Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

On the 20th March 2023, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers intercepted a motor vehicle with two male occupants bearing Registration number HD 1880 at Charity Street, Charity, Essequibo.

The Guyana Poultry Producers Association is calling on the Government to urgently address the smuggling of chicken over the country’s eastern and southern borders   Poultry producers have expressed alarm at the increased visibility of smuggled chicken on the local market.

(Trinidad Express) It is time to modernise the Presidency to allow for greater use of its facilities for the benefit of the public and for greater accessibility by the people.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) yesterday confirmed that it will retrench 70 per cent of the workforce at its wholly owned Barbados-based subsidiary, Arawak Cement Company.

A senior US government official has urged Guyana to step up efforts to take on cybercrime and an assessment team is to visit this week to share best practices for the protection of military networks.

A Sunday afternoon fire ravaged two Agricola, East Bank Demerara houses, and also claimed the life of 45-year-old Kevin Trotman and left 13 persons homeless, a statement from the Guyana Fire Service [GFS] said.

A 19-year-old labourer, who was employed at a vulcanizing shop at Old Kara Kara, Mackenzie, Linden, died on Monday while he was attending to a truck tyre that allegedly exploded.

Geotechnical engineer Charles Ceres has been named to head the  investigation into the death of Bosai employee Neptrid Hercules.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – West Indies are buoyed by the prospect of their first series win over South Africa in three decades, and interim head coach Andre Coley has urged his side for continued intensity in the final One-Day International of the three-match series which bowls off here today.

Test players Tagenarine Chanderpual and Gudakesh Motie have been included in the Guyana Harpy Eagles side for the Cricket West Indies fourth round regional four day encounter starting tomorrow at the Providence National Stadium.

One week after his co-accused was freed, former mason, 30-year-old George Hope, has also been acquitted of the 2018 murder of America Street moneychanger Shawn Nurse.

Dear Editor, The Laws of Guyana establishing the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) could not be clearer.

After last Tuesday’s false start, the nominees in the race for the leadership and the executive positions of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) are back in the blocks today.

The chairman of the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith on Friday evening at a reception held at the US Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch’s residence, stated that America cares greatly about Guyana’s stability and prosperity.

Dear Editor, Your Stabroek News article dated October 10, 2022 headlined, ‘Engineer’s Bill not being ignored – Edghill – must wait its turn for Cabinet approval, refers.

Dear Editor, Apart from several easily fixed grammatical errors across the entirety of the initial draft submitted for public comment, the “Draft Model Production Sharing Agreement for Shallow Water” is a good first version and the team should be applauded for their efforts.

Linden All-Stars successfully retained their Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic Championship, defeating GT Ballers in the final on Sunday evening at the Burnham Court, Parade ground.

Following continuous rainfall across Georgetown yesterday, a section of the Main Street Avenue from Middle Street to Church Street was flooded.

Dear Editor, I wrote my piece about the remarks by Tacuma and it did not meet the “liking” of the newspapers.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Vietnam,  Pham Thi Kim Hoa at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

If it wasn’t an event  as serious  as the Presidential elections of the Guyana Olympics Association (GOA), one could   easily dismiss  the drama surrounding today’s ballot as this country’s equivalent to Comedy Central.

It was vintage Kevin Jeffrey on Sunday as the veteran speed demon drove like a man possessed and swept the featured Group 4 class at the South Dakota Grand Prix.

For a second consecutive week, the scheduled meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been aborted due to a lack of quorum and Chairman Jermaine Figueira has said that he is mulling a motion for the National Assembly to reverse the April 2022 decision that changed the three-member quorum to its present five.

Dear Editor, I  have  a  solve for  this  political  football  called “racism of Guyanese  politics “ that  been  around  and  invented  by  the  colonizers or imperialists since 1965.

Twelve teachers from schools across the coast are the first batch to have completed their Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education offered by the Indira Gandhi Open University through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning.

Dear Editor, On the 15th of March, the Government of Guyana released its draft Model Petroleum Agreements for public scrutiny and comment/feedback within fourteen days and I would ask for clarity on the Royalty arrangement.

St. Rose’s High Saturday ran roughshod over New Central High when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ continued at the St Stanislaus College hardcourt.

Dear Editor, Her Excellency, American Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch has spoken; she could not have spoken more clearly, or with more authority. 

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday remanded three men to prison on the charges of break and enter and larceny committed on an accounting company on New Market Street.

The Police Falcons trounced the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ruggers 48-12 when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) 12’s League continued on Sunday at the National Park.

Dear Editor I recently perused, with much dismay, what the police labelled, “The Guyana Police Force Strategic Plan 2022 – 2026”.

(Reuters) – Vladimir Putin and his “dear friend” Chinese leader Xi Jinping planned more talks today after a Kremlin dinner where the isolated Russian president showcased his most powerful ally in the face of Western opposition to the war in Ukraine.

Two out of the four men who were intercepted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) at sea back in November of last year yesterday made their first appearance before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court and were sentenced to 40 months each after both pled guilty.

Says Charwayne Walker Recently appointed One Day International (ODI)  West Indies captain Shai Hope became only the second West Indian to score an ODI century on his ODI captaincy debut.

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said its executive board approved a nearly $3 billion bailout for Sri Lanka, and the country’s presidency said the program will enable it to access up to $7 billion in overall funding.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro yesterday accepted the resignation of the country’s powerful oil minister following the detention of at least six high level officials amid a corruption probe focused on state-run company PDVSA and the judiciary.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a report in Stabroek News on Sunday 18 March, 2023, the contents of which appear to be a complaint against the Office of the Commissioner of Information.

John Fernandes Insurance Services is being voluntarily liquidated. According to a notice in the Official Gazette, at a General Meeting of the company duly convened and held on the 9th day of March, 2023, the following Special Resolution was duly passed: That with effect from the 31st day of March, 2023, the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Jack A.

Twenty-seven-year-old Akeem Archer who was recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was yesterday remanded to prison when he made his appearance before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews had little impact with bat or ball as Mumbai Indians slumped to their second loss in three days, to surrender top spot in the Women’s Premier League.

(Reuters) – Kanak Jha, who competed for the United States in table tennis competitions at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, has been given a one-year ban for three whereabouts failures, the U.S.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in central Paris yesterday after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament yesterday over a deeply unpopular pension reform.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental regulator Ibama has asked oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA

DOHA, Qatar, CMC – There were no fireworks from former West Indies stars Lendl Simmons, Tino Best nor Ricardo Powell, as World Giants suffered a seven-wicket thumping at the hands of Asia Lions in the final of the Legends League here yesterday.

Alissa Trotz is Professor of Caribbean Studies and Director of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto.

(Reuters) – Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari SpA RACE.MI said yesterday that a hacker recently demanded ransom from the company related to certain client contact details, adding that the breach had no impact on the company’s operations.

The report published in last Friday’s issue of the Stabroek News regarding the physical assault on Fort Wellington Secondary School teacher Marlon Daniels by relatives of a student who both Mr.

(Reuters) – New Zealand completed an innings and 58-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second test in blustery Wellington yesterday to sweep the series 2-0 as the South Asian side’s resistance finally broke late on day four.

(Reuters) – FIFA has appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal after sport’s highest court CAS annulled a lifetime ban on ex-Haitian football federation president Yves Jean-Bart following allegations of sexual harassment, soccer’s governing body said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Though the remarks were withdrawn, one wonders though on what basis, controversial remarks made at a political meeting, found its way on the floor of a recent council meeting of Region 5, before being swiftly shut down?