Daily Archive: Sunday, April 14, 2024

Full statement delivered by Her Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations during the Security Council’s open briefing on Iran’s airstrike on Israel:   Thank you, Madame President,   I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing and acknowledge the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Iran, Syria, Israel in today’s meeting.

The Department of Education, Georgetown today said that it is aware of an apparent physical assault on a girl from the Queenstown Secondary School.

Motorists along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway are being advised to proceed with caution due to smoky conditions.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal incident which occurred today at 5.45 am on # 36 Public Road Corentyne Berbice, involving motor car # PGG 3721 owned by Deborah Campbell of Lot 194 Gibraltar Corentyne, Berbice and driven by Troy Trevor Elias (now deceased) age 38, of Lot 4 Cromarty Farm, Corentyne, Berbice and passenger Mark Anderson, age 34 of Lot 124 Mibicuri, South Black Bush Polder Corentyne, Berbice.

At approximately 5:49 am today, the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

(Trinidad Guardian) Seven families whose babies died of neonatal sepsis over four days at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (P0SGH) have joined together to file a class action lawsuit for medical negligence against the hospital.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is following the “worrying events” in the Middle East, it said on Saturday, but it did not condemn Iran’s retaliatory strikeon Israel earlier in the day.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran warned Israel and the United States on Sunday of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, as Israel said “the campaign is not over yet”.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The first direct attack on Israel by arch foe Iran has shaken Israelis and left them fearful that a bigger war is looming.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promised on Sunday to create jobs, boost infrastructure and expand welfare programmes if it wins a third term, seeking to address key voter concerns ahead of next week’s elections.

Gas-to-energy contractor, CH4-Lindsayca, has moved to a Dispute Adjudication Board as it is locked in a stalemate with the Government of Guyana over the sum of US$50 million the company feels it is owed because the Wales, West Bank Demerara project site was delivered to it three months late, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said.

The police say that two men have confessed to murdering a Corentyne woman whose body was found in the backlands after she went missing on Thursday.

Work appears to have started on a second pump station project awarded controversially amid concerns over the eligibility of the contractors.

Joshua Rambarran, 28, is to appear in court on several charges including the distribution of child pornography and the luring of minors in contravention of the Cybercrime Act.

Sport physiotherapist Jana Edghill hopes to continue working on a plan to elevate and expand the standard of practice in her field in the public sector and is doing so along with a team of sport physiotherapists now based at the National Sports Clinic and other parties.

Chase Academy, Dolphin Secondary, and East Ruimveldt secured quarterfinal berths following wins in the round of 16 segment when the Milo Secondary Schools U-18 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The police yesterday issued bulletins for two men over the murders last month of a miner and porter at Arimu Backdam in Region Seven.

“Impressive strides” are being made on the $1.7b New Amsterdam Prison complex, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Led by identical figures of 3-32 from spinners Gudakesh Motie and Kevin Sinclair, the Guyana Harpy Eagles whipped their home side, the Jamaica Scorpions, by a massive 212 runs yesterday at Sabina Park in the Cricket West Indies Four-Day Championship.

By Abigail Headley April is Autism Awareness Month and Rosanne Farley, the mother of an autistic child and a dedicated advocate for individuals with autism, has made good use of the occasion to open a centre to bring awareness of the condition.

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News on 13 April reported, ‘ExxonMobil, EPA a no-show again at Natural Resources Parliamentary meeting’ (https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2024/04/13/exxonmobil-epa-a-no-show-again-at-natural-resources-parliamentary-meeting/). 

In search of Olympic qualification in French Guiana at the Guiana Games in Cayenne yesterday, Guyana’s top sprinter, Emmanuel Archibald, and javelin thrower, Leslain Archibald, shone in their respective events but missed out on the qualifying standards for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.

The Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, at approximately 6.30 am on Thursday, executed a successful rescue operation, saving five individuals from the cargo vessel AMAYA.

Dear Editor, I have been a PNC party member for more than fifty years.

The teenager who was involved in a motorcycle accident on the Perseverance Public Road has succumbed to his injuries.

Incumbent Franklin Wilson returned to the helm of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) when that entity conducted its annual general meeting yesterday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue, and Camp Street.

Slingerz FC recorded their sixth consecutive win in the KFC Elite League, battering Buxton United 6-0 last evening at the National Training Centre in Providence.

Dear Editor, In 2010 a study called “Coastal defence cost estimates” was published by the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Delft University of Technology.

United We Stand wheelsman Briton John added yet another win under his belt, soloing to victory to emphatically beat a field of 19 cyclists at the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday.

By Mia Anthony In various sections of the city, garbage piles and their accompanying foul odour remain a significant concern.

Dear Editor, President Ali came up with something that seems to have as an objective stemming the tide of troubles that plagues public contracts. 

The investigation by the Ministry of Labour into the catastrophic boiler explosion at Hakh Rice Mill, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, in Region Five, on the afternoon of March 14 is  ongoing but the owner says an internal probe has found the cause.

Mainstay Huis T’ Dieren and 8th of May Primary earned their berths to the final in the Essequibo Zone of the Future Warriors Tape-ball Primary Schools Championship, following respective victories yesterday at the Imam Bacchus Ground at Affiance.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late yesterday in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict, as the U.S

Dear Editor, Once again the Maduro government attempted to have their cake and eat it on the settlement of the Border Controversy he has been exploiting to save his collapsing regime.

(Reuters) – An Exxon Mobil arbitration case that could block the sale of one of its Guyana partners, Hess Corp, to Chevron could drag on until year-end, Hess said in a U.S.

After restricting the Diplomats to a paltry 48 in 13.4 overs, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) put the Diplomats bowling to the sword, with opener Brandon Jaikaran leading the carnage with an unbeaten 185 from just 133 balls.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has expressed its discomfiture with what it sees as the rising levels of crime in the country including at state-run institutions.

Dear Editor, As a member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) my attention is not lost on the rising public interest and discourse between party members, supporters and leaders at various levels.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The man who fatally stabbed six people in Sydney had mental health issues in the past and there was no indication ideology was a motive in the attack in one of the city’s busiest shopping centres, police said on Sunday.

A 50-year-old driver, Nigel Hutson, was placed on $150,000 bail on April 9 on a charge of  causing the death by dangerous driving of Aaron Leitch, a 34-year-old District Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute.

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump again slammed the judge overseeing his first criminal trial during a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, comments that portend a rough-and-tumble several weeks ahead as the former president gears up for court.

Dear Editor, What if building a local payment processor is just the thing Guyana needs to do to push compliance targets, regulatory efficiency and commercial bank service evolution?

“I lived here when I was a little girl,” Gaiutra Bahadur pleaded nostalgically to the security guard, unsuccessfully seeking entry to the derelict Wales Estate compound.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out the “revolutionary” new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

The Parika Stelling linkspan bridge is back in operation following a successful $30 million repair job, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated on Friday.

A leader can inspire change for the better so profound and far-reaching that he deserves to be called a genius.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index grew 0.542 percent on the sale of 104,845 shares during the second period of trading in April 2024. 

What a coincidence that Matthew Vaughn’s action blockbuster comedy “Argylle” arrived to streaming on Apple TV+ at the tail-end of last week, the same week that saw online film enthusiasts grappling with the leaked industry responses from the March 28 screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming “Megalopolis”.

According to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), the US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that in 2022 arts and cultural production accounted for US$1,102,084,995,000 or 4.31% of the US economy.

From last Thursday “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare opened for a series of shows for schools at the National Culture Centre.

(Jamaica Gleaner) High Court Justice Bertram Morrison did not mince words on Friday as he ordered Gregory Roberts, the man convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, to serve a minimum of 50 years for the crime.

Dear Editor, It was heart rending to listen to a video that was sent to me. 

Last week, we examined Section 23 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (the “SOA”), which criminalises the act of obtaining sexual activity from individuals with mental disorders through inducement, threat, or deception.

You know the proverb, necessity is the mother of invention, right?

The massive marvels of architecture constantly take various forms around us.

There is something about trying to lose weight that feels almost impossible and pointless in the beginning.

Dave Martins, a legend of Guyanese music, culture, and literature celebrated his 90th birthday last week.

Introduction Regular  readers would recall that I used national budget 2023 to portray Guyana’s macro-economic and micro-economic foundations as satisfying the standard definitional prerequisites for a nation designated to be a Petrostate.

On Sunday May 5, the Promenade Gardens, Middle Street, Georgetown, will be the venue for a Cuban and Latin American cultural festival that will kick off at 2 pm, as part of the efforts of the tourism sector to promote event tourism The festival, titled “Fiesta Cubana” will be hosted by Global Tours and Travel in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Guyana and is being sponsored by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited, Sky High Dominicana Airlines, Mobile Money Guyana and Massy Distribution Guyana Inc, a Global Tours and Travel release stated.

As at Wednesday last, after six rounds in the 2024 FIDE World Champion-ship Candidates Chess Tournaments, 17-year-old Indian grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh and Tan Zhongyi of China had taken the lead, but the race remained wide open.

Haiti is marked today in the regional imagination by notions, images and stigmas of poverty, violence, tragedy, political chaos, gang control, and disastrous foreign interventions, but these perceptions, while generally true, only scratch the surface of a nation with a rich and complex history.

Last week Venezuela dominated the headlines once again. On Monday that country submitted its counter-memorial to the ICJ in relation to the case filed by Guyana six years ago seeking the Court’s decision on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award.

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