Daily Archive: Friday, January 15, 2021

Three men were today charged with the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry, the two cousins who were found murdered at Cotton Tree Backdam, West Coast Berbice last September.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) today reported that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun a probe of ExxonMobil after an employee alleged that the oil company overvalued one of its key assets in the Permian Basin.

Commonwealth Secretary-General,  Patricia Scotland, QC yesterday said she was  “deeply concerned” by the promulgation of a decree by Venezuela that it has sovereignty over the area adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo coast, and other recent statements by that country regarding its border controversy with Guyana.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week’s siege of the U.S.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey has vaccinated more than 500,000 people in the first two days of administering COVID-19 shots developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd, health ministry data showed today, among the speediest rollouts globally.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – A pigeon due to be put down in Australia after apparently flying across the Pacific was spared the death sentence today, after a leg tag identifying it as belonging to a U.S.

(Jamaica Star) “Every time me see a police vehicle me run and hide,” said Devani Kenyon, a Clarendon man whose photograph was erroneously published on the list of the parish’s most wanted men last year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Matthew Sewell, who was left to languish in a Bahamian prison for a combined period of nine years and nine months, has won another round in a lawsuit filed against the government of The Bahamas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As a means of (re)connecting with descendants, and strengthening bilateral relations, Nigeria embarked on a historic chartered flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica, in December 2020.

Months after teenage cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry were brutally murdered in West Coast Berbice (WCB), the police have made a breakthrough following the arrests of three suspects including two brothers, who will be charged with the crime today.

In keeping with its mandate to ensure that consumers are not sold substandard imported items, the Product Monitoring Department of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday destroyed 4,800 imported light switches.

President Irfaan Ali  yesterday announced that residents of Region 10 will soon benefit from the construction of 1000 homes.

By Readawne Henery A young woman burned to death yesterday morning after a fire of unknown origin engulfed her Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara home, where she was trapped in her room.

Following an assessment of the COVID-19 situation in Moraikobai, Region Five, by regional and government officials yesterday, a 6 pm to 6 am curfew was imposed on the community which currently has 33 confirmed active COVID-19 cases.

Guyana’s infection rate continues on its upward trend as forty-nine new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Thursday after 455 persons were tested recently.

John’s Cake Decoration & Bakery Service is a modest home-based enterprise, a typical local micro-business, run from 347 Recht-door-Zee, La Parfaite Harmonie.

Guyana’s COVID-19 Emergency Measures were on Wednesday amended to allow for limited indoor dining at eating establishments.

An autopsy done on the body of Roger Samuel, the inmate who was found dead on Sunday at the Lusignan Prison has ruled his death as a result of gastrointestinal haemorrhaging.

The possible long-term socio-economic impact of the protracted absence of the majority of the region’s children from school could be sufficient to require countries to rethink their entire education systems by creating linkages between education and other sectors and placing the highest possible priority on the protection of education budgets, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says in its Latin America and the Caribbean COVID-19  policy document.

The Trump administration in its waning days took another swipe at China and its biggest firms yesterday including ExxonMobil’s Guyana partner, CNOOC for alleged misdeeds in the South China Sea.

The Stabroek Business’ ongoing journalistic interventions into the ‘goings on’ in the lives of the proprietors of many of the country’s micro and small businesses continues to reveal that even as the business environment changes some of them are falling back on past pursuits in order to see themselves through the current challenges.

The imminent arrival of the Carnival season in Trinidad & Tobago would appear to be posing challenges for the twin-island Republic’s Police Force on account of the seeming emergence of some of the customary ‘windup’ revelry that usually precedes the full-blown main course.

A Berbice farmer has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to having 1.04 kg of cannabis.

Oil & gas sectors in various countries have long been a strategic target for insurgents seeking to undermine the economies of political administrations to which they are opposed, a reality to which several countries in the Middle East can attest.

Former General Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN) Enrico Woolford has filed a lawsuit against the state-owned media entity which he says owes him in excess of $7M gratuity payment over the last three years.

Limited public awareness campaigns on COVID-19 have been done in Moraikobai, in Region Five since the start of the pandemic and the sudden increase of COVID-19 cases in the isolated community is a result of residents’ skepticism about the virus’s presence in the village as majority of them who tested positive are asymptomatic.

A new report by five key United Nations agencies has painted a worrying picture on the likely state of food security and nutrition, going forward, in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A porter, who according to the police was involved in three armed robberies, was yesterday taken before a Linden Magistrate to answer to the charges.

Dear Editor, In a previous letter, I promised to expose what might be the perceived modus operandi of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

The Jamaica Gleaner has reported that the island’s Accountant General’s Department has been placed under the microscope following revelations that dead persons have been ‘drawing down’ millions of dollars in pensions up to seven months after they have died.

WILMINGTON, Del.,  (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden outlined a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal yesterday, saying bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and accelerate the distribution of vaccines to bring the coronavirus under control.

Dear Editor, A recent publication of the Kaieteur News (January 12, 2021) carried a news article headed, `31 businesses warned for breaching COVID-19 measures’.

A young motorcyclist is now hospitalised after he collided with a pick-up truck in an accident at Goed Fortuin Public Road, West Bank Demerara on Wednesday.

(caribbeanbusinessreport) Oil producer Apache Corporation and its joint venture partner Total SA have announced their fourth discovery of oil offshore Suriname.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence yesterday vowed to uphold American history and ensure a safe transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden, eight days after supporters of U.S.

A Bourda Market vendor was robbed by four bandits in an early morning attack yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said yesterday that she is among eight people who recently received a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19).

Dear Editor, Quite recently, in a letter to the editor, I advocated for media houses to do a fact check before reporting or publishing.

What had been, up to late last year, something of a resurgence of Venezuela’s oil exports, due primarily to clandestine shipping arrangements targeting the Chinese markets (and circumventing United States sanctions in the process) has been taking a tumble since early this month, according to  reports from Bloomberg.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least seven people, injured hundreds and damaged many buildings yesterday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said, as panicked residents fled to safer areas.

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(Trinidad Express) Two men were killed in a shoot-out with an off-duty police officer on Wednesday night.

Dear Editor, Permit me a few lines to express my disappointment with the service I received at what most would consider one of Guyana’s premium hotels.

Major General (Ret’d) Joe Singh was on Tuesday installed as chairman of the board of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and heard a call from the Minister of Agriculture for the agency to be taken “to the next level”.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Frank Lampard defended his players yesterday amid a growing debate about teams celebrating goals with hugs and high-fives while the country is battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China reported its biggest jump in COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months as infections in northeastern Heilongjiang province nearly tripled, underscoring the growing threat ahead of a major national holiday when hundreds of millions of people usually travel.

Golden Jaguar international and emerging midfield talent Curtez Kellman has officially secured a scholarship with Daytona State College within the Region #8 conference of the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA).

(Reuters) – An Indian side decimated by injury stunned Australia with two early wickets in a dream start to the fourth test decider in Brisbane today before Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne steadied the ship for the home side.

With strict safety guidelines, central Georgetown’s largest gym facility, Space Gym, reopened its doors on Monday after almost 10 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If Minister Nigel Dharamlall is remembered for nothing else, his name will find a permanent home in the recollections of future generations for saving City Hall.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies’ tour here was thrown into turmoil yesterday after leg-spinning all-rounder Hayden Walsh jr tested positive for COVID-19, less than a week before the start of the three-match one-day series.

MANAUS, Brazil,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian state of Amazonas is running out of oxygen during a renewed surge in COVID-19 deaths, its government said yesterday, with media reporting that people on respirators were dying of suffocation in hospitals.

Over two dozen cricketers took to the National Synthetic Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara to begin the Guyana Jaguars’ 2021 preparation yesterday.

Please save our, Brigadier’s Park! and these Gorillas! Hello friends – both “regulars” and newcomers to this man-in-the–street column – come share, with me, my brief lamentations, concerns and a few expectations as 2021 gains its two-week momentum.

Being one of the largest industries in the world and a significant driver of unfettered development across the Caribbean, there is a lot being banked upon the reinvigoration of the tourism industry in the age of COVID-19.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies yesterday appointed former West Indies captain, Floyd Reifer, as the Under-19 head coach, tasked with the responsibility of preparing the youth side for the ICC Under-19 World Cup, scheduled next year for the Caribbean.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root struck his 50th test fifty to put them in a strong position on the first day of the opening test after Dom Bess took five wickets as the tourists bowled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 135.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me a bit of your precious newspaper space to beg, humbly and respectfully, the relevant powers-that-be, to have a look at the mangrove invasion on the Ogle Atlantic beach.

(Reuters) – American Olympic 100 metres hurdles gold medallist Brianna McNeal has been charged and provisionally suspended for violating World Athletics’ Anti-Doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 897’s trading results showed consideration of $92,136,819 from 1,134,994 shares traded in 41 transactions as compared to session 896’s trading results which showed consideration of $194,765,851 from 2,238,868 shares traded in 19 transactions.

(Reuters) – New Zealand captain Sophie Devine smashed the fastest hundred in women’s Twenty20 cricket yesterday, reaching the milestone in just 36 balls in the domestic Super Smash competition.

Deodat Ramsamooj, the city businessman who was struck down by a speeding car on December 26, and hospitalised for close to three weeks, has been discharged from the hospital.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa have faith in the security measures put in place for their test and Twenty20 International tour of Pakistan coach Mark Boucher said yesterday as he revealed that he hoped to lure Jacques Kallis back as a batting consultant.

(Reuters) – Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray is doubtful for next month’s Australian Open after organisers confirmed yesterday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus. 

This newspaper well remembers the May 2019 passage in the National Assembly of those key amendments to the 2003 Procurement Act which (we had thought) paved the way for suitably equipped small businesses to have access to 20% of state contracts.