Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers behind a congressional probe of major oil companies today called on the Justice Department to investigate whether the industry deceived the public about fossil fuels’ impact on climate change.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Oil major BP BP.L has paused discussions with Venezuela on the development of a gas project on the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago following the expiration of a U.S.

DUBLIN/OSLO/MADRID,  (Reuters) – Ireland, Spain and Norway announced today that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, saying they hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader led prayers in Tehran today  at the funeral of the late President Ebrahim Raisi, as the clerical establishment hurried to organise an early election that could further erode its legitimacy amid growing public discontent.The

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad-born United States citizen Deryck Harrinath loved the land of his birth and, after decades of residing abroad, he returned about seven years ago and built a house on his family’s land in South Oropouche.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Police have confirmed that an undisclosed ransom demand has been made for the safe release of kidnap victim Anisha Hosein-Singh.

-processing hub for Bonasika An entrepreneurship programme targeting especially youth and women will be launched in the small Essequibo farming village of Bonasika and President Irfaan Ali also announced that the planned CARICOM ferry will operate from Parika.

By Khadidja Ba Diabetic drug Ozempic which has triggered a global rush as it has been employed for weight loss is being dispensed in Guyana through medical spas, bottom-houses and a thriving suitcase trade but the authorities have warned that it has not been registered here for use.

-Hussain says teacher  given seven days for written explanation, apology Child protection agency, ChildlinK, has come out in strong condemnation of an incident on May 16 where several students at Queen’s College (QC)  were flogged for alleged bad behaviour.

Two brothers, Brian Hermanstyne and Elden Hermanstyne both of Red Crescent Road, Mackenzie, who were accused of pushing a boat captain, Elick Alexander, overboard back in November 2022, were found not guilty yesterday by High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow yesterday.

Dexter McDonald called ‘Labba’, a 31-year-old labourer of Lot 73 Buxton Middle Walk, East Coast Demerara who was arrested on May 17 for the shooting of Azim Khan, and burglary on Junior Blair and Roxanne Blair, was yesterday remanded to prison on all charges.

-two others awaiting trial One of the three men who had been charged with the 2019 murder of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter Arianna, has been freed of the indictment.

GuySuCo for its first crop of 2024 has produced just over 6, 737 tonnes of sugar as opposed to the 16,000 tonnes targeted.

-biometric system will include facial recognition and iris scans Commissioner of Police  Clifton Hicken and members of his Executive Leadership Team yesterday met with US Embassy officials on enhancing its security measures.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force (GPF) recently embarked on a robust recruitment programme in all the regional police divisions.

Amid much pomp and ceremony, the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup trophy arrived yesterday, completing its tour of the Land of Many Waters.

The Government of Guyana yesterday tweaked its eligibility criteria for the student loan write-off which it is offering to past University of Guyana students.

Dear Editor, I’m writing to share a few recommendations with regard to the deadlock between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Government of Guyana’s Ministry of Education.

100 small farmers from Crabwood Creek will be receiving help through the Ministry of Agriculture to set up  a shade house each  on their land to plant peppers to be able to supply an agro processing plant in Black Bush Polder – a new pilot strategy which is being embarked on by the government to assist small farmers in that area.

With their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign slated to commence on June 6th, the Golden Jaguars are currently undertaking a two-week training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the preparatory phase.

Dear Editor, The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) in separate statements condemned the Stabroek News’s cartoon for the negative stereotype image depicting a young African man robbing/pointing a gun at citizens.

-family incensed Two months after 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan was fatally shot at Shaf Auto Sales, Lusignan East Coast Demerara, the file is yet to be returned from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the family is incensed. 

Dear Editor, Some videos recently shown on social media have shown a lot of fish – particularly tilapia – floating in our canals around the city.

An unemployed 30-year-old man of Mes Delices, Canal #1, West Bank Demerara, was arrested on Monday May 20, 2024 at the Ministry of Housing (Brickdam) for allegedly trying to defraud another man of $250,000 as payment for a plot of land, the police said in a release yesterday.

Delon George, a 23-year-old of Lot A21, Section B Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was arrested on Friday, May 17, 2024 for the armed robbery  committed on Wen Qing Lou Owner of Good Life Supermarket 76 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara which occurred on May 07, 2024.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips participated yesterday in a  ceremony at Micobie, Region Eight, to commemorate the lives of the 20 children who tragically perished due to a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory one year ago.

Dear Editor, Most civic-minded Guyanese have agreed that one of the most tumultuous periods in Guyanese history, occurred during the last election in March 2020.     

Dear Editor, In your letter column, one Mr. Sharir Khan proffered the argument that Permanent Secretary Shannielle Hoosein-Outar, is entitled to her freedom to participate in her political choosing.

UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United Nations has planned new routes within the Gaza Strip to transport aid from a U.S.-built

On Sunday 19th May 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers acting on information received, conducted an operation at Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown area, where they intercepted three  individuals: one  Guyanese and two  Venezuelans.

Dear Editor, “Justice Kissoon said he found that to conclude that a legal and justified strike flowing from the infringement of Article 147 is analogous to `no work with pay’ is to shred the fundamental human rights and freedoms guaranteed and protected in the Constitution”.

Latchman Sankar yesterday appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where he was found guilty in relation to the charge of trafficking in narcotics to wit 27.866kg of cocaine.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) –  Former U.S. President Donald  Trump opted not to testify in his criminal hush money trial yesterday, bringing his defense to a quick conclusion and clearing the way for jurors to begin deliberations next week.

Dear Editor, CRG extends our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the Mahdia tragedy.

On Monday 20th May 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers whilst conducting a follow-up operation in the Grant Woodland, Lower Pomeroon River area, conducted a search of Gavin Adams’ residence, which led to the discovery of five brick-like parcels containing a whitish powdery substance suspected to be cocaine.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A Swiss parliamentary committee yesterday rejected a ruling by a top European court that said Switzerland had violated the human rights of its citizens by not doing enough to prevent climate change.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Air-lines SIAL.SI flight

Dear Editor, The GPA public  tit-for-tat spat comes down to lashing the messenger rather than dealing with the message.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is determined not to evacuate what they consider sacred ancestral lands that are in dispute with real estate developers.

Sunday was the final day of the season for the English Premier League (EPL), the most watched and followed football (and arguably sports) league in the world.

Castrol Strikers downed Alpha 3-2 in a top-of-the table clash when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guyana registered mixed results yesterday as Dennis Dias triumphed in his group stage encounter while Robin lost in his divisional fixture in the BCQS International Squash Tournament in Christ Church, Barbados.

The Petra Organisation, coordinator of the ExxonMobil U-14 Schools Football Championship, presented the tournament jerseys to the coaches of the competing schools yesterday at the simple presentation ceremony at the National Library, Church Street, Georgetown.

(CMC) – Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will become a technical advisor to one of the visiting teams during the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup, starting on June 1 in the Caribbean and the United States.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) conducted the first female referee workshop on May 17th – 19th at the National Training Centre, Providence, which was attended by 13 participants from several regions.

Immanuel Barker and Osafa Dos Santos recorded comfortable wins when the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Novices Championship continued at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s national police force will take charge of a much-awaited U.N.-backed security

(CMC) – Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) reached the final of the Indian Premier League with the West Indies pair of all-rounder Andre Russell and retired off-spinner Sunil Narine played supporting roles only in their eight-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) yesterday.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – In December 1949, Mao Zedong flew to Moscow to meet Joseph Stalin.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 127 Introduction Yesterday’s column addressed three Guarantee and Indemnity Agreements (GIA) granted by the oil companies to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Dear Editor, The CCJ ruling that allows the Govern-ment to join Exxon in the parent-guarantee case does not force the Guyana Government to join Exxon.