Daily Archive: Saturday, November 16, 2024

Assistant Director of the National Defence Institute (NDI), Dr Seon Levius has highlighted cyber operations orchestrated by Venezuela which are targeting Guyana.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy, commenting at a decisive moment after Donald Trump’s U.S.

ARLINGTON, Texas,  (Reuters) – Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas yesterday that failed to live up to its enormous hype.

-SOCU probe found $343.8m in drugs, testing kits unaccounted for The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday charged two former employees of the Ministry of Health’s Material Management Unit (MMU) Bond with money laundering in a probe that found that $343.8m in drugs and COVID-19 testing kits were unaccounted for.

A hearing requested by a local group at the IACHR yesterday heard testimonies of gender-based violence here and at the end of the session the Inter-American human rights body called on Guyana to take action.

Police are investigating an incident that resulted in the death of Owen Smith, a 31-year-old gold miner from Kaburi Village which occurred at about 2.30 pm on Thursday at 10 Miles Backdam, Issano, Middle Mazaruni River.

-Presidential Commission on non-communicable diseases The state must improve its efforts in relation to the mental health of diabetics.

Police are probing an accident which occurred at about 10.10 pm on Thursday  on the #61 Village Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice that resulted in the death of Mark Autar, a 41-year-old man.

Dear Editor, As someone who has worked for over 30 years in prevention, protection and response to sexual and gender-based violence affecting directly or indirectly primary and secondary students, their parents and teachers, I would like to offer the following perspectives and recommendations in connection with not only the recent incidents involving students attending St Joseph High School but also the general situation of sexual abuse among school age children.

Two serving Guyana Police Force members are to be charged after the Regional Police Division Commander, Simon McBean, receives a “technical response” on Kevin Fiedtkou’s abduction.

-Glasgow in record-breaking brilliance In an electrifying opening leg of the CONCACAF Play-In Series, Guyana triumphed 4-1 over Barbados, last night thanks to a sensational performance by homegrown star Omari Glasgow at Wildey Park in Barbados.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter to the editor from one Raj Parmanand dated November 15, 2024.

The MVP Girls U11 Pee Wee Tournament officially kicks off today, with V&V Distribution joining as a key sponsor under their Soft ‘n’ Pretty Tissues and Serviettes brand.

Dear Editor, There appears to be a breakdown at NIS pension payments to pensioner bank accounts.

President Irfaan Ali accepted Letters of Credence from the High Commissioner of Jamaica to Guyana, Natalie Campbell-Rodrigues at a  ceremony this week at the Office of the President.

The stage is set for an action-packed night of football, featuring thrilling fixtures across multiple divisions, culminating in the grand final between Gold is Money and North Ruimveldt.

A high-level Canadian delegation led by High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, Sébastien Sigouin concluded a  four-day visit here on November 15, 2024 during which a range issues were discussed including potential investment in transportation networks and medical oxygen.

Dear Editor Recently His Excellency the President, Irfaan Ali, called a meeting of those who are involved in the execution of various construction projects.

Dear Editor, As the General Secretary of the PPP has stated, a 25% tax break for a rich company such as GTT is unwise.

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in coordination with the DEA Georgetown Country Office, conducted two intensive training courses on Basic and Advanced Narcotic Investigations from November 4 to November 15, 2024.

Dear Editor, After his performance at the last PPP Congress and his 5:30 am meeting with ministers, engineers, Permanent Secretaries and contractors, our President has earned a place in Hollywood as Best Actor.

The Ministry of Housing and Water’s CH&PA achieved its target yesterday with 600 persons in Linden, Region Ten becoming first-time landowners in the new Wismar Housing Development.

-some residents flooded The spring tide yesterday afternoon swept aside the Abary sluice door in West Berbice causing flooding of some homes and stop logs were to be placed last evening after the tide receded.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday for the first time in nearly two years as the German leader gears up for a snap election and Europe waits to hear Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine.

The ongoing badminton tournament at the Ring Sports Centre in Paramaribo, Suriname has seen mixed performances from Guyanese players.

Dear Editor, I would like to reference the strongly worded editorial from the Chronicle dated November 11, 2024, titled “A City Drowning in Waste.”

(Reuters) – Protesters stormed the parliament of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia yesterday and demanded the resignation of its leader over an unpopular investment agreement with Moscow.

Dear Editor, I speak to that fore-day morning meeting called by our President. 

The Ministry of Health, in partnership with Northwell Health, Vanderbilt University, and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), yesterday concluded its intensive five-day Emergency Medicine Training Workshop with a formal certificate handing-over ceremony.

(CWI) Gros Islet, Saint Lucia- Left-arm seamer Obed McCoy has been added to the 15-man squad for the West Indies Senior Men’s T20I squad as a replacement for medium-pacer Matthew Forde for the remainder of the five-match T20I series against England in Saint Lucia.

Dear Editor, It’s not every day that you hear of a president gathering his cabinet and public servants at 5:30 in the morning to give them a dressing down.

(Reuters) – T-Mobile’s TMUS.O network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple U.S.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that the team from Operation Walk Maryland has arrived in the country and knee and hip replacements are to be done.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A failed bomb attack on Brazil’s Supreme Court looks set to re-unite Brasilia against far-right radicalism and scuttle a possible comeback by former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is fighting a court decision to bar him from the ballot.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz suffered a 1-0 defeat in their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal first-leg fixture against the United States at the National Stadium last night.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday that a congressional ethics panel should not release a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The United States and Trinidad and Tobago governments are pressing full steam ahead with the establishment of a vetted unit for the T&T Police Service (TTPS).

Dear Editor, The organisers of the Annual Football Competition have expressed their gratitude to those who assisted in one way or the other in making this year’s tournament to mark my 90th Birthday a success.

Ruby Mingo was born on 8th November 1919, on the Corentyne Coast.

TURIN, Italy, (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev surged into the semi-finals of the ATP Finals after eliminating French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz with a 7-6(5) 6-4 defeat, while Casper Ruud also advanced with a 6-4 5-7 6-2 win over Andrey Rublev yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on the letter written by Dr Gampat that was published, on 12 November 2024, in Stabroek News under the caption, “The idea that Guyanese are rich is an erroneous arithmetic idea.”

(ESPN) Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul, the three captains released by their franchises ahead of the retention deadline, will be among the 12 marquee players whose names will kick off the IPL 2025 auction, which will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.

(Field Level Media) Bam Adebayo scored 30 points and Kevin Love added 15 third-quarter points as the Heat downed the Pacers 124-111 in NBA Cup action last  night in Indianapolis.

LIMA, (Reuters) – With Donald Trump’s imminent return to the U.S.

Every person has in their mind, an idea of the person they are.

Eighteen employees of the West Demerara Regional Hospital in Vreed-en-Hoop, Region Three are participating in a Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training Programme at the health facility’s conference room.

(Reuters) – Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma smashed scintillating centuries as India thumped South Africa by 135 runs in Johannesburg on Friday to claim the four-match Twenty20 International series 3-1 and inflict a heaviest ever defeat in the format on their hosts.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil launched the Global Alliance for Hunger and Poverty yesterday at the G20 Summit in Rio, a Brazilian government official said, with an initial 41 participating members pledging to lift 500 million people out of poverty through cash transfers and social protection systems.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – In June 2020, incursions by Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops into the fraught borderlands of India’s Ladakh region triggered bloody clashes that killed 20 Indian soldiers, plunged bilateral relations to their lowest point in decades, and led to a prolonged military standoff.

ARLINGTON, Texas,  (Reuters) – Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas yesterday that failed to live up to its enormous hype.