Daily Archive: Sunday, April 28, 2024

The following items were seized at the ‘Real All Black’ show held on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Retrieve Hardcourt Ground, Mackenzie, Linden.

(Reuters) – At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) says that liquidated damages are being applied against the contractor for the A-Line pump station at Goed Fortuin, West Demerara.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine has worsened and Kyiv’s troops have fallen back to new positions in at least three places along the front, Ukraine’s top general said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dr Dodridge Miller has been appointed Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI).

(Trinidad Guardian) Government and Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass appear to be at loggerheads over an error detected in T&T’s 2023 revenue data.

Commentator Ralph Ramkarran has called for the expungement from the constitution of sweeping immunity provisions for the President.

A biker and his pillion rider died yesterday morning at Diamond after the motorcycle crashed into a utility pole.

The Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED) announced on Wednesday, through the release of its 2023 Annual Report, that it had disbursed of a total of 4,881 loans valued at $4.3 billion, which contributed to the creation and maintenance of 8,655 jobs, a release from the company stated.

GPL is unable to meet its current peak demand of 180 MW as generators have broken down and instead of sourcing new ones the government was preoccupied with the gas-to-energy project, according to APNU+AFC MP David Patterson.

Thirty-two-year-old Linden taxi driver, Evon Barker called ‘Baby,’ has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for raping an 11-year-old girl in 2022.

The Gibraltar/Fyrish Neighbour-hood Democratic Council is likely to undergo an audit as the new Chairman, Davindra Sewnauth is pushing to ensure transparency at the local arm.

Retired agricultural scientist Guyanese Dr Reginald Thompson has moved from research and the formal classroom to mentoring and guiding students to become the best version of themselves on weekends in the Durham Education Mentoring Programme (DEMP) in Ontario, Canada.

The ‘Green Machine’, Guyana’s National Rugby 15s team, made a triumphant return to action, narrowly defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the first leg of their Rugby Americas (RAN) 15s match yesterday.

Twenty-one-year-old Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden resident, Joshua Lawrence has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for the rape of a teenage girl.

Introduction There are five parts to Nagamootoo’s Dear Land of Guyana but none of these identifies the theme or what the reader can expect of the chapters within those uneven parts.

Due to the prolong dry season team Adventure Guianas ( Piraiba Lodge) and volunteers from Apoteri Village, KWA and ARM came together recently  relocate stranded arapaimas.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship Trafalgar, East Bank Gunners, Big Ballers, and East Bank Young Guns clinched berths to the semifinal round following wins in the quarterfinal and round of 16 segments respectively when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship commenced on Friday night.

…as GCB T10 Blast continues Fans over on the West Coast of Demerara were treated to a triple-header at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast continued yesterday with the Berbice Caimans, Berbice Piranhas and Demerara Pitbulls all chalking up victories.

Holly Monderson, a 51-year-old clothes vendor of  Lot 9 Norton Street, Lacy-town, Georgetown, was robbed and beaten on Tuesday night at her camp located at Issano Landing, Middle Mazaruni, where she operates her business.

Dear Editor, For approximately two years, now, IDPADA-G and the Government of Guyana have been relentlessly and publicly trading accusations and rebuttals.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday rejected allegations that had been made against it by Melissa Atwell.

-captains promise quality football Ahead of today’s Milo Schools U-18 Football Tournament final, the captains and coaches of the finalists, Waramuri Primary Top and Chase’s Academic Foundation, met for a face-off yesterday at the Spice Garden Restaurant, Brandsville Hotel, Pike Street.

Dear Editor, The President of Guyana’s recent visit to Brooklyn underscores the importance of engaging with diaspora communities and recognizing their contributions to national development.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Friday hosted a lottery in Bartica, Region 7 for medium-scale mining properties.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for talks aimed at pushing for a peace agreement in Gaza to be held on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting, the WEF’s president said on Saturday.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Portugal’s government said yesterday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

As part of a regional initiative made possible by Caribbean Airlines, the Caribbean Village Cricket T10 competition will bowl off today in Guyana at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Centre Ground, West Coast Demerara in an inter-county format.

Police are investigating a shooting incident yesterday at the Two Brothers gas station located on the Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, In the article ‘PPC rejected complaint over contract for Fort Wellington school extension’ (SN April 26), it is reported that the complaint letter was dated September 1 2003 and received by the PPC on September 6 2003. 

Dear Editor, Next Sunday, May 5th, the day on which the first indentured labourers from India landed on our shores, is a Public Holiday.

The file concerning the shooting incident which claimed the life of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan on March 21 has been returned to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), according to information related by police to the Sunday Stabroek yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russia’s industrial production and investments are stagnating, its exports of goods are continuing to deteriorate and profitability in most industries is declining, a think tank close to the government has said in a report.

Dear Editor, The ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon that the teachers’ strike was “lawful and legitimate” and that the government’s decision not to pay the teachers for the days off the job and to stop deducting union dues on behalf of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is unconstitutional is a major contribution to the evolution of the country’s jurisprudence: social justice and the rule of law in Guyana.

MADRID,  (Reuters) –  Thou-sands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally in Madrid yesterday to call on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to stay on, after he stunned the country this week by saying he might quit the premiership.

Two Georgetown men were last  week remanded to prison after they were charged with being holders of unlicensed ammunition in Region Five.

Dear Editor, A dictator saved my life by helping me get to America.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council yesterday expressed its “deep concern” over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan’s North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Two men were last week remanded to prison in Region Five after they were charged with the offence of burglary.

A lot can be done with a little, and little done with a lot.

I always hated bras. From the wires, the heat they drive, restrictive feeling and the labour intensive duty to find a suitable one for every outfit, what is there not to hate.

Breaking Down Sexual Offences Introduction Following our exploration of sections 24 and 25 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (SOA), we now turn our focus to another critical provision within the same legislative framework: Section 26.

KIRTIPUR, Nepal, CMC – An energetic 74 from their captain Roston Chase was trumped by a dynamic hundred from opposing captain Rohit Paudel, and West Indies “A” endured a four-wicket defeat against hosts Nepal in the first Twenty20 match of their series yesterday.

The issue of presidential immunity reached a high point in the United States during last week in the hearing of a case in the United States Supreme Court brought by former President Donald Trump.

Have you ever seen a bear prepare for hibernation? The bear will eat enormous quantities of food, becoming almost twice his usual size in the process.

The cover driving came from the same place as a Carter poem or an Aubrey Williams vision of an ancient land.

The epic of the Bamia Primary School contract rumbles on. The contract was awarded in November 2021 and was intended to run for twenty months, but its completion date has been postponed more times than anyone cares to remember.

“As a mother sometimes I don’t know what to do but it does hurt me really bad.

Dear Editor, I thought that SN’s Friday April 26th article had a huge typo (“Ramps, Exxon facing complaint that US$4.4m equipment declared as worth US$12.1b”).

As winner of the FIDE 2024 World Championship Candidates Tournament, 17-year-old chess grandmaster from Chennai, India, Dommaraju Gukesh must now prepare to face world champion Ding Liren from China later this year.

(Reuters) – Three police officers were killed yesterday in southern Chile during what President Gabriel Boric called a cowardly attack that led him to declare three days of national mourning.

I am not going to lie, for the 29 years I lived in Guyana, I can count on one hand the number of times I ate cassava bread.

In the dark of night, two people have a late-night conversation the evening before a very important tennis match.

The Zoo Restoration and Enhancement Project has been launched by the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) under the theme, “Wildlife Warriors: Unite for Conservation” and is part of a rehabilitation drive to enhance the structures and surroundings of the Georgetown Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

By Nigel Westmaas “Get gold, humanely if possible, but at all hazards, get gold.”

Thirty persons were presented with cultural and creative industry grants at the 2024 Mashramani Awards Ceremony hosted at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on Tuesday evening.

(Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow sent England selectors a timely reminder of his big-hitting abilities before they pick a squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in June by scoring an explosive unbeaten century in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

NEW YORK CITY,  CMC – Jamaican jockey Romero Maragh and Guyanese trainer Naipaul Chatterpaul combined to deliver a single victory on the eight-race card on Friday at the Aqueduct racetrack in the United States.

(Field Level Media) Anthony Edwards recorded 36 points and nine rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the host Phoenix Suns 126-109 on Friday night to take a 3-0 playoff series lead for the first time in franchise history.

(Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council yesterday said it will vote for the country’s next president on Tuesday as part of efforts to bring the Caribbean country under control amid rampant gang violence.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.538 percent on the sale of 51,989 shares during the fourth period of trading in April 2024. 

Introduction As indicated last week, today’s column closely reports the findings in Budget 2024 regarding Items 2 to 6 listed therein.

This week-s preview April 29th to May 5th, 2024 Nah because dog ah play with yuh he nah bite yuh!

…Trinidadian self-publishing pro guides new writers (Trinidad Express) Self-publishing can be a viable vehicle for more local authors to propel their unread manuscripts onto the shelves of the islands’ bookstores, says author/publisher Daniel Francis.

(Reuters) – JioCinema, the streaming platform run by India’s Reliance Industries RELI.NS,