Daily Archive: Friday, January 3, 2025

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has officially announced that he will be stepping down as Prime Minister before the end of his term this year and will not be offering himself to represent any constituency in the upcoming general election.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump must be sentenced on Jan.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job today by a razor-thin margin that highlighted potential fissures among President-elect Donald Trump’s Republicans on Capitol Hill.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1104s trading results showed consideration of $2,843,341 from 11,689 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 1103’s trading results which showed consideration of $11,148,622 from 38,293 shares traded in 28 transactions.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s state airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, is slimming down for a potential sale, shedding 13% of its staff, cutting money-losing domestic routes and even removing snacks formerly available to passengers, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters.

    (Trinidad Express) President of the Criminal Bar Association Israel Khan says the Government should hire foreign lawyers to prosecute gang leaders in Trinidad and Tobago because, at present, locals do not want the job-not even he.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol today in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon’s compound in the heart of Seoul.

-to allow for proper setting of concrete The completion of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge has now been pushed back from March 31 to August 31 of this year – a five-month delay – to allow for sections of the concrete structure to properly set, a process which cannot be rushed, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

A beer garden owner is in custody as the police investigate the fatal shooting of Youganand Chetram, called ‘Boy’, a 29-year-old cane harvester from Alness Village which occurred at about 10 am on January 1st, 2025 at Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder in Corentyne, Berbice.  In a statement yesterday, the police said that the beer garden owner,  Moonie Ramnarine, 65, of Lot CZ 14, Lesbeholden, who did the shooting is the licensed holder of a .32 pistol bearing serial number FOC5287. 

By Subhana Shiwmangal Police are investigating the death of Kiran Bacchus, a 41-year-old mason which occurred on New Year’s Day at Lot 35 Section ‘A’ Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice.

-suspected accomplice flees from hospital A robbery bid at the Wan Dan Chinese Restaurant on Dennis Street, Sophia, ended in death on Tuesday afternoon for one of two bandits.

Though no mention was made about actual plans or a timeline, Local Government Minister Sonia Parag yesterday said that plans are underway to rehabilitate the Bourda and Stabroek markets.

A family trip to Lake Eleven in Huis’t Dieren, Region Two ended in tragedy when a 36-year-old man drowned while swimming.

Dear Editor, I refer to an SN article (December 23, 2024) captioned ‘President talks tough again on GuySuCo amid poor results, ongoing subventions’ (https://www.stabroeknews.com/2024/12/23/news/guyana/president-talks-tough-again-on-GuySuCo-amid-poor-results-ongoing-subventions/).

-on occasion of party’s 75th anniversary The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has played a pivotal role in shaping the history and destiny of Guyana and its contributions mark the party as a foundational pillar of Guyana’s modern political modern history.

Work on the Ogle to Eccles road project is 92% complete, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Public Works.

Dear Editor, While defending the billions allocated to the Gas to Shore project in 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Prime Minister, when asked, committed to provide the National Assembly with copies of the agreements signed with Exxon and other parties on the project.

Dear Editor, There was a recent letter in the press questioning the impact that Guyana could have on localized climate change.

-project has expanded The construction of Guyana’s largest government office complex is making steady progress, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, along with Deputy Commissioners Ravindradat Budhram and Errol Watts, yesterday met with the officer in charge and ranks of the Force’s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) at the Commissioner’s Conference Room, Eve Leary.

Dear Editor, Roads will be built.  New buildings will be erected.

Dear Editor, In his recent statement, President Irfaan Ali proclaimed that his government has always been “about the people.”

Guyana has recorded a 33 per cent decrease in the number of homicides due to domestic violence, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Botofago was crowned the Upper Demerara Football Association Futsal Champion, dethroning incumbent Milerock by an 11-7 score-line in the final on Wednesday evening at the Retrieve Hard-court in Linden.

Twins Manufacturing Chemists on Wednesday  announced the passing of its Founder and Managing Director Shaheed Mohamed Ferouz at the age 82.

Dear Editor, As we ushered in 2025, it is imperative that we reflect on the pressing lessons from our region’s most harrowing crises, particularly Trinidad and Tobago’s gang turmoil and Haiti’s struggles with organized crime.

Kashif & Shanghai National Futsal Traditional giants Bent Street A and Sparta Boss will contest the final of the Kashif and Shanghai National Futsal Championship today following hard-fought semifinal wins on Wednesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

The trio of Candidate Master Sachin Pitamber, Kyle Couchman, and Ricardo Narine emerged as respective divisional winners in the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Year-end Rapid and Blitz Championships.

-faulty GPL connection suspected By Subhana Shiwmangal A fire apparently resulting from a faulty electric wire connection to the building, razed a two-storey wooden home at Lot 15 ‘A’ Bennet Dam, D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, on December 31, 2024,  leaving a family of six counting their losses.

Dear Editor, Your news report stated that the Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha threatened Spectre and Tepui on the construction of pump stations on Pouderoyn, West Bank, and Belle Vue, Region 3.

Dear Editor, I am pleased to read that “Counter-trafficking initiatives (are flourishing) in Guyana.”

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that it was pleased to announce that all passengers, who were stranded in St.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave’s Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy and nine displaced people died, Gaza authorities said.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s migration authorities told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyanese who sees anything that is honourable or redemptive in the 2016 Exxon oil contract are neither suitable nor worthy for consideration as a national leader.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in collaboration with the World University Services of Canada (WUSC) are developing a Micro and Women Entrepreneur Learning Centre that is expected to be completed completed and operationalised by the second quarter of this year, a GCCI release stated on Tuesday.   

BEAUMONT, Texas,  (Reuters) – Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Texas man accused of crashing a truck into New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans, killing 14 and injuring dozens, was an Army veteran struggling to get past a recent divorce but who showed no signs of anger just weeks prior to the attack, his half-brother said.

(Reuters) – Tullow Oil TLW.L said yesterday the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has ruled that the Branch Profit Remittance Tax (BPRT) does not apply to its operations in the Deepwater Tano and West Cape Three Points fields offshore Ghana.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – In their New Year predictions, high priests from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban Santeria religion told followers yesterday to watch their health and spending, care for their families, guard against crime and drink less alcohol amid a punishing economic crisis entering its sixth year.

Dear Editor, I become very irritable when I read certain statements.

Villages in Region Eight have received final payments for their contribution to the maintenance of roads, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

(Trinidad Guardian) The Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) is calling all state attorneys to be protected following the shooting death of Randall Hector.

Dear Editor, As I have shared before, one of my family members was sexually assaulted, and now the perpetrator is seeking to resolve the matter through a financial settlement.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Perhaps it should not be surprising that India should feature so prominently in the “civil war” that has emerged within US President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.

In accordance with Part III, Section 16 of the Defence Act 15:01 of 1977, the Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan on January 1st announced the promotion of 525 Other Ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana National Reserve.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – In the end, Sri Lanka did enough. That’s not something you’d expect to say about a team that had racked up 218 runs in their first innings, but it speaks towards just how well New Zealand had set about their chase for most of the innings.

According to the Government of Guyana (GoG), the $100,000 cash grant initiative is intended as a transformative effort to redistribute wealth derived from the nation’s burgeoning oil revenues.

(Reuters) – Officials  yesterday positively identified the person found dead inside the Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas as a U.S.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s government said yesterday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Venezuela for detaining a member of its gendarmerie, a branch of Argentina’s security forces, calling it a “forced disappearance.”

(Trinidad Express) – West Indies left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie is among 22 international players who have registered for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 10 draft, set to take place January 11 in the city of Gwadar, Balochistan.

Candy Boss Football Championship A new champion will be crowned in the annual Candy Boss 8-a-side Football Championship after Monedderlust bested incumbent the Guyana Police Force by a 2-0 score last evening at the All Saints ground in New Amsterdam.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – It had taken Zimbabwe 197 overs and over two days to take ten Afghanistan wickets in the opening Test.

(Reuters) – Tesla TSLA.O reported its first fall in yearly deliveries yesterday as lucrative year-end incentives for the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle maker’s aging lineup and the new Cybertruck pickup failed to lure customers wary of high borrowing costs.