Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

(Reuters) ExxonMobil today signalled second-quarter operating profits fell sharply on lower natural gas prices and weaker oil refining margins, according to a regulatory filing.

Six contracts valued at $2.017 billion were signed today to construct a new secondary school at Kwebanna, Region One.

 (Reuters) – The Russian rouble tumbled to a more than 15-month low past 90 against the dollar today, with demand for foreign currency outweighing supply and as last month’s domestic political turmoil weighs on risk appetite.

 (Reuters) – Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez was released from prison late Monday, a diplomatic source said, marking a possible turning point in the government’s prolonged crackdown on the Catholic Church.

(Trinidad Guardian) In an extraordinary display of resilience and determination, Jude Jones, a pupil of Ramai Trace Hindu School in Debe, topped his school in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exams even though he wrote the examination with a broken wrist.

President Irfaan Ali last night accepted the resignation of Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall, hours after the DPP had advised the police that there was no basis to charge him with rape as the complainant had withdrawn the allegation.

The Government of Guyana yesterday said that it is pleased that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board lifted a temporary suspension on Guyana, which it had put in place on February 1, 2023, due to the country’s inability to publish its 2020 EITI Report.

The fire at Drysdale Street, Charlestown, that claimed the lives of a father and two children last Friday was electrical in origin, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham told Stabroek News yesterday.. 

The next Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Georgetown are to be elected tomorrow and former mayor Pat Chase-Green and deputy mayor Alfred Mentore are returning to the council.

Buxton Secondary was crowned the East Coast Demerara champion in the Digicel Schools Football Championship, defeating President’s College 2-1 in the final yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground (MOE), Carifesta Avenue.

Guyana men’s hockey team ended their campaign at Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games winless following defeat against Jamaica 3-4 in the fifth-eight-cross over match yesterday in the Dominican Republic.

Twenty-eight-year-old Akeem Bourne (address not stated), and 28-year-old Michael Cumber-batch of Lot 2 Rasville, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court before Acting Chief Magis-trate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to robbery charges.

Afruica Gentle eliminated number #1 seed Renola Jordan in the Ladies Open when the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) ‘One Guyana Open Championship’ continued yesterday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday rolled out its new scheme to  have both the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pension payments and Old Age pensions payable on the first working day of every month.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has reiterated Guyana’s commitment to regional integration and to MERCOSUR objectives of advancing the possibilities for business, investment and expanding commercial relations, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday stated.

Mackenzie High Queen’s College, and Diamond Secondary recorded wins in the Boy’s U16 division, whilst Kwakwani stormed to win in the U14 section, when the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Festival continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Twenty-five-year-old Orlando Scott of Cummings Park, Sophia, Georgetown, and Chris McKenzie, 24, of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where they both pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery.

Alexander Zhang and Anaya Lall emerged victorious in the Open and Girl’s divisions respectively when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) staged its National U16 Championship on Monday at the Marian Academy Auditorium, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks, we have been disappointed, hurt and angered by the mishandling of investigations into the allegations of rape brought against Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, by an Indigenous Guyanese girl.

The American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana (AmCham) yesterday announced the successful re-election of its President and Board of Directors during the organization’s 5th Annual General Meeting held last Friday, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel.

Rivers View opened the defence of their Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s Championship in the perfect manner, crushing AK Galaxy by a 5-2 score-line on Monday evening.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr. Joel Bhagwandin’s letter entitled `The sale of carbon credits to offset carbon emissions does not breach the Amerindian Act’ (see Stabroek News, July 4, 2023).

Three of Guyana’s athletics representatives who got out the blocks yesterday at the ongoing Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador experienced mixed fortunes at the Jorge ‘El Mágico’ Gonzalez Stadium.

Twenty-three-year-old Shambah Arjoun, of Lot 836-679 Tucville appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with robbery and escaping lawful custody.

The first vocational training course at Lusignan’s Prison’s Vocational Training School was recently carried out by Harris Paints Guyana who worked with the Guyana Prison Service and Str8edge Superior Painting contractors to develop finishing skills for the construction industry.

Dear Editor, I hope that Joel Bhagwandin knows that plants/trees convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into leaves and wood and roots, and also respire carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere as they generate their energy for survival and growth; see his letter ‘The sale of carbon credits to offset carbon emissions does not breach the Amerindian Act’, SN 04 July.  

(CMC) – Fast bowlers Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph are returning home early from West Indies’ failed World Cup qualifying campaign, to prepare for the Test series against India beginning next week in Dominica.

(Reuters) – Ten people were killed and 38 wounded in mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, prompting a fresh call from President Joe Biden to pass gun control legislation.

Dear Editor, I am not a tree-hugging environmentalist; I believe in the responsible development of our resources.

(CMC) – Vice-captain Shemaine Campbelle pinched a single off the final ball of the game to hand West Indies Women an unnecessarily nervous two-wicket victory over Ireland Women in the opening Twenty20 International yesterday.

A twenty-seven-year-old man, who police say was found in unlawful possession of a firearm, has been granted release on $75,000 bail.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – Companies caught out by China’s decision to restrict exports of two metals widely used in semiconductors and electric vehicles were racing to secure supplies yesterday as some industry suppliers worried that curbs on rare earth exports could follow.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Community, Caricom, is fifty.  How time flies. 

(CMC) – Barbados and Jamaica completed comfortable wins while Windward Islands inflicted reigning champions Leeward Islands with a sound defeat, in the opening round of the Rising Stars Under-19 men’s championship yesterday.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces has been “particularly fruitful” in the past few days and Ukraine’s troops are fulfilling their main tasks, a senior security official said yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday he wants the Mercosur trade bloc to advance in talks for deals with Canada, South Korea and Singapore, while aiming to increase commerce with other countries in Latin America and Asia.

The driver who struck down and killed 52-year-old Vidya Tie on the La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara last Monday was released on station bail and a file is being prepared for legal advice.

Dear Editor, Drainage and Irrigation was always under the Government’s microscope, especially in support of the agriculture sector; and the continuum of interventions included, but was not limited to: •   Significant improvement in the operation and implementation of the flood control structures; •  Construction of additional drainage outlets countrywide; •  Major rehabilitation of approximately 600 miles of canals and drains, as well as the Dawa Pump Station; • Rehabilitation of pump stations, structures and drainage outlets; •  Negotiations for financing to optimize efficiency and capacity of the conservancies, especially with the objective to maximize the availability of arable lands for farming activities; •  Installation of the Doppler Weather Radar; • Expansion of the hydro-meteorological monitoring network •  The Hope Canal; among others.

(Reuters) – England batsman and vice-captain Ollie Pope has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes series against Australia after dislocating his shoulder during the second test at Lord’s, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

Region Seven police ranks on mobile patrol duty on Monday discovered a single-barrel shotgun and 12 gauge cartridge in a Karibee rice bag at Lime Tree Backdam, Cuyuni River.

(Trinidad Express) The High Court has declared that 1951 Refugee Convention obligations do not apply and cannot be enforced in Trinidad and Tobago.It

JENIN, West Bank, (Reuters) – Israeli forces withdrew from the Palestinian city of Jenin yesterday, Reuters witnesses said, after carrying out one of their biggest military operations in the occupied West Bank for years.

“A wave of sadness and loss swept across St Vincent and the Grenadines when on Friday 24th March, 2023 the news of the passing of renowned Vincentian physician and surgeon Sir Arthur Cecil Cyrus was released.

Dear Editor, It is for the better that a political luminary, a legal stalwart, spoke. 

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN – Russia’s senseless war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly a year and a half, and the basic criminal nature of the enterprise has not changed.

(Reuters) – Fluminense coach Fernando Diniz has been appointed to lead Brazil on an interim basis while the national soccer federation (CBF) pursues Carlo Ancelotti.

By Twila Moon NUUK – The days in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, are growing longer.

A minibus driver and a conductor are in police custody after they were nabbed on Monday afternoon with 512.5 grammes of marijuana on Charity Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – NATO yesterday extended Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s contract by another year, opting to stick with an experienced leader rather than try to agree on a successor as war rages on the alliance’s doorstep.

(Trinidad Express) The burnt body of a man suspected to be an American citizen who came to Trinidad to celebrate his birthday was discovered on Monday night.