Daily Archive: Thursday, November 14, 2024

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said today that the suicide bomber who tried to get into the top court on Wednesday had intended to blow up the building, casting it as part of a growing wave of attacks on democracy.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Global oil supply will exceed demand in 2025 even if OPEC+ cuts remain in place, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today, as rising production from the United States and other outside producers outpaces sluggish demand.

(Trinidad Guardian) Under heavy clouds, Woodland residents prepared for possible evacuation as floodwaters from the South Oropouche River Basin rose, spreading across the lower plains and flooding homes.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the $100,000 cash grant will be paid to most persons here before Christmas with pensioners and public servants poised to get theirs by the end of this month.

The Guyana Government yesterday signed a second deal for a powership which will see 75 megawatts (MW) of energy supplied in two phases.

-ExxonMobil and co-venturers ExxonMobil Guyana and its Stabroek Block co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC, yesterday announced they had extracted 500 million barrels of oil from Guyana’s offshore Stabroek block and that plans were in place for daily production of 1.3m barrels by the end of 2027.

Acknowledging that GuySuCo’s big loss on every pound of sugar produced cannot continue, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that steps are being taken to ensure that the number is cut significantly but blamed the opposition APNU+AFC for bequeathing a sector where heavy subsidies are needed.

Dear Editor, The recent strange statement by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ms.

APNU and the PNCR yesterday said that President Irfaan Ali and his government must take full responsibility for the problems in the management of public funds.

Dear Editor, I am writing to shed light on the importance of interdisciplinary practices in supporting learners with special needs, particularly in the context of psycho-educational assessments.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday inaugurated new libraries at the Tuschen Primary School, Greenwich Park Primary School, and Parika-Salem Primary School.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Big picture: Settled England scents the series. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

Georgetown Men’s Football League Pele was crowned the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League champion with a game to spare after Riddim Squad and Black Pearl played to a 3-3 draw at the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) National Training Centre (NTC) in Providence.

Dear Editor, Driving at nights is becoming so much more difficult and unpleasant because majority of vehicle owners are replacing their original headlights with these white & sometimes blue LED headlights.

In less than 24 hours after discussions, President Irfaan Ali provided the Guyana Veterans Legion with a new minivan through the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

(Reuters) – The U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to scrap many of President Joe Biden’s policies aimed at fighting climate change, saying the measures threaten jobs, consumer choice and energy security.

Dear Editor, Several critical projects under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development have been delayed for months, with some even stretching into years, yet a shocking misrepresentation of the situation was presented during the infamous 5:30am meeting held by President Irfaan Ali at State House.

– hints at simultaneous Men’s Club Championship The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in partnership with the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), launched the ‘Maid Marian Wheat Up’ Women’s Football Championship yesterday at the latter’s Agricola headquarters.

Dear Editor, I watched the video where President Ali chewed up and spat out Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, engineers and other officials over a huge number of Government projects being four or more months behind schedule.

With the MVP Sports Girl’s Pee Wee U-11 Football Championship set to commence on Saturday, tournament coordinators, the Petra Organisation, conducted a ball distribution exercise yesterday at the National Library to aid in their respective preparation.

A 60-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempting to murder his partner at their 142 El Dorado Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown home.

Dear Editor, The violence and trauma of Guyana’s plantation legacy were on show on Tuesday 12 Nov at the 5:30 am meeting at State House to discuss the lack of progress on projects.

– Ramdhani, Haynes in action today The Guyanese male badminton players in Suriname felt the sting of defeat yesterday as they were eliminated on the opening day of the Suriname International Championship.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two of T&T’s most respected economists, former minister of finance Wendell Mottley and former Central Bank governor Euric Bobb, are calling for a return of the managed flotation of the TT dollar that was first introduced in April 1993.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit said that on Tuesday, Denzil Park, Rickardo Danhart and Patrick Ram appeared before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where they were found guilty of the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 10.078kgs of cocaine.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s Supreme Court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders from the Group of 20 major economies.

Dear Editor, I have to say, Wow! Wow! & Wow! after reading two items in your Nov.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump yesterday named incendiary Republican U.S.

– final slated for January 1st The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is set to host a year-end club championship, according to a correspondence that was sent to the respective presidents and secretaries of the Elite League clubs.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Retired Justice Seymour Panton, has expressed disappointment that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Juliet Holness, has failed to acknowledge receipt of a letter from the anti-corruption body raising concern about the conduct of a parliamentarian.

Senior trade officials have advanced preparation for the Fifty-Nineth Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) scheduled for 27-28 November in Guyana.

The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that its  Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has launched an investigation into the fatal workplace accident on Tuesday at Kara Kara Mine in Mackenzie, Linden.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth as U.S.

Dear Editor, I refer to your issue of 11th November 2024, re the sad position at Albion factory.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said yesterday that at least two patients were killed when its ambulance was stopped and attacked earlier this week in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.

Anderson Cyril, a 28-year-old food vendor of Lot 362 Tabatinga Lethem, Central Rupununi, was arrested on November 10, 2024 for armed robbery, the police said yesterday.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state could signal stricter enforcement of oil sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, but concerns about retaliation by China could temper any efforts, analysts said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The cost of living in Guyana has soared to unprecedented levels, leaving many citizens struggling to make ends meet.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in Argentina upheld a guilty verdict for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner yesterday.

The Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) yesterday expressed concern about the number of requests it has been getting for access through the Iwokrama Forest to other areas, some of which are for illegal mining but disguised as “research” proposals.

Dear Editor, Sugarcane is, in essence, a high-performance plant. It is highly efficient at converting and storing energy from the sun and continues to produce huge amounts of biomass and sucrose for much of the year if it has the right level of warmth, water, and nutrients.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico announced yesterday a plan to simplify its fiscal regime for state producer Pemex, in an effort to boost the oil producer whose heavy debts have weighed on state coffers.

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

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of GuyanaFormer UN Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights The Guyana Human Rights Association marks its forty-fifth anniversary this year and it is fitting to reflect on the contribution the GHRA has made to the history of Guyana.

By James K. Galbraith AUSTIN – As of this writing, Donald Trump has received about 75.1 million votes in the US presidential election, and Kamala Harris about 71.8 million.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru is hoping its famous cuisine will live up to its reputation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, serving world leaders its iconic ceviche, quinoa and Chinese fusion dishes.

Two masked armed bandits robbed Basmattie Mangru known as Anna of a ‘box hand’, and the day’s sales on Tuesday while she was vending along the   Alness Village  Public Road.

Dear Editor, In any society emerging out of the ravages of imperial domination, colonial exploitation and polarisation, the Minister, and Ministry responsible for Youth, Sport & Culture has a powerful and enabling role to play in harmonising a nation to bring light where there was darkness and understanding; to dispell the of many myths created over the past several generations in Guyana.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – West Indies and Ireland women are set for white-ball tours to India in December and January.

BAKU,  (Reuters) – COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming as an early boost to the two-week summit.

(ESPN Cricinfo) Kusal Mendis and Avishka Fernando made centuries and put on 206 together to send Sri Lanka to a commanding score.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Tilak Varma became India’s second centurion in the space of six days and ensured they cannot lose the four-match T20I series.

Last week, November 7 and 8, Bogota, Colombia hosted the first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, an initiative of the governments of Colombia and Sweden in partnership with the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on ending violence against children.