Daily Archive: Monday, April 3, 2023

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) today said that there will be a ferry service to Bartica on Good Friday, April 7th, 2023.

NEW YORK/PALM BEACH, Florida,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump flew into New York City on his private plane today to face charges stemming from a probe into hush money paid to a porn star, while his lawyers argued against letting cameras in the courtroom.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he believes the country’s economy will grow “more than pessimists think,” noting he does not agree with forecasts of a slow gross domestic product growth.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will host a meeting in California on Wednesday with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said, part of a sensitive U.S.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to rule on Thursday on a preliminary objection by Venezuela in relation to the approach by Guyana for the upholding of the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award settling the boundaries of the two countries.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci today pleaded innocent to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity as his trial began at a special court in The Hague, with protesters rallying outside in support of a leader once feted by the West.

(Trinidad Guardian) Mother of three, Kemba Morris tried to save the lives of her family when fire broke out at their Siparia home yesterday morning, but sadly paid the ultimate price when she and her youngest daughter never made it out.

The Guyana Under-15 cricketers will play their first-round match against Trinidad and Tobago at the Coolidge Cricket Ground tomorrow in the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Regional Super50 competition.

Briton John (28 points) made Guyana proud with another solo display of grit and determination by riding another phenomenal leg to end third overall when the second edition of the Jamaican Cycling Classic Montego Bay Race, ended yesterday.

Georgetown, led by a century from national wicketkeeper/batsman Shamar Yearwood and five wicket hauls from Nehemiah Hohenkirk and Rivaldo Phillips scored a massive 209 run victory over East Coast Demerara to win the Demerara Cricket Board U19 Inter Association limited overs tournament yesterday.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – West Indies teammates Jason Holder and Shimron Hetmyer started the Indian Premier League on a winning note as Rajasthan Royals easily brushed aside Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs in the third game of the new season here yesterday.

The One Guyana Futsal championship will kick-off tonight at the National Gymnasium from 6:00 pm with a 12-team play-in tournament where the top six teams will move into the event’s main draw that runs from April 9 – May 20. 

The IHS Markit audit of cost claims by Exxon-Mobil and its partners for 1999 to 2017 found not only US$214.4M in disputed sums but that the oil companies operated in breach of the insurance requirement of the Produc-tion Sharing Agreement (PSA) as none of the three provided insurance certificates to show liability coverage.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Leon Johnson has labelled Saturday’s final day of the decisive last round of West Indies Championship matches as the best of all his title conquests.

Former athlete and educator Hilton Lewis last Friday celebrated his 104th birthday with friends and family at Uncle Eddie’s Home.

By Shuntel Glasgow A 22-year-old accident victim, on his deathbed, accused ranks of the Guyana Police Force of inflicting serious wounds on him on the day he was involved in an accident outside the East La Penitence Police Station during a road block.

East Bank Essequibo defeated Pomeroon while there were wins for Achievers B and Port Mourant when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Government of Guyana (GOG) Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), U-19 boys Inter-Club Super-50 tournament continued yesterday at various grounds In Essequibo, the East Bank Essequibo team was crowned Essequibo County champions after an enthralling display of cricket as they defeated Pomeroon in the final by seven wickets at the Imam Bacchus Ground.

After lying in a Cabinet sub-Committee since 2020, the draft Engineers Bill has been reviewed and will soon be laid in Parliament, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced.

The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for April 28 at the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue.

Tacuma Ogunseye of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) remains in police custody, his attorney Nigel Hughes said yesterday.

Top cyclist, Paul DeNobrega returned to his winning ways on the saddle yesterday at the National Park.

NEWCASTLE, England, (Reuters) – Frustrated Manchester United players held a meeting without manager Erik ten Hag after they were humbled in a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United yesterday, said defender Luke Shaw, who gave a brutally honest assessment of his team.

The Georgetown Inter-national Academy’s Team Green has won the second National Scratch Coding Competition.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Karim Benzema scored three goals in seven first-half minutes as Real Madrid thrashed Real Valladolid 6-0 yesterday to cut Barcelona’s lead in LaLiga to 12 points.

With the railway embankment being upgraded to accommodate four lanes of traffic, the design of the East Coast-East Bank Demerara bypass road project is being modified to include the changes, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in the Stabroek News of 30 March 2023 by Mr.

Children whose fathers are residents of the state’s penitentiaries yesterday received kites in time for the Easter holidays, and had the opportunity for familial bonding with their fathers as the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) works towards fostering family connectivity through its Welfare and Corrections Department.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Aiden Markram scored a superb century and Sisanda Magala claimed five wickets to lead South Africa to a 146-run win over the Netherlands in a one-day international yesterday and move them to the brink of World Cup qualification.

Dear Editor, With all the brouhaha about who fathered this nation, one is hesitant to ask, “Who was the mother of the nation?”

(Reuters) – Miami Open champion Daniil Medvedev said he will try to keep his sensational start to the year going as the tour shifts to the clay court season, but said he is realistic about his prospects on a surface where he has enjoyed far less success.

Region Nine Indigenous representatives have expressed growing concern over the country’s lack of a national policy on fire management and have taken steps to rectify this failing.

Guyanese activists have described the exemption of the 300-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant from an impact study as well as the issuance of a permit for the Gas to Energy (GTE) project as illegal, and are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke its decisions.

Mikal Bridges scored 30 points and the Brooklyn Nets survived a late scare from the visiting Utah Jazz for a 111-110 victory yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, How does one reconcile ‘Regional Outreaches’ with the authority and responsibilities of constitutional Regional Administrations?

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ oil producers on Sunday announced further oil output cuts of around 1.16 million barrels per day, in a surprise move that analysts said would cause an immediate rise in prices and the United States called inadvisable.

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s white-ball skipper Kane Williamson has been ruled out of this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) after sustaining an injury in Gujarat Titans’ opening match against Chennai Super Kings, the team announced yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to make public remarks in Florida on Tuesday after being arraigned in New York City on an indictment by a grand jury that heard evidence on hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, while his lawyer said on Sunday he anticipates moving to dismiss the charges.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara in Region Three about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to Moses Bhagwan’s “Stop this hypocrisy about charging people for racial incitement” (Stabroek News, 2/4/2023).

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand via a Super Over in the opening Twenty20 international yesterday for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series as Charith Asalanka hit a half-century before guiding them home in the tie-breaker.

(Reuters) – Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine.

Dear Editor A hurriedly convened press conference with little notice to media houses (KN April 2) it can be perceived and derived the media is not held in esteem and its views of no consequence. 

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has said that the government is aware of the importance of the Eteringbang Airstrip and as such is pushing to complete the project.

Eighteen-year-old Martin King of East Ruimveldt was recently remanded to prison after he was charged with robbing his acquaintance.

RIYADH/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit that Riyadh is hosting in May, three sources familiar with the plans said, a move that would formally end Syria’s regional isolation.

(Reuters) – Former India all-rounder Salim Durani, who was known for his match-winning ability, died at the age of 88 yesterday, PTI news agency reported.

Posterity will record that a doughty battle is being waged by civil society activists, the media and ordinary citizens for accountability in the oil and gas sector, to ensure that the environment is not compromised and to make certain that the country and its people are not being cheated of what belongs to them.

Dear Mr. Editor, In a world dominated by hatred, I typically do not respond to hate comments.

Some 700 experts from universities and research bodies across the UK sent a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him to end approvals for all new oil and gas developments, as any such approval would undermine the UK’s position as a global climate leader.

By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian A shorter version of this column, titled ‘Will We Hasten Slowly?’