Daily Archive: Sunday, March 9, 2025

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early today after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime was fired today, amid a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to purge or sideline career officials.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Prime Minister Stuart Young has vowed to bring legislation to reform social media should the PNM win the next general election.

Fireman Vashaun Manbodh, 27, who sustained injuries in last week Mae’s Schools blaze has died.

Following another round of talks last week between the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on coalescing for the upcoming general elections, sources say that some headway has been made but not on a presidential candidate.

The Government of Guyana yesterday  launched a $100,000 cash grant for every child born to a Guyanese mother, with President Irfaan Ali stating that the initiative is a fundamental right rather than a privilege.

As it gears up for the start of gold mining operations in 2028, G Mining Ventures Inc (GMIN) has advertised for expressions of interest in the construction of a wharf facility along the Cuyuni River.

-says it’s an affront to transparency and accountability   Commentator Christopher Ram on Friday castigated the government over the Access to Information Act and the attitude of its Commissioner of Information.

Women and community development activist, and Wapichan weaver Alma O’Connell of Maruranau Village in South Rupununi is engaged in many activities in her community and in the wider district to give women and girls in particular exposure to develop and to represent themselves.

Dear Editor, Guyana became a member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on October 25, 2017.

Dear Editor, The recent fire that destroyed Mae’s Schools in Georgetown has left over 1,000 students and staff displaced, but what is even more troubling is the revelation that the institution had been operating without finalized insurance coverage.

Guyana is still actively pursuing recouping the over $1 billion it says was spent to fix the Demerara Harbour Bridge back in October 2022 when the MV Tradewind Passion collided with it, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.

Dear Editor, In the latest round of hostilities in his ongoing hybrid war against us to seize Essequibo, Venezuela’s Maduro moved from massing troops against us on Venezuela’s side of the 1899-determined border as he did in Dec 2023, to actually deploying on March 1, an armed Naval vessel into our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), far beyond what they have claimed in the past.

“I am not a fraudster. I haven’t done nothing illegal, and I don’t believe in scamming people,” entertainer and businessman, Rawle Ferguson, stated yesterday in response to his alleged involvement in the multi-million-dollar land fraud investigation.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Everybody knows how this is going to play out.

An accelerant aided in the rapid spread of the fire which destroyed a three-storey wooden building on Thursday along Main Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, says Divisional Fire Chief Clive McDonald.

Dear Editor, A recent ruling in US Federal Court on March 6 should be studied by our judges and politicians on the independence of judges and on curtailing the powers of a President (the Executive branch or government).

Dear Editor,  I wish to set the record straight regarding recent claims and insinuations in the Guyana Chronicle’s article published on March 8, 2025, that make mention of my name.

Diana Chapman achieved a remarkable milestone by clinching the coveted 2025 Soca Monarch crown in her hometown of Linden with her electrifying song, “Welcome to My Home.”

-constable under close arrestA police constable is under close arrest after a 28-year-old patient, Akeem Braithwaite, of Lot 498 ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, escaped yesterday while under police guard in the male surgical ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Guyana got off to the perfect start in the Pan American Junior Hockey Challenge after securing contrasting wins against Guatemala in the women’s and men’s divisions, respectively, yesterday at the Wildey Facility in Barbados.

-as Annual Conference 2025 opens Warrant Officers (WOs) and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) gathered last week for their 2025 Annual Conference which serves as a critical forum for assessing the efficient use of resources, evaluating training objectives, reviewing project progress, and conducting a thorough analysis of all units of the Force, a GDF release stated on Thursday.

By Khamisi Slowe Live music is more than just sound; it’s an experience.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles recorded a comprehensive 214-run victory over the Jamaica Scorpions on day four of their fourth-round encounter in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) 4-Day Championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, Mr. Vincent Alexander, one of the political opposition’s representatives at GECOM has called for a review of the 2020 General and Regional Elections.

By Geoffrey Wheating Geoffrey Wheating is the Great Grandson of Carl Wieting, founder of Wieting & Richter  and the Great Great Grandson of Manoel Gonsalves, founder of CM Gonsalves and JP Santos.

(Reuters) – More than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria’s new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect in the country’s coastal region, a war monitor said yesterday.

West Demerara and East Coast registered easy victories when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-17 Inter-Association 50-Over Championship continued yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter: `Remembering Roberta Flack and why she never came to Guyana’ published by Stabroek News March 8, 2025.

Texila American University (TAU) on Monday hosted a high-level delegation from the Dominican Republic, led by Ernesto Torres Pereyra, Ambassador to Guyana, and Joel Encanacion Bernabel, Counsellor.

Amid the chaos and danger of the devastating fire at Mae’s School on Wednesday, one woman risked her life to save others.

(Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that scheduled flights to bring home Venezuelan migrants from the U.S. 

Dear Editor, The recent letter by our Donald is at odds with the position of America’s Donald.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) –  Israel and Hamas signaled yesterday they were preparing for the next phase of ceasefire negotiations, as mediators pushed ahead with talks to extend the fragile 42-day truce that began in January.

St. Stanislaus College, West Demerara, and Abram Zuil recorded wins when th playoff round in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship continued yesterday.

Dear Editor, In every society there is a calculus of rights and duties which rational human beings use to settle their disputes. 

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.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dancehall artiste Mavado has expressed relief and outrage following Friday’s Court of Appeal decision to overturn the murder conviction of his son, Dantay Brooks, and his co-accused, Andre Hinds.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A man who climbed Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower at London’s Palace of Westminster waving a Palestinian flag early on Saturday has come down after 16 hours, according to Sky News.

Are we not exhausted from waking up to news of murdered women every other day?

Representatives of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO), along with residents of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, and neighbouring communities, gathered yesterday at a wreath-laying ceremony to honour the memory of Kowsilla, a sugar worker who died on March 06, 1964, while engaging in strike action at the Leonora sugar estate.

Defending champion Eats Bank Gunner, Ballers United, and dark-horse unit Trini Gunners advanced to the quarterfinal round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Zone commenced last evening at the New Amsterdam (NA) Basketball tarmac.

Many of the chess games which I have replayed were decided in the middle game; either from material advantages, passed pawns, successful combinations or unimaginative blunders.

Listen to this article:Paratha roti (aka oil roti), plain, on its own, just like that, is incomparable.

The GOAL scholarships programme was launched with great fanfare in 2021, and generally speaking was well received although reservations were expressed about the by-passing of the University of Guyana.

– What this means and what are your options The concept of “fit for human habitation” is an essential legal principle in landlord-tenant law.

Director Osgood Perkins’ last feature, 2024’s horror-mystery “Longlegs”, benefitted from an excellent ad campaign identifying it as one of the scariest contemporary films.

There are some lessons and facts in this universe that are like the waves which wash the shore every few seconds.

Venezuela’s most recent belligerent act, the unprovoked and aggressive intrusion into Guyana’s maritime space, attracted widespread condemnation, including from the United States. 

Who can doubt that the West Indian nation in relation to its tiny population and insignificant economic and military weight has been disproportionately blessed by the fruits of our extraordinary range of creative men and women.

For a continuous period over the past two years, the play “Anansi” by Alistair Campbell has been aired on radio and available to secondary school students studying English ‘B’ for CXC. 

Introduction This week’s column focuses on the microeconomic features [the operations and behaviour of economic agents, entities and businesses], involved in Guyana’s crude oil production and export as reported in the 2025 National Budget. 

The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF), in partnership with the International Federation of Association Basketball (FIBA), will conduct a 3×3 Referees Certification Clinic from April 5th-6th.

For some time now, I have been returning to Suchitra Mattai’s work intrigued by the richly coloured and textured works that evoke the East.

(Reuters) – Russian troops have launched a large-scale offensive to retake swaths of the western Kursk region from Ukrainian forces, war bloggers and a senior Russian commander said yesterday.

​Dear Editor, As an impartial spectator, it has become quite clear to me, many Guyanese are unfamiliar with the border issues facing the nation ,which in part stems from past and present governments’ failure to inform students commencing at the primary school level about these border issues and the country’s landscape.  During the colonial era of the 1950s there was a Radio Programme known as People, Places and Things where students sat in open classrooms and listened to the programme that dealt with certain aspects of the history and geography of British Guiana  now known as Guyana in such a way that encouraged the student to acquire a wider interests and to provide useful general knowledge of their country to others including the children at home or abroad.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Three women have been charged with the brutal murder of Kevin Walker, the 42-year-old Digicel worker and businessman whose body was found in a barrel on Industrial Terrace in Kingston last month.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to Guyana’s rice industry, assuring farmers that they will continue to receive the necessary support dedicated to strengthening the sector.