Articles published on Sunday, July 17, 2022
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce claimed an astonishing fifth world 100 metres title yesterday when she clocked 10.67 seconds to edge Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah in a brilliant Jamaican clean sweep.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Major crude oil producers have spare capacity and are likely to boost supplies following President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East, a senior U.S.
The Guyana Police Consumers’ Co-op Society was crowned champions of the Guyana Police Force’s 183rd Anniversary cook-up rice competition which was held yesterday at the Officers’ Mess and OTC Tarmac, Eve Leary, Georgetown.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados has recorded its first confirmed case of monkeypox.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Ukraine war shows that the West’s dominance is coming to an end as China rises to superpower status in partnership with Russia at one of the most significant inflection points in centuries, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Fred Kerley led an American clean sweep in the 100 metres final yesterday, the first since 1991, to send the home fans wild and give the sport’s dominant nation a night to remember as they hosted the World Championships for the first time.
(Trinidad Guardian) Crime in T&T became one of the main issues on the agenda when Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley chaired a two-day Cabinet retreat which ended yesterday.
The National Assembly’s Committee of Privileges has recommended the suspension of eight APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) for what was described as an unprecedented move to derail the parliamentary process when they forcibly removed the ceremonial mace from the Chamber as part of a protest to stop the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill.
A man is now dead after his throat was slit in a midday fight on Saturday at New Amsterdam.
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has bemoaned the lack of availability of farming and industrial lands for locals but government says that the shortage is a result of too many applications for specific areas.
The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday said that Raymond Jones, the man who was freed on Friday after spending nine years on remand without a trial, was not indicted since additional evidence requested from the magistrate who presided over the preliminary inquiry into the charge against him was never presented.
President Irfaan Ali has assured that the functioning of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 elections would not interfere with the ongoing hearing of the elections cases before the courts.
Acting East Coast of Demerara Commander Keithon King has said that an autopsy would not be performed on the remains of Krishna Maniram, the 21-year-old, who succumbed on Monday, days after he was stabbed at a bar at Mon Repos.
Guyana reclaimed the overall title at the conclusion of the 2022 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships yesterday, after clinching the boys and girls’ team crowns respectively following unbeaten campaigns in both divisions.
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn on Friday handed over 1,000 certificates of birth, marriage, and death to toshaos of the various Amerindian villages who were attending the National Toshaos’ Council Conference in Georgetown.
Jasmine Abrams was full of expectations in her first World Athletics Championships, but her appearance ended in disappointment last evening at Hayward Field at the spanking new stadium in Eugene, Oregon.
Dear Editor, In a recent article it was reported that Vice President Jagdeo stated, among other things, that a larger share of its oil revenues sooner, would not benefit the country.
The Labour Ministry last week shut down an attempt by Princess Casino Guyana Inc.
The National Aquatic Centre will tomorrow be a hive of activity with over 1000 participants scheduled for the launch of the Teach Them Young Swim programme.
Dear Editor, In the 1970s until 1992 during the dark days of the Burnham dictatorship, this song “O maninja” was played over and over in the villages as it captured the plight of Guyanese scrounging for a living under the PNC regime.
Guyana is expected to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its public policy and fiscal management response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a US$130 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Dear Editor, Starting from the 1960s, the PNC’s attitude towards politics has been “what is ours is ours, and what is the PPP’s is negotiable”.
Vibrant Performance, through its Caribbean distributor JTECH Motorsport Solutions, has rebranded the Automotive Art ‘unruly’ Honda Civic vehicle ahead of this weekend’s Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Circuit Racing championship round two.
Following hot on the heels of the Champion-of-Champions dominoes competition won Thursday by Executive from Gold is Money and Providence, another blockbuster dominoes event will take at the National Gymnasium today.
Dear Editor, It was the majestic Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke, among illustrious others, who moaned in stirring song “Nobody knows the trouble I have seen”.
Dozens of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and their supporters yesterday took to the streets of Georgetown for the 2022 pride parade.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden told Arab leaders yesterday that the United States would remain an active partner in the Middle East, but he failed to secure commitments to a regional security axis that would include Israel or an immediate oil output rise.
A four-wicket loss in the third and final One Day International against Bangladesh at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday ensured West Indies suffered a series sweep.
Employees of Sterling Products Limited (SPL) are due to see a 7% increase in their wages for this year and an 8% increase for next year, across-the-board, after the company concluded a two-year agreement with the Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU).
Dear Editor, Kindly spare me space in your widely read newspaper, which I have supported for decades in more than one way.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday its forces would step up military operations in Ukraine in “all operational areas” as Moscow’s rockets and missiles pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.
Dear Editor, When I entered comic book stores in Kitchener, Ontario Canada and New York, I was so excited that I could have purchased comics of the 40s and 50s in very good conditions to add to my collection of over four thousands comics.
Slingerz FC maintained their perfect record in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior Men’s League, defeating fellow unbeaten outfit Pouderoyen 6-3 in a top-of-the-table clash on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
(Barbados Nation) – Emcee Mac Fingall has called it quits from the local stage as a host of calypso tent shows after 40 years.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress yesterday voted to host the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, after outrage over the legislature’s initial decision not to approve the summit because of requirements to provide gender neutral bathrooms.
MANILA, (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered the transport ministry to renegotiate loan agreements struck by his predecessor with China for railway projects worth $4.90 billion, an official said yesterday.
The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 137 new COVID-19 cases from the results of 639 tests.
Editor’s Note: Upon further review of our interview with Ms Laura George, Stabroek News has verified that while she was not in fact misquoted in the article, `For 21 months, Amerindian Peoples Association has been unable to meet Minister Sukhai’, published on 22 May, 2022, her comments were presented out of context.
A programme manager with the Delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Jude B Da Silva has ended up right where she dreamed she would when she was a teenager in Santa Rosa, Moruca, Region One.
(Reuters) – Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi led Pakistan’s spirited bowling display with a four-wicket haul to help the touring side skittle Sri Lanka for 222 on the first day of the opening test in Galle yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Digicel Group has finalised the sale of its Pacific operation to Australian telecommunications company Telstra Corporation Limited that, it said, was paid for with financing from the Australian government, through Export Finance Australia.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A lawyer pushing the baseless claim of massive fraud in the 2020 election urged former President Donald Trump to overturn his loss through steps that would be viewed as “martial law,” according to a memo published online yesterday by the New York Times.
With litigants on both sides unable to agree on the facts in the legal challenge mounted to the passage of the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF) law, High Court Judge Navindra Singh has converted the action from a fixed date application (FDA) to a statement of claim (SOC).
As the countdown of days continues before Guyana enters the competitive arena of the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, it may be worthwhile to look at the compositions of other teams.
By Neville J. Bissember In February 1999, as the second round of negotiations on a successor Agreement to the Lome Convention advanced – the name Cotonou had not as yet been determined – the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group and the European Union (EU) travelled to Senegal to hold those discussions, honoring the tradition of an ACP Member State playing host to a session.
The Police Association has provided assistance to Lance Corporal Alpha Daniels, whose West Ruimveldt home was destroyed by fire just over a week ago.
It is nice to see that the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE) has a new and improved website.
Introduction Today’s column wraps-up my presentation of the call for a National Oil Company, NOC, as a policy choice and action the Authorities should commit to by the mid-2020s.
Drama is among the most misunderstood and most abused subjects in secondary schools in Guyana.
(Barbados Nation) – Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA), Senator Shanika Roberts-Odle said the approval of its first nine licences to two Barbadian licensees was a great step for the island’s entrance into the sector.
“When I see the land and saw where it was, I felt like instantly a part of me died.
MENDE, France, (Reuters) – Australian Michael Matthews completed a vintage ride to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France yesterday, a hilly trek from Saint Etienne to Mende, as Jonas Vingegaard held off defending champion Tadej Pogacar to retain the yellow jersey.
It is not too late to shed some extra weight for this ‘summer’. With
“There is hope for us all.” That line acts as a coda of sorts for the final sequence in the newly released comedy “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris,” where Lesley Manville plays a widowed cleaning lady whose yearning for a couture Christian Dior dress takes her to Paris and on a string of adventures far beyond her dreams.
After several postponements owing to the pandemic, the National Toshaos Conference finally was held last week under the theme ‘Good Governance and Fast-Tracking Amerindian Development’.
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – The heirs of a 19th century sultanate are seeking to seize Malaysian government assets around the world in a bid to enforce a $14.9 billion arbitration award they won against the Southeast Asian nation, despite a stay on the case handed by a French court, their lawyers told Reuters.
I have always loved libraries. Nearly 70 years have passed since I went to Cambridge and first visited the Seeley Historical Library near the Senate House.
Universal adult suffrage, with its promise of Independence and social justice, gave rise to popular participation of workers and farmers in active politics.
Dear Editor, Even with all the video and other evidence available following the brouhaha in Parliament with the blatant removal of the mace, the opposition remains adamant and steadfast in its position- it wasn’t us.
