Daily Archive: Saturday, September 28, 2024

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that earlier today, a truck collided with the company’s L17 Transmission Line structure at Mahaica, ECD.

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) customers from La Union to Supenaam have been advised that their service interruption is due to a vehicular accident.

(Trinidad Guardian) With low levels of gas production and a less than favourable market, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says there will be difficult times for T&T until new gas production in 2027.

-says only eight of 32 bidders were compliant Government yesterday defended the contract awards for the construction of the $11.8 billion Schoonord-to-Crane Highway insisting that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) followed all legal procurement steps.

A generator that caught fire yesterday at around 4.30 pm in the compound of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) at Plantation Diamond forced a halt to the company’s operations and damaged other generating sets.

The Guyana Police Force last night issued wanted bulletins for Aaron Alleyne, Alpha Poole, Wayne Barker, Dwayne Griffith, and Osafo Peters over the abduction yesterday of Joshua David, called ‘Bricks’.

Alex Amsterdam, a 29-year-old security guard of Lot 11 De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara and Terry Thorman, a 23-year-old mini bus conductor of Lot 113 Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, were remanded to prison following their appearance in court to answer to two counts of murder committed on Arvinda Roopram and Mohammed Nazir.

Ronaldo Chapman, also known as `Packie’, was yesterday sentenced to 26 years in prison on two counts of rape by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

Three persons were charged yesterday  over the assault of a man at the  September 25th CPL match between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and Barbados Royals at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

Two persons are now homeless at SS Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, after a fire that was allegedly started by a relative, completely destroyed one house while the two other homes in the yard were partially damaged.

(CPL) As the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) heads towards its final week of competition it was another disappointing night for Barbados Royals who suffered their fourth defeat in a row at the hands of fellow title hopefuls Trinbago Knight Riders. 

Dear Editor, Gregory Quinn, former British High Commissioner to Guyana, who was here at the time President Granger’s government was attempting to return to office at the 2020 General and Regional Elections by means of fraud, in an article written in a series of booklets published by John Mair titled Oil Dorado and republished in the Stabroek News last Tuesday (24th September, 2024), under the headline “Why Guyana should not appease Venezuela and Maduro”, traced the history of Maduro’s most recent attempt to annex the Essequibo and expresses his concern that some in CARICOM are advocates to appeasing Maduro, most particularly, Prime Minister of St.

-Jagdeo says situation was `badly handled’ The Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday called for the resignation of Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.

Three men accused of the armed robbery of a Unity supermarket were granted $50,000 bail each on September 24th but were remanded a day later at another court over the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my thoughts on the article titled “MMA-ADA to be independently audited – Mustapha,” published in the Stabroek News.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 138 After years of dithering and delays, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC-R) recently unveiled a 20-point plan – more a statement of intent – for managing Guyana’s fast-moving oil and gas sector.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a little space to clarify the contents of the letter “Desmond Alli may have to admit his attack against the Ali government’s arts policy is flawed” by Mr.

Dear Editor, I was pleased to read in the Kaieteur News on September 27th that “Guyana will soon restart international adoptions,” as stated by Minister Persaud.

At the Twentieth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reaffirmed its “unwavering support” for the candidature of  Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Inter-national Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname, for the post of Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the period 2025-2030, at elections to be held in March 2025.

Dear Editor, I will be so bold as to suggest respectfully to Guyana’s President Dr.

The Full Moon Chinese Restaurant located at Lima in Region Two was robbed on Thursday evening for the second time in just one week. 

(Reuters) – The U.S. is closely studying imposing new sanctions on individuals in Venezuela as well as potentially revoking licenses for oil companies working there, a senior U.S. official

Dear Editor, The death of a child in Region 2 has tragic connections with other stories about Guyana’s alcohol culture.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, dealing a huge blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.

President Irfaan Ali (right) yesterday met with the United Kingdom’s newly appointed Foreign Secretary, David Lammy at his official residence in Carlton Gardens, London.

Dear Editor, I noticed the news item where the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) presented a report for 2019-2020.

-after a month on the run Edwin Jowheir was yesterday arrested in the backlands of GuySuCo’s Albion Estate after being wanted for the last month over the alleged assault of his wife.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank’s oversight body is scrutinizing whether a record “debt-for-nature” swap struck by Ecuador for its Galapagos Islands last year breached the lender’s policies following complaints from local groups.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Tropical Depression Helene brought life-threatening flooding yesterday to wide sections of the U.S.

Jarod Granville, a 23-year-old  of Lot 4 Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, and Rabindra Lall, called ‘Pope’, a 33-year-old of Lot 171 Henrietta Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, were jointly charged yesterday with armed robbery.

On September 24th, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo made the eye-opening claim that 95 percent of public projects under this administration have been completed successfully.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England annihilated Australia by 186 runs in a rain-shortened ODI at Lord’s with Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone laying waste to the visitors attack before Matthew Potts took four wickets as the hosts tied the series at 2-2 yesterday.

KANPUR, India,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh made 107 for three against India in a little over one session before heavy rain washed out the remainder of the opening day’s play in the second test in Kanpur on Friday.

The 5-a-side streetball tournament, the Campbellville Cup will culminate in a highly anticipated North East La Penitence versus Z-Tekk Family fixture on October 4 after those sides managed semi-final wins on Thursday night at the Campbellville Tarmac.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka took complete control of the second test against New Zealand yesterday as batting sensation Kamindu Mendis scored the fifth century of his young career and helped the hosts post a mammoth 602-5 declared on day two in Galle.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia has launched a new investment portfolio to help it transition away from fossil fuels and adapt to climate change, which it hopes will attract some $40 billion, an environment ministry spokesperson confirmed on Friday.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana; Barrister-at-Law; Honorary Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists I am aware that constitutional revision in Guyana is a matter of high politics – and the political parties have not yet shown their hands.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Dame Maggie Smith, who died on Friday aged 89, was a perfectionist who turned anxiety into an art form and was hailed as one of the great actors of stage and screen.

The Pan American Hockey Federation Women’s Challenge currently being staged in Bermuda, continued yesterday with the Guyanese Women’s team in action.

Dear Editor, We shall be soon piping into October 2024, where we are told by high government authorities that the Gas to Energy (GtE) loan application in at the US Exim Bank will land on the Board of Director’s (BoD) agenda, allegedly based on environmental and technical studies’ rectitude.

NEW YORK, CMC – The Dominica Republic’s Olympic gold medalist Marileidy Paulino and Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn both walked away with US$60, 000 after winning their respective events at the inaugural, prestigious, all-female Athlos NYC track meet here Thursday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – As part of celebrations to mark the national holiday named in her honour, St Lucia’s sprint queen Julien Alfred was gifted $75, 000 and a special award here yesterday.

With an eye on the next Olympic Games cycle, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) partnered with the National Sports Clinic and the Ministry of Health to implement a comprehensive Pre-Participation Screening Programme for athletes with prospects for international representation.