Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court was evacuated today after two loud bangs were heard nearby, according to a statement from the court, which is located in capital Brasilia.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, longtime political rivals, met today for the first time since Trump won back the White House last week and both promised a smooth transfer of power in January.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – World leaders are heading to South America for twin summits this month, with one major theme dominating: Donald Trump 2.0.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly criticised states which were demolishing properties of suspected criminals, a practise critics say targets mostly minority Muslims, and issued guidelines to authorities.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday tore into government ministers, permanent secretaries, engineers and consultants  over delays in projects and related problems.

By Khamisi Slowe A woman and her four children died in an early morning fire yesterday at Second Street, No.

At the invitation of President Irfaan Ali,  the 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 yesterday.

KLM yesterday became the latest big-name carrier to resume service to Guyana.

Three local companies: Guyana Oil and Gas Support Services Inc. (GOGSSI), Industrial Fabrications Inc.

Caribbean Clash of Champions Vishok Persaud won the 2024 Group Four (2WD) crown, while new records were set by the trio of Kristian Jeffrey, Dan Linfoot, and Adrian Fernandes when the ENet Caribbean Clash of Champions concluded at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday.

– memoir celebrates Cricket, Unity, and Legacy Legendary West Indies and Guyanese cricketer Alvin Kallicharan launched his new memoir, Colour Blind: My Life Journey, at a heartfelt event at the Oasis Lounge, located in the historic old Pegasus Hotel wing in Kingston.

On October 21, 2024, the transplant team at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), led by Dr.

‘Champion of Champion’ Futsal The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will take centre stage this evening when the Stabroek Ballers battle Gold is Money and North East La Penitence opposes North Ruimveldt in the semifinal round of the inaugural Chung Global ‘Champion of Champion’ Futsal Championship.

– newcomers George, Cadogan, Benjamin, Brackenridge selected In what will be the first match of caretaker manager Wayne Dover’s tenure, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has released their squad for the CONCACAF Play-In series against Barbados, which is pencilled to commence on Friday, with four newcomers making the team.

The police yesterday said that they are investigating an incident which resulted in the death of Ezekiel Benjamin, a 19-year-old excavator operator,  at about 11:50 am yesterday at Kara Kara in Mackenzie, Linden.

GH Renovations T20 Cricket In what will be a rematch of the 2023 final, Cornelia Ida (CI) and McGill Superstars will contest the final of the West Demerara Cricket Association sanctioned GH Renovations T20 Championship following respective semifinal wins.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education has lamented about the high rate of absenteeism among teachers.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) team, featuring Akili Haynes, Priyanna Ramdhani, Nkosi Beaton, Frank Waddell, and Jonathan Debidin, is set to represent Guyana at the Suriname International 2024, which will commence today in Paramaribo.

-stakeholders now have 60 days to comment The draft final report into the December 6th  2023 crash of a new Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopter which claimed the lives  of five senior servicemen has been completed and the various stakeholders now have 60 days to comment.

Dear Editor, On the morning of Tuesday, November 13, 2024, just after my devotion at approximately 05:45hrs, I decided to check in with my phone and read a  posting by Big Smith News Watch, ‘President Irfaan Ali this morning called a 5:30 meeting with Government Ministers, their Permanent Secretaries, their Engineers and Contractors at State House, his official residence in Georgetown.’

The United States Embassy, through the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the World Customs Organization (WCO), conducted a five-day training course with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). 

Dear Editor,  The level of foreign investment reported for the Caribbean in the most recent update from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) does not augur well for the region’s future economic growth.

– GBF President confident of competitive team The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has confirmed the nation’s participation at the impending FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup Championship, which is slated for December 13th-15th in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with President Michael Singh confident of fielding a competitive team.

BAKU,  (Reuters) – The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N.

Dear Editor, For someone who writes to the editor a lot, Mr Keith Bernard, judging from his letter in SN of 12 November (under the title “How many more strategic meetings must the PNCR have before they learn that spin doesn’t win elections”), could justifiably be accused of insufficient reading or, possibly, of having a political axe to grind.

The Rosignol Secondary School has celebrated the graduation of its first sixth-form cohort, a group of six students who successfully completed the CXC® Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) programme last week, a release from the Ministry of Education said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Leading up to the May 5, 2015, regional and national elections in Guyana, several PPP/C supporters advanced a theory that America was likely to interfere with the 2015 elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide, resigned “in sorrow” yesterday, saying he had failed to ensure a proper investigation into allegations of abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago.

An eyewitness to the fire which destroyed two businesses, and partially damaged the famous Penguin International Hotel on Monday, said numerous questions   were asked before there was a response from the Guyana Fire Service.

ZHUHAI, China,  (Reuters) – China’s top leaders have urged “all-out efforts” to treat those injured in a car attack in southern China, one of the deadliest incidents in the country’s recent history, as online posts asking what the attack says about Chinese society were censored.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Republic Financial Holdings Ltd (RFHL) achieved a profit attributable to equity holders of TT$2 billion for the year ended September 30, 2024.

Dear Editor, Three weeks ago, I was silent when an interviewer visiting me said off the cuff, “Guyana does not need another hospital.”

(USA Today) ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods says that the incoming Trump administration should keep the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.

Indigenous women and youth from the Upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven are calling for increased awareness and education regarding the Amerindian Act of 2006, as well as an emphasis on language preservation and skills training programmes, a release from the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has stated.

Dear Editor, Every once in a while, one of Guyana’s most famous and reputable journalist would accuse the Stabroek News of being anti-PPP. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday it will bar U.S.

ICC Champions Trophy (ESPN Cricinfo) – The PCB has written to the ICC and asked them to provide a written confirmation from the BCCI that they are unable to play the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, as well as giving a reason for it.

By Donald Rodney Part 3D – language and discretion (Cont’d) This Part 3D concludes on discretion to be exercised when government selects criteria from the ‘list of six’ categories, and with the final item as unpacked from the two published findings of the PPC.

Dear Editor, I am writing to voice a concern about the use of the $100,000 handout allocated to individuals.

One of the enduring problems one encounters in the daily exercise of surviving in our society is figuring out the ever fluctuating blurred lines.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Top U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N),