Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 20, 2024

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United States today again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas.

A high-level meeting was held in Trinidad on Thursday on the proposed regional ferry and all sides agreed on a two-month period for completion of pre-clearance procedures for immigration, customs, and plant quarantine and to make the ferry service a reality as soon as possible.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, demanded today that President Vladimir Putin hand over her son’s body so she could bury him.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Even if the fighting in Gaza stopped now, about 8,000 more people could still die there over the next six months due to the public health crisis caused by the Israel-Hamas war, according to a report by independent researchers in the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British foreign minister David Cameron vowed yesterday to help protect the Falkland Islands as long as they wanted to remain under British control despite attempts by Argentina’s new leader to reopen negotiations on their sovereignty.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims’ data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation, the gang and U.S.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday opened the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo and unveiled big plans for the country’s nascent gas industry including exports to CARICOM.

In the wake of a dispute, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) says that the Carifesta Avenue grounds earmarked for a massive Qatari resort are held by the state and not the Mayor and City Council.

By Shuntel Glasgow Delegates and dignitaries who turned up for the Third Annual Energy Conference at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston yesterday were greeted by striking teachers who are now into their eleventh day of protest action demanding livable wages and salaries.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill says that representatives from MARAD will visit Trinidad to discuss the recent oil spill off the coast of Tobago but he denied that the barge that overturned and leaked was from Guyana.

In anticipation of the Elite League kick off, fifteen registered referees underwent a one-day  refresher course on Saturday last at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Two remanded prisoners yesterday escaped from police custody as they were being transported from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast of Demerara.

The highlight of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) 1320 Heat was Peter Daby’s Mazda RX-7 which lit up the South Dakota Strip on Sunday clocking the fastest time of the day with 9.067 seconds as the drag racing season got underway.

Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud has said that he does not have jurisdiction to order ExxonMobil to provide proof that it has indeed lodged a US$2 billion guarantee which is intended to indemnify Guyana against an oil spill and associated perils.

Dear Editor, Permit me to make a few comments on the situation with regard to two perspectives on the teachers’ strike.

The police are  investigating an accident that claimed the life of a 23-year-old unlicensed driver on Sunday night.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National  Training Centre (NTC) pitch has had a facelift as upgrades and installments have been completed ahead of Season Six of the Elite League which kicks off on February 25 at  the Providence, East Bank Demerara facility. 

In an impressive feat, 13-year-old Sachin Pitamber captured the National  Under-16 Boys Chess Championship while fifteen-year-old Maliha Rajkumar took the National Under-16 Girls title on Saturday, at the Marian Academy Auditorium.  

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in a release yesterday said that nine attorneys at law have been selected to serve as magistrates.

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to address the incorrect statement made by an anonymous letter writer in the February 14, 2024, edition of Stabroek News concerning the GRA’s audit history.

Two cars were damaged and a business destroyed on Sunday morning after a driver lost control of his truck at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, With a tempest of frustration and outrage boiling within, I am compelled to address the epidemic of recklessness that has laid siege to our roadways.

Over the last 11 years,  bilateral trade between Guyana and China has zoomed from US$180m to US$1.23b and Chinese enterprises here employ about 2,000 Guyanese, Beijing’s top diplomat here said.

Dear Editor Soulless is a nation that mistreats and oppresses its teachers and when a government tramples on the livelihood and rights of our nation’s educators, the entire country must stand up to that government and stand with the moulders of our nation’s children.

Scores of teachers in Region Two continued to strike for the 11th day yesterday for a review of salaries and collective bargaining.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Sixteen people from the same family were found dead in a remote mountain town in southern Haiti, a local official said yesterday, with local news outlets noting the deaths were reported a day after the family attended a funeral.

Dear Editor, It is very lamentable that there is the on-going teachers’ strike facing the nation.

(Trinidad Express) It costs just Can$7 (about TT$35) to obtain an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to travel to Canada for tourism or to visit their friends and family, says Canadian High Commissioner Arif Keshani.

Dear Editor, Reports of a current event affecting Trinidad and Tobago have reached our shores.

The police are currently investigating an accident on the #72 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice on Sunday around 6 am involving an officer attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

Four persons have been rendered homeless after a fire on Sunday at Agatash, Region Seven  which is believed to have been maliciously set.

(Trinidad Guardian) A soldier has been shot and killed in Diego Martin.

Dear Editor, Well it was confirmed; some, to gain the reins of government, are prepared to go the rigging route.

At a time when the economic trajectory of Guyana may appear to be heading in a potentially positive direction – a circumstance that is dictated, chiefly, by evidence that the country’s oil wealth is beginning to bring about some measure of socio-economic transformation, we are witnessing – or at least so it seems – the emergence of trends that are known to attend such changes in countries blessed with relatively sudden shifts in economic fortunes.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India may not be contemplating life after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli just yet but the robust display of their fringe players against England will have eased any fears about how they will cope when the old guard steps aside.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters.

NAPLES, Florida,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago-born golfer Stephen Ames has hailed the improvements in his game after sealing his seventh PGA Tour Champions and fifth over the last year, with the capture of the US$1.8 million Chubb Classic.

(CWI) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Following the conclusion of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 public ticket ballot which closed on 7th February, tickets with remaining allocations go on sale on 22nd February, which marks 100 days to the start of the World Cup, from 10 am Antigua Standard Time. 

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – David Warner will play his final bilateral international cricket series against New Zealand this week but the Australia opener is not expecting an affectionate farewell from Black Caps fans in Wellington and Auckland.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One and its governing body have commented for the first time on allegations against Red Bull boss Christian Horner who is fighting to save his job at the reigning world champions with testing and the start of the season looming.

(Reuters) – Former England captains aimed both barrels at the team’s high-wire ‘Bazball’ approach in the wake of their thrashing by India in the third test on Sunday and called for Ben Stokes’ side to temper their aggressive strategy to avoid further humiliation.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh,  CMC – Brandon King got one over on West Indies teammate Kyle Mayers when Rangpur Riders defeated Fortune Barishal by one wicket in the Bangladesh Premier League yesterday.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein grabbed an important brace of wickets to help his Quetta Gladiators to a five-wicket win over Carlos Brathwaite’s Lahore Qalanders in the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Cocaine valued at over half a million dollars has been found washed ashore at Cove Estate, Tobago.

Dear Editor, I do not want to drag on and make this a lengthy letter.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – Back in 2013, when Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was facing bogus criminal charges, I recalled when my great-grandfather, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, compared Russia to a tub full of dough.

Jamal Anthony, a 27-year-old construction worker of Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara and of Guyhoc Park Squatting Area, Georgetown, was arrested on 2024-02-14 and charged on 2024-02-16 with the following offences: 1.

(Reuters) – The Rotterdam title may pale in comparison to winning the Australian Open Grand Slam but Jannik Sinner said his victory in the ATP 500 event was still important to him after the Italian rose to a career-high number three in the world rankings.

A Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne driver died on Sunday around 5 am after losing control and slamming into a concrete bridge along Kilcoy/Chesney Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

(Reuters) – Former South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter, the country’s first coach of the post-isolation era and a stalwart with English county Gloucestershire, died aged 77 on Saturday, his family announced.