Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Firefighters are battling a blaze at Castle Hotel located on Chapel Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) yesterday said that 550 Capoey residents will no longer be relying on the lake or rainwater harvesting to access water.

The Allied Arts Unit of the Ministry of Education has rejected a claim of vindictiveness by the GTU in the rejection of two pieces for the recent children’s Mashramani contest.

A woman who attempted to smuggle cannabis to a prisoner in the Lusignan Prison has been caught in the act and handed over to the Police, a release yesterday from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A Cuban entrepreneur believes she has hit upon a formula for a unique homegrown perfume she hopes someday to sell to the world.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica plans to develop an offshore company registry as its next step in the process to attract a portion of the funds that flow to International Financial Service Centres (IFSC) like the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, and others.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel’s port side today and caused it to sink, Kyiv’s military spy agency and armed forces said.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Shehbaz Sharif is set to begin a second term as Pakistan’s prime minister in coming days, returning to the role he had until August when parliament was dissolved ahead of last week’s elections.

AMBALA, India, (Reuters) – Indian security forces fired tear gas at protesting farmers for a second day today to stop tens of thousands from marching to the capital New Delhi to demand higher prices for their produce.

The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration says it is moving full speed ahead with  converting fields for mechanised planting at the Albion Estate as it works towards profitability.

By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday said it was mobilizing strike relief for use when necessary and it vowed to proceed with legal action against the government over planned deductions from salaries.

Dear Editor, By a quirk from pre-Independence days, the accounts of trade unions are audited by the Auditor General of Guyana, although the Constitution makes the Auditor General the auditor of the country’s public accounts. 

While it supports the gas to energy project, the opposition APNU+AFC on Monday said that it still lacks transparency and costs have ballooned to such an extent that a 50% cut in tariffs is unlikely.

(CMC) – Superstar Andre Russell blasted a Man-of-the-Match half-century and Sherfane Rutherford notched a maiden one as the West Indies wrapped up an otherwise disappointing tour of Australia with a 37-run victory in the final Twenty20 International yesterday.

Dear Editor, The teachers’ strike raised issues of accountability via the submission of audited financial statements.

x Dear Editor, In his letter published in the February 9, 2024 edition of S/N, Vishnu Bisram sought to have readers believe that had Jagan abandoned his ideological convictions, not hooked up with the Soviet Union and, had he hitched his wagon to the USA, he would have remained in office following the 1964 election.

Although rain put a damper on proceedings in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County Women’s Super50 final between Demerara and Berbice at the Malteenoes Sports Club Ground, the Berbicians, via an excellent bowling performance, defeated their arch-nemesis to be crowned champions.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to address the issue of conflict and its deleterious effects on food security and climate change.

An Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara man who was reported to have strangled his nephew has been sentenced to seven years behind bars, less time served.

Now hailed as the ‘Hero of the Gabba’, Baracara’s Shamar Joseph, the fast bowler who had a mercurial rise to fame after just two test matches in Australia, has been named as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Player of the Month for January.

Dear Editor, When we contemplate on the effort that Indo-Guyana have made over the years to preserve and foster their culture, under trying circumstances, we would appreciate the significant role of Mohan Nandu, one of Guyana’s greatest musicians and cultural leaders. He

Dear Editor, The ongoing teachers’ strike bring back memories of the school strike on the Corentyne exactly 47 years ago.

On Saturday, Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Water,  Susan Rodrigues  and her staff  unveiled plans for the construction of multi-purpose recreational facilities in two East Bank Demerara communities and one on the West Bank Demerara..

Dear Editor, Spin a yarn often enough and soon it becomes a mantra. 

Region Two teachers continue to strike but opted to stay at home yesterday and will do so again today.

Dear Editor, In 2016, Guyana’s per capita GDP was about US$6,000 while its growth rate was about 4%. 

Though found guilty of murder, former Sophia block maker, Ishaka John, has been sentenced to a minimum period of custodial detention of eight years; as he has also been declared insane.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA,  (Reuters) – Talks involving the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce ended without a breakthrough yesterday as calls grew for Israel to hold back on a planned assault on the southern end of the enclave, crammed with over a million displaced people.

Tabatinga and Gladiators recorded quarterfinal wins in the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively, when the RDC Republic Football Cup continued on Sunday evening at the Wadapna Sports Ground.

Dear Editor, Reference servicecommission.gov.gy, a trained teacher (TS3) had a minimum salary of $100,886 in 2017.

The quality of competition on the local horse racing scene is expected to improve drastically following the addition of Trinidad Derby Stakes winner Soca Harmony.

Eastveldt edged Vengy by a 1-0 score-line when the Georgetown Football Association Pre-Season Championship continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

Courts Unicomer Group yesterday donated 20 full-face helmets and an AKT motorcycle to the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department.

By  Chris Patten LONDON – During the darkest days of World War II, as young British pilots valiantly fought the Luftwaffe over southern England and German forces prepared to invade the British Isles, Prime Minister Winston Churchill took on the task of boosting his fellow citizens’ morale, offering them a brighter future to look forward to.

Shiloh Asregado, Ryan Rahaman, Safirah Sumner, and Demetri Lowe tallied victories when the 2024 Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Squash Championship commenced on Monday evening at the Georgetown Club facility on Camp Street.

(Reuters) – Haitian gangs are increasingly economically autonomous, a Geneva-based criminal research group warned, using funds coerced from private businesses, local residents and families of kidnapping victims to pay for guns and soldiers.

On the morning of the 19th January, while the West Indies were still licking their wounds from the First Test defeat by Australia at the Adelaide Oval, Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO, Johnny Grave was on a Zoom call with former England captains Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain, joint hosts of the weekly Sky Sports cricket podcast.

Former Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green has voiced shock at the plan by the government to utilize two grounds along Carifesta Avenue for a Qatari Hotel.

Winston Hazel of Tucville was shot last night multiple times about his body by two men on a motorcycle.

Teachers on strike yesterday protested in front of the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six located in Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam as they continue their call for collective bargaining between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Ministry of Education.