Daily Archive: Friday, January 6, 2023

A Corriverton woman was today placed on $200,000 bail after she was charged with fatally stabbing her common-law husband on the evening of January 1st, after he dealt her several slaps during an argument.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will host a virtual summit of around 120 developing countries next week, its foreign minister said today, as the country looks to bolster international cooperation during its presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) biggest economies.

GABORONE, (Reuters) – Botswana’s former president Ian Khama has filed an urgent court application seeking to strike down an arrest warrant issued against him by a magistrate last week.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were shot and killed by police officers in Mt D’or, Champs Fleurs, yesterday and their relatives have given two completely different reactions to their deaths—with one mother saying her son “had it coming”.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dominican Republic-based start-up Arajet Airlines, has received permission from the country’s civil aviation board, Junta de Aviación Civil (JAC), to begin both scheduled and unscheduled flights to Trinidad from its base at Santo Domingo’s Las Américas International Airport (SDQ).

(Reuters) – Rain denied Usman Khawaja a maiden double-century after a Steve Smith ton but Australia were in complete command of the third test against South Africa yesterday, having made hay on a placid pitch for a second straight day.

President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Rafeek Khan has told the Stabroek Business that the envisaged gas to shore project, part of the wider envisaged maximizing of the country’s oil and gas resources could represent a game-changing breakthrough for the country’s manufacturing sector, reaching to the very heart of one of the key issues that have affected manufacturing in Guyana.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka and opener Kusal Mendis scored half-centuries before their bowlers put the brakes on the Indian batting unit to seal a 16-run win in the second Twenty20 international and level the series at 1-1 yesterday.

As if the transformation that Guyana has undergone since the 2015 announcement by ExxonMobil that the country had made its first oil find has not been sufficiently impactful, since that time, the portents for the country’s oil and gas sector, going forward, are becoming increasingly pronounced, according to a December 31 Oil Price.com

Deshana Skeete, Former South American Youth Games Gold Medalist, will now compete for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) giant University of Kansas following a successful stint at junior college institution New Mexico Junior College.

Forever seemingly ahead of the rest of the regional ‘game’ in its thrust to promote Jamaica, the country’s Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) has sealed a deal with DHL Jamaica that will afford businesses in the country’s productive sector logistical support.

-petrol bombs thrown by residents, police respond with tear gas By Subhana Shiwmangal A months-long standoff over the government’s appeal for Mocha Arcadia squatters to make way for a road ended yesterday with seven houses being torn down leaving 32 persons homeless.

(CMC) – Former West Indies Test stars Shai Hope and Shane Dowrich will lead two of the three squads in the Barbados Legends Series, which serves as preparation for the Regional First Class Championship beginning next month.

To fully appreciate the evolving circumstances that attend efforts to re-attach the United States’ oil major, Chevron, to the oil industry in Venezuela, it is necessary not just to follow events closely but to seek as far as possible, to secure information on not just events as they occur, but also to understand the context in which all of this is happening.

Rawl Richards Haynes, a police corporal, of Lot 2 Hydronie, East Bank Essequibo, was yesterday charged with three counts of money laundering.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Emma Raducanu retired at 6-0 5-7 in her second-round match against Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova at the WTA 250 Auckland Classic yesterday after rolling her ankle, casting doubt on her participation at this month’s Australian Open.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force would like to respond to a Stabroek News Editorial published yesterday (Thursday, January 5, 2023) titled ‘Grand promises’, a section of which was erroneous, in which the percent of reduction in serious crimes was inaccurately misconstrued.

The use of mercury in artisanal mining to maximize gold recovery among small scale miners in parts of South America continues to attract international attention in the face of an absence of legal restraints and actual enforcement regimes.

In response to summonses, three members of the PNCR, two of them currently facing elections-related charges, yesterday declined to testify before the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2, 2020 elections on the grounds of avoiding self-incrimination.

(Reuters) – New Zealand set Pakistan a tricky target of 319 and then landed two late blows to boost their hopes of a series-clinching victory in the second test yesterday.

Against the backdrop of a challenging year for the global energy sector arising primarily from the fallout from the Russia/Ukraine conflict and the attendant global oil and gas supply bottlenecks, the Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas sector more than held its own in 2022, according to the country’s Energy and Energy Industries Minister Stuart Young.

Dear Editor The Ali/Jagdeo regime has no justification, whatsoever, for their acts of inhumanity toward the people of Mocha Arcadia. 

President Irfaan Ali in a live video on Facebook yesterday berated the opposition for encouraging Mocha squatters to defy attempts by the Ministry of Housing and Water to move them to make way for a road. 

(Reuters) – Former New Zealand captain Abby Erceg has retired from international soccer and will not represent her country when the Football Ferns co-host the Women’s World Cup in July, coach Jitka Klimkova said today.

Dear Editor, Reference letter a January 3, 2023 in Kaieteur News and Stabroek News by Hydar Ally that speaks of the 73rd anniversary of the PPP.

With training in STEM-related subjects having been tagged as being an important ‘ingredient’ in the overall local training curriculum if the country is to meet the skills requirements demanded by the country’s oil and gas industry, STEM Guyana Director Karen Abrams has tagged the support of the oil and gas sector, particularly Tullow Oil in providing “funding and resources for the organization” as it seeks to consolidate the work it has done over the years to development a robust local STEM curriculum.

The non-collection of garbage and delayed service has resulted in heaps of refuse waiting to be disposed of in parts of the city.

Dear Editor, The PPP has reached the point of view that the Opposition tasked with the responsibility of representing its supporters who make up forty something percent of the electorate, are not really up to the task.

Guyana may be riding high on the ‘feel good’ fallout from the swift transition from oil discovery to beginning to realize significant income from its now celebrated oil and gas industry, though, arguably not too far down the road, the ‘chickens’ associated with the country’s limited preparedness to effectively sustain one of the world’s most demanding economic sectors could come home to ‘roost’ to telling effect.

Seventy-six residents from regularised sections of Greenwich Park (Railway Embankment) Stewartville/Uitvlugt Sideline Dam and Tuschen (Railway Embankment), Region Three yesterday received their Land Titles during an exercise at the Greenwich Park Primary School.

(Reuters) – The National Football League (NFL) and medical experts have moved to quell rampant speculation over what caused Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin to go into cardiac arrest during Monday night’s football game in Cincinnati.

A recent document emanating from the Ministry of Agriculture titled ‘The Agriculture Sector – Achievements for 2022,’ alludes to some of the sectorial assignments with which the Ministry was associated in 2022.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to Mr. Collin Croal’s letter, published in your Letters’ column of January 5th, 2023, where he attempts to repudiate the facts stated in my letter published on December 31st, 2022.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Air Corps last night conducted a Medical Evacuation for a 7-year old boy from the Bartica Hospital following a motor vehicle accident, earlier in the evening.

(Reuters) – Second-half substitute Riyad Mahrez earned Manchester City a 1-0 win at Chelsea yesterday to move Pep Guardiola’s 2022 champions to within five points of leaders Arsenal in the Premier League.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid for an 11th time yesterday, while his supporters worked behind closed doors in hopes of cementing a deal that could bring success.

Dear Editor, I have been a licensed driver for the better part of 30 years and driving since age thirteen, I am now 52 (as of Thursday 5 January).

Mohamed’s Enterprise’s decision to gift the country 1.4 acres of waterfront land with a market value of US$3M that falls in the pathway of the New Demerara Harbour Bridge was done as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to citizens as everyone will benefit from the structure, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed says.

Scottie Scheffler’s first two experiences at the Tournament of Champions couldn’t have been much different.

Searches are being done in the New Amsterdam and East Canje Berbice areas after an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) stationed in Region Six “misplaced” his firearm on December, 27, at a gymkhana which was being held at Reliance. 

Jake Paul is entering the mixed-martial arts scene, signing a multi-fight, multi-year contract with Professional Fighters League yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States will expand Trump-era restrictions to rapidly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, Seeing that Rolling Stones Magazine has named it top 200 singers, I wish to offer my Top 15 Guyanese singers, not necessarily in any order.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the funeral of former Pope Benedict yesterday, tenderly touching the coffin of his predecessor as he stood supported on a cane before tens of thousands of mourners, some of who called for the late pontiff to be made a saint.

Dear Editor, Perusing the independent newspapers on New Year’s Day several interesting items caught my attention. 

(Reuters) – World Athletics President Sebastian Coe yesterday praised Kenya’s commitment to addressing doping after several positive tests for banned substances.

One witness has been called to the stand to testify in the trial of 35-year-old photographer, Keron Bruce, of Soesdyke Back Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) who was charged last year with cybercrime.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican security forces captured yesterday drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, ahead of a visit by U.S.

(Reuters) – Andretti Global and General Motors announced yesterday plans to enter Formula One with a new all-American team using the Cadillac brand and employing at least one U.S.

Dear Editor, Since nobody has the decency to say so, I will. 

KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire starting today and the leaders of the United States and Germany said they were sending armoured fighting vehicles in a boost for the Kyiv government.

Vishumnauth Kissoon, a 36- year-old labourer of Lot 720 Good Hope, Phase 1, East Coast Demerara was yesterday charged with the offence of Attempting to Commit Murder.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition national assembly yesterday appointed three exiled lawmakers to direct it and create a commission to control foreign assets, including oil refiner Citgo Petroleum.

What’s your “planet”? January Girls Welcome to this first brief offering for a still new year within this month that will mark thirty (30) years of this man-in-the-street column.

Dear Editor, A couple of weeks ago, I spent a few moments reading the evidence given by the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and was, to say the least, astounded by the evidence given by the goodly lady.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic battled back from 5-2 down in the first set to beat Quentin Halys 7-6(3) 7-6(5) and move into the Adelaide International 1 quarter-finals yesterday.

In this country commonplace problems in need of practical solutions are frequently prone to metamorphose into political controversies.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Japan’s trade and industry minister said yesterday post-Cold War free trade and economic inter-dependence had bolstered authoritarian regimes and the United States and like-minded democracies should counter them with a “new world order.”

It’s a new year, and with it comes the government’s reignited commitment toward the “One Guyana” agenda.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1,000’s trading results showed consideration of $59,871,724 from 246,836 shares traded in 61 transactions as compared to session 999’s trading results, which showed consideration of $2,545,195 from 7,937 shares traded in 13 transactions.

After many of the country’s small and medium scale farmers and agro processors had been ‘caught cold’ by the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 the government, at the beginning of 2022, had held out prospects of a better year last year.

The police investigation into Sunday’s incident in front the Outside Bar at MovieTowne, Turkeyen during which a mechanic was wounded and a security guard was struck in his face is still ongoing and no charge has yet been laid.