Daily Archive: Monday, January 25, 2021

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and the former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), Rawlston Adams, were today released on $200,000 bail, each, after being charged with defrauding the DHBC.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies suffered a chastening 3-0 whitewash after going down to Bangladesh by 120 runs in the third One-Day International here today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Kevon Matamoro, akaalso known as ‘Preacher’ of Pinto Road, Arima, has been charged with murder following the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard SC.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A multipronged investigation has been launched into whether a deregistered plane bearing the Mexican flag that crash-landed in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on Saturday evening was on a smuggling mission.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Juan Guaido is a “privileged interlocutor” but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement to, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status.

Guyana yesterday called for the release of two fishing boats intercepted by the Venezuelan Navy in this country’s waters on Thursday  and said that it will be alerting the international community of the violation, even as it pursues “all diplomatic channels” for the safe return of the 12 persons currently  in custody.

Last year, 3,129 children were abused – a number that has shocked Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud. 

A third year medical student of the University of Guyana yesterday afternoon drowned during an outing with friends at St.

A twenty-nine-year-old employee of the Linden Electricity Company Inc. died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a car at Mackenzie, Linden on Saturday afternoon.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and a paddy bug infestation, rice exports increased by 14% up to November last year earning an additional US$23,963,842 when compared to 2019, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha told Stabroek News on Saturday.

A twenty-four-year-old pork-knocker is currently a patient at the Port Kaituma District Hospital after he was shot in both legs last Thursday following an argument with an intoxicated man at Five Star Landing, North West District.

Scotiabank Guyana registered a profit after tax of $1.335b for the financial year ended October 31, 2020, down 40.86%  over the previous year.

As part of its efforts to help eradicate the scourge of abuse, especially against women and children, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) recently launched the Spotlight Initiative programme to educate, spread awareness, and provide intervention to victims of violence regardless of gender and age.

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

A twenty-two-year-old labourer is currently nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot three  times about his body by one of four persons at Barbie Dam, East La Penitence, Georgetown.

A Superbet clerk was on Saturday night robbed at Front Street, Patentia, West Bank Demerara, while in the process of locking up the business.

A forty-year-old porter is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) having suffered multiple injuries about his body after he was pinned by a lorry on Saturday along the Toraturu Trail, Mazaruni.

Dialogue on the removal of the US ban on catfish from Guyana continues between the Ministry of Agriculture and the US Embassy, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said when contacted on Saturday.

(Barbados Nation) The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 4: Very High Level of COVID-19 alert in Barbados.

Dear Editor, As Guyanese, we must raise our voice in unison across the Atlantic Ocean and across to our   neighbour in the west, so President Maduro can hear us voicing Dave Martins’ “not one curass, not a blade of grass!”

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Meggy Fernandes voted for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s 2018 presidential election, attracted by the far-right former army captain’s promise to shake up a hidebound political establishment mired in endless graft scandals.

Following an engagement between the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently, swimmers could return to action as early as this week.

By Readawne Henery Kalesh Puran, General Manager of Puran Brothers Inc, is presently awaiting official word from the Mayor and City Council regarding the company being excluded from the new listing of garbage collectors in the city.

A man was on Friday given community service after he admitted to having of 37 grammes of cannabis on his person when he was searched by the police.

Guyana Jaguars head coach, Esuan Crandon, has expressed satisfaction with the 15-man squad for their Regional Super50 campaign but is calling on the batsmen to stand up.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me space in your newspaper to inform the nation that yesterday was the ninety-eighth birth anniversary of a preeminent patriot of Guyana, Mr.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — New Indian High Commis-sioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui, says his country is exploring arrangements with Jamaica to provide vaccines to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Nothing escapes the winds of change now sweeping through BP, not even the exploration team that for more than a century powered its profits by discovering billions of barrels of oil.

Guyanese-born regional journalist, George Alleyne, passed away suddenly at his home in Barbados on Friday.

Dear Editor, The infrastructural plans for the ferry system do provide an opportunity to further leverage the rich heritage of our country while elevating our level to that of a world class standard.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tested positive for COVID-19, he said yesterday, adding that his symptoms were light and that he was receiving medical treatment.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 592 new COVID-19 deaths, the Health Ministry said yesterday, taking total fatalities from the pandemic to 217,037 people.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration and Democratic and Republican lawmakers discussing a new $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief agreed yesterday that the most important priority should be producing and efficiently distributing a vaccine.

The fire that claimed the life of Krystle Chung, whose charred remains were found in her bedroom on January 14 was caused by a defective electrical fan in her room.

Dear Editor,  `Eccles to Mandela Avenue road expected to finish by November’ – President” (online SN, 23rd January 2021) reads the bling headline. 

By Rhoda Reddock Rhoda Reddock is emerita Professor of Gender, Social Change, and Development at the University of the West Indies, St.

We unreservedly condemn the seizure of two fishing boats in Guyana’s waters on Thursday by the Venezuelan navy and call for their immediate release.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said over the weekend they recovered 19 bodies, some burned and shot, in a vehicle left in an uninhabited region of Tamaulipas in northern Mexico.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin would respond in kind if the new U.S.

A driver of Hyde Park, Parika, East Bank Essequibo has been hospitalized at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after he lost control of his car and crashed into two parked vehicles during the wee hours of Saturday.

Dear Editor,  Much ado was made when its majority partner  manoeuvred the vice chair position.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Beleaguered West Indies have been urged to pull several facets of their batting together in order to win today’s final One-Day International against Bangladesh and avoid a series whitewash.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has pointed to consistency and execution of plans as key to Barbados Pride’s success in next month’s Regional Super50 Cup, and said his side’s focus will be on carrying out processes instead of simply winning matches.

Nikola Jokic had 29 points and 22 rebounds, Jamal Murray scored 26, and the visiting Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 120-112 in double overtime on Saturday night.

(Reuters) – Experienced batsman Faf du Plessis says South Africa must master the unfamiliar conditions and home captain Babar Azam when they play their first test in Pakistan since 2007 in the opening match of a two-game series that starts in Karachi tomorrow.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has accepted that his stop-start test career is effectively over and is instead preparing for a busy white-ball future that will include three World Cups in three years.

(Reuters) – Joe Root became the first England batsman to score over 150 in consecutive tests in 16 years as he tormented Sri Lanka and led his side to 339 for nine in their first innings at the close of play on day three of the second and final test in Galle.

The CARIFTA Games, the annual Easter weekend showpiece has been pushed back to July due to the pandemic but Julian Edmonds, Coach of Running Brave, Guyana’s premier track and field club feels that the new date may be a blessing in disguise.

Before proceeding with today’s article, we wish to clarify that the views expressed in last week’s article entitled “Global Witness’s withdrawal of its report on Guyana” are those of this columnist.