Daily Archive: Sunday, August 25, 2024

Lawrence Wayne, called ‘Boy Boy’, who was injured during the fatal shooting incident on D’Urban Street yesterday morning, succumbed to his injuries today at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Sam Melville, a 44-year-old manager employed at the Markanata Ranch in Central Rupununi, Region Nine, was arrested by Police at about 00:30hrs this morning after he was found with an unlicensed firearm and a live round of ammunition.

(Barbados Nation) The Democratic Labour Party’s 69th Annual General Conference took a chaotic turn on its second day, leading to police intervention to restore order.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The financial performance of telecoms Digicel Group has stabilised, with its operations generating over US$14 million in cash for the year, leading to a rating upgrade by Moody’s.

(Trinidad Guardian) Lawrence Duprey, the former chairman of CL Financial (CLF) and the Colonial Life Insurance Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Clico), has died at 89.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early today, as Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a bigger attack, in one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare.

By Rae Wiltshire “Children of Baby” by Mosa Telford is a poignant drama inspired by the tragic Baby Arthur killings in Guyana in 1994.

By Shuntel Glasgow Elderly care in Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will receive a much needed boost when Traceyann Vanhersel launches her business venture, Sisters Care Home Care Service, in early September along with co-owner Thiffeny Mackenzie.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you may have, and things I may have found out myself that I want to share with you.

The Lucas Stock Index gained 0.097 percent on the sale of 36,841 shares during the third period of trading in August 2024. 

Dear Editor, Over the past few days, I have been engaged in several conversations with both individual and corporate shareholders in Banks DIH Limited who, like me, received from the company correspondence informing them that their shares in the company had been invalidated, and providing them with a “replacement share certificate” for an equal number of shares in a new holding company Banks DIH Holdings Inc.

-police arrest Den Amstel 5-0 By Michaelangelo Jacobus The curtains came down last night on the sixth season of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Elite League, as the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) saw out a 0-0 draw with arch rival Slingerz Football Club to stay undefeated and clinch their second successive top flight league title at the National Training Centre (NTC), Providence.

-six others injuredA businessman of South Ruimveldt was fatally wounded yesterday morning on D’Urban Street when four gunmen in a car opened fire and five other persons were injured.

By Nazima Raghubir Nancy McKenzie reaches for a pack of exercise books, her customer is a teenager shopping for school supplies, “this is what I live on,” she quips, “I came here to make a living.”

Dear Editor, My association with Dave Martins goes as far back to the 1980’s  and it was through theatre and not music.

Dear Editor, Tacuma Ogunseye (SN, 8/23/24) has taken it upon himself to chastise a couple of individuals who seek to offer a supportive voice to Indians in the public space.

A 31-year-old taxi driver who was wounded last week at Parika, East Bank Essequibo in an altercation with a 30-year-old construction worker, succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Intensive Care Unit on Friday.

Dear Editor, The negotiation outcomes and moreover the now signed agreement between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the government leave much to be desired and it has ignited a wave of grave disappointment and frustration among our educators.

More than a month later, the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is still to be updated by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) on the progress of the Belle Vue pump station which was controversially awarded to Tepui Inc.

-also runs community centres While the Ordnance/Fort Lands Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) continues to push its street and drainage programme, it is also heavily focused on continuing to build community relations with its counselling centre.

Dear Editor, I write this letter with the hope to get the attention of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other similar international organisations.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris last evening, TF1 TV and BFM TV said, citing unnamed sources.

Dear Editor, Multiple individuals, business people, media folks, and others in the diaspora and in Guyana asked a most relevant question: Isn’t it embarrassing for the police force when foreign law enforcement trace and find wanted criminals and also know the corrupt and can sanction thieving officials and business persons in Guyana?

The annual Jamzone Summer Break at the Splashmins Fun Park & Resort, at Madewini on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway is scheduled to take place today.

Dear Editor, In my years of service in the education sector in Guyana (1968-2019) I have been blessed by the presence of so many accepting and understanding me with encouraging words and guidance.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo yetserday, seeking to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas, but there was no indication of progress after hours of talks.

Major preparatory works have commenced in relation to canals like the one at Hope, East Coast Demerara which will be constructed in the Corentyne area to obviate the possibility of any heavy flooding. 

Dear Editor, I recently had the joy of witnessing my niece achieve something that many, including myself, found surprising—she passed nine subjects in the CSEC exams.

(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman Lawrence Duprey has died. Sources have confirmed this to Guardian Media.

A family on the Corentyne  has been plunged into mourning as a woman and her daughter both died following the ingestion of poison.

MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered yesterday a halt to work stoppages at the country’s largest railways, signaling an end to an unprecedented service disruption at both main freight rail carriers that threatened to hammer the country’s export-driven economy.

Dear Editor, The statement by the Honourable Sam Hinds about the Asian Tigers GDP growth rates and spending on infrastructure without an oil bonanza, invites a response.

A book review by Christopher Ram – Part 2 For many Guyanese, chapter 3 of Dr Maurice Odle’s memoir is the most exciting and interesting, covering a period from the late sixties to the year 1980, the year of the assassination of Walter Rodney.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s BA.N

Dear Editor, The CARICOM circus has outdone itself yet again! In what can only be described as a masterclass in diplomatic dodging, the once-proud regional bloc has now morphed into a bygone version of “CARIGONE,” vanishing from the scene just when its voice was most needed.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, accompanied by representatives from the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), visited the residents of Ogle Airport Road, and neighbouring villages to discuss upcoming infrastructural developments, a Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) release yesterday stated.

Dear Editor, A question that needs to be answered is whether patriotic Presidents such as Forbes Burnham or Cheddi Jagan or Desmond Hoyte would acquiesce to the demands of a foreign country using sanctions against Guyanese businessmen?

KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian “drone missile” yesterday that he said would take the war back to Russia and scornfully derided Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “sick old man from Red Square”.

Police conducted a raid between 00:00 and 03:40 hrs yesterday at the Red Dragon Night Club located at Robb Street, Bourda, Georgetown.

In the perception of the ruling party there is no heterogeneity or variety in the local world in which they function; whatever external appearances might suggest everyone and every organisation within our 83,000 square miles is political in character.

The annual National Toshaos Conference took place during last week and was addressed by President Ali.

In the fading light of an ill-fated afternoon, at 5 pm on December 9, 1994, the peace and quiet of Buxton and Friendship on the East Coast Demerara in Guyana were tragically shattered when 34 year-old Hubert Headley, known to everyone as “Baby Arthur” ran berserk with a cutlass through the streets of the communities slaughtering six people and a dog and injuring two others.

This Sunday how could I not write a few – bound to be inadequate – words about Dave.

The second annual dirt bike and quad race fun-packed event was recently staged at the Mainstay Motocross Park and according to the  Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), a sponsor, it was an adrenaline-packed event.

On Tuesday August 20, resourceful English chess columnist Leonard Barden turned 95.

Forty-three-year-old Sherwin De Young and his family, of Mainstay in Region Two yesterday accepted the keys to a brand-new two-bedroom home from the executive members of Men on Mission (MOM). 

(BBC) The new season of fluffy Netflix show Emily in Paris introduces a surprising plotline about sexual misconduct in the fashion world – how does the show handle the subject, and does it reflect reality?

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Steve Liburd has been appointed as head coach of the Leeward Islands Hurricanes.

“I was molested when I was 12 years old and you know what was the worst part of it?

SOLINGEN, Germany, (Reuters) – A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television yesterday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.

Will Annie reveal her abuse? Never guh a store ah night fuh buy black cloth.

Nelson Mandela once said, “Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.”

The sounds of Eurhythmics appear early on in Yorgos Lanthimos’ anthology-film “Kinds of Kindness”, the seductive sounds of 1980s pop-perfection that serve as a complicated promise of the film to come.

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act This week I will be breaking down section 42 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:01, Laws of Guyana (“the SOA”).

Dear Editor, I have been musing on the purpose of those expensive high commissions/embassies in foreign capitals like London.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A four-wicket haul by spinner Chloe Tryon coupled with a swashbuckling unbeaten half century from Erin Burns, carried the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over the Trinbago Knight Riders when the Women’s Caribbean Premier League continued here on Friday.

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix by a hefty margin yesterday and ended home hero Max Verstappen’s 100% qualifying record at the Formula One championship leader’s home circuit.

The Guyana Badminton team in Aruba managed to capture five bronze medals at the Caribbean (CAREBACO) Junior tournament, wrapping up a decent all-round outing.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – A controlled 64-run partnership between Joe Root and Jamie Smith guided England to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first test at Old Trafford yesterday.

(Reuters) – Mushfiqur Rahim fell agonisingly short of a double hundred but Bangladesh racked up 565 all out in reply to Pakistan’s first innings total of 448-6 declared on day four of the opening test in Rawalpindi yesterday.

GCA 2-Day competition  The restart of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Friends of Cricket 2nd Division 2-Day competition was marred by rain which caused a lengthy delay to the start of the Bel Air Rubis versus Ace Warriors match yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Ground, Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The newly formed Antigua & Barbuda Falcons squad has assembled for a skills camp ahead of their opening match in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League next week.

(Trinidad Guardian) The owners of the MovieTowne complex at Invader’s Bay, Mucurapo, and the management of the Port-of-Spain Infrastructure Company (POSINCO) and the Port Authority of T&T (PATT) seem heading for a showdown.

(Reuters) – Anwar El Ghazi pledged to donate 500,000 euros to children in Gaza, one-third of the payout he has received from Mainz 05 for wrongfully terminating him over his support for Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas war.

Buxton Stars downed Beterverwagting (BV)/Triumph 4-2 when the East Demerara Football League resumed on Friday night at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

Georgetown Football League… Riddim Squad and Camptown recorded contrasting wins when the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Friday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence. 

(In memory of the late calypsonian, song writer, playwright and Caribbean man, Dave Martins we reproduce below one of his Sunday Stabroek columns from April 17, 2022) The professional musician’s life has many attendant aspects, other than the activity itself, so that any successful Caribbean musician will tell you that one of the problems is dealing with hecklers who consider themselves comedians and will shout stuff at you from the crowd, very loud.