Articles published on Wednesday, April 24, 2024
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said today he would step back from public duties for a week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings.
President Irfaan Ali today offered condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Bhappi Roopchan, owner of the popular Shakti Strings Band.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) today said it has observed a concerning trend in the occupancy of bed space within its facilities.
LISBON, (Reuters) – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late yesterday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, and suggested there was a need for reparations.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the United States, some of which included Jewish Passover Seders, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza.
(Trinidad Guardian) NiQuan yesterday terminated its 75 employees and will now mothball its Pointe-a-Pierre plant, which had been in “sleep” mode.
By Mia Anthony Vendors along the seawall between Camp Road and Vlissengen Road were yesterday ordered to remove by the Sea Defence Board (SDB) and Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said they had violated the terms of their occupancy of the spots.
-disputed contract was signed on New Year’s Day, evaluation committee erred on two guidelines It took eight months for the PPC to throw out a complaint by R Kissoon Contracting Services over a bid for D&I pumps but more irregularities have surfaced in the tendering system including errors by the evaluation committee and the signing of the disputed contract on January 1st 2023, a national holiday.
Cornelia Ida was crowned the Jits & Neelam 40-Over Cricket Champion, defeating Windsor Forest by three wickets on Sunday at the West Meten-Meer-Zorg ground.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday received a cheque valued at $110,815,105 from the Muslim community in Guyana at the Office of the President to support the people of Palestine with humanitarian aid.
-Initiative lauded as developmental pathway for local cricket Some 75 primary schools, further broken down to 10 students from each school, – six boys and four girls – will take part in the 2nd edition of the Republic Bank ‘Five for Fun’ cricket programme.
Cane Vincent, a 24-year-old miner of Quarrie Village, Region Nine was charged yesterday with the murder of Leonel Manuel Franco Beria, a 19-year-old Venezuelan national.
KFC Elite League In the battle of the winless teams, Monedderlust and Buxton United played to a 2-2 stalemate last evening in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.
By Abigail Headley Two Venezuelan brothers attending Stewartville Secondary School on the West Demerara are now nursing serious injuries to the head and hand after being assaulted by schoolmates on Monday afternoon.
Dear Editor, Since coming to power in 2020, the PPP/C Government has been engaged in a wide range of infrastructure projects including roadways, bridges, hospitals, energy systems, and so on.
-urges those with fever to get tested Two persons have died from dengue so far this year and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday urged anyone experiencing fevers to go to the nearest health facility to be tested.
-Edghill tells operators While boat operators and owners plying the Supenaam to Parika route weren’t too pleased with the decision to lower their fare from $1500 to $1300, they were asked to comply by Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill during a public meeting yesterday.
Dear Editor, For 2024, an allocation of $135.2 billion has been set aside for the education sector from the national budget with $3 billion going towards the purchase of textbooks and $2.7 billion for training and development.
Dear Editor, Something is definitely wrong with the leaders of Guyana – all of them.
A Corentyne single mother of three is now contemplating her next move after a sudden fire destroyed her house at Union Village, Corentyne.
(Reuters) – Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza yesterday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, residents said, and the army ordered fresh evacuations in the north of the enclave, warning civilians they were in a “dangerous combat zone”.
Dear Editor, I am writing to propose a practical solution to address the recent displacement of vendors due to court orders in front of Muneshwers and Demico in Georgetown, Guyana.
-two retrieved from businessman’s roof Police in Regional Division Seven are probing the theft of four Merisolar solar panels valued at $260,000, property of the Government of Guyana.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the U.S. Congress late yesterday after months of delay, clearing the way for billions of dollars in fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia’s invasion force and Kyiv’s shortages of military supplies.
Dear Editor, SN went to Fyrish, Corentyne this week. It is the heart of PPP country.
The recent postures and action by the Venezuelan government regarding its illegal claim to Guyana’s territory was deemed a threat to stability in the western hemisphere.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian police deployed tear gas to move people back from a security perimeter around the National Palace while soldiers gripping rifles patrolled the international airport’s diplomatic entrance on Tuesday, ahead of a planned change of government.
Dear Editor, What law(s) did the High Court, Judge Sandil Kissoon apply in ruling on the recent teachers’ strike.
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) says it certified two new local manufacturers under its Made in Guyana Certification Programmes during April 2024.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Mongolia’s government and a coalition of partners have signed a nature finance agreement aimed at protecting 35.6 million acres (144,000 square km) of the country’s lands and waters, including the world’s last great tract of temperate grassland.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires yesterday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei’s painful austerity measures.
Dear Editor, It is necessary for me to respond to the further inaccurate and absurd statements in Engineer Charles Sohan’s second letter in response to mine dated April 21, 2024 (Stabroek News).
Ray Anthony Persaud, a 28-year-old businessman of Lot 14, 4th Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo River was charged yesterday with the unlawful possession of a firearm without a licence and unlawful possession of ammunition without a licence.
Every facet of today’s society has been infiltrated by these smooth talkers, those gifted-with-the-gab personality types.
By Professor Jeffrey Sachs The latest campaign of the United States against China is the charge that China has excess capacity in a range of manufactured goods and so should restrain its exports.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The first witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified yesterday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppress stories that might have hurt Trump’s 2016 presidential bid.
FIFA’s Regional Office Lead, Hervé Blanchard, has commended the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) efforts to improve the local infrastructure and reiterated FIFA’s collaboration with the governing body to develop the sport.
As the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) prepares to host the 51st Central America and Caribbean Fitness and Bodybuilding Championship (CAC) in October, the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport (MCY&S) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) have confirmed their support for staging the event.
(CMC) – Captain Hayley Matthews carved out her second hundred of the series as West Indies Women completed their whitewash of Pakistan Women with an 88-run victory in the final One-Day International yesterday.
Caribbean Junior Table Tennis Championships Guyana recorded mixed team results on the opening day of the Caribbean Junior Table Tennis Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as the U-15 girls defeated Jamaica and the U-19 boys lost to Puerto Rico.
Wismar/Christianburg and Mackenzie High will contest the final of the ExxonMobil Linden Schools Football Championship on Friday following semifinal wins yesterday at the Wisburg Secondary Ground.
Following the Guyana Harpy Eagles successful defence of their West Indies Four-Day Championship over the last weekend, the Georgetown Cricket Association has extended congratulations to the team.
Torrential rainfall yesterday spoiled the start of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) inaugural T10 Blast as no-results were called in both games scheduled for the Enmore Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) blanked the Classic Ball Blasters 3-0 when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate effect” from the regional financial institution.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday he is willing to receive an envoy from the United Nations’ human rights office, after his government asked staff to leave the South American country earlier this year.
Dexter Griffith, a 54-year-old cook of Lot 40 Vive La Force, Demerara River was jailed for one ear on Monday for the possession of 199 grams of marijuana.
Dear Editor, The house building company sought to put the cart before the horse in the case of the land application which was refused (SN April 23).
