Daily Archive: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Thirty-eight  Coast Guard ranks have completed rigorous training at the Coast Guard Training School.

(Jamaica Gleaner) More trouble is brewing involving the will of late business mogul Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, after the Sandals hotel group delayed a final cash payment of more than J$6 billion to a group of mostly elderly beneficiaries.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, saying Israel lacked a “credible plan” to protect some 1.4 million civilians sheltering there.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, the local civil defense government body said today, up from 136 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for.

NAHRIN, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said today, as villagers buried their dead and aid agencies warned of widening havoc.

(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania jury  ordered ExxonMobil to pay US$725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed toxic chemicals in the company’s gasoline and solvents caused his cancer, according to attorneys for the plaintiff.

 Before Christopher Belfield was admitted to the bar on October 27th, 2023, he juggled a consuming lifestyle, striving to balance his academic pursuits with numerous extra-curricular activities, including sports and theatre.

By Miranda La Rose Juggling motherhood and running a boutique hotel with her husband while trying to maintain its heritage steeped in the sugar industry were no mean feats for hotelier Dee George but she made them look easy.

I miss my mother. In preparing for this week’s column, and because it happens to be on Mother’s Day, I decided to go through the columns I have written over the years related to Mother’s Day.

-Edghill says not contractor’s fault By Marcelle Thomas The new Demerara Harbour Bridge is now projected to be completed at the end of the first quarter of next year instead of  December this year, with Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, contending that it was not the fault of the contractor.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 1.236 percent on the sale of 36,947 shares during the first period of trading in May 2024. 

GPL yesterday said that the power ship moored off of Everton in the Berbice River is supplying 18 MW to the electricity grid and will incrementally move to 36 MW during the coming week.

`It is sad and troubling that the government views differing opinions as destructive and rooted in political bias’ A non-governmental Indigenous Peoples organisation has taken issue with disparaging remarks made against it by Guyana’s Head of State at a meeting in Region Seven and has called for a retraction of the statement In a release yesterday, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) strongly condemned what it termed as” unwarranted attacks” made by President Irfaan Ali against the organisation as reported by the Guyana Chronicle on May 10, and broadcast live on the President’s official social media pages.

-Jagdeo said in report to congress General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo in his report to the PPP’s 32nd Congress last week said that the party is well on its way to returning to the racial unity of the 1950s before the split of the party and he warned against complacency as the 2025 elections loom.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that some villages in Region Nine have been flooded as a result of continuous rain.

Bartica Secondary won the Region #7 playoff, defeating Three Miles Secondary 3-0 in a three-match series when the Blue Water Shipping Girl’s U-15 Football Championship continued yesterday.

The Opposition’s motion calling for the creation of a Special Select Committee to review charges for house lots for Guyanese was on Friday afternoon defeated in the National Assembly after government MPs voted against it.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips promoted the widespread adoption of electric vehicles during yesterday’s “EV Show and Tell” exhibition at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus and he said the government will soon be leading the way.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) demolished the Potaro Strikers 9-0 when the Guyana Football Federation Women’s Division One League continued yesterday at the Rivers View ground.

Ten families from the community of Warapoka in Region One yesterday received keys to their brand-new elevated timber houses, through the government’s Hinterland Housing Programme.

– Former national coach Hasan Mohamed a signatory By Michelangelo Jacobus Ahead of what many fans and cyclists deem as the most prestigious event on Guyana’s local calendar, trouble seems to be brewing as more than 30 cyclists from the various clubs have signed on to a petition to stop the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) from altering the route of Independence 3-Stage race first leg.

– a book review by Christopher Ram Part 4 Introduction Chapter 17 is titled Campaign and Elections and reports on the immediate action required to hold the elections following the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice that the no confidence motion (NCM) in December 2018 was properly passed, the Government had fallen, and elections had to be held.

Mohamed Inshan last week appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of the offence of possession of 2.264 kgs of cocaine  for the purpose of trafficking. 

Dear Editor, Former PPP minister and current PPP Central Executive member, Mr.

-victim recovering in hospital Up to yesterday, the police had not arrested anyone in the home invasion shooting of Azim Khan, a 22-year-old Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier who is said to be recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Dear Editor, A “village” news entity has lamented President Ali’s speaking at a function of the Assembly of God (AOG) Youth Group, dubbing it “worrying” (May 2, OPED, “President Ali’s coziness with Christian Churches worrying”).

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel called yesterday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah.

Dear Editor, If you would indulge me, as an extension to my letter about ‘Sonny’ Ramphal, I would add a plea to the President and the Opposition Leader to come together and, since Sir Rohan Kanhai is still alive and living in Florida, show the nation’s respect, admiration and love for this outstanding Guyanese.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment, including CCTV cameras and wireless routers used by the criminal element to monitor law enforcement agents, have been discovered illegally mounted on utility poles in the North Central Division (NCD).

TBILISI, (Reuters) – About 50,000 opponents of a “foreign agents” bill marched peacefully in heavy rain through the Georgian capital yesterday, after the United States said the country had to choose between the “Kremlin-style” law and the people’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.

-High Commissioner affirms solidarity with rights defenders Civic organizations here last week benefited from a three-day human rights workshop co-ordinated by the GHRA and supported by the UK Magna Carta Fund, through the good offices of the British High Commission.

Jevon Washington last week appeared before Magistrate Rabindranaught Singh at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of possession of 162 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, The recent visit by U.S. Marine Corps Major General Julie Nethercot, of  SouthCom was very significant especially when it was capped by two U.S.

MALMO, Sweden,  (Reuters) – Switzerland yesterday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition.

(Trinidad Express) The Telecommunications Au¬thority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has found that radio station Trinibashment 91.9 FM, owned by soca artist Neil “Iwer” George, had acted in breach of its concession by allowing inciteful and degrading statements to be made against a High Court judge that had the potential of bringing the Judiciary into disrepute.

Imagine the universe. Scattered in some random portion of the universe is a set of strange and vastly different planets.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just under a year after it bucked the trend on flour price increases, Nutrimix is once again announcing a reduction in the prices of its flour products.

The Ministry of Tourism Industry and Commerce has an ongoing photography competition in recognition of the country’s 58th Independence observance.

Introduction Last week’s column asserted that, National Budget 2024 did confirm Guyana’s key macro and micro economic performance indicators support the notion of a robust consolidation of its newly acquired status as the newest and fastest growing Petrostate in the Americas.

The South Rupununi Conservation Society’s Senior Ranger Nicholas Cyril recently travelled to Peru where he along with other participants shared their knowledge on community approaches for the design of carbon projects.

I found people liked to recall the royalty of his name and nature but thought that King was too high and mighty so they named him a prince of men and that somehow seemed right.

Marxism has been in the news recently with our governing political party, the PPP, finally removing it from its constitution on the ground that it’s an ‘ism,’ a relic of the past.

Dear Editor, In what can only be described as a major victory, the UNGA by an overwhelming majority vote backed Palestine’s bid for full UN membership. 

(CMC) – Twenty20 World Cup-bound all-rounder Andre Russell produced a cameo with the bat and returned to grab a brace of wickets as the Kolkata Knight Riders stifled the Mumbai Indians to pull off an 18-run victory and qualify for the Indian Premier League playoffs yesterday.

The annual Masters and Intermediates Powerlifting Championship is set for May 19th at the Saint Stanislaus College Auditorium, and the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is promising an exciting showcase of strength, skill, and determination.

Voyeurism Last week we examined the offence of exposure of the genitals under section 28 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (SOA), we learned it is an offence for a person to intentionally expose his genitals to another with the intention that the person who sees will be alarmed of distressed.

The headline aptly describes motherhood. While it can be considered the most important job in the world, motherhood (or parenting) is mostly learnt on the job.

The PPP lives in what it perceives to be a binary local universe:  there is the party and there is the opposition.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin America overnight on Friday, including a rare appearance in Mexico.

From February 22 to March 24, 2024 Dennis de Caires’s collection of recently completed paintings showed at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society in the exhibition titled “Wuh Part You Is?”

(Reuters) – England’s James Anderson will retire from test cricket after the first match of the series against West Indies at Lord’s this year, he said yesterday, ending a 21-year career in which he became the most successful ever pace bowler.

West Demerara powerhouse Slingerz FC have signed Jamaican forward Kemar Beckford from the second round of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League, which is pencilled to commence on May 18th.

2026 World Cup Qualifiers The Golden Jaguars will commence their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on June 6th against Panama, following the official confirmation of the match schedule by CONCACAF.

(BBC) BBC Factual recently announced an exciting brand new Factual Entertainment competition format, Chess Masters, for BBC Two and iPlayer.

The ancient township of New Amsterdam in Berbice has still managed to resist the hurly-burly of modern development and retain quite a feel of its long existence as an old urban district with an old world, if not colonial, atmosphere.