Daily Archive: Monday, January 11, 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd today met with Moses Chavez, Chargé d’ Affaires, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to register the strong objection of the Government of Guyana over the issuing of a decree by Caracas purporting to assert sovereignty over the maritime area adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo coast.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats began a push today to force U.S.

The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Citing the need to step up the fight against climate change, anti-corruption group Global Witness today withdrew an explosive report it had issued on Guyana last year which said that ExxonMobil’s exploitative deal had cost the country as much as US$55b.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was yesterday discharged after spending almost two days in the hospital.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s honorary consul to Barbados is trying to locate a Jamaican prostitute who was reportedly caught with two British tourists in a hotel in Barbados on December 30.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in another step towards greater equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church, today changed its law to formally allow them to serve as readers at liturgies, altar servers and distributors of communion.

 (Reuters) – Hollywood actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has compared the storming of the U.S.

 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council that he would like to stay on for a second term, Bloomberg News reported yesterday citing two diplomats familiar with the matter.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are moving to charge a 26-year-old Fyzabad man with the brutal hammer attack of geriatric nurse Jada Pierre.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man and his son have been charged with murder.

A West Bank Demerara mother is mourning the death of a second son in two  months and has lamented the paucity of facilities for drug addicts.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has thrown its support behind the proposed Wales gas to shore project as the organisation believes that the benefits to this country will far outweigh any counter arguments.

The United States yesterday declared support for the World Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to hear Guyana’s case for a juridical settlement of the long-running border controversy with Venezuela.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia apologised to the India team yesterday and launched a probe into allegations visiting players were subjected to racial abuse by part of the crowd during the third test at Sydney Cricket Ground.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A forty-seven-year-old taxi driver died yesterday morning when he drove into a parked lorry along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

For breaching regulations, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday issued warning letters and ordered a number of business entities closed as part of its promised stepped up enforcement.

As teams begin preparation for next month’s Regional Super50 limited overs competition, the Guyana Jaguars are set to play three practice matches.

The Director of the United States-based charitable organization Chosen 300 fears he may have a prolonged stay here in Guyana after testing positive for COVID-19 although he has explained to the authorities that he had tested positive last year and was treated.

Dear Editor, Like a two-headed eborsisk, the Guyana/Venezuela controversy has reared its head once again, this time in a more aggressive and bellicose fashion on the Venezuelan side.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/BANGALORE,  (Reuters) – Marriott Inter-national Inc, the world’s largest hotel company, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) said yesterday they will suspend donations to U.S.

Following the opening session of the two-day physical evaluation for members of the Golden Jaguars locally based contingent, head-coach Marcio Maximo confirmed that training for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers officially commences tomorrow at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The Ministry of Public Works will today be discussing penalties against contractor BK Inter-national after it was yesterday discovered that only 15% of sea defence work at Plantation Andrews in Region Two has been completed even though 70% of the  $124M contract was paid out.

Dear Editor,  Trump and his anarchist supporters have literally and figuratively thrown everything at the American electoral system with the objective of derailing the will of the people and stealing an election. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain is on course to have immunised its most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by mid-Feb-ruary and offering a shot to every adult by autumn, with some 2 million people having already received a first dose, its health secretary said yesterday.

The Matthews Ridge Airstrip and associated taxiway have been reopened to normal air transport operations into the region following remedial emergency repairs carried out by the Ministry of Public Works on Saturday January 9, 2021.

This year’s Aliann Pompey Invitational (API) will be the most challenging one yet, but every safety measure will be complied with to ensure the safety of all those involved.

Dear Editor, Events of January 6, 2021 in Washington, where a group of marauding thugs invaded Capitol Hill, while in session, and caused significant damage, both to property and national pride in the United States, have been dominating world headlines.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Dominican Republic needs to change its culture so that women are seen as more than housewives for this week’s ban on child marriage to work, girls’ rights campaigners said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats plan a vote today to urge Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters’ deadly storming of the Capitol, before attempting to impeach him again.

Residents of Block “V” Herstelling, East Bank Demerara are once again calling on the authorities to intervene and provide proper roadways for the community.

Dear Editor, I wish to state that while I may disagree with the government on many matters pertaining to its governance approach, one matter which I stand in full support of the government on; is the representation and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our 83,000 square miles, 215,000 square kilometres, which includes the counties of Essequibo, Berbice and Demerara.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – At least 23 people died over the weekend in a clash between police and gangs in Venezuela’s capital Caracas, according to news reports and human rights activists, as the government faces international scrutiny for killings by security forces.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on today, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise.

A local oil and gas association that had been founded in a blaze of publicity in October 2016 is no longer functioning.

Dear Editor,  In these trying times of COVID-19 many people do not have anything to do so they are creating problems and arguments with each other. 

By Staff Reporter Guyana’s only international cricket venue, the Providence National Stadium, was left in a scrubby state after a football competition at the start of the year.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – The name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister was missing from a new list of the ruling Workers’ Party’s powerful politburo, according to state media KCNA yesterday, sending mixed signals about her status after years of increasing clout.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, on Tuesday said that the recent land distribution exercise was intended to commence the reduction of the backlog of applications noting that the persons that were issued with house lots were required to have had applications in the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) database.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s weekly rolling average of deaths per day reached 1,111  yesterday, surpassing 1,000 deaths for the first time since early August, according to a Reuters calculation.

Dear Editor,  At long last the government has indicated it will restore the City Hall building.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidadian Prime Minister has been discharged from West Shore Medical Hospital and is now at home resting comfortably.

If it becomes a reality, the proposed gas-to-shore project will be the single largest publicly financed venture in the history of the country.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Tim Paine has been fined 15% of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire’s decision following a failed review during the third day of the third test against India in Sydney, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israel’s coronavirus vaccination campaign, the world’s fastest per capita, shifted to booster shots  yesterday in a bid to protect the most vulnerable citizens by next month and ease curbs on the economy.

Eight persons including a twenty-three-year-old labourer were on Saturday midday arrested by police following a raid at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India were 98 for two in their desperate rearguard action at the close of play on the fourth day of the third test yesterday, still 308 runs behind Australia and a full day’s batting away from saving the match.

The Auditor General carried out a special audit of the fees paid by the Ministry of Legal Affairs for legal services during the period May 2015 to August 2020.

Dear Editor, I was recently reading the works of Kalidasa and Kabir when it occurred to me that our school system has an opportunity to better reflect the rich diversity of our ancestral cultures.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon (Vidyaratha Kissoon lives in Guyana. This is an edited version of a blog posted on https://churchroadman.blogspot.com/