Daily Archive: Friday, September 1, 2023

A man succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital today after he was involved in an accident along the Rose Hall Town Public Road yesterday afternoon.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, (Reuters) – Over 40 people were killed and 56 wounded in an army crackdown on violent anti-U.N.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s king has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, the royal gazette said today, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon.

Political and all other leaders come and go but institutions remain and it is the reason that Washington will continue to work with Guyana to strengthen them, outgoing United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch declared.

By Antonio Dey Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that 238 out of 242 Indigenous communities have so far been assigned the sum of $4.7 billion from  Hess Corporation for the sale of carbon credits from Guyana’s rainforests.

Effective 1st September 2023, the distribution operations at ANSA McAL Trading Limited (Guyana) (AMTL) will officially transition to ANSA McAL Distribution Inc.

By Deneita Fredericks Solid Waste Director, Walter Narine on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction at being blamed by city councillors at Monday’s statutory meeting for the failure of F&H Computer Supplies & General Merchandising to procure two garbage compactors to the correct specifications.

Krisan Carew, aka `Chris Carew’, 29, of Lot 60 De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on August 20 before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul to answer to the charge of murder.

The police have arrested two of the men who allegedly carried out an armed robbery on a supermarket at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, on Tuesday evening.

President of the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA) Ramsay Ali has told the Stabroek Business that a meeting agreed to between himself and two senior government officials, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for of Finance, Dr.

A massive development project to transform a ground in Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice into a multipurpose facility to benefit the  community and surrounding areas is now on hold after an accusation that the developer wants to take full control of the facility.

With significant sections of the population in the Caribbean opting for entrepreneurial pursuits over salaried jobs, or else, pursuing small business undertakings to supplement pre—-existing salaried jobs, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is opening up more training support opportunities for the region’s substantive and emerging entrepreneurs.

The body of 13-year-old Hasini Mack was found floating yesterday at 5.30 am in the upper part of the Demerara River near the western side of Coomacka Beach.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has expressed consternation at the protest action initiated by field workers attached to the Blairmont and Albion sugar estates who are demanding severance pay from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and has urged them to resume duties.   

Two regional institutions dedicated to expanding the investment tapestry of the region have joined forces to participate in this year’s Caribbean investment Forum (CIF) through the pooling of their collective energies and resources into the high profile initiative designed to boost the investment profile of the Caribbean.

At around 13:30 hrs on Wednesday afternoon, police ranks on Mobile patrol at Itaballi Landing, Lower Mazaruni River, observed a grey motor van bearing registration number GTT 2796 proceeding in the opposite direction.

Namibia could be on the threshold of becoming the world’s next eye-catching oil discovery ‘hot spot’ as the country continues to ‘turn in’ several major discoveries and to promise more, a circumstance that has caused the Southern Africa territory to be dubbed the ‘new Guyana,” according to an August 23 article written by Energy Writer Felicity Bradstock (Namibia’s Oil And Gas Sector Sparks Global Investment Rush) and published by oilprice.com

In an unprecedented gesture, in excess of $1M was rewarded to the Commonwealth Youth Games history making quartet yesterday by the brass of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA).

The Biden administration in Washington appears determined to ensure that it does not entirely cut adrift Venezuela, the country reportedly possessing the largest volumes of oil anywhere in the world, even as it seeks to persuade the country’s President, Nicolas Maduro, that free and fair elections, when the country next goes to the polls would be in its best interests.

New Zealander Sophie Devine thumped a sensational unbeaten hundred, but it went in vain as Barbados Royals Women staged a daring run chase to beat Guyana Amazon Warriors Women by six wickets yesterday.

Three men have been arrested following a police raid at a house at Friend-ship, East Bank Demerara (EBD), that led to the discovery of 450 grammes of cannabis.

By Rawle Lucas Despite the robust performance of the oil and gas industry, there is an overpowering feeling of deprivation and hopelessness in the streets and homes of ordinary Guyanese. 

Boat captain Regan Rodriguez is missing after a collision between two boats on the Pomeroon River yesterday afternoon.

Powerlifting prodigy, Romeo Hunter will return home from the IPF World Classic and Equipped Sub-Junior and Junior Powerlifting Championships in Romania with a gold for the squat but was out of consideration for an overall podium finish after failing to register a total yesterday.

A 57-year-old Lusignan Gold Club guard was yesterday found dead on the premises with his hands bound.

By no means a big player’ in the global rice industry, Guyana continues to be self-sufficient in what is one of the world’s most strategically important food commodities.

(Reuters) – Americans Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson cemented their status as the fastest sprinters in the world this year with victories at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting yesterday.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has reiterated that it stands in solidarity with residents of the Region One community of Chinese Landing and has taken note of attempts to portray the organisation in a negative light.

Dear Editor, The mission of the Guyana Power and Light Inc is to “provide reliable, affordable and quality energy services to all its customers.”

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – More than 70 people were killed overnight when a fire raged through a run-down, five-storey Johannesburg apartment block, one of the worst such disasters in a city where poverty, household fires and homelessness are widespread.

Suddie, located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region in Region Two, is currently experiencing transformation with several businessmen in the region making massive investments.

Dear Editor, I usually find John’s, ‘Bill Cotton /Reform Mair’ musings’ funny but not so yesterday 31/8/23.

League leader Monedderlust continued their unbeaten run in the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League, crushing hosts and second-placed outfit Rosignol United by a 3-0 score-line on Wednesday evening at the Rosignol Community Ground.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle chose to remain silent when they appeared before Federal Police yesterday to testify in an investigation into jewelry gifts that they received from Arab heads of state and never declared.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank agreed yesterday to deepen their cooperation on Western Hemisphere development efforts, including preserving the Amazon rainforest, Caribbean disaster resilience and digital access across Latin America.

In an effort to break down digital barriers to education, the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) has collaborated with Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) to provide students with a comprehensive data plan designed to create access to online learning resources.

Dear Editor, Letters have surfaced, including one by a Professor Emeritus, another by Gokarran Sukhdeo and others all dealing with the question of Repara-tion.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former far-right Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs to 17 years in prison and his co-defendant Zachary Rehl to 15 years, after a jury convicted them of seditious conspiracy for storming the U.S.

(Reuters) – Former champion Andy Murray and big-serving American John Isner bowed out of the U.S.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Two car explosions targeted at Ecuadorean prisons agency SNAI may have been set off in response to government security operations at prisons this week, President Guillermo Lasso and a top security official said yesterday.

Times have changed in the Indigenous areas.  When the Amerindian Act was drafted in 2006 (strictly speaking it is an amendment to the 1951 Act), it had little significant direct input from indigenous sources, although indirectly views were noted and sometimes incorporated when the Bill was drawn up, especially as these related to land.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs China’s economy is slowing down.  Current forecasts put China’s GDP growth in 2023 at less than 5%, far below the high growth rates that China enjoyed until the late 2010s. 

Dear Editor, It’s imperative that we provide solutions for our current situation and dilemma as it relates to the issue of reparations or justice for an ancient wrong that is continuously being done against people of African Descent.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China and Nicaragua signed a free trade agreement (FTA) yesterday, China’s commerce ministry said, in confirmation of deepening economic ties since the Central American country switched its allegiance to Beijing from Taiwan in 2021.

The calendar has flipped to September and a team of local golfers are assiduously preparing for the challenge which awaits in Barbados in just a few weeks.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1034’s trading results showed consideration of $4,920,007 from 7,345 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 1033’s trading results, which showed consideration of 6,676,363 from 19,197 shares traded in 27 transactions.

It would be altogether fair to say that this year, Caribbean Agriculture Week (CAW) which is being staged in The Bahamas from October 9th – 13th, ought to be, for obvious reasons, one of the more important regional gatherings of any kind to have been staged in recent years.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, has defended the appointment of Superintendent Krishna Ramana, formerly of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), to the new position as Commander of Regional Division 4C.

WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United States will continue deporting Haitian migrants back to their country, a spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security said yesterday, amid worsening gang warfare that prompted it a day earlier to urge its own citizens to evacuate.

(CPL)  – Barbados Royals returned to winning ways in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a six wicket victory over the Jamaica Tallawahs.