Articles published on Friday, October 13, 2023
In its efforts to safeguard the ICT assets of the state, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) today warned that individuals involved in the accidental or deliberate damage of state-owned ICT infrastructure will be held responsible for the full cost of replacement and repairs.
The Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) says it shipped 107,230 tonnes of ore last year and declared that it is “absolutely not” involved in the extraction, processing or exportation of gold.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday criticised remarks made by Colombian President Gustavo Petro in which he compared Israeli government comments to those made by Nazis, and called on him to condemn Hamas.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans were struggling to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S.
(Reuters) – Rudolph Isley, singer, songwriter and founding member of the influential rhythm and blues band the Isley Brothers, whose hits included “Shout”, “Fight the Power”, and “That Lady”, died on Wednesday at age 84 at his home in Chicago, the family said in a statement.
(Trinidad Guardian) Officers of the US-based Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Bureau are assisting local police in tracing the origin of several high-powered rifles, machine guns and ammunition that were seized in a forested part of Santa Cruz on Wednesday afternoon.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has proposed his team for anti-crime talks with the Opposition, to be chaired by Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC.
A stockpile of 30,000 tonnes of aggregate in the parking lot of the National Stadium yesterday created a huge bulge that raised the entrance into Red Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara by some six to eight feet.
By Antonio Dey Former Regional Educa-tion Officer (REdO) of Potaro-Siparuni, Anesta Douglas yesterday told the presidential inquiry into the Mahdia dormitory fire that it was impossible for her to review a key report submitted by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) months before the blaze since she was given just one week’s notice to pack for Georgetown.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors say an Israeli private investigator used hackers to steal emails from climate activists who were campaigning against American energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N.
ExxonMobil told President Irfaan Ali that it never told the opposition that the IHS Markit audit’s questionable sums were reduced from US$214 million to US$3 million and that government had agreed to it, Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday visited the site of the Gas to Energy project at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara and as sand was being stockpiled to consolidate the ground for pile driving, he was told that the first phase of the project should be completed by mid next year.
Nandanie Nimar, 25, of Lot 260 Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara was yesterday charged with causing the death of Pulwantie Ramjan by dangerous driving.
A Corriverton market labourer who was accused of murdering Lochan Persaud Kamaldeo, a vagrant, was yesterday freed at the High Court in Berbice.
Millions of dollars went up in flames last evening at the home of Region Two Councillor, Vierna Rasheed at Queenstown village.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, has been denied the stay he was hoping for of a $7.5 million judgment imposed against him for defaming former diplomat and board member of Guyana Power & Light (GPL), Kirk Hollingsworth.
President Irfaan Ali has mandated the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to establish a Special Secretariat to handle its 10,000-plus backlogged local cases as well as those that originate from in the Diaspora.
The body of Romeil Delgado, a one-year-old toddler of Paruima Village, Upper Mazaruni Village, Region Seven was recovered from the Kamarang River at ‘Top Side’ Paruima falls on Wednesday night.
(Cricinfo) – If South Africa really do want to move through this 2023 World Cup under the radar, they must do better than this.
Ancel Lewis of Lichfield, Berbice recently turned 100 and has been hailed by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.
By Michelangelo Jacobus Nestled 16 miles up the Pomeroon River, Kabakaburi is a small Amerindian village that has continually churned out remarkable people.
Shameer Juman, a 49-year-old labourer of 13th Avenue Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was yesterday jailed for two years for malicious damage to property.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to Christopher Ram’s letter in the Stabroek News (SN) edition of October 12, 2023, with the caption “my concern has to do with Bhagwandin’s falsehoods being fed to a trusting and unsuspecting public”.
The Golden Jaguars have been drawn in group B in the 2024 edition of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifiers following the official draw on Wednesday in Florida, USA.
Dear Editor, I write on behalf of the current and former time wasters of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
On October 11, 2023, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) held a ceremony to present a posthumous award to Pauline Chase and Serita Chase, daughters of the late attorney Ashton Chase SC.
The Golden Jaguars have selected a 23-member roster for their impending fixture against Puerto Rico tomorrow at 15:00hrs in St.
Dear Editor, When George Bernard Shaw said “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” he could well have been referring to the imbroglio we know as the Exxon Audit; it is a story of a communication failure involving four persons in positions of authority.
Region Two Chair Vilma De Silva is requesting answers from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company as it relates to the frequent power outages experienced by the region.
Dear Editor, I was in two minds as to whether or not to respond to Joel Bhagwandin’s latest uninformed remarks since reading his work feels suspiciously like a waste of time, but it occurred to me that this is an opportunity to demonstrate how the Opposition differs from the government.
Pele and Fruta Conquerors secured hard-fought wins when the Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson Benefit Football Series commenced on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.
Truck drivers at Sinohydro Corporation Limited went on a brief strike yesterday over a delay by the company in the payment of wages.
In excess of 50 local and international gladiators have signed on to compete in the Kares CrossFit Caribbean Championship ‘October Showdown’ scheduled for Sunday at the National Aquatic Centre and the National Park.
Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday October 12, 2023
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1040’s trading results showed consideration of $14,480,419 from 53,713 shares traded in 23 transactions as compared to session 1039’s trading results, which showed consideration of $117,924,853 from 583,699 shares traded in 33 transactions.
Dear Editor, The situation in the Gaza is deeply troubling and nothing short of a humanitarian disaster.
JERUSALEM/NEW YORK/TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israel’s military yesterday called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, as it amassed tanks near the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground invasion.
The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said it is aware that multiple persons were seen cutting trees on the southern carriageway, opposite the Shell Gas Station at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.
Introduction It has been several months since column 108. Yet, when I told a friend that I intended to publish approximately eight columns over the next few weeks, his immediate reaction was the question: what will you say that you have not addressed in the one hundred and eight columns and dozens of letters over the past four years?
“The Guyana Peace Council abhors the declaration of war by Israel against the Palestinian people which has already claimed the lives of over two thousand people, on both sides, the majority of whom are civilians,” begins an eccentric letter published in our newspaper yesterday.
