Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory fire death toll has now risen to 20.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Shivram Mohabir, called Vickash, a 23-year-old mechanic of Lot 40 Triumph Side Line Dam, East Coast Demerara, which occurred at about 7 pm yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – South American presidents are gathering in Brasilia today for their first summit in almost a decade at the invitation of Brazil’s leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who aims to regain his country’s active role in regional affairs.

MOSCOW/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck wealthy districts of Moscow today, Russia said in what one politician called the most dangerous attack since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Top artificial intelligence executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman today joined experts and professors in raising the “risk of extinction from AI”, which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war.

EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) – Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party (UCP) won the Alberta provincial election yesterday, securing another four years in power in Canada’s largest oil-producing region, and immediately fired a warning shot at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over climate change.

Retired Assistant Com-missioner of Police, Paul Slowe, is labelling as “‘strange” the Joint Ser-vices’ operation that resulted in the shooting to death on Sunday of an alleged accomplice of escaped death row prisoner,  Mark Royden Williams called ‘Smallie’.

Heavy fog on Sunday shuttered the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri  preventing two international flights operated by Ameri-can Airlines and Jet Blue from landing at the airport, resulting in major delays.

Ravindra Jadeja provided a grandstand finish, hitting a six and a four with 10 needed off the last two balls, to power Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title as they beat defending champions Gujarat Titans by five wickets (DLS Method) in a thriller at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Eighteen that is the number of national records that tumbled on Sunday when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) hosted its Intermediate and Masters Championship at Chase’s Academy.

Inspectors from the Guyana Fire Service are conducting fire prevention and preparedness assessments at schools and dormitories countrywide which actually began a month before the May 21 blaze at a female dormitory at Mahdia that claimed 19 lives.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that charges will be made against the girl who allegedly caused the fire at the Mahdia dormitory.

Finding that the judge who conducted his trial had not complied with sentencing guidelines, nor considered mitigating factors, the Court of Appeal has reduced to 20 years; the two life sentences which had been imposed on child rapist Mark Campbell.

Two-time defending champions Fruta Conquerors bested Ann’s Grove 2-1 to win their first match in the KFC Elite League on Sunday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The Aliann Pompey Invitational, has been postponed to July 22. This is according to a release disseminated to the media yesterday.

The Chairwoman of the Lancaster/ Hogstye Neighbourhood Democratic Council was on Sunday placed into custody after she and others were caught removing PPP/C flags from poles along the Manchester Public Road, Corentyne Berbice.

Dear Editor, It is with great admiration I write to highlight government ministers’ interests and obsession over the children who perished in the fire disaster last week at Mahdia.

The hearing on the merits of the appeal filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its challenge to the High Court order that it is to enforce the liability clause in permits for ExxonMobil’s offshore oil operations here, has been adjourned to tomorrow.

Amazings, Young Gunners, and Kara-Kara secured hard-fought wins, when the Linden ‘One Guyana’ Beach Football Championship continued on Sunday evening outside the PPP/C office in Mackenzie.

Dear Editor, As soon as the Mahdia fire happened and news spread all over the world that 19 children died, the Government’s masterful propaganda put out a statement that the fire was set by a student.

Businessman  Kian Jabour, along with other concerned citizens, yesterday staged a protest outside the Office of the President (OP) demanding that the accountable ministers of government step down until the promised Commission of Inquiry completes its probe into the fire at Mahdia on the 21st May that claimed the lives of 19 children.

Santos, Beacons and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recorded victories when the Inaugural Isun’s Health-Conscious Master’s Football League continued on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.

Dear Editor, It is satisfying to see Alfred Bhulai state that there is no such thing as ‘unlimited insurance’, we can both agree on that.

Fifty-eight inmates at the Lusignan Correctional facility recently graduated from various skills training programmes such as culinary arts, electrical insulation, carpentry and joinery, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

KAMPALA,  (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors.

Dear Editor,        I have two questions for Minister Edghill on IsDB for the new Wismar Mackenzie Bridge, extension date from 2022 and the cost for new bridge. 

Region Six won the Guyana Volleyball Federation six-team Independence tournament held at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue over the weekend.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday attended the opening ceremony of the Health Fair and Blood Drive held at the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Head office on Vlissengen Road, George-town.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s warring military factions agreed yesterday to a five-day extension of a ceasefire agreement, after renewed heavy clashes and air strikes in the capital threw fresh doubts on the effectiveness of a truce designed to ease a humanitarian crisis.

Dear Editor, I have been told that the issue of the Bel Air Park playground has been well ventilated in the press however, today I would like to raise it once again since something does not seem right here.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luis Inacio Lula de Silva yesterday assailed U.S.

Dear Editor, Allow me the opportunity to address a response to a letter that was written by Ms.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to more than a decade behind bars for their ties to criminal groups and failure to comply with duties, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.

Jason Clement was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after he was busted earlier this month with ganja at Tabatinga, Lethem.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia launched another wave of attacks on Kyiv in the early hours of today and the city’s air defence systems were shooting down incoming missiles, while air raid sirens blared in several other regions.

Dear Editor, On Page 19 of May 23rd edition of the Stabroek News, there was the most articulate contribution entitled “May 26th should be a day of remembrance of the Wismar Massacre.”

HALIFAX,  (Reuters) – A wildfire in the eastern Canadian city of Halifax led to mandatory evacuation orders for thousands of homes, and officials said residents will not be not allowed to return until advised by municipal authorities.

The National Archives – if they have, in the twenty first century, now been afforded a higher level of official mindfulness than had been the case more than two decades ago – would probably contain quite a few GIS (Government Infor-mation Services) publications lionizing ‘our Amerindians,’ saluting them as ‘our first people’ and setting down various envisaged undertakings designed to lift them from the children of the forest nomenclature that sought to describe the traditional manner of their existence.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA)  says it is reviewing a decision from the Architecture for REDD+ Trans-actions (ART) Secretariat rejecting its complaint over the manner in which carbon credits were issued to the Government of Guyana.

The Chicago Bulls internally are discussing the probability that guard Lonzo Ball won’t play again because of issues with his left knee, according to a Chicago sports radio host.

Jimmy Butler scored 28 points, Caleb Martin added 26 and the Miami Heat became the second No.

RABAT, Morocco, CMC – World champion Shericka Jackson set a new meet record as she stormed to a season-best time to capture the 200 metres at the Rabat Diamond League here Sunday.

By Chris Patten LONDON – The recent G7 summit in Hiroshima culminated in an impressive show of unity over the war in Ukraine and China’s expansionism.

(Reuters) – The Trinidad and Tobago government accepted bid recommendations for six of eight onshore oil and gas exploration blocks, people close to the matter said on Sunday, setting the stage for awards to be disclosed as soon as this week.

The NBA is investigating a Twitter account and whether it could be a burner account of referee Eric Lewis, according to multiple media outlets.

By Professor Emeritus Compton Bourne, Former President, Caribbean Development Bank Introduction Production and marketing of Guyana’s abundant oil and natural gas resources provide unheralded opportunities to substantially raise levels of living for its resident population.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Girls were put to the sword by a Madeline Dahlien hat-trick as they crashed to their second straight 4-0 defeat, this time at the hands of CONCACAF powerhouses United States.

WORCESTER, England, CMC – Deandra Dottin played only a minor role but Thunder chalked up their second win of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, beating Central Sparks by 36 runs here yesterday.