Daily Archive: Sunday, January 29, 2023

Tragedy Two women drown at Feather Beach: Two Region Two families are mourning the deaths of two mothers who drowned last at Feather Beach in Region Two.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – A loud explosion struck a military industry factory near Iran’s central city of Isfahan overnight, in what Tehran said today was a drone strike by unidentified attackers.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday urged a swift conclusion to talks on a free trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur South American trade bloc, on the first stop in Buenos Aires of his inaugural tour of the region.

A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice man died and three others were injured after the driver of a Tacoma vehicle rammed into a crowd at a wedding house in the village around 1 am today.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – A ruthless Novak Djokovic resumed his reign over Melbourne Park by winning a record-extending 10th Australian Open title today and crushing the Grand Slam dream of Greek trailblazer Stefanos Tsitsipas in a one-sided final.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi today after an investigation found he committed a serious breach by not being open about a tax probe, the latest scandalto hit one of Sunak’s top ministers.

Twenty-three years ago two sailors came together and started a business which essentially focused on transmitting the training they received overseas to better prepare those entering the maritime industry.

By Rae Wiltshire Amanda Persaud’s classroom is bright and colourful. It makes her feel good and her students appreciate the creativity.

Hazel Simmons-McDonald is a Saint Lucian who has lived and worked in Barbados for over thirty years.

“We will be making some very important decisions coming out of this.”

Seventy percent of works for the reopening of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate have been completed, inclusive of major changes in the factory as management and staff gear up for the second crop of this year.

National fast-bowling all-rounder, Clinton Pestano is unsure of his next move as it relates to his cricket future after being excluded from the Guyana Harpy Eagles set up for the upcoming Regional first-class season.

By Yolanda T Marshall It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.

The Ministry of Public Works has written the national tender board and will also notify the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) why it no longer wishes sacked contracting firm, N&S General Engineering Contracting Services, to undertake any of its other projects.

More than six weeks after a fracas at the Providence Police Station during which a gunshot was fired and cops scattered for cover, the authorities are yet to pronounce on the matter and the aggrieved family which has claimed assault by the guards of a prominent businessman is calling for justice.

The highly-anticipated Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers of the Guyana Olympic Association is imminent.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite struck a composed hundred to extend his prolific form and lead a healthy West Indies batting effort on the opening day of their four-day tour match against a Zimbabwe XI here yesterday.

Mid Atlantic Oil and Gas, the local partner in the exploration of the Canje Block offshore is not being wound up.

Senior Superintendent of Police and attorney-at-law Edmond Cooper has died. He was 47.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Aryna Sabalenka tamed her nerves to blast her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena Rybakina yesterday in a thrilling final featuring two power-hitters in the women’s game.

A 39-year-old typist of the Supreme Court at Suddie on the Essequibo Coast was on Friday sentenced to four months imprisonment after she was found guilty of perverting the course of justice surrounding the death of a man in 2021.

Promising teenaged batting sensation, Matthew Nandu, is one of four new additions to the Guyana Harpy Eagles squad for the upcoming Regional Four-Day side and he is eager to receive his first cap.

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) recently held elections and national player, Kristoff Sheppherd, will lead the body for the next year.

Dear Editor,  Contractors’ transgressions from failure to start contracted works to inferior quality construction (e.g.,

By Baytoram Ramharack Cheddi Jagan (1918-1997) was a complex political character.

(Reuters) – Expedited talks are under way among Kyiv and its allies about Ukraine’s requests for long-range missiles that it says are needed to prevent Russia from destroying Ukrainian cities, a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday.

Ann’s Grove, and Pouderoyen booked quarterfinal berths with contrasting wins when the East Coast Mash Cup Football Championship continued Friday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

Eighty-five youths have successfully completed entrepreneurial training with the support of Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd, a release from the financial institution stated on Friday.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged yesterday a “strong, swift and precise” response to a deadly Palestinian shooting attack near a synagogue on Jerusalem’s outskirts, as its military sent more troops into the occupied West Bank.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) wishes to acknowledge the article ‘Is the GMC hamstrung by the confines of political control?

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Test vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood believes a strong start to the two-Test series against Zimbabwe will be vital for West Indies, especially with the squad still adjusting to an overhauled management team.

Major development plans are in the works for LBI says Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal A release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday stated that the minister laid out the infrastructural framework that will see massive development in the La Bonne Intention (LBI) housing scheme.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., (Reuters) – The specialized police unit that included at least some of the Memphis officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was disbanded yesterday as more protests took place in U.S.

Dear Editor, The recent inferno at Christ Church Secondary School has reignited concerns about the vulnerability of our school buildings to the consuming wrath of Guyana’s destructive conflagrations.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s deadly flood emergency continued yesterday after heavy rainfall hit the country’s north island, causing landslides, flash floods and knocking out roads.

Dear Editor, As a citizen of Guyana I cannot help but notice the continuation of an ominous trend being portrayed by this Government during their twenty-six years in power.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) along with Guyanese Manganese Incorporated (GMI) can now train persons in their companies’ respective trades as they collected their certificates of Masters of Apprenticeship from the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) which operates under the umbrella of the Ministry of Labour.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Unbeaten light-heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev stopped Britain’s Anthony Yarde in a thrilling eight rounds at London’s Wembley Arena yesterday to retain his WBC, IBF and WBO belts.

A 23-year-old labourer of Parker Street, Providence, East Bank Demerara, was nabbed by Police at around 11:20 an on Friday on the Western end of the Demerara Habour Bridge with 2,229.7 grams of marijuana in a haversack.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has urged his batsmen to make their starts count, if West Indies are to mount large totals in the two-Test series against Zimbabwe next month.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A loud explosion at a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan was caused by an “unsuccessful” drone attack, Iranian state media reported yesterday, citing the defence ministry.

Dear Editor, I am a teacher in a school in Region 4.

(ICC)India and England will lock horns in a tantalizing final of the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Potchefstroom today, to bring down the curtain on a thrilling first edition of the event in South Africa.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – South America is not likely to have a common currency bloc to rival the euro any time soon, analysts said on Monday, despite excited chatter sparked by officials in Brazil and Argentina raising the prospect of a shared tender.

Reon Miller of Boston & Boston is the winner of the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic’s fourth Miles Greeves Fitzpatrick Prize for Legal Aid.

Dear Editor, There can be no denying that there is deep distrust between the two main political parties (the PPP and the PNC).

SBM Offshore, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, has officially launched the inaugural Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix Competition.

(Reuters) – At least 24 people died in northern Peru after a bus carrying 60 passengers plunged off a cliff in early yesterday, police told local media.

BEIRUT, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of “infiltrating” and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in “conflict of interest editing” in the Middle East and North Africa.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks held on for a 141-131 win over the host Indiana Pacers on Friday night in Indianapolis.

Despite motivating numerous individuals to join the gym and start their fitness journey, it has been almost a herculean task to convince some of my close friends to do the same.

Introduction As I advanced last week, clearly my proposal for the authorities to establish a national oil company, NOC, based on NRGI precepts, does not ipso facto constitute a recommendation favouring the creation of a state-owned and or joint venture, JV, oil refinery. 

I once read a long article about two remarkable books: “The Poetical Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins,” published by the Clarendon Press in Oxford, and “The Early Poetic Manuscripts and Note-Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins in Facsimile,” published by Garland in New York.

Dear Editor, What brought tears to my eyes was the profoundly proud image of a Black dad sitting next to his daughter in the reception of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

There is no dispute that much poverty still exists in Guyana.

Three of the films in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival find writers directing their own scripts engaging with socially urgent issues that feel destined to be conversation starters.

(Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of “mass due process violations” in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data.

Baby who ah cry ah house and ah door ah same thing.

China’s Four Great Folktales 1. Butterfly Lovers During a time when women were still discouraged from taking up scholarly pursuits, Zhu Yingtai, urges her father to permit her to disguise as a man so that she can attend classes.

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, which ends today in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, drew five participants in the world’s top ten, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating system.

“Well is not something that I did want but it happen and wah I can do?

Sometimes, growth becomes a period of complete introspection and self-analysis. In this period, when your priorities often lie in the process of simply figuring out how to place yourself in the world, it is easy to forget the realities that exist in the way that life occurs.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia seized more cocaine in 2022 than any other year on record, the South American country’s defense ministry reported yesterday.

 A 46-year-old man from Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was held by Police ranks at about 10.45 pm on Friday with a quantity of marijuana and the drug `Molly’.

Castrol Strikers overcame newcomers Alpha 3-2 when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued Friday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

In the days and weeks since our last conversation about his art, Dudley Charles and I continued our periodic chats.

Most of the great cities in the world were not planned. 

Please consider this week’s column a Public Service Announcement and an Appeal.