Daily Archive: Thursday, December 17, 2020

(Jamaica Star) For a third consecutive time a Jamaican has won the Superl Lotto.

President Irfaan Ali today elevated three attorneys to the status of Senior Counsel.

(Jamaica Star) A central Jamaica man is demanding a $200-million settlement from a bakery after he got sick from eating one of its products that contained rat faeces in August.

(Trinidad Express) The Appeal Court has reserved its ruling in a challenge against the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) after it dismissed a complaint brought by a man who said he was sexually harassed by a female co-worker.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over 100 Trinidad and Tobago nationals were expected back home last evening, as the Government continued its repatriation exercises for the Christmas period.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today extended condolences on the passing of Stan Smith, former Mayor of Linden and businessman within the Linden community.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) in a joint statement today said that they look forward to local businesses being given opportunities to participate in the oil and gas value chain considering that the sector is poised for significant growth in the coming years.  

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said media reports that Russian state security agents had poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny were part of a U.S.-backed

 (Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli forged two half-century partnerships to rescue his side against Australia before falling victim to an almighty mix-up on an attritional opening day of the day-night first test at Adelaide Oval today.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Sweden’s king said his country had failed in its handling of COVID-19, in a sharp criticism of a pandemic policy partly blamed for a high death toll among the elderly.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for coronavirus today, his office said, prompting a track and trace effort across Europe following meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days.

(Trinidad Express) British Petroleum (bp) said yesterday its ­restructuring ­exercise will result in 149 ­employees being separated from the group’s Trinidad business on a voluntary or involuntary basis.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday strongly condemned what it said was the “unprovoked brutality” suffered by the family of slain cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry at the hands of elements of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at the Sparendaam Police Station on Tuesday night. 

APNU+AFC MP Cathy Hughes is now the subject of an investigation by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) in relation to an incendiary social media post In a statement yesterday, the ERC said that it has immediately commenced an investigation, having been made aware of a social media post “calling for an undesirable and dangerous action which can potentially impact negatively on ethnic relations”.

The family of the woman who died in an accident on the East Bank Demerara Public Road on Tuesday night, says she had left had their business place and hadn’t made contact with them for eight hours before her demise.

The six-year-old East Canje, Berbice girl badly beaten by her mother on Sunday is slowly recovering and her father is now keeping vigil over her at the Georgetown Hospital.

Regional Commander of Region Nine, Keithon King, who has been accused of smuggling a quantity of uncustomed alcohol from Lethem to Georgetown, yesterday denied that that was the situation and has signalled to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) he will be paying the required tax for the alcohol under his name.

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

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine has expressed disappointment with the City Engineer’s Department over its failure to properly carry out its duties.

Weather and bad light forced the second round clash between East Bank and West Demerara to be declared a no-result yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground in the Demerara Under-19 Inter-Association tournament.

Joshua Meredith was yesterday sentenced to 15 years behind bars for the 2016 killing of Charlestown youth Gregory Garraway.

The West Indies cricket team seems to be somewhat unfamiliar with the famous proverb, `Catches win matches’ judging from the just-concluded two-test series which the hosts swept.

A Netherlands-registered vessel, NLIST DLEP is responsible for the damage to the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Demerara River submarine power cable, which occurred just over two weeks ago.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that his Government will work on a special housing programme to enhance the lives of all members of the police force and he called for improved performance and greater professionalism.

Dear Editor, On August 2, 2020, the returning PPP/C Administration, as it has declared, indeed hit the ground running. 

New Amsterdam Mayor, Winifred Heywood, has thrown her support behind Flying Ace’s premier wheelsman, Balram Narine.

Dear Editor, I am not sure why the governments de jure believe that the Guyanese people are interested in malfeasance committed by public officials when we have SOCU.

Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee chairman Clinton Urling, says he is puzzled by the intention of the GFF to initiate a professional league despite being the administrators of the Elite League, which is the primier local club football event.

Clavor Paul, 20,  a miner from Region Nine,  died on Friday after the walls of a pit he was working in at St Elizabeth Backdam, Region Eight, caved in.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Texas and nine other states sued Google yesterday, accusing it of working with Facebook Inc in an unlawful manner that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said yesterday said it would mobilize $1 billion to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines, adding to some $1.2 billion already committed in 2020.

The economics teacher who in November was sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of indulging in sexual activity with a student is seeking to have his sentence appealed.

Dear Editor, I reminisce of a time not so long ago during the rule of the Coalition when calling a spade a spade made politicians in our own camp dislike us.

Almost two months after gold mining activities were halted in Campbelltown, Region Eight, residents are threatening to take matters into their own hands as they can no longer afford to sustain their families, according to now-suspended Toshao, Marbel Thomas.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal government will purchase 46 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine being developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a state governor said yesterday, as authorities rush to source vaccines in a sometimes-confusing free-for-all.

Dear Editor, If you do not know where you are going any road will take you there.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late as 2024, internal documents say.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday further widened its network for administering COVID-19 vaccines to doctors and nurses on the frontlines of a pandemic killing more than 2,500 Americans a day, even as a major winter storm threatened to slow progress on the East Coast.

Five persons are now patients at the New Amsterdam Hospital following an accident involving five vehicles yesterday morning at Sun Rise, West Coast Berbice.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil registered over 70,000 new cases of the coronavirus yesterday, a daily record, bringing the country’s total caseload above 7 million as a second wave of infections slams the South American country.

Move over Santa Claus. You are not the only one who made a list this time of year.

Dear Editor, Your lead story yesterday carried a picture of three former presidents and the current president, with this headline: “Constitutional, electoral reforms should be ‘people driven’”.

(Trinidad Express) A man reported missing on Monday, has been found murdered.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – As diplomats gathered at the African Union’s headquarters earlier this year to prepare for its annual leaders’ summit, employees of the international organization made a disturbing discovery.

A pedestrian is now hospitalised after he was struck by an intoxicated Ministry of Social Protection driver who was speeding along Plantain Walk Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Monday night.

Former junior chess champion, Joshua Gopaul and Uddhav Bagwandeen have chalked up three wins in as many rounds as over the board chess returned last weekend with the December National Chess Championships.

Dear Editor, I visited the Netherlands earlier this year and was informed that Guyana has no representative there.

Work on the collapsed Tiger Creek Bridge in Region Eight continues to be delayed by persistent rain but the contractor has been helping vehicles to travel through the area via a bypass.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Air pollution contributed to the death of a London schoolgirl, a coroner ruled yesterday in a landmark case that could push Britain to get tougher on traffic and clean up city air.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) all-rounder, Alvin Mohabir, was once again the  architect  of  Georgetown’s dominance in the ongoing Demerara Inter-Association Under – 19 50-overs tournament, after he snatched a five-for to lead his side past East Coast by five wickets at the Enmore Community Center Ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, I hereby propose the following for consideration by the people tasked with reforming the Constitution: To avoid the perception that the military is a dominant factor in government, that government is indisputably civilian and definably democratic, and that the military is subjugated to the government, and not the other way round, the number of military personnel should be limited in government.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Tired of months of confinement, Christmas shoppers have been crowding stores in Mexico City this week despite a recent spike in coronavirus cases that has strained hospitals in the capital.

Fragrant with warm notes of Ceylon cinnamon, pungent cloves, lacy fronds of mace, and glossy green bay leaves pulled from the potted tree that bears twinkling lights, the first sweet scent of Christmas dominated the evening air.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday that people should plan only for a “merry little Christmas” and exercise extreme caution but he refused to outlaw festive family gatherings as COVID-19 cases soared across swathes of Britain.

(Trinidad Express) A Jamaican national resident in Trinidad and Tobago for over fourteen years died on Tuesday night at hospital due to complications after being shot on Sunday along the Brian Lara Promenade, Port of Spain.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India, having claimed a first series triumph on their last trip Down Under, will again look to break new ground when they lock horns with the Australians today in the opening test under the lights of Adelaide Oval.

Q: Is the U.S. Embassy open?   A:  The embassy has remained open throughout the pandemic.

Guyanese trio Chandrapaul Hemraj, Sherfane Rutherford and Ronsford Beaton, were among the top performers on the opening day of the ongoing US T20 tournament on Tuesday.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies opener Johnson Charles played only a cameo role but it helped lay the foundation for Jaffna Stallions to trounce Galle Gladiators by 53 runs and lift the Sri Lanka Premier League title here yesterday.

A week ago, maintaining a now 93-year-old tradition, Time magazine named its 2020 Person of the Year.

LAUNCESTON, Australia, CMC – Nicholas Pooran snared a couple of catches behind the stumps but rain ruined his Big Bash debut for Melbourne Stars as the contest against Perth Scorchers at Aurora Oval finished in a no result here yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is a good thing for President Irfaan Ali to invite the former presidents of Guyana to have a conversation on Guyana’s National Development.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,CMC – Former West Indies batsman, Suruj Ragoonath, expects selectors to keep faith with the core of the current West Indies squad for the tour of Bangladesh, despite their recent struggles on the tour of New Zealand.

(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo had a penalty saved as Juventus were held to yet another Serie A draw in an entertaining match against Atalanta which finished 1-1 in Turin yesterday.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were yesterday recorded in Guyana, increasing the number of fatalities to 158.