Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

In the third full year of the PPP/C’s government, perception of corruption in the country remains the same as last year’s low score in the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report 2023.

 (Reuters) – West Indies sensation Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of his International League T20 (ILT20) stint and will instead head home to a hero’s welcome in Guyana after engineering his team’s first test win over Australia in 27 years.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistan court sentenced Imran Khan to 10 years’ jail today for leaking state secrets, his party said, the harshest sentence against the former prime minister and cricketer in multiple cases coming just days before national elections.

Parliamentary Gov’t tables bill for huge hike in withdrawal of oil money: The PPP/C government last week tabled a bill in the National Assembly for a huge increase in the annual extraction of oil revenues from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF).

On Sunday, the Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) 2024 season got off to a gripping start with the GBTI GCC ladies and Saints men conquering their respective divisions in the Bounty/Antonio’s Grille sponsored One-Day tournament at the National Stadium, Providence.

By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday announced that teachers will be taking industrial action come February 5 until a favourable response is obtained from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the other relevant authorities, regarding salary increases and non-salary benefits, among other pending issues.

A fire yesterday ravaged two buildings in Springlands, Upper Corentyne ruining an upholstery business and a nearby hotel which housed a bar and mini restaurant.

Two men were yesterday found guilty of the murder of Rose Hall Town grocer, Lomenzo Johnny in February 2020.

Dear Editor, Guyana finds itself in an unenviable position by not receiving its Corporation Tax Revenue, calculated under the requirements of the Pro-duction Sharing Agreement signed in 2016 and under its Taxation Laws, taking a back seat.

Guyana has won a bronze medal at the Caribbean STEM (Science, Techno-logy, Engineering and Math) Olympiads.

Dear Editor, There are cricket memories in my mind that I will never ever forget, some I have witnessed in person, some I have seen on television and some I listened to on the radio.

(Trinidad Express) The restructuring of Digicel has been successfully completed, its founder Denis O’Brien told the Express yesterday, as he announced that he would be stepping down as the company’s chairman and assuming a non-executive position on the board.

Buoyed by a victory that has seen the US deciding to pause approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new projects, climate activists are now aiming at overseas projects that Washington may support and this could possibly impact on Guyana’s project which is awaiting a financing decision from the US Ex-Im bank.

Dear Editor, Guyanese could use a hero.  They got one at long last in newcomer Shamar Joseph. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Guyana Police Force to not institute criminal charges against the contractor allegedly involved in the removal of sand from a burial ground at Murphy Dam Cemetery, West Bank Berbice, which resulted in several tombs disappearing.

Dear Editor, There is a news release about prohibited items (weapons it seems) found at Tutorial High School.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, in his closing presentation on the 2024 budget debate on Friday said that the APNU+AFC owes the people an explanation as to why they ended legal proceedings against Booker Tate in relation to the Skeldon Estate when they came into government.

Dear Editor, I am an eighty-nine (89) year-old disabled pensioner who is registered as a ‘shut in’ as I had 2 strokes and am unable to walk, see or hear clearly.

In a report for 2023, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has cited the arrests and convictions of seven persons who it described as “major drug traffickers”.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The U.S. yesterday began reinstating sanctions on Venezuela and a Biden administration source said a roll-back of restrictions on the oil industry could be allowed to expire, after the South American country’s top court upheld a ban  blocking the candidacy of the leading opposition  hopeful in presidential elections.

GAZA/DOHA/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israel launched an assault on Gaza’s biggest city, weeks after pulling back from it, while Washington vowed yesterday to take “all necessary actions” to defend its troops after a deadly attack in Jordan, the first U.S.

Dear Editor. I was fortunate this past week to see the entirety of the budget presentation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh has died. Confirmation of his death came from his wife Cheryl yesterday afternoon.

The first batch of 60 residents from Laing Avenue, Georgetown, received vouchers valued at $250,000 each to upgrade their homes yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

(Reuters) – The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company’s billionaire founder Elon Musk said.

Dear Editor, I was exceedingly disturbed by the news in the Sports pages in newspapers of the ongoing boxing competition among our Under-16 children.

Dear Editor, Relativity in economic development theory and praxis is important.

(Trinidad Guardian) The ‘de Ware Tijd’ newspaper says it will not comply with a demand by President Chandrikapersad Santokhi to remove from its website, the photo on the cover of a book by a Dutch entrepreneur, Gerard van den Bergh, alleging corruption at the highest level in Suriname.

Thirty squatters, previously residing in makeshift dwellings along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) river dam, now own comfortable homes at Diamond, EBD.

BALLYNAHINCH, Northern Ireland,  (Reuters) – The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said it had reached a deal with the British government on the operation of post-Brexit trade rules that would allow it to return to the region’s power-sharing government.

It would have been pure theatre were it not so decidedly worrisome.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite credited injured pride for West Indies’ extraordinary upset of Australia in Brisbane on Sunday and said the Caribbean players needed more test cricket if they were to continue their revival.

Crane Rovers and Eagles recorded wins when the West Demerara Football Association Pre-Season Championship continued on Sunday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

HYDERABAD, India,  (Reuters) – Test cricket has been under pressure amid the growing popularity of lucrative T20 leagues around the world but the longest format could not have given itself a bigger boost with two thrilling finales to box office matches in Brisbane and Hyderabad yesterday.

(Reuters) – Investors that use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies on environmental and social issues said they are worried that an Exxon Mobil XOM.N

(Reuters) – Jannik Sinner’s Australian Open title win on Sunday will only whet the Italian’s appetite for more Grand Slam success, coach Darren Cahill said.

By  Fawaz A. Gerges LONDON – As the war in Gaza enters its fourth month, many in the Middle East and across the Global South have been struck both by the ferocity of Israel’s military campaign and by Western governments’ unwavering support for it.

(Field Level Media) Oddsmakers think the San Francisco 49ers have what it takes to prevent the Kansas City Chiefs from becoming the first team in 19 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls.

The Queen’s College auditorium on Saturday played host to riveting U-14 chess action as the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) rolled out their National U-14 Chess tournament which was sponsored by Midway Specialty Care Centre.

(Trinidad Express) Calypsonian Weston “Cro Cro” Rawlins defamed businessman Inshan Ishmael in one of his songs, and has been ordered to pay $250,000 in damages.

By Orin Davidson If his debut performance was startlingly brilliant, Shamar Joseph’s follow-up display was mind- boggling in Australia last weekend.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard produced an explosive knock but it went in vain as his MI Cape Town slumped to their sixth defeat in eight games, with a emphatic ten-wicket loss to Joburg Super Kings.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary former seamer Sir Curtly Ambrose, has urged West Indies’ latest fast bowling recruit Shamar Joseph, to focus on the longer format of the game first, in order to properly develop his skill set.

A New Amsterdam, Berbice man who was found to be in possession of 30 grammes of cannabis in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was found guilty and sentenced to six months community service by Magistrate Clive Nurse yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am an avid reader of your letters’ page.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Former Grenada Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, has praised the “prowess and resilience” of the West Indies side, following their historic win over Australia on Sunday.

LONDON,  CMC – West Indies fast bowling sensation, Shamar Joseph, has been snapped up by Peshawar Zalmi for next month’s Pakistan Super League campaign, just 48 hours after starring in the second Test in Brisbane.

Friendship All-Stars, Swan FC, Fruta Conquerors and Santos all booked their passage to the semi-finals of the NSC/EBFA/Ralph Green Under-11 League with victories in quarter-final fixtures on Saturday at the Agricola Ground.  

BRASILIA, (Reuters) –  Brazilian federal police yesterday searched properties linked to Carlos Bolsonaro, a son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, as part of a probe into suspected illegal spying on political foes during his father’s term, two sources said.