Daily Archive: Saturday, November 18, 2023

President Irfaan Ali says there is a publicly televised genocide taking place in Gaza which has been under attack by the Israeli army for weeks following a terrorist attack by Hamas that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians.

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians today, medics said, after Israel again warned civilians to relocate as it girds for an assault on Hamas in the enclave’s south after subduing the north.

MONROVIA/DAKAR,  (Reuters) – When Joseph Boakai won a place at Liberia’s prestigious College of West Africa in the 1950s, he helped pay his fees by working as the school janitor, cleaning floors and toilets at night and studying by day, his spokesman Amara Konneh told Reuters.

 (Reuters) – The board of the company behind ChatGPT yesterday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – to many, the human face of generative AI – sending shock waves across the tech industry.

Team Guyana lived up to expectations and predictions on the opening day of the 2023 Inter-Guiana Games currently being held in Paramaribo, Suriname.

(Field Level Media) Darius Garland’s 28 points led six Cleveland scorers in double figures, and the Cavaliers overcame the absence of Donovan Mitchell to send the visiting Detroit Pistons to their 10th consecutive loss, 108-100 on Friday in pool play of the NBA in-season tournament.

CARICOM and Saudi Arabia on Thursday agreed at a groundbreaking summit to work together on food and energy security though Riyadh appeared to have extracted more than the region from the meeting, according to the statement issued afterwards.

Guyanese students have once again secured outstanding results at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

By Shuntel Glasgow The policewoman who died on Thursday when a drunk driver rammed into traffic cones and hit her had only recently gotten married.

The body of a missing Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara fisherman yesterday washed up on the Eversham, Corentyne foreshore after a boat mishap in the Corentyne River on Sunday. 

By Antonio Dey Discrimination, racism and economic exploitation were among the plights raised by those who turned up on Thursday at a Town Hall styled-meeting facilitated by a visiting US delegation currently in Guyana a fact-finding mission.

Some 425 Guyanese are now the holders of master’s degrees from the India-based Jain University in various disciplines, through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship scheme.

Dear Editor, There is hardly a public servant, their union leaders’ aside, who would object to the recent announcement by President Irfaan Ali of the $25,000 bonus to be paid along with their salaries next month. 

Linden’s Mayor Sharma Solomon has expressed the municipality’s disappointment at the Local Government Commission’s (LGC) unilateral appointment of PPP/C activist Lennox Gasper as the new Town Clerk of the municipality without consulting the Linden Town Council. 

Dear Editor, I am compelled to write about a pressing issue that seems to be on many minds lately: are we really going to war with Venezuela?

A 63-year-old pedestrian, Arnold De Santos, was crushed to death on Thursday on the Farm Track access road at Madewini, East Bank Demerara in an accident involving a motor lorry #GAD 7213 driven by a 27-year-old.

Dear Editor, Robin Singh’s letter titled, “I extend congratulations to Jagdeo for embracing a failed Marxist philosophy” (SN Nov 16th), contained several false arguments.

Some 190 households in Hururu, Region Ten and its satellite villages yesterday received solar panels under the government’s Solar Home Systems project, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Dear Editor, I had cause to go to the left bank of the Abary Creek in the area known as Tiger Island and to my joy and comfort I traversed the Onverwagt Bitumen Road to the south reaching the Abary River in joyous comfort due to the perspicuity and quality of the Government through the Ministry of Agriculture.

Dear Editor, Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi—“the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its weakest member.”

Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo has filed a $5m libel suit against Facebook personality Byron Mackintosh, known as “Bryan Max,” who he says has falsely accused him of orchestrating to take his, (Max’s) life.

Dear Editor, The Guyana senior men’s national team is on the verge of reaching another significant milestone.

Twenty-year-old Yogeshwar Raghubir and 30-year-old Rajindra Persaud yesterday appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of larceny.

Dear Editor, No amount of words can adequately convey the sadness that has befallen us upon learning of the tragic accident on Thursday night at Beterverwagting Public Road on the East Coast. This

(Field Level Media) Damian Lillard scored 27 points for the visiting Milwaukee Bucks, who spoiled the return to action of Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges in a 130-99 victory last night during an NBA in-season tournament game.

(Field Level Media) Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 32 points last night for the visiting New York Knicks, who never trailed in a 120-99 win over the Washington Wizards in a Group B game of the NBA’s in-season tournament.

As cricket action continues in the capital city this weekend, the Everest Cricket Club will host their traditional rivals, the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) tomorrow. 

Guyanese will have access to front row seats to Elton Dharry’s upcoming fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super flyweight Gold title since the card will be staged locally on December 9.

 (Reuters) – Former fast bowler Wahab Riaz was appointed as Pakistan’s chief selector on Friday, after Inzamam-ul-Haq stepped down last month following allegations of a conflict of interests.

MANAUS, Brazil, (Reuters) – A major tributary of the Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s longest-serving death row prisoner, Wenceslaus James, was freed, on Tuesday, went home to his doting mother, was reunited with his village friends, and visited the beach yesterday.

Even as contractors move  ahead with infrastructure works in sections of the Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, Housing scheme, the first batch of allottees yesterday morning participated in a lot identification exercise.

A few days ago, there was an appeal for Guyanese to temporarily change their profile pictures on social media to the map of Guyana with the slogan “One Guyana”.

(Reuters) – Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his ex-girlfriend R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura yesterday settled her lawsuit that accused the rapper of serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape, according to lawyers for Ventura.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – An unbeaten hundred from Test batsman Murray Commins and three-wicket hauls from Scott MacBeth and Gavin Hoey left West Indies Academy with a 26-run defeat to Ireland Academy in the opening game of their three-match series here Friday.

(Reuters) – Australia head into their World Cup decider against India with all pieces in place following a devastating return to form of their vaunted pace attack in the South Africa semi-final.

(Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Christopher Taylor has been banned for 30 months for an anti-doping rule violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Rory McIlroy cited the demands on his time as the biggest reason for leaving his role as a member of the PGA Tour’s policy board earlier this week.

With only a point required in their final two matches to seal a place in League A of the CONCACAF Nations League, the Golden Jaguars will face off with The Bahamas today at 18:00hrs in their penultimate League B encounter at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has assured Guyana Defence Force (GDF) veterans of his government’s support.

The 2023 edition of the MVP Sports Girls Pee Wee Football Championship commences today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

One of the more memorable takedowns of vulgar revisionism came from the pen of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in the The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956:  “We forget everything.