Daily Archive: Friday, August 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today imposed sanctions on more than 400 entities and individuals for supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, the State Department said, including Chinese companies that U.S.

In keeping with a commitment of President Irfaan Ali, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar today launched a $1.3b road development package at La Parfaite Harmonie to construct 18.9 km of rigid pavement concrete roads.

Tomorrow, Saturday, August 24, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) will be planting new concrete poles in Thomas Lands to facilitate the Ministry of Public Works road expansion project.

Police are probing a fatal incident which occurred at about 4 am today on #43 Public Road (Bridge) in Corentyne, Berbice, involving motor car #PAF 8289 owned and driven by Melena Stephen (now deceased), a 34-year-old female resident from Lot 65 Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – India’s Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy today to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war and offered to act as a “friend” to help bring peace as the two leaders met in wartime Kyiv.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six months after wreaking environmental havoc on Tobago’s Windward coast, the mysterious Gulfstream barge is in Port-of-Spain and undergoing preparation for storage.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination for president, seeking to define herself for America as she and Republican candidate Donald Trump lock horns in the final 11 weeks of a razor-close campaign.

At an estimated $1 billion price tag, the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is continuing to replace old metal pipes installed since pre-colonial times with high density polyethylene (DHPE) ones as the former overtime have caused many service disruptions and water losses due to breakage and leaks, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shaik Baksh said yesterday.

With Guyana and Suriname the only countries in the 15-member Caricom bloc supporting the joint statement which called for democracy in Venezuela, the United States has expressed its disappointment but is grateful this country agrees that the Nicolas Maduro regime should support the will of Venezuelans.

Amerindian representatives and village chiefs entering the dome of the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC) for closed door meetings with the government had to be accredited and opposition parliamentarian Vincent Henry did not have permission to be there, Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Derrick John said yesterday in a statement.

Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton has confirmed that his party remains in talks with the Working People’s Alliance for a coalition in the upcoming general elections, while the Alliance For Change (FC will contest on its own. 

A 63-year-old public health nurse of Kitty, Georgetown was found dead in a hotel in New Amsterdam, Berbice yesterday and the police are investigating.

The body of the 42-year-old man, who went missing while swimming in the Canje Creek during a family outing on Sunday last, was discovered on Wednesday.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Ashni Singh yesterday highlighted the government’s commitment to sustainable development in Amerindian communities, while divulging that their carbon credit funds have been disbursed.

Guyana continues to makes strides in the delivery of public healthcare across the regions and has been formally recognised for its stellar work in the area of immunization.

As part of its ongoing preparation for public health emergencies, last Tuesday,  the Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the visiting delegation from the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, hosted a two-day Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) workshop at the ministry’s boardroom on Brickdam, Georgetown, a MoH release announced yesterday.                          

The decomposed body of a Corentyne pensioner who suffered from epilepsy and mental illness was on Monday afternoon discovered in his house at Number 53 Village, Corentyne.

Even as the government awaits the US$650 million sought from the United States Export-Import (EXIM) Bank for the Gas to Energy (GtE) project and has to date state-financed about $400 million in lieu of that approval, it is prepared to fund the additional if not approved, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said. 

In a proactive effort to promote fire safety and preparedness, the Linden and La Grange Fire Stations yesterday hosted Fire Safety Camps, attracting a massive turnout of children.

The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Guyana, Manzoor Nadir, has led a delegation to Beijing, China, on the invitation of the Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee of China, Zhao Leji.

After much clamouring and complaining from its customers customers in central Georgetown about the poor quality of water, the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) on Tuesday said there has been steady improvement of the water quality.  According to a release, as daily monitoring and water quality testing continue, the results have shown continuous improvement in the quality and supply.

(CMC) – West Indies T20 captain Rovman Powell believes that the three-match T20 series against South Africa will serve as the perfect launch-pad in the regional side’s build up to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

The Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) hosted a job readiness programme that facilitated some 90 work-study students at the Department of Education, Vreed-en-Hoop, Region Three.

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday announced that an inmate at the Juvenile Holding Centre (JHC) successfully secured four passes at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday 21st August 2024 between 10.30 and 10.50 am I had an experience that convinced me beyond doubt that, I live in a country that is nothing short of a dictatorship.

Nicolette Fernandes was the crowned World Squash Federation Masters women’s 40+ category champion, defeating Samantha Teran 3-0 yesterday in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the Frans Otten Stadion.

The Ministry of Housing and Water (MoHW) has issued a strong rebuttal to claims made by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and journalist Adam Harris regarding the land from which squatters were removed for the construction of the highway at Mocha-Arcadia (Cane View).

Dear Editor, The recent speeches, pledges, and handouts at the National Toshaos Council of Guyana Conference 2024 have prompted me to reflect on the significant potential for Toshaos to expand their influence and make even more impactful decisions for their communities.

Police Commissioner T20 Cup Headquarters and Tactical Service Unit (TSU) recorded contrasting victories when the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Commissioner’s T20 Championship continued yesterday at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary.

At a time when Guyana’s petro fortune continues to focus attention on the opportunities that it offers to external onlookers seeking to take advantage of local investment opportunities, Guyanese continue to ‘parade’ those openings across the sectors, seeking to attract external buy-ins through investments in local undertakings believed to have the potential to access lucrative international markets.

In the village of Reliance, in Region Two, lives a young man whose journey is nothing short of extraordinary.

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In circumstances where fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, not least Guyana, have been accused of compromising the effectiveness of state institutions in pursuit of their substantive responsibilities, Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, according to the Trinidadian Guardian August 14, 2024 report, has been parading his country’s “strong checks and balances for good governance credentials” in a presentation at the recent 4th Dialogue on Governance for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) hotel in Port-of-Spain.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal on Thursday ratified President Nicolas Maduro’s victory in the July 28 presidential election, sealing institutional backing for the ruling party as the disputed contest fades from international headlines.

Rising Stars overcame a two-goal first-half deficit to draw 2-2 with Rivers View in a top-of-the-table clash amongst the unbeaten teams when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

If Guyana’s giant neighbour to the south, Brazil, has won considerable global attention as much to the fact of its vast oil reserves as for the inclusion of a substantial chunk of the Amazon rainforest as part of its overall geographic space, the latter credential is not, universally, a virtue. 

Dear Editor, As I follow the ongoing exchanges between Messer Dev, Phillips, Ramharack, Bisram, and their cohorts, I can’t help but notice the absence of women.

CWI Rising Stars U-17 2-Day Guyana stumbled to a crushing defeat yesterday against Barbados in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U-17 2-Championship, losing by an innings and 46 runs at Gilbert Park, California, in Trinidad and Tobago.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s economy could shrink by billions of dollars this year if a rail stoppage that began on Thursday continues for weeks, and the knock-on effects would swell jobless numbers and consumer prices, economists and analysts warned.

Etched in the history of some of the earliest socio-economic links between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, sugar may well be living on borrowed time as a fixture in (parts of) the region’s economy, except it undergoes a generous measure of reform, according to Веlіzе’ѕ Agriculture Minister, Jose Abelardo Mai.  While sugar’s historical roots are deeply embedded in the development of several other member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Belize Breaking News in its article of August 15, 2024, said that Belize’s Minister of Agriculture recently used his Ministry’s Annual General Meeting to raise what, for the region as a whole, has become an important, even critical issue.

Dear Editor, A recent headline in your daily newspaper “Upgrades to Red Road and Dump Site Road” caught my attention because it highlighted a very important issue – the naming of roads and highways in Guyana.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) dispatched a five-member roster yesterday to compete at the Ronald Wilson Memorial Boxing Championship in Barbados.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal “now is in sight,” the U.S.

As part of government’s drive to increase skills training for its citizens to enable them to participate fully in the country’s economic boom, the Ministry of Housing and Water (MoHW) has introduced an initiative designed to foster economic growth in vulnerable communities.

(Reuters) – Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel scored centuries as Pakistan posted a commanding 448-6 declared against Bangladesh, with the tourists trailing by 421 runs after day two of their opening test in Rawalpindi yesterday.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces pressed deeper into areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas fighters, while Palestinian health officials said on Thursday that Israeli strikes had killed at least 27 people across the enclave.

Seemingly mindful that Trinidad and Tobago and much of the rest of the Caribbean are confronted with an existential food security threat that is accentuated by erratic weather patterns reposed in climate change, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr.

Dear Editor, The vexatious issue of Digicel’s data service in the North Rupununi and some other hinterland locations has been highlighted previously both on social media and in the print media but no remedial action has been taken to date.

The Guyana Police Force Academy launched Cohort 3 of the Junior Leaders Training Programme at the Officers’ Training Center, Eve Leary, earlier this week.

Ten students from Camille’s Academy are benefiting from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) Annual ‘Teenternship’ Programme 2024, which is aimed at providing them with practical experiences in the working environment in relation to leadership, teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and management.

There are strong indications among some countries in the Caribbean that the highly-touted regional objective of reducing extra regional food imports by 25% by 2025 is not anywhere close to being achievable in the wake of the setback in sections of the region’s agricultural sector deriving from Hurricane Beryl and the damage it wreaked in several CARICOM territories.

PORTICELLO, Italy (Reuters) – The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht that sank this week off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, a senior Italian official said.

CAREBACO Junior Badminton Championship Guyana registered several losses on the opening day of the Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) Junior Championship in Oranjestad, Aruba.

Dear Editor, In a letter which was published in SN on August 17, 2024, Dr.

The Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Department is collaborating with the Ministry of Public Service-Training and Development Department, to host a three-day Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) workshop at the Public Service Ministry’s Training and Development Complex, Vlissengen Road & D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, George-town, a Ministry of Labour release stated on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A ferry loaded with fuel tanks sank in the Russian port of Kavkaz in southern Krasnodar region on Thursday after a Ukrainian attack, local authorities said.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday August 22, 2024 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

(CMC) – President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, Azim Bassarath is the sole candidate nominated for the position of vice-president of Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Dear Editor, I had stopped responding to the writings and utterances of Mr.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana  Must Become Oil-Minded Column 134 Introduction This column is a continuation from last week which featured an adaptation of a presentation I made at an OGGN sponsored activity in New York last July 27.

Normally when a union signs a pay deal with an employer the assumption is that the members of its executive all endorse the agreement.

HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in southern India on Wednesday, which killed at least 17 people and injured 36, was due to a chemical solvent leak, according to an internal government report accessed by Reuters on Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) The men who came to kill mini mart owner Enrico Guerra would have seen his five-year-old daughter next to him.

Dear Editor, Recent claims by MP and Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Vinceroy Jordan, alluding to a poultry crisis in Guyana, as reported in Stabroek News on July 29, 2024, have been largely overstated.

(Reuters) – Jamie Smith’s unbeaten 72 propelled England to a 23-run lead over Sri Lanka on day two of the opening test yesterday at Old Trafford where only 57 overs were bowled after the first session was washed out and bad light stopped play.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1085’s trading results showed consideration of $8,338,854 from 37,041 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 1084’s trading results which showed consideration of $2,761,889 from 10,123 shares traded in 35 transactions.

Beryl provides more reason for the region to hear from the food security ‘Lead Heads’ If in the light of recent events the Stabroek Business has decided to take yet another tilt at the issue of regional food security that is because we could not think of another more suitable issue to address in the wake of the intrusion of Hurricane Beryl and the further negative impact that it has had on food security in some territories even before she had made her rumbustious presence felt.

El Dorado Rum, one of the world’s leading rum brands, produced by Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), hosted the global finals of the inaugural El Dorado Rum Heritage Cocktail Competition, in Guyana from Tuesday, August 20 to Thursday, August 22.