Daily Archive: Sunday, December 24, 2023

At about 6.30 am today, the Police say they arrested Eion Bennons, a 36- year-old labourer of Charlestown, Georgetown, and the ‘operator’  of an unregistered horse cart on the public road at Prospect, East Bank Demerara.

(Trinidad Express) She was the first of six children to attend university and her family had hoped she would achieve her dreams of becoming an attorney.

(Trinidad Express) Vinworth Dayal, who walked into the Central Bank in December 2019 and tried to exchange more than $28 million in $100 cotton bills for polymer notes, has been committed to stand trial for money laundering.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rima Hosein lost her two sons weeks apart–her youngest son Matthew Hosein, 17, mysteriously disappeared on August 25.

The UK is preparing to send a warship to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support, the BBC says.

More than two weeks after it vowed a thorough probe of a controversial pump station contract, the PPC remains silent on the way forward and MP David Patterson is mulling legal action as the next step.

By Antonio Dey Five of the generators which are projected to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) output for the Christmas season have been installed.

By Miranda La Rose I was 11+ years, then a first-year student at St Joseph High School, Georgetown in 1970, when I learnt that pepperpot cooked with cassava cassareep as a main ingredient, was a Christmas morning breakfast staple in many households in the city and the coastland.

Seven persons are now homeless after a fire at `B’ Field Sophia yesterday morning said to be caused by faulty wiring.

By Abigail Headley A new soca song for the coming 2024 season has been waves in Trinidad and elsewhere.

The Government of Guyana issued 4,739 employment visas for the period September 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023, according to data provided during the 69th sitting of the National Assembly.

By Rae Wiltshire Nickolaos Vlachakis is a self-taught musician who honed his skills by reading books and undergoing online training via YouTube.

All six companies have accepted the terms of the sale for their respective oil block/s awards, following the 2022 licensing round auction and government is optimistic that the agreements would be closed soon, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat says.

Wanna have Garlic Pork to eat in the morning but can’t because you decided too late to set it?

Karibee rice across Guyana has seen close to a 3% increase in prices and according to the Chairman of the Number 36 Village, Corentyne rice milling operation, Nand Persaud & Company, Rajendra Persaud this is mainly due to the increase in transportation and labour costs.

By Nigel Westmaas In the contemporary discourse regarding the Guyana-Venezuela boundary controversy, there is a marked absence of public attention to key events that have significantly affected this contested region of Guyana’s territory.

Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan (2005) emerged champion of the Senior National Chess Championship after defeating Loris Nathoo (1703) in a closely fought playoff encounter at the Ocean Spray Hotel in Kitty, Georgetown.

The post-mortem examination which was done on the body of the man who was found buried in a shallow grave in the backlands of Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne on Tuesday revealed that he died as a result of an incised wound to his head and neck and gunshot injuries to his neck. 

Winners Connection, Milerock, Topp XX, and Silver Shattas sealed quarterfinal berths when the maiden edition of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) futsal championship continued on Friday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac, Linden.

The body of a girl who fell off of a boat in the Kaituma River on Thursday has been recovered.

Slingerz FC defeated Winners Connection of Linden when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Playoff continued last night at the Eve Leary Ground, Kingston.

On December 18, 2023, the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital’s surgical team, led by obstetricians Dr.

By Shabna Rahman Naomi Ramdehol, a domestic violence survivor, of the Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo, who is facing a tough life financially, recently lost her son to a brain tumour, so celebrating Christmas is the last thing on her mind.

On Wednesday, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai inaugurated $44.9m worth of projects funded by the government – including a solar system – in the Deep South Rupununi village of Aishalton.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel battled Hamas militants yesterday in pursuit of its elusive goal of full control of northern Gaza after the U.N.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday again demanded that the government conform to its legal obligations under the Constitution and Laws of Guyana by engaging in collective bargaining with the union for all outstanding matters from the year 2020 to date.

Dear Editor, Details, including the full terms of reference or scope, remain unpublished regarding the 2018-2020 ExxonMobil Guyana US$7.3B cost recovery audit report, leaving Guyanese to speculate on the political, economic, and other influences on Guyanese-led RVHE Consulting and international firms: Martindale Consultants Inc.

Dear Editor, As democracy in Guyana continues to stumble, recent actions by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have sent shockwaves through the very fabric of our nation’s democratic principles.

LONGMONT, Colorado, (Reuters) – Two Colorado paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a jury on Friday for their role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after police roughly detained him, put him in a choke hold, and the medics injected him with a powerful sedative.

Relatives of 22-year-old Sabu Taro Singh,  who was fatally stabbed on the evening of December 21 last year on Regent Street have said that there has not been any recent contact with the family by the Guyana Police Force [GPF] regarding the murder investigation.

Dear Editor, Well-known journalist Mr. Travis Chase made a report to the police that unknown person/s shot at his car.

In light of news reports on several issues flagged in the Auditor General’s [AG] 2022 Report, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that Finance Minister Dr.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Eleven unaccompanied minors were among 303 Indian passengers on a plane grounded in France, a source close to the Paris prosecutor’s office said yesterday, as an investigation into suspected human trafficking continues.

Dear Editor, We Guyanese must accept that the threat from Venezuela has merely been put on “pause” and it will be reignited, even if Maduro were to be replaced after next year’s election by frontrunner opposition leader Maria Corina Machado who said she prefers their Essequibo claim to be settled by the ICJ.

(Trinidad Express) Former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine says while the signing of the exploration and production licence is a step up the ladder to Dragon gas coming to Trinidad and Tobago, the Government needs to give a definitive estimate for first gas.

(Reuters) – An Alabama woman with a rare congenital anomaly that results in her having two uteri gave birth to healthy twin girls earlier this week.

Over 700 children across Guyana were part of the Massy Group’s recently hosted annual Christmas parties and gift-giving activities in the communities and surrounding areas where their branches are located.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – A local court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former President Alfredo Cristiani for the alleged cover-up of the 1981 El Mozote massacre during the Central American country’s civil war that lasted twelve years.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei has issued a decree calling for extraordinary sessions to speed up reforms, reinstate the tax on salaries abolished by the previous government, and modernize the electoral process.

Dear Editor, The ‘stop the press’ statement by Opposition Member Roysdale Forde SC to decry the law enforcement and judicial agencies of Guyana serving a summons on a defendant and to heap accusations of political excess is self-contradictory.

COVAX, the multilateral mechanism for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines that was launched in 2020, will draw to a close on 31 December.

Tradition gathers around Christmas. Pageants and homecomings and longed-for preparations repeat themselves year after year into beloved lifetime rituals.

The Christmas Season this year will give us at least three clear holidays, and four for office workers.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba on Friday became the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to authorize euthanasia, following Colombia.

Adrian Hetmyer, the nephew of Guyana and West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer, recorded a whirlwind and undefeated 260 from 164 balls for home side Rose Hall Canje against Betsy Ground in an u15 match.

Young Gunners, Airline B, Gold is Money, and North East La Penitence recorded wins when the inaugural ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Street-ball Championship commenced last evening at the Soesdyke Junction Tarmac.

The Bartica Football Association (BFA) will stage a year-end knockout football championship tomorrow at the Community Centre grounds.

(Trinidad Guardian) Amid claims of foreign exchange wastage, the United National Congress (UNC) is calling for the resignations of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and chairman of the Massy Group.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour recounts a Test match played during the Season of Christmas.

(Reuters) – Laura Lynch, a founding member of the U.S. country band “Dixie Chicks,” died in a head-on car crash on a Texas highway, law enforcement said yesterday.

The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit, wants the Caribbean Community to be proud of what has been achieved in 2023.

Christmas is upon us! And there is hope and excitement for the potential granting of the wish lists – in part, but better yet, in full! 

Dear Editor, Amidst the furore of the Guyana-Venezuela (now settled issue), many missed that “One hundred sixty-three persons are now more adequately equipped to seek employment, after they graduated from Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC)…” This is not something to take lightly.

Guyanese basketball players Israel Yaw and Akeem Crandon suffered mixed fortunes on the collegiate scene with the University of Maryland and Barry University, respectively.

Despite ending the year with an impressive record of five wins and a loss, the Lady Jaguars, the Guyana national senior women’s team, have dropped two ranking positions to 87th following the official publication of the FIFA December standings.

(CMC) – Veteran all-rounder Andre Russell says West Indies’ series win over England has given him extra motivation to be in the best shape possible for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup.

Candidate Master Taffin Khan took the second game of the two-best-in-three playoff to defeat Loris Nathoo and claim the title of National Chess Champion 2023 on Wednesday evening at the Ocean Spray Hotel. 

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Joseph Parker pulled off a stunning upset win over former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder at the Kingdom Arena yesterday, putting on a superb display to score a unanimous decision victory.

(Reuters) – Spinner Noman Ali will miss Pakistan’s last two tests against Australia after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis yesterday, with Mohammad Nawaz drafted in as his replacement.

If you had difficulties following through with your exercise plans for 2023, you’re not alone.

Last week we examined the evidential and conclusive presumptions contained in Guyana’s Sexual Offences Act 2010.

By Abigail Headley It is a widely-held belief, in Guyana and possibly the Caribbean, that men dislike Christmas because they are often burdened with the responsibility of cleaning and spending money.

Today we take the opportunity to revisit the poetry of Edward Alston Cecil Baugh (January 10, 1936 – December 9, 2023), generally known as Eddie Baugh, one of the foremost giants of Caribbean literature in our time. 

Have you ever found yourself wondering why you do not fit in like everybody else?

While the governing PPP/C did make some political inroads into the councils of Georgetown and New Amsterdam following local government elections in June, they had no success whatever where Linden was concerned; that municipality remained uncompromisingly in opposition hands.

Dear Editor,  The democratically elected PPP/C Government of Guyana should not assume that ExxonMobil will not renegotiate.