Daily Archive: Sunday, January 12, 2025

The government has invited bids for massive sea and river defence works including for one Mahaica project where the engineer’s estimate is $476m.

PRAYAGRAJ, India, (Reuters) – A six-week Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival begins in India tomorrow, a Hindu sacred event that will be the world’s largest gathering of humanity as it showcases religion, spirituality, tourism and crowd management.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement (PNM) leadership race has been settled in favour of Stuart Young, with all 21 MPs supporting him.

The ‘Haiti/Ayiti is Our Heart Quilt’ is  a collective, hand-crafted, creative piece of work fashioned during the period April – May 17th 2024 by a diverse group of 22 Haitians and Guyanese mostly women and girls but also boys and men of different ethnicities and ages.

By Khadidja Ba Lily Munoz is a Venezuelan educator turned entrepreneur who has found both challenges and opportunities in her new life in Guyana.

-former GuySuCo director The company through whatever deliberations, sought to bring sevenCuban experts for the factories at an enormous cost to the company and who have to date made zero contribution.

The additional claim filed against the government by gas-to-energy (GtE) contractors CH4-Lindsayca is around the US$50m amount of the first claim and will bring the total sum to nearly US$100m.

By Khamisi Slowe Chenille Bowen is no ordinary woman. At 44, she is a teacher, a trained home economist, a record-breaking athlete, and above all, a pioneering music manager in Guyana’s male-dominated music industry.

Emphasizing that the government has “worked” to make education at Guyana’s premier university free, Education Minister Priya Manickchand has adverted to concerns about the institution offering “value for money”.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr,  yesterday said that steps are being taken to fireproof Castellani House where the National Art Collection is located.

-Ramson highlights gov’t’s commitment to game’s development   Legendary Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, Sir Clive Lloyd, is set to play a pivotal role in the operations of Guyana’s proposed Cricket Academy.

Mark Simon, a 32-year-old motorcyclist who was hospitalised at the Suddie Public Hospital after he collided with a Guyana Power & Light (GPL) utility pole last Sunday morning on the Land of Plenty Public Road, Essequibo Coast, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday.

(SportsMax) West Indies XI ended day two of their three-day tour match with a commanding 134-run lead over Pakistan Shaheens in Islamabad, setting the stage for a strong finish on Sunday.

-in letter to Speaker APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP), Amanza Walton-Desir, has expressed concern over the ban on the use of the word “corruption” in parliamentary proceedings and in a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly stated her view on how apart from being “frankly, absurd”, such a restriction is inimical to the role of Parliament as a forum for truth, accountability, and robust debate.

Already ten months behind schedule, an extension to March this year has been granted for the completion of the  Christ Church Secondary School.

Kemol Savory’s XI secured a five-wicket victory over Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s XI in the first Guyana Harpy Eagles trial match at the Providence National Stadium.

-coastal schools overstaffed While downplaying suggestions that teachers might be leaving the education sector,  Education Minister Priya Manickchand  has admitted that there is a shortage of teachers in several subject areas.

-date for full completion of facility unclear  By Michaelangelo Jacobus Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,

Dear Editor, Thirty years ago, on May 4, 1995, the National Assembly passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill (MTOP).

Ronny Rueda, the 41-year-old Cuban who was hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after the car he was in collided with a motorcyclist and killed him, fled the hospital days later while under police guard.

It has been over three months and there is still no word regarding the whereabouts of Joshua David called ‘Bricks’ but police are still investigating the matter.

Dear Editor, It was not by accident that three days before his scheduled Jan 10th inauguration, Maduro announced he was scheduling the election of the governor of Essequibo. 

The government yesterday handed over a brand-new electric scooter to 45-year-old Shameer Azeez Akbar, a resident living with a disability at Enterprise, East Coast Demerara.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on steep hills to stem the eastward spread of the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles yesterday as on-the-ground firefighting efforts also intensified amid warnings of wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour that could make matters worse.

Dear Editor, People ask me why did I fly to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta to hold up my sign, “Guyana thanks President Carter for restoring democracy, ending PNC dictatorship.”

Yokohama Trading Guyana has opened a new branch  at 235 Camp Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.

MOGADISHU,  (Reuters) – Somalia’s president visited Ethiopia yesterday, his office said, the strongest sign yet of improving relations between the two neighbours after a year of tensions over Addis Ababa’s plans to build a naval base in a breakaway Somali region.

Dear Editor, A recent study by Forbes India that was released on January 10th this year has placed Guyana 9th in GDP per capita.

Adrian Stoll, a 28-year-old resident of Timehri North, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on Friday evening after the vehicle he was driving was stopped and searched by police ranks, and he was found to be in possession of 12 grams of marijuana.

Dear Editor, The $100,000 cash grant should put to rest many disputes. 

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s army said on Saturday it had entered the central city of Wad Madani and was pushing out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a step which if completed successfully would be its biggest gain in nearly two years of war.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday condemned new sanctions that the U.S.,

The peaks and valleys in Jacques Audiard’s latest film, the musical “Emilia Pérez” never come where you might expect them.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is reaffirming the importance of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as an original and appellate court in Jamaica’s position as a Caribbean Community (Caricom) member state.

Listen to this article:I didn’t make today’s offering by accident.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour concludes his three-part feature looking at the uncanny conclusion of the Fourth Test in a series between the  West Indies and Australia, Down Under.

Nature is a storyteller. It tells us tales of survival, evolution and perseverance.

“I know you from somewhere, but I can’t say from where.

In mid-October last year, an elite chess player was expelled from a team championship in Spain after being accused of cheating by using a cell phone during bathroom breaks between moves.

-file for DPP being prepared ‘Short Man’, the suspect who was held over the death of Morris Goorcharan, a 61-year-old farmer whose body was recovered from Abrams Creek on Boxing Day has been released on station bail, Regional Commander, Superintendent Khemraj Shivbaran yesterday stated.

(Reuters) – India’s injured quick Jasprit Bumrah will miss the five-match T20 international series with England, while Mohammad Shami has returned to the squad after more than a year out with an ankle injury, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) announced yesterday.

(SportsMax) Though acknowledging the challenges posed by limited preparation time, West Indies women’s Under-19 assistant coach Shane Brooks remains optimistic about the team’s chances as they prepare to embark on their ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup campaign in Malaysia.

The late Collette Jones-Chin made a unique contribution to the arts, art education and administration of culture in Guyana and the Caribbean.

Introduction My initial response to the query captured in the header of today’s Sunday column is to introduce a careful paraphrase of the official version of key macroeconomic performance data, as cited in the Ministry of Finance, M o F, mid-2024 Report.

If you can, every now and then it is good to escape the reality which you have settled into.

The People’s National Congress (PNC), Alliance For Change (AFC) and Working People’s Alliance (WPA) recently announced that they will be meeting to discuss the establishment of a coalition for the purpose of contesting the upcoming regional and general elections to be held by November this year.

– 8 games slated for opening night The streets of Georgetown are buzzing with anticipation as the second annual Georgetown versus The Rest Street Football Competition approaches.

(ESPN) Rapid half-centuries from Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka and Janith Liyanage put Sri Lanka on course to a substantial total, before an electric new-ball spell from Asitha Fernando wrecked New Zealand’s chase.

Introduction In commemoration of the renowned artist Stanley Greaves’ 90 birthday, the Sunday Stabroek will be featuring images of some of his artwork accompanied by poems written by him.

Elite League Playoffs The Mahaica Determinators Football Club (FC) secured a semi-final berth in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 2025 Season 7 Elite League Playoffs by virtue of a comfortable 4-1 victory over Paradise Invaders Football Club yesterday at the Rosignol Ground, West Berbice.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday amid a push to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, Netanyahu’s office said.

Breaking Down the Laws of Guyana Until recently, I lived in a two-bedroom apartment in Success, East Coast Demerara, with my brother.

Dear Editor, Well, it’s official: Guyana has signed the deal for the US$527 million loan from the U.S.

Andrew Thom, a staff member of the University of Guyana Registry received the prestigious Outstanding Justice Award in the International Court of Justice at the American Model United Nations (AMUN) Conference held recently in Chicago, Illinois.

(ESPN) Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah have been rested from Pakistan’s Test squad for the two-Test home series against West Indies with Pakistan looking to beef up their spin options.

Guyana is due to hold national and regional elections this year including in Regions One, Two, Three, Seven and Eight.