Daily Archive: Sunday, June 16, 2024

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has invited jewellers and goldsmiths to a meeting on Tuesday.

Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips today called on fathers and men to embrace their leadership roles and take responsibility in shaping a better society.

(Trinidad Guardian) Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Star Team has soundly beaten the Rushton Paray-led United Patriots in the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden slammed the U.S. Supreme Court as “out of kilter” at a glitzy fundraiser in Los Angeles yesterday with former President Barack Obama and top Hollywood celebrities that has raised over $30 million.

-didn’t share info with then PPP/C gov’t Former Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman yesterday emphasized that when the APNU+AFC government entered office in 2015, US agents provided a briefing on the extent of gold smuggling that had been occurring under the previous PPP/C administration.

By Rae Wiltshire For David Loncke, the segue to mental health counsellor was natural given that all his previous jobs were service-related.

More undeclared jewellery was seized on Friday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

By Miranda La Rose The Jarvis sisters, Grace, 48, Julietta 46, and Emma 43, were all early school leavers.

-Norton says they are being paid to protest By Khadidja Ba With its congress just two weeks away, PNCR headquarters was the scene of a protest on Friday by persons who said that they were concerned about the lack of transparency and information surrounding preparations.

In case I have never said it, please know that I am coconut obsessed.

Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), Chairman  Madanlall Ramraj yesterday said that sabotage was suspected in the damage of a quantity of duck eggs at its hatchery but he  refuted claims made by the APNU+AFC on their Facebook page that the figure was 30,000.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.517 percent on the sale of 209,833 shares during the second period of trading in June 2024. 

Dear Editor, I have been asked by several media representatives to comment on recent statements made by Mr.

-after 100 hours of work by 39 DHBC staff On Friday, the Kwakwani Barge resumed operations following a collaborative effort between the government and the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to address problems with the vessel, the Ministry of Public Works said in a release yesterday.

Dear Editor, An education colleague asked me what I thought of the VP’s announcement about on-line schools and school vouchers in the future.

The Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with privately-owned medical facilities, on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding in preparation for the official launch of the Govern-ment of Guyana’s HPV, eye testing and spectacles programmes.

Dear Editor, It was brought to our attention recently that the healthcare meted out to our citizens at our public medical facilities in Guyana is unacceptable and leaves much to be desired.

Two new wells were on Friday commissioned at Hackney and Friendship in the Lower Pomeroon, Region Two, affording potable water to residents of these communities.

Venezuelan K-8W light attack aircraft flew across the Atlantic from Guiria on February 24, as reported by The Diplomat, bearing the slogan “El Essequibo es Nuestro” (“Essequibo is ours”) in an assertion of Venezuela’s claim to the region.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Joel Bhagwandin’s letter in SN dated June 14, 2024 submitted in response to my letter dated June 12, 2024 on the shortage of royalty paid by EMGL.

AAG National Senior Championships – Police Progressive Youth Club leads points table Guyana’s top male sprinter, Emmanuel Archibald, blazed to victory in the Men’s 100m dash yesterday to win in 10.09s and, in the process, reset the decade-long record previously held by Adam Harris, which was set in 2014.

Dear Editor, As a former employee of GuySuCo, I met the best part of my life, in the sugar fields. 

In a passionate address to regional leaders, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday highlighted a transformative shift catalyzed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), praising the influx of investors from Africa into the region.

Police are investigating an incident where a man collapsed and died yesterday behind the Fire Station at Stabroek Market.

Dear Editor, As has been the case with all of Burnham’s successors, the present contestants for PNCR leadership have announc-ed their commitment to “fulfilling Burnham’s legacy”.

Ninth-placed unit Monedderlust FC recorded the biggest shock to date in the KFC Elite League as they drew with second-place outfit and undefeated powerhouse Slingerz FC 2-2 last evening in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland,  (Reuters) – World leaders gathered at a Swiss Alpine resort yesterday to seek broader consensus for Ukraine’s peace proposals at a summit shunned by China and dismissed as a waste of time by Russia, which pushed its own rival ceasefire plans from afar.

(Reuters) – Australia broke Scottish hearts with a hardfought five-wicket victory in St Lucia last night that sent the Scots home from the Twenty20 World Cup and title holders England through to the Super Eight stage.

Dear Editor, The World Cup T20 cricket  is now in progress and cricket fans and  well-wishers are following the games.

Ramraj Palakhadari who died on Friday in an electrocution incident at Foulis was described by a co-worker as a joy to work with.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) –  Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military said, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians.

Dear Editor, Another scandal under the PPP/C Government? First there was Su-gate.

Shakeil Grant, a 27-year-old truck driver of Lot 346 Section ‘B’ Sophia, was arrested on 2024-06-11 by a rank from the Sparendaam Police Station and charged  on Friday with the following offences: 1.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three British opinion polls released late yesterday presented a grim picture for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, and one pollster warned that the party faced “electoral extinction” in July 4’s election.

Police have arrested four persons in connection with the discovery of a firearm and ammunition at Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

Dear Editor, Something, they say, is wrong in the State of Denmark.

(Reuters) – Inmates in 20 jails and detention facilities in Venezuela have ended a week-long hunger strike to protest against conditions and delays in judicial reviews after reaching a deal with the government, a non-governmental organization said on Saturday.

Dear Editor, “They have to keep these investigations very close-hold because they can be compromised by anyone and so we tend to not share a lot of information until the investigation reaches a certain stage and so I regret that people feel they’ve been left in the dark but in the United States it would be exactly the same way.”

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange yesterday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran released two Swedes being held there.

The file concerning  allegations of kidnapping and extortion against two Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks and a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employee, Phillip Paruag, has returned to the police from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for further investigation into the matter.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Thousands of women protested yesterday against a bill advancing in Brazil’s conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide and establish sentences of six to 20 years in prison.

The police are investigating the shooting of a labourer on Friday night, reportedly by a man from a passing minibus.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico enacted two controversial laws on Friday that increase the president’s ability to grant amnesty and limit judges’ ability to suspend public projects.

Our Constitution is long and complicated, and while we now have a Constitution Reform Commission in place, there has been little public discussion of what citizens consider needs to change.

Dear Editor, Never say never. No truer words as South Africa’s ANC has been forced to share power for the first time with opponents.

Today is Father’s Day and I want to tell fathers that they are very special.

[We present a review by Berkley Wendell Semple, Guyanese poet and novelist.

By Femi Harris-Smith If proposed amendments to the current Sexual Offences Act are passed by the National Assembly, sex offenders in Guyana could soon be required to register in a national database; and advance notice of their release from prison will be required to be provided to victims and their families.

Towards the end of “Inside Out 2”, as the film launched into its dual climaxes, I began to figure out a dichotomy that was causing a mild sense of discomfort throughout much of the running time.

Defending divisional champions Bartica and Waramuri stormed into the quarterfinal segment when the ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s U-14 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.In

1. Kinds of Kindness It’s only been a few months since Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things was released, but the Greek director has already finished another film – or, in a way, three other films.

Seventy-six teachers were last week introduced to the Department of Education Georgetown’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Curriculum Training for students with moderate to profound intellectual disabilities.

For several decades the Government’s response to allegations of the existence of corruption was: Where’s the evidence?

The EMC Foundation, an environmental organisation, recently launched its first coffee table book titled “Visual Chronicles of the Mahaica Wetlands and Mangroves”.

Our world is constantly overflowing with the richness of mankind. The presence of our species has made such a great impact on the world that our very existence is often described using the quality of abundance.

The golden shower orchids in my wife’s garden are particularly lovely.

Nickel Witter of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), as well as Vergenoegen’s Zonoah Little and Jamel Jones, recorded victories when the Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) National Novices Championship continued at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Childless people navigating friendships with people who have children can be a prickly issue.

The combination of Nkechi McPherson and Kizzy Richmond captured the Ladies Doubles accolade after defeating the team of Amanda Jaisingh and Justine Kennedy 2-0 when the Guyana Tennis Association Doubles Championship continued at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

Back Circle, Touches, and Five O secured contrasting victories when the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship resumed at the community centre ground.

The paramount news items in chess this week are Taffin Khan’s unsullied victory of the Guyana National Championship, and Magnus Carlsen’s win on his home turf in Norway Chess.

By Orin Davidson Given the bizarre nature of the T20 cricket World Cup’s points system format, West Indies’ final Group C game against Afghanistan, has been reduced to one of academic interest tomorrow.

(Reuters) – As many as 10 people, including children, were shot and wounded at a city-run water park near Detroit last evening, police said, calling the incident random gunfire.