Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 24, 2024

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on Friday whether or not they will grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide.

A one-year-old child and a man died last evening after an accident at the Junction of Heroes Highway and Diamond Main Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine today of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it called a barbaric act of terrorism that had killed a total of 74 people.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the United States Appeals Court landmark ruling in upholding Mexico’s move to sue American gun manufacturers for facilitating gun trafficking across the border into Mexico and contributing to gun violence is a “good thing” for Trinidad and Tobago.

(Barbados Nation) Member of Parliament for St Michael North West, Neil Rowe, has been removed as Deputy Speaker.

The Caribbean private sector consortium – Connect Caribe – was yesterday launched and it anticipates that it will secure the US$50 million needed to make a modern regional cargo and ferry service a reality by the end of this year.

Fifty-eight-year-old Lennox Clementson, a passenger in the minibus that was involved in the collision that claimed the lives of three in the vicinity of the Ruimveldt police station on January 8, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night.

A team of US Army advisors assigned to the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) are in Guyana to facilitate knowledge exchange and leadership training with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Dear Editor, This letter is to inform the relevant authorities (Traffic Chief – Guyana Police Force, Ministry of Public Works, Consumer Affairs Bureau, and any other) of the unauthorized but widespread increase in fares of the #44 minibuses working the Georgetown- Annandale/Strathspey route.

An accident on Monday night claimed the life of a 34-year-old pedal cyclist on the Den Amstel Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

Dear Editor, In your Sunday, 21st January online edition you published an article entitled “Special meeting of Public Service Credit Union called as battle continues for control”.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus The off spin duo of Junior Sinclair and Anthony Adams tore through the batting line-up of Kevlon Anderson’s XI to put Kemol Savory’s XI in the ascendancy on a shortened day one of the second Guyana Harpy Eagles trial match at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground on the West Coast of Demerara yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday swore in Attorney at Law, Emily Dodson as the new Chair of the Law Reform Commission.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado yesterday announced an alliance with political parties and civil society organizations that will help organize her campaign to challenge President Nicolas Maduro, and she called for an exact date for the elections.

By Shuntel Glasgow While the residents of Rosa Drive and Buttercup Place in South Ruimveldt Park insist that they are not against development, they are now forced to negotiate the now deplorable Aubrey Barker Road as contractors’ dump trucks traverse the roadway recklessly en route to the De Endragt Housing Scheme development aback Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, In his Address to the Nation on Republic Day 2021, Leader of the PNCR Aubrey Norton announced that a government he leads will abolish income taxes for low-wage workers.

By Antonio Dey While public infrastructure is important, Shadow Minister of Finance Juretha Fernandes on Monday urged the government to strike a balance and invest more in the economic development and sustainability of Guyanese.

Dear Editor, I am writing because I find it disingenuous when politicians attempt to use arguments for argument’s sake when debating the merits or demerits of the 2024 budget.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cubans are preparing for a new wave of inflation after the government last week rolled out details of an austerity plan that economists say will touch nearly every facet of the communist-run island’s already flailing economy.

As Guyanese pugilists prepare to participate in several Olympic qualifiers ahead of the 2024 Paris Games in July, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is taking steps to aid in their preparation.

Dear Editor, Finally, the awaited CoI Report into the deadly fire is out and from all accounts two officers, in the main  are being held responsible, one moreso than the other, their actions, or lack thereof, being deemed dereliction of duties.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The number of people reported killed as Haiti faces a worsening conflict between heavily armed gangs increased by more than 110% last year to reach 4,789, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report published yesterday.

Twenty-four-year-old Shaquawn Alleyne also known as `Iswe’ of Lot 500 Block 55 Wismar, Linden, appeared virtually at the Linden Magistrate’s court yesterday before Magistrate Wanda Fortune charged with murder.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robenson Benn during the budget debate in the National Assembly yesterday disclosed that in 2023 the Guyana Fire Service received over 4,000 phone calls and according to him government is working to acquire a new set of fire trucks.

Dear Editor, Please allow me permission to share my emotions. We stayed up all night to behold the first glimpse of Sri Ram Lala; after celebrating with several  thousands of devotees braving freezing weather in the streets chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’.

PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Suriname should boost incentives for energy companies looking to develop oil and gas discoveries, said Zamri Baseri, head of Malaysia’s Petronas PETRA.UL

GAZA/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Intense international mediation efforts are working toward exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners during a proposed month-long ceasefire in Gaza, Reuters reported yesterday, as the White House said its envoy was having active discussions on the issue.

Amid Opposition concerns about declining gold production, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, says government is confident that there will be an increase in production beginning this year, due to a number of measures taken which include a $400 million Budget 2024 allocation to start a mineral inventory programme which would aid in the efficient allocation of gold-bearing areas.

Dear Editor, Further to the national revelation that the US EXIM Bank is conducting its own due diligence before approving the loan application for the offshore pipeline, NGL and power plant in the Gas to Energy project, I write to enquire whether it is in fact necessary for Guyana to increase its burgeoning loan portfolio? 

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian company has announced the arrival of a first leather cargo in Europe coming from cattle that was reared without causing deforestation.

MEXICO CITY,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As Europe, the United States and China set the pace in the global race to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) tools, Latin America will be next to take action, said the senator leading Mexico’s push to govern the technology’s use.

The students and teachers of Low Wood Primary School, Demerara River, Region Four, have seen the end of their electricity woes after the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) intervened to upgrade their faulty solar photovoltaic (PV) system.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump cruised to victory in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential contest yesterday, marching closer to a November rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden even as his only remaining rival, former U.N.

Dear Editor January 24, 2024 is the 101st birth anniversary of one of Guyana’s national heroes, Brindley Horatio Benn, CCH.

This year, 2024, there occurred a notable departure in the media’s approach to reporting on the budget presentation by Senior Minister in the Ministry of Finance Dr.

(Field Level media) CJ McCollum scored 33 points and the hot-shooting New Orleans Pelicans posted a franchise-record point total in a 153-124 victory over the visiting Utah Jazz last night.

(Reuters) – Following is a factbox on the five-match test series between India and England beginning in Hyderabad on Thursday: FIXTURES First test: Jan.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India have not lost a test series at home in more than a decade but that formidable record will be under threat when Rohit Sharma’s side take on England in a five-match series beginning in Hyderabad tomorrow.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday vowed a federal response after a conflict between Indigenous people and farmers over land in southern Bahia led to the shooting death of a tribal leader.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,  CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard perished for a first-ball ‘duck’ as MI Cape Town lost their fourth game of the SA20 campaign, with a 36-run defeat to Durban Super Giants.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament ratified Sweden’s NATO membership bid yesterday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – In the late eighteenth century, Catherine the Great planned a tour of Crimea, which her court favorite, Count Grigory Potemkin, had conquered a few years earlier.

Dear Editor, As a former columnist and long-time fan of  David de Caires’ paper I was disappointed to see your editorial on the Mahdia CoI.

(Field Level Media) Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Jamal Murray also scored 31 points and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Pascal Siakam’s home debut with the Indiana Pacers with a 114-109 win last night in Indianapolis.

One of the Guyana Police Force’s long serving supporters, Mr Peters (left), who has played a key part in the beautification and sprucing up of Police compounds in Georgetown, was presented on Monday with a bicycle.

(Field Level Media) Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Julius Randle also finished with 30 and converted a go-ahead dunk with one minute left as the New York Knicks rallied down the stretch for a 108-103 victory over the struggling Brooklyn Nets last night in New York.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff were both made to toil for semi-final places on a blazing Tuesday at the Australian Open but organisers were spared a ridiculously late finish as Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner roared through the night session.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Nicholas Pooran produced another stunning cameo as he guided MI Emirates to a dominant nine-wicket win over Andre Russell’s Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20 here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson has been suspended without pay for 25 games for violating the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) anti-drug program, the league said on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Axed West Indies Test vice-captain, Jermaine Blackwood, says he intends to use the upcoming first class championship to recapture his place in the international squad.

LONDON,  CMC – Nicholas Pooran and Hayley Matthews were the only West Indies players chosen in the International Cricket Council teams-of-the-year for 2023.

BRISBANE, Australia,  CMC – Veteran seamer Kemar Roach has warned understudy Shamar Joseph to be wary of “distractions” after his huge impact on the opening Test against Australia last week.