australia at Wellington’s Basin Reserve yesterday, still 258 runs away from their daunting victory target of 369.

Brandon Singh has always harboured a fascination with embodying multiple personas.

Human beings have evolved from unicellular organisms into creatures of intelligence who are capable of making inventions and building cities.

 I always swore to myself that I would never become consumed by any reality TV show.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at an entry in the  Forgotten Scoreboard File.

FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – Germany said yesterday it was investigating an apparent eavesdropping of a call, after Moscow said a recording of German officers showed them discussing weapons for Ukraine and a potential strike by Kiev on a bridge in Crimea.

You wouldn’t think that the recent Oscar nominee for Best Picture (Celine Song’s “Past Lives”) has much in common with the Will Gluck romantic-comedy “Anyone But You”, but both films are an unwelcome reminder that contemporary romances keep forgetting the most important thing – a burning romance.

Today is the final round of the 2024 Literary Festival of the Guyana Prize for Literature. 

“I hear a lot of people say that you don’t mind your neighbour business and that is better to keep to yourself.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips, performing the functions of President, on Friday conveyed Guyana’s appreciation for the growing alliance between this country and the Dominican Republic (DR), lauding the strides made in bilateral ties over the past two years.

Last week we broke down some of the provisions in the Sexual Offences Act which seek to protect children from people in positions of trust who may seek to use that position to commit sexual offences against them.

Introduction Today’s column considers the third modeled driver and metrics related to the affordability of the Buxton Proposal; Government Take or the average effective tax rate, AETR, yielded by the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) regime governing Guyana’s oil exploration, development and production.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The fourth trading period in February 2024 has resulted in the Lucas Stock Index declining by 0.571 percent on the sale of 208,516 shares.