Daily Archive: Friday, June 9, 2023

Amid a raging controversy today over how his remains are to be disposed of, the Ministry of Home Affairs this afternoon said that since the convictions and sentences imposed upon Royden Williams were never set aside or reversed by a court of competent jurisdiction, his body will remain with the prison authorities “as the law provides”.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s downstream oil regulator has alleged ExxonMobil Corp XOM.N

(Jamaica Gleaner) Trillions of dollars in reparations are owed to nations affected by slavery, a recently concluded study on the quantification of reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery (TCS) in the Americas and the Caribbean has found.

At a meeting with Carib-bean leaders in The Bahamas, US Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday unveiled humanitarian aid for Haiti, financing for clean energy and emergency response  and a new post in the Department of Justice to interrupt arms trafficking to the region.

Finding prospects of success in the appeal filed by the EPA to a High Court ruling ordering it to enforce the liability clause in a permit for ExxonMobil’s offshore oil operations here, Appeal Court judge, Rishi Persaud has granted the EPA and the company a stay of that order which had also provided for the suspension of the permit.

Police are investigating the murder of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) lieutenant, Rondel Anthony Douglas, 33, who was attached to the Coast Guard and resided at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

The ruling PPP/C upped the ante for local government elections with two rallies yesterday, one in South Georgetown and the other in Kitty, as its General Secretary  Bharrat Jagdeo, assured city residents that central government will support their councillors should the party win City Hall.

For Sandra Craig, Proprietor of the local agro processing brand, SS Natural Fruit-Flavored Inc.,

As the nation approaches Local Government Elections (LGE) on June 12, the Opposition APNU  wants Guyanese to reject the PPP’s desire, which it says is to “dominate and control” all aspects of people’s lives.

Further signaling that the country’s significant oil reserves will strongly influence the shape of the country’s foreign policy, going forward, the government of Guyana, through the Department of Public Information has announced that it has signed “two major loan agreements worth US$150 million with the Saudi Fund for infrastructural development, which funding will be used to finance “infrastructural Development Works for the Housing Sector Project” as well as the Wismar Bridge Project.

Incessant heavy rainfall yesterday spurred a water build-up in low-lying parts of Georgetown and other areas but by afternoon most of the accumulation had receded after downpours eased.

While conceding that Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamaal Shabazz’s passport is currently with the US Embassy pending possible approval for his travel visa, GFF President Wayne Forde posited that while he was aware of his inability to travel prior to employment, he is optimistic of a positive outcome.

The Caribbean, not least Guyana and Jamaica, have attracted both regional and wider international attention for the particular brand of its culinary creativity that transforms the assortment of cultivated fruit, vegetables and seasonings into bottled and packaged condiments and spices which, having originated mostly in domestic kitchens and used primarily in the homes and neighbourhoods from whence they came, have, over time, ‘graduated’, first onto roadside trays and, afterwards, supermarkets and other outlets, signs of their incremental recognition as commodities that had acquired an expanded commercial acceptance.

Steve Bacchus, a 29 year-old man of Lot 57 Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was on Wednesday charged with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and pleaded not guilty yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in partnership with the National Sports Commission, have fulfilled their pledge of financially supporting the international training activities of history-making CARIFTA Aquatics Championship five-time gold medalist Raekwon Noel.

All Mahdia secondary school students are being given the option to write the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) in January, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Yesterday in Nassau, The Bahamas, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted more than $100 million, including $98 million in new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to address climate, energy, food security, and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean.

On Wednesday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation at a residence in No.

RAMPS Logistics, the Trinidad and Tobago company which says that its training regimen for its support companies in Guyana is aimed at “enhancing the quality of its service delivery standards in Guyana” has disclosed that it has recently completed yet another round of training exercises with local service providers.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday their countries would partner on advanced technologies, clean energy and critical minerals as they strengthen a historical security alliance.

The 17th edition of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) coordinated ExxonMobil/National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) was officially launched yesterday at the Herdmanston Lodge, Queenstown.

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to false assertions made by Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo during a recent TV interview.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) has signed a Memorandum of Understand-ing (MOU) with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) to collaborate on initiatives relating to community development, biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods and other areas.

The ebb and flow of the political fortunes of Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro is, without question, the most compelling contemporary manifestations in the hemisphere of a political leader who has fended off one enormous crisis after another, without – outwardly, at least – appearing unduly ruffled.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine could lose several million tons of crops because of flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country, the Ukrainian agriculture ministry said yesterday.

(CMC) – Johnson Charles will replace Gudakesh Motie in the West Indies 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualifier, starting on Sunday, June 18, in Zimbabwe.

Dear Editor, The current administration should be applauded for its improvements to the EPA permit.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The World Bank Group’s new president, Ajay Banga, will visit Peru and Jamaica next week, kicking off a months-long global tour aimed at accelerating the global lender’s evolution to tackle the climate crisis and reinvigorate its development mission, the World Bank said yesterday.

Consistent with signals that have been emanating from the region that there are potential economic benefits to be derived from creating closer business to business ties between Africa and the Caribbean, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is about to further probe that notion by leading a team of regional businesses and Business Support Organizations (BSO’s) and Investment Agencies on a visit to Africa.

Urgent intervention is required to rehabilitate the deteriorating sections of the main access road to the Eugene F Correia International Airport at Ogle and the management of the airport is preparing to write Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill for a meeting to discuss the issue.

The fifth edition of the ‘Stage of Champions’ Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship returns on July 9 at the Ramada Princess Hotel and the event is gaining positive attention from corporate entities.

Dear Editor, Why replace the old Christ Church Secondary School instead of building a vocational school for teaching information technologies including coding, programming and 3D printing?

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The phasedown of fossil fuels is inevitable, the United Arab Emirates’ incoming COP28 president said yesterday, in stronger remarks than previous comments where he called for the scaling down of fossil fuel emissions rather than the fuels themselves.

Students of the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology were this week exposed to reclamation and construction engineering techniques used to create the artificial island in the Demerara River and the shore base at Vreed-en-Hoop.

Dear Editor, The BEA ‘Business Pitch’ Competition is a clear indication of the Organisation’s seriousness to uplift businesses and business persons in this section of the populace. 

The month of June is Women’s Golf Month and Guyana leads the Region with the highest percentage of women golfers.

Pride month is always a time of duality. On one hand it is a period of immense pride.

By Professor Emeritus Compton Bourne, former President, Caribbean Development Bank Introduction My address to the Caribbean Develop-ment Bank Board of Governors in Georgetown in May 2005, postulated that major social and political problems in the Caribbean constituted the soft underbelly of economic progress in that the social progress achieved was insufficient in its distribution across households and districts to cap the wells of discontent which threaten the stability of future economic growth.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A major Argentine local currency debt swap concluded ‘very successfully’, a government spokesperson said yesterday, as the country looks to keep state finances afloat amid rampant inflation at 109% and dwindling foreign currency reserves.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1022’s trading results showed consideration of $12,624,566 from 33,335 shares traded in 23 transactions as compared to session 1021’s trading results, which showed consideration $17,412,748 from 57,833 shares traded in 32 transactions.

One of the stories appearing in this issue of the Stabroek Business has to do with the strides that Jamaica has made over the years in the agro-processing sector, particularly as it relates to the country’s marked success in having its products realise an impressive level of market acceptance in the United States and parts of Europe among other places.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA,  (Reuters) – China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday, but the U.S.

Dear Editor, I noticed a news item in SN on June 07, where Guyanese born, Dr.

(Reuters) – Australia racked up 469 in their first innings and then reduced India to 151-5 to put themselves in the box seat in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval yesterday Having bled 327 runs on the opening day with only three wickets to show for, India staged a comeback after their seam-heavy attack bowled out Australia in yesterday’s second session.

The cancellation of yet another Parliamen-tary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Monday has seen opposition members slamming the government side for failing to honour their obligations and commitments to the House.

Quite apart from the human dimensions of what happened at Mahdia, the tragedy brought home with a vengeance structural problems in relation to the regional system of governance in this country.