Daily Archive: Sunday, February 9, 2025

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today that he will announce tomorrow new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S.,

Investigators are probing the cause of a fire of so far unknown origin which occurred at about 1.45 am today at Lot 1A Hydronie, East Bank Essequibo, which claimed the lives of Haywattie Bahudur, a 52-year-old teacher and Hansraj Narine, a 57-year-old bus driver.

(Trinidad Guardian) Grades for the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine students are expected to be uploaded by tomorrow after WIGUT president Dr Indira Rampersad confirmed a six per cent wage settlement with the Government covering two negotiating periods.

WINDHOEK,  (Reuters) – Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia’s first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian Presidency said today.

Clinical physiotherapist Soroya Simmons, 29, has been instrumental in setting up a rehabilitation centre at Mabaruma Regional Hospital in Region One (Barima/Waini) and a physiotherapy gym at Supply Health Centre, East Bank Demerara as she follows her passion to heal people through physical therapy.

– hopes to expand other skill sections By Shuntel Glasgow  Despite financial and other constraints, the Block Making Department of the North Ruimveldt Parent Support Group has produced 500 quality concrete blocks and hopes to be able to sell them in order to keep that initiative going.

Solomon: `The CEO is saying it’s personal, and that is okay.

Great flood, 20 years after… Residents along the East Coast Demerara who suffered massive losses from the 2005 flood that resulted from the overtopping of the East Demerara Water Conservancy still believe that it was an act of God and a reminder to the administration to get its act together in the face of climate change.

Government agencies examining a number of fires and explosions con-nected to gas cylinders are to do further detailed investigations.

The United States Embassy here has confirmed that all USAID programmes in Guyana have been paused until the Donald Trump administration completes its review of foreign assistance.

Listen to this article:Guess what I found at the market last weekend?

A team from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) led by General Manager, Holly Greaves and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Council met on Thursday to discuss the challenges being experienced by the business community as it relates to accessing the services of the NIS.

The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.033 percent on the sale of 19,500 shares during the first period of trading in February 2025. 

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced the impending disposal of 56 unclaimed motor vehicles from the Muneshwer Wharf and the JFL Wharf.

Reaching Guyana’s remote hinterland communities to deliver much needed goods, especially critical medical supplies has always been a challenge, but if the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gets it way, such difficulties may become a thing of the past.

The MV Ma Lisha’s voyage from Georgetown to Kumaka, a trek through Guyana’s often wild northwest coastline, is not for the faint-hearted.

Mayor Alfred Mentore yesterday told the Sunday Stabroek that he  plans to address the contentious development of the Georgetown Seafront Resort and Convention Centre during tomorrow’s statutory meeting.

Dear Editor, Ken Corsbie was often called Crosbie who was once the UK Commissioner of Immigration in Guyana who dealt with East Indians.

CWI Regional 4-Day Championship In a commanding performance at Providence Stadium, the Guyana Harpy Eagles secured an eight-wicket victory over the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) on the fourth and final day of their West Indies Championship match.

Dear Editor, I would like the relevant authorities including the minister concerned and maybe our beloved president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Dr.

Four Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) – Blairmont/ Gelderland, Rosignol/Zeelust, Union/Naarstigheid, and Bath/ Woodley Park – have received a boost to their ability to carry out drainage works in their residential communities after each received a mini excavator valued at approximately $14 million.

GAZA/JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian militant group Hamas yesterday handed over three Israeli hostages whose gaunt appearance shocked Israelis, and Israel began freeing dozens of Palestinians in the latest stage of a ceasefire aimed at ending the war in Gaza.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Saturday regained power in the nation’s capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year.

Dear Editor, I extend my gratitude to Stabroek News for publishing my initial letter on the First Pick System—a governance model designed to foster political stability, trust, and economic fairness in Guyana by ensuring that all major political groups have a stake in governance.

BCQS Masters Squash Jason-Ray Khalil and Regan Pollard stormed to divisional wins in the BCQS Masters Squash Championship yesterday evening at the Georgetown Club facility, Camp Street.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday handed over a new fully furnished three- bedroom home to  Shelly Doodnauth of Patrick Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam.

BLANCHARDVILLE, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to capitalize on an explosion of urbanites looking to spend time in the countryside.

– GFF to announce new head coach in March With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) set to announce the appointment of a full-time head-coach at the end of March, Wayne Dover will continue in his interim capacity for the impending CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers.

The operator of Jagdesh Duck Curry Restaurant & Bar, 37-year-old Jairam Bissessar who was sentenced to one month in prison after being found guilty of assaulting a peace officer has been granted bail by the High Court. 

Dear Editor, In 1972, the staunch anti-communist US President Richard Nixon flew to Mao’s communist China after twenty-five years of no contact between the two nations, because he wanted to counterpoise the latter country against its arch-rival Russia.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised trilateral military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea for raising tensions in the region and vowed countermeasures, including the further development of nuclear forces.

The construction of two solar farms in Region Two has now entered an advanced stage, with steady progress being made at both sites.

Dear Editor,  The World Bank’s recent reclassification of Guyana as a high-income country marks a historic milestone, largely fuelled by its burgeoning oil sector.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Workers at the U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau demonstrated outside its headquarters yesterday protesting Elon Musk’s assault on the agency.

Dear Editor, Between January 30th and January 31st,  a 33 year old woman and a 16 year old girl were murdered by their intimate partners while a week before another woman was murdered.

Workers at the Demerara Gold Packaging Plant in Blairmont, Berbice, Region Five staged a strike last Monday, demanding higher wages.

Commanding Officer of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), Lieutenant Colonel Natasha Stanford-Francis, mustered and led the members of the corps yesterday morning in a command march.

(Reuters) – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of at least 7.5 struck north of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, multiple international research centres said.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter written by former president Donald Ramotar (SN 2/7), in which he said: “We are on the eve of the 80th Anniversary since the end of the second world war, which resulted in the defeat of Hitlerite Fascism.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British junior minister was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday and suspended from the governing Labour Party over WhatsApp messages which the minister said were “badly misjudged”.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, killed 41 people, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement, adding that recovery work was still ongoing.

Orincia Whinfield appeared on Wednes-day at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty charged with using threatening language.

Dear Editor, President Trump’s mass deportation and foreign policy is likely to affect the entire region and people the world over.

Intermittently, and especially during memorable times up the immense and soul-redeeming Essequibo, I like to read Shelley – as we all should do from time to time since he is pre-eminently the poet of hope.

Is there any lesson to be learnt by the dismissal by the Chief Justice of the case brought by three Mocha residents, Roxanne Allen, Junior Allen and Lashonda Ellis, for relief from the High Court for demolition of their homes, deprivation of their property rights, degrading treatment, among a large number of other remedies?

We are now in the middle of the annual Chinese Spring Festival, which celebrates the Chinese New Year for 2025. 

“The Ficus Religiosa is a tree with an unusual life cycle.

Life, like the wind, arrives unpredictably and carries away things which are truly important to us.

I think one of the worst things that can happen when you have been abused, in addition to being abused, is to have it plastered everywhere in the digital space.

Breaking Down the Laws of Guyana Today, I will explain the nature and purpose of several essential clauses that should be found in a lease agreement.

Introduction My Sunday column last week [February 2] ended a rather long-running discourse that was devoted in the main, towards macroeconomic management, fiscal reform and monetary policy in Guyana along with, inescapably, the management of its exchange rate system when it was already fabled, as a rapidly emerging Petrostate; indeed, termed by many [including the IMF] as the world’s fastest growing [GDP] Petrostate ever.

Mashramani Street Football Championship Albouystown progressed in the plate section of the Mashramani Street Football Championship, besting Broad Street by a 2-1 score last evening at the National Park tarmac on Thomas Lands.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  President  Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) University of the West Indies economist, Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon, says Trinidad Cement Ltd’s (TCL) impending cement price hike of 7 per cent from February 17, underscores the need for a robust competition policy to protect consumers from unfair price increases, highlighting the need for at least one other local cement provider capable of competing with TCL.

On February 5th schools around Guyana joined the world to observe the annual World Read Aloud Day (WRAD).

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.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – A blistering onslaught from Glenn Phillips in the final six overs of the first innings helped New Zealand ease to a crushing win over Pakistan in the first ODI of the tri-series in Lahore.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) in collaboration with its community partners, the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB), and the ExxonMobil Foundation, last month launched a new publication, “Conservation Canvases: Hand-Painted Banners from the North Rupununi Wildlife Club Festival” along with a board game, “Wildlife Wonders”, at an event at Annai, North Rupununi, Region Nine, an Iwokrama release stated.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Sri Lanka’s hopes of setting a tricky chase faded late on day three as Beau Webster provided key contributions with the ball and in the field to inch Australia close to a series victory.

Dear Editor, In 2009, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT)  was enacted by the Parliament of Guyana.

There has been speculation about the lifetime earnings of elite chess players since last week’s article on the top earners of 2024.

Beijing must be quite nonplussed. After spending years seeking a major revision of the international order which has been in place since the Second World War, along comes an American President, no less, who in the passage of only two weeks struck at its very foundations. 

Andrew Stevens appeared on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The King of Soft Shoe Football Championship is set for a thrilling finale after Bent Street and Sparta Boss emerged victorious in their respective semifinal clashes at the St.

Vurlon Mills Football Academy Inc. and SBM Offshore Guyana launched the second edition of the ‘Girls in Football Development Programme’ at the Saint Stanislaus Ground, Carifesta Avenue.