Daily Archive: Monday, November 20, 2023

Heads of the Joint Services met today at the Police Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

Education Guyanese students capture top awards at CSEC, CAPE: Guyanese students have once again secured outstanding results at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

(Reuters) – Venezuela is close to approving a license for Shell SHEL.L

LUCKNOW, (Reuters) – Authorities in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh have banned the distribution and sale of Halal-certified products, including dairy, garments and medicines saying it was illegal.

(Trinidad Guardian) The brazenness of the country’s gangsters claimed another life just metres away from a police base on Saturday night.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Zambia suffered a major setback in its debt restructuring efforts, after the government said today a revised deal to rework $3 billion of Eurobonds could not be implemented at this time due to objections from official creditors, including China.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president yesterday, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty.

A 48-year-old West Coast Berbice (WCB) woman was brutally murdered between last night and yesterday morning after hanging out at a bar with some friends.

While spending over $1.2 billion towards infrastructural development in Tacama, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) area towards livestock feed sustainability projects and other food security initiatives, government is exploring replication of similar projects across the country because of its success, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has said.

In addition to extending condolences to the family of Constable Annette Abel, who died while performing roadblock duties at BV Police Station, Minister of Home Affairs Robenson Benn announced that a comprehensive incident review will be conducted to identify the best ways to promote safety in the aftermath of that event with an aim to mitigate any potential risks.

One month after a Mon Repos man was gunned down in a hail of bullets at Ogle, there appears to be no positive sign that the case is ever going to be solved.

While the 16-year-old accused of wounding Jamal Reid at Golden Grove Secondary School has been released on station bail, Reid’s complications are becoming life-threatening and his family continues to call for justice. 

(Reuters) – Australia won a record-extending sixth 50-overs World Cup title after opener Travis Head smashed a magnificent century to fashion their six-wicket victory in yesterday’s final against the tournament’s form team India.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Komal Singh insists that there is need for Guyana’s shipping woes to be addressed.

The Guyana track and field contingent to the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) dominated the athletics competition and won that segment outright as the games came to a close yesterday evening in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Prospect, Jaden Lewis, Pace, and Power Boxing Gym earned the marquee trophies when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) staged its Pepsi/Mike Parris Schoolboys and Juniors tournament yesterday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

Like the APNU+AFC did during its 2015 to 2020 tenure, the PPP/C government continues to maintain the Amaila Falls access road with Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill saying that it remains functional but needs maintenance soon.

Chenapau residents who were recently ordered removed from mining within the boundaries of the Kaieteur National Park by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Police Force will be relocated to other mining areas as part of government’s ‘humane stand’.

Dear Editor, I am writing about the recent BV accident, which resulted in the tragic death of my cousin, Annette Abel.

Youth Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and Goal is Money tallied contrasting wins when the New Era Futsal Championship continued on Saturday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac, Linden.

Dear Editor, I have dual citizenship and as such passports for both Canada and Guyana. 

Bartica and Georgetown recorded hard-fought wins when the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) u17 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club ground in Bourda.

Commander Division 4A Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean said no arrest has as yet been made in the murder of Ramona Lall.

The inclement weather once again had the final say, as Guyana’s league B encounter in the CONCACAF Nations League against the Bahamas, which was initially slated for Saturday at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was cancelled once again by CONCACAF yesterday.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Bagotstown, and close to the Demerara Harbour Bridge junction on the East Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two foreign hostages held at a site that has been a focus of its devastating six-week-old offensive.

Dear Editor, Venezuela presses on with a national referendum which would be affirmed as the will of the people by the Supreme Court of Venezuela.

Candidate Master Taffin Khan sits atop the point standings as several upsets highlighted day three in the ongoing Ram & McRae National Open Chess Champion-ship Qualifiers at the Providence National Stadium, East Bank of Demerara, on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv early on Sunday for the second night in row, stepping up its assaults on the Ukrainian capital after several weeks of pause, the city’s military administration said.

The People’s National Congress’s (PNC) two-day General Council meeting ended yesterday with its leader Aubrey Norton pledging that his party will stand in the forefront against any Venezuelan threat to this country’s territorial integrity.

Dear Editor, It is good to see that differences between the government and the opposition were overcome to reach agreement on the meaning of the actions taken by Venezuela.

On Saturday, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai distributed 285 solar photovoltaic systems to villages of Monkey Mountain and Taruka in Region Eight.

Carmel squeaked past Anns Grove 1-0 when the Limacol Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “Patriotism and Geneva” (Nov 19).

(Reuters) – Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called “an extension of myself” owing to her prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly promoted the cause of mental health, died on Sunday at age 96, the Carter Center said.

by Omar Shahabudin McDoom o.s.mcdoom@lse.ac.uk Omar Shahabudin McDoom is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics where his research interests include the comparative study of war and violence.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Taylor Swift fans headed to her eagerly expected show in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, the first concert since a fan died in sweltering conditions that led to a last-minute postponement of Saturday’s performance.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines headed to the polls on Sunday in a closely contested presidential runoff, with two starkly different visions for the country’s future on offer and an electorate simmering with anger at triple-digit inflation and rising poverty.

Traditional powerhouses Colts, Ravens, and Kwakwani recorded lopsided victories when the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball Championship continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, I have a healthy regard for social media and its many pluses.

Tiger Bay residents and a diverse group of volunteers teamed up with Unicomer Courts on Saturday to conduct a cleanup drive in Tiger Bay, Georgetown, demonstrating a strong sense of community spirit and cooperation.

Following criticism of her position on the tensions between Guyana and Venezuela over the referendum that Caracas plans for December 3rd on its claim to Essequibo, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley spoke again on the question on Saturday but there was still no unequivocal condemnation of the aggression that has emanated from our neighbour to the west.