Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 25, 2020

President Irfaan Ali in an address to Suriname’s National Assembly today said that the future of the economies of the two countries is intertwined and the opportunity should be seized to dismantle impediments to bilateral trade.

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack today, his lawyer said.

 (Reuters) – Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 for the first since May and with hospitals across the country already full, portending a surge in mortalities to come as the coronavirus pandemic casts a shadow over the holiday season.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at preventing the illness, while AstraZeneca Plc this week said its vaccine could be up to 90% effective.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Beyonce dominated nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards yesterday in a field that favoured alternative artists over mainstream musicians, topped by a stunning snub for Canadian singer The Weeknd, who called the process “corrupt.”

(Jamaica Star) A couple who dubbed themselves ‘Adam and Eve’ turned up at the gates of the Linstead Pentecostal Tabernacle Church in St Catherine on Sunday, wearing nothing but their birthday suits.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court Judge has ordered the immediate release of 10 minors and four of their mothers from a migrant detention centre at the T&T Coast Guard’s Heliport in Chaguaramas.

(Jamaica Observer) Danielle Grey-Stewart, one of two Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students selected for the 2021 cohort of the Rhodes Scholarship programme, has Jamaican heritage.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has issued a statement on the issue of migrants from Venezuela who are continuing to flee their country and travel by boat to Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Moruga man who chopped his neighbour’s goat in a fit of rage because it ate his crops has been jailed for six months.

Guyana has signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) with Suriname to facilitate the joint bridging of the Corentyne River.

Prominent PNCR member and attorney, James Bond was arrested yesterday  by the police as the probe into the award of state lands at Peters Hall on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) continues.

Four men who admitted to killing businessman Rajendra Singh, who was kidnapped and later found dead in a city cemetery in 2014, were yesterday each sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail.

Saying he does not regret leaving his United Nations job to fix a “broken” Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission (GL&SC), now former Commissioner Trevor Benn is not surprised at his sacking but has decried the besmirching of his character in what he believes is an attempt to ensure that persons like him cannot find employment outside of Guyana.

The three men who shot and killed Prashad Nagar electrical engineer Saleem Azeez Abdool back in 2014, were each sentenced to 11 and a ½ years in prison after pleading to manslaughter charges before Justice Navindra Singh yesterday  afternoon.

In an effort to address overcrowding in the jails and to improve conditions, a new facility will be constructed at the Lusignan Prison and upon completion it will house approximately one thousand prisoners.

In a sign of how much money small companies that have tied down key offshore oil blocks can attract, Reuters yesterday reported that Cataleya Energy has gathered US$30m in investment from US hedge fund Elliott Management Corp.

Anna Regina’s Deputy Mayor Rudolph Williams died on Tuesday evening after reportedly being hospitalised with COVID-19.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons said he would love to see his side improve in all areas when they face New Zealand “A” in a four-day, first-class tour match, starting tomorrow (6 p.m.

By Dr Compton Bourne Professor Emeritus of Economics, The University of the West Indies and former President, Caribbean Development Bank When oil and gas production fields in Guyana are fully operational, the fossil energy sector is likely to be the predominant source of national economic activity through its direct contribution to foreign exchange earnings, government fiscal revenues, employment and labour incomes, and local purchases of goods and services.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) have detained three labourers for questioning in relation to the huge discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal in Belgium.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – New Zealander Greg Barclay is the new chairman of cricket’s World governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities now stand at 147 after a new death was recorded yesterday.

The recent guideline on remdesivir issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), which has advised against the use of the COVID-19 drug to treat hospitalized patients, is still subject to review, according to head of the COVID-19 Task Force at the Georgetown Public Hospital Dr.

The recently commissioned Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Covid-19 Task Force was scheduled to host its second virtual conference last evening to deliberate on several significant matters.

WD Mavericks powered their way to the top of the Demerara zone after recording a six-run win over WD Masters yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre Cricket Ground in the Guyana Cricket Board/Tropical Springs Over-40 T20 tournament.

Dear Editor, There is considerable interest in the regional and international university sector to assist with Caribbean regional economic and social development.

On Monday, November 30th,  the High Court will proceed with hearing objections raised on the service of the petitions filed by  APNU+AFC —this time on former president David Granger who is among the listed respondents. 

Nineteen-year-old Heimraj Resaul was unstoppable on Monday evening as he coasted his way to championship honours in the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA), ITF Safe Tennis tournament at the Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara Tennis Court.

The town of Bartica in Region Seven is again a hotspot for COVID-19, according to the region’s health officials.

WILMINGTON, Del., (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden said yesterday the United States will be “ready to lead” again on the global stage, turning the page on Republican President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies as he pledged to work together with the nation’s allies.

Dear Editor, We are a Guyanese company that has invested millions in the local economy, providing several jobs to Guyanese, jobs that would have otherwise gone to other countries. 

A pedestrian yesterday succumbed to injuries sustained after being struck down by a motor lorry on the Agricola Public Road as he attempted to cross the four-lane thoroughfare.

Dear Editor, Economic policy preferences and political power are inextricably linked together.

The Hilbert Foster led Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has been very active in recent times with the staging of a number of cricket activities on and off the field in the Ancient County. 

ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights watchdog accused a Tigrayan youth group yesterday of killing hundreds of civilians as federal and local forces both claimed advances in a three-week war in the country’s mountainous north.

Dear Editor, The world has welcomed with a huge sigh of relief the arrival of anti-COVID-19 vaccines.

CARACAS/PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – At least 29 Venezuelan migrants, including 16 minors, returned to Trinidad and Tobago yesterday after being deported from the island over the weekend and spending hours at sea, said their relatives, who had been concerned about their whereabouts.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – A double from Bruno Fernandes helped Manchester United to a 4-1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir at Old Trafford yesterday, keeping them top of Champions League Group H.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied yesterday and the Dow breached the 30,000 level for the first time, as investors anticipated a 2021 economic recovery on coronavirus vaccine progress and the formal clearance for President-elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House.

Aurora Gold Mine Inc. (AGM) workers, whose contracts are due to expire soon, are expected to be offered employment by Sinohydro, which has been contracted for mining and stripping works at the Aurora mine in Region Seven.

The Regional Democratic Council of Pomeroon-Supenaam has begun infrastructural works on a $12 million COVID-19 isolation facility at the Public Hospital Suddie. 

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Western Union Co suspended its operations across Cuba on Monday evening as new U.S.

A miserly bowling performance from by Regal Masters, accounted for the side’s opening four-wicket win over Bel Ail Rubis “Ultra Tec” in third-round action of the Guyana Cricket Board/Tropical Springs over-40 T20 at Everest yesterday. 

Dear Editor, The damage that has been done to the United States (U.S.)

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Costa Rica’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will net $41 billion in economic benefits over the next three decades and set an example of the “right road to follow” for other nations, its president and environment minister said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket West Indies (CWI) will, this week, send a two-member inspection team to Bangladesh to conduct a detailed assessment ahead of the scheduled ICC Future Tours Programme (FTP) tour in January next year.

Dear Editor, After over 100 days in Government what has the PPP/C done about these issues: Flooding – flooding undermines your infrastructure and brings your economy to a standstill.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic city councillor Dimitri Ali was on Monday ejected from a statutory meeting over a purported attempt to take a photograph during the proceedings.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaragua suffered more than $740 million in damage from Hurricanes Eta and Iota, the government said yesterday, as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) promised $1.7 billion in aid for millions of people affected across Central America.

(Reuters) – David Dinkins, who served as New York City’s first and only African American mayor during the 1990s, died on Monday at the age of 93, police said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chinese hackers are suspected of accessing email and travel details of about nine million easyJet customers, said two sources familiar with the investigation into a cyberattack disclosed by the British airline yesterday.

Dear Editor, Dual citizens can represent us at the Olympics but not in Parliament.

By Dr Compton Bourne   Professor Emeritus of Economics, The University of the West Indies and former President, Caribbean Development Bank When oil and gas production fields in Guyana are fully operational, the fossil energy sector is likely to be the predominant source of national economic activity through its direct contribution to foreign exchange earnings, government fiscal revenues, employment and labour incomes, and local purchases of goods and services.

Two Sundays ago, Lewis Hamilton, the British racing driver took the chequered flag at the Turkish Formula One (F1) Grand Prix.

Last week I argued that since the transfer of government to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) after the March 2020 elections, both it and A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) have been promising constitutional and electoral reforms to prevent a repeat of the allegedly criminal events associated with attempts to manipulate those elections.

The governments of Guyana and Suriname will be approaching the private sector for a temporary operation of the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Service while the MV Canawaima undergoes necessary repairs.

(Trinidad Guardian) Deon Gardiner, 33, and Jabari James, 24, are scheduled to appear at the Scarborough Magistrates’ Court today charged with the murder of 23-year-old, Omari Matthews.

Global health and security service firm, International SOS, has made another sterling donation to the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC).