Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 5, 2024

The Ministry of Public Works today said that a four-point plan has been produced for travel in the Pirara area, Region Nine which has been beset by flooding.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said yesterday that countries must confront not just the fossil-fuel industry, but also companies that support efforts to obstruct climate action.

NAIROBI, June 5 (Reuters) – In the months leading up to Kenya’s deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political advisers, security officials and foreign leaders about the high-profile anti-gang mission.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a South African government of national unity with a wide range of parties, it said today, citing the results of last week’s election in which it lost its governing majority.

(Trinidad Guardian) A former health minister is warning the public that the steady rise in costs to provide free medical care to the population will eventually put the country in a financial bind.  

-as strike continues The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) will once again meet with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ministry of Labour (MoL), come Monday, to discuss the ongoing teachers’ strike.

-introducing new generation of programmes The Caribbean Examina-tions Council (CXC) yesterday reversed the suspension of several technical and vocational subjects.

Five gunmen on Monday evening invaded a Blairmont, Region Five business and robbed a family, leaving some persons with minor injuries about their bodies.

-three in custody Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday seized a large quantity of gold jewellery from three passengers, two of whom are US citizens, who were attempting to leave on an outbound American Airlines flight bound for New York, USA.

The planned meeting of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations, scheduled for yesterday was unexpectedly called off just an hour and a half prior to its commencement with no alternative date proposed, according to Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton-Desir.

– Joseph, Imlach make the cut; Thorne selected as development player West Indies and Guyanese opening batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul was a notable omission from the announced 15-member squad by the Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel for the tour of England in July, following a lean run of form during the Australian tour and Region 4-Day Championship.

Herstelling Raiders and Timehri Panthers secured victories when the East Bank Demerara Senior Men’s League continued at the National Training Centre, Providence.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A group of Democratic U.S. House lawmakers asked the Justice Department yesterday to probe allegations of antitrust behaviour among U.S.

-frequency of spraying to be increased By Subhana Shiwmangal Region Three’s Regional Health Officer, Dr.

Dear Editor, Within three years of the start of oil production and exports in 2019, Guyana has become the third largest economy in the English-speaking Caribbean, after Trinidad and Toba-go, the largest by a wide margin, and Jamaica.

The teams of Jamal Goodluck and Benjattan Osborne, as well as Kalycia Fraser and Ricky Romascindo, recorded contrasting victories when the Guyana Tennis Association Doubles Championship continued on Tuesday evening at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

Dear Editor, I am writing to propose the formation of a dedicated planning committee to seriously consider the relocation of Guyana’s capital city.

The Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation yesterday advised commuters that there was a minor accident involving two trawlers drifting and colliding with Spans 26 and 27, which did not result in any major structural damage to the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Dear Editor, A recent headline reported that “Education Ministry to tackle teacher absenteeism – current situation ‘unacceptable’ in light of massive government investments, says Manickchand (Chronicle, June 1, 2024).”

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (second from left) met with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of STA Infrastructure & Energy Inc.,

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) –  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to win a rare third term in office, but a smaller-than-expected mandate means he will have to lean more on his allies for support, and that means urgently addressing issues like unemployment, inflation and economic disparities in the world’s most populous nation.

Dear Editor, A letter, “The significance of May in Guyana’s history is still unknown to many” (SN, June 2, 2024) by Dr.

The United States Embassy in Georgetown, in collaboration with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and Guyana Police Force (GPF), have announced the successful accreditation of three GPF training centres, located in Suddie, Essequibo; Adventure, Berbice; and Georgetown, a release from the US Embassy stated yesterday.

Dear Editor, In response to my labelling as anachronistic and destructive Lincoln Lewis’ fond reminiscences of violent action against people who appear to be scornful of and uncaring for strike action and his suggestion that the same should apply now, and his open encouragement for teachers not to go back to work during formal talks thereby breaching the GTU’s 1990 Agreement with the Government for the resolution and avoidance of disputes, all while he was comfortably receiving his guaranteed income through pensions, the goodly gentleman pens a nine-paragraph letter.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A response from Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel’s ceasefire proposal that U.S.

The mobile phone network and home entertainment provider, Digicel Group, has announced the activation of its subsea fibre cable, Deep Blue One, which is expected to “supercharge” connectivity across the Caribbean and South America, particularly benefiting Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.

A family of Adventure Village in Region Two is still in shock after the head of the household was shot and robbed by masked men.

Dear Editor, The first person said it was “tough.”  The second one started and closed things out with “hard.” 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  The United States and its G7 partners are making progress on finding ways to provide more urgently needed funds to Ukraine by tapping the value of profits earned on frozen Russian assets, a senior U.S.

Dear Editor, Transporting cane from Skeldon to Albion, some distance to trek, seems unrealistic. 

Some two weeks after the reported corporal punishment of ten students at Queen’s College (QC),  deliberations on the matter are still underway, according to Chairman of Queen’s College’s Board of Governors, Marcel Gaskin.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico

It is not possible to read a newspaper, listen to the news on the radio or watch a  televised newscast without being inundated on the latest conflict, or ensuing turmoil, for which there appears to be no form of resolution in the near future.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head yesterday over how to boost Britain’s economy, with the PM accusing the opposition party of wanting to increase taxes if it wins power at a July 4 election.

Classic Ball Blasters (CBB) blanked Vanguards 3-0 when the Demerara Volleyball Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Guyana’s leading cyclist, Briton John of United We Stand, will lead a six-man team to neighbouring Suriname and French Guiana at the Grand Prix L’Ouest, which is slated to commence on Saturday and conclude Monday.

Blue Water U-15 Girl’s Football Tucville Secondary, Charity, President’s College, and Anns Grove have earned their berths to the round of 16 segment in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Blue Waters U-15 Girl’s Championship, which commences on June 22nd at the National Training Centre, Providence.

(CMC) – A match that promised much delivered little in the end when rain forced a no-result in the British derby between Scotland and defending champions England in their Group B match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup yesterday in Barbados.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic’s disappointing season continued yesterday when the defending French Open champion was forced to pull out of the Grand Slam before his quarter-final with a knee injury that could threaten his Wimbledon and Olympic chances.

(CMC) – An unbeaten 54 from Max O’Dowd led a successful run chase for the Netherlands as they opened the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup with a six-wicket win in a low-scoring contest against Nepal yesterday in the United States.

The Demerara Criminal Assizes opened yesterday morning at the High Court in Georgetown.