Daily Archive: Monday, April 22, 2024

UNITED NATIONS/PORT-AU-PRINCE, 2 (Reuters) – Haiti’s capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the U.N.

Sophia labourer Alvin Griffith, 22, was fatally shot last night after two men tried to relieve him of his motorcycle.

The Government of Guyana, through the Guyana Geology and Mine Commission (GGMC), today disclosed the signing of a Mineral Agreement with Reunion Gold Corporation.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office and national police said today they have recaptured a well-known alleged leader of the Los Lobos gang – Fabricio Colon Pico Suarez – who escaped from prison in January.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired “several” short-range ballistic missiles today toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, drawing a swift condemnation from Seoul, which called it a grave threat to stability on the Korean peninsula.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – The head of Israeli military intelligence has resigned after accepting responsibility for the failures that allowed the devastating Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct.

(Trinidad Guardian) Approximately 50,000 barrels of liquid waste have been extracted from Tobago’s coastline between Scarborough and Cove in clean-up operations after the February 7 oil spill from the capsized barge there—and clean-up continues.

On Friday 19th April 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation in the vicinity of North Road and Bourda Market, where they intercepted a male carrying a white bulky plastic bag.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged today  to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks, telling the upper house of parliament he will force the new legislation through despite its opposition.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has won significant voter support for a raft of security measures he says will help him fight sharply increased crime, a quick vote tally by the national electoral council showed on Sunday.

Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President Mark Lyte said that the union will await responses from the Ministry of Education before taking next steps in the wake of the court ruling that the teachers’ strike in February, was legal.

Former auditor general Anand Goolsarran believes that the Cabinet is required to object to the award of a contract if it determines that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) failed to comply with the applicable procurement procedures.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, through his lawyer, has asked the court for ex parte judgement in the $50 million lawsuit he brought against controversial naturalised Chinese businessman Su Zhirong, who has never made an appearance in his defence.

– Allicock victorious on pro debut A large crowd of boxing fans were treated to a dominant display of clinical boxing as US-based Guyanese boxer Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry administered a third-round knockout of his opponent Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques en route to lifting the WBA Super Flyweight Gold belt.

A 14-year-old Belladrum Secondary School student was killed yesterday afternoon after she reportedly ran into the path of an oncoming car on the Number 41 Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

Several residents of Mabaruma in Region One Barima-Waini) complained about deplorable public infrastructure during an APNU outreach to the area yesterday.

Milo Secondary Schools Football Former champion Chase Academy, Waramuri, President’s College, and Dolphin earned semifinal berths following quarterfinal wins yesterday in the Milo Secondary Schools Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The adjudication board discussions on the US$50 million dispute between government and gas to energy contractor CH4/Lindsayca will not affect this country’s current US$660 million loan application with the US EXIM Bank, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo last Thursday said.

Vishok Persaud took the South Dakota Circuit by storm yesterday, securing two first-place finishes and a second to unofficially go top of the Group 4 class after the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Circuit Racing Series.

Defending champion and unbeaten outfit, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), climbed atop the KFC Elite League standings, defeating Anns Grove 3-0 on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Yesterday, Guyana’s Junior National Table Tennis Team departed Guyana’s shores for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, where they will participate in the 27th Caribbean Youth Championships scheduled for April 23-30.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Mackenzie High and Harmony recorded victories to seal their respective berths in the semifinal segment when the ExxonMobil Linden Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Wisburg ground.

Speightland, Platinum, and Pro Ballers recorded comfortable wins in the women’s and men’s divisions, respectively, when the King and Queen Beach Football Championship continued on Saturday evening at the PPP office compound in Mackenzie, Linden.

Over 250 exhibitors were facilitated at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s “We Lift 4” women-owned business exhibition at the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday and yesterday.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is seeking a Head of Operations, who will report to the Chief Executive Officer.

Dear Editor, Monday April 22 marks eighteen years since the assassination of Minister Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh, two of his siblings and his security guard.

– six franchises from the three counties to feature The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will run off their inaugural T10 tournament, titled the ‘Guyana T10 Blast’ which bowls off tomorrow, with an exciting double-header slated for the Enmore ground, East Coast Demerara.

Police are investigating the unnatural death of a 20-year-old miner at Rock Point Backdam, Jawalla Village, Upper Mazaruni.

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Thin with a boyish face and earrings in both ears, 23-year-old Isayah Turner does not look like a stereotypical Trump supporter, who tend to be middle aged or older.

Dear Editor, One does not have to be an attorney to know that a valid collective bargaining agreement (CBA) binds the parties. 

2024 Caribbean Table Tennis Championship The team of Shemar Britton and Chelsea Edghill fell at the semifinal stage in the Mixed Doubles division of the 2024 ITTF Caribbean Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Kevin Mohamed, called ‘Pumpkin’, a 28-year-old farmer of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara was charged on Thursday with the possession of a firearm and ammunition without licence.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s town of Zummar towards a U.S.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana needs to increase the budgetary allocation for technical education by 300%, especially for direct skills training if it is serious about creating jobs for our people.

After recently expressing disappointment at the Speaker of the National Assembly for not approving funds for members of the Economics Services Committee to conduct outreaches in alignment with their duties, Committee chair Shurwayne Holder has said that he will re-engage Manzoor Nadir on this subject.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday U.S. lawmakers’ support for $60.84 billion more in aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a hybrid war against Moscow that would end in humiliation on a par with the Vietnam or Afghanistan conflicts.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an article carried in the Stabroek News edition of April 21, 2024, with the caption “AFC calls for gov’t nominees on PPC to step down over Tepui decision”.

(CMC) – Karishma Ramharack had a day to remember when she followed up a penetrative spell with a boundary off the last ball to hand West Indies Women a thrilling, two-wicket win against hosts Pakistan Women in their second ICC Women’s Championship One-Day International yesterday.

In our article of 9 October 2023, we discussed the award of the contract for the construction of a sluice pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, to Tepui Group Inc.

By Simon Taylor, co-Founder & Board member of Global Witness, and co-Founder of Publish What You Pay; Saswati Svetlana, National Coordinator, Mineral Inheritors Rights Association, India; Mike McCormack, Director, Policy Forum Guyana; Patrick Bond, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg; and Rahul Basu, Research Director, Goa Foundation, India.

Niomi Carter, a 26-year-old housewife of Lime Dam, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast was charged with three counts of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Can it possibly be the case that the historic constitutional reforms of over two decades ago conceived of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) that would be toothless?

Dear Editor A little kingpin is at work in a small commumity in that hotdog for cash grant balderdash.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rallied thousands of supporters in Rio de Janeiro in a bid to raise his political capital after losing a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October 2022 and facing allegations of involvement in a coup.