Daily Archive: Friday, August 2, 2024

CARACAS/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are pushing for Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro to meet with the opposition candidate in last week’s disputed election, a diplomatic source told Reuters today, as increasing numbers of Western governments reject Maduro’s claim to victory.

CHOORALMALA, India,  (Reuters) – With a steeply pitched tiled roof piercing misty green hills in southern India and a stream gushing through rocks nearby, the Stone House Bungalow was one of the most popular resorts in the Wayanad area of Kerala state.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 36-year-old woman, who admitted to beating her four-year-old stepdaughter to death in 2016, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. 

-new shares to be issued Banks DIH Limited (BDIH) has now transitioned to Banks DIH Holdings Inc (BDIHHI) and new shares are to be issued to stockholders BDIHHI, which has thousands of shareholders, made this disclosure in two advertisements in yesterday’s Stabroek News.

CARICOM Heads of Government who met in Grenada from July 28-30 have noted Venezuela’s continued “aggressive posture” towards Guyana and have expressed “unswerving support”  for the preservation of this country’s territorial integrity.

A US murder accused who was apprehended here last week and later deported had been wanted for the shooting death of a six-year-old boy in Maryland.

For the first six months of this year, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has seen a 27% increase in after-tax profit compared to the corresponding period last year.

Anand Persaud, a 31-year-old man from Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, and former employee of the United States Embassy in Georgetown, is in police custody after he was arrested for allegedly sending a threatening email to the Embassy’s email address.

In a week when there appeared to be no relenting in public criticism of aspects of the modus operandi of the Guyana Police Force (GFF), the country’s two leading private sector business organizations, the Private Sector Commission and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) appeared to be on diametrically opposite sides on the issue of aspects of policing, not least the seeming operational anomalies in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the importance of credible investigations into key aspects of its adherence to its ‘Service And Protection’ motto.

On an ‘off day’ from the ‘sit down’ sessions comprising the Forty-Seventh Session of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government Conference, Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, reportedly assigned some of his time to, among other things, reportedly reviewing the use to which Grenada was putting a number of Green/Shade houses valued at US$12,000 donated to the country by Guyana earlier this year. 

The state issued 3,020 firearm licences between 2017 and 2023 and more than a third of these were issued in one year alone – 2021.

‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Bent Street, Back Circle, and Gold is Money secured respective quarterfinal berths following hard-fought wins in the round of 16 when the 10th edition of the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship continued on Wednesday night.

In the face of the recent enormously destructive impact of Hurricane Beryl, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its Country Manager, came a-calling in Kingston recently.

Fulcrum LNG, the US company that was controversially selected to develop gas infrastructure here is vowing to adhere to the highest safety standards Critics have said that the company was not experienced enough and that the connections of its top executive to ExxonMobil should have ruled it out.

(Reuters) – If anyone needed any confirmation about Simone Biles’ standing in gymnastics, the sparkling GOAT necklace she slipped on and ecstatically showed off to the camera after she sealed the all-around title at the Paris Olympics yesterday confirmed her number one status.

Burnishing the historic ties that bind Africa and the Caribbean has been one of the focal points of the region in recent years and a recent disclosure by Trinidad and Tobago’s Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopie-Scoon has underlined the twin-island Republic’s determination that its own contribution to strengthening regional links with the continent not be lost amidst the maze of activity ensuing elsewhere in the region.

Dear Editor, This letter serves to bring attention to two roads that serve as vital road arteries into the Town of Lethem; one road is from the Pork Bridge Housing Scheme to Lethem and the other connects the villages of Nappi, Parishara and Hiawa to Lethem.

Foreign Service Officer, Sharmayne Balram yesterday issued a statement condemning former Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall for lodging a complaint with the police against her.

The World Economic Forum (2023) reports that the trade finance gap is now $1.7 trillion globally, with Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) disproportionately affected by this shortfall.

Dear Editor,  It is relieving to learn, the female six year old, hospitalized for several weeks when a bullet was found lodged in her head, has been released, and is home recuperating, getting better.

The Vurlon Mills Football Academy (VMFA) departed local shores yesterday to compete in a U-12 championship in the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

An OAS resolution on the controversial elections in Venezuela failed to pass on Wednesday in Washington after disagreement over one sentence and what was also evident was the deep division in CARICOM on the issue.

Dear Editor, This needed piece of legislature will help to reduce the scourge of domes-tic violence that has been plaguing our women with rampant impunity. 

By MIA AMOR MOTTLEY Finance & Development Magazine, June 2024  Reform of its lending arrangements for middle-income countries is overdue When considering the economic and development challenges of developing economies in the face of the climate crisis, most people tend to view debt as a complicating factor at best and a source of many of our problems, at worst.

-cites range of assistance to sector Highlighting the series of measures implemented since 2020 to boost the mining sector, the government has warned that illegal activities by miners will not be tolerated.

MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Russia freed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan yesterday as part of the biggest prisoner exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War.

(Reuters) – Iga Swiatek must wait four more years to try and win an Olympic gold medal after the Polish top seed was shocked by China’s Zheng Qinwen in the semi-finals of the tennis tournament, but Novak Djokovic’s hopes are intact despite a scare yesterday.

The fairy-tale saga of Guyana’s first lucrative oil find in 2015 which has catapulted the nation seemingly overnight into a whirlwind of economic development on the back of later similar finds and which many here now take for granted, might never have been a reality were it not for the tenacity of a couple of ExxonMobil employees, an engineer and a geoscientist.

Dear Editor, The pursuit of no fault divorce legislation allows for adulterous and abusive behaviour to go unpunished.

One of the inevitable knock-on effects of the global attention that Guyana has secured, ‘overnight,’ as a result of it joining the ranks of oil producers, is the expectation that the country’s new-found high profile will be attended by upgraded standards across a wider swathe of pursuits, not least the quality of the goods and services that it offers outside of the oil and gas sector.

(CMC) – Cricket West Indies president, Dr. Kishore Shallow, said yesterday it was important to confront the challenges facing the regional game with “honesty and resolve”, while using the current moment of difficulty as a time of “introspection and recalibration”.

Strike Force and 110 secured berths to the semifinal round following quarterfinal victories when the Plaisance Inter-Block 7-Aside Football Championship continued at the Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, On April 3, 2024, under advisement from GuySuCo’s Board of Directors, Madanlal Ramraj with the head of the Board’s Finance Sub-Committee, Ms.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) continues to help train youths to be a part of Guyana’s economic boom and this time it has collaborated with the Male Empowerment Network (MEN) and United States Agency for International Develop-ment (USAID)-Youth Resilience Inclusion and Empowerment (Y- RIE) programme to launch the Guyana Ignite programme with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, a BIT release stated on Wednesday.

A recent visit to India by Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr.

TORONTO, (Reuters) –  Canada’s government is preparing to unveil a suite of measures to clamp down on temporary immigration and has no plans to follow through right now on a broad program offering status to undocumented residents, the country’s immigration minister told Reuters.

(Reuters) – China’s number two seed Fan Zhendong held his ground in the last few minutes of the seventh game against Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto to secure his spot in the men’s singles semi-finals of the table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics.

Try as it has, the Brazilian authorities have been unable, over the years, to stem the tide of unceasing destruction of the Amazon rainforest, globally regarded as one of the world’s centerpieces of environmental preservation.

Dear Editor, Ian Bishop had a fascinating discussion with Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton on Sky Sports Cricket during the Second Test match between England and West Indies regarding the future of Test cricket and congratulations to England on winning the Botham-Richards Trophy, comprehensive victory gentlemen.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has announced the certification of three new local companies under its Made in Guyana, and Product Certification Programmes.

(Reuters) – Katie Ledecky became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of all time but the U.S.

Residents of Farm and Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara are now benefiting from  newly constructed main access roads, fulfilling a commitment made by President Irfaan Ali when he visited the community earlier this year, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated last week.

SOUTHPORT, England/LONDON, (Reuters) – A 17-year-old boy appeared in an English court yesterday charged with the murder of three young girls in a knife attack at a summer dance class that has shocked the nation and sparked two nights of violent protests.

Dear Editor, The government’s latest request for an additional $40 billion from the National Assembly marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s political and economic landscape.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday recognized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s opponent and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of Venezuela’s disputed presidential election, rejecting Maduro’s claim of victory.

AS this country commemorates Emanci-pation Day tomorrow, one activist believes business people of African descent in Trinidad and Tobago are not benefiting from economic opportunities as much as other ethnic groups.

While during its Congress in May the PPP removed the references to Marxism-Leninism and Socialism from its constitution, it retained democratic centralism, the organisational principle of the ruling party in communist states.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has notified the public that a demolition exercise is currently being conducted at Camp Groomes along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja yesterday, as thousands rallied against escalating cost of living and governance issues in Africa’s most populous nation, according to eyewitness accounts.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal yesterday.

Dear Editor, Last Saturday a contingent of GoG and Private Sector officials flew to New York to conduct a Job Fair/Job Recruitment event.

In this issue of the Stabroek Business we reported that one of the pursuits of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is the monitoring of certain types of imports into Guyana to ensure that these are of the necessary standard and that they do not, in any way, compromise the overall purpose of their intended use.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka pacers Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka will miss August’s three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India due to injuries, ESPNcricinfo reported yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC — The Central Bank of Barbados says the island’s economy has recorded a robust 4.5 per cent real growth in the first half of 2024, with a BD$300 million (one Barbados dollar=US$0.50 cents), year-on-year increase in total production and record employment levels.