Daily Archive: Friday, May 10, 2024

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) says it has commenced investigations into circumstances surrounding an issue which occurred with the distribution of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) Principles of Accounts Paper 02, at specific centres.

ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) and Ramps Logistics Guyana today denied in court a charge by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) that they had made false declarations in relation to oil well equipment.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russian forces launched an armoured ground attack today near Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv in the northeast of the country and made limited gains, opening a new front in a war that has long been waged in the east and south.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case today, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a prominent figure.

MAPUTO, (Reuters) – Mozambique’s army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia this morning, President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address.

(Trinidad Guardian) Senseless and reckless.    This is how Kevon Lewis described the murder of his uncle, Siparia labourer Leroy Sifontis, who was held up on his way to work yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) A High Court judge yester­day axed a long-­standing colo­nial policy that prison officers must be “clean-sha­ven” in Trinidad and Tobago.

– President Ali tells prominent environment reporter Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has enjoined what now appears to be an increasingly high-tempo and likely prolonged global debate on what would appear to be the rising decibel level on the issue of potentially oil-rich but substantively poor developing and underdeveloped countries, balancing their immediate-term opportunity for accelerated socio-economic development, afforded them by their significant ‘oil wealth’, against mounting pressures for them to set aside the opportunity they now have to increase the rate of oil recovery.

Government is exploring another power purchase agreement similar to the current one it has with a Qatari power ship company but this time for some 30 megawatts more until the Gas to Energy project is completed, as it forecasts increasing demands next year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.

Even as the protracted information blackout of the pace of progress towards the creation of a promised Food Terminal, as one of the key elements of the regional food security undertaking, continues to be a matter of concern to CARICOM member countries, the wider issue of food security in the region is now the subject of a new report pinpointing malnutrition and hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In a groundbreaking move which it had signalled, the government yesterday tabled a bill to end preliminary inquiries (PIs) and to move to paper committals.

This year’s early disclosure of the dates for the independent, youth-led World Food Forum, an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by the Food and Agricul-ture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), from October 14-18 in Rome, reflects what unquestionably is the current preoccupation of the international community with restoring what, in many instances, are the thoroughly degraded bona fides of global food security.

Through a forest co-operation agreement with Guyana, the European Union will assist in sourcing a digital tracking system for this country’s timber and the programme will be launched soon, EU Ambassador to Guyana René van Nes last evening announced.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Thursday, May 9 at about 05.15 hours on the Orangestein Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, which resulted in the death of 33-year-old Deoraj Baldeo also known as ‘Alex’.

A 32-year-old motorcyclist has succumbed to his injuries, some two days after he was involved in an accident with a car on the Number 5 Public Road, Corriverton, Berbice.

With a total of $7.6 billion from its overall $15.8 billion contract sum awarded for the building of the government mega office complex at Haags Bosch on the East Bank of Demerara, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday assured that the former landfill site poses no environmental risk.

Timothy Charles De Jonge of Baracara Village, Canje River was on Wednesday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Titus Sutton in 2013.

The Golden Jaguars have amplified their preparation for their impending two-match international series against traditional rival Trinidad and Tobago, with the team slated to depart local shores tomorrow morning for the twin island republic.

The Ministry of Education yesterday advised the withdrawal of an essay competition asking children about how they had benefited from the free breakfast provided to them.

Dear Editor, I wanted to bring up a topic that’s been recently on the minds of many folks here in Guyana, especially those living in Eccles – eminent domain and what it means for them considering the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge.

A Number 69 Village, Corentyne man who was wanted for the attempted murder of his ex-partner last year was deported from Suriname yesterday.

Gold Star and Queenstown recorded wins when the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League continued at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.

Dear Editor, The Peters Hall standoff resembles that of Mocha and from all appearances it might end in court.

Troy Ward, a 51-year-old butcher of Lot 66 Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD), and Aubrey Josiah, 59, also a butcher, of Lot 12 Duke Street, Golden Grove, ECD, appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with failure to give notice of intention to slaughter, and failure to produce the skin of an animal, contrary to Section 14 of the Cattle Stealing Prevention Act, Chapter 9:03.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is investigating the fatality that occurred at the Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara, on Sunday morning.

Dear Editor, The leadership of the Ministry of Education recently posted on Facebook the progress being made in the construction of one of the new high school labs.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Abigail Boluwatife Olanipekun who is being sought for questioning in relation to money laundering and related serious offences in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The running sore of ‘illegal vending’ in Guyana is yet again a burning issue.

Yesterday at 2:00 pm, with collaboration and approval from the Government of Guyana, two U.S.

Dear Editor, With characteristic bluster and half-truths, the General Secretary of the PPP in his press conference last Thursday, found it necessary to spend much time accusing the PNC of promoting racism.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) –  Colombia’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s interior minister to testify in a corruption probe and the Constitutional Court struck down the creation of the equality ministry in a double blow for the government of President Gustavo Petro.

Police in Regional Division #7 have reported that they are investigating a boat mishap that resulted in the death of Chinese national, Dai Jianhua.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Civilian contractors have arrived in Haiti to build living quarters for a Kenyan-led international security force meant to counter gang violence in the Caribbean nation, the U.S.

Dear Editor, Permit me space to briefly express my satisfaction and gratitude to the Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha for his interest and work done to improve the aquaculture sector in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) Tobago’s eight murder victim is another woman. Nikesha Sandy was gunned down on the roadway in Plymouth shortly before 7a.m.

Dear Editor, The 32nd Congress of the PPP has come and gone.

Grand Coastal Hotel this week  announced that it has been honoured with the Tripadvisor’s® Travelers’ Choice® Awards for 2024.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israelis are ready to fight with their “fingernails”,  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday in a thinly veiled rebuff to U.S.

Some of the Indigenous nations have been in contact with Europeans and later coastal society for hundreds of years. 

CARACAS,  (Reuters) –  Venezuela is open to paying its debt to China – which according to independent data amounts to some $10 billion – lawmaker Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of President Nicolas Maduro, told Reuters in an interview yesterday.

2024 could be a particularly challenging year for the Caribbean, not only because of the common challenges associated with economies too fragile to meet the growing needs of the respective countries of the region, but, as well, on account of the ruinous effects of climate change, a phenomenon that manifests itself mostly in devastating natural disasters that wreak havoc on sectors that are directly connected to the physical infrastructure of the region, not least those sectors that are inextricably linked to survival and growth.

Nothing, it seems, will deter Jamaica from joining the still modest CARICOM family of oil producers even as the three already “’signed up’ members”, of the wider global oil and gas community, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname continue, at their respective levels to press their respective energy sectors into becoming significant game changers for their economies.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 3rd Vice President Dion Inniss represented Guyana at the inaugural FIFA Integrity Summit in Singapore, which was hosted from May 4th–5th.

The Department of Public Information earlier this week reported that Guyana’s Minister within the Ministry of Works, Deodat Indar, “highlighted Guyana’s investment opportunities to investors at the recent Bilateral Chamber in Houston, Texas” staged “on the sidelines of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)” in Houston, Texas, in his capacity as Head of Delegation to the forum.

The 10th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship, which is pencilled to commence tomorrow, was officially launched yesterday at the Golden Taste Fish Shop in Wismar.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Virat Kohli’s breakneck 92 off 47, plus his spectacular direct hit to run Shashank Singh out, were the basis of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB’s) fourth consecutive win, this time against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Dharamsala.

Daniel Jose Daza, 29, of Martyrs Ville,  East Coast Demerara was  on Tuesday jailed for two years over the possession of ammunition without a licence.

(Reuters) – The historic Lord’s Cricket Ground will have its capacity raised by 1,100 as part of a 61.8 million pounds project to redevelop the Tavern and Allen stands.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka have included veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews and uncapped bowler Dunith Wellalage in their 15-man Twenty20 World Cup squad, which will be captained by Wanindu Hasaranga, the country’s selection committee said yesterday.

– event expanded from previous iteration The 5th edition of the Petra Organisation-coordinated ExxonMobil U-14 Football Championship, which will run from May 18th to June 29th, was officially launched yesterday at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Quamina Street.

Dear Editor, The PPP should be commended for dropping its Marxist-Leninist tag which ruined its (PPP’s) success in getting a fair deal for the exploited.

-Guyana radio station delivering results (Trinidad Express) Guardian Media Ltd has reported a total comprehensive loss of $3 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024, further extending the group’s loss-making position from its previous financial year.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Western Union confirmed yesterday it had resumed its remittance service from the U.S.

The fact that, notwithstanding the persistent ‘nudging’ by this newspaper, we have not heard ‘a peep’ out of the two ‘lead Heads’ nor their designated ‘minder ministers’ holding the respective relevant portfolios, has moved the matter of the regional Food Security Terminal into the realm of puzzlement and beyond that, has given rise to the speculation as to whether, in terms of the execution of what had been touted as a critical assignment for the region, and especially for the more vulnerable countries in the Community, something might not have ‘gone wrong’.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 9, 2024

(Jamaica Observer) Last month I drew attention to the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink and pharmaceutical industries, according to official reports, two economists and a rum industry source.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras PETR4.SA must do a series of studies on the impact on Indigenous groups in the Amazon area of planned offshore drilling nearby in order to analyze the project’s viability, according to a federal agency and documents from government agencies.

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, says Antigua & Barbuda should increase its tax earnings, which at 16 per cent of revenue is just one percentage point below what the fund says is needed to support the country’s developmental needs.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Trinidad & Tobago government on Monday said it has secured international compensation for the ongoing oil spill clean-up in Tobago, with early estimates putting the damage at US$20 million.

Colts and Pepsi Sonics secured contrasting wins when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) U-23 Championship continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.