Daily Archive: Sunday, October 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump pledged today to hire an extra 10,000 border patrol agents if he is reelected as president, as he intensifies his attacks on Kamala Harris on the issue of immigration.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of two Laura Sankar has been murdered. Sankar, 34, was chopped to death at the family home near Princes Town on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating another kidnapping, which reportedly was carried out by men dressed as police officers. 

JERUSALEM/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United Nations said today Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks that have been denounced by Israel’s own allies.

MADRID, (Reuters) – The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said yesterday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department of the Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation into a fatal workplace incident involving  Patrick Picket, a serviceman at Top Mix Cement, located at Lot 725 Block, Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

The police were last night pursuing investigations into a suspected murder/suicide involving  Venezuelans living on Station Street, Kitty.

As silence continues over the SOCU money-laundering probe into Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus, the Sunday Stabroek has learnt that Top Cop Clifton Hicken submitted a statement to the investigators acknowledging that he collected an envelope with $8.5m in cash from a businessman to offset the cost of Brutus’s wedding at the Pegasus Suites Atlantic Conference Centre.

The government has allocated $11.5 billion for the upgrade of 947 community roads in Region Four, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said in a release on Friday.

-launches into attack on reporter, Stabroek News By Khadidja Ba Following his visits to Linden on October 8th and 9th, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd played down reports in this newspaper about Venezuelan migrants living in difficult circumstances and on October 10th, after being criticized by leaders in the town for not engaging with them, he launched into an explosive tirade against this reporter and Stabroek News.

The 2023 Office of the Auditor General (OAG) report says that despite fundamental breaches of the contract for the widening of the Conversation Tree corridor, the government opted for a settlement and found a new contractor.

A 22-year-old fisherman was fatally stabbed by his ex-brother-in-law following a dispute stemming from an ongoing family conflict.

A 17-year-old from Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Alisha George to answer to the charge of attempting to murder another 17-year-old on October 03 at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in a release on Friday commended President Irfaan Ali and his government on the economic and social interventions announced in a speech on Thursday, October 10.

Chinese national, Jin Ming Wu, owner of Prosperous Hardware Incorporated, appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to face four charges related to alleged tax evasion.

Medical practitioner Derron Moonsammy of Mabaruma Township in Region One, who joined the profession on the insistence of his mother, is now in his third year, specialising in the Ministry of Health’s obstetrics/gynaecology program-me.

Ranks from CID Headquarters (Narcotics Branch) conducted an eradication exercise on Friday at a location called ‘Old Vigilante’ in the Upper Berbice River, during which approximately $392m worth of marijuana was found and destroyed.

Pee Wee U-11 Boy’s Football Defending champion St. Pius, Marian Academy, Santa Rosa, West Ruimveldt, and Belladrum earned berths to the quarterfinal round following contrasting wins in the round of 16 when the Courts Pee Wee U-11 Boy’s Football Championship continued yesterday.

Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram  Part 11 Introduction In what was probably his most consequential address to Parliament, President Ali, this past Thursday, gave us more than a glimpse of what will be announced in Budget 2025 – an election year.

One Guyana 3-Stage Cycling – competition wraps up today By Michelangelo Jacobus Kaieteur Attack Racing Cycle Club’s Jamual John etched his name into the annals of Guyana’s cycling history by capturing the first ever stage of the inaugural One Guyana 3-Stage Cycling Championship.

Dear Editor Not only in Venezuela is Christmas early, but here too in Guyana. 

GH Renovations T20 Cricket McGill Superstars, VNS, and Canal #2 recorded comfortable victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association sanctioned GH Renovations T20 Championship continued.

Dear Editor, After the publication of my letter in the Sunday Stabroek on October 6th I received a phone call from Tamika Boatswain, the Acting Director of Culture, to the effect that Ramson was giving permission for me to have my exhibition.

Twenty-six high school graduates have begun their seven-month attachment with Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited under its Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme 2024/2025, a release from the bank stated on Friday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday announced the appointment of Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd as a ‘Special Technocrat’ to the Board with immediate effect.

The family of a 13-year-old student who attends the Bartica Secondary School is seeking the intervention of the relevant authorities into fighting and bullying incidents that have been ongoing.

Dear Editor, President Ali may go down in Guyanese history as the President who has accomplished the most in a first term of office.

Thunderbolt and Paiwomak Warriors registered easy wins in the men’s divisions when the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) Senior League continued.

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to your attention a pressing concern that has been plaguing the residents of Mon Repos North and surrounding communities on the East Coast of Demerara.

As part of its mission to ensure that Guyanese citizens, particularly the youth, are prepared to face the growing challenges of the digital world responsibly and securely, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) in a release on Friday, announced the official launching of its 2024 “Cyber Road Show”.

Yesterday morning,  Commander for Regional Division #1 Superintendent Krishna Ramana spearheaded a police raid at the residence of Jarrette Singh, a 49-year-old unemployed woman living at Kumaka Stretch, North West District.

Empowering Young Minds, an organisation dedicated to mental health and youth empowerment since 2016, is making significant strides in community support.

Dear Editor, Guyanese may be glad to hear of the PPP’s recent announcement of the $200,000 one-off payment for families among other `prags’.

(Reuters) – Venezuela has canceled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolas Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups say is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

BEIRUT/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israel ordered more evacuations and targeted a new location in northern Lebanon yesterday, as a third U.N.

Commandant of the Guyana National Reserve (GNR)Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Souvenir of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently served as President of an Ordinary Court Martial, convened to try Sub Lieutenant Nakeida Gibson of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), according to a release from the GDF.

It is definitely not an easy feat to fulfill some dreams or any dream for that matter but Antonio Prittipal, a young pilot, embarked on what would become a significant journey back to his homeland last week, shaping not just his future but hopes to inspire others by doing so.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne, has joined the list of countries and prominent individuals condemning the Dominican Republic’s mass deportation of Haitians.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a Caribbean visit in November; Guyana has been chosen as the host.

An Assistant Superintendent and a team of Police ranks were on foot patrol duty on Friday afternoon at the Port Kaituma Waterfront, North West District, when they observed Robin Madison, a 58-year-old businessman, acting in a suspicious manner.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by Southeast Asian countries, mainly over objections to language on the contested South China Sea, a U.S.

Dear Editor, A “Conference on Hindu Issues in the Caribbean and the Diaspora” is scheduled to be held next Saturday at the National Convention Centre. 

Police are investigating an armed robbery  on Yuki Nakata, a 46-year-old tourist from Japan who is currently on vacation and staying on Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown.

SIESTA KEY, Florida, (Reuters) – Chris Fiore was supposed to be accepting delivery of new household appliances and furniture, replacing items that were swamped by Hurricane Helene just a few weeks ago.

Following their successful participation in the 2024 First Global Challenge the sponsor of the STEMGuyana team, MODEC Guyana Inc, recently met with the members and discussed their journey to the challenge and how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) plays a role in their lives.

Dear Editor, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr.

Time and life are similar in the fact that they are both unpredictable and elusive in nature.

A new publication that traces the intertwined histories of sugar and rum is the latest project from pan-Africanist and writer William Thomas (Tom) Dalgety.

Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip are in place to defend their titles at the US Championship and the US Women’s Championship respectively, both of which began on Friday last at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA and will end on October 24.

With the final bat to ball and wickets and overs to spare, CPL Cricket 2024 is over.

While President Irfaan Ali was in full flow in Parliament on Thursday, the opposition was demonstrating outside.

(Reuters) – Russian-born Canadian Artur Beterbiev was crowned boxing’s undisputed light-heavyweight world champion after beating Russian rival Dmitry Bivol on a majority points decision in Saudi Arabia.

While they are not new, there are certain things that we take for granted because we are familiar with them.

The Royal Historical  Society (RHS) of the United Kingdom has elected Guyanese Dr Joanne Collins-Gonsalves as a Fellow, in recognition of her tremendous contribution to historical scholarship.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Farmers of coffee in Jamaica’s high mountains have witnessed a two-thirds dip in production from pre-pandemic levels.

Lawrence Sher’s camera moves through the halls of Arkham State Hospital with a desultory grimness that refuses to let up.

Dear Editor, Since the dawn of Guyana’s political Independence on May 26, 1966 successive leaders and Governments have publicly dreamed about “One People, One Nation, One Destiny”.

(Reuters) – India beat Bangladesh by 133 runs in Hyderabad yesterday, after making a huge total of 297 – the second highest in men’s Twenty20 Internationals – to complete a clean sweep of the three-match series.

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act Sections 62 and 63 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (“SOA”), empower Guyana’s courts to ensure that complainants in sexual offences cases remain anonymous both in the courtrooms, and in any media reports covering those cases.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli military strikes on Gaza yesterday killed at least 29 Palestinians, medics said, and forces kept pushing deeper into the Jabalia area, where international relief agencies say thousands of people are trapped.

(CMC) – While West Indies’ T20 captain Rovman Powell is expecting a “fascinating” series against Sri Lanka, he fully believes his troops will come out on top.

President Irfaan Ali delivered a masterstroke on Thursday last in his address to the opening sitting of the new session of the National Assembly.

Be it jade, it shatters.                    Be it gold, it breaks. Be it quetzal feather, it tears apart.

“I am so relieved! Yes, my pap smear result is negative.

A child who develops a love of reading wins a prize that will last and last until the end of life.

(ESPN) India will go into the home Test series against New Zealand with pretty much the same squad that took on Bangladesh in September – that means Mohammed Shami hasn’t recovered in time for what will be India’s last red-ball action ahead of the five-Test series in Australia to close out this year.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.242 percent on the sale of 491,154 shares during the first period of trading in October 2024.