Daily Archive: Saturday, July 27, 2024

United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Quito, Ecuador from July 30 to August 1, 2024, and Georgetown, Guyana on August 2, 2024.

Two Solar Photovoltaic Mini-Grid Systems totalling over $45 million were commissioned in the communities of Sebai and Canal Bank in the Matarkai Sub-district of Region One yesterday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ukraine next month, a local media report said, his first visit to the country since its war with Russia began and just weeks after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Havana residents watched from shore on Saturday as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called routine.

A private sector-led  CARICOM agriculture insurance programme was yesterday launched in Georgetown – the culmination of years of discussions on how to help farmers protect their investments.

Banks DIH Limited yesterday unveiled a six-storey parking facility that will enable 350 of its employees to lodge their vehicles free of cost.

Dear Editor, Several day ago, I had the displeasure of witnessing a harrowing incident of child abuse in a most distressing video shared on several social media platforms.

Ivan Anthony Scipio, a 52-year-old painter from D’Urban Street, Georgetown, was charged on Thursday with exporting gold without a licence in contravention of Section 8 of the Guyana Gold Board Act, Chapter 66:01.

Dear Editor, The training initiative, in the plumbing and electrical fields, being offered to residents of Festival City and surrounding communities must be commended.

(Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic Games open yesterday after a soaking wet ceremony in which athletes were cheered by the crowd along the Seine, dancers took to the roofs of Paris and Lady Gaga sang a French cabaret song.

Farmers in Johanna, Black Bush Polder yesterday bemoaned the current condition of dams within the area as they pointed out that in a few weeks time their rice will be ready to reap and they might have to resort to using boats, an additional expense they will have to face.

Former Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan has called for the immediate retirement of acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken.

Vice President (VP) of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB), Royan Fredericks, said he is happy that five female cricketers from the county were selected to represent Guyana at the recently concluded Cricket West Indies regional women’s limited-over tournament, which was held in Trinidad and Tobago. 

Dear Editor, Over the years, I have had to fight a relentless battle with the NIS to get my hard-earned old age benefits corrected.

A fire suspected to be electrical in origin completely destroyed a house in Hampshire Village, Corentyne yesterday morning leaving a family of seven homeless.

KFC Elite League Slingerz title hopes suffered a setback on Thursday evening as they were held 1-1 by fierce rival Den Amstel in the ‘West Demerara Derby’ in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, There currently exists a gap in our parliamentary structure.

Orisvaldo De Oliveira Moura and Sabastiao De Oliveira Moura, both Brazilian nationals, were yesterday charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)  with the offence of failure to keep and produce a book to an officer of the gold board.

Dear Editor, Permit me to share some thoughts on a most distasteful episode in Guyanese history.

Thirty-seven-year-old Edinho Lewis, of Lot 25 Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt Gardens, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was released on $1.3 million bail on narcotics and firearm charges.

CWI Men’s U-19 Super50 Cricket Spurred on by good performances with bat and ball, Guyana made it three wins out of as many games with a comfortable 89-run win over Trinidad and Tobago in round three of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Men’s U-19 Super50 competition.

Dear Editor, The Paris 2024 Olympics is here.  I flashed back 56 years, and it is Mexico City, and the Olympics of October 1968. 

The defending Elite League champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), was eliminated from the CFU Club Shield as they went down 2-6 to Grenadian outfit Grenades yesterday in the preliminary round at the Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium, Curacao.

Dear Editor, I am always delighted to share a positive story.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said yesterday he will return to the Pennsylvania town where he narrowly survived an assassination attempt, while Vice President Kamala Harris capped her week-long bid to become the Democratic presidential nominee with former President Barack Obama’s endorsement.

Jobo Keion Singh, an 18-year-old labourer of Land of Canaan Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2024/7/23 and charged yesterday with being an accessory after the fact to murder.

The GFS yesterday distanced itself from Station Officer Clayton Pantlitz who was allegedly found with a large quantity of uncustomed liquor.

Dear Editor,  In light of the ruling party’s prevailing confidence, I wish to present a strategic rationale for why it may be advantageous for the ruling party of Guyana to consider holding elections in 2024 instead of waiting until 2025.

(Reuters) – Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire currently burning in the U.S.,

(CMC) – Three wickets – two to pacer Jayden Seales – enabled the West Indies to finish the day strongly against hosts England after their batting again fell apart in the third Test of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series yesterday.

Dear Editor, Ramon Gaskin was one of the most delightful people I have ever met.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the Supreme Court on Monday, Politico reported citing two people familiar with the matter, adding he was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced the launch of its “Drive Into Your Dream Home with a Home Loan From GBTI” campaign, which it described as a groundbreaking initiative designed to make homeownership dreams a reality.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the notorious alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S.

Dear Editor, The Bar Association’s message to Guyanese is a reminder of how out of touch and irrelevant this association has become: “The Bar Council of The Bar Association in the premises wishes to remind and urge members of the public to exercise responsibility in making public statements touching and concerning the administration of justice, including judicial officers and thereby refrain from personal attacks, the use of threatening language which threaten the personal safety of judicial officers or otherwise and or making scandalous, inflammatory and unsubstantiated allegations against judicial officers”, sure enough nobody should threaten anyone else’s safety (Judge or layman) and,  I believe the Judiciary knows how to respond to threats well enough but what’s the plan for Guyanese (or others) based in America for example?

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil is gathering support from other countries for the creation of a fund that will send resources to nations with tropical forests in order to preserve them, Finance Ministry officials said at the sidelines of the G20 meeting of finance leaders in Rio de Janeiro.

Contracta Construction UK made a presentation yesterday before the Mayor and City Council on the rebuilding and rehabilitation works for the Stabroek Market.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday its missile forces struck a Russian military airfield in Crimea that has been used for long-range attacks against it, the latest in a series of blows to the Russian military on the occupied peninsula.

On Wednesday, July 24th, the police conducted an early morning operation on Sandy Babb Street, Kitty during which they found 26 handguns and high-powered rifles and a large amount of ammunition.

Navindra Nauth, a 21-year-old construction worker from Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on 2024-07-19 and charged on Thursday with break and enter and larceny on the dwelling of Ryan Niranjan, of Grove Housing Scheme.

By Carlos Alvarado-Quesada SAN JOSÉ – In a highly divisive presidential-election year, there is at least one point on which more than half of American voters agree: immigration is a top priority.

CARACAS/PANAMA CITY  (Reuters) – Authorities from Venezuela and Panama yesterday said normal air travel had resumed between the countries after Panama had earlier accused Venezuela of blocking a plane carrying ex-presidents en route to Caracas to observe tomorrow’s election.

There is trouble on our roads. The results of recklessness reached a point of crisis eons ago.

Dear Editor Stabroek News editorial concerning the global performance towards reaching the targets of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (7/25/2024) correctly observed that “only 17 percent of [those] … targets are on track.”