Daily Archive: Monday, November 25, 2024

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge today dismissed the federal criminal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat after prosecutors moved to drop that prosecution and a second case against the president-elect, citing Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

VILNIUS,  (Reuters) – A DHL DHLn.DE cargo plane crashed as it came in to land at Lithuania’s Vilnius airport early this morning, killing one person on the aircraft and with some debris damaging a house.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Government has been lobbying Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a bid to protect the Dragon gas deal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In what could be considered an almost urgent attempt to get Jamaicans to stick with his governing party, Prime Minister Andrew Holness used the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP’s) 81st annual conference yesterday to target middle-income earners and vulnerable groups, promising to reduce electricity tax and provide debt forgiveness on water bills, among other reprieves.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay’s presidential election, official results showed yesterday, with 99% of votes tallied, in a second-round race that pollsters expected to be closely fought.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French oil major TotalEnergies SE TTEF.PA was not informed of a U.S.

By Khadidja Ba The US$20 million Demerara Dairy Inc (DDI)’s major farming initiative in Moblissa is on track to produce first milk in the third quarter of 2025.

In what seems to be a response to the High Court’s ruling that property owners must receive proper compensation before their land is taken through compulsory acquisition, the government has moved to amend the legislation.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – The West Indies maintained their control of the Antigua Test despite Bangladesh ending the day on 269 for 9 at stumps on the third day.

YMCA was crowned the New Era/ExxonMobil Futsal Championship, overcoming Hard-Knocks by a 6-4 score-line in the final on Saturday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac, Linden.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday addressed the nearly three-year-old agreement the government had made with Guysons Engineering that is still to materialise, as it underscored the need for accountability in many aspects of the deal that were still not public.

The fire at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, which claimed the lives of a mother and her four children on November 12, was maliciously set, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham has said.

– Rising Stars, Wolves also victorious   Potaro Strikers crushed Rivers View by a 4-0 score when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Saturday evening at the community centre ground.

(Reuters) – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli hardly put a foot wrong on their way to magnificent centuries in Perth yesterday, as India declared on 487-6 and had Australia reeling at 12-3 at stumps and trailing by 521 runs on day three of the first test.

The request for proposals (RFPs) to design, finance and operate phase 11 of the Wales gas to energy (GTE) project has been extended from November 14th to January 14th 2025 to ensure more participation, Prime Minister Mark Phillips has said.

DCB U-15 Inter-Association   Makai Dowlin captured 5-14 to help his team, the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), to a dominant win over their counterparts, the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA), and in the process lifted the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-15 title in a rain-affected game.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice in Region Six about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc yesterday said that a transmission line trip was the cause for the system wide shutdown of its Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) “At approximately 11:31 hrs, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) experienced a trip on the L3 Transmission Line which connects the Golden Grove and Garden of Eden Substations. 

Linden and Georgetown will resume their storied rivalry when the Ravens and Victory Valley Royals battle for the coveted title in the Elite 16 Championship following semifinal wins on Saturday evening.

As the world observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women today, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has said that international trafficking of predominantly foreign women and girls into strip clubs and bars in Guyana is a serious problem. 

A 17-year-old resident of Sophia is now hospitalised after he was shot by two masked perpetrators on a motorcycle early yesterday morning on the access road at A’ Field Sophia.

Republic Bank Schools FootballDefending champion Chase Academy bested Waramuri to remain perfect in the Republic Bank U-18 Schools Football League, recording their sixth consecutive win via a 3-1 score yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, In a world increasingly influenced by technological advancements, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping numerous aspects of our lives, including how we think, learn, and make decisions.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport, in partnership with the National Sports Commission (NSC), will stage its annual National Awards Ceremony on Thursday, November 28th on the lawns of the Castellani House on Vlissengen Road at 7:00pm.

A police constable stationed at Brickdam Station and attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was attacked and stabbed by four men, believed to be Venezuelans, while on foot patrol on Saturday night.

The 2024 CG United Super50 Cup ended anticlimactically as both finalists, Barbados Pride and Jamaica Scorpions, forfeited the final, leaving no champion crowned.

A 38-year-old Lamaha Park businessman was yesterday arrested by the police with a .38 revolver, which contained a matching spent shell.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Hamilton Green’s letter (Nov 24) wherein he claimed that the “Sum from Immigration Fund was no more than five to ten percent of cost to build National Cultural Centre”. 

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, and the Israeli military said houses had been destroyed or set alight near Tel Aviv, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 29 people in Beirut the day before.

Max Verstappen clinched his fourth consecutive World Drivers’ Championship with a fifth-place finish at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and George Russell led all 50 laps to complete a dream weekend for Mercedes.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has informed contractors in Region Nine that the terms and conditions of the contracts they signed to build schools must be strictly adhered to.

Guyana’s National Senior Men’s Rugby team, the Green Machine, ended their Rugby Americas North (RAN) SVNS Challenge campaign with a 14-38 defeat at the hands of Jamaica in the quarterfinal stage of the tournament yesterday in Arima in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has expressed its concern over what it describes as the ongoing carnage on the nation’s roads. 

(Reuters) – Donald Trump Jr. has emerged as the most influential Trump family member in the transition as the president-elect builds the most controversial cabinet in modern U.S.

Dear Editor, I congratulate the PPP Government for its cash grant suspense thriller.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe upset Pakistan in the opening clash of their three-match One Day International series, winning by 80 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern system at Queens Sports Club yesterday.

Seven months after Georgetown Mayor Alfred Mentore announced plans to meet the principals of the Qatar-based Assets Group over the proposal for a US$300 million hotel on Carifesta Avenue, that meeting has not occurred and there is no indication as to if and when it will.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Heavy gunfire erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Thursday evening after security forces moved to arrest the former head of the intelligence service, according to Reuters reporters and an alert sent to United Nations staff.

Dear Editor, The recent visit by the Prime Minister of India and his team was very insightful.

Dear Editor, It baffles me that less than twelve (12) months before a General Election, the PNC and their associated fringe parties have now found the voice to call for biometric technology.

U-17 International Football   Guyana’s U-17 men’s and women’s football teams recorded mixed results in their respective international encounters against Suriname yesterday in the Dutch-speaking nation.

During a recent visit to Yupukari, Region Nine, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand told the community that along with the secondary school currently under construction, teachers would be trained from among high school graduates in the area.

(Trinidad Express) Two former principals of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Prof Clement Sankat and Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie do not agree with the West Indies Group of University Teachers’ (WIGUT) approach to withhold student grades to pressure Government to increase the educators’ salaries.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani government team mediated a seven-day ceasefire deal between rival sectarian groups on Sunday, halting days of clashes that have killed at least 68 people and injured dozens in the northwest of the country, one of the mediators said.

Recent blackouts have underlined how this government – like its predecessors – has signally failed to deliver a reliable, stable electricity supply.

Dear Editor, I see my friend GHK again writing on re-negotiating the oil contract.

This letter, addressed to the Honorable Representatives of the United States Embassies in the Caribbean, was sent to the US Embassies in Guyana, Belize, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados,  Haiti, Suriname and Jamaica on November 18, 2024.

KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least nine people, including seven children from one family, died in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away several homes late on Friday, a local official said.

Last Wednesday, the authorities in New York charged Asia’s second richest man and Indian billionaire, Gautam Adani, for his involvement in a US$250 million bribery scheme to develop a major solar power plant in India.

(Reuters) – Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged eye-watering $3 million-plus deals in yesterday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction shattering the previous payment record in the world’s richest T20 tournament.