Daily Archive: Thursday, January 28, 2021

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, today urged the public to adhere to COVID-19 measures disclosing that his second experience with the virus was so severe that he feared that he might not be able to have a normal life again.

Ninety new COVID cases were reported today raising further questions about whether containment measures have to be stepped up.

Canada today called for the immediate release of two Guyanese fishing vessels seized by Venezuela last week in Guyana’s waters.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine should only be given to people aged between 18 and 64, Germany’s vaccine committee said in a draft update to its vaccine recommendation, a day ahead of a decision by European regulators on the drugmaker’s shot.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading U.S.

Guyana went up by one point with a score of 41 and ranking of 83 out of 180 countries in the latest Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report 2020 released yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A 44-year-old woman was ordered to move out of a residence she shared with her common-law husband.

(Trinidad Express) Veteran calypsonian Singing Sandra (Sandra Des Vignes-Millington) has died.

With a production target already surpassing the 120,000 barrels per day forecast, Guyana will this year see heightened oil and gas activity as Stabroek Block partner, Hess, yesterday remained bullish on operations here and announced a number of developmental plans this year for its “growth and cash engine”.

The PPP/C government is proposing to remove custodial sentences for possession of up to 30 grammes of cannabis.

A vagrant was beaten to death early yesterday morning while sleeping on the pavement at the corner of Camp and Robb streets, Georgetown and his attacker has since confessed to the crime.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) yesterday condemned the seizure of two fishing vessels with their crew last week by Venezuela from Guyana’s waters and called for their immediate release, even as this country rebuked the Opposition-led Juan Guaidó’s support for the action of the Nicolas Maduro government.

Asif Hamid, who earlier in the month pleaded guilty to killing Henry Lallman who was found in a shallow grave back in August, 2015, was yesterday sentenced to fifteen years in prison.  

Former President and long-serving Prime Minister, Sam Hinds is tipped to be Guyana’s new Ambassador to the United States, well-placed sources say.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday expressed  grave concern at the escalation of tensions between Guyana and Venezuela caused by the interception and detention in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone of two Guyanese fishing vessels by a Venezuelan naval vessel on January 21, 2021.

Finding a breach of natural justice, acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday quashed a deportation order which had been issued against the 26 Haitian nationals who were detained for weeks last year by the government at the state-run Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration.

Finding a 2015 verdict of the jury to have been supported by evidence, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the conviction of septuagenarian Kenrick Morrison, for sexually assaulting a child back in 2013.

Captain of the Guyana Jaguars cricket team, Leon Johnson, says that the team will need to adapt quickly and the batting needs to “click” if the side is to be successful in the upcoming CG Regional Super50.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall yesterday instructed the Mayor and Town Council of Mabaruma in Region One to halt the planned cutting of century-old rubber trees that line the Philbert Pierre Avenue.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday confirmed a host of top West Indian players who will participate in February’s CG Insurance Super50 Cup, as all six teams finalised their 15-member squads.

The Ministry of Public Works and the Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD) said on Tuesday that remedial works on motor vessels, MV Kimbia and MV Barima are still ongoing and “will be completed soon.”

Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira has filed a more than $900 million lawsuit against the Kaieteur News, Guyana Times, the Department of Public Information, the Attorney General and the Minister of Labour for what he alleges are libelous statements made against him.

Dear Editor,   On Friday 22nd January 2021, I had the honour and privilege of being a member of the welcoming party that was on hand at the Grantley Adams International Airport to welcome to Barbados a team of some 15 Cuban doctors and laboratory specialists that had made its way to Barbados on an Air Antilles charter flight, in order to bolster the human and technical resources available to our country in its herculean fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Golden Jaguars international Ryan Hackett has swapped the Tucville ground and boyhood club Fruta Conquerors for Camp Ayanganna and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

A woman has been arrested after a box she tried to have posted via a flight destined for Brooklyn, New York, was discovered to contain two hidden parcels of cocaine amounting to 534 grams.

A La Jalousie businessman was on Tuesday night held at gunpoint by one of two  men at his minimart and robbed of cash and other personal items totalling $160,000.

Dear Editor, Recently, Guyana’s EPA has come under increasing scrutiny and intensifying fire. 

Dear Editor, Do you need guidelines to say what an inappropriate gift is?

Guyana has recorded another COVID-19 fatality even as some 34 new cases of the virus were yesterday recorded.

Just after 2 pm yesterday, the high tide penetrated a faulty sluice door, causing flooding in yards of residents of Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday signed a new raft of executive actions to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies, as he pursues green policies he billed as a boon for job creation.

Dear Editor, There is growing concern within the black community in Guyana about inequities in the banking sector.

Beverage giant Banks DIH Limited has donated a quantity of  Rainforest Waters water and Powerade products, to  the Guyana Football Federation.

Dear Editor, With the discovery and now production of oil Guyana has entered a new phase not only in its history; but also our global significance.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has secured an indictment against three members of the far-right “Oath Keepers” militia, charging they conspired to storm the U.S.

The badly decomposed body of a Cane Grove man was on Sunday discovered in a sheep pen at Rotterdam, East Bank Berbice, next to the area where the man was said to be working at the time. 

Dismayed by the brightness, the colony of dangling bats fled the starch mango tree which is still bearing a few plump fruits, out of season.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Veteran seamer Kemar Roach says he is anticipating hard work on the flat pitches here during the upcoming two-Test series, and says West Indies’ batsmen are also bracing for a difficult time on surfaces expected to be spin-friendly.

A forty-year-old labourer was on Tuesday night robbed of his cell phone by two suspects, one of whom slashed him under his chin before they escaped.

The data on child abuse recently released by the Childcare and Protection Agency revealed that for last year, 3,129 reports were made.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union failed to make a breakthrough in crisis talks with AstraZeneca yesterday and demanded the drugmaker spell out how it would supply the bloc with reserved doses of COVID-19 vaccine from plants in Europe and Britain.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricket board has cleared six spectators of racially abusing India bowler Mohammed Siraj during the third test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australian media reported yesterday.

The NBA fined Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray $25,000 for Monday’s low blow against Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr.

(Reuters) – Fawad Alam put Pakistan in control of the first test against South Africa, chalking up a superb century to lead the home side to 308 for eight by the close of day two in Karachi for a first innings lead of 88 runs.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood has been relishing his new but unfamiliar role of vice-captain and batting leader, and says one of his aims in the Test series starting next week is to inspire the inexperienced batsmen.

John Wall scored a team-high 24 points in his first matchup with his former team as the host Houston Rockets earned a 107-88 victory over the short-handed Washington Wizards on Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricket board yesterday confirmed India’s players were subjected to racial abuse during the third test at the Sydney Cricket Ground but cleared six spectators who were taken from their seats and questioned by police at the ground.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Matthew Wade has been dumped from Australia’s test squad for the tour of South Africa after his lean series against India but fellow middle order batsman Travis Head has been retained for having more “upside”, selector Trevor Hohns said yesterday.

Dear Editor Let me confess that my acquaintances with the law and its intricacies is tending upwards from minus to zero to plus zero.