Daily Archive: Thursday, November 12, 2020

Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to use the fledgling political movement for private gain.

Boxers get ready, the return of the ‘sweet science’ in the 592 is imminent.

The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drugmakers, Communist-run Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials.

Several persons have been arrested and are currently in custody as the police continue to probe the brutal murders of teenaged cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed.

Curt Thomas was yesterday afternoon handed a 70-year sentence for the murder of Parika fuel dealer Seeram Singh whom he shot and killed during a robbery on the night of April 30th, 2016, at Parika Outfall, East Bank Essequibo.

ExxonMobil is continuing to  drill its deepest ever well – the Tanager-1- in the controversial  offshore Kaieteur Block and says that it will soon add a 5th drill ship and another next year for exploration in the equally contentious Canje Block.

Having heard all the arguments in the appeal filed by Bibi Sharima-Gopaul and her former partner Jarvis Small who were convicted for murdering Gopaul’s 16-year-old daughter Neesa, the Guyana Court of Appeal is now set to rule on a date to be announced.

A University of Guyana Economics lecturer and his son, who is a doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), are currently patients at the institution after they were stabbed with a knife by a robber at their Bel Air home in the wee hours of yesterday.

Two elderly persons are the latest COVID-19 related fatalities, bringing the death toll to 137.

The National COVID-19 Task Force is deploying members of the Joint Services to St Cuthbert’s Mission amid reports that lockdown protocols are being breached.

Funds are available but no timeline has yet been set for the commencement of two of India’s major projects here: the Ogle to East Bank bypass road and an ocean-going passenger and cargo ferry for the North West, High Commissioner of India, Dr K J Srinivasa says.

Wildlife authorities were yesterday seeking to identify a group of men who captured a Harpy Eagle – a protected species – somewhere in the interior and videoed it while it was tied up and in a state of distress.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently seeking a new Chief Executive Officer as Jamaican Albert Gordon had indicated that he did not wish to renew his contract, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar says.

Guyana’s Sherfane Rutherford who became the first son-of-the-soil to lift an Indian Premier League (IPL) title, is quite humbled by the achievement after his Mumbai Indians side captured the 2020 edition of the tournament in Dubai on Tuesday last. 

The year 2020 has been good to USA-based Aliann Pompey, the coach and administrator.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament could soon begin meeting with MP David Patterson as Chairman.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Charles Ramson Jr., is keen on making the development of lawn tennis a major priority for his ministry during his tenure. 

Two students who attend schools with dormitories in Region Seven have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Johnny Grave has expressed his disappointment with the decision by  several players in the West Indies camp to breach the COVID-19 protocols in New Zealand.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Kevin Smith, the sanitation worker who died on Sunday following an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, revealed his cause of death as multiple injuries.

Amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, non-resident President’s College students have been given until tomorrow to decide whether they will become temporary resident students or transfer to secondary schools in the catchment area for face-to-face interaction.

The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) will mark its 15th anniversary today.

As government buckles down to working on a number of pieces of draft legislation, the date of the next sitting of Parliament is uncertain as there is not “enough material” as yet, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira says.

West Indies assistant coach, Roddy Estwick has stressed the importance of good batting displays in the T20I series later this month.

The highly successful relationship between the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and the National Milling Company of Guyana (Namilco) was extended another year after the company renewed its sponsorship on Monday.

The Government is focusing on restoring proper management and account-ability for resources at the level of the Amerindian Village Council.

Police have arrested a man and a woman who were yesterday morning found in possession of narcotics at a Mahdia hotel.

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Safe tennis male tournament got going at the weekend with a few seasoned campaigners stroking their way into  winner’s row. 

SYDNEY, CMC – A tidy performance from West Indies Women’s all-rounder Hayley Matthews helped Hobart Hurricanes to a seven-wicket victory over Melbourne Renegades in the Women’s Big Bash League on Tuesday.

Eustace Griffith who had been accused of killing Stabroek Market handyman Steven Arthur was yesterday freed after Justice Navindra Singh upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney.

The Devon Ramnauth Region Two Development Youth Cricket League which is set to bowl off at the weekend, if the weather permits, is not just an ordinary cricket league.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ramjewan Mungroo looked bewildered as he sat outside his home yesterday, explaining to police how he left his wife in the comfort of their home, only to return to find her dead two hours later.

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA), the second largest association under the umbrella of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), is constitutionally due to stage its Electoral Congress this month.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden yesterday  named longtime adviser Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff, his first major appointment, as he builds his administration regardless of whether President Donald Trump accepts the election results.

Finding that the project would be too costly, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) had to cancel requested Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from businesses to supply up to 30 MW of power and has instead decide to purchase from MACORP and Giftland.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – A verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Russia’s appeal of a four-year ban over doping must be unambiguous so it is implemented ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) An Indian national working in Trinidad was shot dead in his vehicle on Tuesday night.

A team of Indian engineers has started installation of 12 pumps that are to be placed across the coast, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said on Monday.

Dear Editor, As expected, there were heralds accentuating positives, and the dirty tricksters, for whom the PPP government could do no right. 

BRUSSELS/LONDON,  (Reuters) – The world’s public development banks yesterday pledged to align their financial firepower with the Paris Agreement on climate change, but avoided a firm commitment to phase out fossil fuel financing.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil health regulator Anvisa yesterday allowed resumption of late-stage clinical trials for China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, which had been suspended due to the death of a study subject that was registered in Sao Paulo as a suicide.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India should embrace split-captaincy and put Rohit Sharma in charge of their T20 squad, several former cricketers said after the opener led Mumbai Indians to a fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Dr Avinash Sawh, the doctor heard in a leaked telephone recording using racist remarks and abusive language towards a now former employee is begging the nation for forgiveness for his hurtful words.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said yesterday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of murder victim Nigel “Jahlo” Carimbocas, 38, are angry and saddened over his death, saying the gunmen who took his life targeted the wrong person.

  By Percy Hintzen   Percy Hintzen is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies and Director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.

LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan axed Asad Shafiq from their test team for the upcoming New Zealand tour yesterday, also omitting veterans Mohammad Amir and Shoaib Malik from the Twenty20 squad as part of their go-young policy in the short format.

Residents of No.53 Village (Union) in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region (No.6) celebrated National Day of Villages on 7th November and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) David Granger distributed farming implements, plants and seeds to the community during the ceremony.