Daily Archive: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Nazima Raghubir was today re-elected as Head of the Guyana Press Association (GPA).

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday handed over the recently constructed Police Outpost for the Timehri Sub-District Area.

Command of the First Infantry Battalion has changed following the retirement of Colonel Sherwin Anderson MSM, who had served in that appointment for the past three years.

The Movement for Unity and Democracy, a political initiative aimed at promoting unity and democracy in Guyana, was officially launched on Friday at the National Library in Georgetown.

KYIV/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said today Kyiv and its Western supporters could make a Russian defeat in the war in Ukraine “irreversible” as early as this year and thanked Germany for being a “true friend” during a visit to Berlin.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time today, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Sweden’s Loreen won Eurovision 2023 with the song “Tattoo” in Liverpool, northern England, yesterday, becoming the first woman to triumph twice in the contest.

(CAL) Caribbean Airlines, the leading carrier in the region, is pleased to announce the resumption of operations to Caracas, Venezuela from Saturday May 13; and the expansion of its route network to the Eastern Caribbean in the coming months.

(Trinidad Guardian) Construction company China Jiangsu International Corporation Trinidad and Tobago Limited has been ordered by the High Court to pay the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) more than TT$30 million in damages related to the controversial HDC Las Alturas Project.

An elderly man and his son-in-law were gunned down during a home invasion in Block 22, Wismar, Linden yesterday morning and a third man was critically  injured.

The Guyana Government yesterday  signed a US$200 million framework agreement with the IsDB for the reconstruction of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Guyana rifle shooters recaptured the West Indies Full Bore Shooting Championships Short range title shot over 300, 500 and 600 yards’ ranges as the curtains came down on the regional event at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol ranges in Antigua and Barbuda yesterday.

After the quashing of tendering in April for the sale of the Marriott Hotel Guyana, state holding company, NICIL has asked the original participants to resubmit bids and has set a base price of US$85m.

Aliyah Abrams is the new national 400m metre record-holder. The two-time Olympian, erased the previous national record (50.71s) yesterday at the New Life Invitational in Freeport, The Bahamas, winning the quarter mile event in 50.20s.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday commissioned a new recreational park located along the Backdam road in New Amsterdam – a development which he said is expected to provide a green space for families to come together with the possibility to improve mental health and community wellness.

Dear Editor, I write to congratulate the President on his wholehearted acknowledgement of Cuba’s meaningful contribution to our nation’s medical services over the years. 

The 40th edition of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Independence Three-Stage road race is set to reward with  record sums to the riders finishing with the top honors.

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) and the Amaya Milk Company signed a distributor’s agreement on Friday at Parc Rayne on the East Bank of Demerara.

With just a week to go for the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card, the combatants are ramping up their preparations.

Dear Editor, World Press Freedom Day 2023 marked a momentous juncture for the Fourth Estate, with a theme that positioned the free press as an enabler of wider freedoms.

C-Point emerged victorious in the Strikers Sports Club ‘Tribute to Mothers’ Domino Championship which concluded Thursday evening at the entity’s recreational facility in Meadowbrook.

Dear Editor, The amended act governing E-bikes is one of the most asinine pieces of legislation that the sitting Government has tabled.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now overseeing the printing of ballots for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE).

The Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,

Dear Editor, I don’t believe my qualifications with regard to lambasting pre-2020 PPP government administrations on the Arts need restating and I stand by every prior criticism I’ve made.

An Outpatient facility valued over $40 million was yesterday commissioned at the Port Mourant Hospital, Region Six.

Under pressure to say why it appears to be doing no substantial work, the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on Friday said that it still has under active consideration matters that have been raised with it by APNU+AFC MP and former Minister of Public Works, David Patterson.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Guyana has partnered with the Guyana Football Federation to stage the fifth season of the Elite League, donating $10M towards the championship which is penciled in to commence this evening at the Eve Leary ground.

Dear Editor, It is indeed “curiouser and curiouser” that the EPA and others are now claiming financial and/or economic hardship as part of the reasons to appeal against the courageous and independent decision imparted by Justice Kissoon last week.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party registered an emphatic win in elections in the southern state of Karnataka yesterday, defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a big boost to its prospects ahead of national elections due next year.

Dear Editor, The Deputy Mayor has suddenly awakened from his slumber of wilful neglect of his duties to his constituency. 

An urgent application under the Judicial Review Act for an injunction to postpone the holding of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) elections scheduled for today was yesterday afternoon thrown out by acting Chief Justice Roxane George.

Ninety-nine-year-old Evelyn Ramroop of Palmyra Village says children are a blessing and should do everything in their power to honour and cherish their parents who worked tirelessly to ensure that they were well brought up.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is alerting members of the public about an employment scam being perpetrated by a former firefighter.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – A truce between Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group officially came into effect late last night, with an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement meant to end the worst episode of cross-border fire since a 10-day war in 2021.

Dear Editor, Men who are concerned about domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence should be mindful of how they deal with their frustrations when they feel that victims and survivors are not breaking off the abusive relationship.

I love rice. There is so much you can do with it.

By Stanley Greaves FRIDAY Today was payday. Waterfront workers received wages from the pay office of companies.

Exactly sixty years ago, as it happened in 2023 between Ding LIren and Ian Nepomniachtchi, Tigran Petrosian opposed Mikhail Botvinnik for the FIDE World Championship Chess Championship.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour returns to the dossier exploring the 15 losses incurred by the West Indies in the 115 Tests played between the 1980 Tour of England and the 1995 visit to New Zealand, during which they remained unbeaten in 29 Test series.

It’s often said that you shouldn’t skip leg day. However, I often walk in the gym and see many young men neglecting their legs for the more ‘glamourous’ body parts like the chest and arms.

Dear Editor, Ever so often our newspapers are replete with bad news – accidents, fires, domestic violence etc.

Koby Wills saw his mom Magda Fiona-Griffith singing in church when he was a child and knew he wanted to be a singer.

Part 2 Introduction Today’s column focuses on Chapter 4 of the Guyana SCD 2020.

On Thursday,  the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) met with the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), at the commission’s Secretariat, to discuss matters concerning the public procurement process, functions and roles of the respective bodies.

By Subhana Shiwmangal As its name implies, Mother’s Day is when mothers are honoured and celebrated.

It was none other than Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, not some relevant minister, who held forth on the subject of Georgetown vendors in a press conference last week.

Some weeks ago, the Chief Justice found that the Local Content Secretariat, a regulatory agency, had wrongly refused to issue a Local Content Certificate to Ramps Logistics.

Today as we celebrate Mother’s Day the journey into motherhood shared by two mothers in 2021 is reprinted.

The Poet                                                            The poet is a magician, The philosopher’s stone is his; It turns all baser metals To priceless rarities.

It seems not a day, and certainly not a week, passes without our stomachs being turned by appalling news of women cruelly abused, beaten and, often enough, murdered in headline – hot, red blood.

Do you ever find yourself running every day, but still stuck in one place?

(Reuters) – Russian news outlet Kommersant said two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters had been shot down yesterday close to the Ukrainian border, in what would be a spectacular coup for Kyiv if confirmed.

LeBron James scored 30 points and Anthony Davis added 17 points and 20 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers’ dynamic duo returned the franchise to the Western Conference finals for the second time since 2010 with a 122-101 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Friday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat became the first eighth seed in nearly a quarter century to reach the conference finals on Friday, downing the New York Knicks 96-92 in Game 6 of their series to advance.

If only we could truly enter into the reservoir of an artist’s imagination, what an experience that would be.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index declined 0.110 percent during the second period of trading in May 2023 on the sale of 1,637 shares.