Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) says that at 10:45 am today an incident occurred while a heavy-laden truck which was transported from Parika to Bartica on board the M.V.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha today visited Meadow Bank Wharf to inspect the ministry’s ongoing work to enhance the facility.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum today said there was no justification for U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican Government is being urged to seek a waiver to shield itself from the United State’s (US) recent visa restrictions policy targeting officials from countries that engage Cuban healthcare workers.

(Trinidad Express) Helon Francis is once again the National Calypso Monarch.

(Trinidad Guardian) Carnival celebrations in San Fernando were marred yesterday after a music truck crushed a 74-year-old reveller to death on Cipero Street.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China today swiftly retaliated against fresh U.S. tariffs, announcing hikes to import levies covering $21 billion worth of American agricultural and food products, moving the world’s top two economies a step closer towards an all-out trade war.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis rested well overnight, the Vatican said today, after the 88-year-old pontiff suffered a setback a day earlier as he battles double pneumonia in hospital.

-up by 31% The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI’s) 2024 after-tax profit was $4.018b, 31% higher than in 2023.

Some 495,000 persons have received their $100,000 cash grant cheques as of last Friday, according to Finance Secretary Sukrishnalall Pasha.

-cites concerns with leadership, treatment of women Longstanding member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Amna Ally yesterday told Stabroek News that she has resigned from the party over concerns with its leadership and the treatment of women within the organization.

Dear Editor,   I am now hoping that the leaders of the People’s Progressive Party, especially the President and Vice President, in the circumstances which unfolded recently with our aggressive neighbour still attempting to claim the major part of our country and now trespassing on our borders, will by now fully appreciate that they need to come together with the other parties in Government, just as they did in this instance by conferring with the leader of the PNC, to resolve all other issues with which our nation is managed.

Guyana yesterday said that it viewed Saturday’s incursion by a Venezuelan navy vessel into this country’s waters and the subsequent threat to oil and gas assets “as highly provocative” and it voiced concern at the persistence of Venezuela in encroaching on this country’s land and maritime territory.

Dear Editor, This cavorting of CARICOM heads of state with Vybz Kartel (first Saint Vincent and the Grenadines now Guyana) is an insult to the sensitivities of decent-minded citizens of the region.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a new project designed to improve energy efficiency and expand the use of renewable energy in public buildings in Guyana, Grenada and Saint Lucia.

Dear Editor, As I read the poem “Song of myself” by Walt Whitman, I was drawn strongly to the words “Whoever degrades another degrades me….”

-Keevin Allicock honoured for his contributions to the tournament Guyana asserted its dominance in regional boxing by clinching the overall title at the 2025 Caribbean Boxing Championship in St.

The Ministry of Housing and Water, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority, last evening said that its annex at 42 Croal and United Nations Place had been broken into and ransacked but all records remain intact and nothing valuable has been lost.

Dear Editor, In September 2023, I raised concerns about the Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, failing to take a firm stance against President Irfaan Ali regarding the Venezuela/Guyana border dispute.

Devon Williams, a 24-year-old motorcyclist from Aishalton Village, Deep South Rupununi, Region #9 has been recorded as the latest road fatality.

CG United Women’s Super50 Cup Guyana’s women’s cricket team eased to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over the Windward Islands yesterday in the fourth round of the CG United Women’s Super50 Cup at Conaree Sports Club, St.

GCA/NBS 2nd Division 40-Overs  The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/NBS 2nd Division 40-overs competition continued on Sunday with Transport Sports Club (TSC) and Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) notching up wins via contrasting routes.

The Ministry of Public Works has taken decisive steps to ensure payments for ongoing infrastructure projects in Region Six are processed promptly, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor,  I read yesterday’s column on the Cost of Living and I was prompted to do just one comparison between the cost of bananas here and in Canada and I chose to look at the price in Iqualuit. 

The Alliance For Change (AFC) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) have condemned the incursion on Saturday into Guyana’s waters by a Venezuelan navy boat.

Two of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) female referees, Denisha Isaacs and Kenisha Prescott, will represent the country at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Course for Caribbean Women Match Officials, scheduled for March 7-9, in Antigua and Barbuda.

Dear Editor, Please grant me a little space to write on the NIS One-Off Payment.

The Bush Lot United Sports Club, located on the West Coast of Berbice, recently received a boost to its cricket development efforts through the donation of one box of red cricket balls.

The pedestrian who perished in an accident involving a lorry while crossing the Bagotstown Public Road, East Bank Demerara, last Friday at about 11:11am has been identified as Ricky Singh.

Dear Editor, Raise pension for both private and public sectors after years of contributing to nation building.

Dear Editor I recently had to respond to a presentation made by Vincent Alexander at a pre-session for civil society relating to Guyana’s Universal Periodic Review to be conducted by the UN Human Rights Council in May.

Police ranks yesterday morning arrested Dequan Charles, a 27-year-old taxi driver from Bagotstown Squatting Area, EBD, after he was found with several packages containing marijuana.

Dear Editor, While many in the diaspora in  Guyana and elsewhere are elated that there is a new government in Washington DC, many countries and world leaders are worried.

A 23-year-old man yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with discharging a loaded firearm in a public place and was granted $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada will take effect from today, pushing North America closer to a regional trade war and sending financial markets reeling.

Dear Editor, On Sunday, I attended the annual celebration of Ghana Day.

A 22-year-old electrician, who is before the court on a causing death by dangerous driving charge, is seeking to have the matter dismissed after compensating the deceased’s family to the tune of $1m.

LONDON, (Reuters) – OPEC+ has decided to proceed with a planned April oil output increase, the group said on Monday, a move that follows U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, said a White House official, deepening the fissure that has opened between the two one-time allies.

Dear Editor, Reference is drawn to your editorial, “Clashes and consequences” (Mar 2) that was very critical of President Trump’s engagement with visiting Ukraine President Zelensky at the Oval Office last Friday.

BUENOS AIRES/BRASILIA/BEIJING/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei came to office in late 2023 slamming China as a communist “assassin” and threatening to weaken ties with the Asian nation.

Family and friends gathered to clear the debris one day after a devastating fire swept through and destroyed three homes at Lot 8 Bamboo Drive, Meadowbrook Gardens on  Sunday evening.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – A truck traveling on a highway in southern Bolivia collided with a bus early yesterday morning, forcing the bus off the road and killing at least 31 people, police said.

By Sami Mahroum DUBAI – In Hermann Hesse’s novel The Journey to the East, a group of pilgrims sets out on a spiritual quest, guided by Leo, a seemingly humble servant who tends to their needs and keeps them organized.

(CWI) LIMA, Peru — A delegation led by Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr.

Dear Editor, In light of the recent border incident in the Cuyuni River and offshore in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) , it begs the question, which parent would encourage their loved one to join the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) in defense of the nation sovereignty, when since December 6, 2023 the report pertaining to the crash of the GDF Bell 412EP  helicopter, which claimed the lives of five (5)  senior servicemen, which was purportedly completed on November 13,2024 with stakeholders having sixty (60) days to review and comment or until January 13,2025  is yet to be released, as of today, March 1,2025 Sincerely, Clairmonte A.

(CWI) The potential of a multi-faceted athlete knows no bounds, and for Leeward Islands representative Jahzara Claxton, this philosophy drives her in the ongoing CG United Women’s Super 50 Cup in St.

…in CG United Women’s Super50 Cup (SportsMax) After a round one loss to defending champions Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago have now won their last three matches in the CG United Women’s Super50 Cup, the latest one being a five-wicket win over the previously undefeated Barbados in round four at the St.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Members of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) and the JFF referees’ department are working for a speedy resolution after referees refused to suit up for Sunday’s round of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) matches, because of monies owed to them.

(SportsMax) Defending champions Jamaica have been eliminated from contention in the CG United Insurance Super50 after suffering a narrow one-wicket defeat to the Leeward Islands in Basseterre yesterday.

(CWI) BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Head Coach of the West Indies Women’s senior team, Shane Deitz, met with regional franchise and pathway coaches, along with players from the franchises and pathway level, at the ongoing CG United Women’s Super50 competition in St.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday voiced  serious concern regarding Venezuela’s recent military presence in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

MUTTENZ, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court yesterday alongside France soccer great Michel Platini, 2-1/2 years after they were both cleared of fraud.

WARSAW,  (Reuters) – Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to U.S.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Blessed with a venue advantage and with a depleted Australia at their disposal, India will be gunning for revenge when the familiar foes clash in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy today.

Toshao Timothy Lewis and his son Paul Lewis of Kurutuku are among the unsung heroes of Guyana.