Daily Archive: Friday, September 6, 2024

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York judge today delayed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s sentencing on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until after the Nov.

(CPL) Guyana Amazon Warriors have announced England international Moeen Ali as a replacement player for their 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – A fire killed 17 boys when it ripped through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a boarding school in central Kenya in the early hours of today, police said.

(Trinidad Express) Killers came by sea to kill three men on the Icacos Beach in Cedros before daybreak yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is failing citizens in the fight against dengue, says St Augustine MP Khadijah Ameen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Veteran musician, band leader Roy Cape has died. He was 82.

Following the dismal performance of students this year in Mathematics at CXC, CARICOM leaders have put the issue up for discussion at their next meeting and President Irfaan Ali has ordered that immediate remedial measures be rolled out in schools across the country.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) was yesterday rebranded as ONE Communications which unifies diverse services and redefines the company’s commitment to placing the customer at the centre of everything it does, a release from the company said.

Dear Editor, I am eternally grateful to have been given the opportunity to commence my working life at the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), on completion of my Secondary Education, several years ago.

The much-hyped $475 million Cemetery Road rehabilitation project has finally limped to its conclusion after two years with many delays but there are signs of poor and incomplete work which could pose hazards to users. 

Dear Editor, The announcement by young President Ali at the launch of  the National Defence Institute (NDI), deserves commendation and congratulations.

The opposition PNCR/APNU yesterday said that the massive drug bust on Saturday at Matthews Ridge by a joint services team raises disturbing concerns and has far-reaching implications for the country’s national security.

(CPL) – Antigua & Barbuda Falcons claimed a dramatic final ball victory over Trinbago Knight Riders to claim their debut victory in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) yesterday.

Long regarded as being among the underachievers within a wider South American family, Guyana and Suriname are seemingly in the process of ‘coming through’, courtesy of oil discoveries that will potentially bring about major economic transformation to a wider South American ‘family’ others of which have long now reaped the benefits of the hemisphere’s enormous oil reserves.

Frustrated New Amsterdam Market vendors on Wednesday took to the streets in the township to protest against the Mayor and Town Council over a 100% hike in weekly stall and washroom prices.

Dear Editor, I want to offer a constructive criticism of two recently built roads by the PPP/C government.

Even as the various product displays including the UNCAPPED event continues to provide evidence of potential for further growth in the country’s agro processing sector, small and medium scale investors remain concerned that the extent of their investments are not matched by opportunities to access lucrative international markets the returns from which make those investments worthwhile.

The Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s national men’s football team, suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of neighbouring Suriname yesterday at the National Track & Field Centre in Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, Two main roads EBD and ECD. Villages formed alongside these roads.

The Yarrowkabra Secondary School has opened its doors to some 1,019 students from several villages along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

With Agro Processing continuing to make a name for itself as a mainstream entrepreneurial pursuit in Guyana, the Richmonds, (Michellina and Oscar), owners of Centaur Holdings of Jacklow, Pomeroon are beginning to get that ‘we’re getting there’ feeling.

Ryan Persaud defeated Mickeal Roberts by a 2-0 score when the 5th edition of the Rebel Junior Lawn Tennis Championship continued yesterday at the GBTI Diamond Court, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, A news item about toilets not functioning in a West Coast Demerara school is symptomatic of a regional system that never fails to disappoint us over and over, and has been designed to fail.

As part of its continuing development of the Mocha/Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, community, government has announced plans to invest $150 million to accelerate road development and several initiatives to support the community’s farming activities, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated on Wednesday.

By  Andrea Perez-Sobers       Former Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine says the ongoing political unrest in Venezuela would impact doing business with the country.

-after bond next door goes up in flames A family is now assessing the damage they suffered after a fire of unknown origin swept through a storage bond yesterday afternoon at ‘A’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, damaging their home in the process.

GH Renovations T20 Cricket Defending champion Cornelia Ida, Windsor Forest, and West Demerara Legends recorded lopsided wins when the West Demerara Cricket Association sanctioned GH Renovations T20 Championship resumed.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Keith Bernard’s letter of September 5, 2024, published in Stabroek News, where he calls for a reconsideration of how Guyana is governed.

The earlier diligent efforts of a cross section of local businesses to maximize consumer attention to their goods and services which, in the past, have benefitted from little or no public accreditation, continues to undergo a steady transformation on account of the initiatives being undertaken by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to affix deserving recognition to the profiles of those businesses.

Dear Editor, As the Guyana government deliberates over regulations for social media platforms to curb cybercrime, it has generously gifted us a far more innovative solution: the National Defence Institute (NDI).

The inaugural edition of the Campbellville Village Cup Street-ball Championship will commence tomorrow at the Campbellville Tarmac.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has joined with others in paying tribute to Sir Shridath Ramphal who passed away on August 30. 

Dear Editor, Reference is made to editorial “Democracy v autocracy” (Sep 1), drawing from Dr.

To ensure thorough preparation for the National and Regional Elections 2025 and to address all outstanding issues, government-nominated elections commissioner Sase Gunraj told Stabroek News on Wednesday that an additional meeting day for the commissioners has been decided upon by GECOM.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping pledged yesterday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of at least 1 million jobs.

The recently announced anticipated “above normal” temperatures for the months of September to November could create challenges for Guyana’s agriculture sector whilst, simultaneously, dishing out episodes of heat-related discomfort to humans across parts of the country, according to information released late last month by the state’s Hydrometeorological Service, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The European Union (EU) Delegation here yesterday met with Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony to discuss the upcoming EU Health and Pharmaceutical Investment Mission.

Dear Editor, After a seven year wait, the Report on the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy 2017 of London was released, detailing a damming ‘web of blame’ and ‘decades of failures’ by successive governments (Al Jazeera September 4).

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday called for renewing a United Nations mandate for an international security mission to help Haiti fight armed gangs that have taken over much of the country’s capital and expanded to nearby regions.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Georgia state officials yesterday arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a school shooting that killed four people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, saying the father knowingly allowed his son to have the murder weapon.

…blames administration changes (Trinidad Express) Acting vice-president of operations at the Caribbean Development Bank Therese Turner-Jones believes Trinidad and Tobago and the CDB’s “story” is not impressive, given that many specific projects were not completed despite the benefits they would bring.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 135 Introduction This is the final part of an adaptation of a talk I gave last July at a forum sponsored by the US NGO Oil and Gas Guyana Network (OGGN).

WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua yesterday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who has in recent years often expelled individuals who he sees as hostile to his rule.

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mayor Mentore’s latest attempt at obfuscating the facts around this most reprehensible policy aimed at exempting the PNC+AFC from paying their fair share of rates and taxes.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Canada’s RY.TO ousted CFO Nadine Ahn denied all allegations in the lender’s counterclaim in response to her lawsuit for wrongful dismissal, according to a defense filing on Thursday.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday September 5, 2024

(Reuters) – The Central American Bank for Economic Integration said yesterday it filed a lawsuit against its former president in U.S.

Dear Editor, The 2024 Amerindian Heritage Sports are scheduled to be held in Georgetown over the period 11th-15th September.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has determined that the fire at the West Ruimveldt Primary school on Wednesday morning was caused by slack connections of electrical wires.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday accused Donald Trump’s lawyers of trying to stop potentially damaging evidence of his effort to overturn his 2020 election loss from becoming public before the Nov.

(Trinidad Express) US District Judge Carlos Mendoza on Wednesday sentenced Varun Maharajh to seven years in federal prison for smuggling firearms overseas and possessing firearms as an unlawful alien.

(CMC) – Cricket West Indies’ outgoing High Performance Manager, Graeme West, will take up a new role as Cricket Ireland’s Director of High Performance.

(CMC) – The Jamaican trio of Roshawn Clarke, Shiann Salmon, and Wayne Pinnock, along with Grenada’s Anderson Peters, all won gold on the opening day of the 14th Weltklasse Zurich League yesterday.

(CMC) – Following his outstanding performance in the recently concluded Test series against South Africa, West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales has been named as a nominee for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for August.

Local small business owners and aspirants hoping to access state support for the setting up or expanding of existing entrepreneurial ventures are of the view that the recent official disclosure that the state-run Small Business Bureau has established a ‘window’ (a Resource Centre) through which small business owners and, presumably, prospective owners, can benefit from somewhere they can go to and get readily available information that can assist them with business growth issues, should not become the victim of yet another tier of bureaucratic clutter.

Dear Editor, I read with both disgust and a sense of pity, a letter penned by Patricia Chase-Green titled.

President Irfaan Ali wants to think of Guyana as a truly progressive society with a government committed to ‘development.’

(Reuters) – Second seed Aryna Sabalenka charged into her second straight U.S.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1087s trading results showed consideration of $94,124,613 from 294,431 shares traded in 31 transactions as compared to session 1086’s trading results which showed consideration of $9,231,251 from 46,514 shares traded in 17 transactions.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Geespace, a company backed by Chinese automaker Geely 0175.HK,

(Reuters) – Argentina claimed a 3-0 home win over Chile yesterday thanks to second-half goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Julian Alvarez and Paulo Dybala, to strengthen their grip on top of the South American World Cup qualifying.

(Reuters) – American Jessica Pegula mounted an astonishing fight back after a disastrous opening set to beat Czech Karolina Muchova 1-6 6-4 6-2 and reach her first major final at the U.S.

Introduction Today’s Commentary returns to the saga of Banks DIH Limited and its share exchange which has roiled the market, creating a huge problem for insurance companies, commercial banks and pension schemes.