Articles published on Sunday, March 24, 2024
Guyana abstained on a US motion on Friday at the UN Security Council on the Gaza war as it did not call for an immediate ceasefire and spared Israel responsibility for the massive deaths and destruction in the Palestinian territory.
The Guyana Fire Service is currently battling a large grass fire in Cummings Lodge which has engulfed the area in smoke.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia lowered flags to half-mast today for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.
NEW DELHI,(Reuters) – A billionaire industrialist and a former Indian Air Force chief on Sunday became the latest prominent figures, including a judge and an ambassador, to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in recent weeks as it seeks to widen its lead over the opposition.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and an advisor were found shot dead in a car today, said police in the South American country, which is in the grips of a wave of violence that authorities blame on drug trafficking National police said they were investigating the deaths of Garcia, the 27-year-old mayor of San Vicente, and Jairo Loor, after the discovery of their bodies in the province of Manabi.
The Presidents of Guyana and Suriname have instructed their respective teams to enter discussions of financing, pricing and other matters related to the development of the bridge over the Corentyne River.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested three people today, including a federal lawmaker, in connection with the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco and her driver, two sources at the federal police told Reuters.
By Rae Wiltshire At the age of 19, Keyola Hinckson (previously Brower) found herself discontented after trying multiple part-time jobs.
By Miranda La Rose Publication is a major concern as there is no local printing press that a writer could readily approach, according to winners of the 2023 Guyana Prize for Literature.
The Guyana Classics Collection, a reprint of books by Guyanese authors that were out of circulation and parliamentary speeches of former presidents Forbes Burnham, Dr Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan, were among over 240 rarely seen books at the University of Guyana Library book exhibition of past winners of the Guyana Prize for Literature.
Long holiday weekends are delightful – you can sleep in, take long drives, have a mini vacation, binge-watch your favourite shows, have leisurely meals, or you can do absolutely nothing and simply enjoy the down time.
The Lucas Stock Index declined 0.084 percent on the sale of 37,694 shares during the third period of trading in March 2024.
Rice farmers on the Corentyne are reeling from the paddy bug infestation which has caused an average of 20% losses throughout the region leaving many farmers unsure of how they will return to the fields next crop.
The Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) on Friday announced that it had hauled 1 million cm3 of sand to the Wales, West Bank Demerara site of the planned gas to energy project In a release GYSBI also announced that it had achieved a milestone of 250 days free of Lost Time Injuries (LTIs).
Guyana snapped their two-game losing streak in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s T20 Blaze, dismantling Barbados by 42 runs last evening at Warner Park, Basseterre, St.
The Caribbean’s Regional Security System (RSS) needs to consistently adapt to technological and other advancements to keep up with the evolving transnational crimes and other illicit activities.
Newcomer Unstoppable created the first major upset of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship as they defeated Back Circle 1-0 on Friday evening at the National Park tarmac, Thomas Lands.
Former US President Bill Clinton is scheduled to attend the United Carib-bean Forum on Tuesday at the Arthur Chung Confer-ence Centre, in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
Anns Grove and Den Amstel played to a 1-1 stalemate when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre in Providence.
Police are currently investigating a fatal accident involving a 20-year-old West Coast Demerara pedestrian.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Friday commissioned a 31.5 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) mini-grid in the community of Baramita located in Barima-Waini.
Temeca Kerr, a 28-year-old of Lot 377 Charlotte Street, Georgetown, one of the persons injured in an accident on the morning of February 25 at the intersection of Camp Street and Brickdam, George-town, succumbed to her injuries yesterday morning at the Liliendaal Hospital.
Dear Editor, Were there to be a pound of sugar for each word written about this now infamous Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project (SSMP), its production objectives might well have been met.
The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday rejected claims by the opposition in an article appearing in the March 19 edition of Stabroek News titled “Non-functioning wells in Region Nine villages causing hardship.”
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack.
Dear Editor, Following the “Barbados Agreement” signed last October by the Venezuelan Opposition and Government representatives to facilitate “free and fair elections” and the US easing sanctions on oil, gas and gold, I noted that “Maduro has raised the ante on their border controversy (with us) to counter the political challenge he faces next year after the economic and social implosions.”
The Leonora Market tarmac on the West Coast Demerara in Region Three has been completed and the vendors now have the benefit of a more spacious and enabling business environment, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Businessman Richard Harford, the founder of Mario’s Pizzeria, has passed away at the age of 79.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil is ahead of schedule with its plan to double the size of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) portfolio to 40 million tons per annum (mtpa) by 2030 and will focus on selling its own gas rather than trading that of third parties, the company’s LNG chief said on Thursday.
CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Fighting raged on Saturday around Gaza’s main hospital where Israel says it has so far killed more than 170 gunmen in an extensive raid, which the Palestinian Health Ministry says has also resulted in the deaths of five patients.
Dear Editor, Article 11 of 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) states “cost oil is limited in any month to an amount which equals 75% of the total production from the contract area for such month”.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro ordered the country’s military to capture the top leader of the Estado Mayor Central, aggravating a breakdown in relations between the illegal armed group and the government as they hold peace talks.
Hundreds of eager parents and children braved the blistering sunshine yesterday as the 2024 edition of the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Teach Them Young Swimming Programme was launched at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal.
St. Rose’s High, Covent Garden, Diamond, and New Amsterdam Multilateral recorded respective division wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Regional Conference Championships commenced.
The Old Fort Divas and the Saints Minions came up victorious in their respective categories on Friday evening as the Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) Kellogg’s sponsored U-14 Boys and Girls Indoor Developmental League concluded at the Marian Academy Auditorium.
Introduction Today’s column concludes the discussion on the fourth and final modeled driver and its metrics, which I believe undergirds any serious appraisal of the viability or affordability of a Guyana Universal Basic Income, UBI, mechanism, the Buxton Proposal.
Haiti became independent in 1804 when Dessalines assumed the role of Governor General, later assuming the title of Emperor.
Chase Academy, Yarrowkabra, and West Ruimveldt recorded lopsided wins when the Milo Secondary School Football Championship commenced yesterday.
Leonard Bristol on Friday appeared before Magis-trate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined 10,492,200 in relation to the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 11.65 8kgs of cannabis, a release from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov.
It’s difficult not to love being a Guyanese fast bowler presently.
Dear Editor, In the colonial days in Guyana, it was customary for Hindus on the sugar estates to build a huge bonfire with debris accumulated from the cane field.
(Trinidad Express) In what is one of the largest awards of damages made by the courts in a case for false imprisonment, the High Court has directed that the State pay a 16-year-old Venezuelan boy $2.4 million, exclusive of interest, after he was unlawfully detained for 456 days at the Heliport, Chaguaramas.
My tutor at Cambridge, Professor Nick Hammond, authority on the history of ancient Macedonia and on the life of Alexander the Great, used to coach me on what he called “exercises of the mind.”
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour examines a forgotten aspect of Test cricket at Bourda.
What Venezuela has done is so preposterous that had it occurred in the old countries of Western Europe, say, it would have provoked an outcry from democratic nations across the continent and beyond.
By Vishnu Bisram US-based Guyanese Deocalli Ramnarine (nee Ramdass) celebrates 46 years as an educator; 27 of which she served in Guyana.
Venerating his role in preserving generations of Caribbean culture and thought in print, the Guyana-born, UK-based Arif Ali, founder of Hansib Publications, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters.
The unexpected thrill of seeing a pudgy panda excelling at expert martial arts were long-gone by the time “Kung Fu Panda” arrived in cinemas in early 2016.
“Sometimes I don’t know how to deal with it to be honest.
My Heart Leaps Up (or “The Rainbow”) My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die!
This week we will break down Section 21 of the Sexual Offences Act (SOA), Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana, an important part of Guyana’s legislative framework aimed at addressing and mitigating child sex offences within Guyana.
All human beings are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions.
Mahaica Determinators and Golden Stars recorded hard-fought wins when the Easter Football Cup commenced on Friday evening at the Golden Grove ground, East Coast Demerara.
Dear Editor, A letter by a Neil Adams (“NIS is a bedrock for Guyanese who attained the age of retirement,” Mar.
Dear Editor, It should come as no surprise, the recent actions by Venezuela concerning Essequibo.
Dear Editor, On March 07, I posed three questions to former President Donald Ramotar.
