Daily Archive: Friday, March 15, 2024

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The former commanders of Brazil’s Army and Air Force told police investigators that President Jair Bolsonaro summoned them twice to meetings to discuss a possible coup d’état after his election defeat in 2022, according to their testimonies released today by the Supreme Court.

ExxonMobil Guyana today announced a discovery at Bluefin in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the company’s first discovery of 2024.

(Reuters) – A Russian missile attack hit civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa today, killing at least 14 people and wounding 46 in Moscow’s deadliest attack in weeks, Ukrainian officials said.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today a political funding mechanism scrapped by the Supreme Court as “unconstitutional” was an improvement on the past but a more transparent system should be put in place.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are refusing to release millions of dollars in funding that Washington views as critical to help tackle spiraling violence in Haiti, in another potential stumbling block for the international force.

The GTU yesterday issued a new ultimatum to government over collapsed collective bargaining talks and said it is prepared to call teachers back out on the streets.

The New Hayven Merchant Bank (NHMB ) yesterday announced that it has successfully arranged, acted as collateral, and served as administrative agent for a US$25 million financing facility extended to Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc.

Police are investigating the murder of a shopkeeper at Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River yesterday afternoon.

Three men were injured yesterday following an explosion at the Hack Rice Mill  located at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice.

If, at the conclusion of the recent blitz of regional and international gatherings held recently in Guyana that embraced the Republic itself alongside CARICOM hemispheric Heads of Government, high-profile diplomats from across the world and high profile businessmen keen to secure a ‘look-in’ in Guyana’s investment prospects, one such visitor who can lay claim to having had to carry the weightiest official ‘burden’ would be the Ghanaian Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.

Police in Regional Division #10 conducted another narcotics eradication exercise at Ebini Backdam, Berbice River, between 7.30 am and 5 pm on Wednesday during which two cannabis farms spanning seven acres and a quantity of marijuana with a street value of $151,480,323 were found and destroyed.

With the assertive resurgence of Venezuela’s territorial claim having attracted considerable hemispheric and regional media attention in recent weeks, Guyana’s remaining immediate neighbours, Brazil and Suriname, would appear to have opted for a course of action which a recent Reuters report says seeks to “deepen discussions on cooperation in the oil and gas sector.”

In what can only be described as thoroughly lopsided, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) mauled the Pakuri Warriors by a historic 28-0 scoreline when the second round of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Women’s 1st Division League resumed yesterday at the National Training Centre in Providence.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Department is investigating the fatal accident that occurred as a result of land caving in at Cowing Backdam, Upper Mazaruni River, Region Seven earlier this month.

In the fullness of time the significance of Thursday’s February 29 Trilateral Meeting that brought together Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva, and Suriname’s President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, will become a good deal clearer in terms of its particular significance to the three countries, both collectively and in terms of their respective objectives, though its timing would appear to suggest that the three neighbouring countries may now be ready to ramp up relations among themselves in areas of common economic interests.

Dear Editor, Imagine the government and City Council are squabbling over a tract of land, which, if scientific modelling and prediction is correct, may not even exist in the near future due to global warming and rising sea levels.

Twenty-eight households at Tuschen North, Region Three, are set to receive their land ownership documents.

Safirah Sumner, Mohryan Baksh, Justin Ten-Pow, and Rafael Brathwaite recorded contrasting divisional wins when the Woodpecker Squash Championship continued last evening at the Georgetown Club facility, Camp Street.

Keon Norville, a 30-year-old cattle farmer of Lot 4 Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 2024/03/05 and charged on 2024-03-13 by ranks of the Vigilance Police Station with two counts of firing  a gun with intent.

Veerasammy Permaul’s highest first-class score of 90, alongside Kevin Sinclair’s 72 and Isai Thorne’s two-wicket blitz, propelled the Guyana Harpy Eagles into control against the Barbados Pride yesterday at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua and Barbuda.

Dear Editor, To resolve the dispute and ensure a fair and transparent decision, City Engineer Mr.

The Public Service Commission (PSC) says that it has cleared a backlog of more than 300 issues that were pending prior to it taking office in July of 2023 and chided the previous commission for its under-performance.

Dear Editor, It is my privilege to share good news today about the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). 

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “Important to note that pump stations were advertised under open tendering conditions and awarded by  NPTAB” (Mar 12) from Janell Cameron of Ministry of Agriculture in response to complaint about wasted resources at the Ministry of Agriculture and the higher prices Guyanese pay for local foods when contrasted with imports.

Fishing groups from Guyana and Suriname are currently engaged in an assessment of seabob stocks which among other things aims to improve sustainable fishing practices.

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana School of Agriculture through an  effort between the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched its Empowering Women and Youth through the Mainstreaming of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies programme at its Mon Repos Campus.

Dear Editor, The continuing dry season has seen a high incidence of wildfires as well as grass fires over the past months. 

Dear Editor, I applaud the recent successful work of the law officers, who were able to report that a total of 44 female foreign nationals were rescued, following a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) operation at a popular nightclub along Robb Street, Georgetown.

Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour, and Richard Maughn, Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), met with representatives of George Brown College (GBC) yesterday at the ministry’s Brickdam location to discuss expanding skills training opportunities in Guyana to create a skilled workforce.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – At least 29 Palestinians were killed while awaiting aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip yesterday, Gaza’s health ministry said.

Tutorial High School’s Agricultural Science Department has received a much needed boost.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would participate in a planned transition council, as fires broke out amid a fresh surge of violence in the Caribbean nation’s capital.

Dear Editor, The Peruvian scholar, Anibal Quijanio’s concept of “coloniality of power” is of great relevance to the relationship between Western academia and the Third World.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is facing increasing pressure from her allies to choose a substitute to potentially run in her place in the July presidential election, five sources with knowledge of the matter said.

A cybercrime charge stemming from statements political activist Dr Veerasammy Ramayya made about a pandit in an online video in 2022 were on Tuesday dismissed at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. 

Dear Editor, For the past year, I have travelled several times from Crabwood Creek to Parika and observed the exploitation of illegal immigrants just like what happened in Trinidad during the oil boom in the 1970’s.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Attorneys for Vybz Kartel and his fellow murder accused are expected to seek bail while the Court of Appeal decides if they should face a retrial.

BOCA CHICA, Texas, (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight through space on its third try on Thursday, getting farther than ever before, but disintegrated on its return to Earth.

Riddim Squad and Santos will contest the final of the Georgetown Football Association Pre-Season Championship following semi-final wins at the Georgetown Football Club ground in Bourda.

The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown edition will commence this evening at the National Park tarmac with five elimination encounters.

Project Syndicate: As the Ukraine war hit the two-year mark, and following Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in prison, the United States and the European Union have piled new sanctions onto Russia.

The local contingent of the Golden Jaguars senior men’s programme will depart local shores on Saturday to compete in two international friendlies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of the inaugural edition of the FIFA Series.

Belle Vue defeated La Grange All-Stars by 20 runs when the ‘Jits and Neelam’ 40-over Cricket Championship continued on Sunday.

The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its counterparts from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago to organise and develop a Tri-Nation Club Championship in 2024.

Castrol Strikers thrashed Classic Ball Blasters 3-0 when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued last night at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Yesterday morning,  Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony attended the first session of the HIV- AIDS Tuberculosis Programme Country Dialogue at the Ministry of Health Conference Room located at its Headquarters on Brickdam.

As the Caribbean continues to draw increasing attention to the positive transformations in its overall development profile, driven in large measure by Guyana’s exciting petro prospects and a wider unfolding regional effort to further burnish its image as one of the world’s most tourism-friendly places, the region continues to attract nods of approval from some of the world’s more high-profile development agencies.

A February 29 article published in the Forbes Daily and written by Barbadian journalist, Daphne Ewing-Chow, says that the Caribbean’s food systems are among the most vulnerable globally, attributing the condition to the ongoing hostile climate change conditions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hannah Mathura was shot in the head and then buried in a shallow grave at the family’s home in Valsayn.

Dear Editor, It seems like the mission of the NIS is to frustrate contributors to the point where they do not submit claims just to avoid the unpleasantness of the process.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Steel Corp X.N, which has agreed to be bought by Japan’s Nippon Steel 5401.T

Readers will recall that the Stabroek Business’ sustained appeal for disclosure on Guyana’s intended participation in the 2024 Barbados Agro Fest fell on deaf ears for a protracted period and that the first official public disclosure appeared in the print media on February 22nd, the day prior to the actual start of the event.

Last Thursday Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo added the subject of the highway sand pits to the varied list of matters he covers at his weekly encounters with the media.

There can now be little doubt that, insofar as the favoured regional venue for the hosting of events that have to do with the development of the Caribbean is concerned, Guyana has become the unquestioned focus of regional attention.

Further indications that the Caribbean is set to significantly strengthen its relations with Africa emerged recently with the announcement that Trinidad and Tobago had dispatched a ‘delegation’ comprising twenty-one private and public sector companies to Ghana on a trade mission.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1062’s trading results showed consideration of $7,033,448 from 30,947 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 1061’s trading results, which showed consideration of 16,968,634 from 82,170 shares traded in 19 transactions.

Priyanna Ramdhani advanced to the quarterfinal section in the women’s singles, while Akili Haynes progressed to the round of 16 segment in the men’s singles when the Cuba International Badmindton Championship commenced yesterday at the Ciudad Deportiva Sport City Hall, La Havana, Cuba.