Daily Archive: Friday, September 30, 2022

President Irfaan Ali received a courtesy visit from an executive team from Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today at State House.

Calwyn Croal, a 53-year-old construction worker of Lot 178 Blueberry Hill Wismar, Linden was today charged with the attempted murder of Linden businessman, Nigel Somersall, the police said.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia’s annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its “special military operation” even as he faced a potentially serious new military reversal.

After Senior Magistrate Leron Daly temporarily remanded Police Legal Advisor Mandel Moore over his failure to submit promised evidence in the cybercrime proceedings against Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has written to the Chancellor of the Judiciary seeking to have the trial reassigned.

While highlighting that Guyana’s fiscal policy has been appropriately supporting growth and “considerably” reducing the fiscal deficit, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the government to gradually reverse tax subsidies aimed at easing the cost of living.

Dorwain Bess, the businessman who is linked to an alleged plot to extort a city businessman Afras Mohammed, was yesterday charged and placed on bail, while the Guyana Police Force (GPF) issued a wanted bulletin for overseas-based Guyanese Rickford Burke in relation to the same crime.

A total of $24 million has been spent to improve the Mibikuri Magistrate’s Court, located in Black Bush Polder, in order to offer better services to the people of the community and its environs.

When Dr Beverly Aiyanyor planned what she described as her solo trip to Guyana for vacation, it was for just that – vacation – and so obviously, nowhere in her plans was work included.

After a two-year hiatus, Guyana’s premier natural hair event Curl Fete promises to be day filled with exciting activities.

With its annual wages and salary negotiations underway, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is seeking an across-the-board 16% hike for sugar workers.

St8ment Investment Inc, the company responsible for the construction of the Primary School at Bamia/Amelia’s Ward, Linden has stalled works for almost two months now and is yet to provide the Regional Administration with reasons for the move.

Having received US$20 million from the World Bank in 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources is using some of the funds to find a consulting firm to help review and evaluate ExxonMobil’s Uaru project.

Chairman of the United States-based Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) Eldon Bremner told a forum here that small businesses do not have to remain small; that with the right combination of effective strategies and the right attitude on the part of their owners, these can grow to become big entities.

The hearing of the challenge to the non-appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice has been set for November 23rd at 1:30 pm.

(CMC) – Barbados Royals Captain Kyle Mayers has hailed his side’s resilience while opposite number Rovman Powell says his Jamaica Tallawahs are champing at the bit, ahead of today’s Caribbean Premier League final.

Dear Editor, Indigenous Heritage month 2022 is over and Indigenous and hinterland Villages once again face their realities.

Guyana is among eight Caribbean countries that are expected to submit the names of nominees to replace dismissed US citizen Mauricio Claver-Carone as president of the Inter-American Development Bank.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that it is seeking to extend access to its Mobile Money, Guyana (MMG+) service by increasing the number of agents beyond the 800-odd operatives currently providing the service across the country.

Following the completion of his inaugural season in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Next Pro League, Chicago Fire II rising star, Omari Glasgow, affirmed that the tournament is very intense, and indicative of what competitive football entails.

Dear Editor, I refer to S/N editorial ‘A One Woman Commission’ of 24:9/‘22 concerning ‘the elephant in the room’ as it relates to the number of registered electors on the Preliminary Voters’ List (PLE).

Guyana’s first online ferry booking system will be launched on Saturday for persons travelling the Parika/Supenaam route by the Transport and Harbours (TH&D) Department, according to acting Director of Tourism Kamrul Baksh.

The recent revelation that the number of people in the English-speaking Caribbean estimated to be facing moderate to severe levels of food insecurity has risen by 46 per cent over the last six months, is certainly grim news.

The ninth edition of the Petra Organization-coordinated, Courts Pee Wee Boys U11 Football Championship, was officially launched yesterday at the latter’s Main Street location, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Not so long ago President Ali, during one of his interactions with the press, mentioned concern about ‘some teachers’ whose salaries needed adjustment – in relation to their respective dates of employment.

An autopsy has ruled out foul play in the death of 30-year-old Simon Peters, whose lifeless body was discovered in a canal at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara last week.

(An IMF Finance and Development Feature) By Giulia Fanti, Joshua Lipsky and Ole Moehr In the typically cautious world of central banking, the idea of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is moving at lightning speed.

Dear Editor, Guyana is watching, waiting.  They are watching and waiting to absorb what happens next in this shadowy, slightly messy, matter of the NRF and tax payments made by the Government of Guyana on behalf of Exxon. 

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) successfully staged the first day of its public exhibition series on Saturday 24th at the Giftland Mall, Turkeyen.

A security guard was on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of $140,000 after she was slapped with two cybercrime charges of posting derogatory statements about two women.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will not nominate a candidate from the United States to head the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) after this week’s ouster of Mauricio Claver-Carone after an ethics scandal, a Treasury spokesperson told Reuters.

For a period of time, extending, perhaps over several two decades, Guyanese have been actively debating (and in some instances, pursuing) options for self-employment, some of which have embraced niches in the agricultural, agro-processing, craft, beauty, retail and services sectors that can serve as alternative stable and long-term income-generating options.

The 3rd edition of the prestigious GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League will continue tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown, with four fixtures.

Dear Editor, I concur with Minister Kwame McCoy when he stated that, “The lives of every Guyanese are being transformed through the implementation of inclusive and effective policies.”

Two sets of bids were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of two wells for the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

(Jamaican Observer) Supreme Court Judge Justice Vinnette Graham-Allen on Wednesday issued new orders to attorneys involved in the pretrial hearings for Portland businessman Everton “Beachy Stout” McDonald, who is charged with the murder of his first and second wives, after their failure to comply with previous orders caused an adjournment.

MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that leaks spewing gas into the Baltic Sea from pipelines to Germany appeared to be the result of state-sponsored “terrorism”, as an EU official said the incident had fundamentally changed the nature of the conflict in Ukraine.

In the wake of the recent focus on Caribbean food sufficiency and food security, spearheaded by Guyana and Barbados, agricultural sustainability was reportedly one of the issues at the forefront of recent discussions at the level of the Caribbean Community (Caricom).

(Reuters) – Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are resisting a federal judge’s instruction to submit a sworn declaration on whether they believe the government’s list of property taken from Trump’s Florida estate is accurate.

The nation’s best bikers and road runners will take centre stage tomorrow in a fusion of cycling and athletics.

The Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has invited contractors to bid for contracts for the construction of two health centres.

Dear Editor, The 30th of September marks the 150th anniversary of the Devonshire Massacre of the five East Indian indentured workers during the Devonshire Castle uprising in 1872.

(Jamaica Observer) A man said to be a former Jamaica Defence Force soldier was shot and killed on Sunlight Street, off Maxfield Avenue in Kingston 13, on Thursday morning.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Thursday unveil-ed criminal sanctions violations charges against Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who was among two dozen allies of Pre-sident Vladimir Putin blacklisted by Washington over Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice lauds Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony and the Ministry of Health for the various initiatives to address mental health in general and suicide more specifically.

The Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded a total of 5 new COVID-19 cases from from the results of 250 tests.

(CMC) – Bermuda have been awarded three points after Montserrat cancelled their CONCACAF Nations League Group B match here in June, the Royal Gazette said.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados created history today, becoming the first country in the world to be approved for the newly formed International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Resiliency Sustainability Facility (RSF).

The Caribbean will have every interest in keenly monitoring developments at the very apex of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) following the recent decision by its Board of Governors to remove its President Mauricio Claver-Carone from his position in the wake of an ethics scandal relating to a relationship he shared with another bank employee.

VENICE, Fla. (Reuters) – Emergency crews took to helicopters and boats on Thursday to rescue residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast stranded by floodwaters, downed power lines and piles of debris left behind by Hurricane Ian’s destructive march across the state.

Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 986’s trading results showed consideration of $5,295,920 from 16,647 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 985’s trading results, which showed consideration of $25,114,649 from 99,471 shares traded in 33 transactions.

If there is an expectation among the people of the Caribbean that having recently made limited progress in raising awareness of the importance of strengthening regional food security, their governments and various institutions will automatically take the next step of providing clear and reassuring evidence of their collective intention to carry through with this undertaking, they are best advised not to take that as a given.

Fruta Conquerors U20 crushed Georgetown Football Club (GFC) U20 outfit during a friendly encounter staged on Wednesday evening.

Last week, I participated in a strategy-building exercise with some colleagues from across the Caribbean.

On Sunday Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha was in Essequibo to attend a memorial and thanksgiving service to mark the 181st anniversary of the founding of Queenstown village.

Proud Ole Newton visits New York What!? “Dying Role”? Most my few closer friends are younger than I am.

Brazilian Dr Barbosa da Silva Jr was on Wednesday elected the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Dear Editor, Two recent news items were pleasing. The first has to do with the long issue regarding sweeper/cleaners of government schools. 

(Barbados Nation) In about three years’ time, the backlog that has long plagued the criminal justice system should be gone.

“Bros” is the first of its kind. Billy Eichner, the male lead and cowriter of the film’s script, has been telling everyone for months.