Daily Archive: Monday, July 8, 2024

The woman, whose body was found in Diamond, East Bank Demerara with a gunshot wound to the back of her head on Sunday, was today identified as Evelyn Alfonzo Alves also known as Fabianna Bentancourt, a 23-year-old unemployed mother of three of East Street, Georgetown.

China’s Ministry of Commerce is sponsoring a three-week oil development seminar here which began this morning.

(Reuters) – ExxonMobil said today changes in oil prices would increase the company’s second-quarter upstream earnings by US$300 million to US$700 million compared with the first quarter.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Preliminary assessments conducted by the Banana Board show an 80 to 100 per cent loss for bananas and plantains, consequent on the passage of Hurricane Beryl.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Opposition is calling on Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh to declare dengue a public health emergency.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia launched a barrage of missiles on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in a rare daytime attack today, killing at least 20 people across the country and hitting a key children’s hospital, officials said.

…large search party mobilized A search and rescue team up to late last night was searching for two young men who went missing after going for a swim at the Unity Beach, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

A 25-year-old labourer of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara was murdered on Saturday night, allegedly by three men during an argument over a motorcycle at Park Street, Enterprise.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) food import reduction programme 25 by 25 will see setbacks due to the impact of Hurricane Beryl on a number of countries’ agricultural sector and other sectors, Chair-person President Irfaan Ali said.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) met with a team from the Carter Center which was here on a pre-election visit and underlined the need for the electronic release of Statements of Poll immediately after the count at polling stations.

Dear Editor, The groups of people that should be treated with priority are our children and our elderly.

The lifeless body of a man was found pinned under an ATV on the trail between Paramakatoi and Kato villages, Region Eight yesterday morning.

National School Basketball Festival Kwakwani and Queen’s College (QC) were crowned Girl’s and Boy’s U-14 divisional champions, respectively, when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)-coordinated National School Basketball Festival concluded last night at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Floodwaters had receded significantly in several parts of Bartica yesterday morning after prolonged heavy rainfall on Saturday.

CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship Guyana continued its successful run in the CWI Rising Stars U-19 Women’s T20 Championship with a close 5-run win over Barbados in a low-scoring encounter yesterday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, The persistent rise in inflation in Guyana has become a critical issue that demands immediate attention.

PARIS (Reuters) – France was on course for a hung parliament in Sunday’s election, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot ahead of the far right, in a major upset that was set to bar Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) from running the government.

Dear Editor, Due to my vision disability, I have been unable to study the research paper made available to me on the behaviour of our land-grabbing, or land-claiming, neighbour Venezuela.

SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship Michael Fordyce, Nathan DeNobrega, Matthew Jardine, and Isabella Granum recorded convincing wins when the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship commenced yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.

SBM Offshore Guyana’s trainee technicians have completed training at the Facility Simulator (FacTor) Unit of the Guyana Technical Training College Incorporated (GTTCI).

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Protests aimed at pressuring the Israeli government to reach a hostage deal with Hamas began across the country on Sunday, with demonstrators blocking roads and picketing at the homes of government ministers.

Cumberland Primary School pupils took five of the top ten spots for Region Six in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

Dear Editor, The United Kingdom held its elections on Jul 5 for a 650 seat parliament and by late evening we knew the results.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Dear Editor, I write to shed light on the significant changes introduced by former President Desmond Hoyte, which contributed to his popularity among Guyanese during his tenure.

Dear Editor, Some lessons from the motherland for Vincent Alexander and ‘VA Associates’ (who they?).

ABUJA (Reuters) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity after junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger made clear their intentions to leave the bloc by signing a confederation treaty.

Chris Gonsalves, a 23-year-old labourer was arrested by police on mobile patrol in Berbice yesterday for the possession of 11.5 pounds of marijuana.

(Trinidad Gurdian) Former director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Major Roger Best is distancing himself from claims by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that the agency under his watch was plotting to replace the country’s political leadership.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Sangre Grande man was killed when he tried to defend his common-law wife from a man who attempted to wine on her at a bar on Friday.

Dear Editor, With the recent ruling of the Apex Court, that the time limits for judges’ decisions, in both the local Courts are discretionary rather than mandatory, what impact would this have on the time limits to file appeals?

Aside from belittling a Kaieteur News reporter at his June 20 press conference, President Ali also conveniently ignored the question that had been asked of him.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will extend an invitation to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “any time” for possible talks to restore relations between the two neighbours, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

Reaaz Bacchus, a 41-year-old truck driver from New Amsterdam, Berbice, was taken into police custody on Friday, following an interception of motor lorry GAG 2438, in the vicinity of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

(Reuters) – Double Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon improved her own women’s 1,500m world record by clocking 3:49.04 in the final race of the Paris Diamond League yesterday.

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh set a new world record in the women’s high jump yesterday, clearing 2.10 meters at the Paris Diamond League to break a mark that has stood since 1987.

Representing Guyana at the recently concluded Invictus Open No-Gi and Kaizen Open Ne-Waza Championships, respectively, in Suriname, the trio of John Campayne MMA, Phoenix Jiu-Jitsu, and the MMA Academy secured an impressive 16 medals.

Mocha Village Football Cup A new champion will be crowned in the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship, as defending champion Hardball was sent packing in the round of 16 section, losing to Stabroek Ballers on penalty kicks on Saturday night at the community centre tarmac.

Last Wednesday, Hurricane Beryl, downgraded from a Category 5 storm to Category 4, was heading for Jamaica after its devastating effects on a number of other islands, including Grenada.

By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian A shorter version of this column appeared in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday on Wednesday July 3, 2024.