Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 9, 2024

A fire at approximately 10:40 am today has completely destroyed fifteen buildings at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni River, in Region #7, the police say.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean Broilers Jamaica (CB Group) has been named CARICOM Farmer of the Year at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2024, marking a major victory for Jamaica and its leading practices in sustainable agriculture.

 (Reuters) – Haiti’s armed gangs are increasingly recruiting children into their ranks, a report by Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday, as near-famine conditions push boys to pick up guns while girls are sexually abused and forced into domestic work.

-another $7b to be sealed shortly Some 389 small contractors in Region Six will benefit from $6.9 billion in contracts for the upgrading of 400 roads across the county, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

-scheduled to be finished before end of July 2025 The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) on Monday said that the Pouderoyen Pump Station is around 30% completed and is on track for completion before the end of July next year.

Minister of Foreign Affairs  Hugh Todd on Monday visited Linden to meet with migrants from Venezuela who have settled in Region 10.

A New Amsterdam man died after he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a utility pole along the Vryheid, West Canje Berbice Public Road yesterday afternoon.

The Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes and a delegation on Monday held a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, US Department of State, Barbara Feinstein; and Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Katherine Beamer, where they discussed matters pertaining to Guyana’s development and national elections, an AFC release stated.

Damien Bissoon, also known as ‘Brother’, appeared before Justice Peter Hugh at the High Court in Demerara for his trial regarding the March 2018 murder of Taj Anthony Jarvis.

Police are currently investigating the shooting of Jianqing Chen, a 50-year-old Chinese businessman.

GCB Inter-County Super-50 The West Indian trio of Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie, and Romario Shepherd headline the 38-member provisional squad released by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) that will be reduced ahead of the start of the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Super-50 Championship on Sunday.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has come out in support of the recent decision by the New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council to suspend one of its members citing the need for councillors to exhibit professional behaviour while performing their official duties, a PNCR release stated yesterday.

Nations Incorporated is partnering with US-based Core Group Resources (CGR) to create Core Nations – a majority owned Guyanese company – which will see graduates of Nations and others, being employed in the oil and gas, maritime, construction and mining industries, and further develop the Guyanese labour market through training and staff development, a Nations release announced yesterday.

– winner’s purse set at US $5000 The fifth edition of the KFC Goodwill International School Football was officially launched yesterday at the Cara Lodge Hotel in Georgetown, with teams from three Caribbean nations, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Suriname, scheduled to land in Guyana in December.

The Ministry of Public Works has mobilised engineers to repair the traffic lights at the intersection of UG Road and the Rupert Craig Highway.

Dear Editor, The Government often touts its extensive and expensive infrastructure projects as one of its key achievements.

-in partnership with Greater Guyana Initiative The University of Guyana, in partnership with the Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI), yesterday launched two cutting-edge molecular laboratories.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) –  Colombia’s National Elec-toral Council (CNE) yesterday requested an investigation into the 2022 election campaign of President Gustavo Petro over alleged violation of financing limits, it said in a statement.

Keith Jeffrey called ‘Pugga’, a 58-year-old labourer from Enmore sea dam, East Coast Demerara, has been charged with the murder of Theodore Baynes, which occurred on September 30, 2024, at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, I wonder what prompted Joel Bhagwandin’s crafty and deceptive letter (SN, October 8), which claims to enlighten us about migration. 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday cleared X to resume service in the country after the social media platform reversed its course and started complying with court rulings billionaire owner Elon Musk had previously vowed not to meet.

Police are investigating the alleged discharging of a loaded firearm by Michael Thomas, a 50-year-old businessman of Bachelor’s Adventure, ECD, which occurred at about 8.20 pm on Monday at Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown, in the vicinity of the Route 44 minibus park.

Dear Editor, SN’s editorial of October 8th has highlighted the issue of pit latrines at schools in the hinterland.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town meeting before he was killed, Mexico’s security minister said on Tuesday about a murder which has shocked the country.

TAMPA, Florida, (Reuters) – Hurricane Milton barreled toward Florida’s battered Gulf Coast as an enormous Category 5 storm on Tuesday, triggering massive traffic jams and fuel shortages as officials ordered more than 1 million people to flee before it slams into the Tampa Bay area.

Dear Editor, The Office of the President recently posted on Facebook the status of the road being built in White Water Village.

-was previously arrested on ganja farm A New Amsterdam bandit who was fatally shot by a businessman during a robbery at his jewellery store along the Main Road in New Amsterdam on Tuesday has since been identified as Terrence John.

(Reuters) – The European Union yesterday extended sanctions for another year against 21 Nicaraguan officials, including Rosario Murillo, vice president and wife of President Daniel Ortega, as well as three of their children.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader, as Israel expanded its  ground offensive against the Iran-backed group with a fourth army division deployed into south Lebanon.

Cameras around the city are being reviewed as part of the Guyana Police Force’s ongoing investigation into the abduction of Joshua David.

Dear Editor, In mid-September 2024, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) issued a concerning report highlighting that young people in Guyana accounted for 14% of new HIV infections.

(Reuters) – British fintech Revolut – which recently topped some of Europe’s biggest banks with a $45 billion valuation – has applied for a banking license to operate in Colombia, it said on Tuesday, predicting the roll-out would take under two years.

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romania’s top court said a far-right candidate’s pro-Russian, anti-European Union and anti-NATO opinions made her ineligible to run for president in an upcoming election in a ruling which threatened to topple the coalition government.

Andrew Austin and Vickram Lakeram were each sentenced to 18 months imprisonment last month after pleading guilty to two charges of break and enter and larceny.

George Scott appeared last month before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on charges of fraudulent conversion.

Dera Editor, It is very sad that an educated guy like Fuad Rahaman should publish that kind of peripheral politics in attempting to persuade Indo-Guyanese to  vote for Donald Trump.

 LONDON, (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s population grew by 1% in annual terms to 68.3 million as of mid-2023, mainly due to high immigration, official data showed yesterday.

On Sunday night, as the die-hard Guyana Amazon Warriors fans were, once again, wallowing in the bitter agony of losing in the final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), for the sixth time in the 12-season history of the event, former Guyanese and West Indies captain Sir Clive Lloyd announced the launch of a new T20 competition, the Global Super League (GSL).

(Trinidad Guardian) A 34-year-old mother of four and her one-year-old daughter have been killed by a close male relative.

-cites old grievances Jamaul Cornwell appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the George-town Magistrate’s Court last month where he was charged with simple larceny.

By Savio Carvalho AMSTERDAM – Ever since Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office in 2023 and told the world that Brazil is “back on the world stage,” the government has endeavored to establish itself as a global climate leader.

By Donald Rodney Part 2 – heart of the evaluation The evaluation of tenders is a crucial stage of the procurement process, where conforming tenders will be compared against each other to identify one for award of contract.

– foreign contingent arrived yesterday With only two days remaining before their pivotal League A clash with Guatemala, the Golden Jaguars senior men’s programme has intensified training at the National Training Centre in Providence, following the arrival of the overseas-based delegation.

(Reuters) – Former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta announced his retirement yesterday after a glittering trophy-laden career spanning 24 years.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Yashasvi Jaiswal has got what it takes to succeed in Australia.

(CMC) – Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Dr. Kishore Shallow, has extended warm congratulations to the Saint Lucia Kings for their groundbreaking triumph in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Potaro and Dog Point recorded contrasting wins when the ‘Rats’ Memorial Football Championship continued at the Bartica Community Centre ground. 

7K United overcame Basin FC in the women’s divisions when the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) Senior League continued.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – U.S. scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning, the award-giving body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pakistan racked up 556 in their first innings before England’s rejigged top order cruised to 96 for one on an eventful second day in the opening test in Multan yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am the man Vice President Jagdeo refers to as “Raphael Trotman father” whenever he speaks of the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry, as he once again did in his Press Conference on Thursday  September 26 2024.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Kane Williamson is set to miss the opening Test against India in Bengaluru, with his departure from New Zealand delayed by a groin strain he suffered during the Sri Lanka series.