Daily Archive: Sunday, April 10, 2022

GTT Business Solutions says it is aiming to boost businesses by offering internet and voice solutions packages with its new conneX plans.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Robert Persaud met yesterday with Guyanese living in Suriname.

KYIV/BUZOVA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said today it was seeking another round of European Union sanctions against Moscow and more military aid from its allies as it braces for a major Russian offensive in the east of the country.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Education has again apologised to the children affected by the circumstances surrounding the award of the SEA (Secondary Entrance Assessment) President’s Medal, 2020.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexicans today vote on whether their president should stay in office, in an unprecedented referendum he argues is vital to confirm his democratic mandate but which the opposition casts as a costly distraction from the country’s real problems.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan’s next prime minister to the legislature today, his party said, after incumbent Imran Khan lost a no-confidence vote in parliament after nearly four years in power.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he is endorsing celebrity surgeon Dr.

Seven new hotels are to be constructed this year as the government’s plans for the hospitality sector advance.

Incumbent leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan has confirmed that if nominated he is up for contesting once again for the top post of the party at its upcoming National Conference, which will also decide on its future as part of the former governing coalition with APNU.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is currently investigating the alleged mishandling of a report filed by a young woman who has alleged that she has been continuously abused and assaulted by her father, a city businessman, over a period of years On Friday night, the GPF said that an investigation was launched to determine whether the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were followed by the investigating ranks of the Kitty Police Station.

Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan says that hostility from the Chinese contractor for the Marriott Hotel when government tried to get information on it could have possibly delayed auditing of the annual financial records but it is now up to state holding company NICIL to declare what is reflected in its records on the hotel’s balance sheet.

With ExxonMobil ramping up activities offshore Guyana and the government granting more permits to advance the process, a group of environmental activists have written to Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Belizean Prime Minister Johnny Briceño outlining possible risks of the operations.

Almost two weeks after a miner succumbed at a city hospital, the police on Friday issued a wanted bulletin for his alleged killer.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons hopes the ongoing skills camp in Antigua will help correct West Indies’ erratic batting which has plagued them in the white-ball format.

A Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown woman was yesterday morning taken into police custody after she allegedly set her house on fire.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons believes West Indies’ performance during last month’s Test series win over England, has signalled huge strides by the Caribbean side.

A 44-year-old fisherman lost his life on Friday night after he was involved in an accident along the Massara Access Road, in the North Rupununi, Region Nine.

The Bartica Easter Regatta football knockout tournament will commence this evening at the Community Centre ground from 17:00hrs with a tripleheader.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force on Friday warned of a sharp rise in cases where suspected Nigerian nationals who are in the country illegally as well as some out of Guyana, are working with local accomplices to carry out scams and pyramid schemes on unsuspecting persons.

Spinners took the lion’s share of wickets yesterday as the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) secured first innings’ leads over Malteenoes Sports Club and Police Sports Club respectively.

Brief Scores:  Royal Challengers Bangalore 152-3 (Anuj Rawat 66, Virat Kohli 48; Dewald Brevis 1-8) beat Mumbai Indians 151-6 (Suryakumar Yadav 68*, Rohit Sharma 26; Harshal Patel 2-23) by 7 wickets.

Police in Region One have apprehended a suspect, who allegedly broke into a Moruca shop and stole more than $100,000 in items last Thursday.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed five new COVID-19 cases from its latest test results.

As a child, Vidya Ketwaroo was a regular visitor to the hospital because of illness and it was there she fell in love with the nurse’s uniform and knew one day it would be hers to wear.

AUGUSTA, Ga., (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’s comeback from a career-threatening injury will continue at the Masters but his bid for a sixth Green Jacket ended yesterday as world number one Scottie Scheffler closed on a first major title with a five-shot lead midway through the third round.

Dear Editor, The following missive, as per the above caption, was addressed to the Hon.

From a school dropout to a representative of the people, Charlene Garraway, 55, took menial jobs to earn a living for herself and two daughters before returning to school at age 37 to complete her secondary education.

ExxonMobil Guyana recently made a financial contribution to the United Women for Special Children (UWSC) to fund the pursuit of master’s degrees for two special education teachers.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies seamer Kemar Roach snatched two early wickets to initially leave Warwickshire’s reply in turmoil before Matthew Lamb’s second first class hundred bailed the hosts out here yesterday.

Dear Editor, “Country air indeed clears the mind and invigorates the body” Bridgerton S2:E3.

The Guyana men’s team ended the XXIX Pan Am senior squash championships in eighth place after losing their 7-8 playoff yesterday in Guatemala.

Dear Editor, ‘Unity In Diversity’ or ‘One Region, Many Voices’ is perhaps the best way at this point in time to describe the present state of affairs within CARICOM.

Caribbean attorney and journalist Oscar Ramjeet has led the efforts to publish a Commemorative Magazine to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and its achievements since the regional institution was established by Caribbean Governments five decades ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Road traffic deaths have increased by 25% in 2022, with 30 lives lost on the nation’s roads, according to data from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch Roadway Surveillance Unit.

By Nikita Blair April finds me in a mischievous mood, the joyful memories of Easters past working their way around my subconscious.

(Barbados Nation) – A Guyanese woman and her partner, who were living and working in Barbados under the Caricom Single Market and Economy free movement of labour programme, appeared in court on Friday charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding her eight-year-old child.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Vindhya Persaud on Thursday hosted an informal engagement with the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) officers to discuss the challenges and the changes needed to make the child protection system more efficient and effective.

Dear Editor, I’m not one to seek favours here in Guyana.

Eagles clinched the opening contest 3-1 of their five match semifinal series against Young Achievers when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Friday.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine is ready for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered fresh financial and military support during a surprise visit.

After six months of training in leadership and management skills, 18 Guyanese women have graduated from the Global Women in Management (GWIM) programme.  

HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. farmers, on a trade tour in Cuba, said on Wednesday they would like to sell more wheat and other farm products to the impoverished Caribbean island as a global food crisis looms, but that Cold War-era restrictions continue to hamper new deals.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted yesterday when he lost a vote of confidence in parliament, after being deserted by coalition partners who blame him for a crumbling economy and failure to deliver on his campaign promises.

Monedderlust and Rosignol clinched respective hard-fought wins when the third 592 Beer ‘Skills for Cash’ seven-a-side football tournament resumed Friday evening at the No.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a secular state and the Constitution implores the Government to practice secularism.

“Every month is a different story. Some months there is nothing and some other months it is not even half of what is supposed to be there.

Devin Booker scored 33, and Chris Paul added 16 points and 16 assists as the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stun the Utah Jazz 111-105 Friday night in Salt Lake City.

A day is dulled and dimmed if it passes and I do not pick up a book of poems in my library, browse in some anthology, find a new poem in the latest issue of Poetry Review or The New Yorker or some other magazine or at least before my eyes shut glance at some old favourite lines from Hopkins, Walcott, Yeats, Carter or a score of other supreme masters of the art and craft of making poems.

“Only the best will represent Guyana at the Chess Olympiad in July,” says Loris Nathoo, a director of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF).

Last week’s column represents an earnest effort on my part, to portray, largely in its own words, ExxonMobil’s official posture on global climate change and the energy transition away from fossil fuels usage.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France votes today in the first round of a presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election hopes.

As I walked into Space Gym last Monday (International Chest Day), it felt like there was not enough space at the facility for the gym members.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “I hope these citations on the 1856 riots satisfy Dev” (Apr 8).

Barry Levinson’s upcoming “The Survivor” finds itself juggling dual timelines for a large part of its running time.

Law Week, sponsored by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), is yet another innovative and imaginative effort by the legal profession to highlight and promote the importance of law and a law-based society in Guyana.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that Mexico does not accept the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a video message released to coincide with a global event in support of Ukrainian victims of the conflict.

Region Two Chairperson Vilma De Silva on Friday called on Essequibo residents to use the day to reunite and iron out their indifferences for the betterment of the region.

In the western world theatres have been closed for various reasons at different times in history.

Where international affairs are concerned consensus in Caricom is hard to come by.