Daily Archive: Sunday, November 26, 2023

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Hamas freed 17 hostages held in Gaza, including a 4-year-old American girl, while Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners today, the third day of their truce.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA/BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine President-elect Javier Milei today invited Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to his Dec.

(Trinidad Express) Popular disc jockey Clyde Jemmot died in a car accident this morning.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was the likely cause of an explosion that resulted in heavy casualties at a hospital in Gaza on Oct.

In a symbolic display of appreciation and camaraderie, Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan, hosted a Military Partners Day to recognize the invaluable support from international allies.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Rudy Insanally has passed away.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators against antisemitism marched in London today to protest against a rise in hate crimes against Jews since the attack by Hamas militants on Israel in October and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of Gaza.

(Barbados Nation) In an effort to deal more effectively with attorneys stealing from their clients, the Barbados Bar Association has submitted sweeping changes to the Legal Profession Act, which includes a rigorous process of auditing attorney’s client accounts as well as a more rigid disciplinary procedure.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday unveiled plans to facilitate the training of 2,000 Guyanese youths in nearshoring, which he believes holds tremendous potential and has urged ExxonMobil Guyana to make these opportunities available.

The Opposition APNU+AFC, while taking pains to assure of its commitment to a unified front on the territorial controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, has been less than pleased with the effort put forward by the administration in its response to Caracas’s latest round of aggression.

It has been ten days since four fishermen were reported missing after they ventured out to help recover one of their boats which had sent out a distress signal.

A 30-year-old sawman of Mashabo Village, Ron Raphael, is believed to have drowned on Friday afternoon12.30 and 13.00 hours after bathing in Lake Mashabo located on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two.

The Lady Jaguars U17 side overcame a 1-2 deficit to defeat Suriname 3-2 in the opening match of their four-game U17 home and away international series, which commenced yesterday at the Eve Leary Stadium in Kingston, Georgetown.

Debbie Joseph-Hopkinson, 53, interim director of the Institute for Human Resilience, Strategic Security and the Future, University of Guyana and president of the Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers (GAPSW) has slowly but surely climbed the academic and professional ladders by following due process.

As action continued yesterday in the ‘Road 2 Recovery’ Volleyball International tournament, which is being staged at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, the clubs from Suriname showed their class with wins from the Yelyco female and male teams as well as the Yellow Birds.

Civil society group, the Oil and Gas Guyana Network (OGGN) has raised questions about the depth of an audit of US$7.3b in ExxonMobil expenses for the years 2018 to 2020 but said that even the basic findings warrant a full-scale forensic examination being commissioned by the government.

The man who is accused of being the mastermind in the murder of four fishermen in May 2016 during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River, last week pleaded guilty midtrial at the High Court in Berbice.

Miss Coverden Joel Perry won the Miss East Bank pageant, besting 11 other young women, who represented their villages with pride.

Defending champions North Georgetown and St. John the Baptist were among the quarterfinal winners when the MVP Sports Girls Pee Wee Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, The claim by the National Toshaos Council (NTC ) that it is the ‘sole, legal and legitimate’ body that represents the interests of Amerindians in Guyana (Department of Public Affairs, ‘NTC affirms its position as legitimate representative body of Amerindians’, 24 November 2023) has no legal basis. 

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday said that it is sickened by the remarks of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday to describe its Chairperson, Cathy Hughes, a woman, wife, public personality and elected official.

The Atta Rainforest Lodge in the Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, has been numbered at ten of 15 in an article titled “The Lodges with a front row seat onto South America’s epic landscapes”, published in The Times newspaper of the United Kingdom.

LA Ballers and Haynes Ballers will contest the final of the ExxonMobil/New Era Futsal Championship following lopsided semifinal wins on Friday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac in Linden.

Dear Editor, Given the undoubted benefits of the seashore mangrove forests in Guyana, one wonders whether those responsible for their cultivation and preservation would entertain some reservations. 

Suriname Airways Chief Executive Officer, Captain Steven Gonesh and other company representatives met on Thursday with Dr.

Upper Demerara and Berbice will contest the final of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Intra-Association Football final following hard-fought semifinal wins yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

Dear Editor, There has been a national call to raise our voices against the sinking boat in which we find ourselves today with Venezuela.

Well, truth be told, it’s oven time all year round in the Caribbean, although I know that many of us took a break from this cooking appliance during the heatwave we experienced for weeks this year.

Dear Editor, I put this on top so the authorities do not miss this.

The Moto Sharks Guyana Dirt Bike Championship is pencilled for December 2nd at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Georgetown, following the official launch yesterday at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that students and teachers at the Baramita Primary School in Region One (Barima/ Waini), will receive 600 tablets along with internet connectivity.

The New York Pioneer Cricket Club has contributed 10 boxes of white cricket balls to the “Cricket Gear for Young Cricketers in Guyana” initiative, which is spearheaded by Kishan Das of the USA and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Executive Anil Beharry.

In the wake of the report of arrests connected to house lots allocated by the Ministry of Housing and Water, APNU+AFC has reiterated a call for a forensic audit of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Dear Editor, Back in 1988, I submitted a paper, “Legal and political issues in the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy” for my writing assignment towards a JD (juris doctor) degree.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada’s warning that borrowing costs are likely to stay higher-for-longer has prompted anxious mortgage owners to turn to fixed-rate loans in the hope they will bring more stability to their finances after a choppy few years.

Dear Editor, Clement J. Rohee joins the SN argument that ‘No one should be impugning the allegiance to this country of any of our leaders, past or present’ It is an interesting position for a self-professed ‘Jaganite’ to assume and, maybe it explains Rohee’s earlier assertion ‘it is only the United States Guyana can turn to provide the military assistance and political support needed.’(S.N

Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Franklin Wilson has congratulated the Golden Jaguars for the historic feat of qualifying for League A in the CONCACAF Nations League.

On Friday,  the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), as part of the South Rupununi Circuit Development Project in collaboration with Visit Rupununi, the Inter-American Development Bank, Compete Caribbean and SwissContact, officially launched six  new experiential tourism products at Manari Ranch, South Rupununi.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals released from Hamas captivity arrived in Israel last night in the second step of a crucial hostage deal that briefly risked falling apart due to a dispute over the delivery of aid supplies into Gaza.

With only two rounds remaining to crown a new champion, the 2023 edition of the Limacol Secondary Schools U18 Football League will continue today at the Ministry of Education ground at 13:00 hrs.

Dear Editor, War is hell regardless of who started it and who is responding to it.

Following a recent interception which led to charges against two persons, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has expressed alarm at the smuggling of arms and ammunition in personal consignments.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has announced the commencement of major rehabilitation works at the East Ruimveldt Market within the next two weeks.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to commend our President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency Dr.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s capital suffered what officials said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war yesterday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of air defences and explosions woke residents at sunrise after a week of intensifying attacks.

The New York Pioneer Cricket Club has contributed 10 boxes of white cricket balls to the “Cricket Gear for Young Cricketers in Guyana” initiative, which is spearheaded by Kishan Das of the USA and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Executive Anil Beharry.According

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The premier of Alberta, Canada’s main oil-producing province, yesterday said her government intends to move an act on Monday to shield provincial power companies from proposed federal clean electricity regulations.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) arrested Fruta Conquerors 5-0 when the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Women’s 1st Division League continued yesterday at the Eve Leary Ground, Kingston.

Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, on behalf of President  Irfaan Ali, yesterday delivered over 300 solar home energy systems to residents of hinterland communities in Region Six, including the indigenous villages of Orealla and Siparuta.

Dear Editor, While GHK Lall in his letter “We are all a reflection of the civilization that we want to have” is his usual pessimistic self he does highlight some problems with Guyanese Society.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your editorial “Our CARICOM friends and the referendum” (Nov 20), critiquing the feeble, indirect response of the PMs of Barbados and St.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – President Joko Widodo has suspended the chief of Indonesia’s anti-graft agency, his aide said today, following an accusation of extortion in an investigation that has ensnared a former minister.

I do not get the impression that the governance of the world is good or that it is getting better.

The week before last the Ministry of Agriculture launched an action plan to eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

“If there are ten doors you could go through and only one you must go through, a kind God closes the other nine.”

Howl, howl, howl!  O you are men of stones. Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so That heaven’s vault should crack.

The most interesting aspect about human beings is our ability to evolve.

As the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) continues to roll out its school chess manoeuvres, overseas-based Guyanese Raymond Singh, a former 1980s GCF champion, has donated 2,000 chess sets to Guyana to use in the school system.

Next month, the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation will stage its flagship National Senior Championships.

Introduction Today’s column engages the  fifth of the six listed social protection mechanisms [state employment] that are widely utilized to address persistent poverty in emerging oil-rich economies.

The confrontation between the Government and the Georgetown City Council has gone on for far too long and should now come to an end.

I know many of us sisters are getting anxious. Why? Christmas is just 30 days away.

Addressing 424 scholarship recipients for 2023/2024 at the National Culture Centre yesterday, Public Service Minister Sonia Parag emphasised that the programme aims to empower Guyanese with the necessary skills and qualifications to excel in their chosen fields.

Living in a western country and seeing the traditional Indian beauty ritual hair oiling rise in popularity when it was once scoffed at, is perplexing.

Guyanese national basketball player Israel Yaw incurred consecutive losses for the season as the University of Maryland went down to Liberty University and Notre Dame, respectively.