Daily Archive: Friday, March 17, 2023

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant today against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine.

A Smithfield, New Amsterdam labourer was this morning remanded to prison after he was charged with the fatal chopping of Kevin Junior Small.

The Minister of Labour,  Joseph Hamilton will shortly appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the fatal accident involving Neptrid Hercules who was employed by Chinese bauxite company, Bosai at  Linden, Upper Demerara River.

(Trinidad Guardian) A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said it again “encourages” the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank to remove all restrictions on current international transactions as a means of creating a more investment-friendly business environment that would drive the diversification of the T&T economy.

Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Congressman Jason Smith and members of a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) are on a visit Guyana, a statement from the US Embassy said today.

Canada-based logistics firm C S World Cargo 2000 Limited promised to go “above and beyond” to provide clients with the best possible service during the launch of its first branch in Georgetown on Tuesday, and announced plans to establish three more local offices within the next five years.

BEIJING/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week, officials from both countries said today, weighing into the Ukraine conflict just as relations between Moscow and Washington hit a new low.

Guyana’s Abiola Jackman suffered a unanimous decision loss yesterday to Nupur Sheoran in her opening round-of-16 bout at the ongoing International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships in India.

(CMC) – West Indies will have to wait a bit longer to start a “new era” of leadership under Shai Hope when persistent rain forced the first One-day International against hosts South Africa to be abandoned without a ball being bowled yesterday.

Though he has drawn broad condemnation for remarks that appeared to seek a military-led uprising against the government, Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton yesterday said that executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Tacuma Ogunseye’s right to free speech must be respected.

With the Golden Jaguars penciled to depart local shores on Sunday to resume their CONCACAF Nations League campaign, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially released its 23 member roster for the matches against Bermuda and Montserrat, with 12 foreign born players making the final cut.

Maintaining that there were procurement breaches in its handpicking of the contractor for the US$34 million e-ID contract, former Minister of Public Communications Cathe-rine Hughes is urging the government to relook at the project, hold public consultations and have an open tender process.

German’s Restaurant became the latest entity to throw its financial support behind the annual Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic, which is slated to commence tomorrow at the Burnham Court on Parade ground by donating an undisclosed sum.

Even as works have advanced on the controversial Leguan Stelling, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has reminded the contractor of his June deadline and asked that he speed up.

Cougars FC defeated Vryman’s Erven Secondary 2-0 on Wednesday, when the Berbice leg of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Blue Water U15 Girls’ Development League kicked off at the Scott’s School ground, New Amsterdam.

Although giving birth to healthy triplet boys brought her great joy, 26-year-old unemployed mother, Christine Crystol Hope, is nevertheless worried at the many responsibilities which have now been imposed on her.

(Reuters) – Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali yesterday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to be played around the world.

AK Galaxy and Rising Stars secured lopsided wins, when the Bartica leg of the Namilco Boys U17 Football League continued on Wednesday evening at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

The man who died after being hit when a minibus ploughed through the fence of a property at Timehri was a Chinese national, and a sub-contractor of CNQC International attached to the Marriot Hotel project.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles are comfortably in control of their third-round clash in the West Indies four-day championships against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force after establishing a healthy 260-run lead at the end of day two at Tarouba.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday lobbied banks to take a proactive approach towards addressing the financial woes faced by the private sector and called for finances to be readily available for com-mercial entities to navigate challenges.

With an official report on the takeaways for the Guyanese contingent at the February 24-28 Agro Fest in Barbados still to be made public, a   reliable evaluation of the role that the event would have played in advancing the external marketability for local agro produce would be impossible to undertake.

Former France national team star Thierry Henry, who has ties to MLS as a coach and player, has expressed interest in the United States Men’s National Team coaching vacancy, ESPN reported yesterday.

There are unmistakable indications that the more than half a century of relatively staid relations between Guyana and India are seemingly set to shift gears, with conventional diplomatic ties associated mostly with their membership of the Commonwealth now, apparently, metamorphosing into a more pragmatic relationship born out of mutual recognition that, in practical terms, each of them possess resources that are important to the other.

(Reuters) – Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina survived a stern test from Czech Karolina Muchova before advancing to the Indian Wells semi-finals with a 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 win yesterday.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has announced that a series of recommendations are to be made at the Splashmins Resort after an investigation was launched more than a month ago following reports of two alleged piranha attacks at the resort.

Dear Editor, Rodney employed Guerilla Intellectualism, but… it’s all lost to the handful of people who stole Walter Rodney’s party.

If the countries of the Caribbean might have been holding their breath for news from the World Bank pointing to some measure of relief from what has been a protracted global food crisis, the Bank’s Monday, March 13  update provides little, if any, cause for comfort.

Teachers of children with autism were yesterday exposed to further training through the Special Education Needs (SEN) in collaboration with ChildLink Inc at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).

Alvin Kallicharran will be returning to Port Mourant Berbice, his birthplace and the spawning ground for his eventual career as one of the most outstanding batsmen Guyana and the West Indies has ever produced, for the official launching of an illustrated children’s storybook celebrating his cricketing journey.

By Brooke Glasford In the spirit of International Women’s Month and continuing the series that I unwittingly started, I want to talk about some Guyanese women and women in business that have created substantial followings on TikTok across a range of industries.

Dear Editor, Mr. Tacuma Ogunseye’s recent speech in Buxton of which excerpts are reported in the Stabroek News editorial of March 12, 2023 under the caption, “Hate-speech” has caused upset and discomfort to Indo-Guyanese members of the PNC/APNU.

Incremental even if still modest evidence is beginning to emerge that Guyana’s agro-processed products are beginning to make gradual inroads into the wider regional market.

While the staggering sums of cash being tossed around by LIV Golf the past couple of years have drawn some of the biggest names on the PGA Tour to make the leap, veteran golfer Fred Couples said this week that it couldn’t turn the head of rising star Will Zalatoris.

Government, through Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, is demanding payment of the just over $1 million in court costs yet to be made by the eight Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) who lost the case challenging their suspension from the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, Like a finely tuned Swiss watch, the PPP men and women do not show at the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting(s).

Reports from Port of Spain indicate that Trinidad and Tobago Energy and Energy Industries Minister, Stuart Young, has, in recent weeks, been busy seeking to expand the frontiers of international interest in his country’s energy sector.

Veteran forward Draymond Green will miss the Golden State Warriors’ next game after being suspended by the NBA for exceeding the league’s technical foul limit.

(Reuters) – First Republic Bank (FRC.N) has received $30 billion in deposits from several big banks, the banks said in a statement on Thursday, as part of a rescue package for the lender.

Dear Editor, First, Guyanese should ignore the call from the Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, to boycott the elections.

Passengers were on Wednesday afternoon stranded on the Essequibo River after a boat that left Parika for Supenaam apparently ran short of fuel, the latest in a string of such incidents in the waterway.

(Reuters) – Prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup will be $150 million, 10 times what it was in 2015 and three times the amount of 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced in his closing remarks to the 73rd FIFA Congress yesterday.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is stating categorically, that contrary to reports in some sections of the media, the Christ Church Secondary School will be rebuilt with funding from the Government of Guyana.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more teeth to its military.

The continued growth of the fossil fuel industry in Latin America and the Caribbean, notwithstanding, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is projecting that 2023 will see the region look fixedly at solar energy as its mainstream source of energy.

Dear Editor, There are legendary stories told to you as a child that lives with you forever.

(Trinidad Express) President of the Law Association Sophia Chote, SC, says the security concerns of the Director of Public Prosecutions over a Port of Spain building assigned for its operations by the Government are valid.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Beginning July 1 this year, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will increase the loan limit to a single applicant by $1 million.

(CMC) – Teenagers Trishan Holder, Zaida James, and Djenaba Joseph are among 15 players that Cricket West Indies have invited for a West Indies Women’s Emerging Players high-performance camp from March 16 to 30 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG) .

A Good Hope labourer on Wednesday appeared at the Cove and John Magistrates Court where he was charged with two counts of robbery under arms.

PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions bill through the National Assembly without a vote on Thursday, triggering boos and shouts of “Resign!”

Dear Editor, Guyana’s construction industry is facing increasing demands for experienced and qualified local workers.

A fire suspected to be arson has caused serious damage to the contents of a timber and concrete building yesterday morning at Agatash Village, Bartica, Region Seven.

(Reuters) – Former South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk has announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket, the end of a sterling career for one of the country’s best ever female players.

By George Soros LONDON – It is exactly one month ago that I gave a speech on the eve of the Munich Security Conference.

When sharing on Guyana’s progressive abortion act with civil society leaders in other countries, I am often asked about what that process looked like as they seek out strategies to push for safe abortions in their own countries.

(In tribute to the late columnist Allan Fenty, Stabroek News will be running some of his earlier columns in his regular Friday slot.

Dear Editor, The video about the closing of the gate at an ECD primary school, thereby preventing students from purchasing snacks from vendors, over alleged disagreements about fees to be paid, begs the question – what fees? 

DAKAR (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas at stone-hurling protesters in Senegal’s capital on Thursday ahead of a court case involving a prominent opposition politician that has triggered anger among youth.

(Trinidad Guardian) Lawyers within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions are calling on Attorney General Reginald Armour to apologise for his suggestion that their office was underperforming.

On Sunday we reported on an open letter sent to President Irfaan Ali by Environment and Democracy activist Simone Mangal-Joly, where she criticized the recent appointees to the Environmental Assessment Board. 

More than half a century of relatively staid diplomatic relations between Guyana and India, as two independent nations, would appear set to shift gears to an extent that goes beyond the mostly uneventful cordiality derived from a mutual acknowledgement of the centuries-old historic ties between the two countries.