Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

James Lord called ‘Jamesy’, a 34-year-old sawmill operator from Soesdyke, was arrested on 2024-09-08 and charged today with the murder of Alexis Roxanne Harris, a 29-year-old woman from Free and Easy, West Bank Demerara.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called today for an end to the Israel-Gaza war and said that Israel must not reoccupy the Palestinian enclave once the nearly year-old conflict comes to an end.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada’s ruling Liberal Party lost a once-safe seat in a Montreal parliamentary constituency, preliminary results showed today, a result likely to put more pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to quit.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of two young men found dead in Sea Lots on Sunday evening confirmed their identities yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre, Federation Park.

(Trinidad Express) “We won the case!” So gushed a joyful Finance Minister Colm Imbert who was yesterday given the green light by the Privy Council to proceed with implementing the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority (TTRA).

Chairman of a previous Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC), Ralph Ramkarran SC on Sunday said that the current CRC process should be scrapped and core issues such as presidential powers and inclusive governance addressed.

A new group is to be launched to focus on accountability and resources development and it will contest the general elections set for next year.

-talks to be held with ministry on promotions President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte yesterday addressed the public via a live stream on Facebook where he discussed key issues regarding the country’s education system and defended the recently signed agreement between the GTU and the Ministry of Education.

Justice Jacqueline Josiah-Graham has refused applications by the Attorney General for immediate possession of land earmarked for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge and ruled that in line with the constitution and relevant laws compensation must first be settled.

Police have arrested three teenagers in connection with the killing  of Harry Brown, 24, which occurred at Kairuni on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway at about 01:30 hrs on Sunday.

(CPL) The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be making a US$50,000 contribution to support tertiary level students who have had their last year of education significantly disrupted, following the horrendous impact of Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.

The Paruima Airstrip, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), which became infamous in June 2024 due to several mishaps, continues to pose challenges for residents as repairs to it continue.

Italian multinational oilfield services company,  Saipem has announced the launch of its 2024 Local Community Initiatives (LCIs) Plan and will be focusing on empowering individuals and fostering community growth.

(Trinidad Express) Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) skipper Kieron Pollard is urging his players to continue putting in the hard work as they gear up for their home leg of matches in the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League T20.

Residents of St Ignatius, Kumu, Quarrie, and other neighbouring villages in Region Nine were the beneficiaries of a legal mobile services initiative that was the brainchild of President Irfaan Ali and executed by the Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Legal Affairs.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a landmark agreement to enhance the effectiveness of project procurement processes.

(Reuters) – Several oil companies including Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), and Chevron (CVX.N), 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A man suspected of hiding for nearly 12 hours in an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was charged with two gun-related crimes yesterday, a day after authorities say he was spotted in the bushes with a rifle as the former U.S.

The Caribbean Container Incorporated (CCI) first half year un-audited report shows that the company has achieved a lower financial turnover of 2% for the first half of 2024 as compared to the corresponding period of 2023 but recorded a profit before tax increase  of 100% for the same period. 

Dear Editor, The recent announcement by President Ali, in collaboration with the Prince Charles Foundation, to restore Georgetown to its former glory is an exciting initiative that could reshape our capital city.

GANDHINAGAR, India,  (Reuters) – India will connect a record 35 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind energy capacity to its grid during the year ending March 2025, a top bureaucrat told Reuters, as it scrambles to achieve its 2030 clean energy target after falling short of a much publicised 2022 renewables goal.

Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on Anita Fraser, a 48-year-old housewife of Lot 4 ‘B’ Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice, on Saturday at about 20:40 hrs.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – The Finnish government is happy for Sweden to lead the establishment of NATO land forces in Finland to boost defences against neighbouring Russia, the two Nordic countries said yesterday.

Dear Editor, St. Vincent and Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, is getting a little too intimate with what is good for Guyana.

On September 11th, Marine Consultant and Associates (MCA) celebrated the official launch of its operations, heralding a new chapter in maritime education.

Dear Editor, Just to add to what Ravi Dev penned (SN Sep 15), Mr.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Lower voter turnout and increasingly contested results globally are threatening the credibility of elections, an intergovernmental watchdog warned yesterday, as its sub-index for free and fair elections suffered its biggest decline on record in 2023.

On September 13, 2024, The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and the Government of Saint Lucia signed contracts with two joint ventures involving two Saint Lucian firms in partnership with two Saudi Arabian firms to complete the reconstruction of St.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel yesterday expanded its stated goals of the war in Gaza to include enabling residents to return to communities in northern Israel that have been evacuated due to attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Products from Guyana were yesterday introduced to a number of potential distributors and buyers from around the world who stopped by the World Trade Center Georgetown (WTCG) Guyana booth on the opening day of 27th Food & Beverage Show &Conference put on by the World Trade Center Miami at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Dear Editor, On behalf of our entire family, we were pleased to see the Place of the Seven Ponds look resplendent during yesterday’s solemn funeral for Sir Shridath Ramphal.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa will seek changes to the constitution to allow foreign military bases to be established in the Andean country, he said on Monday via a post on X.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and the Regional Vice Chairman of Region Six, Zamal Hussain through President Irfaan Ali’s Men on Mission (MOM) initiative last week handed over a house to 62-year-old Mohamed Hassan Ramdular and his wife 56-year-old Fazeeroon Ramdular of Lot 10 Vryheid, West Canje Berbice. 

Dear Editor, I was intrigued and interested in the piece on September 8th about the return of distinguished British educationalist Sir Dexter Hutt to the land of his birth last month.

(Trinidad Express) Lawyers have now gotten involved in what was supposed to be a private family issue, but found its way in the public domain after a video surfaced on social media on Friday showing a police officer being confronted by his wife over his alleged infidelity.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC’s flagship news programme, was given a suspended sentence at a London court yesterday after admitting making indecent images of children.

For many Guyanese students studying at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago, the experience of living in a foreign country can be both exciting and challenging.

Dear Editor, I have been following, with much interest, the exchanges on the Guyana Constitution between Attorney General Anil Nandlall and former Chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s communist-run government yesterday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana has lost more than a third of its 2023/24 cocoa output to smuggling, a top official from the cocoa marketing board (Cocobod) told Reuters, as low local prices and payment delays push some farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated trafficking rings.

MIAMI, Florida,  CMC – Over the course of the next four years, CONCACAF is set to introduce additional women’s competitions as part of its efforts to assist in the growth and development of the sport in the region.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Lando Norris pointed to Ferrari as a bigger threat than Red Bull after his McLaren team roared to the top of the Formula One constructors’ standings for the first time in more than a decade.

(Reuters) – Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar heads into this month’s cycling Road World Championships seeking his first title, but the 25-year-old said he has extra confidence after winning the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal on Sunday.

(Reuters) – World athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire and Olympic newcomer Johan Eliasch and Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry are among seven candidates for next year’s International Olympic Committee presidency election, the IOC said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) With their season in danger of ending early, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons captain Chris Green is urging his players to produce their best at the last time of asking.

45th Chess Olympiad Team Guyana’s roller coaster campaign in Budapest, Hungary continued with mixed results in the Open and Women’s category at the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Honourable Members of the Peace Seminar of Columbia University, It is a distinct honour to address you at this Peace Seminar, which I myself chaired at one stage, and to which I last spoke after I came off the peace-making, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and humanitarian processes as Director of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia for nearly four years.

Dear Editor, After reading Prof. Nigel Westmaas ‘comparative perspective’  of Sept 8 between the Berbice rebellion of 1763-64 and that of the Haitian revolution of 1791-1801, it became clear ‘history repeats  itself’, and I felt another comparative perspective is required between the then Haitian revolution and that of current events in the Middle East, specifically the on-going brutal responses on the Palestinians in the Gaza and West Bank by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant  following the attack by Hamas fighters who attacked a music festival in Israel on October 7, killing hundreds.

GCA/Friends of Cricket 2nd Division 2-Day competition In the only Georgetown Cricket Association 2nd Division 2-day match over the weekend, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) club thrashed Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by an innings and 19 runs at the Malteenoes Ground.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Kevin P. Gallagher, Martín Guzmán, and Marilou Uy NEW YORK – A group of 22 financially distressed countries, including Pakistan and Ukraine, has become the largest source of net revenue to the International Monetary Fund in recent years, with payments exceeding the Fund’s operating costs.

Guest Editorial President Irfaan Ali’s recent comment embracing concerns over Guyana’s performance or underperformance at Mathematics based on the recently released results of this year’s CXC examinations and his call for an urgent probe into what he rightly appears to believe is the country’s decided math’s deficit comes against the backdrop of previously expressed concerns over what is now seen across the region as an obdurate crisis that refuses to go away with the passage of time. 

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Tito Jackson, founding member of the popular Black American Motown group The Jackson 5 with his brothers, died on Sunday at the age of 70, his family said.

(Reuters) – Liverpool have plenty of respect for Italian side AC Milan but the Premier League club will not be intimidated when the two European giants face-off in their Champions League opener at San Siro, head coach Arne Slot said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A televised debate among election rivals for mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, descended into chaos when one struggling candidate whacked another with a chair and was expelled.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka recalled top-order batsman Oshada Fernando to their 16-member squad announced yesterday for their two-test series against New Zealand, while Nishan Madushka was left out.