Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Senior Minister in the Office of the President (OP) with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

The Ministry of Health has launched a 24-hour hotline to provide counselling services to people suffering from mental illness.

More than 2000 students have not turned out to school since the reopening for three grades and the reasons range from not having uniforms and supplies to entering the workforce to not having transportation money and fear of the pandemic.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Commission is likely to give the final authorisation for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines days after the EU drug regulator approves them, a spokesman for the EU executive said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British department store group Debenhams is to be liquidated with the potential loss of 12,000 jobs, the country’s second major corporate failure in as many days, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes struggling retailers over the edge.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court today, as they demand the energy firm drastically reduces the production of oil and gas to limit its effects on climate change.

MANAMA,  (Reuters) – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the upcoming Sakhir Grand Prix, the sport’s governing FIA said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fire victim Lesli Ann Jeffers was hit with a second major tragedy this week when she lost her home to a fire on Monday, a day after her mother passed away.

(Jamaica Observer) JAMAICAN scientists are now engaged in a drive to locate and protect two endemic plants that flower and bear fruits.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 23-year-old man who is to be deported from the United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday, December 2, having served time in prison for peddling ‘class A’ drugs, is accusing the Home Office of being “callous, wicked and uncaring” for arresting him in full view of his two infant sons.

(Trinidad Guardian) “We will deport you.” This was the message from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to Venezuelan migrants entering Trinidad and Tobago illegally.

(Trinidad Express) A man who left some of his life savings hidden under his mattress for a rainy day, was came home to discover the bed had been burnt to ash.

(Trinidad Express) A POLICE constable’s identification card, badge, and diary were stolen from a TTPS vehicle on Saturday.

New restrictions, including a month-long travel ban, were yesterday announced for Region Seven in the latest COVID-19 Emergency Measures, which also extend the national curfew for December but will allow for travel to Suriname to resume through Moleson Creek.

Madho Beepat, the founder of Beepat and Sons, passed away last Friday after losing his battle with cancer.

The calendar has flipped to December and National Bikini champion, Roseanna Fung, cannot wait to unwrap an early Christmas present, her new and improved physique at the ‘Resilience’ Bodybuilding competition in 11 days at the National Cultural Centre.

A boat captain took his own life yesterday after reportedly wounding a Riverview, Ruimveldt woman, who rejected his demands for a relationship with her 14-year-old daughter.

Arguing that former president David Granger is a necessary party to the two election petitions filed by the APNU+AFC which he heads, senior counsel Douglas Mendes says that the late service of the requisite documents on Granger is fatal to both petitions and they must therefore be thrown out.

A Linden resident was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape of a then 14-year-old girl, whom he held against her will with the use of a weapon.

Police Commander of Region Six, Jairam Ramlakhan last evening said that six persons have been detained for questioning following a major robbery on Sunday evening at the home of Marcus Brian Bisram.

A youth who admitted to fatally stabbing a man at Leopold and Lombard streets in November, 2018, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Yesterday’s action in the Demerara Zone of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Tropical Springs Over-40 T20 tournament saw WD Masters securing a three–wicket win over Sandpipers while both matches at Enmore Cricket Club ending in walkovers.

For anyone who has been following badminton in Guyana, the Ramdhani siblings, Priyanna and Narayan, in the recent past, have been the dominant figures in the sport and their exploits oftentimes overshadow some of the other local talents.

US Judge Paul G. Gardephe last week ordered a pre-sentence probation report for Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell following his guilty plea to count seven of his drug trafficking indictment.

Territorial Development Officer (TDO) of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Colin Stuart, says that the board is set to stage an Under – 19 Inter-County tournament in mid – January 2021 to allow players, who missed the 2020 edition of the tournament due to the ongoing pandemic, the opportunity to showcase their talent. 

Les Charles Critchlow, who was due to be sentenced for killing his brother-in-law, Terrence Adams, yesterday changed his plea to not guilty.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force needs to stick with the new changes in managing the traffic on the East Bank.

Devon Anderson, the man who police say stabbed his mother to death at her Goed Intent home last week, was yesterday charged with murder.

After the 2020 season was called off, Nand Persaud Company Limited has jump started the Berbice Cricket Board’s plans for the 2021 season after the rice company renewed its sponsorship for the female T20 tournament Thursday.

A Corentyne sluice operator succumbed to injuries he sustained after he was reportedly struck along the Bramfield Public Road, East Coast Berbice while riding his bicycle to work. 

Dear Editor, It was reported in SN on November 29 that the Ministry of Home Affairs has donated an aluminum boat with a 40 HP outboard engine to the Community Policing Division 3 for Wakenaam and Leguan islands in the Essequibo River.

(Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed yesterday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office and weakened environmental enforcement.

The Essequibo leg of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Tropical Spring T20 over-40 tournament bowled off at the weekend with Imam Bacchus and Reliance securing contrasting wins. 

Meetings to elect chairpersons for the 14 standing committees of the 12th Parliament have still not been convened due to “scheduling conflicts”.

Dear Editor, The newspapers give daily updates on the Covid-19 virus cases.

ABIDJAN/LONDON, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast and Ghana are cancelling all cocoa sustainability schemes that U.S.-based

Dear Editor, I’m writing to pay homage to Mr James Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank who passed away in late November 2020.

The Demerara zone of the Guyana Cricket Board/Tropical Springs Over-40 T20 competition saw both scheduled matches at the Enmore Cricket Club ground yesterday ending in walkovers.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently in discussion with engineers from the region and North America for assistance to repair the Demeraa River submarine power cable which was destroyed by a ship’s anchor on Friday.

ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed lauded his troops yesterday for ousting a rebellious northern movement, but the leader of Tigrayan forces said they were still resisting amid fears of a protracted guerrilla conflict.

The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is advising the public that only medication manufactured for sale in Guyana’s climate zone and packaged with English instructions should be imported, sold or consumed.

Dear Editor, I call on the government to issue a comprehensive statement explaining the reasons for the dismissal of the EPA chief Vincent Adams.

WILMINGTON, Del.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden named several women to his top economic policy team yesterday, including former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary nominee, setting the stage for diversity and a focus on recovery from the pandemic.

Travel between the Karasabai and Tiger Pond villages in the South Pakaraimas will become easier as plans are underway to rehabilitate the six-mile road, along with its culverts and bridges.

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand,  CMC – Torrential rain prevented West Indies from salvaging pride, and they had to settle for a no-result against New Zealand in the final Twenty20 International of their three-match series yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Public Service Union, rather than being critical should applaud the Government for providing a bonus of two weeks’ pay to health care workers,  The union should be aware that a bonus is a non-negotiated payment based on management discretion unless it is stipulated as a condition in an employer’s manual, a contract of employment or within a union agreement. 

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit seeking damages from oil trading company Trafigura and former executives on corruption allegations involving Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), according to a statement yesterday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has opened a new store at Regent Street in what promises to be the first in a series of additional retail locations.

Dear Editor, I read a poem, “I weep for my country.”

Quite what would have triggered last week’s outburst by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) in response to correspondence sent to the Palm Court Restaurant and Bar by the COVID-19 Task Force in the matter of what the Task Force says is the popular downtown entertainment facility’s repeated breaching of the restrictions associated with the pandemic, is difficult to tell. 

This was the year when much of the Caribbean went to the polls.

By Chris Patten LONDON – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the 1970s was a product of the Cold War standoff between the liberal democratic West and the communist Soviet bloc.

Dear Editor, It is very frustrating to observe the constant negativism being displayed by our politicians, columnists and commentators in the various media, contributors to the letter columns in our newspapers, and other prominent members of the society, about what is happening or being done in the various spheres in our country.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on Chinese firm China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC), accusing it of supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to undermine democracy.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a girl growing up in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo would listen to stories passed down from her ancestors about how the Waorani indigenous people preserved their forests and defended their lands from settlers and oil companies.

The police are currently investigating the attack on a Linden man who was ambushed and stabbed several times while heading home.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia batsman David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the white-ball matches against India due to a groin injury and faces a fitness battle to be ready for the first test at Adelaide Oval on Dec.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia’s suspended athletics federation yesterday elected 50-year-old Pyotr Ivanov, the head of the triathlon federation, as its new president as it aims to be reinstated by the sport’s world governing body.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The doctor of Diego Maradona yesterday sought out the prosecutors who are investigating his treatment of the late Argentine soccer superstar before he died last week, but was turned away because he has not been charged with a crime.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica remained firmly fixed at the top of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India’s bowling shortcomings have been laid bare in the first two one-day internationals against Australia and unless pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah finds his rhythm quickly the tourists will have their backs to the wall in next month’s test series.