Daily Archive: Saturday, November 12, 2022

President Irfaan Ali said that following the National Cleanup Exercise today, heavy focus will be placed on enforcement to ensure that the country remains clean.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he is engaging senior Government Officials and investors, a release from his office said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats today were one seat away from majority control of the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) With hundreds of fields of fresh produce destroyed by flooding since the start of the rainy season, farmers are sounding the alarm that food prices will continue to rise.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday, chided the local private sector for not being in a state of readiness to take advantage of the opportunities presented to it.

Finding that Ramps Logistics had satisfied every requirement of the Local Content Act, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has ordered Head of the Local Content Secretariat Martin Pertab to ensure that the Company is issued its Certificate of Registration no later than noon on Monday.

A man was fatally shot by stray bullets yesterday afternoon when he was reportedly caught in the crossfire as a group of youngsters were shooting at each other at Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) last night stated that it was monitoring the impact of heavy winds and high water levels in regions Six, Seven, and Eight.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Brandon King squandered a golden opportunity for a maiden List A hundred as Jamaica Scorpions inflicted Leeward Islands Hurricanes with their first defeat of the Super50 Cup here yesterday.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Members of the Rastafarian community yesterday lit and smoked joints across the street from the Office of the President (OP) as part of a protest against the recently passed bill that removes custodial sentences for possession of less than 30 grammes of cannabis.

An Upper Corentyne family is now mourning the loss of a young teacher attached to the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School who collapsed yesterday morning and died soon after.

Plans are in the pipeline for the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation to unwrap its best present a week prior to Christmas. 

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Information Technology (IT) manager Aneal Giddings has said although he tried to safeguard election materials, including Statement of Polls (SOPs) from the March 2, 2020 elections, then Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers accused him of breaching emergency protocols.

Jimmy Butler posted 35 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists to lead the host Miami Heat to a 117-112 overtime win over the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday night.

The body of Michael Adolph, who was missing since Monday, was on Thursday found in a well in Tabatinga Lethem with cuts to his head.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) have signed an historic agreement aimed at strengthening the fight against doping in the region.

(Reuters) – Local media, fans and former cricketers did not hold back after India were dumped out of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday, with Rohit Sharma’s side labelled “clueless” and “out of their depth” following the 10-wicket defeat by England.

The search for two land surveyors continued yesterday after they went missing in a boat mishap at Imbaimadai Landing on Thursday.

Police on Friday recovered skeletal remains under an abandoned house located at Coconut Walk, Lancaster, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp will miss today’s Premier League clash with Southampton after being given a one-match touchline ban by the Football Association for clashing with the assistant referee during last month’s win over Manchester City.

The body of a 53-year old man was found submerged in a trench at Ogle on Thursday.

Fashion designer Donna Ramsammy James last Sunday debuted her latest Shape2000 collection “Beginning” at her residence.

(Reuters) – England pace spearhead Mark Wood said he is unsure if he will recover from a hip injury in time to play in tomorrow’s Twenty20 World Cup final against Pakistan but could throw his name into the hat if skipper Jos Buttler desperately needs him.

Dear Editor, Pleadings made for sanity and good sense to save our beloved country could never be too much and too often.

Miss Region Nine Sarah Joseph captured the official crown and title when the Guyana Police Force Youth Ambassador Pageant concluded last Sunday at the National Cultural Centre and was presented with her gifts by Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken.

Satro Medical Centre,  located at Colombia, in Region Two, on Thursday received its GYS 170-2009 certification from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) for the operation of its laboratory. 

BLAHODATNE, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson yesterday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.

(Reuters) – Costa Rica will look to repeat history at the World Cup in Qatar when they bid to advance from the “Group of Death” to the knockout stages, defender Kendall Waston said.

I read with excitement about the upcoming Pepperpot Festival that will be held 2 weeks from today – Saturday, November 26.

Region Two Chairperson Vilma De Silva has said that said that dumping of garbage is the main contributing factor to flooding in the Charity area and that all vendors encroaching on the drainage system in the Charity/Ursara Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) will be relocated to a nearby tarmac opposite their current vending space.

Dear Editor,  I like Tony Vieira’s letter in yesterday’s SN. It was refreshingly nationalistic and ungreedy – something so lacking in Guyana, I like how he began about the people being hypocrites, hinting and hitting at big people in high positions.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Thousands of Iranians protested in the restive southeast yesterday to mark a Sept.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England and Pakistan’s staff will be poring over weather charts as well as tactics in the lead up to the Twenty20 World Cup final, with a gloomy forecast threatening to scupper the decider at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Contravention notices were served to the owner of an apartment building at Lindley Avenue, Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara that is under construction without permission.

Last month the Barbados Food and Rum Festival returned to the island of the flying fish after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dear Editor, The incessant cries by PNCR operatives and some opposition elements over alleged race discrimination in allocations of state’s resources could hardly find support in available evidence.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Crypto exchange FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection yesterday and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as chief executive, after the biggest blowup in the crypto industry drew calls for tighter regulation.

The semi-final round in the Courts Pee Wee Boys U11 Football championships will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

JOHANNESBURG/BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Brazil are tipped to claim the World Cup for the sixth time in the tournament that kicks off Nov.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 elections will be providing an opportunity for persons to “be heard if they so desire” as a result of possible adverse statements being made about them.

Dear Editor, In launching the ‘1000 Men On Mission initiative’, the president’s speech was populated with precepts such as ‘shouldering responsibility’; ‘becoming more supportive’ and ‘acting collectively.’

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – There is growing investor pessimism that Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will govern with fiscal discipline as the country’s central bank chief likened a market selloff to a “Liz Truss moment for Brazil.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba has agreed for the first time since the pandemic to accept U.S.

Kimani Stewart, who performs under the name K Zwysh, is set to release his first lyric album on January 25, 2023 out of Frass Friday.

What will it take for the garbage issues in Georgetown and other parts of the country to be resolved?

After 120 COVID-19 tests were conducted, the Ministry of Health yesterday said that 4 new cases have been recorded.

Last Friday Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo unveiled features of a new model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) to apply to all oil and gas concessions outside of the Stabroek Block.

Dear Editor, The writer could not help being self-conscious of the exceptionally senior age at which he functioned as an Executive Director in the sugar industry – the country’s largest employer, and of feeling lucky as not to be so buffeted as the newly appointed Chairman of GECOM.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Senegal striker Sadio Mane will undergo medical checks in Munich in 10 days to monitor his recovery from an injury that could rule him out of the entire World Cup despite him being named in his country’s squad on Friday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The three commanders of Brazil’s armed forces released a joint statement yesterday in which they said that the solutions to Brazil’s disputes must come from the democratic rule of law, while also affirming the right to peaceful protest.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden told the COP27 climate conference in Egypt yesterday that global warming posed an existential threat to the planet and promised the United States would meet its targets for fighting it.

Greenhouse gases, climate neutral, fossil fuels, rising sea levels, emissions and global warming are not words and phrases one would necessarily associate with clothing and a glamorous lifestyle.