Daily Archive: Friday, June 28, 2024

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today announced the signing of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) – European Union (EU) Partnership Agreement, known as the “Samoa Agreement” by the Government of Guyana.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s allies scrambled to contain the fallout today from his faltering performance at the first 2024 U.S.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed to nominate Ursula von der Leyen of Germany for a second five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU’s powerful executive body.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – In the two years since he was elected, Kenya’s President William Ruto has wowed global climate activists under the Eiffel Tower, brushed shoulders with global tech titans in Silicon Valley and was toasted as a global peacekeeper at the White House.

(Trinidad Express) Police  have viewed explicit sex videos as they investigate the murder of nurse and beauty pageant contestant Sadna Gangoo.

(Trinidad Guardian) How would you feel if your heart surgeon was a robot? 

With Guyana, having, in recent years, established credentials as the region’s favoured location for the staging of events linked to burnishing the region’s business profile, the Caribbean Export Development Agency has recently announced that Georgetown, the country’s capital, will play host to the event this year.

Guyana’s neighbour to the east, Suriname would appear to be enjoying an enhanced measure of generous attention from the international financial community, though by contrast, the fact that while both of the two South Ameri-can oil-rich countries would appear to be embracing a shared oil-driven future that might make them the next global standout petro economies, what international analysts might see as a relatively trivial issue involving Guyanese fishermen plying their trade in the shared Corentyne river continues to be a source of sourness between the countries.

-cite irregularities After weeks of internal bickering and controversy, the PNCR’s plans for a long-awaited congress beginning today fell into further disarray after the two candidates challenging Aubrey Norton for leadership of the party withdrew, charging that there were irregularities in the process.

The United States yesterday stated that it will not allow Guyana to be bullied or to  fall prey to tyranny as it stands strong in the partnership with this country.

In the wake of the sudden removal of St. Lucian-born Dr.

-defends award of GDF contract to Kares Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday stated that the strengthening of the procurement system will be continuing in the form of a countrywide prequalifying system allowing the Cabinet to have a full picture about companies bidding for projects.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says that faulty electrical wiring is to be blamed for the fire at the Children and Family Centre located at Block ‘X’, Plum Park, Sophia, Greater Georgetown yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing our previous letter on our feedback on the draft Sexual Offences Amendment Bill 2024.

-says no conflict of interest for Guyana with former Exxon employee In its ongoing defence of the less-than-one-year-old energy startup company owned by former ExxonMobil employee, Jesus Bronchalo, government yesterday informed that Fulcrum LNG Inc plans to partner with “top” global companies such as Baker Hughes, and source funding from the United States EXIM Bank and private equity firms.

Dear Editor, There is an important corruption driver in Guyana. It is the missing corporate tax revenue unavailable to pay public servants, teachers, nurses, doctors, all hired in the public sector.

Businessman Terrence Campbell is the Opposition’s representative on the Natural Resource Fund’s Investment Committee with his appointment gazetted to reflect it being retroactive from November 1, 2023.

Dear Editor, Any Guyanese citizen that exploits our resources and seeks to circumvent our laws, and deny the treasury of millions of dollars of desperately needed money, is not a patriot.

Dear Editor, The U.S. has informed the Guyana government that if they want information on sanctions against certain gold dealers and a Permanent Secretary, they should ask the Department of Justice (DoJ).

No Guyanese applied to fill the recent vacancy for a judge on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

(Reuters) – Democratic President Joe Biden endured a shaky start at yesterday’s debate, while his Republican rival Donald Trump rattled off a series of attacks that included numerous falsehoods, as the two oldest presidential candidates ever clashed on stage ahead of November’s U.S.

Dear Editor, The fallacy of our government requesting from the USA Department of Justice evidence related to sanctioned individuals in Guyana is fraught with hypocrisy.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup By Michelangelo Jacobus Despite a couple of rain interruptions yesterday at the Providence National Stadium in Guyana, India exorcised their semifinal demons to book a spot in the final of the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Police at about 1.15 am yesterday acted on information received and went to the Children and Family Centre located at Plum Park, South Sophia, where contact was made with a 41-year-old security guard and resident of ‘E’ Field Sophia.

Dear Editor, Certainly, within the extended Georgetown, particularly Kitty North Central and Southern sections, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to flag a more partinost and stalwart of the People’s Progressive Party than Prabhu Dial Sattan.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian court ordered the arrest of two former Americanas AMER3.SA

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Luis Arce yesterday  denied any involvement or prior knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by the country’s former top military commander who alleged the president had asked him to do something to boost his popularity.

University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor Dr Paloma Mohamed Martin has underscored the vital role of institutions in promoting inclusivity and addressing the challenges faced by displaced populations.

Dear Editor, Today I had the pleasure of enjoying Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa Dark Chocolate.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Recent torrential rains in Chile have brought back to life – for now at least – reservoirs and lagoons that had all but dried up after years of drought, with dramatic images of cracked lake beds replaced by mirror-like still waters.

A 26-year-old male is currently in custody after he had told investigators what actually transpired regarding the discovery of the decomposed body of Dharmindra Sarabjit, a 57-year-old drainage and irrigation worker whose body was found on June 22 in a swamp, Regional Commander, Shivpersaud Bacchus told the Stabroek News yesterday He also informed that the post-mortem examination which was conducted by Dr Bridgemohan, gave the cause of death as a fractured skull.

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) – Sweltering summer weather is worsening conditions in Gaza where nearly all the 2.3 million inhabitants have been driven from their homes by Israel’s military campaign and where there is almost no electricity and little clean water.

(Trinidad Guardian) The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has placed the Lesser Antilles on alert as a tropical disturbance dubbed Invest 95L is forecast to develop into a tropical depression or tropical storm east of the Windward Islands.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Residents in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince expressed cautious hope after a first contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in the Caribbean country, as part of a long-delayed mission to help police fight armed gangs.

Dear Editor, Forty years in an organisation must be celebrated as a life time achievement for staying the course and ‘stick-to-it-iveness’.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has begun installing fiberglass poles in parts of its network.

The Trinidad & Tobago government says it expects to take a decision by the end of August this year regarding the sale of the state-owned oil refinery, Petrotrin, which had been closed in 2018 mainly due to its indebtedness, according to a report in the Wed-nesday June 26th issue of the Trinidad Guardian.

(Reuters) – U.S. oil and gas companies could face an uphill struggle to sell about $27 billion of assets to fund investor payouts over the next few years as the biggest wave of energy megamergers in 25 years nears the end of regulatory reviews.

Defending champion and undefeated outfit, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) solidified their position atop the standings of the KFC Elite League with a 5-0 thrashing of ninth-positioned Monedderlust last evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN – Although the European Union’s 27 member states are formally equal, the reality is that there are huge differences between them.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 132 Modest investment, gargantuan returns Last week’s column completed the review of the published financial statements of the three companies which signed the 2016 Agreement for the Stabroek Block.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has decided to introduce legislation to expunge criminal records for individuals convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana .

The Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts recently hosted its Music Content and Methodology Workshop at the National Racket Centre in Georgetown.

National Junior Badminton Championships Mishka Beharry did not disappoint last night as she claimed gold in the Girl’s U-17 and U-19 categories, while Frank Wadell and Xavio Alexander won the male U-19 and male U-17 titles respectively, when the National Junior Badminton Championship concluded last night at the National Gymnasium.

The Golden Jaguars have climbed one spot to secure the 153rd position following the official publication of the June FIFA Men’s Rankings Table.

Coach of the Guyana women’s U-19 team that is currently preparing for the upcoming Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Women’s U-19 One-Day Championship, Clive Grimmond, has expressed confidence that the girls will be returning home with the title.

Small businesses, such as shops, grocery stores, and convenience stores, are a fundamental pillar in the economy and everyday life of Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia and Belize.

T&T’s Minister of Planning and Development, Pennelope Beckles, has called for the governance framework of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to be augmented to ensure that it remains a trusted development partner.

In circumstances where Caribbean countries and more particularly, those commonly categorized as LDC’s, are rarely credited with standout economic performance reports from high-profile global financial and development institutions, a recent assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of the growth potential of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member country, Grenada, departed radically from the accustomed trend.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 27, 2024

There is a buzz in the air about local tourism. There was Prime Minister Mark Phillips turning the sod for the construction of a Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute in Port Mourant earlier this year, saying that the government was working to create 50,000 jobs in the tourist industry by 2030.

In a matter of a handful of days we – Guyana, that is – will find ourselves playing host to a business forum (CIF 2024) the significance of which transcends the geographic limitations of our country, including the boundaries of our own domestic ambitions and aspirations, extending first into the wider geographic space that we refer to as the Caribbean Community and beyond that, to much of the rest of the international community, and that recent and exalted recognition of the geographic space known as Guyana, arrived with a blinding speed and has yet to register, in all probability, in the remoter regions of our country.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A climbdown by Kenya’s president over plans to raise taxes brought no end to nationwide protests hursday, with at least two people reported killed in clashes near the capital Nairobi and others shot by police elsewhere.

Dear Editor, Watching the cricket 20 semifinal from my Oxford living room I have a big question.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1077’s trading results showed consideration of $18,680,180 from 151,528 shares traded in 26 transactions as compared to session 1076’s trading results which showed consideration of $204,393,704 from 1,744,937 shares traded in 46 transactions.