Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 6, 2021

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The head of a major U.S. business group that represents 14,000 companies including Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer Inc and Toyota Motor Corp urged senior U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S.

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice woman was today placed on $680,000 bail after she was charged with seventeen counts of obtaining by false pretense following reports to the police over an alleged bogus seaman’s training course.  

(Trinidad Guardian) A 30-year-old Rio Claro man is warning citizens to learn from his mistake and stay away from sou sous. 

(Jamaica Star) Romeo Reid, who was deported from the United Kingdom in 2004, says he hates Jamaica, citing the island as an “oppressive state… [which] suppress and depress the people.”

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China played down today World Health Organization (WHO) concern about a delay in authorisation for a visit by team of experts looking into the origins of the novel coronavirus, saying arrangements were being worked out.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists today in the biggest crackdown since China last year imposed a new security law which opponents say is aimed at quashing dissent in the former British colony.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government continues to fight against what it says is further misinformation by the Organisation of American States’ (OAS’) general secretariat concerning last month’s tragic drowning of a number of Venezuelans off Guiria.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently providing the Guyana Police Force  (GPF) with “technical assistance” in relation to the investigations into the brutal murders of West Coast Berbice  (WCB) teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh.

Amid concerns that Venezuelan gold was filtering into the local market in 2019 and the Guyana dollar was depreciating substantially as a result, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) had recommended that a high level team be established to do a comprehensive review of the trading of the precious metal.

Following the widespread circulation of a video showing Police Officers violently restraining a member of the public, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is claiming that the police actions including violently kicking the citizen to the head were acts of self-defence.

A 59-year-old woman of Grove, East Bank Demerara died after being struck yesterday by a minibus owned by the Guyana Police Force.

A new National Strategic Plan (NSP) to address HIV was launched yesterday and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced that a more comprehensive Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme would be rolled out this year.

Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past few days has resulted in several farming and residential areas in Charity, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, being affected by flooding.

Cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe succumbed yesterday, a day after her 16th birthday.

A Crane, West Bank Demerara businessman was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over 4.236 kilos (9.3lbs) of marijuana.

By Readawne Henery Photos by Orlando Charles The Ministry of Public Works is currently upgrading sections of the avenues along Waterloo and Carmichael streets that are flood prone. 

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has admitted that their intensive care unit (ICU) was filled to capacity between December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021 during which time accident victim, a Diamond Hospital nurse, Danata Damon succumbed to her injuries.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) in a release yesterday said that it has settled the dispute between the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL) and the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) in accordance with existing labour laws.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decided that its first order of business will be to complete the examination of the Auditor General’s Report for the fiscal year 2016 and decide on the process of selection for the members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

Twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday after 329 persons were tested.

Local cricket felt the impact of the Novel Coronavirus for most of the 2020 season.

An employee of a surveying firm under contract to the Eugene F.

The West Indies will tour Bangladesh for two Tests and three One Day Internationals later this month with second string sides.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Chris Gayle headlines a plethora of West Indies stars confirmed for next weekend’s draft of the Pakistan Super League.

A security guard was robbed on Monday night while on her way to work.

A Leonora man has been fined $7,500 after he admitted to driving under the influence, resulting in him crashing into two parked vehicles early on Monday morning.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to an article published in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Patterson says Asphalt Plant fully functional, questions aspects of audit findings’.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Democrats won one U.S. Senate race in Georgia and surged ahead in another today, moving closer to a stunning sweep that would give them control of Congress and the power to advance President-elect Joe Biden’s policy goals.

With most sports facing the brunt of the Novel Coronavirus, Golf in Guyana has been one of the few disciplines to strive in 2020.

Dear Editor, I refer to that repugnant letter from Lincoln Lewis which appeared in the Kaieteur News of December 30th, 2020 abusing columnist Freddie Kissoon.

Residents of Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder yesterday received three streetlights which were sent by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, after same was requested from him during a recent visit to the area. 

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Skipper Kane Williamson smashed his fourth test double-hundred while Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell notched up centuries to fuel New Zealand’s bid for a 2-0 series sweep in the second and final test against Pakistan yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party yesterday inaugurated a parliament controlled by allies of President Nicolas Maduro, while the opposition convened a rival committee of legislators in a virtual session, following disputed elections on Dec.

Police are still working to positively identify the decomposed body of a man who was found dead in a Second Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven home on Saturday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa completed a sweep of their two match series against Sri Lanka as they strolled to a 10-wicket win on the third day of the second test yesterday.

MOSCOW/LONDON/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia pledged additional, voluntary oil output cuts of one million barrels per day (bpd) in February and March as part of a deal under which most OPEC+ producers will hold production steady in the face of new coronavirus lockdowns.

Dear Editor, Even as I send sincere wishes that you and this esteemed newspaper experience a healthy, productive and progressive 2021, I wonder why my first New Year’s letter must deal with such “dark issues”(?)

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A test series featuring moments of high drama on and off the field will lurch forward under the threat of COVID-19 tomorrow, with India’s bowlers aiming to strike a decisive blow as Australia’s misfiring batsmen attempt to regroup.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his five-year economic plan had failed to meet its goals “on almost every sector” as he kicked off a congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media KCNA reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, Increasingly among development practitioners is an awareness of the cultural and social context of interventions and the impacts of these on outcomes of policies and actions.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Chinese Embassy has rejected remarks made by outgoing United States Ambassador Donald Tapia, accusing China of eavesdropping on his telephone conversations via a Jamaican domestic network.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka hope to have at least three key players back after an injury-hampered test series defeat to South Africa, their captain said yesterday, as they look ahead to hosting England later this month.

At 1 pm today (noon in Guyana) the United States Congress meets in a joint session to count the Electoral College votes, the penultimate step to the swearing in of Mr Joe Biden as US President.

On New Year’s Day 2021, Eusi Kwayana, commenting on what he appeared to have considered some rather outlandish exaggerations emanating from the government, recommended that equal time on the state media ‘should be offered as early as possible to the official representatives of the previous coalition government to respond as it sees fit, and is inclined to do to the indictment placed into the public arena by the Honourable Minister of Finance on December 29, 2020. 

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – A civil court in El Salvador yesterday found former President Elias Antonio Saca and his wife Ana Mixco guilty of “illicit enrichment” and ordered them to return $4.4 million to state coffers, authorities said.

Dear Editor, In an analysis undertaken by the IDB of the state of the Guyana Public Service in 2017, there is a series of ratings in relation to an Index of Performance indicators prepared by a section of that agency.

(Jamaica Observer) Founder and chairman of the ATL Group of Companies, Gordon “Butch” Stewart passed away on Monday night.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – A three-week-long roadblock protest by locals has prevented Las Bambas mine in Peru, run by Australia-based MMG Ltd, from exporting 189,000 tonnes of copper concentrate, a mining association leader said yesterday.