Daily Archive: Thursday, December 14, 2023

In the Declaration of Argyle, Guyana and Venezuela have agreed that neither will threaten or use force against the other in any circumstance.

President Irfaan Ali will now be going into the fourth part of meetings today with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but says there is “absolutely no retreat” from Guyana’s position that the border controversy be determined at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European Union leaders granted Ukraine a major political win today by agreeing to start membership negotiations at a time when its counter-offensive against Russia’s invasion has failed to make major gains and U.S.

A meeting between President Irfaan Ali of Guyana and President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – A deal for the world to transition away from fossil fuels was hailed as a historic achievement yesterday at the U.N.

Following weeks of rising tension over their border controversy, Guyana and Venezuela are set for talks today in St Vincent and the Grenadines aimed at calming aggressive actions by Caracas to push its claim on this country’s Essequibo region despite an order by the World Court to desist.

The Auditor General’s Report covering the period January 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022 says that the Ministry of Education (MoE) “did not” effectively manage the Hinterland School Feeding programme rolled out in eighteen schools.

While 21,782 Venezuelan migrants have been registered  in nine administrative regions as of  July 11, 2020, the parliamentary opposition continues to question whether the government has taken any steps to modernise the associated institutional and legislative framework since 2020.

Golden Stars, Gorillas, Dyke Ballers, and Hururu recorded contrasting wins when the ‘One Guyana’ King and Queen Beach Football Championship continued last night at the PPP office compound in Mackenzie, Linden.

Dear Editor,  The news about the meeting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week brokered by Brazilian President Lula, to be held under the auspices of the Chairpersons of CELAC and CARICOM, with President Lula’s foreign affairs Adviser, the respected former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and the Jamaican Chef de Cabinet in the UNSG’s office present, aligns with my own sense of optimism I have been maintaining throughout, that good sense would prevail.

Carmel Secondary defeated defending champion DC Caesar Fox 2-1 when the KFC Goodwill Series commenced on Tuesday evening at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The Linden Town Council is considering litigation in response to the unilateral appointment by the Local Government Commission (LGC) of Town Clerk, Lennox Gasper.

Dear Editor, As an economist, I look at the current standoff between Guyana and Venezuela as an opportunity for rapprochement.

The Blue Waters Girl’s U15 Developmental Football League will be conducted on a national level as a means to provide a platform for the exposure of emerging talents, according to an official release from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

The Region Nine council is continuing to award contracts to a blacklisted contractor.

Dear Editor, Given the fundamental illegality of Maduro’s actions which clearly repudiates international law, his disputed legitimacy as Venezuela’s leader given the widespread allegations of electoral misfeasance surrounding his grip on power, the myriad questions revolving around the legitimacy of the recent Venezuela referendum, the fact that Guyana has openly and rightly stated that it is the ICJ and nothing else that will determine Essequibo question, strong and justified international support for Guyana as a victim due to Venezuela’s recent actions and conduct, our vastly strategic oil importance and the recent UN chiding of Venezuela, President Ali should not, I repeat should not, meet Maduro under any conditions whatsoever.

Preliminary test results have shown that shell casings from the bullets supposedly intended for journalist, Travis Chase, have “significant similarities” with those from the gun he owns, according to the Guyana Police Force.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Director Bryan Joseph, Coach Education & Schools Development Supervisor Lyndon France, and Senior Women’s Assistant Coach Akilah Castello are currently in Miami, USA, participating in a Concacaf training conference.

Dear Editor, Whatever Venezuelan president Maduro may say he wants to concede in talks with President Ali, he should not be believed, even under a white flag.

A 17-year-old Mabaruma resident is missing and presumed drowned after falling into the Kaituma River.

Following the official draw for the inaugural edition of the Concacaf W Gold Cup Preliminary Round on Monday, Lady Jaguars head coach Omar Khan said that his charges are eager to capitalise on the opportunity and compete against the elite nations in the region.

Authorities in Suriname have apprehended two suspects wanted in Guyana for the assault of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank.

Dear Editor, I am pressed to respond to the “analysis” of a certain Joel Bhagwandin who, like the PPP more broadly, seems tragically unaware that Guyana is an oil producer with skyrocketing production.

The semi-final stage of the ‘East Bank versus the Rest’ street-ball championship will commence on Saturday at the Mocha Arcadia tarmac.

Dear Editor, The sugar cane plant Saccharum Officinarum has been hybridized and bred as an annual plant i.e.

Hundreds of persons turned up to bid farewell to Lieutenant Colonel, Michael Charles at his home in Timehri, East Bank Demerara, yesterday.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) has announced that its flagship National Senior Championship, which was scheduled to be hosted last Sunday, will be held this Sunday instead.

An overseas-based Canadian Guyanese narrowly escaped a fire at his Number 70 Village, Corentyne house on Tuesday morning which is suspected to be a case of arson.

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) U-15 captain Emmanuel Lewis made a swashbuckling double-century (204) to lead his team to a crushing 298-run victory over their Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) counterparts on Monday at the Queen’s College ground.

Dear Editor, With limited international relations resources at our disposal at home and our missions abroad, we have done relatively well over the last few months to rally support on our side on the border controversy.

Turfites get ready; the stage is set for the Port Mourant Turf Club’s grand horse race meet, which is scheduled to run off on Boxing Day at the club’s track.

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali is attending the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves with the support and blessings of the entire nation and that of CARICOM and the international community.

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel announced its worst combat losses in more than a month yesterday after an ambush in the ruins of Gaza, and faced growing diplomatic isolation as civilian deaths mounted and a humanitarian catastrophe worsened in the Palestinian territory.

An altercation involving three women at a fast foot outlet has left one of them nursing multiple stab wounds.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A man accused of bribing top Venezuelan political and military leaders was convicted yesterday of shipping tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the United states.

(CMC) – West Indies captain Rovman Powell said his side would not be distracted by next year’s Twenty20 World Cup but would continue their quest for improvement by winning the ongoing five-match series against England.

In view of the danger speeding poses to road safety, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in collaboration with four global partners, recently launched the second edition of a Speed Management Manual which it hopes will help curb the burgeoning scourge of road traffic deaths and injuries through managing speed on the world’s roads.

Rondel Stephen, a 41-year-old farmer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, was charged yesterday with the offence of Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking (33.99 grams of Cannabis).

Dear Editor, With regards to a letter published in the Kaieteur News on the 11th of December, 2023 which stated that I am the national coordinator for agriculture is very inaccurate.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even though they have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat.

Ten officials from across the Caribbean are currently in Guyana for a knowledge exchange programme with the Ministry of Education here on its Education Management Information System (EMIS) that was launched on October 30.