Daily Archive: Friday, January 26, 2024

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – A Kenyan court today ruled a plan to send police officers to Haiti to lead a U.N.-approved

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman today announced his intention to establish a national airline.

THE HAGUE/GAZA, (Reuters) – The World Court ordered Israel today to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has expressed its disagreement with the views and criticisms of the National Budget 2024 by accounting firm, Ram & McRae, in its publication, Budget Focus 2024.

Yesterday, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Venezuela held their first meeting of the Joint Commission under the Argyle Declaration in Brasilia, Brazil and Georgetown has proposed an agenda.

If the government can, within limits, be indulged in its up tempo reportage on the country’s first trillion dollar budget allocation, it needs to be reminded that, unlike in previous years, failure to effectively deliver (partially or entirely) on promises to which monies were allocated utilizing arguments about limited funding have now become far less credible given the enormous increase in the overall budgetary allocation this year.

Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues yesterday said that the government is expected to allocate some 10,000 house lots in 2024, as she stressed that the government is making investments in projects that add value to people’s lives.

With the prices of fruit and vegetables still cutting a swathe through ‘tight’ budgets at Municipal Markets in large swathes of coastal Guyana, the considerable numbers of shoppers who put in their appearances at last Sunday’s Farmers’ Market, at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary must have been pleased with what could be a reduction to their ‘budgetary tensions’.

A person  is now in custody in the case of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, who were murdered at their residence in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, on August 23 last year.

Executive Director of the Barbados-based regional trade and investment promotion agency, Caribbean Export, Deodat Maraj is due to visit Guyana from Monday January 29 to Tuesday February 1, according to information sent to the Stabroek Business earlier this week from the entity’s headquarters.

CARICOM member country Trinidad and Tobago’s acquisition of a licence “to procure and produce natural gas from Venezuela’s Dragon Field has been s one of the high points of the country’s energy sector”, according to the country’s Energy Minister Stuart Young.

Haimchand Takram, a 60-year-old businessman of La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday committed to stand trial in the High Court over rape.

The region is at a juncture where CARICOM requires the chairmanship of a country which, in more ways than one, possesses the credentials to provide the quality of leadership which the region now urgently requires.

By Antonio Dey Day four of the 2024 Budget Debate became a heated affair yesterday when Shadow Health Minister, Dr Karen Cummings and Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony lambasted each other over the performance of the sector under the APNU+AFC and PPP/C administrations.

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can find themselves much better off in terms of increased investment, enhanced productivity and GDP growth if they can find effective ways of significantly reducing crime, according to the findings of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) study published in December last year.

As he denied genocidal actions in Gaza and pointed to the horrific onslaught against Israel’s civilians especially women and children on October 7th last, an Israeli envoy yesterday appealed to  Guyanese to fact-find on the issue while declaring that Jerusalem remains ready to end the war.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the West Indies Player Association (WIPA) signed an historic four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday, which solidifies their commitment to promoting gender pay equity within the West Indies cricket structure.

By Brooke Glasford As a curly haired girl, you’d tend to use any opportunity to create a short cut when faced with the daily task of doing your hair.

President Irfaan Ali arrived in Accra, Ghana last night for an official visit to the West African country.

The Golden Jaguars have been drawn in group D in the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, which is scheduled to commence in June, following the official draw yesterday by regional confederation CONCACAF.

The Trinidad and Tobago Logistics company, RAMPS Logistics, which is currently delivering services to oil companies operating in Guyana has disclosed its involvement in a high-profile investment with US and regional partners that is expected to yield an intra-regional ferry service as a ‘big opportunity” for the company.

The cream of the crop in Guyana’s amateur boxing arena will exchange blows at 18:00hrs tonight when the bell rings for the Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) Senior Developmental Tournament at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Applications for a Stay of Execution of the Order directing the holding of a Special General Meeting of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union have been dismissed by the Full Court.

After yet another shortened day at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground on the West Coast of Demerara, opener Sachin Singh’s return to form handed his side, Kevlon Anderson’s XI, a glimmer of hope yesterday after they conceded a 232-run first-inning lead to Kemol Savoury’s XI.

THE HAGUE/DOHA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – U.N. judges in The Hague will rule today whether to order Israel to suspend its military campaign in Gaza as officials push ahead with efforts to negotiate a new deal for a ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages.

The Department of Education Schools Welfare Unit (Georgetown) carried out a search yesterday at the Tutorial High School on Woodford Avenue, Georgetown and found prohibited items.

With small businesses in various sectors of the country’s economy having become an increasingly ‘attractive’ option in the face of both high unemployment and evidence of growing entrepreneurial dispositions among younger Guyanese and in low-income households, the country’s recently unveiled 2024 budget presentation has articulated what government envisages as an intended response these issues.

Dear Editor, I feel sorry for Dr. Ashni K. Singh.  I really do. 

The imminent Mashramani Street-ball Championship is expected to be a thrilling display of talent, as Sparta Boss, Gold is Money, Bent Street, and Back Circle have confirmed their participation in the event slated for February 18 at the National Park in Georgetown.

The importance of staff in Guyana’s overseas missions being knowledgeable of the tourism product here is one the areas that the Diaspora Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be collaborating on with THAG and the GTA.

Even as a handful of countries around the world, Guyana included, anticipate varying degrees of ‘development upturn’ in the period ahead, expert probing by the World Bank is sending signals that there are likely to be widely varying development experiences among countries in the period ahead as the global economy braces itself to experience what a World Bank expert suggest could be a global economy on the brink of its weakest half-decade performance in three decades, according to the most recent presentation of the Bank’s “Global Economic Prospects” report.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned yesterday that a deal with the political opposition for elections to be held later this year was in danger of collapse, after what he has described as “conspiracies” against him.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said.

Dear Editor, I am troubled. I’m appalled at the alleged conduct of some persons in the House of Assembly.

Pouderoyen defeated the Herstelling Raiders 4-1 in a pre-season encounter on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

The World Bank is backing Jamaica’s economy to expand in 2024, for the fourth consecutive year, notwithstanding the somewhat gloomier projections for the remainder of the member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with the exception of oil-rich Guyana.

The University of Guyana (UG) in collaboration with Catalyste+, a Canadian development partner, recently hosted a weeklong modelling workshop aimed at bolstering the capacity of students, researchers, and government technical staff working on climate change, land, energy, and water resources management. 

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale VALE3.SA

Kevin Perry, a 26-year-old labourer of Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara was arrested on Tuesday and charged on Wednesday with the felonious wounding of Lexroy Rigby, a 30-year-old miner of Mahdia Airstrip, Potaro.

The eagerly anticipated Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship will kick off on Friday, March 15th, at the National Park, Thomas Lands.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – NASA said yesterday its Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity, the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world, has been grounded for good after flying dozens of times over three years, ending a landmark mission that far exceeded all expectations.

Dear Editor, The Burnham Foundation is compelled, at this juncture, to call upon the African Prosperity Network to rescind its decision to bestow President Irfaan Ali with its African Global Leadership award.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Abin spy agency allegedly conducted illegal surveillance on at least three Supreme Court Justices and a former Lower House speaker during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency, according to Supreme Court documents unsealed yesterday.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Environmentalists and Indigenous groups in Ecuador yesterday said that President Daniel Noboa risks being removed from office if he does not comply with a referendum that called for the closure of an oil block in the country’s Amazon.

In an unprecedented move, local Guyanese footballer Threvon Pluck has grabbed the attention of three top-flight Panamanian clubs: Alianza Football Club, Umecit FC, and Club Deportivo Universitario.

Dear Editor, Oh dear! Very sad to see both Opposition and Government playing politics in Parliament with the deaths of twenty young people in Mahdia.

MOSCOW/KYIV,  (Reuters) – A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war entered an area where it was shot down on Wednesday, killing all on board.

Kevindra Jagdeo, a 32-year-old farmer of Perth, Essequibo Coast has been jailed for six months for breaching a protection order obtained by his mother, Seromani Jagdeo, a 52-year-old businesswoman of Devonshire Castle, Essequibo Coast.

Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira on Wednesday said that while he welcomes the expansion of the Wismar-Mackenzie bridge and development of the Linden-Lethem highway, residents of Region 10, must benefit from owning lands along that corridor for the establishment of businesses.

ACAPULCO, Mexico,  (Reuters) – A volunteer police force in rural Mexico that says it has been overwhelmed by local kidnappings has recruited schoolchildren as young as 12 to join its ranks, the latest sign of how some parts of the country are struggling to cope with organized crime.

ATMORE, Alabama,  (Reuters) – Alabama put to death convicted murderer Kenneth Smith last evening, Governor Kay Ivey said, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.

Dear Editor The daggers are out. All the reasons given. It must be seen as incomprehensible, given all the claims of racial bias, discrimination and oppression, an African country, an African organization would see it fit and proper to honour our President with an African award! 

Member of Parliament Geeta Chandan-Edmond remains in hospital after she appeared to be trembling during Wednesday’s session of Parliament but she is said to be recovering.

(Trinidad Express) A three-year-old Venezuelan girl was grazed by a bullet on Tuesday night when gunmen ambushed and killed her father in Arima.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkey’s president finally approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO yesterday, ending months of delay and leaving only Hungary standing in the way of Stockholm’s membership of the military alliance.

(Reuters) – Australia’s fearsome pace trio combined for five wickets in the opening session to leave West Indies reeling on day one of the second test yesterday but a gutsy century partnership between Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva steadied the ship in Brisbane.

A great deal of the state-orchestrated hype that followed the promulgation of the country’s maiden trillion-dollar budget had to do with the kind of messaging that the government wished to disseminate at the start of 2023.

(Reuters) – Hosts India bowled out England for a modest 246 and then cruised to 119 for one in reply on day one of the opening test at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium yesterday.

Dear Editor, This an SOS, a (sustain our soul) cry-out to the entire world for help… from the African Guyanese Community. 

APNU+AFC MP  Natasha Singh-Lewis yesterday upbraided the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security for allowing the Palms Geriatric Home to deteriorate.

By Scott Barrett, Noah Kaufman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – Casual observers of the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) can be forgiven for attributing high stakes to the event.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1055’s trading results showed consideration of $77,305,803 from 151,771 shares traded in 37 transactions as compared to session 1054’s trading results, which showed consideration of $33,234,347 from 112,233 shares traded in 45 transactions.

First the word came from President Irfaan Ali, and then it was repeated two weeks later by Finance Minister Ashni Singh during his Budget presentation.