Daily Archive: Saturday, December 2, 2023

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s national development bank (BNDES) today launched an effort to restore degraded or destroyed woodland amounting to 60,000 square km (23,160 square miles) – an area nearly the size of Latvia – in the Amazon rainforest by 2030.

“The extent of unreported and unrecorded economic activity is cause for concern in any modern economy.

 (Reuters) – The UAE said today it has concluded the terms of a trade deal with Colombia, which it called the first such bilateral agreement between the Gulf and South America.

GAZA,  (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes and artillery bombardments hit Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip today as Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants with renewed force after the collapse of a truce in the nearly two-month-old war.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods today rejected the International Energy Agency’s recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible “illusion”, saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court yesterday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan.

Recognizing the referendum which Venezuela had planned for tomorrow as a seriously “urgent,” “real” and “imminent” threat to the rights which Guyana currently has to the Essequibo, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a warning of refrain to Venezuela.

Dear Editor, If ever there was a person to whom every person in the Caribbean owed an enduring debt of gratitude, it was her.

Dear Editor, The pace of discovery in the Stabroek Block has been astounding.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday welcomed the World Court ruling ordering Venezuela not to take any action that interferes with Guyana’s control over the Essequibo and he urged Caracas to join this country in respecting international law.

Bevon Stephon Griffith of Lot 12 Dennis Street, Sophia, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with murder.

Dear Editor, Each year, children are struck by minibuses. Sadly, many motor vehicle accidents cause serious or even fatal injuries.

The Kilcoy, Corentyne man whose partly decomposed body was on Thursday morning found in his suspected attackers’ yard at Kilcoy, Corentyne, died from blunt force trauma to the head an autopsy revealed yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter in Friday, December 1, 2023 Newspapers.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland KC yesterday pledged support for Guyana ahead of tomorrow’s referendum in Venezuela which she fears will challenge the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Dear Editor, The SRDC hereby wishes to make an official statement on the referendum which is going to take place in Venezuela concerning the annexation of all the territory lying west of the Essequibo River on December 3rd 2023: As the Indigenous Peoples of the South Rupununi we would like to state that the Essequibo, and the area in question has always been part of the Wapichan Wiizi since before the colonizers came to the continent. 

The Organization of American States (OAS) with funding from the U.S.

Dear Editor, Joan of Arc’s human courage was more significant than her political and military contribution in the 14th Century, during the one hundred years war between England and France.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government of Jamaica has welcomed yesterday’s unanimous ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) barring Venezuela from altering Guyana’s control over the disputed Essequibo region.

Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (District 10) renowned  simply as ‘Linden’ once again came, saw and conquered. 

Dear Editor, The media has carried a statement from Guyana’s ‘Rights bodies’ to condemn Venezuela’s attempts to take over Essequibo.

The Central Immigration and Passport Office yesterday underscored its commitment to providing accessible passport services by reminding residents in Regions 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam), 6 (East Berbice-Corentyne), 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), and 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) that they can apply for and collect their passports at the designated offices within their regions.

Dear Editor, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seems to be on a fishing expedition for popularity to garner support to win an agreed 2024 elections via his Essequibo referendum on December 3, 2023.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus Day two of the Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival saw the GCC clubs chalk up more wins at the National Gymnasium following their success on Thursday evening.

Dear Editor, This month ushers in our traditional Christmas season when we all share wishes for peace, happiness and prosperity.

Venezuela must uphold the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Order of December 01, and comply with International Law in all respects, and the Charter of the United Nations, is what the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has stated it expects while emphasising that the Bolivarian Republic must take no action in violation of said laws.

The national men’s rugby team experienced mixed fortunes in their three matches when the Grenada 7s kicked off yesterday at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in St.

Dear Editor, Suriname media and elite politicians’ pro Venezuela narrative needs an education so that accurate information is presented to the Suriname public. 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday reiterated that his country does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the border controversy with Guyana.

The skeletal remains of a Berbice woman are believed to have been found some six months after she last made contact with her family.

Dear Editor, The least opportunity that some people get to become an overnight expert, they step right up to the plate, but only to end up bent-double in ignominy, wasting our time.

Dear Editor, In February of this year, Guyanese-born author and advocate for stable democracy in Guyana, Dr.

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday expressed sorrow at the passing of its former Director, Dr.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana is named as a defendant in legal proceedings that commenced in Guyana’s High Court requesting damages over $7,000,000 (seven million dollars) for defamation (libel) committed by the defendants on June 25, 2023.

Twenty-one-year-old Leon Garraway of Lot 69 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Leron Daly charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition without a licence.

Dear Editor, Some eight days ago I asked in your paper a pertinent question about the deficit financing of the London Oil/Sustainability Conference on 18/19 November.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Renewed fighting in Gaza stretched into a second day last night after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas collapsed and mediators said Israeli bombardments were complicating attempts to again pause hostilities.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday welcomed the new Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) General Manager for the Caribbean Country Department (CCB), Anton Edmunds and praised the Bank for its continued support to Guyana.

Dear Editor,  The Editorial was headlined ‘Waiting for the ICJ” (SN December 1). 

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders at the COP28 climate summit yesterday to plan for a future without fossil fuels, saying there was no other way to curb global warming.

A Region Two family is in a state of shock after they discovered a female family member lying motionless in her house.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday it was prepared to “pause” sanctions relief for OPEC member Venezuela in coming days unless there is further progress on the release of Venezuelan political prisoners and “wrongfully detained” Americans.

COOLIDGE, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies captain Nyeem Young said his side was looking to win the second four-day, first-class match against Emerging Ireland, starting today in Antigua, and sweep the series.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cricket West Indies said it “understood the position” of Dominica’s government which on Thursday pulled the plug on the country’s hosting of matches in next year’s Twenty20 World Cup, due to challenges with completing venue upgrades in time for the global showpiece.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India exacted a modicum of revenge for their loss to Australia in the final of the 50-overs World Cup by clinching the T20 series against them with a match to spare following their 20-run victory in Raipur yesterday.

EAST LONDON, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies-A lost their last five wickets for 75 runs as they slumped to a humbling 232-run defeat to South Africa-A in the second four-day “Test” here yesterday.

The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement yesterday where it noted the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s domestic spy agency has detonated explosives on a Russian railway line deep in Siberia, the second attack this week on military supply routes in the area, a Ukrainian source told Reuters yesterday.

There are women in seats of power who sit with men in seats of power and some of those men display anti-women behaviour but some of these women never call them out on their conduct.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Strike bowler Alzarri Joseph said it will be “business as usual” when he takes up the new role of West Indies vice-captain for the three One-day Internationals against England, starting tomorrow in his homeland of Antigua.

(Reuters) – Dominican sprinter Luguelin Santos has been stripped of his World Junior Championships gold medal and banned for three years for age-manipulation violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday.

Dear Editor, I must confess that as I was fuming about the foolish noise in some quarters over the decision not to recycle Darren Bravo at the expense of young promising players, I erupted into fits of laughter upon reading in the press of the retirement of Shane Dowrich.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Ex-President Alberto Fujimori and his family were dealt consecutive blows yesterday, after courts blocked the imprisoned former leader’s pardon while mandating that his daughter and political heir, Keiko Fujimori, face trial for alleged money laundering.