Daily Archive: Friday, February 9, 2024

Acting on intelligence received at around 8.30 last night, Police ranks from the Mahaicony Police Station intercepted a motor car (PVV 1495), parked on the southern side of Now or Never Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, facing west.

Striking teachers and their supporters today took their protest to the Ministry of Labour on Brickdam.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – State energy company Pemex released large volumes of methane from an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico last year, with leaks recurring even after a United Nations agency flagged problems there to the Mexican government, according to a Reuters analysis of previously unreported U.N.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Independents backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in Pakistan’s election today after results from over half the constituencies were announced, leaving political parties trailing.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – An “elderly” President Joe Biden will not face charges for knowingly taking classified documents when he left the vice presidency in 2017, a prosecutor said yesterday, drawing a swift rebuke from the president as he seeks reelection.

KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced Ukraine’s popular army chief with his ground forces commander yesterday, a huge gamble at a time when Russian forces are gaining the upper hand nearly two years into their war.

(Trinidad Guardian) A police officer has been killed following a shooting outside a bar in Couva in the wee hours of this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher has been ordered to reopen the screening process for prospective officers to include those who may have been previously excluded due to their height.

What is now globally acknowledged to be Guyana’s vast oil wealth and the potential that this holds as a global magnet for lucrative significant external investment in the country’s economy has become the subject of energetic discourses at local business fora as well as at regional and international gatherings where, for expanding businesses, investment opportunities is a high priority.

To thoroughly appreciate the extent to which the global business landscape has been transformed by the advent of E-commerce you have to immerse yourself in the journey itself.

Enduring climate-related threats that continue to bedevil CARICOM member states, Barbados would appear to have had little, if any, negative impact on its assessment of the likely fortunes of its economy, going forward.

From its $42b allocation from the  country’s $1.146 trillion budget, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will not only focus on military hardware but there will also be greater emphasis on technological enhancements and human resource development, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.

By Abigail Headley  “They want to show that ‘yes, we are in charge’, but they are not the ones in charge.

By Shuntel Glasgow A fire which was allegedly set by a mentally ill man, destroyed three houses at Container City, Georgetown yesterday morning, leaving at least 10 persons homeless. 

Donnel Trapp and Paul Goriah are now awaiting sentencing after a jury yesterday afternoon found them guilty of the 2016 killing of Soesdyke-Hill Foot farmer/agriculturalist Anthony Breedy.

Having been absent from the National Assembly for more than six consecutive sittings of the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament, the APNU+AFC opposition is seeking to have Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s seat declared vacant.

By Abigail Headley The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) continues to maintain that the ongoing strike is lawful  as it pursued all avenues for wage talks with the government since 2020 but the Chief Labour Officer is contending that the grievance procedure has not been exhausted.

After the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batsmen, led by Jason Mohamed’s marathon 100 not out made the Guyana Harpy Eagles bowlers sweat on day one, persistent showers of rain prevented any further action on day two of their first round encounter in the West Indies Four-Day Championship.

Guyana Football Federation Technical Director Bryan Joseph has confirmed that the locally based contingent of the Lady Jaguars senior programme will depart local shores today for a five-day training camp in Los Angeles, California, in preparation for their CONCACAF W Gold Cup preliminary fixture against the Dominican Republic.

ExxonMobil says that the  pipeline-laying aspect for the gas to energy project is on schedule and that it will be ready to bring gas to shore by the end of this year, after which government has to take over to convert and distribute so as to make the project a reality.

With the deadline for submission of names being tomorrow, the ruling PPP/C and opposition APNU+AFC have now submitted the names of their nominees for the Constitutional Reform Commission.

Dear Editor, Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best, has expressed a series of opinions on the matter of Guyana’s national security.

Berbice teachers continued to participate in the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) strike yesterday leaving parents in a state of concern as the National Grade Six Examinations are just months away.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concerns regarding Exxon’s involvement in Guyana’s geopolitics, particularly in relation to national security.

The Koko and Wallaba Health Posts in Region One  were on Wednesday recommissioned.

An Albion Front, Corentyne man will return to the High Court in March for sentencing after he was found guilty of felonious wounding following a chopping incident in August 2021.

Dear Editor I read an article captioned ‘Sugar will never be competitive under the current trajectory’ by my very good friend Anthony Vieira.

The police yesterday said that on Monday a man jumped off his motorcycle on the Ituni Trail and abandoned around 34 lbs of suspected ganja.

Dear Editor, In recent correspondence I adverted to an unfolding tragedy in Guyana.

Police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains which were found in a drain without water in the BOSAI compound yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, My bank account at Republic Bank Triumph East Coast Demerara was hacked in October of 2023.

Police are investigating the suspected drowning of Alexander Angoy, a 31-year-old miner of Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, which occurred at about 19:07 hrs on Monday evening at Chinese Creek backdam, Puruni River, in Region Seven.

Autocrats in power for any extended period with oppression as part of their CV will rarely leave office willingly. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1057’s trading results showed consideration of $28,841,713 from 78,248 shares traded in 50 transactions as compared to session 1056’s trading results, which showed consideration of $11,207,570 from 68,485 shares traded in 28 transactions.

Jamaica, it seems, almost certainly not unmindful of the transformative effect which Guyana’s giant oil find continues to have on the socio-economic face of the country, is far from ready to give up on its own protracted petro aspirations.

By Brooke Glasford We exist in a world that moves very literally at the speed of sound—as quickly as something happens, the majority can know about it.

Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Beginning with the exchange between the Chairman and a shareholder at Banks DIH Limited Annual General Meeting held on 27 January 2024, there appears to have been much interest in the share prices of public companies.

What is known as the C9 Group comprising the region’s leading telecommunications companies are ‘calling out’ the extra-regional ‘big tech’ companies operating in the Caribbean on the issue of re-investing a ‘fair share’ of their profits from their Caribbean operations back into the growth and development of the sector in the region.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “Clem’s book on Cheddi” by Bill Cotton (Feb 7). 

Both Guyana and Suriname are expected to be represented at the 2024 Barbados three-day Agro Processing event scheduled to be staged from February 23rd to 25th according to a report in the Wednesday February 7th issue of Barbados Today.

Less than a decade after Guyana announced its first significant oil strike to the world in 2015, the country has become used to parading itself in the global petro spotlight, the knock-on effect of its credentials having a significant impact on various other aspects of its socio-economic behaviours.

Even as Guyana continues to be the most looked-to country in the region in the matter of shoring up the Caribbean’s food security bona fides, the country is making preparations to host the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 38th regional conference for Latin America and the Carib-bean.

In a year that is expected to, hopefully, yield a region-wide pronouncement on the status of the anxiously awaited Regional Food Security Terminal, the staging of the Barbados Agro Fest assumes an enhanced significance, not just for the host country but, as well, for the entire region. 

On Wednesday 31 January 2024, Barbados Central Bank Governor Dr. Kevin Greenidge delivered the Bank’s review of Barbados’ economic performance for the period January to December 2023.

The Chief Executive Officer of NCB Capital Markets, Jamaica, Angus Young is predicting “slow 2024 economic growth in the Caribbean” this year, a likely circumstance which he attributes to various factors “such as struggling external demands, booming oil sectors, and historically low unemployment” according to a release from the entity.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday named county teams for the senior women’s 50-over and T20 tournaments, which commences today.

The energy sector in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member country, Trinidad and Tobago, would appear to be gushing with pride having recently been declared in the 2023 Extractive Sectors report as the fourth most transparent globally, a sector which, over the years, has been known for its proclivity for a lack of transparency and corrupt practices. 

Akeem Persaud became the latest recipient of the ‘Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana’ project following the acquisition of several pieces of equipment.

Former Golden Jaguars international Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard has confirmed his resignation as the head coach of West Demerara powerhouse Slingerz FC, disclosing that the decision to part ways was based on the belief that he had lost the dressing room.

An ‘Academy Meet’ is set to run off tomorrow and is the product of a collaboration between the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) from 10:00am at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

Shamrock, Canal, and Cornelia Ida (CI) recorded lopsided wins when the ‘Jits and Neelam’ 40-over Cricket Championship continued on Sunday.

As the Petra Organisation prepares to roll out the 10th edition of the Milo U-18 Schools Football Tournament, 11 schools have been confirmed by the organisers as securing automatic entry to the tournament.

Paris 2024 will be Guyana’s 18th participation at the Olympic Games, where the quest to break the long drought of non-success at the world’s premier sports event will continue.

General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union, Coretta Mc Donald yesterday met with hundreds of educators in Region Two as their strike entered its fourth day.