Daily Archive: Friday, May 24, 2024

The police today said that there was “insufficient credible evidence” to charge former Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall over a new rape allegation.

Residents along the Pomeroon River, Region Two awoke in distress this  morning to find their homes flooded after a breach occurred near the Charity river dam.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel today to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Hundreds are feared dead after a massive landslide levelled dozens of homes and buried families alive in a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea early today, a resident said.

Against the backdrop of an increased focus among governments in the region on concerns relating to organized crime, Guyana’s Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, met recently with a delegation from the Europe-Latin America Programme of Assistance against Transnational Organized Crime, (TOC) according to a Tuesday May 14 Department of Public Information (DPI) report.

The continual emergence of young, eager would-be entrepreneurs in Guyana has been one of the most significant features of a local business landscape that is continually reinventing itself in response to what is now emerging as a purposeful advancement in the oil-driven broader transformation of the country’s entrepreneurial profile.

Following numerous complaints about malpractices connected to state contracts, government has begun reviewing the procurement system and has warned that sting operations will be conducted countrywide and anyone found guilty will face consequences for their actions.

Speaking at this week’s Caribbean Marketplace on Monday, President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Nicola Madden-Greig, is quoted in last Monday’s Trinidad Guardian as saying that while countries in the region continue to battle with what – at least in some CARICOM territories – now appears to be a steadily worsening crime situation, the region, as a whole, appears to be a preferred destination for extra regional visitors, her assertion reportedly supported by information culled from data from a “survey at the Caribbean Travel Marketplace in Montego Bay Jamaica on Monday, which showed over 80 per cent of tourists felt safe during their vacations to the region.”

-jailed for 60 months over armed robbery A man, 21, from Annandale and Achiwuib in Region Nine was yesterday charged with the attempted murder of a GDF soldier on May 6th , was jailed for 60 months on armed robbery and read a series of other charges.

With time now ‘flying by’ before the staging of the June 1 to 29 Cricket World Cup here in the Caribbean, the focus of the region that is as concerned with the event’s financial success as it is for the quality of the spectacle that the event provides for cricket crazy Caribbean and extra-regional fans of the game is beginning to ‘seep through’ across the region.

-hoping to be at 265 MW by end of year The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) is now generating enough to meet peak demand and is aiming to produce at least 265 megawatts of electricity by the end of 2024.

The partnership of Total-Energies, Qatar Energy, and Malaysia’s Petronas, remains the only oil blocks auction bidder that has been given Cabinet’s green light to proceed to a contract as the five other bidders are reviewing the legal agreement or seeking partnership buy-ins,” Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.

The Golden Jaguars went down to Brazilian powerhouse Flamengo 0-2 yesterday in the first of four friendlies that will be contested during their two-week training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the preparatory phase for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition  Silver Bullets ensured that a new champion will be crowned in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition, as they defeated titleholder Swag Entertainment 1-0 in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday evening at the Christianburg hard-court.

Dear Editor, Fear. That’s what I felt trying to wire a measly $320 USD on Thursday, May 24th, 2024.

Ten persons are now homeless after a fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon destroyed two houses at Lot 31 Albouys Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.

On Tuesday, vendors from across Georgetown stormed the offices of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Charlotte Street, Georgetown and demanded to have their concerns addressed citing an alleged secret meeting between a select few vendors and the Town Clerk.

Dear Editor,   Less than 48 hours before such an important occasion as the Indepen-dence Day celebrations, the government has delivered an invitation to the Office of the Regional Chairman while none has been delivered to the Vice Chairman or Councillors.

– will also play Martinique, Guatemala The Golden Jaguars will resume their historic rivalry with neighbouring Suriname as they open their maiden League A campaign against the Dutch-speaking nation in Group A on September 5th, following the publication of the official schedule by CONCACAF.

Minister of Home Affairs,  Robeson Benn and Commissioner of Police,  Clifton Hicken yesterday attended the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Miami, Florida.

(CMC) – ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup co-hosts West Indies drew first blood in their warm-up series against South Africa with a 28-run win yesterday in Jamaica after Player-of-the-Match batting from their interim captain Brandon King and steady bowling from left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie set them up.

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart that I pen this letter.

By Khadidja Ba Olmac Medical Hub, which opened its doors to Guyana on May 14th, 2024 treated their first dialysis patient, 78-year-old, Thakoordai Chotoo on May 20th.

Dear Editor, It was reported in SN May 17 edition under caption “President confirms Paul Cheong is new GuySuCo CEO”, President Ali’s reiteration that “5,000 hectares here in Skeldon we are going to put back into production, whilst we are doing that, we will be opening up opportunities for more than 50,000 acres of new land so that we can have new land available for our farmers, we are investing in that”. 

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Ken-yan President William Ruto to the White House on Thursday for a state visit, pledging new partnerships on technology, security and debt relief to the leader of one of Afri-ca’s strongest democracies.

A 32-year-old taxi driver is now hospitalized in a serious condition after he was doused with a substance and set ablaze allegedly by his child’s mother during an argument over missing money from his wallet on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, The PPP Government is preparing to get a law passed to curb speeding. 

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hamas media said.

(Trinidad Guardian) The four men who were killed by police during an alleged shootout in the mountains at Upper St Michael’s Road, St Augustine, yesterday morning, were yet to be identified up to last night.

Dear Editor, I am of the understanding that the regional ferry service is to be rolled out in three months – August. 

On Wednesday, the battered body of a Corentyne welder was discovered in his car along the Auchlyne Dam and one person has since confessed to murdering the man who he accused of having a relationship with his wife.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel yesterday replaced his minister of foreign commerce, Ricardo Cabrisas, a key cabinet member who has long spearheaded thorny debt negotiations with trade partners China, Russia and the Paris Club of creditor nations.

(Reuters) – Vaccination of boys and men against the human papillomavirus (HPV) reduces their risk of head and neck cancers and other malignancies, a new analysis shows, adding to the vaccine’s proven benefit in protecting women from cervical cancer.

A book detailing the wildlife as well as the people of the Rupununi in Region Nine has been released by the Sustain-able Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my thoughts on the recent dissent within the main opposition party in Guyana, which, contrary to some negative portrayals, I believe is beneficial for the country from a cultural war perspective.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to New Caledonia yesterday that inequalities had widened on the French-ruled Pacific archipelago and were a driving force in the deadly civil unrest that broke out last week.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, launched a trenchant critique against the GTU for issuing an ultimatum to resume strike action on May 16, 2024, and therefore halt the conciliation process provided for in the 1990 Avoidance and Settlement of Disputes Agreement.

The family of a missing 48-year-old porter, Imlach Josiah Sears, who is suspected to have fallen off a vessel while sleeping, is seeking answers from the police regarding his disappearance on May 10.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has killed dozens of people across multiple states over recent weeks, the country’s health ministry said in a report published yesterday, with hotter temperatures forecast for coming days.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The U.S. has received up to 50 requests for individual licenses from companies aiming to do business in Venezuela’s oil industry, following the expiration of a general authorization granted last year to the sector, the chief of the U.S.

The Suriname fishing licences are back in the news again with President Irfaan Ali telling a public meeting in Crabwood Creek last week that he was “dissatisfied with the situation.”

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1072’s trading results showed consideration of $27,736,343 from 166,739 shares traded in 33 transactions as compared to session 1071’s trading results, which showed consideration of $13,267,800 from 70,259 shares traded in 29 transactions.

Enduringly ‘cold’ relations between Washington and Caracas do not appear, at this time, to be impeding the United States’ preparations to commence the process for the issuing of limited licenses to oil companies possessing existing oil production and assets in the country over those now seeking to enter the country’s oil sector for the first time, according to a May 16 Reuters report.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 23, 2024

Robert Edwards and Nkofi Hodge registered comfortable wins when the Guyana Tennis Association Novices Championship continued at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

As economic pressures and family break-ups impose increasing socio-economic pressures on women and children in parts of Latin America, the option of migration is being seen in parts of the region as the most feasible option.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia yesterday sued to break up Live Nation LYV.N,

Whenever the issue of what is widely believed to be the importation of foods into the Caribbean that are either readily available in some territories but which are overlooked in favour of extra-regional sources, the issue of chicken imports into the region is never far away.

With the ravages of climate change continually making its presence felt in the Caribbean in ways that have a profound negative effect on several countries, regional governments are beginning to raise questions about the region’s capacity to continually cope with the costs associated with having to fend off the phenomenon.

While the Caribbean island of Grenada has shown no indication that it wishes to separate itself from the ongoing Caribbean-wide regional food security initiative, the CARICOM member country has been taking initiatives which suggest that, quite apart from its commitment to the wider regional food security undertaking, its own home-grown initiatives to help shore up the island’s food security bona fides may well do the island a power of good in the final analysis.

FIDE Master Anthony Drayton, Justino DaSilva, and Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge sit atop the standings of the Ready Mix National Chess Championship Qualifiers following the conclusion of six rounds of action.

The Stabroek Business has lost count of the number of occasions on which our various requests for updates on the promised creation of a Regional Food Terminal have been completely ignored by the ‘competent authorities,’ that is to say, the two ‘lead Heads’ on what, arguably, is the region’s most important collective assignment at this time.

Dear Editor, For a long time we have seen all sorts of condemning articles, letters, TV shows etc.

`The fish coming into the country is cheap; people prefer cheap purchases.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 128 Introduction The two previous parts on this subject carried on Tuesday (21st.)

The 5th edition of the Petra Organisation-coordinated ExxonMobil U-14 Football Championship will kick off on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Reagan Pollard continued his impressive showing in the BCQS International Squash Tournament yesterday in Christ Church, Barbados, as he recorded a commanding 3-0 victory over Barbadian Andy Gill.

Kwakwani and Nets registered lopsided victories when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association Men’s U-23 League continued on Wednesday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.