Daily Archive: Sunday, December 15, 2024

The Police today said that they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 2  this morning on the public road at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), which resulted in the death of two pedestrians – 54-year-old Yvette Daniels and 48-year-old Vishnudat Mohabir.

(Trinidad Express) Bandits slit the throat of an elderly woman and left her to die in her home on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are expected to make a breakthrough when it comes to crimes affecting fishermen.

PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) – Police in Mauritius have issued an order for the arrest of the Indian Ocean islands’ former central bank governor, in connection to an inquiry into a conspiracy to defraud case.

Adjudged the winner in the Best Caribbean Street Food Trader 2024 category in the United Kingdom’s Caribbean Annual Food Awards, Mahalia Arjoon, 52, wants women to know they can rise above unfortunate circumstances as she has done.

Annada Anthon describes herself as goofy. A skilled make-up artist, dancer, and hairstylist, her passion for beauty and artistry has been a part of her life since childhood.

-‘Granny Venice’ made Mahdia home By Khadidja Ba Theresa John, best known as Granny Venice, migrated to Guyana from St Lucia in the early 1960s. 

Cooking the big holiday meal is not a 1-day job so let’s not try to get it all done in a day.

The Lucas Stock Index gained 0.010 percent on the sale of 9,741 shares during the second period of trading in December 2024. 

Following an upsurge in complaints from buyers of reconditioned vehicles, the Guyana Revenue Authority will from January 1st next year require that an inspection certificate be provided from their place of import and given to it by the salespersons here.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on December 9th sealed a two-year deal with the government on vehicles and spares and has resolved to work for greater growth in the sector.

Jabez Jaazuel Williams, called ‘Beggie’, a 22-year-old pork-knocker of Wauna Village, Mabaruma, North West District, died after he was chopped in the neck and hand on Friday by his co-worker who has since confessed to the crime.

`At the centre of what amounts to a colossal looting of resources perpetrated on the current and future generations of Guyanese people stands the Natural Resources Fund’The GHRA has expressed dissatisfaction and alarm at the Government of Guyana’s stewardship of the National Resource Fund (NRF) and worries that current rates of withdrawal may endanger what is made available for future generations.

Titan Bowl Basketball Kwakwani, St. Rose’s High, and the Bishops’ High recorded respective divisional wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana Titan Bowl Championship commenced at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue on Friday.

Dear Editor, Must Guyanese wait 12 more years before change comes to the ‘lopsided’ 2016 Exxon contract?

-after missing Full Court deadline Having failed to submit a key document to the Full Court on time, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has approached it again for an order that would enable him to move to appeal a decision in favour of US companies garnishing Venezuelan assets held by Guyana.

Dear Editor, The recommendation by Devanand Bhagwan that caution should be exercised when using terminology that ignores the “historical and cultural specificity” of Indian history is sound advice (12/12/24).

U-17 International Football Guyana’s U-17 men’s and women’s football teams defeated their Surinamese counterparts in their respective international encounters yesterday at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, On December 8th, 2024, ExxonMobil Guyana claimed that they “adhere to the highest ethical standards and are committed to transparency and integrity in all our dealings”. They

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony  yesterday commissioned a $45 million health administration building in central Lethem, obliquely opposite the Lethem Regional Hospital.

Business and Economic Commentary The public debate and exchanges surrounding the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) highlight concerns about governance and the need for principled public discourse, particularly on matters of grave national importance.

Dear Editor, The recent domino-like collapse of concrete poles supporting power cables along Aubrey Barker Street in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, serves as a vivid metaphor for broader infrastructural challenges facing Guyana.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed yesterday to fight for his political future after he was impeached in a second vote by the opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that had shocked the nation.

The police yesterday said in a statement that investigations are ongoing into a  collision that occurred at about 3.45 am yesterday on the Good Hope Railway Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara, involving a Guyana Police Force motor-pickup #PAC 5250 driven by Jamal Thompson, a 28-year-old Lance Corporal, and motor car #PVV 6015 owned and driven at the time by Reinaldo O’Selmo, a 29-year-old from Belfield, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, The old-age pension requirement needs to be revisited with a view to enable Guyanese who reside overseas and have contributed to this nation through years of hard work and tax payments.

President Irfaan Ali and David Lammy, on his first official visit to Guyana as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, held bilateral discussions on advancing  cooperation between the two countries, a statement from the Office of the President said yesterday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza yesterday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it targeted gunmen operating from shelters and aid storages.

Dear Editor, The Bishops’ High School (BHS) is filled with some of the best young minds in the nation.

(Reuters) – Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa said yesterday Israel is using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding following the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign.

Dear Editor, I write in support of the First Lady’s recent Diamond Ball, an event that has drawn mixed reactions from the public.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Chevron Corp (CVX.N), and Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), 

Dear Editor, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited (RBGL) recently concluded its 2024 financial year on September 30, 2024, and celebrated its 40th Annual General Meeting on December 9, 2024.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court judge has taken the rare step of revoking his decision to retire from active service on the bench, depriving Republican President-elect Donald Trump of the ability to fill a judicial vacancy.

Two men have been arrested after they were found with a .40 round of ammunition, a cellular phone, along with a knife in a haversack on Dennis Street, Sophia, Georgetown.

It was in May this year that Wanderlust Tours first announced its intention of  mounting overnight tours to the Jonestown site. 

Medical services in Region Six are set to receive a boost as plans are underway to install a new computerised tomography (CT) scan machine and a mammography machine at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Half-centuries to Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner added some gloss to a battling New Zealand innings on the opening day of the third and final Test against England in Hamilton.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil’s Amazon to the United States, Dubai and Italy.

Guyanese are set to enjoy an exciting new range of travel options, thanks to a partnership between United Airlines and Global Tours and Travel (GlobalTT).

Jonestown is once again in the news and is attracting widespread and serious comment.

“The When Time” is the title of a poem by West Indian poet Martin Wylde Carter (June 7, 1927 – December 13, 1997) from the collection Poems of Succession (New Beacon Books, 1978). 

“I am trying to clean but when I get customers I have to leave off.

Fans of horror and the supernatural will have much to celebrate on Christmas Day when Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” premieres in cinemas.

The world has a new chess champion. Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, on Thursday became the youngest person to attain this goal when he won the last game of the 14-game match, taking the title for India.

Some of the most vivid poems in the world are written on a huge rock in a remote forest in Sri Lanka.

KEEN 360 50-Over Championship Goed Fortuin, Windsor Forest, and Canal #2 record wins when the West Demerara Cricket Association sanctioned KEEN 360 50-Over Championship continued.

Bartica defeated Herstelling Raiders by a 1-0 score-line when the ‘Maid Marian Wheat Up’ Women’s Football Championship continued yesterday at the Parade Ground.

There are mountains that rule this earth, and they are yet to be moved.

The Guyana Football Federation conducted an anti-doping workshop for the Golden Jaguars U-17 team yesterday at the National Training Centre in Providence.

‘One Guyana’ President’s Cup Squash The sibling teams of Ashley/Jason-Ray Khalil and Shomari/Larissa Wiltshire recorded wins in the Mixed Doubles section when the ‘One Guyana’ President’s Cup Squash Championship continued last evening at the National Racquet on Woolford Avenue.

Dear Editor, Since 1996, I have appealed to Government to look after the West Demerara Public Road.

Come next year GEMS Theatre Productions, will premiere a play titled “From Whence We Came – The Chinese Experience”, which is based on research by Scott Ting-A-Kee and scripted for stage by popular playwright, novelist and artist, Harold Bascom.

Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act Today, I will discuss Section 79 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (“the SOA”), which governs the admissibility of evidence regarding a complainant’s prior sexual activity in criminal matters under the SOA.

Introduction As indicated at the outset of the present series of columns, outlined in my October 27 2024 column, starting today I engage the third of the five topics listed therein; namely, Guyana’s macroeconomy and the policies needed to promote, ensure, as well as sustain both internal and external balance.

(Cont’d from 8 December) “Charlotte [Woolford] and Mal [Woolford] use the early photographic technique wet-plate collodion to make closely observed portraits not as photographer and model but as co-photographers.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto was arrested yesterday for allegedly meddling in the investigation of a planned military coup that federal police accuse him of organizing and financing.

GCF Inter-School Chess Championships – Zhang siblings dominate individual section Queen’s College (QC) captured the Open and Female divisional crowns when the Guyana Chess Federation’s Inter-Schools Championship concluded.

The KFC Goodwill International Schools Football Championship will commence today at the Queen’s College and Ministry of Education grounds with four matches, with the teams receiving their respective uniforms and training balls yesterday at the entity’s Vlissengen Road location.