Daily Archive: Monday, March 8, 2021

Six persons are now in custody after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) unearthed cocaine in salted fish intended for export to Miami, USA.

The police are probing a murder yesterday between 21:00 and 21:30 hrs at Victory Valley, Linden.

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

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – During the early months of Brazil’s COVID-19 pandemic, Rio de Janeiro police detective Fernanda Fernandes was certain that cases of domestic abuse were rising, but there was little she could do about it as few women came forward to file a report.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son’s skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all television interview that will send shockwaves through the monarchy.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to armed kill rebels was legal, his spokesman said today, as catholic leaders joined condemnation of the killings of nine activists in separate weekend raids against suspected insurgents.

SANAA,  (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry yesterday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is preparing for talks to retrieve nearly $3B from companies alleged to have avoided taxes in a fuel duty exemption scheme, a charge that SOL Guyana Inc (Sol) firmly denied yesterday.

The government has filed court action to have lands sold to Car Care Enterprise owner Wilfred Brandford repossessed and former Lands and Surveys Com-missioner Trevor Benn and former Ministry of Finance Valuator Julian Barrington were also sued in excess of $100M each for their roles in the transaction.

Recognising that COVID-19 guidelines were not being observed at a T20 softball competition at the Everest Cricket Club yesterday, President Irfaan Ali chided organisers and representatives of the club.

All eyes were on star athlete, Emanuel Archibald yesterday and though he did not disappoint, he still did not achieve his goal of punching his ticket to the Olympic Games. 

India’s donation of 80,000 COVISHIELD vaccines arrived yesterday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and Prime Minister Mark Phillips expressed gratitude on behalf of Guyana.

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated President’s softball T20 tournament All-Star final at the Everest Cricket Club ground, was abandoned yesterday following a breach of the COVID-19 regulations.

One week ago, Angelha Dhuman, a 28-year-old single mother of three and a domestic violence survivor, moved from working at a restaurant to opening her own at Bloomfield Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – An uncertain West Indies wobbled their way through a nervy run chase before all-rounder Fabian Allen clubbed three sixes in the penultimate over, to hand them a jittery three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and a much desired 2-1 series win here last night.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Seasoned opener Kraigg Brathwaite wants the same spirit which fueled the recent Test series victory in Bangladesh to be a part of the preparation for the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka.

The relatives of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo on Saturday filed a report at the New Amsterdam Police Station about the woman’s cellular phone and other articles that they say the New Amsterdam Hospital and health authorities have failed to hand over to them following the death of the woman and her baby.

Reigning Elite League champions Fruta Conquerors have launched a GoFundMe campaign to seek the generous support of football fans in Guyana and the Diaspora for their 2021 Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield campaign next month.

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz Cantó is urging all persons to take actions in order to see change particularly as it relates to gender equality and violence against women/girls.

Dear Editor, Dr Tulsi Singh who has had a long experience with petroleum, in a letter in SN on March 2nd `Guyana got 17.4% of oil sales in profit for 2020’, responded enthusiastically to the announcement by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that Guyana has so far received some US$21.2 million as royalty and US$184.9 million as its share of profit oil under the 2016 Esso/Hess/CNOOC Petroleum Agreement.

Thirty-five new COVID cases were recorded yesterday according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) dashboard.

(Reuters) – England are likely to continue rotating players, including in the Ashes series against Australia that begins at the end of the year, to manage their workload, coach Chris Silverwood said yesterday.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – India breezed into the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) following their 3-1 series victory against England yesterday but head coach Ravi Shastri is still bitter how the qualifying rules were changed last year.

A Good Hope, Essequibo Coast mother of two died after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a parked vehicle at Hibernia, Essequibo Coast on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s national image has always suffered from selective enforcement of laws and regulations.

The investigation into the doomed handling of bio-secure procedures at the postponed Pakistan Super League will be headed by infectious disease experts Dr Syed Faisal Mahmood and Dr Salma Mohammad Abbas.

Dear Editor, A hundred and forty years ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, who would later become the best-known American judge of all time, famously wrote “The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience”.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn says that the vessel found in Nicaraguan waters last week with bodies is not the same as that which was seen floating offshore Guyana.

Dear Editor, It is not by accident that Guyana has the distinction of being the only cooperative Republic in the world. 

Forty-seven Guyana Police Force (GPF) ranks are currently before the courts facing criminal charges, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie disclosed on Thursday.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will realise one of his long-cherished goals today when he eclipses Roger Federer’s all-time record for most weeks as the men’s world number one, holding the top ranking for the 311th week.

Dear Editor, Something seems not to be right with the withdrawal of VAT on essential building materials.

A total of $25 million was allocated to the Office of the First Lady, the Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira revealed during the consideration of the 2021 budget estimates for the Office of the President on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Martin Guptill hit 71 runs as New Zealand cruised to a seven wicket victory over Australia at Wellington Stadium yesterday to win the nations’ fifth Twenty20 international and secure a 3-2 series win.

With larger quantities of medical and pharmaceutical supplies being procured for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and current storage facilities at capacity, the hospital has invited bids for the rental of a warehouse to be used for additional storage.

Dear Editor, The presentation of the 2021 national budget, the ensuing parliamentary debates, the consideration of the budget estimates in the Commit-tee of Supply and the passing of the budget are all completed.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City’s 21-match winning streak was ended by rivals Manchester United yesterday as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side enjoyed a 2-0 Premier League derby victory at the Etihad Stadium.

(Reuters) – A flawless Kobe Bryant rookie card, considered “one of the rarest in existence,” according to Goldin Auctions, has sold to an anonymous buyer for $1.795 million.

Dear Editor, Even as the sod is turned for a shiny new hotel, yet another life is needlessly lost on the roads.

Dear Editor,  The more it is pondered the more bizarre it becomes. 

On January 29th when ExxonMobil in the barest of press releases announced that it was experiencing renewed problems with the compressor on the Liza-1 offshore platform and that gas flaring would have to be resumed above pilot levels, questions immediately arose as to what the regulatory authorities should do.

Numerous individuals have raised their voices in condemnation of what has transpired in the National Assembly during the debate on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2021.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – This year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin in Chennai on April 9 and will be played across six venues, initially without spectators, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan spoke to Oprah Winfrey in an interview aired on U.S.

By Isaac Saney Isaac Saney is a Cuba specialist at Dalhousie University, Canada and Co-Chair & Spokesperson, Canadian Network On Cuba Cuba continues to receive international accolades for its singular role in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.