Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian police carried out a wide operation against illegal mining in the Amazon today, raiding a criminal organization that financed the production and sale of 3.1 tonnes of gold whose origin was hidden with fraudulent papers.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Ukraine struck the Moscow region today in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow.

DILI,  (Reuters) – An estimated 600,000 people in East Timor, just under half its population, turned out in the baking heat today for a Mass with Pope Francis at a coastal park synonymous with the country’s long struggle for independence from Indonesia.

CARACAS/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The flight of former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has largely extinguished hope for political change, voters say, as long-time President Nicolas Maduro shrugs off international criticism about the conduct of July’s disputed election.

(Trinidad Express) Three more citizens have been murdered. Dead are Salina Rodriguez, Marlon Lee and Maleek Lee.

– Sheriff Hospital on track for December Residents within the community of Palmyra, Corentyne are very excited about the major construction projects underway such as for a shopping mall, hospital, new housing scheme and stadium.

City Mayor Alfred Mentore yesterday called for urgent talks with the government and the Qatari Assets Group over a planned hotel for Carifesta Avenue as a tussle over control of the land rumbles on.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) estimated losses of approximately $4b this year as a result of the paddy bug infestation, according to the Ministry of Finance’s midyear review.

Dear Editor, Dr. Ramesh Gampat SN letter September 8, 2024 questioned the ‘credibility of inflation data’ by the Bureau of Statistics namely, the annual inflation rate for 2023.

Swan on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday celebrated the grand opening of its brand new community health centre, a $45m first-of-its-kind project spearheaded by the government to improve healthcare access and services for over 1000 residents.

The police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for Omalie Vieira, Keron Hinds and Dominique Darrel Osborne   over the August 24 shooting on D’Urban Street that resulted in the deaths of two men.

Dear Editor, Stephen Campbell, a man from humble beginnings in Moruca, is behind the heritage celebrations in September in Guyana.

-newspaper stands by article Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy last evening issued a statement in which he said that former Jamaican Information Minister Robert Nesta Morgan had complained to him about a news item in yesterday’s Stabroek News about Guyana’s press freedom rating.

Dear Editor, There is deep concern over the outbreak of the dengue disease in Guyana.

Concacaf Nations League A Guyana’s National Men’s football team, the Golden Jaguars, squandered a golden opportunity to pick up maximum points against a 10-man Martinique at the Stade Pierre-Aliker, in Fort-de-France, Martinique, as their rough start to life in Concacaf Nations League A continued.

Dear Editor, The Lethem Township and surrounding communities have long faced the challenge of flooding during the rainy season, which has had significant impacts on farmers and residents alike.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand recently conducted a site visit to Hosororo Secondary School in Region One to inspect progress on the $2.619 billion state-of-the-art educational facility.

The post-mortem results for Alexis Roxanne Harris, a 29-year-old farmer of Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway revealed yesterday that she died from a stab wound to the heart.

Dear Editor, There is to be a national funeral in tribute of the life and legacy of Sir Shridath Ramphal. 

Dear Editor, Sir Shridath Ramphal is praised as a “distinguished son of Guyana” and a “towering figure in global diplomacy,” and the government is honouring him with a state funeral.

The Ministry of Education’s National Literacy Department yesterday launched the Primary School Libraries initiative.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga said in a speech on Tuesday after visiting 27 countries from Peru to Tuvalu that the global lender needs to work faster and simplify its processes in a world experiencing greater polarisation.

Dear Editor, A recent Facebook post spoke of the death of two young ladies while swimming at one of our creeks.

Two suspects were apprehended by police following an armed confrontation at ‘Rude Boy’ Supermarket, Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

(Reuters) – Kenya’s high court temporarily halted plans to transfer the management of Nairobi’s main airport to India’s Adani Group, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “Singh meets US EXIM officials, no word yet on key gas to energy $$” (SN Sep 8).

A twenty-seven-year-old man was yesterday remanded by Magistrate Fabayo Azore for knowingly importing ammunition at Muneshwer’s Wharf.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia said yesterday it planned to introduce legislation this year to ban children from using social media platforms, citing the risks it could pose to physical and mental health.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) –  Colombia, host nation for this year’s United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a record 79 killed according to UK advocacy group Global Witness.

Dear Editor, Imagine my utter shock when Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh returned from his U.S.

Raymond Tinnis, a 49-year-old man, appeared yesterday at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – The head of El Salvador’s police force and a man arrested on charges of a multi-million-dollar embezzlement were among the nine people killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed, authorities said on Monday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes on a tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed and wounded 65 people in southern Gaza, the enclave’s civil emergency service said early yesterday, as the Israeli military said it had targeted a Hamas command centre.

Dear Editor, The front page of Stabroek News, August 28,  2024 carried an article with a photograph under the caption, “Pakaraima Games: President Irfaan Ali yesterday attended the North Pakaraima District Games 2024 at Kamana Community Ground, Region Eight.

Twenty-three-year-old Elijah Martin of Middle Road, Sideline Dam, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, facing two counts of armed robbery.

–NSC, GOA to engage World Aquatics pursuant to GASA’s `maladministration’ Following a meeting among Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), it has been decided to suspend swimming from the slew of ‘core sports’ and as such it will no longer be receiving “attendant support”.

A 34-year-old Cummings Park, East Coast Demerara man was shot once in the neck during a robbery at Red Road, Sophia on Sunday night by a masked gunman.

LOS ANGELES, –  American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died yesterday at the age of 93.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – The Belize Defence Force is deploying two senior officers to Jamaica ahead of an assignment to Haiti, it said on Sunday, as part of its commitment to support a long-delayed security mission to help Haitian police fight powerful gangs.

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – I wrote a speculative article in 2000 on what I called “the political trilemma of the world economy.”

LONDON, (Reuters) – England seamer Gus Atkinson will be rested for this month’s One-Day International series against Australia, with Olly Stone coming in as his replacement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Peter Vieira, one of Guyana’s outstanding Leather artists died at his home in Sophia some weeks back.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Time is running out for national federations to rally behind World Boxing and help restore the sport in the Olympic programme for the 2028 Games, its president Boris van der Vorst told Reuters.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has named its women’s national team to compete in the 2024 PAHF (Pan American Hockey Federation) Challenge set for Hamilton, Bermuda from September 20 to 28.  

(ESPN) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to undertake a wholesale review of all aspects of international and domestic cricket in a bid to “restore the pride and excellence” of Pakistan cricket.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa have handed Nqaba Peter, Andile Simelane and Jason Smith their first call-ups to the One Day International squad for series against Afghanistan and Ireland in the United Arab Emirates starting next week.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka completed a rare test victory in England yesterday as they reached their target of 219 with untroubled ease on the fourth day at The Oval, with Pathum Nissanka’s unbeaten 127 leading them to a consolation win in a 2-1 series defeat.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. Open full of upsets and hungry, young contenders offered the latest sign that men’s tennis has entered a new era, with 2024 marking the first time in more than two decades that none of the “Big Three” claimed a Grand Slam title.

One of the enduring developmental weaknesses in the governance process that has obtained in post-independence Guyana has been governments’ chronic inability to plan and execute major and strategically important development-related projects that have to do with the creation and maintenance of durable/reliable inventories.