Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Crime Police issue wanted bulletins for five over Main St kidnapping: The Guyana Police Force last Saturday issued wanted bulletins for Aaron Alleyne, Alpha Poole, Wayne Barker, Dwayne Griffith, and Osafo Peters over the abduction yesterday of Joshua David, called ‘Bricks’.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel today in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Israel said commando and paratroop units launched raids into Lebanon today as part of a “limited” ground incursion, while Iran-backed Hezbollah said it had fired a barrage of missiles into Israel, including at its spy agency near Tel Aviv.

STRASBOURG, (Reuters) – Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, told European lawmakers today his guilty plea to US espionage accusations was necessary because legal and political efforts to protect his freedom were not sufficient.

 (Reuters) – Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter, who has lived longer than any U.S.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – France’s TotalEnergies TTEF.PA and U.S. APA Corp APA.O today announced a positive investment decision for Suriname’s most promising oil and gas project, Block 58, which is expected to inaugurate the nation’s offshore output.

The Government of Guyana yesterday signed a US$16 million contract with Bell Textron Inc for two advanced rotary wing aircraft and emphasised the importance of its relationship with the United States.

Two of the five suspects wanted over the abduction of Joshua David on Main Street turned themselves in to the police yesterday,  Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus Ahead of the start of the play-off phase of the Republic Bank CPL today, the captains of the St.

In a significant step toward deepening economic and diplomatic ties with Guyana, British Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier and Finance Minister Natalio Wheatley announced yesterday that Guyanese citizens will soon enjoy visa-free travel to the BVI.

Over 100 table tennis players from Region Three schools flocked the Westminster Secondary School auditorium on the West Bank of Demerara to compete for top honours when the Region 3 Edition of the CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited/Guyana Table Tennis Association/Ministry of Education/Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Nationwide National Schools Table Tennis Championships got underway on last Friday.

Chief Executive Officer of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Gomin Camacho has confirmed that it is investigating an incident where racial abuse was aimed at Ivor Thom, Head of the Burrowes School of Art Thom yesterday told Stabroek News that the investigation was triggered by significant media attention surrounding the incident.

Local policyholders who were part of the British American Insurance Company (BAICO) in Guyana, are being asked to contact the company as it is preparing to formally close operations and make payouts to those persons owed.

Dear Editor, One of the highlights of what we could call the 2024 United Nations high level General Assembly season was the launch of the third iteration of the Bridgetown Initiative – “Bridgetown 3.0” The Bridgetown Initiative is that compendium of interlocking ideas and demands that are geared towards reorienting the international economic and financial system towards providing more support and a fairer deal for developing countries; making available more financial resources to help developing countries adapt to the climate crisis; helping developing countries to make their economies more resilient and to “shock proof” them from the effects of natural disasters; and providing the resources that developing countries need to achieve the UN’s “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs).

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Israel’s widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early today as its military said troops had begun “limited” raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area.

Following a protest in the Free and Easy community at 7 am on Saturday, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar met with residents to address their concerns regarding speeding along the roadway and dust pollution from contractors involved in the gas-to-energy project.

Dear Editor, Mr. Shridath Ramphal, I deliberately dropped the title the British offered him in his early life, was a distinguished son of the soil.

ATAFONA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Sonia Ferreira’s two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the advancing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, pushed higher by climate change.

Dear Editor, Lord Waheed Alli, of Guyanese origin, is the spider at the centre of a web of donor intrigue engulfing Sir Keir Starmer’s new UK Labour government.

Following a report in the last Sunday Stabroek about Venezuelan migrants living in poor conditions in Linden and tensions in the community,  Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd vowed yesterday to take decisive action in partnership with local authorities.

Vendors within the New Amsterdam Market are at their wits end with the conditions they are facing as a result of increased fees by the New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council, harsh and rude treatment meted out to them by staffers and roadside vending by others.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The chief of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) yesterday denied knowing that its employee Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was a Hamas commander in Lebanon and called on states to push back against Israeli attacks on the agency.

Dear Editor, This is unbelievable. New York City Mayor Eric Adams rocked by a 57-page indictment issued by a federal grand jury for corruption and bribery, among other charges.

BAT CAVE, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – Crews yesterday airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and devastated by tropical storm Helene that turned the western part of the state into a “post apocalyptic” landscape.

Dear Editor, The ERC has criticized the actions of a police officer in a hinterland church service noise nuisance complaint, without, it seems, a full investigation (SN September 30). 

Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George SC, yesterday dismissed the legal proceedings filed by  Catherine Hughes on 12th December 2023, seeking a number of declarations regarding the establishment of the Human Rights Commission, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian police are investigating an elaborate scam that swindled a prominent businessman out of $830,000 by summoning him to a fake online hearing before India’s Supreme Court and making a threat of jail which caused him transfer the funds.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday commissioned the newly constructed Industrial Technology Department at the Patentia Secondary School in Region Three.

Dear Editor, As the President and his distinguished entourage descended upon New York City for their annual UN pilgrimage to the United Nations General Assembly, one can only wonder: amidst the weighty speeches on climate change and democracy, did they pause to support local content by indulging in Guyanese cuisine?

After being told that the foetus she was carrying was not viable and did not have a heartbeat, Regina Rawlins is in the third trimester of her pregnancy and preparing for delivery.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed yesterday to authorize for another year an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti, but a U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A gang-fueled social and political crisis in Haiti has swollen the ranks of those suffering severe hunger in recent months, with an estimated 5.4 million Haitians having run out of food and gone a day or more without eating.

Dear Editor, The United Nations (UN) is hosting its 79th Annual General Assembly in New York.

(Reuters) – South Africa have recalled all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy to their 15-player squad for next month’s two-test tour of Bangladesh as one of three frontline spin options.

(Field Level Media) Joel Embiid has an NBA Most Valuable Player award and five All-NBA selections to his name.

(Reuters) – Hampshire will become the first English county to be owned by an overseas franchise after signing an acquisition agreement with Indian conglomerate GMR Group, the county championship club said yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France midfielder Antoine Griezmann announced the end of his international career yesterday after being coach Didier Deschamps’s most important player for a decade, during which he won a World Cup title.

(Reuters) – Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died at the age of 58 from brain cancer, the NBA said on Monday.

(Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have consolidated control over the Rubaya coltan-mining region, imposing a production tax estimated to generate around $300,000 in monthly revenue, the United Nations security council heard yesterday.

More than a year ago, on June 14, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture announced in a media release, that over 2,500 “farmers, agro processors, wholesalers and retailers now have access to certified agro-processing facilities in their regions.”

The elderly were honoured for their contributions to society at the Round House, Kingston Seawall, yesterday.

MANACAPURU, Brazil,  (Reuters) – The Solimoes, one of the two largest tributaries of the Amazon River in Brazil, fell to its lowest level ever yesterday in the worst drought on record in the Amazon region, leaving villages on its banks stranded without food, water and transport.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Lynford Inverary has been named as Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) new chief operations officer (COO) and will also serve as interim chief executive officer (CEO) until the post is filled in 2025.

Dear Editor, In its September 22, 2024 edition S/N published a letter written by Baytoram Ramharack; ‘Janet Jagan showed little interest in Indian history and culture.’

Torginol Paints yesterday announced Jamal Higgins as the grand prize winner of the ‘Name That Shade’ promotion with “Savannah Sunset”.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – This is not strictly a review of Sergey Radchenko’s recent book, To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power.

KANPUR, India,  (Reuters) – Records tumbled as India launched a batting blitz to overtake Bangladesh’s first innings total of 233 in 28 overs, injecting fresh life into the rain-marred second test in Kanpur yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies captain Sir Richie Richardson was lauded for his contribution to West Indies cricket during the recent launch of the biography, “Richie Richardson: The Man and the Legacy.”