Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 31, 2024

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is actively pursuing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with security guarantees for Israel and exploring options with partners in the region, the State Department spokesperson said today.

A glimpse of the ongoing maintenance works being carried out along the Rupert Craig Highway from the National Infectious Diseases Hospital to the University of Guyana Road.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s president fired a top official from the country’s intelligence agency yesterday amid a probe into suspected illegal spying during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani anti-graft court jailed Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan for 14 years each on charges of illegally selling state gifts, his party said today, the third conviction for the embattled former prime minister in the last few months.

Public Advisory: Air Quality Update: Tuesday, 30th January, 2024.  The Environmental Protection Agency hereby notifies the public that there is a current development of a visible haze around the East Bank Demerara and East Coast Demerara regions.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has expressed concern at the prevalence of unauthorized persons accessing school buildings/compounds to conduct various activities involving students and the potential compromising of  their safety.

President Irfaan Ali on Monday evening in a Facebook livestream disclosed that efforts are in the works to increase the salaries of sugar workers and to improve the skillset of the cane harvesters so as to enhance their income within the industry as government continues along the path to optimize GuySuCo’s productivity.

In a groundbreaking achievement, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday successfully performed its first laparoscopic (minimally invasive surgery) donor nephrectomy.

Aaron Leitch, a 34-year-old District Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) died following an accident around 8 yesterday morning along the Tacama trail, Ituni District, Region Ten.

A West Berbice labourer who earlier this month pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of a man whom he fatally struck with an iron bar was yesterday sentenced to thirty years in prison at the High Court in Berbice.

A vendor has been charged by the police for having a gun without a licence after he visited the Brickdam station for a renewal of the document when he didn’t have one in the first place.

Dear Editor, Dr. Singh, the Minister with responsibility for Finance, appeared in Parliament on Monday, 15th January, to present a national budget bursting with $1.14 trillion, made possible from the windfall of our newly discovered oil resources.

Military leaders from the Caribbean and the United Kingdom are currently in Guyana for the United Kingdom and Caribbean Heads of Defence Conference 2024, a release from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said yesterday.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has acquired the services of Medex, Falane Grant as part of its commitment to expanding access to high quality healthcare  for inmates and staff.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my disappointment with JetBlue’s treatment of passengers traveling to New York from Guyana on the 28th January 2024.

(ESPN) Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of his ILT20 stint with Dubai Capitals due to the toe injury he picked up during the Gabba Test.

A motorcyclist died on Monday night after he allegedly collided with a parked lorry at Dora Village on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Dear Editor, The Management of Rose Hall Sugar Estate is obligated to respond to an article captioned, ‘Rose Hall Estate workers complain of substituting old parts to fix machines’ in the January 29th, 2023 edition of the Kaieteur News. 

GCB U15 50-Over Inter-County By Michaelangelo Jacobus On a rain-hit day in the capital city, young gun Adrian Hetmyer’s 55 set the foundation for his Berbice U-15 side’s eventual 25-run victory over their Select XI counterparts at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground on Thomas Lands.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to First Lady Arya Ali on her initiative for creating the park at Corriverton!

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a bulletin for a Delices, Canal No.1 Polder, West Bank Deme-rara man in relation to conspiracy to commit forgery.

The CARICOM (Carib-bean Community) Development Fund (CDF) has partnered with the United States to launch a fund to promote resilience in small and medium enterprises and critical infrastructure projects.

Dear Editor, The Chairman of Guyana’s blue-chip Banks DIH, Mr. Clifford Reis, has a problem. 

WEST BANK/GAZA/DOHA,  (Reuters) – Hamas said yesterday it had received and was studying a new proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza, presented by mediators after talks with Israel, in what appeared to be the most serious peace initiative for months.

Dear Editor, We write to highlight several extremely troubling facts about the new dairy partnership between DDL and the LR Group.

At 6.10 am on Monday, nine firefighters from the La Grange Fire Station responded to a house fire at Lot 343 Recht-Door-Zee, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A court in Pakistan jailed Imran Khan for 10 years yesterday for leaking state secrets, the harshest sentence the popular former prime minister and cricket superstar has received and one announced just days before a general election.

Dear Editor, I refer to the Reuters mischievous article, “India Hindu group toughens stance on mosque-temple disputes,” published in the Stabroek News, (28/1/2024). 

Shadow Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Dawn Hastings-Williams has called on the government to stop the “lip service” and truly pay more attention to addressing the woes of citizens in hinterland communities.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is prepared for the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on its oil and gas exports and will stop accepting repatriation flights from the U.S.

KIMBERLEY, South Africa, CMC – West Indies took a giant stride towards a semi-final berth in the ICC Under-19 World Cup here yesterday when they once again held their nerves to beat a determined Sri Lanka by three wickets in their first game of the Super Six stage.

(Reuters) – English soccer regulating bodies including the FA, the Premier League, the EFL and PGMOL are “very concerned” about recent incidents of violence, discriminatory acts and pitch invasions, they said in a joint statement yesterday.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says it has taken action to improve water supply in Kamarang, Region Seven.

WILMINGTON,  (Reuters) – A Dela-ware judge tossed out Elon Musk’s record-breaking $56 billion Tesla  TSLA.O pay

Dear Editor,                                 Last Sunday, I visited the local cricket group at Success ECD.

By Harold James BERLIN – Public opinion about the world today is oddly bifurcated.

“You are no longer the same after experiencing art”- Milton  Glaser, designer of the iconic “I Love New York” logo On 23rd December last, Eric Anthony ‘Tony’ Phillips, another son of our soil, passed away in Australia, where he had migrated to in 1978.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Sherfane Rutherford struck a late cameo as his Desert Vipers upset the Nicholas Pooran-led leaders MI Emirates by two wickets off the last ball in the ILT20 here yesterday.

(Reuters) – A statue of pioneering baseball player Jackie Robinson that was stolen from a Kansas park last week was found burned and in a trash can yesterday, police said.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC,  on Monday.

A major Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card is set to kick off on March 23 as the Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMF) seeks to further promote the sport with their first fully-sanctioned event in the last seven years.