Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 26, 2022

ExxonMobil this afternoon announced two new oil discoveries in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

On Sunday,  Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers intercepted a motor vehicle near the Hope Canal while conducting an operation in Dochfour village, East Coast Demerara.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants to intensify cooperation with Guyana to secure more convictions in a range of crimes including money-laundering and trafficking of narcotics.

(Trinidad Express) A 29-year-old man was killed and his wife wounded in a shooting at their Enterprise, Chaguanas, home on Monday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Mayaro man has been found guilty of murder and his former common-law wife guilty of manslaughter over the death of his nine-month-old stepson, who was beaten to death in 2008.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidad and Tobago national living in the United States is offering a reward of close to US$33,000 for information related to the disappearance of 24-year-old Jamaican social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson.

Security in Guyana and the rest of the region was among the issues discussed when President Irfaan Ali met yesterday with US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and other officials in Washington.

Following correspondence from an entity which claimed that it had been authorized to take over all rights from John Fernandes Limited (JFL) regarding a collapsed $35m deal for 143 acres of land, the Beterverwagting/Triumph NDC last week wrote to JFL seeking a meeting to thrash out the issue.

The decision to shut down the Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited (AMCAR) Rosignol, West Bank Berbice Plant stems from shortages of labour and raw material.

Government is a step closer towards establishing the platform that will provide training for 6,000 Guyanese by the Barbados tourism and hospitality sector.

National Security Advisor to the President, Gerry Gouveia yesterday said that the name of the Police’s Felix Austin Training College will not be changed.

Government is seeking to renew the contract of Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director General, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Egbert Field, whose term expires on August 2nd, 2022.

Daniel Melbourne, the man accused of causing the death of 50-year-old Reonol Williams more than two months ago was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $1.8m.

The former Chief Executive Officer and board member of the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) Dr.

In excess of 4500 of the world’s best athletes have begun to descend in Birmingham, England for 11 days of jam packed sporting action during the Commonwealth Games, Guyana’s athletes included.

A training facility for inmates will be constructed at the Timehri Prison on the East Bank of Demerara to the tune of $105 million.

Le Repentir Cemetery is running out of space, Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday said at a statutory meeting of the City Council.

A 61-year-old security guard died yesterday morning while on duty at a city hotel.

Kevin Boston’s F&H Dominoes team ran out winners of the National Sports Commission and Big Boss Transportation Services Limited 36-team extravanganza.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia said it will cut gas supplies to Europe from today in a blow to countries that have supported Ukraine, just as there were hopes that economic pressures could ease after Russia agreed to let Ukraine export grain from Black Sea ports.

Houston residents were yesterday told that Schlumberger Guyana Inc cannot go back in time to conduct an impact survey for its storage and calibration facility with radioactive sources as the process for an Environmental Assessment and Management Plan (EAMP) has now gotten underway.

Dear Editor, “Government in 2021 launched the GOAL Scholarship Programme and has since increased its offering.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York City police were hunting yesterday for thieves who burst into a Brooklyn church and brazenly stripped a bishop of the jewellery he was wearing while he was delivering his Sunday sermon as the service was livestreamed, officials said.

The police yesterday began erecting an outpost at the Meadow Bank Wharf but this led to some stalls being damaged, necessitating a hurried reallocation of vendors to other areas and repairs.

Cricket stars from Essequibo will be in action this month end when the Trophy Stall T10 competition gets underway at the two venues in the area.

Dear Editor, Voices are being heard from various corners across the ethnic and political spectrum in Guyanese society. 

MASKWACIS, Alberta,  (Reuters) – An anguished rendering of Canada’s national anthem in Cree by an indigenous woman as tears streamed down her face marked one of several emotional moments in the first leg of Pope Francis’s apology tour in Canada.

Cricket, the most recognized sport in Guyana and the fastest growing sport locally, golf will come together under the auspices of the Everest Cricket Club and the Guyana Golf Association/Nexgen Golf Academy with a strong commitment from the leaders of both entities to join forces to cross promote the sports.

Dear Editor, The best of civil society activism is engendered in Jonathan Yearwood’s request for information on the “contract(s) entered into by the Ministry of Housing and Water with Impressions Inc, particularly relating to the organizing of the ongoing International Building Expo”; conversely, the worst is seen in the call by Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.

Three scheduled sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)  of Parliament have been cancelled in recent months as a result of absences by the government side in the aftermath of a quorum change in April this year.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Panamanian government announced on Monday it will regulate the price of 72 food items following weeks of angry protests and street blockades demanding the government take measures to stem the quickly rising cost of living.

Dear Editor, Demerara Bank, Diamond, sometimes leave its customers wondering whether the bank is truly serving the public.

Julian Dow of Lot 63, Perth Village,  East Coast Demerara (ECD), was last Thursday freed of the charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition after a city Magistrate upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney, Eusi Anderson.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian police allege an Italian refiner purchased gold from a trader sourcing it illegally in the Amazon rainforest region, according to police documents, and corporate disclosures show that refiner has supplied the precious metal to four of the world’s largest tech companies.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is preparing to field a team to the 36th annual FESUPO Classic and Equipped Power-lifting and Bench Press Championship scheduled for  September 6-11 in Santa Caterina, Brazil. 

BELFAST,  (Reuters) – David Trimble, the Northern Irish leader who steered the region’s Protestant majority into an historic peace deal with their Catholic rivals that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, has died aged 77, his family said on Monday.

The Ministry of Health recorded 21 new COVID cases after 327 tests were done.

Dear Editor, From all, congratulations to the Government and members of the Private Sector are in order as it relates to the Building Expo that opened last Friday.

In 2023, CARICOM will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Plans are underway for what may be a year-long celebration.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The government of Brazil, which is holding an election in October, has sent a letter to state-owned companies asking them to increase dividends to finance extra federal spending this year, Special Treasury and Budget Secretary Esteves Colnago said yesterday.

LANGLEY, British Columbia,  (Reuters) – Three people including the suspected gunman were killed in a series of shootings early on Monday in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police said.

(Reuters) – South Africa’s Quinton de Kock says it will become difficult for players to participate in all three formats of cricket if more games continue to be added to the sport’s packed schedule.

The Guyana Cricket Board has postponed its (GCB) Under-19 Inter-County two-day tournament because of the weather.

Last Wednesday’s fire that destroyed the St. George’s High School and more particularly, up until now, the absence of an official pronouncement on the likely cause, would have done little to alter public concerns about the spate of fires which, in recent years, have destroyed quite a few important public buildings.

(Reuters) – World Athletics will introduce a repechage round in individual track events from 200 metres to 1500m at the Paris 2024 Games, the global governing body for athletics said yesterday.

A horse cart operator was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of armed robbery.

(Reuters) – The governance and leadership practices of Cricket Scotland have been found to be “institutionally racist”, the organisation leading the independent review of the governing body said yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies batsman Shai Hope says a desire to bat for long periods is what is behind his accomplishments in One-Day International (ODI) cricket.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Ramesh Mendis chipped in with a lower order cameo and then claimed three wickets for 42 runs to put Sri Lanka on course for a significant first innings lead against Pakistan on day two of the second test in Galle yesterday.

EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Jamaica men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams, and 100m hurdler Brittany Anderson all copped silver on the final day of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, to bring the island’s final medal count to 10.

Dear Editor, I recall in the late 70s when I wrote a poem on “Kowsilla”.