Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 2, 2020

The Chairman and Directors of the Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) at an Emergency Board Meeting today unanimously decided that Finance Manager of GNPL,  Shawn Victorine, proceed on leave with immediate effect to facilitate an audit of the company’s finances.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – More than 20 armed robbers stormed a bank in a small Brazilian town today, taking hostages, exchanging gunfire with police in the streets and killing one person before fleeing in a convoy of vehicles.

RAMALLAH, West Bank,  (Reuters) – Israel handed over a backlog of billions of shekels in tax money to the Palestinian Authority today, both sides said, in another sign of warming ties between the sides after the U.S.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists, was jailed today for more than 13 months over an unlawful anti-government rally in 2019, the toughest and most high-profile sentence for an opposition figure this year.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine today, jumping ahead of the United States and Europe to become the West’s first country to formally endorse a jab it said should reach the most vulnerable people early next week.

Three miners are to appear at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court today charged with the murder of  Kevin Allam.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican mother of a three-year-old boy has been ordered to return the child to his father in United States amid a simmering year-long dispute that drew on international law governing child abduction.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The mothers of two men whose bodies were found in a macabre heap on a Portmore roadway on the weekend have denied that their killing was in revenge for the triple murder of an 81-year-old woman and her granddaughters.

The SleepIn Hotel opened the doors of its Carnival Casino yesterday—one day after being licensed to operate by the Gaming Authority.

On January 18th acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC will deliver her ruling on whether the two election petitions filed by A Part-nership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) will be thrown out or not. 

ExxonMobil on Monday disclosed that it will write down the value of North and South American natural gas fields by a staggering US$17 billion to US$20 billion according to a Bloomberg report.

Issues of overtime payment and being “handed over” to a contracted company were among the concerns highlighted to Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, by local employees of Zijin Mining, the new owners of Aurora Gold Mines (AGM).

Thermometers, sanitizers and cheques worth $50,000 each were distributed by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) to some of its affiliates at its Liliendaal headquarters yesterday.

In the aftermath of Friday’s severing of the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) cable across the Demerara River, new measures have been announced to protect it.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been granted Orders authorizing the deportation of 26 Haitian nationals who have been detained for weeks at the state-run Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – Buoyed by the form of their batsmen and an apparently seamless acclimatization process, an upbeat West Indies enter the opening Test starting here today, confident of ending their 25-year series drought on New Zealand soil.

Investigators in Berbice yesterday after-noon arrested two more persons in connection with the robbery committed on Marcus Brian Bisram on Sunday evening at his Number 70 Village, Corentyne, home and two of his “friends” were said to be involved in the attack. 

Although enforcement of the national coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emergency measures is to be stepped up during the Christmas season, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said it would be as a last resort as the government is focusing on educating citizens about the virus and encouraging them to follow the measures.

The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a challenge to the murder conviction of Mark Assing and substituted a manslaughter verdict and a lower sentence for the killing of his neighbour. 

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has confirmed its intention of  participating at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers scheduled for   February in El Salvador.

On Saturday, City Mayor Ubraj Narine accompanied by Councillor Denroy Tudor met residents of D’ Aguiar Park to further discuss issues pertaining to the John Fernandes terminal which borders their neighbourhood.

A blistering 178 not out from Keith Fraser in the final ensured Fishermen won the Over-45 title in the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated’s fourth Prime Minister T20 tournament and in doing so he fulfilled his promise to the team.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that 15-year-old Trevon Atkins, the boy whose body was pulled from the Linden ‘blue lake’ on Sunday, died as a result of drowning.

Armed with information from their foreign counterparts, the Custom Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it is currently pursuing new leads as investigations continue into the record-breaking discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal in Belgium that was shipped from Guyana.

As Guyana joined the world yesterday in observance of World AIDS Day, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony said that the country is one of several Caribbean states to have made significant strides in achieving the first of the UNAIDS 2020 “90-90-90” goals.

Guyana’s annual hackathon will this year be focusing on enhancing the education system, which has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guyana’s top female badminton player, Priyanna Ramdhani is once again in the spotlight after receiving two awards in Canada.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its first virtual Environmental Education training for teachers on November 15 and 22, 2020. 

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies Test captain Jason Holder has signed up with Sydney Sixers for a three-game cameo in the Big Bash League which bowls off next week, marking his first stint in the glitzy Australian T20 tournament.

Following an outreach last month to the villages of Orealla and Siparuta, located on the Corentyne, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that an extension officer has been identified and will commence working soon.

Dear Editor, We the undersigned call on the Government of Guyana to urgently clarify the status of the 26 Haitian women, children and men who reportedly entered Guyana legally from Barbados in early November and were granted up to six months’ stay in the country by Immigration.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has presented 17 bursaries to children of its staff who excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – Trusted Black Caps wicketkeeper/batsman BJ Watling is an injury doubt for the opening Test against West Indies starting here tomorrow.

Dear Editor, As of now there have been three active Administrations within this decade, with each in such implacable opposition, that neither has troubled to relate to any positive effort the other may have promoted, with the aim of possible improvement.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Top U.S. health officials announced plans yesterday to begin vaccinating Americans against the coronavirus as early as mid-December, as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months.

Sports coordinator James Lewis has received support from Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn for the staging of an Inter Ministry and Government Agencies 7-a-side tapeball cricket competition on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The recent press release by UWI Vice-Chancellor Professor Hilary Beckles that the Guyana government is planning to pursue tertiary online education courses at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus for 20,000 Guyanese is quite consistent with the PPPC’s manifesto promise to create the skillset needed to propel the country’s human resource development strategy.

A man is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after a crash along the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, No self-respecting Chairperson of GECOM worth their salt can rationally justify their inaction and reluctance to discipline the culpable staff when after nearly four months is about to elapse where they were blatantly and barefacedly attempting to rig the 2020 elections.

‘Dual citizenship is attractive for many reasons, but there are times when it simply should not be tolerated. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr said yesterday the Justice Department has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in last month’s election, even as President Donald Trump kept up his flailing legal efforts to reverse his defeat.

(Reuters) – Batsman Shreyas Iyer backed the India’s bowlers to come good in today’s third and final one-day international against Australia in Canberra in the touring side’s bid to avoid a series sweep.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Dawid Malan scored an unbeaten 99 as England impressively chased down an imposing target to beat South Africa by nine wickets at Newlands yesterday and complete a clean sweep of their three-match Twenty20 series.

LONDON, CMC – Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19, one day after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board president Azim Bassarath said former national opening batsman David Furlonge emerged from a transparent process to be named the new head coach of the T&T Red Force.

Last Wednesday, the sporting world paused for a few minutes as the news that Maradona had passed, circulated as quickly as an out-of-control bush fire.

A Kumaka businesswoman and her teenage son have been taken into custody after being implicated in the theft of $700,000 from a lumberyard manager.

(Trinidad Express) A 13-year-old was struck and killed by an armoured security truck in Guapo, Point Fortin on Monday afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) Two police officers were each charged with the offence of misbehaviour in public office and two offences of corruptly obtaining $5,000 for themselves.

(Trinidad Guardian) His dream is to become a famous cricketer but after being diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, (AML), 14-year-old Asa Ramkissoon is now begging for a chance to live.