Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Exxon Mobil Corp. today filed for arbitration to retain its preemption rights over Hess Corp.’s

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is forecast to grow by 0.8% this year after entering a recession in the second half of 2023, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said today in possibly his last fiscal statement before an election expected this year.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the Guyana Police Force – CID – Trafficking in Persons Unit, in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security – C-TIP Unit and the Ministry of Home Affairs, conducted a cordon and search operation at Red Dragon Night Club, situated on Robb Street, Georgetown, on Monday, March 4th, 2024, at approximately 2:30 am, based on received intelligence.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled today that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said yesterday he had tendered his resignation after an audio recording came out over the weekend purporting to be of the official attempting to improperly influence government contracts.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly a month since the Gulfstream barge ran aground off the coast of Cove spewing bunker fuel, officials have announced that the leaking has stopped.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign today, according to a source familiar with her plans, ensuring that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination and once again face Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s election.

As questions continue to swirl about who should he held responsible for an oil spill off Tobago and the whereabouts of the tug that was pulling the barge that capsized, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday continued to denied that the fuel was destined for Guyana and he said that in any event the power company only takes responsibility for cargo after discharge at its contracted location.

By Shuntel Glasgow Nikesha Sutton, a 24-year-old housewife of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, was murdered on Monday afternoon allegedly by her reputed husband.

The murder charge against former Police Corporal, Derwin Eastman, has been discontinued by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed yesterday Eastman was remanded to prison in 2017 for the murder of city businessman, Godfrey Scipio, popularly known as ‘Saga’ who was shot during a robbery on October 12, 2017.

Godfrey Carrington, a 59-year-old farmer of Lot 71 Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara, who was held for questioning in relation to the discovery of the charred remains of Shaquille Jones known as “Botha” was last month placed on $1 million bail with the condition that he reports to the police periodically.

During his visit here last week, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, underscored that his government works with unionised workers and that through collective bargaining some 80 per cent in that group were able to secure agreements higher than the current inflation.

West Demerara powerhouse and undefeated outfit Slingerz FC thrashed two-time champion Fruta Conquerors by a 4-1 score-line when the KFC Elite League continued last evening at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, Reading our newspapers to keep abreast of what is happening in Guyana, I was jarred by the headline in the Letters section of Kaieteur News of Today, Monday 4th March; 2024: “Pres Ali, a man from a poor background has the temerity to tell workers demanding better, that his regime will not be bullied.”

The controversy-ridden elections for a new Management Committee of the GPSCCUL has taken another turn with disgruntled members complaining to the Ministry of Labour that the polls on Saturday violated rules.

Guyana’s Team 1 made significant strides after the second day of the CARICOM Classic Chess Competition currently being held at the Ramada Princess Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

With the first leg of the Jagan’s Memorial Cycling Road Race done and dusted, cyclists will now turn their attention to the second leg of the event which is scheduled for Berbice on Sunday (March 10) where over $300,000 in cash prizes will be up for grabs.

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on two current issues in the news:  The ANUG seat in Parliament should be immediately given up based on previous arrangements and it is a betrayal of all political and moral  principles to hold onto that seat against the wish of that party – the most egregious  example being that betrayal by Charrandass Persaud against the APNU coalition. 

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has selected their U-15 squad for the impending Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars 50-Over Championship in Antigua and Barbuda from March 24th, with Berbician Adrian Hetmyer appointed as the captain.

As part of the push to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW), said in a release yesterday that it is in the process of building access bridges at Canal Number 1, Canal Number 2, and Belle Vue on the West Bank of Demerara. 

Dear Editor, Imagine the utter irony – it took a misstep from the Chief Education Officer which enabled the courts to intervene and bring the teachers strike to an end.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) staged a Finance Governance Workshop on Sunday at the Guyana Olympic House in Liliendaal, which focused on the compliance requirements and procedures for attaining funding through the Members Financial Assistance Programme (M-FAP) in 2024.

The ANUG nominee to replace Dr Asha Kissoon in Parliament expressed disappointment yesterday at her failure to resign in accordance with a three-party pact governing the one seat that they control.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days two events took place that have once more brought to the fore the issue of race, class and politics.

Riddim Squad, Vengy, and Beacons recorded contrasting wins when the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) ‘Black History Month’ Pre-Season Championship continued on Sunday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC), Bourda.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday acknowledged that the widening of Cemetery Road should have been completed already.

Earlier yesterday, between 9 am and 4 pm, Police ranks conducted an Eradication Exercise at Ebini backdam, Berbice River, during which two cannabis farms were found and destroyed.

Dear Editor,  I do not recall who made the statement “Meekness is not weakness, but strength under control”, but it encapsulates a mark (if not the mark) of true greatness.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry landed in Puerto Rico yesterday, as questions as to why he had not returned to his country swirled amid escalating gang violence that has threatened to topple his government and left thousands homeless.

Petama Enterprise, Motor Trend, and Steve’s Jewellery, who are affiliated with the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), have thrown their support behind the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-19 Championship.

Leonard Caleb yesterday appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court, where he changed his plea to guilty to  the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit, 12.540kgs of cannabis, according to a release from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez yesterday  took the witness stand at his U.S.

Dear Editor, I was flummoxed by the revelation that “The GTU on Friday submitted its proposal to court-appointed mediators outlining the terms under which the country’s teachers will end industrial action and return to the classroom” (Kaieteur News 4.03.24) as I was unaware that this was among the reliefs sought from the court by the GTU and is therefore covered by the court-ordered mediation.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold its presidential election on July 28, the head of the national electoral council said yesterday, though uncertainty remains over who will be the opposition coalition’s candidate with President Nicolas Maduro expected to seek another term.

Quiko, a village located in the South Central Rupununi, Region Nine, has embarked on large-scale cash crop production, a release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back “an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks in Gaza together with the release of all hostages,” according to the text seen by Reuters.

Dear Editor, It is with sadness I read from Dhanraj Bhagwandin of the passing of Shri Rooplall Monar of East Coast (SN March 5). 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The former heads of Brazil’s Army and Air Force have confirmed to federal police that ex-President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a draft decree to prevent the handover of power after the 2022 election, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Dear Editor, I’m writing to express how deeply disgusted I am with the recent teachers’ strike that the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) organized.

Police sources yesterday confirmed that several persons including cattle and rice farmers in Region Five are being questioned in relation to the murder of a West Coast Berbice labourer whose body was discovered with multiple chop wounds in the backlands. 

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/PALM BEACH, Florida,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country on Tuesday, setting up a historic rematch in November’s general election despite low popularity ratings for both candidates.

Detective Inspector DaSilva and other ranks from Police Division #10 were crossing the Berbice River on a pontoon at Tacama Junction at around 11:30 am on 2024-03-03 when they saw a man on a motorcycle approaching the pontoon.

Last Friday evening the Guyana Prize for Literature Awards Ceremony was held at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).

Dear Editor, A significant number of Guyanese do not trust the PPP government and are skeptical  that the PPP will live up to any negotiations that will positively benefit the teachers.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – At least 126 human rights and environmental defenders were murdered in Latin America in 2023, according to data from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published yesterday, matching the previous year’s figure.

By Junaid Nabi BOSTON – On a recent international trip, I found myself running late to the airport.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Global health donors pledged nearly $600 million towards eliminating cervical cancer yesterday, at the first global forum dedicated to fighting the disease.