Daily Archive: Monday, August 15, 2022

President Irfaan Ali today tasked the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Service and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to work with STEM Guyana to expand robotics and programming across Guyana.

NAIROBI/KISUMU,  (Reuters) – Kenya’s elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race today but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of violence like that seen after previous disputed polls.

Baburam Suraj Ganpat was today remanded to prison over the murder of his ex wife, Cindy Ramchandar.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and the government on Friday signed an agreement that would see the establishment of a US$15m milk plant following positive results from a feasibility study the company had conducted.

The Stabroek Block is expected to produce some 93.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) for 2022 and of that amount Guyana will get an estimated 12 lifts of one million barrels each, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

A mother of two died and her daughter is in critical condition after they were involved in an accident in the vicinity of Loo Creek, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The Government of Guyana is still in the process of putting measures in place for the highly anticipated auctioning of available offshore blocks, consequently the auction would not be likely before the end of the third quarter of 2022.

If you are a fan of the ‘Sport of Kings’, then the place to be yesterday was the Rising Sun Turf Club to witness the 14th edition of the Guyana Cup, the nation’s biggest horse race meet.

(CMC) – West Indies snapped a five-game losing streak with a convincing eight-wicket victory over New Zealand, ending an otherwise miserable three-match series on a high note yesterday.

Infrastructure work at the government’s La Bonne Intention (LBI) Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara is moving ahead and by the end of this week, around 300 persons who have been allocated lands at Phase One will be able to access their plots and move forward with their construction plans.

Rivers View won the Bartica Football Association (BFA) Senior Men’s League, coming from behind to defeat Rising Stars 3-1 on Saturday evening at the Community Centre ground.

The Region 10 Tourism Committee Inc has lobbied G-Invest to help enable more investment for the region.

Georgetown Football Club (GFC), Western Tigers, and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) recorded contrasting victories, when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Mystery continues to surround the ill-starred Casique Palace Hotel and Banquet Hall at Providence, East Bank Demerara which had been planned for the 2007 World Cup here but failed to be completed.

Police in Region Eight are on the hunt for a man who was involved in a shooting on Friday afternoon which led to the death of a Venezuelan woman and left another person injured.

Guyana’s basketballers endured mixed fortunes in their group-B campaign at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, defeating Mauritania but losing to Uganda yesterday at the Karatay Congress and Sports Centre.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors are currently fine-tuning their preparations for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

An electrician is now a remanded prisoner after he allegedly stole a gun from a security guard during a robbery at a city supermarket.

Superb bowling performances from off-spinners, Jonathan Rampersaud and Mavindra Dindyal saw Guyana beating Trinidad and Tobago by 41 runs in the opening round of the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 tournament.

Rehabilitation work at the historic City Hall in Georgetown is proceeding according to plan says Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore.

Dear Editor, Our residents in Chinese Landing Village are deeply saddened and concerned to hear that the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and the National Toshaos Council have both appeared to abandon their mandates to represent the interests and rights of indigenous peoples.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Saturday said it is saddened by the sudden death of Bibi Safora Shadick, a longstanding member of the Commission.

Heavyweights Gold is Money and Bent Street were sent packing in the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship, following unlikely defeats to East Front Road, and Stabroek Ballers respectively on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, It is with great difficulty that I write this letter.

By Charwayne Walker Congratulations to young West Indies left arm spinner Gudakesh Motie on claiming his career best One Day International (ODI) figures of four 4-23 against Bangladesh at the Providence Stadium, East Bank Demerara.

The People’s Republic of China on Saturday presented  a cheque to the value of US$50,000 to the Government of Guyana to help tackle Disaster Relief and Risk Management countrywide.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces reported heavy Russian shelling and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk that has become a key focus of the near six-month war, but said they had repelled many of the attacks.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to highlight a practice that must cease immediately by the Deeds Registry. 

(Reuters) – South Africa fast bowler Duanne Olivier has been ruled out of the three-match test series against England after injuring his hamstring in the warm-up defeat to the England Lions this week.

Dear Editor, It is with deep sadness I received the news that one of my dear acquaintances, Ms.

The Warrant Officers (WOs) and Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) Corps of Base Camp Stephenson will now enjoy a spanking new mess.

(Reuters) – Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was stabbed repeatedly at a public appearance in New York state on Friday, 33 years after Iran’s then-supreme leader called for him to be killed, is off a ventilator and his health is improving, his agent and a son said on Sunday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) outflanked Coomacka when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women’s Developmental League continued at the Wisroc Secondary School ground on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Stabroek News for highlighting our issue (letter dated 24th July 2022) with the Eccles/Ramsburg NDC regarding our western drainage canal and reserve. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that there were 18 new cases of COVID-19.

TAIPEI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A delegation of U.S. lawmakers arrived in Taiwan yesterday for a two-day trip during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while there are military tensions between the self-ruled island and China.

(Reuters) – Pablo Carreno Busta rallied from a set down to defeat Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-3 6-3 in Montreal to claim the biggest title of his career at the Canadian Masters yesterday.

Six women from Region Two who competed under the label “Cinderella Duck Curry” won the judges’ hearts at the Kings Jewellery Duck Curry Competition yesterday at Capoey Lake, Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, The 2006 Amerindian Act makes provision from Sections 48 to 53 for dealing with mining in the Villages and provides safeguards for the villagers if they allow mining activities within the boundaries of their Titled Villages.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Israel hit Iranian targets in a series of strikes yesterday near the ancestral home region of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, and close to Russia’s main Syrian bases on the Mediterranean coast, regional intelligence and Syrian military sources said.

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU)-led operation in Albouystown yesterday unearthed $1.8 million worth of cannabis and three persons have since been arrested.

(Reuters) – Simona Halep ended Beatriz Haddad Maia’s dream run in Toronto with a hard-fought 6-3 2-6 6-3 victory to claim her third Canadian Open title yesterday.

While stunning in their scale, the allegations levelled by police detective Dion Bascom in relation to the murder of Ricardo Fagundes outside of Palm Court on March 21st 2021 were not surprising.

OAKLAND, Calif,  (Reuters) – America’s tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India’s ancient caste system, with Apple AAPL.O

Dear Editor, Even if one assumed your Sunday editorial “Campaign mode” to be well-meaning advice to Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, you muddled things up by, first, forcing the complexities of the situation into your favoured but narrow narrative of Norton as a street politician; and secondly, by committing several acts of omission and commission.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were shot dead by gunmen pretending to be law enforcement officers on Saturday night.

By Angelique V. Nixon Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based writer, scholar and activist.

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