Daily Archive: Sunday, May 8, 2022

The market capitalisation of the Guyana Stock Exchange crossed the $1 trillion mark at the end of trading on April 25, 2022.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new weapons and equipment for Ukraine today after an unannounced visit to Kyiv, the capital.

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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said today.

(Barbados Nation) Moments before O’Neal ‘Mike’ Farmer was fatally stabbed in The City on Friday night, he got down on his knees to pray.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Shanghai authorities were tightening the city-wide COVID lockdown they imposed more than a month ago, prolonging into late May an ordeal that China’s capital Beijing was desperate to avoid by turning mass testing into an almost daily routine.

(Reuters) – Moscow residents appeared anxious but resilient as the country prepared today for its annual commemoration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with an economy reeling from the West’s most stringent economic sanctions in modern times.

Heavy winds on Friday night peeled off roofing sheets, smashed fences and downed utility poles in two Region Five communities leaving the owners of 18 houses counting their losses.

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson is rebutting the recent claims made by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) that the company contracted to maintain its generators utilised cheap spares.

Attorney-at-Law Elizabeth Deane-Hughes has written to both the President of ExxonMobil Guyana and the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting that the planned public consultation for the gas-to-power project be halted until the expiry of the mandatory 60 days comments/objections period.

Agriculture in Guyana received another boost with a collaboration between Dutch company, SBM Offshore and an aquaculture farm located in Region Three.

The Police Force says that it is investigating a “fake kidnapping” after a man allegedly staged his abduction to repay a drug dealer.

This is the second entry in a series on civil society.

The local press corps along with a number of news entities from Brazil were denied the opportunity to question Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Friday when the latter made his first official visit to Guyana.

Life has changed drastically and will probably never be the same again for Shameeza Bhagwandat, a single-parent mother who lost her only child in February this year after he was involved in an accident.

Family members and friends of former Queen’s College student, Sanjay Bhupan were plunged into a state of shock following his sudden death on Friday.

Residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands–West Demerara) and sections of Georgetown yesterday experienced a power cut after a minibus crashed into a utility pole at the corner of Sandy Babb Street and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

Police have identified the man who was stabbed to death at Rose Hall on Friday evening.

Just after midday yesterday, police ranks on roadblock duty in front of the Weldaad Police Station in West Berbice intercepted a taxi with 30.8 kgs of suspected cannabis and a 23-year-old passenger claimed possession.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 31 new cases of COVID-19.

The police in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) are investigating the death of a 60-year-old man, whose partially decomposed body was found at his Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home on Friday afternoon.

(UK Guardian) A Thursday afternoon at Maida Hill market square is filled with pensioners happily chatting and playing cards while enjoying the sunshine.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s profits taxes that are required under the 2016 Stabroek Contract should count as tax revenues.

Romeo Hunter came, saw hunted and conquered a strong bodybuilding field in Linden last night.

Dear Editor, Oil is on the lips of Guyanese, its riches on their minds, maybe their sleep, too. 

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday  donated 46 desk-top computers, one laptop, and 15 tablets to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The Rajasthan Royals (RR) were back to winning ways in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six wickets yesterday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has donated some $800,000 worth of cricket equipment to the Upper Demerara Cricket Association.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Crowds of hundreds of thousands massed in the Philippines yesterday where the leading presidential candidates made a last-ditch bid to sway undecided voters with patriotic, upbeat messages after a divisive election race.

Youths and women will soon benefit from training in specialised agricultural skills under a collaboration between the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and a non profit organisation out of Canada.

Dear Editor, As we observe World Press Freedom Day 2022, I call on the AG and Government to revamp our libel laws to allow for full freedom of expression and unbridled public comment for the promotion of proper governance and accountability in national affairs.

The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) moved to the top of the points table in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 75 runs yesterday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

A three day virtual symposium is being organized to examine the history, significance, and legacy of the first Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta), which was held in Guyana, while marking the fiftieth anniversary of the event. 

KYIV, (Reuters) – All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said yesterday, after a week long effort rescued hundreds of people during an ongoing Russian assault at the plant.

When Samantha Tross became the first female black orthopaedic surgeon in the United Kingdom, this was not a feat she was aiming at; she just had her mind set on specialising in a medical field that gives her almost instant work satisfaction.

Dear Editor, Although the roosters may have started to crow and answer each other from near and afar, the first light of early dawn would not have even begun to penetrate the eastern sky by the time he was up.

The Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) final practice match for the Harpy Eagles is set to commence tomorrow at the Providence National Stadium but the Guyana Cricket Board officials are keeping one eye on the weather.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched his presidential bid yesterday calling on Brazilians to unite behind him to defend Brazil’s democracy from the autho-ritarian government of far right President Jair Bolsonaro.

Grace Simon, now the community liaison with ExxonMobil Guyana, says her passion for helping people is what motivated her to pursue studies in areas that help people.

One of the prerogatives of age to a discerning eye is you understand people better.

BELFAST, (Reuters) – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), hailed its first victory in a Northern Ireland Assembly election as a “defining moment” for the British-controlled region and called for a debate on a united Ireland.

Dear Editor, My son, 13 years old, attends East Ruimveldt Secondary School.

Joel Embiid had 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds in a triumphant return from injury as the host Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Miami Heat 99-79 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday night.

“When the pandemic came it was already a struggle for me because the elections was there and people was not coming.

Dear Editor, Another abuse victim, murdered by her abuser, was buried on May 6 in Guyana and once again we hear how many people knew about the abuse but kept quiet.

In a perfect world the pen would always be mightier than the sword and intellect would always defeat brute force.

The University of Guyana’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics will be launching a lecture series on undergraduate research in Mathematics and Statistics by Professor Balgobin Nandram.

In the case of the Attorney General v Richardson, the then Attorney General, Basil Williams, challenged in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal striking down as unconstitutional the provision of the Constitution that limited a President to two terms.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday accepted Letters of Credence from diplomats from the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

By Nigel Westmaas In November 1916, the British Guiana East Indian Association (BGEIA) was established in New Amsterdam.

A spanking new, world class fitness facility, Space Gym 2.0 recently opened its doors on Mandela Avenue, about a mile east of the ‘old’ location and many new faced would be gainers have begun to frequent the place.

There were two major official celebrations along with a less publicised third event on Arrival Day this year.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government ordered women yesterday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.

They Came in Ships They came in ships From far across the seas.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuban rescue workers yesterday picked through rubble for bodies and possible survivors after a Havana boutique hotel was devastated by what authorities said was a gas explosion, leaving at least 26 dead.

I checked my watch during “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and was surprised to find that only thirty minutes remained.

Introduction This week’s column and the ones immediately following are devoted to linking the two areas into which I have codified  my presentation thus far.