Daily Archive: Sunday, January 28, 2024

At 12:28 hrs today, the Fire Service received a call alerting to a fire at Lot 547 Health Centre Street, Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Sector, last evening, delivered feature remarks at an event to mark the Guyana Revenue Authority’s 24th Anniversary, held at the Pegasus Suites, Corporate Centre.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Three U.S. service members were killed and dozens wounded during an unmanned aerial drone attack on U.S.

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Ollie Pope and Tom Hartley scripted a remarkable turnaround and set up England’s thrilling 28-run victory against India in the opening test at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium today.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Jannik Sinner capped off a fortnight of outstanding tennis with a comeback for the ages to outlast Daniil Medvedev and win his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open today, becoming the new King of Melbourne Park.

(Barbados Nation) With the radiotherapy machine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) out of operation for several months, close to 100 cancer patients are on a waiting list to get the life-saving procedure in other countries.

(Reuters) – West Indies quick Shamar Joseph took 7-68 as he bowled through pain to give the tourists a first test win in Australia since 1997 with an incredible eight-run upset on day four of the day-night second test in Brisbane.

(Reuters) – Shamar Joseph shrugged off injury to bowl at express pace for nearly 12 overs straight in Brisbane, claiming 7-68 as West Indies stunned Australia by eight runs to get their first test win Down Under since 1997 today.

Commentator Christopher Ram yesterday pilloried the government’s plans for massive hikes in the domestic and external debt ceilings and a steep rise in extractions from the NRF even as the Ministry of Finance sought to defend the move.

A meeting between the governments of Guyana and Suriname will be held soon to discuss the way forward regarding the financing of the proposed Corentyne River Bridge, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

By Antonio Dey Chairman of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis yesterday disclosed that there was a shortage of Banks Beer on the market during last December due to technical issues with a bottling plant.

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on Friday rapped the government for its plan  to hike the withdrawal of oil money which he said would put Guyana’s economy at great risk and would likely rob the country’s future generations of their safety net and the possibility of creating opportunities.

President Irfaan Ali wants Africa and the Caribbean to commit to exploring opportunities for trade and collaboration on important issues, such as climate change and energy security.

Eighteen families from the border town of Lethem, Region 9 yesterday received the keys to their homes under the Lethem Housing Support Programme, a release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) said.

Phelicia Adams has two years of experience as a home economics teacher, but said initially, she had not envisioned herself in the teaching profession.

The body of Tilach Nateram called ‘Boy’ or ‘Rice’, a 42-year-old fisherman of Number Four Settlement, Blairmont Village, West Bank Berbice (WBB) who was believed to have drowned sometime between 17.30 hours and 23.45 hours on Friday, was found on Friday  in a canal.

After successfully captaining the national rugby football team, Guyana Jaguars aka The Green Machine, to a seven-year winning streak in the region from 2005, Claudius Butts, 39, the Guyana Rugby Football Union’s (GRFU) coach of the national sevens side says, he is helping to develop the young players to bring back respectability to Guyana’s rugby in the region.

Minister of Health,  Dr Frank Anthony, accompanied by the Chairman of Region Six David Armogan, yesterday commissioned a newly constructed Health Post at Schepmoed in Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne).

“I just desperate for a proper house to live in, that is all I dream about right now and I just wish somebody could listen and hear and help we out.

In an effort to ensure that its staff and students irrespective of gender, have equal rights, responsibilities and development opportunities, at the institution, the University of Guyana (UG) has officially launched a Gender Policy.

“Many times I have had to reach out to dance to heal me from something that was bothering me.

The recently upgraded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the New Amsterdam Hospital Region 6  was commissioned yesterday by  Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony.

Last weekend I bought some yams and eddoes. While there are several dishes I could have made with them, I opted to make a Choka with each.

The three parties which together hold one seat in parliament have appointed Timothy Jonas SC to be their representative on the Constitution Reform Commission.

The fourth trading period in January 2024 has seen the Lucas Stock Index decline a further 1.252 percent on the sale of 131,361 shares. 

Travis Porter of Lot 504 West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown appeared on Friday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent.

Shadow Minister of Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, has expressed disappointment that no formal apology has come from any female government minister over the abuse meted out to APNU+AFC MP Juretha Fernandes by two male PPP/C ministers during last week’s budget debate.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned a newly constructed Dental Clinic amounting to some $3m at the Cumberland Health Centre, Region Six.

Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Com-merce, Oneidge Walrond on Thursday underlined in Parliament that airlift capacity had expanded rapidly between 2021 and 2023.

(Reuters) – Australia wrestled control of the day-night second test yesterday and find themselves 156 runs away from a series clean-sweep after bowling West Indies out for 193 on day three in Brisbane.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Six European countries paused funding for the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) yesterday, following allegations that some of its staff were involved in the Oct.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) produced a dominant display as Kevin Isaacs, Emmanuel Sancho, and Hillman Bovell recorded wins when the Guyana Boxing Association Senior Developmental Championship commenced on Friday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, I woke up Saturday morning (January 20th, 2024) to the shockingly-sad news that my Rupununi friend and colleague, Randy Gilbert, had passed.

On Friday evening in Accra, Ghana, Prime Minister of Mozambique, Adriano Maleiane, presented Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, with the Global Africa Leadership Award for his “transformational” leadership.

Cassandra Jaikaran has been presented with a Guyana Legal Aid Clinic book prize which is conferred annually in the memory of the late Senior Counsel Miles Greeves Fitzpatrick.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday said he feels “sharper now than I did 20 years ago,” reacting to recent attacks on his age and verbal gaffes by Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley.

Dear Editor, In our preparation of the opposition to the application by attorneys for the NIS to delay payment of a NIS minimum pension to Mr.

Enil Ramrattan, a 41-year-old miner of Onderneem-ing Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, was charged last week with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking (474 grams of cannabis).

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A powerful Hindu group said several mos-ques in India were built over demolished Hindu temples, apparently hardening its stance in a decades-long sectarian dispute just days after a huge temple was inaugurated on the site of a razed mosque.

Dear Editor, I was very excited on hearing the Minister of Finance announcing G$2.7 Billion towards the development of our cultural landscape.

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s SBU security service said yesterday it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country’s military totalling the equivalent of about $40 million.

Dear Editor, It is now 50 years since the idea from one man changed the face of Hinduism in Guyana.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday attended the launch of Region Six’s  first Medical Laboratory Technician Programme.

Dear Editor, As the so-called CoI (commission of inquiry) into the negligence-fuelled tragic demise of the children, and the (hot potato) blame game ran its course, the crucial issues were not discussed to their fullest extent even after the pathetic COI basked in its own failure.

(Reuters) – The U.S. is reviewing its sanctions policy against Venezuela after a court in that country upheld a ban preventing  presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, the  U.S.

(Reuters) – The chairman of the UK Post Office will step down, the government said yesterday, amid growing frustration over the state-owned company’s governance as it reels from a scandal which led to the wrongful conviction of hundreds of sub-postmasters.

STEM Guyana yesterday hosted its robot competition at the Marriott Hotel.

Shaquan George and Daniel Dudley appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were charged jointly with the offence of robbery.

Dear Editor, UG Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr Paloma Mohamed Martin’s track record speaks for itself.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in a restive southeastern border area of Iran yesterday, Pakistan’s ambassador and Iranian state media said, amid efforts by the two countries to mend ties after tit-for-tat attacks.

(Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan worth $100 million to Paraguay to help the country improve its logistics performance and commercial integration, it said in a statement.

In October last year President Irfaan Ali decided to undermine talks which his government had previously been holding with the Guyana Teachers’ Union and meet the teachers himself to hear their complaints.

Continuing his journey of showcasing Guyana’s folk music and rich culture, well known folk and rock musician Gavin Mendonca recently travelled to Ireland as artist at the country’s ‘Your Roots Are Showing’ folk conference, which gave him an opportunity to utilise his skills in the musical and folk world.

Krishna Dindayal appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday before Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with larceny.

Today I continue the series with a breakdown of sections 12 and 13 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (the Act).

Power is perhaps the most popular subject of dreams. It is a concept, much like many others, that is difficult to define.

India celebrated the 75th anniversary of its Republic Day last week.

On Sunday, January 21 in the late afternoon, as Guyana approached the final cooling off of the day, artist Dudley Charles posed a simple question on a social media platform that stirred many: Where is this painting: Anansi Story?

At thirteen, I think it was, I was reading love poetry.

Over the past two weeks there have been a number of newspaper comments complaining about the size of Guyana’s national debt.

Shamar Apple became the latest recipient of the ‘Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana’ project following the acquisition of a pair of cricket shoes.

Introduction In today’s column I commence an elaboration, in two parts, of the modeling of the petroleum metrics that undergird the Buxton Proposal.

Star batsman Kevlon Anderson will make his debut as captain of the Guyana Harpy Eagles 4-Day team ahead of the upcoming CWI Regional 4-Day Championships.

The 2024 hockey season will ‘bully’ off today at the Providence National Stadium, East Bank Demerara, with 13 teams slated to clash in the Bounty/Antonio’s Grille one-day 7-a-side tournament from 9:00 a.m.

Pouderoyen mauled Wales by a 6-0 score-line when the West Demerara Football Association Pre-Season Championship commenced on Friday night at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Lodge All-Stars, Ballerz Empire, Victoria Eagles, and Sophia B recorded contrasting wins when the ‘Georgetown versus the Rest’ street-ball championship continued on Saturday evening at the Back Circle tarmac in East Ruimveldt.

(Reuters) – England vice-captain Ollie Pope produced an unbeaten 148 but India remained on course for victory in the opening test at the end of day three at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium yesterday.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines the controversy surrounding the infamous declaration by Sobers in a Test match in Trinidad in 1968, and poses the question, did Sobers really declare?

(Trinidad Guardian) The Brydens Group’s regional distribution centre is poised to play a key role in adding to the domestic economy as it will occupy just over 24 acres or approximately 36 per cent of eTeck’s Factory Road Industrial Park with an initial investment value of US$29 million during phase one of development.

National junior chess champion Keron Sandiford made a bold statement two Thursday nights ago when he won the first Century 21 Grand Prix tournament of 2024.

FULLERTON, California,  (Reuters) – A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school.

Dear Editor, On the very day that my opinion regarding the timeframe to get a service from GWI was published in Stabroek News, the applicant received a call at around 10:56 am, informing her that she should visit the office to make payments for the service, and during the conversation, she was asked if it was she who wrote the piece in the Stabroek News.