Daily Archive: Thursday, February 6, 2025

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio today oversaw the seizure of a Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican Republic.

President Irfaan Ali today met with Guyanese Achieving Enterprises, a food catering consortium, at State House.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The Philippine lower house today impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former leader, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.

WASHINGTON/PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority today denied the U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) For 2025, USAID requested from Congress US$5 million to fund health development assistance in Jamaica.

-PSC tribunal finds abuse of power Following a hearing into two charges during which he was found culpable, the Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday notified embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus that he had been dismissed from the force with effect from February 5th 2025.

-will not comment on Greaves’ matter Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that he sees no controversy in the award of lands to controversial businessman Edul ‘Ed’ Ahmad’s company by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) as the business paid the $30 million-per-acre price tag that all developers of land in that area paid, and it is an amount set by the David Granger administration.

The National Assembly yesterday approved the 2025 budget, totalling $1.382 trillion, a 20.6% increase from last year.

CWI Regional 4-Day Championship – CCC 279/6 at stumps By Michelangelo Jacobus The Guyana Harpy Eagles bowling attack endured a testing day in the field as the Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) put on a resilient batting display on the opening day of their second-round clash in the CWI Regional 4-Day Championship at the National Stadium, Providence. 

Police are currently investigating the murder of APNU City Councillor Kyle Solomon, 47,  at his D’Urban Backlands home.

-following letter from Teixeira Nearly nine months after the life of the Local Government Commission (LGC) expired and following questions and an editorial by Stabroek News, the government on January 8th this year wrote the Opposition Leader asking him to make nominations and he has complied.

King of Soft Shoes Football Sparta Boss, Back Circle B, Stabroek Ballers A recorded comfortable round of 16 wins to advance to the quarterfinal segment when the King of Soft Shoes Football Championship commenced on Tuesday evening at the St.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill told Stabroek News on Tuesday  that the official report on the December 6th, 2023 GDF helicopter crash will be publicly addressed within the next 30 days.

Dear Editor, In the early part of 2019, I accompanied my mother to file for her NIS benefits.

KEEN 360 Cricket La Grange and Leonora recorded dissimilar victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association sanctioned KEEN 360 50-Over Championship resumed.

– Spain-based Nijjar leads foreign contingent The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially announced its 21-member roster for the impending CONCACAF Men’s U-17 Qualifiers in Costa Rica, with 11 locally based players making the final cut.

North Essequibo was crowned champions of the 2025 Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Busta T20 competition after beating the President’s X1 by 22 runs last Sunday at Imam Bacchus ground, Essequibo Coast, Region #2.

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister has requested funds for GPL at an oil price of US $104 per barrel when the current price is less than US $77 a barrel.

In a continued effort to support youth development through sports, the Guyana Police Force Officers Cricket Team donated essential cricket gear to two promising young cricketers from the Malteenoes Cricket Club.

-21-year-old truck driver in custody  A 65-year-old cyclist died yesterday morning in a collision on the Covent Garden Public Road, East Bank Demerara, marking the fifth fatal road accident since Sunday.

BCQS Masters Squash Alex Arjoon, Jason Ray-Khalil, and Tian Edwards secured respective divisional wins when the BCQS Masters Squash Championship commenced last evening at the Georgetown Club facility, Camp Street.

Two billion dollars is contained in this year’s budget for the upgrading of the Zoological Park.

Dear Editor, SN reported on November 12, 2024 that the government aimed to reduce road fatalities to just 53 deaths per year by 2030, under the banner ‘Do the Right Thing.’

Twenty-nine-year-old Dharmendra Gandatt appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty charged with two accounts of forgery.

WASHINGTON/CAIRO, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top aides staunchly defended his push to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza and have the U.S.

Dear Editor, Much of what was stated in your editorial on “Trump’s tariffs smokescreen” is applicable right here at home in terms of attempts to stifle independent press and to quell criticism and critique of government.

Mashramani Street Football Championship Gold is Money and Showstoppers advanced to the round of 16 section following hard-fought wins when the seventh edition of the Mashramani Street Football Championship continued last evening at the Mocha Community Centre Tarmac.

A man was yesterday held at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri after being found with an undeclared hefty gold chain weighing 38 ounces.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – China filed a World Trade Organization complaint yesterday against U.S.

(Trinidad Express) It was a win-lose situation for suspended Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher yesterday afternoon, during a High Court hearing in challenge of her suspension from duties by the Police Service Commission (PolSC).

Dear Editor, In a SN Article of Jan. 29, it was reported that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has identified a Japanese company which will be given authorization to provide certification of mechanical and other elements of worthiness for used vehicles to be exported from Japan to Guyana.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of State said yesterday American government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials agreed to ongoing and open dialogue on economic issues like strengthening regional supply chains and the traceability of foreign investment yesterday, a senior Mexican official told Reuters.

Dear Editor, The recently announced $175 billion allocation to the Ministry of Education in Guyana’s 2025 national budget, I believe is bloated and wasteful.

A’ishah Mckenzie yesterday appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court where she pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of 2.467 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

-new landfills also planned The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has allocated almost $3 billion under its regional development budget for 2025 for the rehabilitation of the Stabroek, Bourda, and East La Penitence markets in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Can one citizen make a difference! Terrence Campbell is his name; shaking people and things up his claim to fame.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala will accept 40% more deportation flights from the United States, including both Guatemalan deportees and those of other nationalities, President Bernardo Arevalo said after a meeting with U.S.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In 2019, an ambitious and transformational road project commenced to link the villages of Central and North Rupununi and was expected to benefit four thousand people.

By Chris Patten LONDON – In the final months of his term, former US President Joe Biden repeatedly warned of the growing threat to liberal democracies worldwide and the US-led framework that has underpinned global security, trade, and international cooperation since the 1940s.

GREENBELT, Maryland,  (Reuters) – A second federal judge has issued an order blocking Donald Trump’s administration from implementing his plan to curtail U.S.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Champions Trophy 2025 will have no Indian officials, with two of the likeliest candidates having excused themselves from travelling to Pakistan.

Late last month, this newspaper carried a report on a 40-year-old domestic violence survivor who was down on her luck.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – A three-match home Test series against Australia and a two-Test tour to India will be the highlight of West Indies men’s Test fixtures for 2025.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Venezuelan, Yoemil Barrios, 31, over the murder of Parbhudai Boodram.

(Reuters) – Officers from several U.S. federal agencies searched for alleged members of Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua yesterday in Aurora, the Colorado city with a large migrant population where President Donald Trump laid out his immigration policies during his campaign.

-Guyana invited to join in The government of France will next week host an artificial intelligence (AI) summit hoping to highlight both the risks and benefits that AI brings to the world and wants Guyana to join in its charge.

Dear Editor,   Ken Corsbie, actor, writer and story teller whose huge fan base included me for the thrill he instilled in our souls sadly, died this week, at the age of ninety four.