Daily Archive: Sunday, January 7, 2024

Articles published on Sunday, January 7, 2024

The house at New Providence engulfed in flames

Fire guts New Providence home

By Subhana Shiwmangal A fire of unknown origin swept through a two-storey concrete house yesterday afternoon at 16 New Providence, East Bank Demerara.  No injuries were reported and no neighbouring buildings were affected by the blaze. 

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha

Work on Barbados-Guyana Food Terminal to begin this year – Mustapha

The proposed Barbados-Guyana Food Terminal which is currently awaiting approval from the Town and Country Planning of Barbados, will see developmental works this year according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha.  He gave this response to a question posed by Stabroek News concerning an update on the status of the food terminal at a year-end press conference held at the Ministry of Agriculture’s Regent Street Office, Georgetown.  “Our representative from NDIA who is an engineer by profession is working with our counterparts in Barbados to get this started up, the designs are finished and the company that will be carrying out these works is based in Trinidad and Tobago,” the minister said.

PM Gonsalves and his interlocutory role

The main interlocutor at Argyle, Prime Minister of St Vincent Ralph Gonsalves, found himself in an embarrassing situation last week when an image of him standing behind a papier mâché map showing Essequibo as part of Venezuela appeared on social media.

Breaking down sexual offences

Over the last four weeks, I have tried to explain the concepts of consent and penetration carefully, peeling back the complexities that can make these concepts hard to grasp for both non-legal individuals and some legal minds.