Daily Archive: Thursday, January 7, 2021

The U.S. Embassy today said that as part of the United States’ continued commitment to Guyana and its security, Navy Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) today said that the US Coast Guard (USCG) vessel  Stone will be in Guyana’s waters on Saturday, January 9 on an exercise.

(Jamaica Star) The Port Maria police have arrested and charged a mother and daughter in the December 25 killing of 26-year-old Jerome Forrester, otherwise called ‘Mop Head’, of Tank Lane, Oracabessa.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S.

 (Reuters) – The bloody chaos inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare.

CHENNAI, India,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A political party’s pledge to pay housewives a monthly wage in recognition of their toil has sparked debate in India, with some critics saying the proposal might end up confining even more women to domestic chores.

A recommendation by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in 2019 for a high-level probe of gold trading in light of concerns about commingling with Venezuelan ore appears to have been ignored by the then APNU+AFC government.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating the alleged shooter in the murder of clothes vendor Paul Anthony Smith on New Year’s Day.

Kenford Downer, the man who allegedly set his house on fire with his wife and two young children inside, was yesterday remanded after being charged with three counts of murder.

Gunmen last night opened fire on a property at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara which was said to have once been occupied by alleged Ponzi scheme accused, Yuri Garcia Dominguez.

The charge against Sheneza Jafarally, the University of Guyana (UG) student who is accused of making a bomb threat earlier this year that disrupted classes and operations at the Turkeyen Campus, was yesterday dismissed by Magistrate Ruschelle Liverpool.

An agreement has been reached between the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company and Deonarine Sookram, the owner of the tug and barge, Rediston and Surtrans, that crashed into the harbour bridge last month.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) says that a figure published in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News in the article headlined `Financial Intelligence Unit had urged ‘high level’ probe in 2019 into gold trading -in light of concerns over Venezuelan ore, exchange rate pressure’ was not correct as there had been a subsequent  amendment.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Dulmattie Boodlall, the woman who was struck down by a Guyana Police Force minibus at Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara, has established her cause of death as multiple injuries.

A West Coast Demerara taxi driver was carjacked at gunpoint on Tuesday night and robbed of his valuables by two unidentified men who pretended to be passengers.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday afternoon at Corentyne, Berbice seized fifteen parcels of cannabis amounting to more than eighty pounds.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has described the year 2020 as highly successful despite the fact that the sport was only able to be played for the first three months of the year.

President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA), David Fernandes, has disclosed that the nullification of the 2020 season has been a huge disappointment, especially for the nation’s junior squash players. 

West Indies’ fast bowling all-rounder, Romario Shepherd has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team’s tour to Bangladesh.

One COVID-19 death was recorded yesterday along with 29 new cases of the virus.

Former Caribbean Table Tennis champion, Chelsea Edghill is still contemplating the level of her participation in upcoming international events in 2021 due to the continued threats of COVID-19. 

Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony says that he is confident that the Diamond Hospital which is being converted into a Smart Hospital will be handed over by the end of the month.

National swimmer, Leon Seaton Jr., is one of Guyana’s brightest prospects to qualify for the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

The Ministry of Health yesterday received  personal protective equipment (PPE) valued $10 million from the Guyana Logistics and Support Services Incorporated (GLASS) to aid the country’s Covid fight, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, As a trained historian and anthropologist, I was unnerved when reading Marjoleine Kars’s “Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast” last year.

After a tumultuous 2020, a year in which he suffered his first professional defeat, Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen is hoping for a triumphant ring return. 

The Ministry of Health’s  Vector Control Services is starting its fogging exercise in Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four) today, on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp, under increasing pressure from investors and climate change activists, reported for the first time the emissions that result when customers use its products such as gasoline and jet fuel.

Dear Editor, Permit a response to Samuel Hinds’ `Errant GECOM employees acted as prisoners of the country-view held by many Afro-Guyanese of the 1950s, we must turn the page’ (SN 6th Jan, 2021).

Line-Top and Bachelors will now have a year of bragging rights after the 21st annual Success Games kick started 2021.

Evaluation of the Expressions of Interest (EoI) by companies to build the new Demerara Harbour Bridge continues, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says and it is not yet clear when there will be a shortlist.

Dear Editor, Please grant me a space in your newspaper to bring to the relevant authority the plight and daily suffering the residents of Providence Phase Three are enduring.

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

Dear Editor, The longer our people ponder on the PPP’s plans and provisions for our nation through its policies, or absence thereof, we realize that sometimes there is no method to madness, there is only madness.

A total of ten persons are currently patients at the Liliendaal Centre for Infectious Disease and Control even as minor works continue at the facility.

Junior footballers around the world, who were eager to further establish their careers on the international stage, have been greeted with disappointing news heading into 2021. 

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Democrats yesterday completed a sweep of the two U.S.

The Ministry of Agriculture is to dispatch two machines to Hope and Unity, East Coast Demerara today to undertake critical drainage works, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.Minister

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies on Tuesday praised Gordon “Butch” Stewart as “a true West Indian legend in his own right”, as the regional governing body paid tribute to the the late Caribbean business magnate who died Monday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the promises to be kept. a) 50,000 Jobs b) 20,000 Scholarships to UWI c) Free education at UG by 2024 One has not heard so far of a comprehensive strategic plan that will provide for the absorption of 50,000 jobs, which could not all be of the public sector.

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.

The police are investigating the death of an unidentified man who was found yesterday in a decomposed state in an abandoned building at Kara Kara, MacKenzie, Linden.

Dear Editor, My wife and I had the opportunity to usher in the new year in the serene environment of our home; thanks to the coronavirus.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Kyle Jamieson insisted he was very much the “fourth prong” in New Zealand’s formidable pace attack after his 11-wicket match haul yesterday fired the hosts to a series-sweeping victory in the second test against Pakistan.

Coby White led seven players in double figures with 21 points as the visiting Chicago Bulls, despite using just nine players, used superior depth to overtake the Portland Trail Blazers 111-108 on Tuesday night to snap a seven-game losing streak in the rivalry.

 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc yesterday temporarily locked the accounts of U.S.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) which has been tasked with assessing the areas affected by recent flooding and high tides and the distribution of supplies to these areas, has commenced its operations.

Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, yesterday recommended that a complaints book be placed at every NDC.

Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old toddler of Lower Kaituma, North West District, who collapsed and died on Tuesday midday while playing.

Dear Editor, I fully agree with your sportswriter that the non-selection of Leon Johnson does not add up – just like the previous non-selection of Veerasammy Permaul.

When the West Indies team for the 2021 Bangladesh Tour, which begins on Sunday, was announced on the 29th December, it was overshadowed by a list of ten players, who had opted to forgo the trip because of COVID concerns.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gasparillo police are being praised by a resident for not only finding her stolen pet parrot Jessica and arresting the man who took her but saving the bird from being curried.

(Trinidad Express) A warning to criminals that the next cop you encounter might just throw you on your back with a Chuck Norris style roundhouse kick as the latest batch of recruits will receive Judo training.