Daily Archive: Monday, December 23, 2024

Hundreds of teachers have lined up at the St Stanislaus College on Brickdam to collect the $100,000 cash grant announced by the government.

(CPL) The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (“CPL”) is delighted to announce that Denis O’Brien has taken full ownership of Cricket Sporting Investments Limited (“CSIL”), the holding company of CPL Limited which operates the CPL following a comprehensive sales process run by Digicel Group Holdings Limited (“DGHL”), the former majority shareholder.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Honda 7267.T and Nissan 7201.T are in talks to merge by 2026, they said today, a historic pivot for Japan’s auto industry that underlines the threat Chinese EV makers now pose to the world’s long-dominant legacy car makers.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Days before he retires as chairman of the influential U.S.

(Trinidad Express) With three more homicides recorded between Friday night and yesterday, the murder toll for 2024 currently stands at 599.

The Guyana Sugar Corpo-ration (GuySuCo) has been given the necessary resources for a productive first crop and government has read them the ‘riot act’ saying that they have no excuse and must produce or face stern consequences.

With time running out, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said it is hustling to connect 60 megawatts to the national grid from a power ship moored in the Demerara River.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, has issued a warning to contractors that if construction of the new administrative building at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri  does not reflect progress by early 2025, the contractors will face termination.

A visit by Stabroek News to the $981,201,750  Pouderoyen Pump Station project site yesterday provided a firsthand look at the challenges hindering progress on the project which has a completion date of July next year.

By Khadidja Ba A four-day visit to Mahdia by Stabroek News has highlighted growing concerns among the town’s residents about the lack of support and resources available to address urgent social issues, particularly child protection.

In a letter in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News, former President David Granger said that he never declared victory at the 2020 general and regional elections.

KFC Goodwill International Football – Clarendon dismantles Annai 7-2 to clinch third place The third time was the charm for Chase’s Academic Foundation (CAF) against St.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is investigating two fires that erupted yesterday at a three-storey wooden building located on Main Street in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Marking a significant step in its efforts to invest in Guyana’s workforce and expand its global operations, medical billing company, Prochant, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, recently certified its inaugural class of patient interaction specialists from Region Ten.

Despite many challenges, the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two has performed 644 surgeries in 2024, a significant increase over the 502 surgeries conducted in 2023.

Residents from several remote villages in Mabaruma, Region One, now have easy access to healthcare, following the assigning of four boats valued at $1.4 million each.

Dear Editor, The passage last Wednesday of the Acquisition of Lands for Public Purposes (Amendment) Bill has nefarious intent.

(Trinidad Express) The missing man who fell off a rig yesterday morning has been identified as Pete Phillip of La Romaine, San Fernando.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino.

Dear Editor, Do we not see the increasing strength of the waves, do we not feel the strength of the wind, do we not feel the sun upon our skin and the increasing heat in which we live?

Part 108 Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Blankenburg on the West Coast of Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

(NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train yesterday morning, killing her.

(Reuters) – A small plane carrying 10 people crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil yesterday, killing everyone on board, state government officials said.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has issued a call for submissions for the Guyana Prize for Literature 2024.

Dear Editor, In 2013, during the 34th Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Govern-ment, Prime Minister of Grenada, The Right Honorable Keith Mitchell MP PC, stated “the need for the West Indies Cricket Board to further democratize its operations and make more transparent its dealings.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israel ordered the closure and evacuation yesterday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in a besieged area on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, forcing medics to search for a way to bring hundreds of patients and staff to safety.

Lennel William is the Grand Prize Winner in the Guyana Lottery Company Limited’s Christmas promotion.

(Reuters) – A bridge connecting two states in Brazil’s northern and northeastern regions collapsed yesterday as vehicles were crossing, killing at least one person and spilling sulfuric acid into the Tocantins River.

The police yesterday said that they are investigating a report of the discharging of a gun at  24-year-old Keion Heyligar and 23-year-old Kemuel Heyligar, both of Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, which occurred at about 10.45 am on Saturday.

BELGRADE,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade yesterday to protest against President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), whom they blame for a railway station roof collapse last month that killed 15 people.

Two Saturdays ago, the President announced the grant of the usual annual tax-free Christmas bonus of one month’s salary to the Disciplined Services for ‘their unwavering service, sacrifice, and commitment to safeguarding the nation’s security’.

By Roberta Clarke On December 17th, 2017, Samantha Isaac was murdered by her former partner in Trinidad and Tobago, taken away from her three-year-old son.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – South Africa was blanked for the first time in a bilateral ODI series at home after losing by 36 runs to Pakistan in a rain-affected game at the Wanderers.

(Reuters) – Joe Root returned to England’s one-day international squad for the first time since their ill-fated World Cup title defence in November 2023, as the country’s cricket board named players yesterday for a white-ball tour of India and the Champions Trophy.

(Reuters) – Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League with a dominant but chaotic 6-3 win at Tottenham Hotspur yesterday thanks to doubles from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah.

WASHINGTON, (reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he would nominate Mauricio Claver-Carone, who was fired from a previous position for allegedly having an affair with a subordinate, to serve as his special envoy to Latin America.

The University of Guyana (UG) Trojans and Kobras registered lopsided wins when the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball League continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has confirmed two of its four slated bouts for the imminent Elton Dharry-promoted ProAm Fight Card on December 28th at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Kashif & Shanghai Futsal Bent Street A, Gold is Money, and Road Warriors advanced to the round of 16 segment when the Kashif and Shanghai National Futsal Championship continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, In an article on the collapse of poles in South Ruimveldt, the General Secretary of the PPP and Vice-President of the Repub-lic of Guyana Mr.

(SportsMax) – India’s dominance was on full display in the first One Day International (ODI) against the West Indies Women yesterday, as they cruised to a commanding 211-run victory.

Reuters earlier this month reported that Brazil has gone high tech in cracking down on illegally mined gold.

Beacons and Agatash advanced to the semifinal round in the Bartica Super-8 Football Championship, following hard-fought wins on Saturday night at the Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, This Christmas, I’m spending time in America, a place I love deeply and where I’ve spent more than half my life.