Daily Archive: Sunday, January 26, 2025

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/Cairo  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza, a suggestion rejected by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that runs the enclave, and apparently rebuffed by the Jordanian foreign minister.

WASHINGTON/BOGOTA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said today he would impose sweeping retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and sanctions, after the South American country turned away two U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard has lost a mystery pirogue containing the decomposing bodies of five unidentified individuals during a recovery operation early Sunday morning.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to seek explanations from the U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department issued a “stop-work” order on Friday for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to a cable seen by Reuters, after President Donald Trump ordered a pause to review if aid allocation was aligned with his foreign policy.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korea’s prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol today on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec.

By Miranda La Rose Farmer, cultural icon and community volunteer Hilda Phillips nee Van Sluytman of Huradiah, Santa Rosa Village, Moruca, who turned 93 on January 20, and has seen much development in her hometown over the years, wants modern development to include a revival of the traditional, cultural way life of the Indigenous people in her village.

By Khamisi Slowe After a hiatus of some two years, Brandon Harding is returning to the singing arena and having experienced personal growth during his well-deserved break, he is ready to shine and embrace new opportunities in the industry.

By Milton Granum In a quest to make pertinent information accessible to school-aged children, Rohan Sagar has embarked on a mission to digitize Guyana’s National Anthem and other historic resources.

By Rae Wiltshire Diana Trotman is a mother, teacher, student, and entrepreneur.

The US$260m Vreed-en-Hoop shore base, the first phase of a major port development comprising a local conglomerate and Belgian company Jan De Nul was launched yesterday and will drive the development of ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail oil project and others in the pipeline.

Listen to this article:If you read last week’s column – A Coco-nutty Weekend of Cooking – you will recall me mulling cooking Shine Rice with blended coconut and not just the milk.

-money, jewellery taken By Subhana Shiwmangal Two persons have been held for questioning as police investigate the murder of a 64-year-old housewife at her Lot 1118 Belle West, West Bank Demerara residence.

As part of the government’s drive to safeguard public health and promote food safety nationwide, the Guyana Food Safety Authority yesterday commissioned its laboratory and office at the Ministry of Agriculture’s La Bonne Intention complex on the East Coast of Demerara.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that if a person registered for the $100,000 cash grant and died before the cheque was issued then the beneficiaries will be eligible to collect on their behalf.

Anthony La Rose, who had been accused of murdering Dexter Horsham, has been freed after spending a year in prison.

On January 18, a panel of experts gathered to discuss issues surrounding gold mining in the Rupununi.

Noman’s hat-trick bundled out West Indies for 163, before Warrican’s four restricted Pakistan to 154 (ESPN) Head coach Aaqib Javed promised that Pakistan could prepare a spin-friendly wicket anywhere in the country, and the first day of the second Test against West Indies in Multan demonstrated he had kept his promise.

-crucial match against Grenada awaits In the opening game of the Nations Cup basketball tournament held at the Ismay Van Wilgen Sports Hall in Paramaribo, Suriname, Guyana’s national men’s basketball team suffered a 56-84 defeat to the host nation on Friday night.

Guyana secured one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals at the recently held third annual Caribbean STEM Olympiads (CSO) hosted by the Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) which announced the results in a release yesterday.

Dear Editor,  So who are the rocket scientists overseeing our road rebuilding and expansion programme?

A single mother from Enterprise, East Coast Demerara can now breathe a sigh of relief after being the recipient of a new home.

(Field Level Media) Tyler Herro scored 25 points as the Miami Heat pulled away in the third quarter and withstood the Brooklyn Nets’ late comeback to win 106-97 last night in New York.

Dear Editor, This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Guyana Chap-ter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) which I established on January 24, 2000 at the then Park Hotel on Main Street.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday issued an advisory categorically stating that it has not authorised, nor is it currently conducting any survey which includes political polling.

A businessman was nabbed at a police checkpoint at Mabura, Region Ten with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis in his possession.

Dear Editor, President Ali’s Tuesday meeting with Regional Executive Officers (REOs), Regional Health Officers (RHOs) and Regional Education Officers (REdOs) for improvement in quality in service delivery in the regions is quite commendable.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers yesterday  in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners, but a delay in freeing another hostage prompted  Israel to block hundreds of thousands of Gazans from returning to the enclave’s bombed-out north.

Dear Editor, As he had promised, Donald Trump hit the ground running as soon as he was sworn-in as the 47th President of the USA.

-had responded to Leguan farmer who complained about attack on sheep What began as a police effort to assist a farmer in Leguan following a reported deadly stray dog attack on her sheep has sparked public concerns, with some persons questioning the treatment of the captured animals.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  The U.S. may place a “very big bounty” on the top leaders of the Taliban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesteday, adding he was hearing that the Taliban held more American hostages than previously reported.

Dear Editor, Queenstown Roman Catholic School –– at the corner of Crown and Albert Streets, exactly the, location of the now renamed St.

Dindyal Persaud, a 47-year-old labourer from Grove, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on January 16th, 2025 and charged on Friday with the assault of a policeman.

Dear Editor, President Ali stopped Attorney General  Nandlall’s plan to appeal the $24m awarded to Quindon Bacchus’ family.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s late-night firing of inspectors general at multiple government agencies was criticized as illegal yesterday by Democrats and others and drew concern from at least one fellow Republican.

Fedel Gibson, a 47-year-old boat operator from Supenaam, Essequibo Coast has been charged with malicious damage to property and has been placed on bail.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my deep concern and disappointment at the disadvantage meted out to Guyanese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the oil and gas sector.

Police are investigating a disturbance that occurred outside Jit’s Superbet outlet located on the Leonora public road, West Coast Demerara, that quickly spiralled out of control on Friday evening.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) –  President Donald Trump has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, a White House source told Reuters on Saturday.

Sherwin Jackson, a 47-year-old resident of #54 Village in Corentyne, Berbice was arrested on January 22nd, 2025 by a rank from Providence Police Station and charged on Friday  with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking (1,650 grams of cannabis).

Dear Editor, I am compelled to ask the following given the much-hyped success of the housing Programme.

(Reuters) – Congo has severed all diplomatic ties with Rwanda and South Africa said yesterday that nine of its peacekeepers had been killed amid a surge in fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo.

Malcolm Spencer, a 25-year-old resident of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on January 22nd 2025 by a rank from Region 4B Headquarters Criminal Investigation Department and charged on Friday with the possession of 13 grammes of cannabis The police said that Spencer appeared at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court #1 before Magistrate Wanda Fortune where the charge was read to him.

Dear Editor, Women are indeed made of sterner stuff.  The Right Rev Marian Edgar Budde stepped into a tornado and proved it. 

The idea of making new year’s resolutions was thought to have first been brought into practice by ancient Babylonians.

Something I will never be able to absolutely wrap my head around is people of colour gleefully supporting racist leaders in a foreign land from their own country and I have seen it all week on my Facebook feed since Donald Trump came back into office.

Ranks in Regional Police Division #2 on Friday benefitted from a training session that focused on the use of body cameras.

(ESPN) India are used to their No. 3 sealing tense chases in limited-overs cricket.

Breaking Down the Laws of Guyana I will be the first to admit that the suggestion in this article’s title is unrealistic, if not absurd.

Guyana’s Under-17 women’s football team, the Junior Lady Jags, has arrived in the Dominican Republic, ready to compete in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.

“The Ministry of Education will not condone any form of violence in our schools.

Georgetown vs The Rest Street Football  The Back Circle Tarmac in East Ruimveldt was ablaze with excitement on Friday night as the round of 16 matches unfolded in the ongoing Georgetown vs the Rest street football tournament.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – An inspired Madison Keys ripped up the script with a bold and brilliant performance to end Aryna Sabalenka’s Australian Open reign and win her maiden Grand Slam trophy yesterday.

Today, January 26, is the 76th Anniversary of the Republic Day of India.

Many of us have difficult relationships with our parents. Those relationships have caused us the most pain in our lives and even if that parent is no more the pain unfortunately, often lives on.

TIRANA,  (Reuters) – Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama said yesterday.

Introduction        In today’s column I draw attention to the linked roles of fiscal policy reform to the broader and more comprehensive roles of overall macroeconomic policy management in Guyana.

The Chair of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh, has decided that biometric identification as the sole, mandatory, means of identification in unconstitutional.

By what values should we strive to live in order to achieve a community in which differences are accommodated, a community where there is diversity of discourse but a recognition of the common good regardless of politics, religion, race and personal beliefs?

Marva Gordon is known for her passion for sharing. She has shared literacy, information technology, school supplies, and paid for students to write the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examination among other gestures.

A cardinal principle of chess is that an active player should own, and treasure his or her individual chess set and chess clock.

Yesterday, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) officially kicked off its 2025 season with an exciting test match between the President’s XV and the Vice President’s XV at the National Park.

(SportsMax) Shimron Hetmyer’s Gulf Giants secured a tense last-ball win over the MI Emirates in International League T20 (ILT20) action at the Zayed Cricket Stadium yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Tyrese Haliburton scored a game-high 28 points and took over in the pivotal final five minutes of the third quarter as the Indiana Pacers handled the San Antonio Spurs 136-98 on Saturday afternoon to split the NBA Paris Games series.

(Field Level Media) Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 24 points and Derrick White added 23 to lead the visiting Boston Celtics to a 122-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.

(ICC) The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday revealed the first individual award winners in the ICC Awards 2024 in which India’s Arshdeep Singh was named the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year and New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr was crowned the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year.

On Wednesday, January 22nd, Lecturer at the University of Guyana’s Centre for Communication Studies (CCS), Dr Taijrani Rampersaud-Skorka, launched her book: Community Radio in South Asia: Mapping the Alternative Mediascape in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

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.

Dear Editor, A parent wrote in the SN of 24 Jan, 2025 that corporal punishment – beating of children in Guyana’s schools has been abolished.

The press tour for the female buddy comedy “One of Them Days” has blessed the internet with several clips of interviews with its stars, Keke Palmer and SZA, and its producer, Issa Rae.

The current posthumous solo exhibition of works by Guyana-born artist Donald Locke (1930-2010) is one any Guyana-based artist or art lover would be overjoyed to see.