Daily Archive: Friday, September 2, 2022

Some 200 families were allocated house lots in Stewartville and Meten-Meer-Zorg, Region Three, during an outreach at the West Demerara Secondary School today, according to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

Lightning last evening struck a small fishing boat in the Corentyne River with three fishermen, leaving one missing.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – The shooting down of a drone off the Chinese coast that buzzed a Taiwanese-controlled island was the most “appropriate” thing to do after repeated warnings, and China should exercise restraint, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier today, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner escaped unharmed yesterday after a man fired a loaded gun at her that failed to go off inches from her head.

As questions continue to swirl in relation to the award of the $566.9 million contract to Kares Engineering Inc for the reconstruction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School, a source at the national tender board told Stabroek News yesterday that despite Kares’ disastrous work on the Kato Secondary School, their hands are tied.

Two weeks after being hospitalised for a fall, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh Jackson passed away last evening at his Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara home. 

Currently facing several death sentences for his role in the February 2008 Bartica massacre in which 12 men, including three police officers were killed; Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie,” was yesterday sentenced to hang.

“The future of boxing is right here at these tables”.  So said Seon Bristol last evening during a celebratory dinner at the Mirage in recognition of the success of the local pugilists following the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Boxing Tournament.

The Junior Jaguars rebounded from their opening loss in the Concacaf U17  Qualifying Championship to Bonaire [2-4], by schooling The Bahamas 4-0 yesterday at the IMG Facility in Bradenton, Florida, USA.

The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday intercepted a motor vehicle carrying a quantity of cannabis and four men were arrested.

(CPL) Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors women endured an agonising no result as rain washed out their Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) game in Basseterre yesterday.

In an effort to accommodate more students and to ensure they are comfortably housed, new structures are being constructed at the Bishops’ High School and Queen’s College at a total cost of close to $200 million.

After a four-month hiatus the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is ready to bring cricket back to the capital with a spanking new tournament beginning this weekend.

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) says that it will be responding to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport’s request for its financial records and  added that it will be done “at the earliest possible time”.

Local agro-processors and other small- and medium-sized businesses in the creative sectors are still awaiting word on government’s response to a request for the state to help finance the participation of a local contingent in the Florida International Trade & Cultural Expo and Conference (FITCE) in October.

A now 20-year-old man who, when he was 15, fatally stabbed Hemant Persaud in his heart during a robbery; is now awaiting sentencing after admitting his guilt.

Potaro Strikers whipped Bartica All-Stars 4-0 when the Bartica Zone of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women’s Developmental League continued Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

A sanguine foursome of gladiators, Carlos Petterson-Grifith, Julio Sinclair, Junica Pluck and Kean Andrews are en route to Barbados.

Region Six Chairman, David Armogan last week disclosed that arrangements are being put in place to have monitors for part-time workers after it was discovered last month that agencies had submitted the full ten days’ payment for some persons who only worked eight and nine days.

The creations of Swetlana Ophelia Kingston Creations pose a compelling challenge to what often appears to be a widely held belief that ‘nice things’ are only created in urban environments where all of the enabling ‘tools’ are easily reachable and where requisites like reliable electricity (one accepts that this assertion is, these days, easily challengeable) are usually far more reliable than in rural and hinterland communities.

Dear Editor, In a divided society like ours, the pursuit of equity demands that all voices are heard, and no community is taken for granted.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Powerhouse Trinbago Knight Riders wasted little time in laying down their marker for this year’s Men’s Caribbean Premier League title by repelling a strong challenge from St Lucia Kings at Warner Park here yesterday.

Despite the efforts of the Ministry of Health to conduct contract tracing since the confirmation of the first monkeypox case, the Health Minister on Wednesday acknowledged that the authorities were having difficulty establishing how the first confirmed case contracted the virus.

By Shirley Bahadur With regional governments and its private sector urging more agriculture production as a way of protecting the Caribbean Community from the risk of food shortages, comes word from the President of the local Supermarket’s Association that there remains the challenge of consistency, quality and reliability of agriculture products… In the past weeks T&T has held two major agri expos-one in south and the other in north-to promote local eating while highlighting the many benefits of becoming part of the sector including establishing lucrative businesses.

Dear Editor,  The following views on the political developments in the 1990s are intended to provide young Guyanese (18-25 years) in particular, with a broader understanding of the nature of the existing political struggle for state power.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden charged Republican allies of Donald Trump with undermining the country’s democracy and urged voters yesterday to reject extremism ahead of November’s midterm elections.

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands, (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso apologised yesterday for calling Lewis Hamilton an idiot after they collided at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix and said his heat of the moment comments were blown out of proportion.

The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA)  yesterday signed $161 million in contracts for several projects as part of its 2022 Capital Programme, including one to construct an agro-processing facility in White Water Creek, Region One.

Dear Editor, I am extremely grateful to Gary Girdhari for his appropriate comments on the partnership between the UG Foundation and DDL, a major alcohol producing company.

The now deceased renowned American chef, cookbook author, and television personality, James Beard, is credited with the saying that “good bread is the most satisfying of all foods.”

A butcher who collapsed and died around 2pm last Saturday, in the vicinity of Survival Supermarket on Sheriff Street, died from a myocardial infarction (heart attack), the autopsy report revealed on Wednesday The dead’s man niece, Asha Bovell, told Stabroek News that her uncle, Rampaul Mohan, 60, known as ‘Bowdoo’, com-plained about migraines a few weeks back.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – United Nations nuclear experts who crossed into Russian-held territory in Ukraine to assess the safety of Europe’s biggest atomic energy plant were seeking today to assess physical damage to the facility, where both sides warn of possible disaster.

The Stabroek Business first met Sandra Craig, the owner of the SS Natural Fruit Flavors brand in 2017 she was part of the Guyana contingent to the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in Barbados.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek chipped away at American Sloane Stephens’ defensive play to roll into the third round of the U.S.

Dear Editor, It has been over two weeks since the whistle was blown on attempts by senior officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to thwart the investigation into the murder of Ricardo Fagundes.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Geopolitical tensions simmered at the U.S. Open yesterday as Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused the customary handshake at the net when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated her 6-2 6-3 in the second round.

A $5 million investment from the government will soon see several households in Fairfield, West Coast Berbice having access to potable water, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica Kamina Johnson Smith have signed a Memorandum of Under-standing to establish a trade complaints mechanism between T&T and Jamaica in an effort to foster better relations.

With Starr Computers having done much to position itself at the head of the local information technology ‘pack’, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Mike Mohan never seems to tire in his efforts to ensure that the company continues to lead the way.

Dear Editor, It has proven difficult for us to access active attention of the M&CC.

A La Parfaite Harmonie man will now spend the next six months behind bars after admitting to wounding another man during a row over $400.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios has been fined $7,500 for “spitting and audible obscenities” during his second-round win at the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former New York City police officer Thomas Webster, who assaulted police in the Jan.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador yesterday began a year-long regularization process for thousands of Venezuelan migrants who are undocumented or lack visas or a legal right to stay in the country.

Faced with the identical challenge that had plagued Guyana some years ago, the government of Trinidad and Tobago is seeking, seemingly, to go down the same road travelled here by moving to impose a ban on scrap metal exports in order to put a brake on years of targeting by thieves of vital installations including national telecommunications infrastructure, for the stripping of metals, particularly copper, to feed a thriving international scrap metal market.

Dear Editor, Lincoln Lewis’ letter lays blame at the feet of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Government.

Sri Lanka 184 for 8 (Mendis 60, Shanaka 45, Ebadot 3-51) beat Bangladesh 183 for 7 (Afif 39, Mehidy 38, Karunaratne 2-32, Hasaranga 2-41) by two wickets (Cricinfo) The sound of the no-ball siren was sweet music in Sri Lanka’s ears in Dubai.

The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded 27 new COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, the daily dashboard stated that three persons are in the COVID ICU, nine are in institutional isolation and 244 are in home isolation.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday September 1, 2022Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

JACKSON, Miss.,  (Reuters) – Seven new distribution sites opened in Mississippi’s state capital yesterday to dispense bottled water to people who have been without clean tap water since the city’s long-troubled treatment plant failed four days ago.

(Reuters) – Men with painted faces and masks pelted each other with rags drenched in gasoline and rolled into tight flaming balls, as the town of Nejapa in El Salvador celebrated its annual fireball festival.

Dear Editor, September is the month of awareness on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).

 The Disabilities and Rehabili-tation Services department of the Ministry of Health (MoH), recently received a donation of several wheelchairs from the Mohan Thani Foundation located in Guyana.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams’ unexpected run to the the U.S.

Personal September memories For this commentary the definition of corruption will be “morally degenerate” and “a pattern or acceptance and execution of improper, immoral, illegal conduct”.

These rotten poles have been leaning dangerously for some time at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara.

The Chinese Landing saga continues without resolution. Yesterday we reported the Ministry of Natural Resources in a press release as saying that it was working to ensure an amicable solution for all stakeholders in the mining dispute there.

EAST LONDON, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Twenty one young people who died in a tavern tragedy in June were suffocated, five parents said on Thursday, relaying to reporters what health department officials told them was the conclusion of an official probe.

Dear Editor, Much has been written and said about the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev who recently passed away but I do believe that he was the main architect of democratic reforms in the former Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) and for that matter the whole of Eastern Europe.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 982’s trading results showed consideration of $72,128,376 from 181,211 shares traded in 49 transactions as compared to session 981’s trading results, which showed consideration of $9,716,240 from 29,758 shares traded in 16 transactions.

Recently, a tragic story of a young man completing suicide hit the news.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia will give properties confiscated from drug trafficking groups and valued at some $4.9 billion to farmers, women’s organizations, youth collectives and universities, leftist President Gustavo Petro said yesterday.

Anyone who is even reasonably familiar with the local agro-processing community would agree that it comprises, for the most part, a hardy breed of Guyanese from all walks of life and ethnicities who have combined ingenuity and a sense of enterprise and who have ‘worked wonders’ transforming a bewildering array of fruits and vegetables into high quality condiments that have attracted market attention and patronage here in Guyana, the Caribbean, and outside the region.