Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

President Irfaan Ali today announced that the government will be signing a two-year agreement with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) which includes a retroactive 10% salary increase for 2024, as well as an 8% increase for 2025.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time today in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.

SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was rushed to Sao Paulo overnight for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October and he will remain in hospital for a couple more days, the government said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Consultant in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Dr Joel Teelucksingh, is raising concerns about increased respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, including coughs, colds, flu, norovirus and potentially, COVID-19.

Dear Editor, Over the past few months, prominent political figures have been consistently promulgating distorted and contorted information targeted at me regarding specific events of March, 2020.

Major contracts were yesterday signed for fire stations at Mahaicony in Region Five and Onderneeming in Region Two.

Dear Editor, Response to Stabroek News Article dated December 9, 2024 titled “Mahdia and Campbelltown Residents Struggle with Poor Water Supply, inadequate power by Khadidja Ba”.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has begun distributing the 2025 Old Age Pension (OAP) books and aims to complete the process by January 31.

One week after 30-year-old Chibieere Edeah was seriously injured in a crash at the roundabout at Crane, West Coast Demerara, he succumbed to his injuries yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read with admiration a letter penned by Mr.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to offer my gratitude for giving prominence to my letter on the chaotic first day of the distribution of the Cash Grant in Lethem.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday denied that a Deputy Superintendent had been transferred as a result of the departure from the country of the wife of Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus.

Dear Editor, Guyanese consumers continue to face exploitation by large corporations, with limited recourse for resolving issues.

Chief Magistrate (ag) Faith McGusty will deliver a ruling on December 30, 2024, on whether the high-profile 2020 election fraud case will proceed summarily or indictably.

Dear Editor, The building and development that is occurring in the Amerindian communities around the country is a great opportunity to showcase the culture and classic architecture of the indigenous communities of each area.

Guyana yesterday submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the final written brief on the merits of its border controversy case with Venezuela and Caracas is now expected to respond to it.

Guyana is among the nations considered as Caricom’s ‘coalition of the willing’ as it relates to free movement and will embrace all of the CSME treaty’s obligations, as it awaits a collective agreement by member states, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd says.

(Sportsmax) West Indies captain Shai Hope has urged his team to strive for consistency after they won the opening ODI of their three-match series by five wickets.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s highest national award, ‘The Order of Excellence,’ that was conferred upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India when he visited Guyana in November 2024, has given additional impetus to calls for the activation of the National Awards programme that was established under the ‘Constitution of the Orders of Guyana’ in 1970. 

One Guyana Basketball Premier League The inaugural edition of the One Guyana Basketball Premier League continued on Sunday night at the outdoor courts of the National Gymnasium with the Pace Setters and Colts grabbing contrasting victories.

Dear Editor, I challenge our readers to do some investigation into ‘prison reform.’

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling for a national conversation on the economic significance of ethnicity in Guyana and described the developing policies to accommodate the new type of society Guyana is becoming as not encouraging.

Small contractors from Linden, Region Ten, signed an additional 94 contracts on Friday to upgrade roads in the mining town, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Dear Editor, In a press statement made by the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) last Tuesday, issue was taken with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s threat that he will not involve the Opposition in key decision-making until they behave differently.

-cites issue over unresolved car prize Outgoing titleholder Andrea King has announced her decision to withdraw from the 2024 Miss World Guyana Coronation.

Dear Editor, I strongly recommend the government of Guyana to do job fairs first inside Guyana among the 40 percent or more living in poverty.

By Subhana Shiwmangal The family of Claurine Prescod-Stoll, the 24-year-old woman whose husband allegedly  stabbed her in the presence of their young son, yesterday said she had separated from the man two weeks before the assault because of his abusive behaviour.

Dear Editor, Ravi Dev’s caution about Girmitiyas, former labourers or People of Indian Origin, PIO, does not have to begin or end in disappointment.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday called on the President and the Leader of the Opposition to “show some maturity by beginning a dialogue aimed at a political solution regarding the election”.

Dear Editor, Now that GECOM has admitted its error pertaining to Dr Asha Kissoon being permitted to sit as a parliamentarian and also that everyone, including the Speaker of the House, is now aware of this grave error, what becomes of the decisions made in parliament for which Dr.

A triangular love affair resulted in two women appearing before Magistrate Fabayo Azore charged with assaulting each other.

Dear Editor, The recent election in Ghana is a victory for democracy.

– Haiti PM’s office says after massacre of 180 people (Reuters) – Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil area, Haiti’s prime minister’s office said yesterday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft.

An accident on the Adventure public road on the Essequibo Coast has left five persons, including two drivers, injured and hospitalised.

DAMASCUS,  (Reuters) – Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s prime minister said he had agreed yesterday to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, a day after the rebels seized the capital Damascus and Assad fled to Russia.

Dear Editor, There is a pattern developing in this country by drips and drabs.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots’ Association (TTALPA) believes the Board of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is trying to reverse its commitment in signing off its collective agreement after it was approved by the Finance Minister.

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania  (Reuters) – The man suspected of killing UnitedHealth UNH.N

Dear Editor, I read with interest an article carried in your Wednesday, December 4, 2024, edition of the Stabroek News that the Ministry of Housing and Water, department of Central Housing and Planning Authority where ‘seven small business operators were provided financial compensation, totaling $676,000.00, through the ‘Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHAUP).’

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has applauded the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) on the launch of GBTI GROW, a division dedicated to addressing the unique needs of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Guyana has long gone past the stage of oil and gas being no more than a pipe dream.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Although the quality of Jamaica’s spices is considered among the best in the world, the farmers who grow ginger, turmeric and pimento are earning very little from their endeavours, with most of the money going to traders of the products, according to a recent study.

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – The swift collapse, after 54 years, of Syria’s al-Assad dynasty has just transformed the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made the case yesterday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until it could join the NATO military alliance.

(Reuters) – As Mohammed Shami was tormenting local batters in Rajkot last week in his latest outing since returning from a year out due to injury, some questioned why one of India’s top seamers had not been flown out to Australia to support pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s two-test series success over Sri Lanka yesterday catapulted them to first place in the World Test Championship and put them firmly on course for next year’s final in what would have been unthinkable less than a year ago.

Dear Editor, The time is 5 PM on this day of the 6th December 2024.

(Reuters) – Six players from Champions League winners Real Madrid and four from Manchester City feature in this year’s FIFPRO World 11 announced yesterday by the global players’ association, with Lionel Messi absent for the first time in almost 20 years.

(Reuters) – Jacob Bethell was considered a gamble at number three when he was handed his England debut against New Zealand in Christchurch last month and captain Ben Stokes was justified in feeling some sense of vindication after the series was secured on Sunday.

(Field Level Media) NBA Cup quarterfinal play gets underway tonight, with the Milwaukee Bucks hosting the Orlando Magic.

(Reuters) – Mohammed Siraj and Travis Head have been slapped with demerit points for their bust-up in the second test between India and Australia while the Indian fast bowler was also fined 20% of his match fee, the International Cricket Council said yesterday.

GQEBERHA, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Spinner Keshav Maharaj took five wickets as South Africa secured a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka on the last day of the second test at St George’s Park yesterday and a 2-0 sweep of the series.

Director of Prisons, Nicklon Elliot says that government funding is revolutionising prison rehabilitation.