Daily Archive: Monday, August 19, 2024

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, today officially turned the sod for the construction of a new $386m teaching block at President’s College.

Amid concerns about smuggling and low declarations, the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) is to purchase gold in Lethem next weekend.

(Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations today, in its latest ban of groups it accuses of breaking the law, part of a longstanding crackdown on civil society groups viewed as hostile by President Daniel Ortega.

Six Brazilians were arrested yesterday during an operation by the Joint Services and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to clamp down on illegal mining in Guyana.

(This column from 2022 was one of many written for Stabroek News by Dave Martins.)

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China and Vietnam signed 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports today, after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam’s new leader To Lam in Beijing.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said today, his first trip to the war-torn country since its conflict with Russia and about a month after he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

(Trinidad Express) Four more homicides were reported between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) After featuring on Trinidad and Tobago’s Coat of Arms for 62 years, the depictions of Christopher Columbus’ three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, which commemorated Columbus’ arrival in 1498, will be removed, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

Guyanese cultural, musical and literary icon, the legendary Dave Martins passed away yesterday at the age of 90.

– lack of internet access for students Fiery criticisms rained from the Alliance for Change (AFC) on Saturday against the government’s lapsed developmental plans for indigenous education.

Two months after President Irfaan Ali announced that embattled Eccles Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) councillor, Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed resigned because of imposed United States sanctions, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said that it was still awaiting notification of the vacant post.

In the wake of the recent deaths of two miners following a pit collapse in Region Eight, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has called on the government to focus on attending to the needs of the people in the mining and hinterland communities, who cry out for help and attention to their basic needs.

Part 89 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Dageraad, Mocha and  Queenstown on the Essequibo Coast about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The government is continuing on its path to equip Guyanese with the necessary vocational skills in keeping with the demand for the skilled labour needed for the country’s development.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development yesterday said that it gave cash grants to some 2,000 Moruca Sub-region One residents for them to “kickstart their small businesses”.

Caribbean Schoolboys Boxing Championship Emerging star Shakquain James, as well as Klass siblings Kevin, Kenisha, and Kenroy, secured victories for Guyana in the 7th edition of the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys & Schoolgirls Boxing Championship at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

At the recently concluded International Building Expo 2024, held at the National Stadium in Providence, East Bank Demerara, local industry leader in heaving duty equipment, MACORP, hosted a ‘Sip and Chat’ networking session where President & General Manager, German Consuegra, addressed a diverse audience of customers, investors, and prospective clients and celebrated Guyana’s impressive progress and the company’s commitment to sustainability, a MACORP release stated on Friday.Accompanied

CWI Men’s U-17 2-Day Guyana thrashed the Leeward Islands by 10 wickets in round two of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) U-17 2-Day Championship yesterday at the National Cricket Centre in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, As we attempt to say that we are developing at a fast rate, please let me share what pertains in developed countries.

A Digital Forensic Training course for police prosecutors was recently held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 12th to 16th August 2024 as part of efforts towards bolstering law enforcement capabilities in the Eastern Caribbean.

The Ministry of Education yesterday said that archery will be introduced in nearly every secondary school on the Essequibo Coast as part of its Priority Programme.

Dear Editor, Today there are some very dangerous narratives being peddled in Guyana.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dozens of Muslim delegates and their allies, angry at U.S.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) is extending a warm welcome to toshaos and Indigenous leaders from across the nation who will gather in Georgetown from August 19 to 23, for the highly anticipated National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference.

Dear Editor, Within recent times GuySuCo and its choir leaders have changed their tune from “turnaround plan” to “revitalization plan”, but none of these spins or twists could change the downward trajectory the company has been traveling the past 15 years since the European Union imposed the 36% price cut and the removal of both the preferential market and price for sugar destined for Europe. 

(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that Ukraine had stationed more than 120,000 troops at its border with Belarus and Minsk had deployed nearly a third of its armed forces along the entire border, the Belta state news agency reported.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday morning participated in the country-wide clean-up campaign that was organised by the Ministry of Public Works.

Dear Editor, I needed Aragon gas to try out my MIG welding machine and after querying, was told that Docol sells the gas and bottle, and when attempting to google for the company, Massy Gas Products came up.

– Women’s rising role in T&T’s gangs… (Trinidad Express) Think about gang culture in Trinidad and Tobago and the first that comes to mind is young men who may be “patrolling” a block, armed with guns, and conducting various criminal activities, including robberies and shootings.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on another Middle East tour to push for a ceasefire in Gaza but Hamas raised doubts about the mission just hours after he landed by accusing Israel of undermining his efforts.

Dear Editor, The beauty of Guyana has been expressed and embraced by many scholars and artists around the world.

Linden police last night arrested two men in a car with guns, ammunition, cellular phones, cash and jewllery shortly after they had committed a robbery.

(Trinidad Express) Four more homicides were reported between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Sunday denied a report that Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, saying there had been no talks with Kyiv about civilian infrastructure facilities.

Ashley Khalil, Alex Arjoon, and Daniel Ince advanced in the women’s and men’s open divisions, respectively, when the Caribbean Senior Squash Championships commenced yesterday at the Georgetown Club facility and the National Racquet Centre in Georgetown.

West Demerara outfit Slingerz defeated the Guyana Police Force (GPF) by a 4-2 score when the KFC Elite League continued on Saturday night at the National Training Centre in Providence.

(CMC) – Veteran all-rounders Jason Holder and Andre Russell have both been rested for the West Indies’ upcoming T20 series against South Africa, which bowls off on Friday.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling on all Guyanese to uphold cleanliness in their surroundings and embrace sustainable waste management practices.

Two Fridays ago, the National Assembly approved two financial papers presented by the Minister of Finance seeking Supplementary Estimates in the sum of $40.8 billion.

The Guyanese pair of Trisha Hardatt and Danielle Manns have been selected as part of the West Indies U-19 Women’s team for the tour of the United Kingdom.

Grace Kennedy Money Services (GKMS) once again threw its support behind the Strikes All-Female Dominoes Championship, which is slated to commence on August 31st at the entity’s clubhouse in Meadowbrook Gardens.

Dear Editor, Pensioners are happy the annual electricity subsidy has been reinstated. 

It must be considered a national scandal that on two separate occasions soldiers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have allegedly been caught red-handed ferrying large amounts of marijuana.

CARACAS (Reuters) – An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela’s El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country’s north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea, five sources told Reuters on Saturday.