Daily Archive: Thursday, February 15, 2024

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in the Caribbean is entering into Grenada’s waters and could impact neighbouring Venezuela, Tobago’s Chief Secretary Farley Augustine told Reuters today.

Akeem Wong, a convict serving a 15-year sentence for rape, escaped from the Mazaruni prison compound earlier today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court today scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to make unlimited and anonymous donations to political parties, calling it “unconstitutional”.

(Trinidad Guardian) A tug boat towing a barge from Panama bound for Guyana was involved in the oil spill incident off Tobago – and the wrecked barge, which is leaking the oil, is now sinking.

As it had vowed, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has moved to the court to challenge the planned deduction from salaries of teachers involv-ed in the ongoing industrial action, through which they are calling for better wages and improved working conditions.

City Mayor Alfred Mentore during a statutory meeting yesterday, addressed the planned building of  a hotel by a Qatari inves-tor on the National Insurance Scheme and Guyana National Service grounds, located on Cari-festa Avenue, Thomas Lands.

The disqualifying of a child from the  Mashramani calypso competition as her offering queried the 6.5% increase handed out by government has sparked criticism of the Ministry of Education.

Scotiabank has registered after-tax profit of $2.3b for the financial year which ended on October 31st, 2023.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday expressed confidence in the feasibility of the government’s  planned gas-to-energy project, based on an independent analysis it had conducted.

Yesterday morning, dozens of employees of Banks DIH Limited took industrial action over the company’s commissions on their monthly sales.

Although there are key outstanding questions on two cost recovery audits for the oil industry the Government of Guyana has advertised for a third for the period 2021 to 2023.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – A week after an oil spill was first spotted near Tobago’s shore, portions of the stain are moving in opposite directions into the Caribbean Sea, the island’s emergency management agency (TEMA) said yesterday.

Kevin Rose and Shawn Moore were yesterday freed by the High Court of the murder of Patrick Fraser, according to a statement from the Office of attorney, Dexter Todd.

Police are investigating a shooting which occurred at 7.07 pm on Tuesday at Tucville, Georgetown, and left electrician  Winston Hazel, a 36-year-old from Tucville nursing 12 gunshot wounds.

(Trinidad Express) Tobago’s Chief Secretary Farley Augustine is calling for the owners of the vessel that capsized in Tobago’s waters, resulting in an extensive oil-spill, to come forward and pay for the damage done.

 Dear Editor, One sees so many brains – on either scale of the divide – storming about salaries, budgeted scales that pretend to represent the value of jobs in the Public Service and the Teach-ing Profession, respectively.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Thousands more people could be forced to leave Ecuador and Haiti in 2024 due to humanitarian crises such as intensifying violence, climate impacts and deepening poverty, the International Rescue Committee said in a report on Wednesday.

On Monday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation in the No.

Dear Editor, The pressing issue of equitable prosperity in Guyana amidst the backdrop of its burgeoning oil industry has been publicized ad nauseum.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay’s senate yesterday expelled one of the few opposition voices in national politics, sparking protests in the capital Asuncion and concerns over the fragile state of the country’s democracy.

At stumps yesterday on day one at Warner Park in St.

Mahendra Dhanna, 26, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to attempted murder.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israel will press ahead with an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, after allowing civilians to vacate the area, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On Friday February 23, 2024, the Macedonia Joppa Voluntary Committee (MJVC), a registered non-profitable organization on the Corentyne will mark 44 years since Guyana became a Cooperative Republic with the largest Mashramani celebrations ever in Region 6.

Three months after Stabroek News highlighted that the three-storey University of Guyana law faculty building did not have a fire escape, it now has one.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel yesterday asked a London court to overturn his murder conviction, citing attempts to bribe his trial jury and the use of incriminating messages as reasons his conviction is unsafe.

Alex Arjoon, Steven Xavier, and Lee Fung-A-Fat secured berths to the quarterfinal segment when the Bounty Farms Mash Handicap Squash Championship continued on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club facility on Camp Street.

(Reuters) – A barrage of gunfire erupted yesterday in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, near an outdoor celebration of the NFL champion Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory, killing at least one person and wounding 21 others as throngs of fans scurried for safety.

Dear Editor, There is a significant oil spill in Caribbean waters off the coast of Tobago which should have galvanized our local environmentalists into action!

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Drought  and  heat driven by climate change and other factors threaten to cause the collapse of South America’s lush Amazon rainforest system, scientists said on Wednesday in a study that found that nearly half of it could be pushed to a tipping point by 2050.

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) including Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Kenji Okamura and Executive Director, Afonso Bevilaqua, yesterday met with Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh, a release from the Ministry of Finance stated.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Democracy is one strange animal, an unending fascination.  Perhaps, it is the understanding and practices of democracy in Guyana that are strange, in that they are unique to here. 

The Obstetrics & Gynae-cology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal (GPH) chalked up a victory when they averted what could have been a medical tragedy and in the process, preserved the life of a baby during a delivery.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea has  established diplomatic relations with Cuba, one of North Korea’s Cold War-era allies,the South Korean foreign ministry said yesterday.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan unexpectedly slipped into a recession at the end of last year, losing its title as the world’s third-biggest economy to Germany and raising doubts about when the central bank would begin to exit its decade-long ultra-loose monetary policy.

Dear Editor, Let me commend your newspaper for the series on cost of living published weekly at various markets and other places – the photos of respondents and comments on the impact of the cost of living on the standard of living as well as on quality of life.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The number of critically endangered animal and plant species in Colombia has more than doubled since 2017 and the total list of threatened species in the Andean country stands at 2,103, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.

Wendez Pompey, age 23,  a vendor  of Lot 23 Hill Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, was charged with  the offence of  possession of 27.9 grammes of cannabis, contrary to Section 4 (1) (a)  (i) of the Nar-cotic Drug and Psychotropic Substance Control Act, chapter 10:10.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty yesterday by a Paris appeals court of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Honorary Member of the International Commission of Jurists The International Commission of Jurists, established in 1952, held its triennial congress in Geneva on Saturday 10 February, 2024.

Dear Editor, Teachers are like parents at school. A labourer is worthy of his hire.

Let’s get one thing straight. However and whenever the teachers’ strike ends, the lesson learned will include the fact that around here nothing really changes, and the maxim that talk is cheap truly applies.

North East La Penitence will oppose Gold is Money, while Back Circle will battle Lodge All-Stars in the semi-final round of the ‘Georgetown versus the Rest’ Street-ball Championship tonight, following respective quarterfinal wins on Tuesday evening.

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.

By Colin Coleman NEW YORK – Africa could be the largest source of global economic growth over the next half-century.

Julia Badal, Salih Ali, Zareezyah Levans, and Roger Peroune were among the standout performers when the Guyana Shotokan Association staged its National Karate Championships on Sunday at the YMCA Dojo, Thomas Lands.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday received the Letters of Credence from Bengü Yiğitgüden accrediting her as Turkish Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S.

 (Reuters) – South Africa skittled New Zealand’s tail to dismiss their hosts for 211 and take a shock first-innings lead of 31 runs on day two of the second test at Seddon Park yesterday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has finalised its 21-member roster for their group B campaign at the impending CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifiers, which will be staged in Antigua and Barbuda.

Embassy of the United States of America 100 Duke & Young Streets, Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana  There are many myths and misconceptions about the U.S.