Daily Archive: Monday, August 7, 2023

Mining  Gov’t to temporarily halt mining at Chinese Landing: As part of its response to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) resolution issued on July 21 concerning the Chinese Landing Village, the Government of Guyana has announced its decision to temporarily end all mining there as it engages the Toshao and council on the way forward.

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) and DHL have embarked on a partnership for expedited shipping in Anna Regina, Region Two.

While conducting a routine operation at a cargo company adjacent to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, EBD, yesterday, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) intercepted a motor car with registration number PWW 5561 with 57 lbs of cocaine.

Three men died in accidents at Cotton Tree, Little Diamond and Swan over the weekend, the police said today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Hindus and Muslims have clashed in the Indian state of Haryana a week after violence erupted during a Hindu procession in a Muslim neighbourhood, with a tomb and several vehicles torched and shops ransacked, police said on Monday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet tomorrow for their first summit in 14 years.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Rahul Gandhi returned to India’s parliament today after a Supreme Court ruling, boosting the profile of his Congress party and its opposition allies ahead of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

Nicholas Pooran’s 10th T20I half-century ensured West Indies a 2-0 lead in the five-match series against India, inspiring the Caribbean side to a two-wicket win at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

It was a tough day at the pool for two of Guyana’s swimmers on the opening day of this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games now underway in Trinidad and Tobago. 

DC Caesar Fox, St Ignatius and Carmel recorded contrasting wins to seal semi-final berths when the Digicel Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Pouderoyen defeated Eagles by a 1-0 score when the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

Even as the Commander of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) praised Guyana for the strides it is making to increase the number of women recruited, the army has embarked on a programme that will qualify reservists to be permanent staff and further up the 9.4 per cent of total women it has on roll.

Timehri Panthers, Diamond United and Herstelling Raiders recorded victories when the East Bank Football Association Senior Men’s League resumed yesterday at the Timehri Red ground.

By Abigail Headley “We do not see ourselves as a country that promotes division.

Potaro Strikers bested AK Galaxy 4-1 when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Saturday evening at the Community Centre ground.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies star Andre Russell belted the final delivery of the game for six with two runs needed for victory, as Montreal Tigers captured the Global T20 Canada title by edging Surrey Jaguars by five wickets in a nerve-jangling final here yesterday.

By Shuntel Glasgow Aspiring psychologist Nashava Thompson won awards for best spoken word poetry as well as best evening gown at the Miss Emancipation Pageant at the National Culture Centre on  Saturday evening, before finally snagging the title and crown ahead of six other contestants.

Former head of the Department of Law at the University of Guyana (UG) Dr Alicia Elias is the new Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Stabroek News of June 8, 2023.,

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Sweden beat the United States 5-4 on penalties to condemn the defending champions to their earliest Women’s World Cup exit yesterday after the teams were locked at 0-0 at the end of extra time.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls snatched bronze at the Netball World Cup by outlasting New Zealand’s Silver Ferns, 52-45 here yesterday.

Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the ten municipalities will be sworn in today by President Irfaan Ali at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

Dear Editor, I am an engineer by profession so I will try to make my point in a succinct manner and not “beat around the bush”!

ROME (Reuters) – Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the coastguard said on Sunday, adding that 57 people had been rescued.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Sam Kerr is set to play a part in Australia’s Women’s World Cup campaign for the first time when the co-hosts take on Denmark in the last 16, but the extent of her involvement remains a mystery as the Matildas look to continue their winning momentum.

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine is seeing “significant results” from U.S. and German air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, despite waves of Russian air strikes that included a hit on a blood transfusion centre.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced that it exempted the Guyana Waste Solution’s application to collect and transport non-hazardous solid waste from an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as it deemed that the company will employ sound environmental practices.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Dr. Randolph Persaud’s letter titled: ‘Suggestion that Exxon is Guyana’s new slave master is baseless .

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have identified the man and woman who were involved in a suspected murder-suicide last night at the intersection of Windward Road and Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Health’s Community Health Care Workers concept is indeed a good one, especially given that it emphasises that Georgetown and Region Four are not Guyana and it embraces communities across the nation.

NIAMEY (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Niger’s coup leaders flocked to a stadium in the capital Niamey on Sunday, apparently undaunted by the threat of military intervention from West Africa’s regional bloc as its ultimatum to reinstate the president expires.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan has decided to send its cricket team to India to participate in this year’s 50-over World Cup, the foreign office said yesterday.

As part of its efforts to improve the quality of education and provide equal opportunities to students in rural areas, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that schools in the hinterland will officially be using the renewed curriculum tailored for primary schools as of September 2023.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Protesters halted the elite men’s road race at the UCI World Championships for almost an hour yesterday, stopping the high-calibre peloton in its tracks after 80km.

Dear Editor, Editor, the raping of a country’s wealth is usually facilitated by corrupt officials.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the areas of Leonora and Stewartville on the West Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyers could not reach him on Sunday after he spent the night in a jail near the capital following his arrest the previous day on a corruption conviction, spokespeople said.

(Trinidad Express) Frustrated by people she knew well who kept taunting her and her children about her deceased husband’s money, business­woman Veronica Allison De Leon believed she had ta­ken enough.

Dear Editor, The perceived de-recognition of the organisation born out of the U N Decade is peeved and up in arms against a recently formed ethnic organisation, which it sees as having the support and blessings of the government of the day, as government officials were present at the launch.

Guyana opened their CONCACAF U15 Boys Championship with a draw against Guadeloupe yesterday at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad, Curacao.

Ninety percent (3.1 billion) of the women in the world today live in countries where there is a mammoth women’s empowerment deficit and the gender gap is a yawning chasm.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Sunday targeted the federal judge assigned to the case charging him with seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, as his lawyer argued that actions Trump took after his loss were just “asks.”

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Police in Berlin said on Sunday that an autopsy would be the next step in clarifying the circumstances of the death of a 24-year-old Mexican woman who disappeared at the end of July and whose body was found on Saturday.

Editor’s Note: Over the last four to five months, Red Thread has received a number of threatening emails; the most recent was sent last week.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) has announced that its planned public hearing on appeals filed against the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt the proposed operation of the radioactive source storage and calibration facility at Houston, East Bank Demerara from an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been postponed.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on corruption charges.