Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Electricity Turkish powership company wins contract to supply 60 MW: As the holiday season approaches, Karpowership of Turkey has secured the bid to provide an additional 60 MW of electricity to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

Accountability Enact law to prevent public servants, MPs from accepting gifts – Ramkarran: In view of the revelation by Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus that he received over $46 million in wedding and Christ-mas presents, former speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran last week recommended that there should be a law that precludes government em-ployees and parliamentarians from accepting gifts.

In the court Brutus withdraws action against AG, Top Cop, Home Affairs Minister: A day after he faced dozens of serious charges, lawyers for Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus have withdrawn an action he brought against a number of officials including the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner.

At the invitation of President Irfaan Ali,  Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi will pay a State Visit to Guyana from November 19 to 21, 2024, the Office of the President announced today.

Effective the 4th of June 2025, Georgetown, Guyana will be connected to Amsterdam, the Netherlands with two weekly flights operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

A 34-year-old mother and four of her children are suspected to have perished in a fire of unknown origin early this morning at #64 Village, Corentyne Berbice, the police said in a statement.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru and China will sign an updated free-trade agreement during President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the Andean nation that would boost commerce by at least 50% between the countries, Peru’s foreign minister said.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Oil and gas major Shell SHEL.L today won an appeal against a landmark ruling that required it to accelerate carbon reduction efforts, dealing a blow to campaigners who have turned to legal channels to pursue climate action.

Local Government Minister Sonia Parag yesterday slammed a plan by the City Council to offer a 25% rates cut to One Communication, formerly GTT.

A fire of so far unknown origin destroyed the Bob and Son Grocery at Strand, New Amsterdam, Berbice, last night.

-Nandlall tells outreach A permanent office of the Deeds & Commercial Registries Authority will be established in Bartica so that residents of Region Seven will no longer have to travel to Georgetown and Essequibo to access these services.

Floyd Haynes, the team lead for the third cost oil audit yesterday said that an auditor whose licence has been suspended by the ICAG had pulled out from the project prior to the submission of the winning proposal because of “scheduling conflicts”.

A spanking new Medical Equipment and Supplies (MGN) service was launched at Block 4 Mainstay, Essequibo yesterday.

Three men are currently in custody following an armed robbery on Wei Gao, a 43-year-old Chinese businessman and owner of ‘Shopping 25’ General Store, located in Block ‘B’ Lethem, Central Rupununi.

CWI Regional Super50 Middle order batsmen Kevlon Anderson and Kemol Savory struck vital half-centuries yesterday to guide the Guyana Harpy Eagles to a shaky two-wicket win over the West Indies Academy (WI A) at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday stated that work to facilitate the construction of the New Demerara River Bridge has started at Clarke Street, Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara.

-team not disqualified for fielding ineligible player  By Michaelangelo Jacobus The ExxonMobil-sponsored New Era Futsal competition currently underway in Linden has come under scrutiny following a controversial administrative decision from the organisers, who instead of disqualifying a team for fielding an ineligible player, opted to strike off goals scored in a game played by the individual, resulting in the elimination of another side.

The government is investing almost $25 million to construct a koker in Baracara along the Canje River to regulate the water level during the dry and rainy periods, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on Sunday.

…Mabaruma clinches women’s crown By Michaelangelo Jacobus As the curtains came down over the weekend on the Guyana Volleyball Federation’s (GVF) Republic Bank/One Guyana ‘B’ Division competition, it was the Hururu Hydras and Mabaruma who stood tall, winning the male and female categories respectively.

Several members of the Guyana Police Force and Customs officers recently benefited from an in-person training session aimed at tackling the trafficking of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and synthetic opioids.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an article which appeared in your newspaper on Nov 11th, 2024, titled `Auditor contracted for third ExxonMobil audit has licence suspended’.

MVP Sports Girls Pee Wee…. The MVP Sports Girl’s Pee Wee U-11 Football Championship was officially launched yesterday at the entity’s Giftland Mall location in Turkeyen.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday queried whether this country has any message for the 29th climate conference which opened in Baku, Azerbaijan yesterday.

Dear Editor The recent tragic loss of the talented young attorney, Mark Conway, who collapsed while riding in the National Park in Georgetown, should trigger action in his name, to ensure that defibrillators are installed in major public recreation centers and national sports centers; and that the portable ones are available during major sporting events.

The  Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that 10 scoliosis (irregular curvature of the spine) operations had been successfully done on patients aged 13 to 19.

On Saturday, Agriculture Minister,  Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned a new model farm at Talorgie Village on the Corentyne Coast.

Dear Editor, Pension books will soon be distributed to pensioners who will have to go through the musical chairs once more.

Following the raid by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Peng Keng Chinese Supermarket on Saturday, a number of shelves that stocked alcoholic beverages were seen empty yesterday.

Dear Editor, Suppose I tell you, dear Editor, that Guyana is rich but Guyanese are relatively poor.

(Reuters) – Donald Trump selected U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, sources said yesterday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in January.

Thirty-six-year-old Linden businesswoman Omeca Primo, was yesterday further remanded  when she  appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court facing an additional 54 fraud chargers.

Dear Editor, As the elected District Leader, and the highest ranking official of Guyanese origin here in Little Guyana, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City, I have been asked by my Guyanese-American constituents to respectfully request that the Guyana Government disburse the promised GY$100,000 in Richmond Hill, and in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes office in January, Decision Desk HQ projected yesterday, enabling him to push an agenda of slashing taxes and shrinking the federal government.

Dear Editor, I loved the cash grant. Psst: didn’t collect, so the past tense (loved) has to do with the announcement made with a clatter of chariots, fanfare of bugles, and then…. 

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler condemned what he called the “genocide” committed by Israel against Palestinians when he spoke at a summit of Muslim and Arab leaders yesterday.

Traffic on the Demerara Harbour Bridge was yesterday afternoon disrupted around 4:10 pm after an oily substance was observed on the bridge’s surface.

The man who triggered concerns in the Marian Academy compound on November 1st when he offered sweets to children was arrested by the police on November 7th and explained that he was a cotton candy seller and had been trying to make sales.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime took office yesterday as the nation’s new interim leader pledging to improve security even as armed gangs flexed their muscles with a brazen attack on a commercial plane attempting to land in the capital.

Dear Editor, Once again, I find myself reading yet another article on the People’s National Congress-Reform (PNCR) gearing up with a “strategic plan” for the upcoming elections.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard suggested yesterday that the Mexican government could retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Representative Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters yesterday, tapping a retired Army Green Beret who has been a leading critic of China.

Dear Editor, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo during his weekly press conference last Wednesday, October 30, was as comprehensive and incisive as one could be in response to the seemingly inexorable attacks on the administration of the Guyana Police Force, blasting the Opposition parties for their duplicity and accusing them of clutching at straws in a desperate effort to remain relevant.

The Chairman of the Station Management Committee,  Mr Rahaman has donated ten reflector vests and ten solar reflectors to the Bartica Police Station’s Traffic Department.

(Trinidad Guardian) The TTPS will not charge anyone for the death of Jayden Lalchan citing insufficient evidence to prove bullying played a role in his death.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesteday its hard-pressed military was battling 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region to its north, while also scrambling to reinforce two besieged fronts in the east and bracing to meet an infantry assault in the south.

The October 25 issue of the Stabroek News published a letter written by the Guyana Trades Union Congress’ (GTUC) General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis, following his meeting with the labour movement, the substance of which had to do with the idea of utilizing a section of the Critchlow Labour College’s campus to provide a limited market facility for a  number of vendors and would-be vendors whose trading pursuits were being affected by the encumbering nature of street vending.

By Anders Åslund STOCKHOLM – Almost three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the West’s financial sanctions have finally started to bite, triggering fierce infighting within the Kremlin over control of Russia’s central bank.

Dear Editor, The viability of the export market for Guyana’s liquified natural gas (LNG) has been recently confirmed by a new report from Wood MacKenzie.

By Anton Allahar Following Donald Trump’s re-election to the US presidency, many wonder how such a flawed and vulgar human being could be sent back to the White House after his disastrous first four years.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s electrifying century and Azmatullah Omarzai’s all-around performance crushed Bangladesh in Sharjah as their side claimed a thrilling five-wicket win on Monday to secure a 2-1 victory in the one-day series.

TURIN, Italy,  (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock 6-1 7-5 defeat against Norway’s Casper Ruud in his opening match at the ATP Finals as the Spaniard’s hopes of winning the year-end title for the first time suffered a big blow yesterday.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – At 88, Greek runner Ploutarchos Pourliakas has proved yet again that age is just a number and poses no barrier to determination after he completed the 41st edition of the Athens Marathon on Sunday, his 12th marathon.

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s hat-trick hero Lockie Ferguson said defending a total of 108 to win the second Twenty20 match and draw the series against Sri Lanka in Dambulla on Sunday was “massive” for an inexperienced Black Caps team.

(Trinidad Express) There will be no devaluing of the TT dollar as this will not increase the availability of foreign exchange in the country.

(Reuters) – Argentine club Deportivo Riestra were branded “shameful” and a “disgrace” after putting an influencer into the starting line-up for yesterday’s top-flight game against leaders Velez Sarsfield before substituting him inside the first minute.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India’s singular focus over the next two months is on winning the five-match series in Australia and the players will not be distracted by the race to reach the World Test Championship (WTC) final, head coach Gautam Gambhir said yesterday.

(Sportsmax) West Indian superstar duo Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin powered the Melbourne Renegades Women to a dominant nine-wicket win over the Adelaide Strikers Women in Women’s Big Bash League action at the Karen Rolton Oval on Monday.

On behalf of the Assuria Insurance Company, Ravindra Roy and  Kevin Allen donated twenty chairs and twenty fans to the Commander of Regional Police Division No.3 Senior Superintendent Khalid Mandall at the Division Headquarters Leonora, West Coast Demerara on Saturday.

(Sportsmax) The Barbados Pride rebounded from their defeat at the hands of the CCC in their last game with an eight-run DLS method win over the Windward Islands Volcanoes at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain yesterday.