Daily Archive: Sunday, February 25, 2024

A team from the Commonwealth Secretariat, led by the Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, is in Guyana for the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government.

Saudi Arabian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir who is heading his country’s delegation to the CARICOM Heads of Government Summit arrived today.

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 The Caricom Heads of Government Meeting is slated to open at the National Cultural Center today (Sunday February 25th, 2024) at 16:30 hrs.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr.

(Reuters) – Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro gathered today  on Sao Paulo’s iconic Paulista Avenue to show support for the former far-right Brazilian president as he finds himself embroiled in several investigations that many believe could land him in jail.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Qatar will further raise gas production despite a steep drop in global gas prices, pushing ahead with plans to extract more of the resource amidst fierce competition with rivals such as the United States.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actress, singer, movie director and producer Barbra Streisand was honored on Saturday with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award in recognition of her prolific career and humanitarian work.

(Trinidad Guardian) Bleeding from his hands and feet, where he was hog-tied with straps and a severed seatbelt, kidnap victim Arshad Mohammed screamed for help as he sat under a coconut tree, fervently praying he would not die.

The Guyana Government and the IDB yesterday clinched a US$90m loan deal which will see the upgrading of at least 19 primary schools and the building of six new ones.

By Miranda La Rose Just over six years ago, Headmaster Quado Vancooten moved to Kurupukari Primary in Fairview Village, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) after learning of a grave teacher shortage at that school.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the US to the United Nations arrived here yesterday for talks with the Guyana Government and to attend the CARICOM Heads of Government conference beginning today.

By Mia Anthony In the vibrant arena of Guyanese soca music, Vinel Hinds stands as a rising star, her melodies weaving through the colourful tapestry of Caribbean rhythms Now just 20 years old, Hinds’ journey in the realm of soca began with a passion for singing, and a versatile voice that found its home in the infectious beats of soca music.

Although every cinematic biopic is liable to be compared to the reality of its subjects, there’s no immediate artistic value in overzealous fidelity to truth in film.

A US$22m financing deal has been worked out for a planned Sheraton Four Points Hotel at Houston with IDB Invest playing a major role.

Multiple sources have confirmed that the Enmore Packaging Plant is still to be reassembled at the Albion Estate nearly a year after it was controversially moved to make way for an oil and gas  fabrication facility.

On my plate this week is Jamaica’s national dish, Ackee & Salt Fish.

Guyana and the IDB have agreed to a reformulated US$26.9m loan which will focus on cleaner energy among other things.

The third trading period in February 2024 has resulted in the Lucas Stock Index declining by 0.469 percent on the sale of 40,600 shares. 

President of the GTU, Mark Lyte on Friday evening lashed out at the government calling it “heartless” as according to him the union is ready to negotiate terms for teachers to return to the class room with discussions on salary increases being prioritised.

The financing deal announced by GBTI on Friday for the Munesh-wers group covers a total of US$14m for expansion of cargo handling and other areas, according to a release yesterday from IDB Invest.

Wanted murder accused, Shawn Thomas called ‘Troy Richards’ was arrested by the Police on Friday.

IDB Invest and Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited have partnered with Texila American University (TAU) to expand the university’s campus with new housing facilities for staff and students.

Two men who were last month found guilty of the murder of Rose Hall Town grocer, Lomenzo Johnny in February 2020, were given life sentences last week at the High Court in Berbice.

Defending champion, the Guyana Harpy Eagles, thrashed the West Indies Academy by 221 runs yesterday in the third round of the West Indies Four-Day Championship at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua.

`We are not waiting on everyone. Those who are willing to start an innovative project will go ahead, and the others will join when they are ready’ President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the regional ferry service which involves Guyana, Barba-dos and Trinidad and Toba-go is slated to begin operations within three months.

Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has expressed this country’s disappointment at the failure of a resolution at the UN Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Guyana senior national men’s hockey team will participate in the Indoor Pan American Cup (IPAC), which is slated for March 19 in Priddis, Alberta, Canada.

The Dominican Republic Chamber of Commerce in Guyana (DRChamGuyana) was inaugurated during the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo 2024” at the Marriott Convention Centre in Georgetown, Guyana.

Yesterday, Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier  Omar Khan decorated the recently promoted Senior Officers with their new badges of rank at a ceremony held at the Officers’ Mess, Base Camp Ayanganna.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israeli leaders planned to convene today to hear of possible progress in mediated negotiations on a new Gaza truce to recover hostages held by Hamas, but Palestinians saw little change in polarised positions almost five months into the war.

The High Commission of India and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) in Georgetown, Guyana, on Thursday organised a Shraddhanjali to pay tribute to legendary Guyanese singer  Mohan Nandu.

Dear Editor, Madame Justice Roxane George, Chief Justice (ag) of Guyana on Thursday 21 February, rejected an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ms.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Heads of the Group of Seven major democracies yesterday pledged to stand by war-weary Ukraine, and Western leaders traveled to Kyiv to show solidarity on the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion, with no end in the sight to the fighting.

Infrastructure works at the Enmore/Foulis Industrial and Commercial Zone on the East Coast of Demerara are moving along, a release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) said.

Dear Editor, Vincent Alexander’s letter (SN 24/02/24) reeks with hypocrisy. Writing on behalf of the Burn-ham Foundation, he embraced Nigel Hughes’ proposition (which I have not seen) but made no attempt to distance himself or his organisation from Hamilton Green’s deranged comments.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican contest yesterday, Edison Research projected, extending his winning streak as he marches toward a third consecutive presidential nomination and a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden.

KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, (Reuters) – Police from two countries in the eastern  Carib-bean are investigating the possible murder of two people believed to be U.S.

Dear Editor, Analysts attempted to reconcile the 2020-2022 Guyana Natural Resource Fund royalties’ balance.

MACK Developers, Inc., a real estate company headquartered in Guyana, has unveiled an apartment project it is engaged in on the East Bank of Demerara.

(Reuters) – The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died unexpectedly in prison nine days ago, was handed to his mother on Saturday in the Arctic city of Salekhard, his spokeswoman said, though it was unclear what will happen next to the body.

Guyana will open their campaign against the Leeward Islands in the Cricket West Indies Super50 Cup and against Trinidad and Tobago in the T20 Blaze, following the official publication of the respective fixtures by Cricket West Indies (CWI).

West Demerara giant Slingerz FC have appointed Jamaican Alex Thomas as the new head coach ahead of today’s Guyana Football Federation Elite League kick-off.

The $250,000 Laing Avenue Housing Grant was disbursed to approximately 30 households on Tuesday, a release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) said.

By Baytoram Ramharack Thomas Kuhn, the historian of science explained in his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, that a paradigm, based on a set of concepts and practices, represents an epistemology of knowledge that scientists far afield agree upon.

KFC Guyana and the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) have renewed their respective partnerships with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to aid in the successful staging of the Elite League.

Dear Editor, I have written on this before, so I am not standing on any bandwagon today.

Of the offences outlined in the Sexual Offences Act aimed at protecting children, section 18, titled “Sexual Activity with a Child by Abusing a Position of Trust,” is undoubtedly one of the most crucial.

As I look on and observe from an incredibly far distance while the nation’s teachers protest for both liveable wages and decent working conditions, I remember two stories my late Godmother who worked as a nurse in the public healthcare system shared with me growing up.

BERLIN (Reuters) – The story of Pepe, a hippopotamus from Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s private zoo, inspired Dominican director Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias to make a film reflecting on the impact of colonialism, he said.

Michael J Fox, a Canadian activist and actor once said “Everything is cause and effect.

The timing of the Guyana Public Service Union’s decision to serve the government with an industrial action ultimatum will not do the Guyana Teachers’ Union any favours.

 I was very much tempted this weekend to write about Devils, Bastards and Demons – the words used by self-styled ‘Elder’ and promoter of moral revivalism, former PNC ‘strongman,’ Prime Minister Hamilton Green.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Manufacturing and distribution company Seprod is doubling down on its export strategy as it targets 30 per cent of its production base for exports by December 2025.

Even at 90 treasures are available in what one reads. ●             There is a scene in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence when the lovers, Ellen Olenska and Newland Archer, meet in the old Metropolitan Museum in New York in a deserted room containing antique fragments from vanished llium.

Introduction Today’s column concludes my assessment of the second of four modeled drivers and its metrics.

(Reuters) – Shoaib Bashir ripped the heart out of India’s batting lineup to keep England on course for a handy first innings lead on day two of the fourth test in Ranchi yesterday.

An 8-year-old chess prodigy made history as the youngest player to defeat a chess grandmaster.

Today I join the Government Technical Institute (GTI) in recognising females in technical and vocational education.

(CMC) – Kieron Pollard blasted his 60th half-century of a storied Twenty20 career as his Karachi Kings beat Shai Hope’s Lahore Qalanders by two wickets off the last ball in a thrilling contest yesterday.

Making art cannot be taught. What can be taught are techniques in artmaking; how to use certain media or tools effectively, the right kinds of supports (surfaces on which to paint or draw) depending on media, or procedures for optimal results.

Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Eastveldt recorded contrasting wins when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) ‘Black History Month’ Pre-Season Championship continued last night.

LONDON,  (Reuters) –  Britain’s Conservative Party suspended one of its lawmakers, Lee Anderson, yesterday after he said the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was under the control of Islamists.

The Guyana Prize for Literature 2023 will be awarded on Friday March 1 in the dedicated Awards Presentation Ceremony at the National Cultural Centre at 7 pm.