Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Prime Minister Mark Phillips was on site for the landing of Digicel Guyana’s newest submarine fibre optic cable at the Marriott beachfront in Kingston.

A canoe  sank in the Cuyuni River in the vicinity of Eteringbang Landing at about 16:45 hrs yesterday with six pupils of Eteringbang Primary School inside the canoe.

(Trinidad Guardian) A third person is now dead after gunmen wearing tactical gear opened fire on a group in Morvant on Tuesday night.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – Steve Smith’s first outing as a test opener did not go according to plan but Australia still looked in control of the series opener against West Indies after bowling out the visitors for 188 at Adelaide Oval today.

Police are investigating a fatal incident which occurred at about 16:40hrs yesterday at Lot 8 Saywah, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, involving motor car #HD 1726, driven by a 38-year-old resident of Cane Grove, and Ena Seecharran, a 63-year-old housewife of the above-mentioned address, and mother of the driver of the vehicle.

(ESPN) There are dream debuts, and then there is Shamar Joseph’s debut.

More than a year after the Constitution Reform Bill was passed in the National Assembly, government last week dispatched letters for nominees to the Constitu-tional Reform Commission to be submitted by next month for swift appointment thereafter.

A man died yesterday in Hampshire, Corentyne, after he was attacked by three pit bull dogs.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has given the 2024  budget its stamp of approval while describing it as a testament to the administration’s dedication to fostering economic growth, promoting social development, and ensuring the well-being of all Guyanese citizens.

By Mia Anthony Residents have been complaining about the amount of time it takes for them to pay rates and taxes and transact other business at the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) office.

Guyana’s bauxite industry is set for major growth, this year, with new reserves and investments.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), Bharat Harjohn says the frequent power outages during last week were due to the faults within the transmission line between Kingston and Sophia, Georgetown.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday commended the government for its unprecedented $1.1 trillion budget and acknowledged the inclusion of some its proposals.

Twenty-year-old Elroy Matthias called ‘Chinee Boy’, a labourer, of Supenaam, East Bank Essequibo, appeared last week before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with murder.

Paediatrician, Dr Hardat Persaud, died on January 14 at the age of 61 after a period of illness.

Prime Minister  Mark Phillips yesterday met with the President of Caiman Industries, Environmental (CIE), Darryl Nq-A-Qui.

With 2023 tourist arrivals exceeding 315,000, recording a 10.7% increase relative to the previous year, Guyana is on the cusp of becoming a leading sustainable tourism destination. This

As the US Eximbank considers  a US$646 million loan for the Wales Gas-To-Shore project in Guyana, public interest litigants Elizabeth Deane-Hughes and Vanda Radzik have instructed their attorney-at-law Melinda Janki, to write to the institution pointing out that the bank should not provide funding for any project which is based on a decision (the grant of a permit) that is ‘contrary to law’.

Well-known Guyanese cultural icon, Claire Ann Goring, the Cultural Director of the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc has passed away.

The High Commission of Canada to Guyana yesterday announced that  Robert Rae (Bob Rae), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York, will be on an official visit to Guyana today.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday announced  the passing of retired CCJ Judge, Justice Jacob Wit.

Acting on promises made by President Irfaan Ali at an outreach last week, Ministers Deodat Indar, Sonia Parag and Kwame McCoy yesterday engaged youths at Mocha Arcadia to build their careers.

Dear Editor, It should be clear by now to CARICOM watchers that notwithstanding the effervescent pronouncements that emanate from time to time from various sources about the accomplishments of CARICOM, all does not look too well within the regional integration body.

GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER/ DOHA, (Reuters) – Israeli tanks stormed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip they had left last week, residents said yesterday, reigniting some of the most intense combat since the New Year when Israel announced it was scaling back its operations there.

Dear Editor, Your article, ‘Ministry defends need for Level 5 hospital in New Amsterdam’, Stabroek News, January 14, 2024, and the Stabroek News editorial of January 11, 2024 refer.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The Dutch Senate will support a law to evenly spread asylum seekers over municipalities in the Netherlands, despite strong resistance from far-right election winner Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party and other parties looking to form a new government.

A Corentyne family of five is now contemplating their next move after a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed their two-storey house at Tarlogie Farm, Corentyne.

Dear Editor I am compelled to respond to Gecom’s response (SN Jan 16) to my letter of Jan 14, in which my deceased mother was summoned to a hearing in order to have her name removed from the National Register of Registrants (List of Electors) Notwithstanding all that has been said in the response, I find the position flawed, since the removal of a deceased person from the NRR cannot and does not constitute an objection. 

BOSTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday blocked JetBlue Airways’  JBLU.O planned $3.8 billion acquisition of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Air-lines SAVE.N after

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with Executives of the Guyana/China Friendship Society (GCFS) at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.

The Guyana Police Force on Monday morning commenced its First Junior Leader course at the Officers’ Training Centre (OTC) on Camp Road, Georgetown.

KARACHI/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan said neighbouring Iran has violated its airspace resulting in the death of two children, hours after Iranian state media said missiles targeted two bases of militant group Jaish al Adl yesterday.

Dear Editor, There is a side to the late Dr. Hardat Persaud which may only be known to those close to him.

A 22-year-old unemployed labourer, Randy Defretas of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, was charged with malicious damage to property when he appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on January 9.

WASHINGTON/DAVOS,  (Reuters) – The U.S. military carried out new strikes in Yemen yesterday against anti-ship ballistic missiles in a Houthi-controlled part of the country as a missile struck a Greek-owned vessel in the Red Sea.

Dear Editor, Having listened to the budget presentation presented by the Ministry of Finance, CRG sees many positives and several opportunities for improvement in the budget.

An 18-year-old construction worker, Joshua Able Persaud, called ‘Jush’ of Lot 17 Suddie Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, was charged last Friday with possession of a firearm without a licence when he appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate, Esther Sam.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) –  Musician Elton John was elevated to the rare status of EGOT on Monday when a livestream of a concert from his farewell tour won an Emmy award.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has welcomed the recent decision by Suriname’s highest court, the Hof van Justitie, to uphold the 20-year prison sentence of former President Desiré Delano Bouterse for the torture and extrajudicial execution of 15 political opponents in 1982.

Dear Editor, In considering the trillion-dollar budget presented by the PPP/C government, of our oil-rich nation, January 15, 2024, one cannot help but be deeply concerned about the glaring absence of social and economic justice.

Thirty-two-year-old Leon Alves of Queenstown village in Region Two is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Suddie Hospital nursing chop wounds to his head.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz made a winning return to the Australian Open yesterday but the Spanish second seed faced some early resistance from French veteran Richard Gasquet before cruising to a 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2 victory in the opening round.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,  CMC – A useful all-round performance from former West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard failed to inspire Mumbai Indians Cape Town, and Sunrisers Eastern Cape clinched a tense, four-run win in their SA20 match yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Under-19s endured a setback to their preparations for the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup when their second and final warm-up match against Nepal Under-19s was rained out and ended in a no-result yesterday.

The 2024 edition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) is set to be staged in Cayenne, French Guiana, from October 24–26.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek came through an opening test of fire in her hunt for a first Australian Open title yesterday as the world number one battled past 2020 champion Sofia Kenin 7-6(2) 6-2 while blazing heat and blustery conditions made things difficult for players.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Red Force bowling stock for the upcoming West Indies Championship four-day tournament has taken another hit, with Shannon Gabriel being unavailable for the first three rounds of the competition next month.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Global tobacco use has tumbled in a generation with one in five people smoking versus one in three in 2000, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Colombian authorities yesterday opened an investigation into the country’s sports minister Astrid Rodriguez after Barranquilla was stripped of the 2027 Pan Am games hosting rights earlier this month.

Dear Editor, I spent several weeks visiting the locations where officers from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security were distributing Old Age Pension books. 

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –After an 80-year struggle to regain control of their ancestral lands in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, the Indigenous Siekopai people are set to return after a historic court ruling ordered the government to grant the community property titles.

-as Sankar and Looknauth run through Adams XI’s batting  By Michaelangelo Jacobus In brilliant sunshine and on a ground made for batting, day one of the Guyana Harpy Eagles Trial Match at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground on the West Coast of Demerara, saw Matthew Nandu’s XI outclass Antony Adams’ XI in every department. 

By Peter Sands GENEVA – Among the most shocking images from the COVID-19 pandemic were of people gasping for air, unable to breathe, their blood oxygen so severely depleted that some died in ambulances lined up outside hospitals.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Retired West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich is seeking close to U.S.

On New Year’s Day Britain’s television viewers were presented with the first episode of a new television drama series, “Mr Bates vs the Post Office” on the Independent Television network (ITV).

(ESPN) Zimbabwe allrounder Luke Jongwe had Angelo Mathews wallpaper when he was younger (whether this was a physical poster or the background screen on a device wasn’t clear).

(Reuters) – AS Roma named their former player Daniele De Rossi as their new manager until the end of the season, hours after parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday.

 (Reuters) – Bangladesh allrounder Nasir Hossain has been banned for two years from all forms of cricket, with six months suspended, for breaching the sport’s anti-corruption code, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.

At press time the West Indies were tottering at 159 for nine in the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

ADELAIDE, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has urged administrators to schedule more Tests to help his fledgling side improve.