Daily Archive: Friday, September 29, 2023

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today commissioned the new building for the Haslington Nursery School on the East Coast of Demerara.

QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan today, killing at least 57 people and injuring more than 60 amid events marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, police and health officials said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Dianne Feinstein, a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from California and gun control advocate who spearheaded the first federal assault weapons ban and documented the CIA’s torture of foreign terrorism suspects, has died at 90, a source familiar with the news said today.

(Trinidad Express) Another child has been killed overnight. A 13-year-old girl and an older male relative were shot dead in a house in Rio Claro.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three months after gunmen murdered his brother Kevon “Faces” Andrews, Keyon Andrews suffered a similar fate on Thursday when a gunman brazenly shot him in the street.

(Trinidad Guardian) It was only on Wednesday that Radica Smith thought she would start buying Christmas gifts for her son Rishi, but tragedy jolted her as he died hours after gunmen attacked.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sweltering heat across parts of Trinidad yesterday ended abruptly, as roaring thunder, strong winds and torrential rain left several without roofs and electricity.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today called for conservation of electricity in the wage of a big spike in demand linked to cooling needs because of increasingly high temperatures.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Manufacturers Association (TTMA) will be hosting a trade mission to Guyana during the period October 3 to 7, 2023.

-injuries also reported Three women were crushed to death yesterday on a farm at Jawalla, Region Seven after trees were uprooted during a violent storm while six others are critical including a toddler.

A University of the West Indies lecturer with whom the Stabroek Business spoke with last week whilst viewing an indigenous culinary and craft display on Main Street Avenue made the point that up until now Guyana had failed, “and signally so,” to properly embrace what he described as “valuable” indigenous skills and creativity to bear within the country’s entrepreneurial mainstream.

GT Kanaimas, Region #10, and Siparuta recorded contrasting wins in the female and male divisions, respectively, when the Amerindian Heritage Games Football Championship continued last evening at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The Guyana Government yesterday strongly rejected a motion from a Washington Diaspora Conference  which will be sent to the US Congress calling for action in various areas.

It is becoming increasingly apparent that skilled indigenous craftsmen and women are seeking to extend their ambitions beyond simply parading their talents to provide coastal admirers with access to their work through seasonal bazaars at absurdly ‘knocked down’ prices. 

All systems are in place for the staging of the 2023 iteration of the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis National Novice Boxing Championship tonight, following the official weigh-in procedures yesterday by the Guyana Boxing Association at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

In a decision to focus on its Stabroek and Canje Blocks here, ExxonMobil yesterday announced that it has withdrawn its interests from the 3.3 million-acre (13,535 square kilometers) Kaieteur Block.

About a week ago, sections of the regional media delivered news that the Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), had addressed the opening function of the “High-Level Agricultural Ministerial Meeting” held in Kingston, Jamaica on September 18.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that he has no role in relation to auditing cost oil expenses and his office is only involved with audits relating to the petroleum sector where the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) had granted tax exemptions.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in partnership with the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), officially launched the 2023 edition of the Thunderbolt Flour Power Under-17 League on Wednesday at the latter’s Agricola headquarters.

Rivers View and Mil Ballers recorded hard-fought wins when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the Community Center ground.

A Guyanese citizen was yesterday sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import drugs into the United States, U.S.

Engaging craftsmen and women above the din of the music blaring from speakers mounted on a giant truck on Main Street last Saturday evening felt, at times, like ‘sheer torture.’

Preparations are in full swing for 17th staging of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), the Caribbean Region’s premier agricultural event, in The Bahamas, 9 -13 October 2023.

According to the 2023 Global Organised Crime Index (GOCI), Guyana is facing several challenges when it comes to combating various illegal activities such as human trafficking.

(Reuters) – Marnus Labuschagne broke into Australia’s 15-member squad for the 50-over World Cup in India at the last possible moment yesterday on the back of his strong recent form while injured opener Travis Head was also included.

Cougars defeated Hopetown Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday evening in the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League at the Rosignol Community Centre ground.

Washington, having been instrumental in deploying mostly sanctions to degrade Venezuela’s oil and gas industry, the administration of United States’ President Joe Biden appears to be mindful that it does not preside over the complete collapse of the energy sector of the country believed to possess the asingle largest volume of oil reserves anywhere in the world.

Dear Editor,  I categorically condemn the blockage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport of Member of Parliament and senior member of the Alliance for Change (AFC), David Patterson.   The Government of Guyana has demonstrated and affirmed the view that political persecution and the cracking down on their political opponents is alive and real in a dangerous way.  There should be little doubt that this directive proceeded from the government and was surreptitiously whispered to junior functionaries of the Immigration Department.   Fearful about losing their jobs, these junior functionaries executed the illegal and egregious instructions. 

By Shabna Rahman Dozens of Venezuelans fleeing hardship in their country were taken into custody by the police at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo yesterday.

Dear Editor, “….there is a collective consciousness and understanding and realization that the current educational construct must be reimagined, reformed and repositioned, particularly educational assessment,” Dr.

The earliest public disclosure on Guyana’s first confirmed oil ‘strike’ by ExxonMobil back in 2015, was, without question, one of the most significant pieces of public information to be disseminated to Guyanese in the country’s history.

(Reuters) – Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named in India’s 15-man squad for the World Cup on home soil after initially failing to make the cut, coming in as a replacement for the injured Axar Patel.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Power blackouts in Cuba are expected to increase significantly due to a lack of fuel, officials warned in a nationwide TV broadcast, worsening the country’s plight as it deals with food and medicine shortages.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the killing of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday.

Prince Sinclair, a 36-year-old resident of Stanleytown in New Amsterdam, Berbice, was arrested on Wednesday and is slated to appear in court today to answer to several charges following an incident around 12:30 hrs on Wednesday on Main Street, New Amsterdam.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to publicly express congratulations to the Guyana Amazon Warriors, for winning the 2023 CPL Championship.

The Hard Rock Café has apologised over a menu item titled “Blood Over the River.”

The constantly enhancing petro profiles of Guyana and Suriname continues to impact positively on the international attention which the two countries, regarded up until recently as being among the forgotten territories in South America, are now attracting in global oil and gas circles.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has won three out of the four Grand Slams in 2023 and has no plans of slowing down at 36, but the world number one believes the future of tennis is in good hands with young gun Carlos Alcaraz leading the way.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – U.N. human rights experts have called for major reforms of the U.S.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 in the year to September, official data showed, as migration to the United States intensified despite efforts to curb the flow.

Hard-fought wins highlighted the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League as the Eagles and Crane overcame the challenges of Uprising and Wales, respectively, at the Tuschen ground.

Dear Editor, NCN radio has advertisements for a ‘One Guyana Diwali Jalsa’ to be held in Corriverton.

Up to August this year, the Ministry of Labour conducted 407 inspections in Region Six  and only around 53% of businesses were found to be in compliance.

TEMPE, Arizona, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden launched a wide-ranging attack on Republican Donald Trump yesterday, warning that his predecessor is a threat to American democracy and drawing a sharp distinction between himself and his likely 2024 election opponent.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Luis Roberto Barroso, a liberal who has favoured legalizing abortion and criminalizing homophobia in his 10 years on Brazil’s Supreme Court, became chief justice on Thursday as the court’s relations chilled with Congress over allegations of judicial overreach.

Dear Editor, The building of a second world-class cricket stadium at Palmyra, East Berbice makes Guyana ripe for a second Caribbean Premier League franchise; all of the prerequisites for a successful move of one of the existing franchises or (unlikely) an expansion franchise.

(CMC) –  West Indies Women failed to ease concerns about their batting but still managed to complete a morale-boosting, four-wicket win against New South Wales Women in a Twenty20 practice match on their tour of Australia yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known to global audiences for playing the wise professor Albus Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise and whose career was launched by his mentor Laurence Olivier, died aged 82 yesterday.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health’s Disability and Rehabilitation Services hosted a graduation ceremony for persons living with disabilities who have completed the Vocational Skills Training Programme.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil Potash Corp, the Canadian firm planning to build Latin America’s largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest, says a local Indigenous people, the Mura, have agreed to the project, but federal prosecutors insist the community is still divided.

Jaguars, Kanuku Warriors, and Surama clinched semi-final berths in the female and male divisions respectively, following quarter-final wins in the second leg of the Rupununi Football Association Champions League on Saturday, September 23rd.

With due respect to what, these days, appears to be a preference in the Caribbean for endless ‘sit downs’ on the issue of regional food security, the point where the outcomes of these fora goes nowhere has long been reached.

It is not just the auctioning of Guyana’s oil blocks which have set Venezuela off on its current track of impolitic responses. 

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN – We are living through eventful – one might even say “wild” – times, with history being made at a fast and furious pace.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian agricultural scientist Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, who ushered a “Green Revolution” in India nearly six decades ago that helped end famine and transformed the country as a top producer of wheat, died yesterday aged 98.

Why should someone who had no part in slavery make apologies and provide reparations to the descendants of the enslaved?

Dear Editor,  Members of the Guyana Police Force somehow believe they have plenary powers to arbitrarily violate the civil liberties of citizens.

Dear Editor, A recommendation for the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and CPL Promoters for 2024, Sunday’s win was quite a momentous occasion for all Guyanese.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has confirmed several galvanised sheets on a section of Hangars 09 and 10 at its Piarco base were displaced due to high winds associated with the early afternoon thunderstorms yesterday.

First Bauxite LLC which has bauxite mining operations at Bonasika has a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the helm.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1038’s trading results showed consideration of $4,569,575 from 10,602 shares traded in 23 transactions as compared to session 1037’s trading results, which showed consideration of $40,763,815 from 151,387 shares traded in 20 transactions.