Daily Archive: Monday, January 16, 2023

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced that the old age pension will be increased to $33,000 per month from January 1st this year.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced that the income tax threshold is to be raised from $75,000 per month to $85,000 per month.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced a whopping $781.9b budget, 41.4% higher than last year’s with no new taxes.

The police  today said that  two  cops were arrested at a roadblock on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) over the possession of ammunition and suspected marijuana and cocaine.

Police in Regional Division One are investigating the murder of 18-year-old Ryan Henry, a porter of Log Hill, Baramita, North West District.

Twenty-two-year-old Shamar Singh, who was wanted by the police for escaping from lawful custody on Friday, January 13, 2023, was handed over to Police in Regional Division #3 today at about 10:45 am by his mother, Diane Singh of Lot 21 Hague Jibb, West Coast Demerara.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A serving London police officer has admitted carrying out 24 counts of rape in a near two decade-long campaign of abuse against women, making him one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, a sultry Mediterranean diva who came to represent Italy’s vibrant rebirth after World War Two, has died aged 95, her former lawyer said today.

PALERMO, Italy,  (Reuters) – Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily today, where the man who has been on the run since 1993 was being treated for cancer.

A construction worker was today sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter committed on his drinking companion whose body was found floating in a New Amsterdam canal in January, 2020.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 55-year-old man and his nephew were murdered during a robbery in Wallerfield yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) People’s National Movement leader Dr Keith Rowley has rung in the changes within his contingent of deputy political leaders.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Two more people suspected of participating in the May murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor have been arrested, the Colombian prosecutor’s office said yesterday.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Zaida James brought her experience to bear with an explosive all-round performance as West Indies Rising Stars edged Ireland Women by seven runs in their opening game of the ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Further to hundreds of unacknowledged and unanswered questions to ExxonMobil Guyana, EPA, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, MNRE, GLSC, inter alia: April 2022 – January 2023, I am left to appeal to the public through this letter.

Essequibo wicketkeeper/batsman, Kemol Savory, yesterday sent a sound message to the national selectors who witnessed him rampage to 170 on day two of the first Guyana Harpy Eagles practice match yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article you published titled ‘Ex-Precision Woodworking workers still to receive termination benefits’ on June 11, 2022, which highlighted the travails faced by Precision’s Directors and its former employees at the hands of Republic Bank Guyana Ltd.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) is currently awaiting its audited financial statements which will pave the way for the body to hold elections due since 2020.

Dear Editor, Rules are important, in my opinion, for society to function orderly.

Dear Editor, I terms of articulate delivery-even oratory-Senior Minister in charge of finance, Dr.

The family of the late Delon Josiah, who was murdered at his Perseverance East Bank Demerara home Saturday evening, is still in shock and traumatized over his execution. 

Dear Editor, In a column published in the Sunday Stabroek dated January 15, 2023 and entitled “Vestiges of socialism”, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran incorrectly suggested that I complained about foreign companies “attracting workers away from local businesses”. 

Opposition nominated Commissioners have raised objections at GECOM’s administration creation of a new position on the agency’s organogram and internal hire.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C administration’s focus continues to be people-centered based upon an understanding that development must be for all, especially given the unique opportunities that Guyana has seen in recent years.

Legislation targeting stricter fines and penalties should be introduced to curb damage to public property, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, disclosed yesterday when asked to address the recent destruction of a barrier on a community road only hours after it was erected.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A shipment of cocaine valued at more than J$7 billion (US$50 million) was seized in Kingston on Saturday, in what’s believed to be one of the largest drug busts in Jamaica’s history.

Dear Editor, The author of the letter ‘Hard to believe that the level of incompetence could rise to the very top of the police force’ ((SN Jan 14), was candid, with detailed examples of bluntness and open and plain frankness, how the two top officers of the force tried unsuccessfully to be artful with episodes of awkward and clumsy responses to probing questions, as they presented evidence to the CoI. 

Mindful that the officiating clergy are being forced to wait for as long as 1 to 3 hours for wedding couples to arrive, the Brickdam Cathedral has now institutionalized a late fee deposit of $60,000.

Dear Editor, I read with dismay an article on social media submitted by one of the public relations officers of the Top Cop stating that Police Constable, Troy Doris, was promoted to Cadet Officer after the Guyana Police Force engaged the Police Service Commission.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru has extended a state of emergency for another month in the capital city of Lima and two southern regions where deadly protests against the government have sparked the country’s worst violence in 20 years.

Dear Editor, How much you wanna bet that WASA coming to dig up all those newly paved roads, while the asphalt is still hot all kind of thing?

DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine saw little hope of pulling any more survivors from the rubble of an apartment block in the city of Dnipro on Sunday, a day after the building was hit during a major Russian missile attack, with dozens of people expected to have died.

(Jamaican Observer) A woman was shot dead in Landsettlement, near Royal Flat, in Manchester Central on Saturday night.

Even as it continues aggressive exploration in the offshore Stabroek Block, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, has sought project approval for its Whiptail project, marking it the sixth development out of its more than 30 discoveries since 2015.

(Reuters) – India recorded the biggest-ever victory in one-day internationals after they thrashed Sri Lanka by 317 runs in the final ODI in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday as Virat Kohli put on a batting masterclass and Mohammed Siraj excelled with the ball.

Joel Embiid hit a game-winning shot with five seconds left and James Harden fired in 18 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-117 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday in Salt Lake City.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Paris St Germain suffered their second defeat of the season in a 1-0 loss to Stade Rennais yesterday as their Ligue 1 lead was slashed to three points.

A head on collision between two vehicles on the Hibernia Public Road in Region Two early yesterday morning resulted in several persons suffering injuries and the driver of one of the vehicles, a 30-year-old woman, is currently unconscious in hospital.

GLASGOW, Scotland, CMC – Reggae Boy Kemar Roofe, whose season has been dogged with injury, fired Rangers into the final of the Scottish League Cup on Sunday, but then went off with a shoulder problem as his side defeated 10-man Aberdeen 2-1 after extra time.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Sam Stosur will bid a bittersweet farewell to home fans at the Australian Open but will not be straying far from the game, the 38-year-old major winner said on Sunday.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis in the country, his spokesman said on Sunday.

The Urau oil field Development Project during its production stage will discharge a significant amount of chemicals into the ocean, according to its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

Following an announcement that banks will be given formal directives for simplified due diligence measures to make the opening of a bank account easier for low risk customers, the Official Gazette yesterday published the measures.

The two homes at Wismar, Linden that were damaged in a mudslide that was accidentally caused by a contractor on November 30 last year are in the process of being rebuilt while the families are staying at relatives in the area. 

As part of its quest to become a leader in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana is soliciting assistance from India in the form of technology and skilled manpower in the agriculture and agro-processing industries.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal will kick off his Australian Open title defence today with a first round test against rising Briton Jack Draper as a new era begins on the blue hardcourts of Melbourne Park.

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) rolled out its first phase of scholarships for 2023 with scores of residents from Kato, Kurukubaru, Mahdia, and Paramakatoi signing up for scholarships during an outreach on Friday, according to a Department of Public Information release yesterday.

Warren Williams, a 31-year-old clerk at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and who resides at Herstelling East Bank Demerara, was arrested on Saturday night at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, for the possession of 1,069.8 grams of cannabis.

As much as the police use statistics to spin the narrative that crime is under control their efforts are undermined by the bloody reprisals that characterise the underworld where ‘hit men’ operate with impunity. 

Onghel Walcott, a 38-year-old woman of LaGrange Public Road, West Bank Demerara, was arrested on yesterday morning for the possession of 65 grammes of suspected cannabis and 9 grammes of cocaine at her home.

We now have airtight, unimpeachable evidence that ExxonMobil accurately predicted global warming years before it turned around and publicly attacked climate science and scientists.

Wildlife hunters have been given notice on the close and open seasons for a number of animals as the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commis-sion yesterday issued a list of the categories and the periods of prohibition.

(Reuters) – A controversial Big Bash League (BBL) rule came under the spotlight during Saturday’s Melbourne derby when two batsmen were each awarded six runs after hitting the roof when they could have been out caught instead.

By Anil Persaud Trained as a historian, Anil Persaud is an independent researcher.

(CNN) R’Bonney Gabriel from the United States was crowned the 71st Miss Universe on Saturday night.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the impact assessment for the Urau oil field Development Project and ExxonMobil estimates that the cost of the Urau Development Project will be close to US$12.7 billion.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Andre Russell sparkled but only briefly as West Indies players struggled for impact in the International League T20, leaving star-studded Abu Dhabi Knight Riders with a six-wicket defeat to Gulf Giants here yesterday.

Dear Editor, “The people of African descent have been dealt with unjustly, have not been duly recognized, or allowed equal opportunities for development.