Daily Archive: Friday, April 15, 2022

President Irfaan Ali has told workers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that the Government will ensure they stay employed.

President Irfaan Ali commissioned the Mandela Avenue to Eccles four-lane highway on Thursday which will significantly reduce traffic congestion on the East Bank of Demerara.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russia’s siege of Mariupol as fighting raged around the city’s massive steel works and port, and the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerful explosions in two weeks.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration today said it has resumed plans for oil and gas development on federal lands, a move that could break a pledge Joe Biden made while campaigning for president.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound today, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict.

The Ministry of Health today reported six new cases of COVID-19.

Police in Region Seven are probing the murder of  Vanessa Rodrigues, called ‘Chinee girl’, a 36-year-old female from Lethem, in Region #9.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the supply of 50 Megawatts of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO)-generated power by Independent Power Producers (IPP).

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of motor bikers followed Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro today from Sao Paulo to the neighboring city of Americana along a 60-mile (100-km) rally.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said today it was trying to break Russian forces’ siege of Mariupol, with fighting raging around the city’s Illich steel works and port, while the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerful explosions in two weeks.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Russia has blocked access to the websites of Radio France Internationale and the Russian-language service of The Moscow Times, the communications regulator said, in the latest restrictions on media since Russia invaded Ukraine.

(Trinidad Guardian) A manhunt is underway for three gunmen who shot and killed Junior Chase, a soldier with the T&T Defense Force, outside a food outlet in San Fernando on Good Friday morning.

DURBAN,  (Reuters) – South African authorities were releasing emergency funds today to help tens of thousands of people left without shelter, water and power, after flash floods washed away homes and roads and killed almost 400 people on the country’s east coast.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Joe Root stepped down as England test captain on Friday, saying the job had taken a heavy toll on him recently, after dispiriting tours of Australia and the Caribbean capped a string of poor results.

With speed limits varying from 30 – 80 km/h, the Eccles to Mandela Avenue alternative road on the East Bank of Demerara will be equipped with smart speed-monitoring systems to ensure compliance with traffic regulations, according to President Irfaan Ali.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday called for a “rapid and visible” reinvention of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) so that the organisation can function in a “new” mode of operation.

The government on Wednesday tabled proposed amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act which, once passed, will see juveniles being tried together with adults for offences they are accused of committing together which cannot be disposed of by summary trial.

Guyana lost their opening match in the 2022 Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games Hockey Qualifier, going down to Puerto Rico by a 1-0 scoreline yesterday in Hamilton, Bermuda.

The 29-year-old accused in the stabbing of a four-year-old girl was yesterday charged with attempting to commit murder and was placed on $150,000 bail.

Three men were yesterday charged with the armed robbery of a 50-year-old resident of Goedverwagting Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara during a home invasion on April 6.

Not long ago, any verifiable information from reliable sources that the Guyana economy had been registering anything above the level of its customary year-by-year underwhelming performance would have been sufficient cause for robust media-driven official celebrations.

Dear  Editor, We are the family of the late, beloved and well respected, Mr.

Having been denied both the festivities and the valuable financial windfall that attends the Rupununi Rodeo on account of two successive years of postponement arising out of the coronavirus pandemic, residents and the business community in Region Nine are in high spirits following the disclosure that the authorities had cleared the staging of the hinterland’s most popular entertainment event over this Easter weekend.

The government on Wednesday afternoon tabled before the National Assembly proposed amendments which, if passed, will allow the confession of an accused to be admitted in evidence at trial, against a co-accused.

Dear Editor, We thank Swami Aksharananda Ji for highlighting the plight suffered by the bereaved family and hundreds of others on April 8, 2022, where a Hindu funeral was being conducted at Kashi Dham, Ruimzeight, WCD.

The energy news site oilprice.com is projecting that Guyana will be pumping more than one million barrels of oil daily by 2027 and that the returns therefrom will deliver “a tremendous economic windfall for one of South America’s most impoverished nations.”

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Wednesday dodged questions surrounding the failure to hold elections for Mayors of municipalities and Chairpersons of the  Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs).

Dear Editor, If there were to be the most casual check, businessmen, and indeed Skeldon Estate employees will be able to inform the relevant officials of the abandoned airfield along the highway to Crabwood Creek that was utilised by local airline services, as well as GuySuCo who owned it.

Twenty-four Guyanese doctors will soon be embarking on a six-month Chinese Medical Brigade specialist programme.

As Guyana’s oil and gas sector seeks to build, incrementally, on its accomplishments since the first oil find in May 2015, companies associated with the sector continue to roll out orientation and training programmes designed to position Guyanese to benefit more from openings in the sector.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) through its agriculture programme has harvested a quantity of vegetables at the Mazaruni Prison Farm.

Dear Editor, I attended the National Assembly on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

As a creative being, Natasha David has arguably as much as any other Guyanese artist, won the right to ‘talk up’ her work.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has received $1 million from the National Sports Commission (NSC) intended to support the participation of the association’s contingent at the 35th CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Barbados to be held from April 16 to 20.

Dear Editor, The current acting Commissioner of Police (CoP) has started off on the right foot. 

Even as the Guyana authorities continue to pull out the proverbial stops to try to keep at least part of continues to be a declining sugar industry alive, one of the Caribbean’s leading academics, Barbadian Historian Sir Hilary Beckles, is advocating that his country move to leave sugar behind for the sake of the nation’s health.

The post-mortem examination (PME) which was done on 19-year-old Shenese Walks revealed that she died of a stab wound to her neck.

Golden Grove and Melanie will face-off in the semi-final round of the 592 Beer ‘Skills for Cash’ seven-a-side football tournament, following contrasting quarterfinal wins last evening at the Victoria Community ground.

After two years of reduced kite flying due to the pandemic measures, kite vendors are now all smiles as they say that business is booming this Easter season.

Dear Editor, Of recent, the Government could be seen traversing throughout Guyana, meeting people to listen to the issues affecting them and making decisions to assist.

WASHINGTON, United States – Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are on track to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, but the scars of the pandemic remain and the need for a more dynamic, inclusive and sustainable growth is ever more urgent, according to a new World Bank report, “Consolidating the Recovery, Seizing Green Growth Opportunities”.

KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Powerful explosions were heard in Kyiv early today, and air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as residents braced for new Russian attacks after Moscow’s lead warship in the Black Sea sank following a fire.

Guyana has commenced preparation in Cayenne, French Guiana, for their two-match international friendly series which starts tomorrow, in an effort to ramp up their preparation for the CONCACAF Nations League in June.

As part of government’s commitment to expanding health facilities across the country, and to ensure all citizens have access to quality health care services, the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday commissioned the refurbished $13.6 million Nappi Health Post in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), according to a Ministry of Health release.

DUNGENESS, England/KIGALI  (Reuters) – Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday, aiming to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.

Earlier this month the Russian bauxite giant RUSAL, executed its first export in almost a month on account of the hobbling of the company’s operations as a consequence of Russia’s invasion of  Ukraine, according to shipping data placed in the public domain.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend our President for leading our people and country into a day of Fasting and Praying, and the call to “Lift up each other”.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday April 7, 2022

Dear Editor, The pushback from some quarters in Suriname on the much heralded granting of fishing licenses to our fisherfolk in the Upper Corentyne, looks like the arrangement has fallen through flat. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned NATO yesterday that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led

Bids were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply and delivery of wheelchair buses to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Russia has asked Brazil for support in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G20 group of top economies to help it counter crippling sanctions imposed by the West since it invaded Ukraine, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

The local CARIFTA Games athletes had a feel of the track and the pit yesterday at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica ahead of this weekend’s event.

(Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took aim at Twitter Inc TWTR.N

Dear Editor,   We hereby commiserate with the elders, together with the darling wife and children of Lakhram Singh, popularly known as Mike.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The board of governors of the Inter-American Development Bank has approved a resolution to hire an outside firm to investigate allegations that IDB President Mauricio Claver-Carone had an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, sources familiar with the decision said yesterday.

In celebration of its tenth year here in Guyana, Assuria Insurance chose to honour its first major corporate pension plan customer – Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

The Mayor’s Cup inter-ward nine-a-side knockout football tournament will resume on Sunday at the Buxton Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara, with another round of elimination fixtures.

Some Caricom Heads including President Irfaan Ali did not recognise that the war in Ukraine had global implications which went well beyond what they perceived to be their national interest in economic or localised political terms.

(Reuters) – Holder Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals with a 7-5 7-6(1) victory over Laslo Djere yesterday while fourth seed Casper Ruud was knocked out in straight sets by Grigor Dimitrov.

(CMC) – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) will be implementing a paperless solution for the collection of doping control data.

(Reuters) – Former Colombia captain Freddy Rincon has died after he sustained severe head injuries in a car crash that occurred in the city of Cali earlier this week, doctors said late on Wednesday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 962’s trading results showed consideration of $25,726,216 from 64,544 shares traded in 33 transactions as compared to session 961’s trading results which showed consideration of $39,899,753 from 104,120 shares traded in 47 transactions.

(Reuters) – England’s World Cup-winning bowler Anya Shrubsole has announced her retirement from international cricket at the age of 30, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) During the last two years, in the midst of all the confusion and chaos brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic, Massy Stores embarked on the most rapid expansion drive in its history, opening 13 new locations across the region in just 18 months.

(Reuters) – Britain’s men’s 4x100m relay team have been told to hand back their Tokyo 2020 silver medals after Chijindu Ujah’s doping violation, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The family of an African refugee killed by a Michigan police officer during a traffic stop demanded yesterday that authorities dismiss the officer from the force and file criminal charges against him, a day after a video of the fatal shooting was released.

One more COVID-19 death was yesterday reported by the Ministry of Health.

There can be no question that the advent of an oil and gas sector and the attendant international attention that it has brought Guyana has dramatically opened up the country to external interest that is attended mostly by upbeat assessments of its investment potential.

SV Ratio FC of Paramaribo, Suriname will arrive on local shores tomorrow to compete in the final match of the best-of-three series in the Goodwill International Masters Football Championship.

Dear Editor, I respond to Ravi Dev’s letter of April 11 in which he accepts my source(s) in which “East Indians” were quoted as participating, in one incident, in the 1856 Angel Gabriel riots (Ref: “Summarizing the Angel Gabriel riots of 1856”).

(CMC) – Shimron Hetmyer’s cameo was short of what was required as Rajasthan Royals produced a botched run chase to crash to a 37-run defeat to Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

By Abe Shinzō TOKYO – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reminded many people of the fraught relationship between China and Taiwan.

One politician’s Good Friday Mankind seems to have a sustained desire, even the crucial need, to believe in something, someone, way beyond his own mortal human everyday existence.

From a young age, children are taught that their bodies are not their own, and that their rights are limited to the understanding of their parents about what they do and do not deserve.