Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 29, 2023

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – An Indian government official directed an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N Chief Executive Darren Woods is making plans to attend the COP28 climate summit in Dubai next week, two people close to the information said, in what would mark a first for an Exxon CEO, if confirmed.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF)  Brigadier Omar Khan recently paid a visit to the Brazil Ministry of Defence for a strategic discourse on expanding ties.

Demerara Distillers Limited today announced that it had declared an interim dividend of $0.40 per share free of company taxes in respect of the year 2023.

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Delegates from nearly 200 countries will convene this week for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, where conference host and OPEC member the UAE hopes to sell the vision of a low-carbon future that includes, not shuns, fossil fuels.

(Trinidad Guardian) The video is shocking.   A class of students from the Signal Hill Secondary School in Tobago brutally attacking one female student.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) has now called for the intervention of Minister of Labour Stephen Mc Clashie, following a breakdown in negotiations with its pilots.

Romarion Wolfe, Michael Mohamed, Akeela Webster, Joel Trim, Navindra Carpen, and Athaleyah Hinckson recorded gold medal performances in their respective field events when the 61st edition of the National Schools’ Cycling and Track and Field Championships continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

A carpenter has won his case for pension, after taking the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to court in what has been hailed as a landmark ruling that pronounced on the obligation of the NIS and the employer for the maintenance of accurate and complete records.

United States Ambassador, Nicole Theriot last night called on Venezuela to support the current territorial sovereignty of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I write to you today with a heart heavy with frustration and an urgent plea for accountability regarding the alarming fire situation that unfolded at the Skeldon Market on Monday, 27 November 2023.

The 61st edition of the National Schools’ Cycling and Track and Field Championships continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, as the second day of athletics produced several noteworthy results and records.

An eleven-year-old boy of Strathspey Primary School, East Coast Demerara died at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after he was struck in the head by another pupil in school.

Dear Editor, As citizens of Guyana we believe we have a right to expect a certain standard of behaviour from those persons who seek and are given positions of leadership; and from whom we must expect conduct befitting role models for our young people. 

Ansa McAl Trading, under its Lucozade energy drink brand, has partnered with the Petra Organisation as the official beverage distributor of the impending KFC Goodwill International Schools Football Series, which is scheduled for December 12th-22nd.

Dear Editor, To suggest that a female politician cannot be called a ‘lowlife’ and, is an act of misogyny, is to suggest that females are weaker, are unable to compete on equal terms and, need the protection of men.

Under the Green Farms Initiative, a greenhouse covering three acres at Plympton Farms was officially commissioned on November 24 at Dora along the Linden Highway and the project aims to cut food imports for offshore oil platforms to 5% of total needs.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially announced a 23-member Lady Jaguars roster for today’s 2024 Road to Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifiers against Dominica at 18:00 hrs at the IR Franklin Essed Stadium, Suriname.

Dear Editor, CRG extends its congratulations to the Government and the GDF on their recent display of our strength in international military cooperation.

Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday told a visiting British trade mission that Guyana is open for business and is currently ripe for investment and business opportunities.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) staged its electoral congress on Sunday via the electronic platform Zoom, with incumbent Anand Raghunauth being re-elected unopposed and five committee members being added to the governance structure.

Dear Editor, News about the deaths of comrades Dalchand, a tribune for ordinary people of West Demerara; Ayube Khan, a farmer from Jacklow, Pomeroon River; Rudy Insanally the consummate diplomat, and Justice Prem Persaud the judge made me think once again about the relationship between the living and the dead.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus has denied striking  a vendor with a cane during attempts to bring order on Monday evening at the Corriverton Market following a fire.

Dear Editor, On my 75th birthday dated a few days ago I received a package overseas posted  by my loved ones for me with a collection of comics, a gift to add to my over five thousand comics collected.

Seventy-five-year-old Errol Daniels appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he charged with attempted murder.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Hamas and Israel were expected to release more hostages and prisoners today, the last day of a prolonged six-day truce in the Gaza Strip conflict, as attention focused on whether mediator Qatar could negotiate another extension.

Dear Editor, Recently, several countries announced visa free entry to Indians.  

Twenty-four-year-old Godfrey Cox of Lot 19 Princes Street, Charlestown, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbery under arms.

SILKYARA, India,  (Reuters) – Rescuers yesterday pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them, triggering jubilation across India.

Dear Editor, The spate of fires continues with another market partially gutted.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A Virgin Atlantic VA.UL passenger jet powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) completed a London-to-New York jaunt yesterday, showcasing the potential of low-carbon options, which are a tiny fraction of the industry’s fuel mix.

A fourteen-year-old girl was shot in her left thumb on Monday and a Norton Street man is in custody.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panama’s president said yesterday that Canadian miner First Quantum’s lucrative copper mine Cobre Panama would be shut down, hours after the country’s Supreme Court declared its contract unconstitutional.

(Reuters) – Haiti’s brutal gang wars have spread from the capital to key farming heartlands, displacing tens of thousands of people and having a devastating impact on access to food staples, the United Nations said in a report yesterday.

(Reuters) – Glenn Maxwell’s blistering century trumped India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad’s unbeaten 123 as Australia clinched a last-ball victory in a thrilling third T20 International to stay alive in the five-match series yesterday.

The police yesterday said that a man who was wanted for armed robberies was held on Cemetery Road with an illegal gun.

By Ban Ki-moon, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, and Laura Chinchilla Miranda LONDON – If the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai is to be judged a success, it will have to bring an urgently needed breakthrough on climate finance.

Last Thursday, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s world governing body, announced that former West Indies One Day International (ODI) Captain Marlon Samuels had been banned from cricket for six years after he was found guilty in August by an independent anti-corruption tribunal of breaching four counts of the ICC anti-corruption code.

Dear Editor, I visited the Riaz computer store on Church Street on Monday and was so pleasantly surprised that I had to check to see if I was still in Guyana.

(CMC) – West Indies-A made key late strikes to haul themselves back in contention after fifties by Keegan Petersen and Raynard van Tonder helped South Africa-A dominate most of the opening day of the second four-day “Test”.