Daily Archive: Friday, December 4, 2020

In keeping with promises made to be inclusive, President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that he has invited all former presidents to a meeting on December 15th. 

Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner Lilian Chatterjee today said that Guyana lacks a skilled and sizeable labour force to benefit from the “explosive” oil-linked growth that is coming and she urged the country not to resist foreign investment but use its judgement on who to trust.

With Guyana on track to be the second or third largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere, US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch says the country has to advance from being a raw material so as to avoid the dreaded resource curse and she also stressed that contracts have to be honoured and that the government is accountable to all of the people.

Seventy- nine new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded and the majority were reported in Region Four.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Dr Sardjono Utomo, a senior Indonesian doctor, admitted himself to his local hospital in East Java late Tuesday afternoon.

KAMPALA,  (Reuters) – Uganda has granted environmental approval for a $3.5 billion pipeline to export crude oil from western fields to the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania, despite pressure from lobby groups.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The sound of bullets ripping through their loved one and the wails following their impact will forever scar the memory of relatives and residents of Brockery, Christiana, who recalled Wednesday’s shooting death of 14-year-old Deshawn Ashley.

(Trinidad Guardian) With the Man of the World Trinidad and Tobago Pageant coming up soon, photos of the contestants in swimwear have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter over the past week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are now investigating the circumstances behind the murder of 36-year-old Mayaro mother of three Krystal Primus-Espinoza.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC last night granted a conservatory order staying a previous order made by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus for 26 Haitian nationals to be deported. 

Former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff Gary Best has been freed of the charge of causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley by dangerous driving.

The Irfaan Ali cabinet last week rejected multi-million dollars payment submissions for works undertaken under the last government on the Infectious Disease Hospital and rental for the facility, sources say.

Professionals should not have their job security threatened over their political affiliation once they are qualified and apolitical in the execution of their duties, dismissed Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr.

(ESPN) Control your game, you control the game. That is Kane Williamson in a nutshell.

The Trump administration  yesterday added China’s oil giant CNOOC, ExxonMobil’s partner  in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, according to Reuters.

With less than 30 days before the conclusion of 2020, President of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) Vibert Garrett, confirmed that the entity will not stage any related sporting activities until 2021.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday announced that schools will close on December 18 to facilitate students’ Christmas holidays.

The recent COVID-19 death in Region Ten has signalled to regional officials that many persons infected with the virus are refusing to seek medical treatment until it is too late.

Editor OilPrice.com October 20, 2020 While the deeply impoverished South American country of Guyana is attracting the lion’s share of attention when it comes to oil, it is neighbouring Suriname where the next major petroleum discovery could occur.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is waiting on the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to provide the recently retrieved scanned images of the container which carried the 11.5 tonnes of cocaine that was discovered in Belgium in November.

Angola still ranks as the second largest oil producer in Africa, behind Nigeria.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence official stepped up the Trump administration’s harsh attacks on Beijing yesterday by labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination.

An investigation is underway into the disappearance of more than one hundred and fifty firearms from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Armoury and Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said that information thus far revealed that some of these firearms are “on the road”.

By Brooke Glasford The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a plethora of issues; much like an invitation to a friend who ends up bringing five others instead being the only one present as was intended.

Dear Editor, For a decade or so the country has been governed by a minority or a wafer-thin majority.

The Riverview, Ruimveldt woman who was attacked by Jeffrey Narine before he stabbed himself and died on Monday, said that the man “terrorized” females in the area.

On Friday, the music was blaring from one of those handcarts offering CD’s for sale.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats elected Greg Meeks yesterday as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a position in which he is expected to work closely with President-elect Joe Biden’s administration on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues.

General Marine Masters registered their first win of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Tropical Spring Over-40 T20 tournament by inflicting a 97-run defeat on Sarjoo Tigers yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Guyana has now to face a High Court hearing in a challenge to the Government’s decision to deport a number of recently arrived citizens of Haiti.

A man accused of escaping from the Camp Street prison during a riot was released on $100,000 bail on Monday.

(Reuters) – Challenges in Pfizer Inc’s supply chain for the raw materials used in its COVID-19 vaccine played a role in its decision to slash its 2020 production target, a Pfizer spokeswoman told Reuters.

Dear Editor, There is a photograph among a plethora on the Office of the President’s Facebook Page which shows the Head of State Irfaan Ali on stage with the recent awardees of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s 25th Annual Awards Ceremony.

One of the country’s leading rice millers and exporters of rice has told the Stabroek Business that it is indeed unacceptable that an amount of the magnitude alluded to in a recent official media release should be owing to local rice farmers for rice sold to Panama up to two years ago, and has asserted that it is the responsibility of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to actively pursue the matter of settlement of the debt with the Panamanian authorities.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration yesterday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from years of tough sanctions aimed at ousting socialist President Nicolas Maduro and urged against offering him any “giveaways.”

Dear Editor, One wonders how many of political and relevant pontificates have bothered to research when the current Public Service Job Structure was established, with a related compensation structure.

If it is still too early to tell what the portents are for full resumption of Venezuela’s oil exports following President Donald Trump’s electoral defeat in his bid for a second term in office, Caracas’ return to doing oil business with its key one-time top customers, the Chinese state companies China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) and Petro-China, marks an undoubted silver lining in a dark cloud that had long settled over the country’s economy.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou that would let her return to China from Canada, a person familiar with the matter said.

(Trinidad Guardian) ANSA Merchant Bank Ltd (AMBL) has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of T&T (CBTT) to proceed with the acquisition of the Bank of Baroda.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Dwane Williams, the vendor who was found dead behind a shack in the Wismar Housing Scheme area last Friday morning.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – São Paulo’s Butantan Institute biomedical centre yesterday received 1 million doses of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd that is undergoing late-stage testing by the institute at 16 locations in Brazil.

Dear Editor, The recent news that the Catholic Bishop actually stated publicly that the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana should be made null and void is the height of irresponsibility, recklessness and hypocrisy.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday received a transportation boost when two motorcycles worth approximately $1 million each along with accessories were donated to the Force to help police officers perform their duties.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Reuters) – The United States topped 14 million known COVID-19 infections yesterday with over 100,000 patients hospitalized for the first time as California imposed stay-at-home orders to take effect when intensive care units approach capacity in the coming days.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Glenn Maxwell defended the switch-hit after the audacious stroke once again drew criticism from pundits, the Australian all-rounder saying the onus was on bowlers to evolve and counter batsmen in the shorter formats of the game.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Seven workers have been rescued from slavery-like conditions where they slept on the floor and ate ants while building a hangar for the Brazilian Air Force, labour authorities said.

(Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body opened an investigation into Romain Grosjean’s Bahrain Grand Prix crash yesterday as the French driver hailed those who helped him escape the fireball.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Pakistan cricket team have had their exemption to train during managed isolation in Christchurch withdrawn due to several members of the squad testing positive for the novel coronavirus, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said yesterday.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – England captain Eoin Morgan said there was nothing untoward about a new system of signals from analysts in the dressing room used to send messages to him on the field during limited overs internationals.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 891’s trading results showed consideration of $4,475,338 from 28,700 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 890’s trading results which showed consideration of $15,688,843 from 56,226 shares traded in 18 transactions.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India’s cricket board will consider adding two new teams to the popular Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise-based tournament, according to the agenda of the governing body’s annual general meeting scheduled to be held later this month.

In this record year of a raging and deadly viral pandemic, the Belgian authorities were on secret alert, awaiting for weeks, the Guyana scrap metal shipments that came in five separate containers aboard a loaded transoceanic vessel.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Barcelona’s interim president Carlos Tusquets has said that the club will delay players’ wage payments scheduled for January amid what he described as a worrying financial situation.

Migration is usually framed as a complex problem requiring complex solutions.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Refund requests have been made for around 18% of the tickets sold in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics, the organising committee said yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a five-year deal worth up to $190 million yesterday.

The disclosure earlier this week that quantities of Colgate toothpaste that expired eighteen years ago were still being sold on the local market and that this scandalous circumstance was only brought to the attention of the Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) through a consumer complaint, is a manifestation of just how ineffective our consumer protection mechanisms are, how completely disregarded the attendant laws have become and how low some ‘business houses’ can stoop in their quest to ‘turn a dollar.’

The Christmas Season officially kicked off in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Monday as Chief of Staff,  Brigadier Godfrey Bess celebrated Soldiers’ Day with troops serving at the border location at Eteringbang in Region Seven.

(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday that 41 domestic women’s cricketers had signed full-time professional contracts following a recruitment process in eight of its regions.

Positive “C’s”, Negative C’s I’ve decided that the issue indicated in my lead caption deserves some repetition.

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand,  CMC – Fast-bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd hit an astonishing maiden first class century to rescue West Indies A on the opening day of their four-day tour match against New Zealand A here yesterday.

A number of prominent individuals and organisations in a letter to this newspaper on Wednesday are among those who have asked about the treatment of 26 Haitian nationals currently held at the Hugo Chávez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian health authorities could approve Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine within the next week, allowing distribution to start in early 2021, medical officials indicated yesterday.

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Dear Editor, One reads with dismay the comments in the Guyana Chronicle by Nicholas Boyer, head of the Private Sector Commission that his members at this time cannot withstand an increase in the minimum wage.