Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) is to close for 24 hours from Sunday at 3 am for emergency repairs and water taxis will operate uninterrupted during this period.

The sod was yesterday turned for a $1.7b school at Karasabai in Region Nine which is to be built by  Avinash Contracting.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said today that China’s Xi Jinping would visit Russia, saying relations had reached “new frontiers” amid U.S.

NABLUS, West Bank, (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 90 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, witnesses and medical officials said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney have joined forces to record a song together for the rock band’s upcoming new album, a spokesperson for the Stones said today.

(Trinidad Express) A Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) finalist and former CSM queen is condemning this year’s results.

Guyana has been suspended from the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for failure to submit a report for 2020, sources tell Stabroek News.

An attempt by a company to enforce a controversial land sale deal with the BV/Triumph NDC appears to finally be at an end.

Essequibo rice farmers yesterday demanded to know the price of paddy for this crop since harvesting is due to start within days in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region. 

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – A polished 47 from new West Indies One-day International captain Shai Hope trumped an explosive 48 from England international Jason Roy, and Lahore Qalandars conquered Quetta Gladiators by 63 runs in the Pakistan Super League yesterday.

The growing number of accident-related injuries and deaths over the year so far has been noted with growing alarm by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

Delight Travel Service joined the growing list of donors to support the resuscitation of the Golden Mile, which is scheduled to be hosted on March 12th at the National Park Circuit, Thomas Lands.

Dear Editor, I did not intend to write this letter, but the emails I sent to where the government and parliamentary websites said to contact them were unsuccessful.

A 27-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to 18 years in prison by Justice Sandil Kissoon for the rape of a five-year-old boy.

The top three finishers in the recent  East Coast Mash Cup Football Championships, Ann’s Grove, Dynamic FC and Pouderoyen were presented with their prizes during a simple presentation ceremony on Monday at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) secretariat.

Four Guyanese are currently in Antigua going through player development and assessment exercises in preparation for Cricket West Indies (CWI) participation in the International Cricket Council (ICC) men’s Under-19 World Cup, scheduled for Sri Lanka in 2024.

Dear Editor, Guyana has often been described as a “Land of Six Races”.

The first thirty beneficiaries of the Steel and Cement Housing Subsidy Programme on Monday received their vouchers, during a brief ceremony at the Ministry of Housing and Water-Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 the Esso Guyana Media Relations Advisor, Kwesi Isles, stated that the increase of the Liza 1 and Liza 2 projects’ combined output to 400,000 barrels per day was safe.

WARSAW/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been sparring verbally, presenting starkly different views of the world and the Ukraine war, Biden promising to defend democracies and Putin asserting the West was a threat to Russia.

Public sector agencies have up to  February 23, 2023 to submit their procurement plans to the PPC.

Dear Editor, GECOM awoke from its slumber yesterday morning and proposed for immediate discussion a course of action to provide for the enfranchisement of the registrants who are being registered under the Continuous Registration Exercise by virtue of which they will not be in the local government voter’s register.

(Reuters) – Democrat Jennifer McClellan won a special election for the U.S.

President Irfaan Ali is pursuing the development of Guyana’s health and science sectors with an eye towards vaccine development.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted yesterday on U.S.

(Reuters) – Societe Generale SA SOGN.PA agreed to pay $157 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the French bank and several other banks of contributing to imprisoned Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford’s estimated $7.2 billion fraud.

Dear Editor, I was most concerned when I listened to Minister Hamilton speaking in Parliament on NCN.

Several key Budget Agencies have informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament that they are working to bring their financial audits up to date.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil’s southeastern Sao Paulo state rose to 46 people yesterday, according to officials, with more precipitation expected.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter by Clement J Rohee in Stabroek News, 21 February 2023 (`What would this world look like at the end of the war?’)

HAVANA, Cuba,  (Reuters) – Cuba yesterday suffered its third major blackout in little more than a week, leaving a vast swath of the center and east of the island without power, energy officials said on state-run TV.

Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has written to the Executive Director of the EPA, Kemraj Parsram urging him to cease and desist from conducting meetings on ExxonMobil’s proposed fifth oil platform until a certified Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is  provided.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Honduran government extended its state of emergency for a second time yesterday, while also expanding it to cover a growing portion of the Central American country, as part of leftist President Xiomara Castro’s crackdown on gangs.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States could bar tens of thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, Schools under attack in various forms – fires, teachers being physically assaulted, and more recently, threats with racial overtones and bomb threats. 

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued the following traffic advisory for the Mashramani Float Parade which will be held on Thursday 23rd February, 2023.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s attorney general’s office said on Tuesday on Twitter that the U.S.

Residents of First Street, Belle West are now the beneficiaries of a newly reconstructed roadway, following commitments by the PPP/C Government.

South Africa reached the semi-finals of their home ICC Women’s T20 World Cup with a 10-wicket win over Bangladesh at Newlands. 

Dear Editor, February 24 marks one year since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

By Sania Nishtar KARACHI – The year is 2025. A woman with diabetes living in a rural area, where there is a shortage of health-care workers, must manage her condition.

BENONI, South Africa, CMC – Jason Holder and Joshua da Silva gathered purposeful half-centuries and West Indies made a tame start to their Tour of South Africa yesterday.

Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI), which services ExxonMobil’s operations offshore, says it has recorded a milestone of zero Lost Time Injuries (LTI) for the past 1000 Days. 

Free agent Brittney Griner officially re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury, the team announced yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has received a letter of apology dated February 20, from American Airlines Managing Director, International Government Affairs, Robert Wirick, for treatment meted out at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last week.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Holders Real Madrid produced a stunning comeback from two goals down to earn a devastating 5-2 victory at a shell-shocked Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie yesterday.

Diamond Secondary for the second consecutive year won the Pre-Mash Inter-Secondary Schools tape-ball cricket competition, defeating Vergenoegen by nine wickets on Saturday at the Durban Park Tarmac.

India’s wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh has moved into the top 20 of the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings for the first time after some good scores in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 while Amelia Kerr of New Zealand and Muneeba Ali of Pakistan are other batters to achieve career-best rankings.

LONDON, CMC – Jamaica sprint darling Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the only English-speaking Caribbean national nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sports award.

On Sunday morning, a speeding driver smashed into the fence of the Grand Coastal Hotel causing significant damage.

FRANKFURT, Germany,  (Reuters) – Goals from Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo gave dominant Napoli a comfortable 2-0 victory at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt in their Champions League last-16 first leg yesterday.

(Reuters) – England smashed the highest-ever score at a Women’s Twenty20 World Cup before demolishing Pakistan by a record 114 runs in a group stage match yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa.

On 10th February, at the National Cultural Centre, the Guyana Prize for Literature was presented at the Awards Ceremony, the marquee event of the Guyana Prize for Literature Literary Festival 2023.

(Reuters) – Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination yesterday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws.