Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 9, 2021

The Ministry of Public Works today said that it has taken note of a decision by Eastern Airlines to suspend its service to Guyana with immediate effect.

The coast guard and the police have begun a search for three people who reportedly went missing this morning after they disembarked in waist-high water at No.63 Beach, Corentyne after returning from Suriname.

Minister of Public Works  Juan Edghill yesterday wrote  to Auditor General, Deodat Sharma requesting a forensic audit to be conducted at the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC Limited, co-venturers in offshore oil development in the Stabroek Block, today announced the formation of the Greater Guyana Initiative, a 10-year commitment of more than G$20 billion (US$100 million) to significantly expand capacity building efforts and promote sustainable economic development in Guyana.

WUHAN, China, (Reuters) – The head of a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of COVID-19 said bats remain a likely source and that transmission of the virus via frozen food is a possibility that warrants further investigation, but he ruled out a lab leak.

(Reuters) – Myanmar police used force today to disperse protests against military rule and one woman was in critical condition and not expected to survive after being shot in the head with a bullet, a doctor said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said.

(Trinidad Express)  Devon Charles, the main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of Andrea Bharatt, has died.

Following the recent gas compressor malfunction on the offshore Liza Destiny platform, President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge yesterday disclosed that oil production has been pared to 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) – its previously stated maximum capacity – while gas flaring has increased to 16 million cubic feet per day.

A sum of US$17.4M will be allocated towards improving the Informa-tion and Communications Techno-logy (ICT) capabilities of more than two hundred communities across the country.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is working towards a production target of 97,420 metric tonnes (MT) for 2021 and it is rapidly moving ahead with maintenance as it prepares for the start of the first crop later this month.

A second suspect in the murder of Kitty contractor Peter Gonsalves, was charged with the capital offence yesterday and remanded to prison.

A flagship project of the APNU+AFC government appears to have been ended with the discontinuation of operations at the Bertram Collins Staff College.

A motorcyclist died on Sunday afternoon after he crashed into a utility pole at East La Penitence.

With a jury unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, former police officer Enfield Price was able to  walk out of the Georgetown Sexual Offences Court as a free man yesterday afternoon.

A large majority of the new COVID-19 cases recorded in Region Seven have been recorded in Waramadong and authorities are now considering imposing a lockdown.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer starred with a high quality half-century but it was Guyana Jaguars’ spinners who strangled Barbados Pride before rain ended their misery, and sent them to a 56-run defeat under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method here last night.

An autopsy yesterday showed that Victor Soomaru, the 40-year-old Kitty resident who succumbed at a city hospital last Thursday, hours after he was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate at the Lusignan prison died as a result of brain haemorrhage due to multiple fractures.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Hugh Todd and Ambassador of the United States of America, Sarah-Ann Lynch met yesterday to discuss matters on the bilateral agenda of Guyana and the USA.

President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali was  Sunday awarded life membership at the Carifesta and Camp Road-based, Everest Cricket Club.

Dear Editor, The controversy continues around the issuance of the two seabob fishing licences.

Guyana yesterday recorded its 181st COVID-19 fatality as cases of the virus in the country surpassed 8,000.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter that appeared in the Stabroek News on February 8, 2021, in which the former Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan responded to Mike Persaud on the US$4 million bakery to be set up in Guyana by the Fernandes Group – a Surinamese bakery.  

On the heels of a win in the first Test against Bangladesh, West Indies head coach Phil Simmons broke it down to the team backing its ability to what made the win possible.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – National oil companies (NOCs) risk squandering $400 billion on expensive oil and gas projects over the next decade that may only break even if the world fails to meet the Paris climate goals, a non-governmental organisation said on Tuesday.

Dear Editor,                                                               Mrs. Genia Deflorimonte – Thomas is my grandmother, and is the cousin of Marcus and Paul Duncan Deflorimonte, who are the owners of West half of West of Lot 54 Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara vide Transport No.720 of 1956.

Four City Hall employees who were previously sent on leave after being implicated in fraudulent activity recently returned to work.

Twenty-three persons were taken into custody after the police in Region 4A (Cummings Lodge to Agricola) conducted cordon and search exercises in several areas within the division.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Georgia’s Secretary of State’s office opened a probe yesterday into former U.S.

Dear Editor, There was a time when the West Indies Cricket Team used to rule the world of cricket.

The PPP/C Government will be writing letters to local aircraft operators who are yet to remove VAT from hinterland-bound flights,  Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill said yesterday.

By Eion Jardine The late  Reginald `Reggie’ Forde lived for boxing.

(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors are investigating Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, according to a new court filing, piling pressure on a leader who prosecutors have already accused of participation in the nation’s bloody narcotics trade.

Dear Editor, I have decided to write this letter in response to Kaieteur News’ Glen Lall’s appeal for professionals to get involve in influencing the direction of our oil and gas industry.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A legal scholar cited by Donald Trump’s lawyers in arguing that it is unconstitutional to have an impeachment trial for a former president said Trump’s defense team misrepresented his work “quite badly.”

Dear Editor, I reside on the East Coast of Demerara, and it is most disturbing to see the amount of animals walking across the roadway and grazing on the median.

Richard Haniff and Wayne Chan carted off the spoils in the Lusignan Golf Club Panko Steel Fabrication pairs tournament Sunday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has raised $10M through its virtual Pinktober 2020 events.

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military leader said on Monday his junta would hold a new election and hand power to the winner as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government.

The appeal filed by convicted Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh who was last year found guilty of paying herself just over $4.5M, is scheduled to come up before the Guyana Court of Appeal today for a case management conference (CMC).

Dear Editor, I read two recent developments, and I think to myself when, if ever, will we get things right. 

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Sofia Kenin launched her Australian Open defence with a 7-5 6-4 win over Maddison Inglis yesterday but found the going tough against the plucky Australian wildcard.

TAMPA, Fla., (Reuters) – Tom Brady threw three touchdowns as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thumped the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 to win the Super Bowl on Sunday, giving the evergreen 43-year-old quarterback a record-extending seventh championship ring.

(Reuters) – Seamer Hasan Ali took a career-best 10 wickets in the match as Pakistan blitzed South Africa with the new ball yesterday to complete a 95-run victory in the second and final test in Rawalpindi and claim the series 2-0.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Former West Indies fast bowler, Ian Bishop, has described the Kraigg Brathwaite-led West Indies Test squad as “heroes” for their decision to tour Bangladesh, especially after several first choice players backed out due to COVID-19 fears.

The 2021 Budget will be read on Friday, February 12th, Minister of Finance Ashni Singh said yesterday.

A week after the region was jolted by a 5.7 quake, South Rupununi experienced a 4.6 aftershock on Sunday evening leaving residents anxious about the constant rumbling that has cracked the walls of 27 houses in Katoonarib.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Voters in the Ecuadorean city of Cuenca backed a prohibition on mining activities in areas close to watersheds via a referendum held on Sunday, the mayor said yesterday, in a move that may spook foreign investment sought by the South American nation.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Debutant Kyle Mayers, the hero of the historic first Test win over Bangladesh on Sunday, says he is yet to wrap his mind around the accomplishment.

This is not the first time that Guyana has made a seemingly inexplicable slipup in its foreign policy decision making and yet, in this instance, it defies belief that the government’s recent short-lived decision to establish a Taiwanese ‘outpost’ here, a move which Beijing would have seen as amounting to the creation of a de facto embassy in Georgetown, could have ended a matter of hours later in an unseemly retreat following a swift feral blast from the Chinese.

Dear Editor, The mother, who unhesitatingly handed over her sons, allegedly involved in the killing of the Belle West youth, to law enforcement, must be commended.

(Reuters) – Ireland’s tour of Zimbabwe, scheduled to take place in April, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Ireland said yesterday.

By Mauricio Tolmasquim and Ariel Yepez Covid-19 has hit the Caribbean hard but there is a silver lining.

(Reuters) – Leon Spinks, the gap-toothed fighter from the St. Louis slums who pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history in 1978 by defeating Muhammad Ali to take the undisputed world heavyweight title, has died at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer, a spokesman said on Saturday.

More than a decade has passed since the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was negotiated and signed.

(Reuters) – A cautious England spared India the ignominy of a follow-on but set them a daunting 420-run victory target in the opening test at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium yesterday.