Articles published on Tuesday, February 4, 2020
The Government of Guyana today rejected a report by anti-corruption watchdog, Global Witness which said yesterday that inept negotiation of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with an ExxonMobil subsidiary could have cost the country as much as US$55b.
Research company, Rystad Energy said today that Guyana’s oil production is projected to be 1.2 million barrels per day by 2030 and that total annual oil revenues could approach US$30 billion within 10 years.
(Trinidad Express) A man who allegedly raped and molested his child, and his wife who failed to report the alleged crimes, have been arrested.
The Police say they are investigating the murder of Raymond Leitch, 28, a miner of Lot 2022 Amelia’s Ward, Linden, which occurred about 12:30 hrs yesterday at Quartzstone Backdam, Cuyuni River.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s longest-serving president Daniel Arap Moi, whose rule was marred by corruption and torture of opponents, died today, the office of the president said.
Citing its inability to produce due to the continuing obstruction of traffic in the Berbice River, RUSAL’s subsidiary Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) yesterday fired 326 workers and announced the suspension of its operations, prompting both government and the workers’ union to accuse it of instigating upheaval in order to influence the upcoming March 2nd general elections.
Finding that Guyana lost out in an “unfairly exploitative” deal with the 2016 revision of its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with Exxon and its partners for the offshore Stabroek Block, international corruption watchdog Global Witness yesterday released the details of an investigation to support its call for government to push for a renegotiation, which it says should also be supported by Washington.
Without imputing any wrongdoing on his part, United Kingdom-headquartered Global Witness yesterday released a report calling on the Guyana Government to investigate the role of the Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman in the negotiation of the much criticized 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with an ExxonMobil subsidiary.
A farmer was yesterday charged and remanded over the recent murders of a Canadian hotelier and his watchman at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
The families of three Linden men, who were shot and killed by police in 2012 as they protested the then government’s proposed electricty hike for the bauxite mining town, are each suing the state for more than $150M in damages.
Floyd Ramit was yesterday morning sentenced to 30 years in jail for killing his boss, the owner of Hamson’s General Store, Abdool Farouk Ghanie, during a robbery.
The lack of access to justice in indigenous communities was yesterday highlighted by female toshaos and village representatives, who bemoaned having to travel long distances in order to make reports to police and attend court.
President David Granger has conferred on Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Guyana’s second highest National Award, The Order of Roraima.
The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) yesterday opened an office at Port Kaituma, Region One, in response to a request from small miners for its services in the area.
According to the current Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, it would be inappropriate for CARICOM to pass judgment on Suriname President Desi Bouterse until the matter of his conviction for 15 murders in 1982 is fully resolved by Court.
Last Saturday, Patrick Prashad, Mike Gayadin and Paton George fended off keen competition to emerge Flight Champions in the Joe Solomon Golf Classic at the Lusignan Golf Club.
Natalie Cummings and Christopher Franklin defended their titles in the 2020 edition of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior national championships which ended Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has dismissed attacks on oil and gas deals clinched by the Ramotar administration in the run up to the 2015 general election as baseless, noting that the government had been fully empowered compared to the caretaker status of the governing APNU+AFC coalition.
CARICOM is being advised to resist the temptation to panic when responding to the Coronavirus which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a “global emergency”.
A fine half-century from West Indies U– 15 batsman Mavendra Dindyal spurred Floodlight U-15 to a 22-run victory over host the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in their 30 overs fixture Friday evening.
An autopsy performed on the remains of 24-year-old Clifton Richmond, the man who succumbed on Saturday two days after stabbing his wife, revealed that he died as a result of pesticide poisoning.
With the aim of continuing to churn out future stars, the fifth Guyana Cricket Board-organised, Dave’s West Indian Imports sponsored U15 Inter-County tournament was launched yesterday to the tune of three million dollars.
In the opening round of the Under-15 Inter-Association tournament, East Coast humbled East Bank with a nine-wicket victory at the Lusignan Community Center yesterday.
The driver of the garbage truck that crushed Herstelling resident Chatterpaul Kabir has been released on station bail and has resumed his work.
High Court Judge Justice Fidela Corbin yesterday quashed the appointment of Stephen Lewis as Guyana’s Cricket Ombudsman.
A man who went into hiding after being sentenced for robbery was yesterday ordered to begin serving his time after he was brought to a city court on a separate charge of wounding.
Dear Editor, Violence and abuse have not now, but for a long time become a norm in many families across our small Guyanese society.
Guyana’s badminton stars Narayan and Priyannna Ramdhani continued their stellar start to the new year by capturing additional medals in the third leg of the 2019/2020 ACAC Badminton series on Sunday at the Kings University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The 15-year-old student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School who was stabbed by one of her schoolmates during a fight two weeks ago remains hospitalised and is slowly recovering as the police investigation into the matter continues.
A miner charged with committing a violent robbery was granted bail last Friday after he denied the charge and told a city court that he only punched the victim.
The final round of group stage matches in the 3rd annual Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal Championship commences tonight at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
Dear Editor, Would it not be refreshing to see the following as a press release from APNU or the coalition government in relation to the recently published report by Global Witness?
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China has agreed to allow U.S. health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela have rescinded the agreement to jointly develop 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Loran-Manatee field.
Dear Editor, In 1964 Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd introduced the first Contributory Hospitalisation and Maternity Insurance Scheme (CHMIS) into British Guiana.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-handed stroke-makers Evin Lewis and Shimron Hetymyer have been axed for this month’s One-Day International tour of Sri Lanka after failing Cricket West Indies’ new fitness standards.
Twenty families from the Broad and Lombard streets area were last week presented with keys to their new homes as part of a Relocation and Resettlement project.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Even with acquittal seemingly assured, Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction yesterday, calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy.
A Mahdia miner has been charged with attempting to break and enter the Mahdia Post Office living quarters.
(Trinidad Guardian) From January 31, this year, information on sexual offenders can be shown on an online website for the public to access their names, addresses, photographs and offences committed.
(Trinidad Express) A payroll manager was one of three people who faced the court yesterday accused of fraudulently transferring $7.4 million from a shipping company in Point Lisas.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article within the Elections 2020 section of Stabroek News on February 3 titled, `Politicians need to tackle Guyana’s racial divide head-on.’
PARIS, (Reuters) – Fallout from the Airbus bribery scandal reverberated around the world yesterday as the head of one of its top buyers temporarily stood down and investigations were launched in countries aggrieved at being dragged into the increasingly political row.
Capital FC overcame Hi-Stars 2-1 when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) sanctioned ‘Mash Cup’ commenced on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.
Dear Editor, I listened to part of a statement by an APNU candidate, one Thandi McAllister who also serves as a Legal Officer within a state institution, the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
(Trinidad Express) Police are not doing enough to protect Venezuelan migrants from exploitation.
(Reuters) – Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer” but plans to continue to do his program “as normally and as competently” as he can while he undergoes treatment.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons wants to see West Indies display the same level of intensity on the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, which they used to good effect on the tour of the subcontinent last year.
On Thursday last, at the Annual Police Officers’ Conference, President David Granger returned to the now patently familiar theme of police reform, outlining elements of his vision for the Guyana Police Force, going forward.
A little over a week ago the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met in Kingston with Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.
This Column regards the Bridging Deed conceived by some artful legal mind as going to the heart of the 2016 Petroleum Agreement – one of the first major economic acts of the Granger Administration.
(Jamaica Observer) There is no case of the novel coronavirus in Jamaica, but some Chinese restaurants are feeling the heat from the disease which has forced major fast-food chains and retailers in China to shut their doors as the death toll from the virus rises.
