Articles published on Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today warned the government here against signing a MoU on a number of areas with Trinidad and Tobago until Port of Spain removes Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) on Guyanese goods.
(Reuters) – The world’s oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Gerhard Schroeder’s publicly funded office is to be closed and its remaining staff reallocated amid mounting dismay at the former German chancellor’s refusal to distance himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Commission today unveiled a 210 billion euro plan for Europe to end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2027, and to use the pivot away from Moscow to quicken its transition to green energy.
(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a local contractor against a Guyanese client over GYD$70.3 million (TT$2.28 million) in fees from a contract.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday introduced the Industrial Hemp Bill 2022 in the National Assembly, paving way for the decriminalisation of hemp and outlining a path towards industrialisation.
Despite calls from the Opposition for the Condominium Bill to be sent to a Special Select Committee, the government remained adamant that the piece of legislation is urgent for the overall development of the housing sector resulting in its passage at yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly.
A Guyanese pastor in the Caribbean island chain of the Turks & Caicos was on Monday sentenced to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to raping two girls under the age of 15, multiple times.
A Corentyne man who was released three weeks ago from the New Amsterdam Prison was yesterday morning found dead with severe chop injuries about his body in an empty lot at Number 55 Village, Corentyne.
The Opposition APNU+AFC is accusing President Irfaan Ali of consulting in bad faith following the first meeting between him and Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton.
Three years after their accomplices admitted robbing and killing retired professor Pairaudeau `Perry’ Mars, Timothy Paul Chance and Andre Benjamin who had professed their innocence, yesterday admitted their involvement in the crime as well.
Thirty-nine-year-old Sharon Hoppie of Lot 32, Hadfield Street, Lodge, Georgetown, was stabbed in the wee hours of yesterday by her ex-boyfriend.
After conducting 976 COVID-19 tests, the Ministry of Health yesterday recorded a total of 65 new cases.
President of the Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF), Gavin Singh, met with Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken (Ag) on May 13 to discuss partnering with the force’s martial arts academy to develop mechanisms to promote the discipline.
A Corentyne man was yesterday found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter following a trial before Justice Simone Morris–Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice.
Dear Editor, I was horrified to learn recently that the government has effectively brought the GuySuCo cane variety research programme to an end.
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has officially announced the formation of the long-awaited Athletes Commission.
A shoemaker was yesterday remanded to prison over the possession of marijuana after he was arraigned at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, The following is my response to Mr. Jordan’s letter under the caption `The Constitution of Guyana provides four instances in which spending can be undertaken without prior Parliamentary approval’, as contained in yesterday’s issue of the Stabroek News.
MARIUPOL, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Concerns grew yesterday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance.
Giving a breakdown of all oil revenues deposited into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) to date, government yesterday made public its first notification of receipts from proceeds as per the Natural Resource Fund Act which came into effect last December.
Captain of East Ruimveldt futsal giant, Back Circle, Selwyn Williams, declared that his charges will be on a quest to exact revenge against Sparta Boss when the two sides collide in the final of the Magnum Independence Cup on Saturday at the National Park tarmac, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.
Items destroyed in the Brickdam Police Station Fire last year amounted to some $104.3m, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn informed the National Assembly yesterday.
Dear Editor, I am responding to the main thesis proposed by Dr Muniram Budhu, Professor Emeritus, in his May 15 letter in SN `Gov’t’s intent to transform education must address several fundamental questions’ regarding using windfall profits from the oil and gas boom to transform education in Guyana.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country’s response to its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as immature, accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state media reported yesterday.
The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced the passage of a bill for the abolition of the Stamp Duty on retail transactions.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – President Gabriel Boric’s administration has declared a state of emergency in southern areas of Chile rattled by intensifying violence stemming from an ongoing conflict between the state and indigenous Mapuche groups.
Dear Editor, It is a matter of deep concern that officials in positions and who assume office at the change of government, when before the parliamentary oversight body on government spending are unable to answer questions and provide explanations and clarity to queries.
(Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday that he was suing a Supreme Court justice, marking the latest episode in a running showdown between the president and the court that could spill into the country’s upcoming presidential election.
Dear Editor, I write to respond to the claims of a May 10 letter published in SN titled `No other country but Guyana has ever received such a low royalty and profit sharing and high cost recovery’ that claims once again that Guyana is a “victim” of a bad deal.
Guyana Harpy Eagles captain, Leon Johnson, believes that planning and executing well will result in his side reprising their West Indies Championship title as they prepare to face title holders, Barbados Pride, in round three today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Conrad Enil has been appointed High Commissioner to Guyana.
CARACAS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s opposition were expected to announce a resumption of talks as Washington eases some sanctions to help smooth the way for the negotiations, according to U.S.
Two Guyanese who had been previously deported from the US were among 15 persons who were found on a boat carrying migrants that was intercepted by a US Customs and Border Protection vessel off Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach County on May 9.
Dear Editor, “Ian on Sunday” eloquently captured a view on governance noting that small issues, ordinary problems, daily grievances ought not to be neglected.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Investigators looking into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines 600115.SS
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said yesterday he would not attend next month’s Summit of the Americas, a day after the United States criticized the Central American country for appointing its attorney general to serve another term.
On Tuesday, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony officially commissioned the first Blood Bank in Region Three at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
Dear Editor, It feels like yesterday when it was that Chatterpaul and Haresh left us, but it also feels like a decade awaiting justice for these two sons of our soil.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Clashes rocked Libya’s capital early yesterday as the parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, tried to take over government there but was forced back out by a rival administration that refuses to cede power.
Dear Editor, The London-based Privy Council, the final Appeal Court of several Caribbean nations and also Guyana’s until it was abolished by the tyrant Forbes Burnham, ruled on Monday that the death penalty is not a violation of the constitution of nations where it is law.
President Irfaan on Friday paid tribute to the relationship between Guyana and Norway and says that both countries are aware of the importance of the Blue economy.
BUFFALO, N.Y., (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday condemned white supremacy, the media, the internet and politics for spreading racist conspiracy theories as he mourned the killing of 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York.
HAVANA/MIAMI, (Reuters) – Cubans in Havana yesterday celebrated the Biden administration’s decision to ease Trump-era restrictions on remittances and travel to the island, a crack in the door that comes as its government wrestles with economic crisis and a mass exodus of its citizens to the United States.
Renewing their passports and driver’s licences are two exercises that Guyanese probably look forward to with as much anticipation as their next scheduled dental appointment.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s elections chief yesterday warned that the South American country could face a similar assault as the 2021 U.S.
Dear Editor, I think I may be a pioneer! Short sharp letters to the editor making the point in two paras or less.
(Reuters) – Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay became the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage after coming through a packed group with an impressive sprint to claim stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday the U.S.
Three persons are now being treated for injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after they were involved in an accident yesterday along the Soesdyke\Linden Highway, in the vicinity of Yarrowkabra village.
(CMC) – The captains of the six franchises in the West Indies Championship are talking up their team’s chances as the region’s marquee four-day tournament restarts today, all saying their players were fit for battle and focused on executing their game plans.
(Reuters) – A decade after the splash of Chinese cash first made waves in the global football market, the once racing certainty that China would become a major player in the game looks increasingly like a long-odds gamble.
(Reuters) – England cricket chief executive Tom Harrison will step down in June after more than seven years in the role, the country’s board said in a statement yesterday.
