Daily Archive: Friday, September 15, 2023

The Ministry of Education today announced an initiative to provide grants to teachers across the country to assist with procuring classroom resources; the aim being to bridge educational disparities.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian artist Fernando Botero, whose sculptures and paintings of playful, rotund subjects in sometimes harrowing situations made him one of the world’s richest artists, has died at 91.

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain, (Reuters) – The European Union today threw its weight behind a plan to protect the Amazon rainforest, pledging to coordinate financial contributions from EU members and making sure the money was spent as intended under its Global Gateway investment scheme.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler parent Stellantis today, kicking off the most ambitious U.S.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court today imposed a restraining order to prevent former soccer chief Luis Rubiales approaching national team player Jenni Hermoso, as he appeared in court to be investigated for sexual assault for kissing her on the lips.

Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh and three other persons, including two of his staff, were injured yesterday afternoon after the vehicle they were in lost control and slammed into a utility pole at Huis t’ Dieren Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

In a major climbdown, the government last night accepted that ExxonMobil and partners overstated their expenses for the period 1999 to 2017.

Despite publicly acknowledging the harmful effects of burning fossil fuel and its contribution to climate change in 2006, behind closed doors ExxonMobil was engaged in attempts to diminish public concerns and even obfuscate scientific findings that might negatively impact the oil and gas industry and the company’s bottom line.

Not too many Guyanese are likely to forget what in recent times, was by far the highest point in relations between Guyana and neighbouring Suriname when presidents Irfaan Ali and Chan Santokhi were either showing up in each other’s capitals, or else, otherwise making the point to the rest of the world about their oil ‘fortunes’ and how these would become the catalyst for the transformation of bilateral relations which, up until then, had been characterised by a discomfiting prickliness deriving mainly from the age-old Corentyne River dispute.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned digital X-ray systems at the New Amsterdam, Port Mourant and Mibicuri hospitals in Region Six.

The bodies of two men were found yesterday after a boat mishap on Tuesday in the Upper Cuyuni River in the vicinity of Kurutuku Village, Region Seven.

Reacting to the recent disclosure in the Stabroek Business, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Ramsay Ali, is to meet with senior government officials to discuss a closer relationship between the manufacturing body and the state-run Small Business Bureau (SBB).

A meeting yesterday in Washington between President Irfaan Ali and the US Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) focussed on this country’s development agenda and was highly informative and most welcomed, the Head of State says.

(CPL) – The Saint Lucia Kings confirmed their place in the 2023 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Playoffs following a comfortable seven wicket victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Seemingly mindful of the fact that Guyana’s visitor arrival bona fides needs to keep pace with what, these days, in an enhanced external interest in Guyana, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) earlier this week issued a lengthy media statement which set out the suite of conveniences and attractions which it continues to put in place in order to keep pace with the demands of both visitors as well as ordinary Guyanese seeking a taste of the tourism amenities that the country has to offer.

The six persons who were charged with conspiracy to facilitate the escape of death row prisoner, Royden Williams, known as ‘Smallie’, have all pleaded not guilty The defendants are former head of security at the Mazaruni Prison, Alexander Hopkinson; Rajmohan Autor known as ‘Chico’, 48, a businessman of Parika Outfall; Frangeliz Jugandry Flores Perez, 28, a Venezuelan of Alexander Street, Kitty; Omar Witherspoon, a prison officer of Stanley-town, New Amsterdam; Conroy Hosannah, a prison officer of Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme, East Canje, Berbice; and Oldfield Romulus, 50, a prison officer of Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice.

Heritage Month never fails to stir the creative passion in Natasha David, much more vigorously than at other times of the year.

(Reuters) –   Sri Lanka kept their Asia Cup title defense alive as they beat Pakistan by two wickets in an edge-of-the-seat thriller yesterday to book their place in Sunday’s final against India.

A 33-year-old fisherman, Anthony Budram of Lot 21 Mosquito Hall, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was charged yesterday with setting fire last Saturday to Lot 79 Mosquito Hall, Mahaica, the abode of a social media personality.

By Codie-Ann Barrett – Senior business reporter The Jamaica Observer This article is being reprinted from the Jamaica Observer of September 10, 2023 in order to afford the local Tech Sector, including the business sector, academia and the wider student community a perspective on what the Stabroek Business believes are issues that may well apply to the Guyana situation.

The 12th edition of the Courts Optical Pee Wee Football Championship, 10 of which have been contested at the school level, was originally launched yesterday at the entity’s Main Street headquarters in Georgetown.

Concerns over the effects of an oil spill in the Stabroek Block on marine life, especially fish, on Wednesday dominated ExxonMobil’s public meeting in Georgetown.

President Irfaan Ali is very much ‘on point’ in his remark earlier this month about “a lot more” needing to be done if the region “is to reduce its food importation costs whilst , simultaneously, boosting its agricultural sector.

Jaguars, 7K United, and Gladiators, secured wins in the first leg of their respective quarterfinal fixtures when the Rupununi Football Association Champions League continued on September 9th.

Dear Editor, During the recent International Symposium on the “History and Legacy of Muslims in the Carib-bean” held on the 6 September 2023 at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Shabnam Alli and I were honoured that President Irfaan Ali in his address to the attendees mentioned our research in documenting the history of Muslims in Guyana, in particular referencing the African Muslims.

Yesterday, contracts worth some $182 million were signed to undertake Phase Two of the rehabilitation works on a number of roadways in the Albouystown and Castello Housing Scheme area in Georgetown.

OSLO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the world swelters through record temperatures, scientists say an unusual culprit may be partly to blame: an underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga in the South Pacific last year.

Wolves and Rising Stars recorded contrasting victories when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, I write to acknowledge the letter of Mr. Tony Vieira of 9 September, in which he retraced in not so many words,  some of the ground I covered in mine of 3 August last, as regards the big trucks outfitted with blinding strobe lights that are terrorizing the public on our roadways; the need for signage on the highways saying “Keep left except when overtaking”, as per our existing law, which is applicable not only to truck drivers but to minibuses and other inconsiderate drivers; and the ignoramuses driving at night on our regular roads with fog lights.

Dear Editor, Guyanese, it is imperative that we scrutinise the actions of Aubrey Norton within the context of political leadership and democratic principles.

SANTO DOMINGO/ OUANAMINTHE, Haiti, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Haitians returned from the Dominican Republic yesterday after the Dominican president announced an imminent total border shutdown amid a conflict over the construction of a water channel from a shared river.

Forty-six-year-old Vivendra Balgobin reappeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was granted $800,000 bail on the charge of attempted murder against Conroy Cox, aged thirty-eight, and Lovell Douglas, aged eighteen.

(Reuters) – A largely reshuffled France side showed a worrying lack of discipline and a certain nonchalance as they laboured to a 27-12 victory against an inspired Uruguay in their second World Cup game yesterday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s security detail spent several minutes disinfecting the chair that Kim sat on during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant newspaper reported yesterday.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill met with residents yesterday who were engaged in a protest at Kuru Kuru on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway concerning a deteriorating road that is earmarked for completion.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court voted yesterday to convict the first three people to stand trial for the storming of government buildings in the capital Brasilia on Jan.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday it attacked two Russian patrol ships and destroyed a sophisticated air defence system in the west of occupied Crimea, ramping up its strikes to challenge Moscow’s dominance in the Black Sea region.

After he had made an undisguised ‘pitch’ on Thursday, August 3, at the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) Dinner and Awards Ceremony for the GMSA to engage government on the issue of the private sector body interfacing with the state-run Small Business Bureau (SBB), GMSA President, Ramsay Ali, had told the Stabroek Business that there had been an expectation that such a meeting was likely to have taken place “in two weeks’ time.”

Dear Editor, It has been ten years since the passing of Essequibo’s elder statesman of cricket, Courtney Gonsalves, who formerly resided in Richmond on the Essequibo Coast and thereafter migrated to Canada where he passed away in 2013 at the age of 63 years old. 

 Cycling action returns on Sunday with the staging of a 50-mile road race sponsored by Team Alanis.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. and Cuban officials made progress on a range of issues during high-level talks in Washington this week but were unable to narrow differences over the biggest disputes between the countries, Cuba’s vice foreign minister said yesterday.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said yesterday that casualties could have been avoided in the floods that hit Libya if the divided country had a functional weather service able to issue warnings.

(Reuters) – Defending Davis Cup champions Canada made light of the absence of big names to cruise past Sweden for a second straight victory in the Finals group stage while the United States crashed to their first defeat.

Dear Editor, Guyana continues to be exceptional, outnumbered as we are by foreign investors from more developed countries, who practise, discuss, publish and teach Human Resources Management in their respective education institutions to some of which GOAL scholarships have been awarded recently.

Amid suggestions that state-run buses could help to fill a transportation gap here, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill says there are no such discussions occurring in government.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING  (Reuters) – Beijing yesterday blasted the launch of a probe by the European Commission into China’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidies as protectionist and warned it would damage economic relations, a concern shared by Germany’s car industry.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1036’s trading results showed consideration of $44,440,786 from 73,329 shares traded in 40 transactions as compared to session 1035’s trading results, which showed consideration of $9,528,106 from 38,608 shares traded in 18 transactions.

Dear Editor, Two announcements on outstanding matters of national interest were welcomed.

By Todd G. Buchholz SAN DIEGO – A movie starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir has just opened, 50 years after the war that ended the Israeli prime minister’s career.

Development within the context of Guyana is pursued through the lens of market liberalism, which centres economic growth over human, social and environmental wellbeing.

As part of its ongoing efforts to bring awareness to the issues of suicide and mental health challenges, the Massy Group is collaborating with the Ministry of Education’s Allied Arts Unit, and several local actors to host a theatrical performance catering specifically to secondary school students.

(Reuters) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said yesterday his country rejects the participation of its citizens as mercenaries in war, contradicting a statement by Cuba’s ambassador in Moscow hours earlier saying his government did not oppose the legal participation of its citizens in Russia´s war in Ukraine.

The matter of reparations has raised questions of history, yet again because there is a suggestion that indentureship should be included in the claims, and not just slavery.

(Reuters) – Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are on the short-list for The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award, while Spain’s Aitana Bonmati is among the nominees for the Best Women’s Player on the back of winning the Golden Ball at the World Cup.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Negotiators for the European Union and Mercosur yesterday discussed the next steps towards completing their long-awaited trade deal after the South American trade bloc responded to a European addendum to the agreement, officials said.