Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 13, 2024

The Ministry of Home Affairs – Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons yesterday said  that on Friday  a total of twenty Mines and Environmental officers from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission benefited from a one day anti- trafficking in persons’ session.

(Reuters) – First responders and volunteers from Trinidad and Tobago today sought to contain an oil spill detected last week in the Caribbean country’s waters and clean areas of Tobago island’s coast already affected by the incident.

HAVANA/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – At a small cafe in the town of Bejucal outside of Havana, owner Germán Martín tries to organize his life and business around increasingly frequent blackouts.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, its state secretary and Lithuania’s culture minister on the wanted list, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s database.

By Bebi Oosman and Abigail Headley With the teachers’ strike in its sixth day yesterday, positions hardened on both sides with the government vowing to deduct monies from those on the picket line and the GTU vowing to go court over the matter.

In a landmark ruling yesterday, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC said that men can now apply for matrimonial benefits on the dissolution of a marriage as she found their constitutional rights were breached by the Matri-monial Causes Act which only made provision for women to be maintained by their former spouses.

Citing a Venezuelan military buildup along several parts of the frontier with this country, US think tank, CSIS, has posited that Caracas is engaged in a carrot and stick strategy to extract concessions from Guyana even though Georgetown is adamantly pursuing a resolution of the longstanding border controversy before the World Court.

Dear Editor, Being an avid reader of your newspaper, I carefully read a well-written piece on the teachers’ strike.

Dear Editor, The sugar industry seems to be heading for a major self-inflicted implosion. 

The probe by the Ministry of Labour into the death of 36-year-old Venezuelan, Rusbel Azocar  while he was working at the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VEHSI) construction site on Saturday continued yesterday.

For the second time in less than a year, Ronsford Beaton, the Guyana Harpy Eagles fast bowler has been reported for a ‘suspect’ bowling action.

Dear Editor, It is with considerable dismay that I read Gary Best’s response to me on the matter of the safety and integrity of Guyana’s borders.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States sees no indication there are about to be hostilities at the Venezuela-Guyana border, White House spokesperson John Kirby said yesterday.

 Deputy Commissioner ‘Operation’ Ravindradat Budhram; Deputy Superintendent Ronald Ali; Sports Development Officer Colin Boyce along with stakeholders visited the Police Sports Club Ground yesterday morning to inspect the cricket pitch ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be hosted in the West Indies and USA during the period June 1-29th, 2024.

Dear Editor Teachers, like all categories of citizens, need and deserve liveable incomes.

Bethel Chimezie, the Nigerian national who launched an attack at State House in Georgetown on 15th December 2022, was sentenced yesterday to three months imprisonment together with three years of supervised probation on the count of discharging a loaded firearm with intent.

Guyana is now a member of the Egmont Group or International Association of Financial Intelligence Units.

Dear Editor, In the Feb. 9, 2024) Stabroek News, it was stated by Kit Nascimento in his letter titled ‘Best’s criticism of Guyana’s defence policy etc.’

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo is out of order. This is demonstrated not only in his ongoing efforts at sowing seeds of discord in a nation striving to heal historical wounds from political and ethnic conflicts but also with his blatant contempt for the rule of law and the rights of some citizens.

Thirty-seven-year-old Akeem Lammy of 107 Meadowbrook Gardens appeared before Magis-trate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with attempted murder.

By Shuntel Glasgow In the wake of pressure from the government over its strike, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday said it is not in breach of financial rules and its audited reports are submitted at every GTU annual conference, Mark Lyte,  its President, told Stabroek News yesterday that the union is currently addressing several issues raised by government.

Dear Editor, I am writing to request space in your publication to shed light on a critical issue affecting our country – the salaries of public servants.

Dear Editor, In company with my wife and assistant, we joined the protest line on Brickdam to support the teachers and the GTU in their justifiable strike.

Scores of teachers from the Pomeroon River and the hinterland communities in Region Two have joined in the strike called by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) for increases in  salaries through collective bargaining.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Police raids on former President Jair Bolsonaro and his associates for allegedly plotting a coup after the 2022 election has weakened right-wing opposition to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of October’s local elections, analysts say.

(Trinidad Guardian) Anthony Smith, a Tuna-puna businessman, who was the first person to be convicted as a human trafficker in Trinidad and Tobago, was on Sunday evening captured by a team of police officers.

Dear Editor, Inflation is the measure of the average rise in prices over a period of time of goods that are basically used by an average family.

Thirty-six year old Rakesh Arjun appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with larceny.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) –  European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell yesterday made a thinly veiled call on the U.S. to

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca superstar Machel Montano has been crowned this year’s Calypso Monarch.

To seek to pretend that the current industrial action by teachers across the country is some kind of political contrivance, part of the wider pattern of political ‘cat-sparring’ that intermittently afflicts the nation, is to indulge in monumental self-delusion. 

Dear Editor, It appears that there are two major camps in this ongoing teachers’ strike. 

Since the Ministry of Health  launched a Telemedicine Programme targeting the remotest villages in Guyana including Masakenari, four lives have been saved, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

(ICC) After 23 days and 41 matches, it was Hugh Weibgen’s Australia who got their hands on the coveted ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 trophy, beating five-time champions India in the final in Benoni.

PERTH, Australia, , CMC – West Indies could again have their hands full with Jake Fraser-McGurk, after the 21-year-old was included for his Twenty20 International debut in today’s final game here.

QUEENS, New York,  CMC – Guyanese trainer Naipaul Chatterpaul notched a single winner on Sunday’s nine-race card at Aqueduct when his six-year-old chestnut gelding Centavo produced a solid score in the US$55 000 race four.

NEW YORK CITY,  (Reuters) – New York City police said they are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a subway train and station platform in the Bronx yesterday, killing one man and injuring five other people.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman in overtime to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers in a ‘Sin City’ Super Bowl thriller on Sunday, cementing their status as an NFL dynasty.

(Reuters) – The San Francisco 49ers woke up yesterday still stinging from a Super Bowl loss and facing criticism given that some of their players admitted they were not aware of playoff overtime rules that allowed for both teams to possess the ball.

All-rounder Omesh Danram wreaked havoc on Sunday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground with his medium-pace bowling, grabbing 5/22 and snaring a hat-trick in the process as the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) bundled out GNIC for a paltry 62 in 16.1 overs before chasing the total down with 9 wickets to spare to win in dominant fashion.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Nathan Edward has been named in the International Cricket Council’s team-of-the-tournament for the just concluded Under-19 World Cup here.