Daily Archive: Monday, September 4, 2023

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) today began an assessment of the country’s anti-money laundering framework.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri  will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise tomorrow, Tuesday, September 5 at 10 am.

 A team from the United States Army 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) is in Guyana, working alongside the Guyana Defence Force to increase readiness by integrating at the tactical and operational levels.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday that an independent inquiry has found no evidence that a Russian ship had collected weapons from the country late last year destined for Russia.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Hundreds more school buildings in England might be crumbling and unsafe, Britain’s Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said today after authorities ordered 104 schools to shut buildings with old and weak concrete.

(Trinidad Express) Local entertainer Rennie Ramnarine passed away this morning, after a battle with kidney failure.

(Trinidad Guardian) Terror reigned at Massy Stores in St Ann’s yesterday, as five bandits, one armed with a gun, stormed the supermarket beating one of five workers before leaving with an undisclosed sum of US and T&T currency.

Barbados Royals 147/7 (Burns 53*, Matthews 22; Patil 4/34, Selman 2/15) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 146/4 (Devine 42, McLean 38; Burns 2/32, Wellington 1/21) by three wickets.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)  has offered a no-objection to the US$214m in questionable claims by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL in a move that will likely raise the question of arbitration on a matter which is pivotal to whether this country is being denied more profits.

If the feasibility study into the building of a deep-water container port here determines that it is viable, the project would have to be undertaken by the private sector although government would support it, President Irfaan Ali says.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Andre Russell struck a key blow by removing Chris Green at the end of the penultimate over as Trinbago Knight Riders held their nerve to edge Jamaica Tallawahs by two runs in the first game of a triple-header of the Caribbean Premier League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, In December 1975, Booker’s made me manager of their factory and estate at Versailles, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, Permit me to chime in on the growing vehicular accidents occurring across our beloved nation.

A 17-year-old girl identified as Bella Douglas of Sand Creek Village, Region 9, died yesterday morning after she fell off the village’s tractor.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Barbados Royals’ see-sawed form in the Caribbean Premier League continued here late Saturday when St Lucia Kings whipped them by 90 runs in a lopsided contest at Kensington Oval.

Traditional powerhouses Pouderoyen and Uitvlugt recorded contrasting wins yesterday in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League at the Tuschen ground.

Outgoing US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch says Washington does not fear losing influence to Beijing here and has amplified its own strategy to ensure that it remains Guyana’s and the Caribbean’s number one ally.

Dear Editor, As we intensify the discussions relating to the Gladstones visit to Guyana to offer an apology for their ancestor, Sir John Gladstone’s role in slavery, one needs to take into consideration a number of factors.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – American teenager Coco Gauff ended Caroline Wozniacki’s U.S.

Dear Editor, Quite by chance, I turned on to Fareed Zakaria’s GPS programme on which he had an intriguing presentation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), exploring its possible impact on various topics like knowledge acquisition, organizing societies, nuclear Armageddon and visual art.

Adherence to the World Bank’s Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment policy must be declared in all procurement bids under a World Bank-funded Ministry of Agriculture multi-million dollars’ contract.

By Antonio Dey The Sophia Point Rainforest Centre, geared at providing platforms for students to study vital ecosystems and biodiversity is slated for completion within 6 to 8 months according to its Director,  Sam Airey.

Kobras overcame the University of Guyana (UG) Trojans, while Eagles and Ravens secured lopsided wins over Leonora and Caimans when the inaugural edition of the “One Guyana” Basketball Premier League continued Saturday night at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that the “Health Ministry launches hotline for complaints,” (SN, August 28, 2023).

LYON, France,  (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St Germain romped to a 4-1 away triumph over troubled Olympique Lyonnais yesterday to record a second win in the new Ligue 1 season.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first major reform plans a decade ago were also his boldest, envisaging a transition to a Western-style free market economy driven by services and consumption by 2020.

Some 120 residents from several communities in Region Six received 20 black giant chickens each to help them become self-sufficient, and increase their poultry output. 

Dear Editor, Queen’s College Georgetown alum (Sir) Trevor Phillips grabbed a Brinish television prime spot with the broadcast of the first SUNDAY WITH TREVOR PHILLIPS today on Sky News.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday he had decided to replace his defence minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s defence establishment since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

(Reuters) – Left-handed opener Travis Head smashed a career-best 91 from 48 balls to lead Australia to a five-wicket win and a clean sweep of their three-match Twenty20 Inter-national series against hosts South Africa in Durban yesterday.

Three men appeared virtually at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondell Weever last week, where they were each charged with assault.

Dear Editor, I am in agreement with Claudia Tomlinson (Sep 3) that “Rodney’s struggle is not over: Black History matters”.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Oil and natural gas are still projected to meet more than half of the world’s energy needs in 2050, or 54%, Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday, with the world failing to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius.

(Reuters) – Robert Lewandowski’s late penalty earned Barcelona a hard-fought 2-1 win at Osasuna yesterday as the defending LaLiga champions secured their third consecutive victory after starting the season with a goalless draw at Getafe.

Dear Editor,  If I had one criticism of my father Linden Forbes, it would be that he chose Desmond Hoyte over Hamilton Green.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters celebrated the nomination of Mexican Senator Xochitl Galvez yesterday as the 2024 presidential candidate of an opposition alliance set to take on the country’s ruling party.

By Mureen Aguilar, Medino Felician Abraham and Joel Thompson Mureen Aguilar is the head teacher of Maruranau nursery, a pilot school for the Quality Bilingual Education programme (QBEP).

On Saturday, the police force announced the arrest of six persons over the killing of a security guard at the Lusignan Golf Club, among them a stepson of the deceased. 

Last Wednesday, the military seized power in the Central African state of Gabon and placed the President Ali Bongo under house arrest.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Ish Sodhi and Kyle Jamieson captured three wickets apiece as New Zealand beat England by 74 runs yesterday in the third Twenty20 international at Edgbaston, keeping the visitors’ hopes of drawing the four-match series alive.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to  Toshaos and a senior councillor from various villages in the hinterland about the cost of living and how it is affecting them.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala’s electoral tribunal said Sunday it had temporarily revoked a suspension order against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo’s Semilla party, which had sowed confusion about his victory in the days after the election.

Dear Editor, The captain is up in arms against the new red card rule and attendant consequences introduced in this year’s CPL  The more pertinent concern in the rile up now was it because his team was the first to suffer the indignity of being red carded?

Guyana-born Hudson Valley, New York bank manager is now charged with murder-for-hire after allegedly paying a hitman here to kill her brother-in-law while he was on vacation with her sister and their family in this country.