Daily Archive: Friday, November 25, 2022

The Alliance For Change today voiced concerns that Guyana’s relations with international accountability body,  the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) could be in jeopardy as a key report is still to be completed.

One person is now dead after a concrete tank exploded at Leeds Village, Corentyne this morning. 

BLANTYRE, (Reuters) – Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said today.

HAI PHONG, Vietnam, (Reuters) – Vietnam’s electric vehicle maker VinFast said today it had shipped its first batch of 999 cars to the United States, capping a five-year bid to develop an auto production hub in the Southeast Asian country for markets in North America and Europe.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced that BP (British Petroleum) Inter-national Limited of the United Kingdom has been selected, following a competitive procurement process, to market Guyana’s share of petroleum from the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.

-assessment report Allowing the minister with responsibility for the oil and gas sector to have discretionary powers in granting prospecting and production licences affords the opportunity for corruption and bribery – a money laundering predicate offence –says the Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA) report.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that effective from January 1st, 2023, sections of the Joint Services will benefit from adjustments to their minimum salaries to the tune of $1b.

The body of land surveyor Germaine La Rose, 34, of Canvas City, Wismar, Linden, who went missing in a boat mishap two weeks ago near Imbaimadai Landing was recovered on Tuesday.

The prospect of collaboration between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago in the oil and gas sector has surfaced again following a disclosure by T&T’s state-owned National Energy Company that its itinerary for 2023 could include participation in oil and gas forums here.

The Indian Economic Trade Organization [IETO] yesterday explained its invitation to disgraced former High Commissioner to India, Charrandass Persaud.

Dear Editor, The two recently recorded deaths from COVID-19 on November 20 broke a string of 66 consecutive days of no deaths. 

Public Relations Officer of the Civil Defence Com-mission (CDC), Patrice Wishart, yesterday told Stabroek News that all kokers and pumps in the city are now operational, including the Princes Street pump which had been down for two days.

With local manufacturers across the sectors seeking not just to make continual inroads into the local markets but also to seize advantages that derive from the wider Caribbean market, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) continues to afford those companies the opportunity to secure its Made In Guyana Certification Mark to  provide concrete evidence of the products’ country of origin and by virtue of that certification to enhance the marketing of the products manufactured by the certified companies.

Back from a half decade hiatus, the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) returned with a bang with a colorful opening ceremony last night at the National Stadium.

Dear Editor, Fingerprint verification to verify voters before they are allowed to cast ballots seems to be the suggestion of GECOM Commissioner Vincent Alexander and is certainly worthy of interrogation.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in the Stabroek News on the 24th day of November 2022, authored by a Mr.

Arguably to a far greater extent than anywhere else in the Caribbean, Jamaica, largely through the creativity and ‘sense of hustle’ of ordinary Jamaicans benefits from what is believed to be the most thriving agro processing sector among CARICOM member countries.

The European Union Delegation to Guyana and the United Nations Guyana have released a joint statement on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the 16 days of planned activism (25th of November – December 10).

(Reuters) – Brazil outclassed Serbia 2-0 in their World Cup opener yesterday, as Richarlison scored two second-half goals, including a spectacular overhead kick, though an ankle injury sustained by Neymar put a damper on their celebrations.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DPRC) continues to make one of the more persuasive contemporary cases for being compensated for neglecting to recover what are believed to be the country’s considerable deposits of oil. 

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) applauds the decision of the Ministry of Education to finally place counsellors in high schools across Guyana.

The body of Thomas Carstens Jr, the United States (US) tourist who went missing after the boat he had joined for a fishing trip reportedly capsized earlier this week in the Rupununi River, Region Nine was recovered yesterday.

The Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival, which is in its 18th iteration, was officially launched yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda.

The Government of Jamaica reported recently that it continues to press the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade into service to successfully promote the country’s trade negotiation through its trade policy development.

Dear Editor, Last week, the anniversary of my employment in the public service passed.

An accident along the Friendship Village, Corentyne Public Road on Wednesday has left one man dead after he allegedly ran across the road into the path of an oncoming motor car.

Den Amstel won the Region #3 Zone title in the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championship on Wednesday evening, overcoming traditional rival Uitvlugt by a 2-0 scoreline at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

The trial of Hemraj Bramdeo for the 2016 murder of Wales Estate labourer, Dellon Bradford, is set to commence this morning before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Demerara.

Developing and underdeveloped countries, including CARICOM member countries, would, presumably, have been hopeful, that COP 27 might have at least witnessed the falling of the proverbial crumbs from the rich man’s table in a renewed attempt to push back what we are told is a fast approaching global climate crisis that could devastate already struggling countries.

The 2022 edition of the KFC Goodwill Football Championship, which is coordinated by the Petra Organization, was officially launched yesterday at the entity’s Vlissengen Road office, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The recent flooding is an example of poor planning and execution.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister yesterday, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted of sodomy and opposition leader.

Dear Editor, A cautionary note is helpful as I share on traffic. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported two new cases of COVID-19.

The Caribbean has unsurprisingly lost out in its bid to see its nominee assume the highest office at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the single largest contributor to development projects in the region after a former Brazil Central Bank President, Ilan Goldfajn, was elected to the position on Sunday.

(CMC) – Uncapped left-hander Tagenarine Chanderpaul all but pencilled his name in for the opening Test in Perth when he struck a high quality hundred on day two of the four-day ‘pink-ball’ match yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s highest administrative court has annulled the appointment of central bank co-director Alberto Carrasquilla on the grounds that it violated a gender quota law, the court said yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that a photograph in Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News showed a car stuck in a cleaned drain not a pothole.

The mood at the level of management of the Trinidad and Tobago-based logistics company, Ramps, which set up shop in Guyana in 2013, long prior to the announcement by ExxonMobil that the company had ‘struck oil’ offshore Guyana appears sober rather than wildly upbeat following a decision in the courts in Georgetown earlier this month that the Local Content Secretariat here grant the company a licence that would allow it to continue to provide a range of support services to company’s engaged with Guyana’s oil recovery pursuits.

(Reuters) – Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo shrugged off his bitter split with Manchester United to claim yet another record as he became the first player to score in five World Cups with a penalty to help steer his side to a nervy 3-2 win over Ghana yesterday.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Much of Ukraine yesterday remained without heat or power after the most devastating Russian air strikes on its energy grid so far, and in Kyiv residents were warned to brace for further attacks and stock up on water, food and warm clothing.

Dear Editor, The pursuit and achievement of good governance in Guyana is challenging but certainly not unattainable; as President Irfaan Ali has been continually demonstrating since taking up the Office of President of our country in August 2020.

Dear Editor, How come after several letters addressed direct to General Manager, NIS these past months, its officer has not made the headline of outreaching to this undersigned pensioner?

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s government is working on a new policy to buy oil products with gold rather than U.S.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially kicked-off its maiden’s women’s only Concacaf W Level C Coaching Course yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence, which featured participation from 24 aspiring coaches from the various sub-associations.

Sixty-year-old Harrylall Boodram who was stuck down and seriously injured in a motorcar accident one week ago on the Ogle Public Road, East Coast Demerara, remains hospitalized. 

Dear Editor, Fr. Robert Barrow, Roman Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus was a towering figure physically and in stature within the Diocese of Georgetown.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 24, 2022 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

(Reuters) – An apologetic Breel Embolo scored the winner against the country of his birth to hand Switzerland a 1-0 victory over Cameroon in their World Cup Group G clash at the Al Janoub Stadium yesterday.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency yesterday and began implementing a new plan to combat a rising number of cases of extortion by violent criminal groups operating across the country.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government and opposition are preparing to resume political talks tomorrow in Mexico after a hiatus of more than a year, opening a new chapter that could help pave the way for easing U.S.

Police are probing the death of a 57-year-old businessman, who reportedly died by suicide on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, First Guyana was an emerging apartheid state, now it is on the brink of civil unrest. 

The question of leaving these shores is one that the majority of Guyanese have had to face at least once in their life.

In Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News, there was a report on a fire which occurred along Princess Elizabeth Road in New Amsterdam at what was described as an abandoned building.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 994’s trading results showed consideration of $52,387,081 from 130,156 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 993’s trading results, which showed consideration of $27,609,835 from 81,104 shares traded in 35 transactions.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that a photograph in Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News showed a car stuck in a cleaned drain not a pothole.

(Reuters) – Uruguay defender Diego Godin and midfielder Federico Valverde both hit the woodwork as the South Americans were held to a 0-0 draw by South Korea in their opening World Cup Group H game on yesterday.

Our world today – gender – re-assigning Upfront let me record my solid position as a government pensioner frequently creating assignments to assist paying monthly bills from time to time: public servants’ basic salaries should have been increased by fifteen (15%) percent, if not higher!

By Jeremy Daum and Moritz Rudolf NEW HAVEN – A recent report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders about the existence of “secret Chinese police stations” in cities around the world, including New York, has sparked investigations in several European countries and attracted the attention of the FBI.

The number of self-employed persons filing taxes in 2021 was 27,211 or 24% of the total number of those registered.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Haitian high school teacher Miguel Jacquet used to be able to provide for his family, but a dire humanitarian and economic crisis has seen him join the swelling ranks of the poor.

What COP 27 did, perhaps more than anything else, was to recreate the scenario that manifested itself during the earlier era of the global debate on a New International Economic Order (NIEO) when, like now, the theatre and the grandstanding that characterized the debate was ensuing against the backdrop of fixed positions couched in rhetoric that hogged the headlines whilst doing little more than underscoring divisions that never came even close to being reconciled.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele promised yesterday to tighten security around major cities, the latest escalation of an eight-month-old war against gang violence which human rights groups say is marred by unjustified detentions.