Articles published on Friday, November 15, 2019
Demerara Distillers Limited today announced that it had entered a joint venture partnership with Trinidadian company CWSL for the oil and gas sector which includes the development of a “world-class shore base facility”.
A number of mining properties are to be converted from prospecting permit status to mining status and this will benefit a number of big players in the industry and others.
(Jamaica Star) Internet sensation Ivany Wright has been released from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) after she was shot and injured along Waterloo Road in St Andrew on Thursday night.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S.
(Trinidad Newsday) Counsellors from the police Victim and Witness Support Unit have been assigned to ten children, eight of whom witnessed the killing of their father, Damian Howe, in the family’s Marabella home on Thursday morning.
(Trinidad Express) Arlene Blackman died on Thursday night after being shot in her car in Mt Hope.
(Trinidad Guardian) Shortly after UNC officials spoke out against T&T’s runaway crime situation at a political meeting on Thursday night came news that Princes Town MP Barry Padarath had been robbed at gunpoint.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is bringing his electric scooters to Japan, hopeful that his celebrity status will help persuade regulators that the environmental benefits are important enough to relax some of the curbs on their use.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican dancehall entertainer Brigadier Jerry has been slapped with a battery of gun-related charges in the United States, but the incident may have been triggered by a prank gone wrong, his wife has said.
(Jamaica Gleaner) While travellers passing through United States airports will breathe easier after a federal court ruled warrantless searches of phones, tablets and laptops unconstitutional, several Jamaicans have recounted tales of trauma about what they deemed an invasion of privacy.
The Board of Australian gold mining company, Troy Resources Ltd will on Sunday decide the future of its Region 7 operations, even as Chief Executive Officer Ken Nilsson said that they would need about US$5M per month to sustain it and hinted at a possible short-term scaling down.
Government on Wednes-day announced a series of wage and salary increases for the Public Service but the total cost to the treasury remains unclear and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has claimed that the coalition government is planning to dismiss 20,000 workers to make the increase sustainable.
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is calling for enhanced transparency in the allocation of state-owned lands, inclusive of a public reporting mechanism to show how, and to whom, for how much, and for how long state lands have been leased.
President David Granger yesterday told a visiting IDB team that Guyana must be prepared in the shortest possible time for the coming of first oil.
While the Alliance for Change had been adamant that yesterday would have been the last day in negotiations with the APNU for a new Cummingsburg agreement, sources say that they buckled under pressure and have agreed to meet again on Monday as a formula for seats saw a deadlock again.
Sources at the dorms of the Anna Regina Multilateral School in Essequibo are angry over a report in yesterday’s Guyana Times about the students being affected because the kitchen was out of “essential food items.”
Advocating for the allocation of a “fair share” of the returns from the country’s oil and gas industry, bringing the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce (ECC) into the national business mainstream and aggressively promoting the ‘Cinderella County’ as a hotspot for tourism are among the key priorities of Region Two businessman Roopan Ramotar who, last Sunday, was elected Chairman of the (ECC).
Cabinet has taken note of a series of contract awards by procurement agencies which include $215.1m and $208.5m for police divisional headquarters at Anna Regina and Mabaruma respectively and $137m for the rehabilitation of the Lethem aerodrome.
While the local response to this week’s disclosure that the British company Tullow Oil is now in the process of reassessing the commercial viability of its recent oil discoveries offshore Guyana has been relatively muted, not so that of the wider international community including those constituencies with vested interests in the well-being of the company.
LUCKNOW, India, CMC – Opener Evin Lewis struck a trademark aggressive half-century while seamer Kesrick Williams marked his first appearance for West Indies in 16 months with a three-wicket haul, as the Caribbean side swept aside Afghanistan by 30 runs in the opening Twenty20 International here yesterday.
The trial of Lolita Callendar, known as ‘Lola Doll,’ for the alleged assault of fellow cosmetologist Onika Pompey, is expected to restart in December in a city court after she made the decision against compensating the woman for the injuries she suffered during a fight.
Fashion designer Carol Fraser has told the Stabroek Business that while the exposure secured by the Guyanese contingent that participated in the October 9-10 Florida International Trade Conference and Expo (FITCE) in Fort Lauderdale was helpful local participants need to become more familiar with “what to expect of these kinds of events” if they are to benefit from them.
Elton Dharry will face Australian Andrew Moloney in the latter’s backyard tonight for the vacant interim World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Flyweight title.It
Upgraded to the tune of $21m, the Soesdyke Post Office was yesterday recommissioned, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
On Thursday of next week, November 21, representatives of the local creative community will gather at the Pegasus Hotel for the media launch of the Fifth Edition of the Women in Business Expo, an event that affords glimpses into the pursuits of a mix of some of the country’s emerging talents and other kindred spirits that have already made a mark for themselves.
West Indies Women conceded a series defeat after going down to India Women by seven wickets in the third T20 International at the National Stadium, Providence last night with the latter now with an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Shellon Barrow, who is accused of plotting to smuggle almost four pounds of cocaine out of the country last year, on Wednesday denied having knowledge of the narcotic and implicated her alleged co-conspirator, Latoya Griffith, during sworn testimony.
The government of the South American nation of Ecuador is reportedly facing a robust pushback from indigenous groups to plans to press its oil industry into service to boost its economy by attracting foreign oil investors to the country.
Following flooding due to spring tides and sea defence breaches, parts of some Mahaicony villages remain inundated with stagnant salt water as a result of the blocking of a drainage canal by a farmer seeking to protect his own rice crops from being flooded.
GT Masters and Fruta Conquerors Ladies were amongst the winners, when the Eyefull Entertainment and Kingston Football Development Academy staged a ‘Football Festival’ on Sunday November 10th at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.
The Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s premier football team, will oppose Aruba today from 21:00hrs in a pivotal clash at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora in League B of the CONCACAF Nations League.
Not too many years ago even the more open-minded Caribbean people might have baulked at the idea of marijuana becoming a mainstream product in both the medicinal and recreational industries never mind the popular ‘Legalize It” refrain of the internationally renowned and now deceased Jamaican reggae artiste Peter Tosh.
The construction of the second cell at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill is expected to be completed by next January, according to Site Manager Lloyd Stanton.
A Goed Bananen Land, East Canje Berbice security guard lost his life yesterday after he was involved in a collision along the Canefield Village, East Canje Berbice Public Road.
(CWI) – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday announced the appointment of A.R.
President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Warren Smith is advocating a private sector-led, regionally coordinated initiative to help the Caribbean optimize its benefits from the international business and financial services (IBFS) sector.
The Guyana Court of Appeal on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Alvin Raghubeer, who was convicted in 2016 for severing a man’s hand.
LONDON (Reuters) – Harry Kane scored a first half hat-trick as England booked their place in the finals of Euro 2020 as group winners with a crushing 7-0 victory over Montenegro at Wembley Stadium yesterday.
Dear Editor, The lead story of the November 14 Stabroek News which addressed another imposed pay increase to public servants at its ultimate paragraph saliently said “While public servants have gotten increases since 2015, sugar workers have had their wages frozen and 7,000 have lost their jobs”.
Across the range of skills to drive the country’s development it has become painfully apparent that the scarcity that we are continue to experience is impeding the pace of our development and that unless urgent corrective measures are put in place there is a very real chance that we could be left behind.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Kyle Mayers’ maiden List A hundred proved the difference as Barbados Pride halted Leeward Islands Hurricanes unbeaten streak by handing the Group A hosts a 32-run defeat here Wednesday night.
Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 14, 2019
Dear Editor, Recent publications show the existence of different accounts of the same events, centring on the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney.
Levar Moore, a 20-year-old electrician who is accused of robbing a policeman of his motorcycle at gunpoint, was yesterday remanded to prison.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under the U.S.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A dominant India remained on course for a big first innings lead after skittling out Bangladesh for a meagre 150 runs despite some sloppy catching on day one of the opening test yesterday.
*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.
Dear Editor, “You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time” – Abraham Lincoln We welcome the announcement by the Caretaker Government of salary increases for 2019.
BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Green Climate Fund, which provides finance for developing nations to tackle climate change, said yesterday it had reached a milestone of backing action in more than 100 countries, after approving $408 million for new projects.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Last Friday night, with Bolivia’s most important city paralyzed by demonstrations against leftist President Evo Morales, the police unit tasked with securing the presidential palace met to help decide the nation’s future.
(Reuters) – Football has long mixed with politics in South America but the refusal of Chilean players to play a friendly against Peru in sympathy with anti-government protesters has taken action and awareness to a new level.
(Trinidad Express) A CEPEP worker was shot dead in front of his children at their home in Marabella yesterday morning.
Dear Editor, I read David Hinds’ opinion, `Emptiness and Nothingness’, in the November 10, 2019 issue of Kaieteur News.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – The Hong Kong government condemned today an attack by a “violent mob” on the city’s justice secretary in London, the first direct altercation between demonstrators and a government minister during months of often violent protests.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 851’s trading results showed consideration of $78,383,073 from 302,967 shares traded in 22 transactions as compared to session 850’s trading results which showed consideration of $21,634,601 from 198,212 shares traded in 19 transactions.
The report in the Wednesday November 13 issue of the Stabroek News that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) did not, after all, provide certifying clearance for the four containers of assorted food items imported from Canada by Guyanese businessman Faizal Asif Iqbal Alli which were impounded on the authority of the Government Analyst-Food & Drugs after being deemed unsafe for consumption is both relieving and disturbing.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Justin Greaves struck his second half-century of the Regional Super50 Cup as West Indies Emerging Players stunned previously unbeaten hosts Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by 10 runs here late Wednesday, to storm to the top of Group B.
Last week we reported on a case of a primary-school child being admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after being beaten by five of his classmates.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to a letter published on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 in Stabroek News under the caption – `No dividend from Police Force Credit Union since 2011’.
(Trinidad Guardian) A man who jumped bail 23 years ago on charges of rape, buggery and robbery with aggravation has been found by the police.
Congress Place did not convene a big general War-Room session for weeks.
Today’s column highlights a few issues raised by Mr. Raphael Trotman, then Minister of Natural Resources who appeared before the Natural Resources Committee of the National Assembly on May 18, 2018.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Public Health released estimations that approximately eight thousand Guyanese are living with sexually transmitted infections (STI).
