Daily Archive: Friday, November 22, 2024

Eight contracts were signed  this morning for the waterfront development of Linden and Wismar.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – The governor of Texas ordered state agencies to stop investing in China and sell assets there as soon as possible, citing financial and security risks, a sign of rising U.S.-China

(Trinidad Express) There will be a total shutdown of all operations at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) today at St Augustine.

-in address to Parliament By Khadidja Ba In a speech rich with promises of collaboration, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday emphasized New Delhi’s growing partnership with Guyana, particularly in the energy sector.

The government has expressed its displeasure at what it sees as a disinformation campaign orchestrated by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) regarding the registration process for the $100,000 cash-grant initiative and declared its commitment to protecting the process against fraud and misinformation, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

The portion of the East Bank highway that accommodates the village of Grove ranks among the busiest stretches of the corridor.

President Irfaan Ali has directed the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to swiftly implement measures addressing a range of traffic concerns, including speeding trucks, reckless driving, and the unauthorized use of lights on private vehicles.

The World Trade Centre in Guyana (WTCG) will convene a conference on Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 at the Exhibition Centre, Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre, to address a number of key issues in domestic and international banking, according to information reaching the Stabroek Business from the organizers of the forum, Demerara Bank Ltd.

By Milton Grannum India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday concluded his three-day visit to Guyana with a public engagement session and a vibrant cultural showcase at the National Cultural Centre in Georgetown.

Both governments and the private sector in the Caribbean need to raise their all-round ‘game’ in terms of significantly improving the environment within which businesses operate if what the region offers to the international market is to become more globally competitive, according to a senior Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) official.

Four persons, including two teenagers, were charged yesterday with the murder of Davanan Hosea, a 40-year-old chainsaw operator, which occurred on 17th November 2024, the police said yesterday in a statement.

A man wanted over a 2023 murder at Granny Landing, Omai Backdam was arrested yesterday at Agatash in Region Seven.

Port Mourant won the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Orvin Mangru U-19 50-Over Cricket Championship after defeating Rose Hall Community Centre by nine wickets.

Victory Valley Royals and Kwakwani advanced to the semifinal round in the Guyana Basketball Federation Elite 16 Championship following contrasting wins on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Nigel Abrams, a 32-year-old man from Black Water, North West District, Region One, has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of his 17-year-old stepson, Daniel Wilson.

– event ended in August Despite concluding the KFC Elite League since August 24th, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is yet to remunerate the prizes to the top four finishers in the championship.

Fabian Abraham, a 24-year-old resident of Kanuku Drive, Lethem, Region Nine, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the fatal beating of 48-year-old farmer Leroy Ault.

As Indian Prime Minister  Narendra Modi yesterday wrapped up his visit in Guyana, he and President Irfaan Ali jointly stated that they were pleased with the bilateral commitments made and the pledges for future works.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro yesterday in response to the U.S.

Dear Editor, Christopher Ram’s survey indicating an overwhelming 94% of the people wanting renegotiations of the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), and the daily commentaries that followed, have put the Government in a state of utter confusion and madness undermining arguably the most consequential issue facing our nation.

Ganesh Dhanraj, also known as “Jango,” was found guilty on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, on charges of wounding with intent to commit murder and wounding with intent to maim, disfigure, or disable.

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General and loyalist Pam Bondi to be U.S.

Dear Editor, On first reading of VS Naipaul’s novels on India, it’s easy to develop a grim view of an underdeveloped, perpetually festering country, doomed to remain so by its staggering degree of poverty and a worn zeitgeist that relied on the vestiges of a mythic past.

The 2024 European Union (EU)  Delegation Human Rights Award was last evening bestowed on founder of the Youths with Purpose and veteran social worker Maureen Hope who has dedicated 21 years of her life to working to improving the lives and empower the disadvantaged in the Crane, West Coast Demerara area. 

Dear Editor, As the Chairman of the Finance Committee, comprising seven members, I am vested with the unenviable task of monitoring and evaluating the city treasurer’s department and making prudent decisions regarding the proper maintenance of the City.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) –  The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, the court said yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) –  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup to overturn the 2022 election along with dozens of ex-ministers and senior aides, federal police said in a formal accusation filed yesterday  with the country’s Supreme Court.

A 12-member jury at the  High Court in Suddie on Wednesday found businessman Rohan Narine, also known as Prem Narine, not guilty of rape. 

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – In June of 2020, a renewable energy company owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani won what it called the single largest solar development bid ever awarded: an agreement to supply 8 gigawatts of electricity to a state-owned power company.

Dear Editor, CRG offers condolences to those who recently suffered a loss due to the road tragedy experienced.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former CL Financial executive Andre Monteil has lost his final appeal before the UK Privy Council regarding a disputed income tax assessment of over $20 million.

Burnette Daniels, a 28-year-old miner of Agatash Village, Bartica appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed to answer the charge of attempting to commit murder.

Dear Editor, Based on the numerous complaints to the relevant agencies, via the media, about all types of issues, the public should be cognizant of many rules and regulations that exist in our society.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s foreign minister met with the French ambassador to the nation yesterday over what the ministry branded as “unfriendly and inappropriate” comments by French President Emmanuel Macron as he left the G20 summit in Brazil.

(Trinidad Guardian) A quarry owner was reportedly kidnapped from his stock yard in Enterprise this afternoon.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday accompanied the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi to pay homage to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, located in the Promenade Gardens in Georgetown.

Having basked in the glare of the global limelight that came with the country’s persistence in its search for a fortune-changing oil bonanza, Suriname has gotten down to the business of making way for its critical partner, the French company Total, in the allocation to the contractors who will undertake the various critical tasks associated with the oil-recovery end of the operations.

By Sophie Scherger BERLIN – Healthy soil is indispensable to life on Earth, sustaining nearly 60% of all living species.

In much the same way that both international and domestic public awareness undertakings were launched, both locally and globally, to send a message to the rest of the world that Guyana was on its way to executing an oil recovery undertaking that was expected to eventually bring a c-change to the country’s development profile, so too, is its South American neighbour and fellow Caribbean Community member country, Suriname.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my gratitude to President Irfaan Ali for his thoughtful response to the editorial calling for the conferment of the Order of Excellence (O.E.)

A former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell has tagged Guyana as one of only a handful of countries in the Caribbean benefitting from a level of foreign investment that augers well for the overall economic growth of the region, going forward.

– team last featured at the 2021 edition Guyana will once again not feature in the CONCACAF Beach Championship, which is slated for March 11th-16th, 2025, at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.

Up until now, the state has missed the bus and even now, appears to be in no great haste to remedy what continues to be one of the country’s more unwholesome urban challenges… the inexorable ‘falling away’ of the capital, the new structures that have ‘gone up’ in the commercial heart of the capital notwithstanding.

On November 16th, in Cummings Park, ‘E’ Field Sophia, an 11-month-old baby girl, Melveena Angel Blair, was burnt to death in her family’s home.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain has barred Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos and Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and has frozen their UK assets, the government announced on Thursday, in what it said was part of a new crackdown on ‘dirty money’.

(Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2027, the Premier League champions said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Australia set up a Davis Cup semi-final clash with defending champions Italy as doubles pair Matthew Ebden and Jordan Thompson sealed victory against the United States yesterday.

U-17 International Football Guyana’s U-17 men’s and women’s football teams departed local shores yesterday for Suriname to compete in respective international series as part of their preparation for the impending divisional CONCACAF Qualifiers in 2025.

(Trinidad Express) The search for Winston Thomas has ended. His body was discovered in his car parked roadside on the highway yesterday morning.

Following consecutive wins against Barbados in the CONCACAF Play-in series, Golden Jaguars caretaker manager Wayne Dover stated that his goal is to once again be the permanent head-coach of the senior men’s programme.

The Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) commemorated 92 years of excellence in education and training with the graduation of 114 students at its annual ceremony yesterday.

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Over the past two years Reushel France has enthusiastically embraced the responsibilities associated with being the owner of a modest but thriving Grocery Store in Sophia.

(Trinidad Guardian) A decade and a half ago, Terry Ortt turned an extraordinarily long wait into a revolutionary business, which he hopes will continue to lead by example within the T&T manufacturing sector.

In much the same manner that the business sector in Guyana, a few decades ago, had been compelled to devise ‘creative’ means through which to acquire foreign currency for imports as the economy continually declined, and the official channels through which to acquire imports and transact other forms of business outside of Guyana dried up, so too is Trinidad and Tobago experiencing a similar challenge which means that according to a report in the Sunday November 17 issue of The Trinidad Guardian the country’s SME’s are facing “devastation.”

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Bangladesh will get their usual Caribbean welcome. They will play the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, where they have opened the two previous tours with scores of 103 and 43 all out.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has appointed International Technical Officer (ITO) Elton Chase to the position of Technical Director, following the passing of incumbent Terrence Poole during the month of October.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1098’s trading results showed consideration of $20,775,015 from 40,499 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 1097’s trading results which showed consideration of $3,712,646 from 13,012 shares traded in 33 transactions.