Daily Archive: Friday, March 19, 2021

Dear Editor, This letter is in reference to the news item ‘Maraiko Bay Mahaica Luxury Development delayed.

The postponed Guyana Cricket Board elections are now set for March 29th, according to a Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport notice.

The Guyana Police Force today between 7.20 am and 12:30 pm, conducted a ganja eradication exercise in the swamp lands about six miles aback Yarrowkabra Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill today toured the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project which has seen a host of problems in recent years.

A minor was today charged and remanded over the murder of 10-year-old Anthony Cort, who was shot dead last week during a robbery in Sophia.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that the Government of Guyana has granted a further extension to the tax relief measures on medical and other supplies for COVID-19 prevention, care and treatment.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Tanzania’s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan said today the country should unite and avoid pointing fingers after the death of John Magufuli, her COVID-19 sceptic predecessor, urging the east African country to look forward with hope and confidence.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President Emmanuel Macron to shift course.

(Barbados Nation) A 51-year-old Barbadian man was shot and killed in Chicago’s West Side on Sunday morning.

(Trinidad Express) A 19-year-old woman was yesterday ordered to stand trial for murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 35-year-old former Special Reserve Police (SRP), accused of child pornography possession, has been granted $200,000 bail.

(Trinidad Guardian) Indian High Commissioner Arun Kumar Sahu did not communicate the availability of India’s 500,000 vaccines to CARICOM and that is why Trinidad and Tobago did not know it was an option.

Cardinal Investments Inc yesterday said that it has executed final agreements with Marriott International for a 140-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Guyana. 

Guyanese company Atlantic Ventures Incorporated (AVI) has partnered with an Indian investment and development company to launch a US$35 million undertaking which will see the opening of “the Caribbean’s first Marine and Off-Shore Training Institute”.

Approximately 13,000 persons have been vaccinated since Guyana began its COVID-19 inoculation programme some weeks ago.

Ivor Laud was yesterday handed a combined sentence of 47 years in prison for raping an eight-year-girl back in 2015, whom he again sexually assaulted two years later.

Two more COVID-19 fatalities along with 120 more cases of the virus were yesterday recorded.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cevons Waste Management, Morse Archer was yesterday summoned by the police for questioning in relation to the purchase of a portion of land at Mandela Avenue from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC).

As the details of the contract signed by her daughter-in-law for a diplomatic posting in Canada went public, former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Audrey Waddell was yesterday sent on immediate leave until her contract expires in May.

According to a release from the Indian High Commission, the President of India conveyed his good wishes to the new envoy on his appointment and thanked the Government of Guyana for supporting India’s candidature for the non-permanent seat of the UN Security Council for the term 2021-22.

The persons who were in contact with the three patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in Sand Creek, Region Nine, have tested negative for the virus.

With preparation for the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Pre-Qualifier, in El Salvador continuing on a weekly basis, Junior Hercules, head-coach of the Men’s Senior Team, stated that several foreign based players have signalled their intention to represent Guyana in the championship.

Nine companies have been shortlisted and will be invited within the coming weeks to submit proposals for the building of the New Demerara River Crossing, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday confirmed.

After shortlisting a team, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is currently working with world governing body, International Boxing Association (AIBA), to lace up the loose ends pertaining to COVID-19 testing and protocols ahead of the Youth World Boxing Championships in Poland.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) wishes to respond to the Thursday, 18th March, 2021 Letter to the Editor, titled “Lethem still facing potable water woes,” which was written by Patrick Fitzpatrick.

(Reuters) – Next week’s World Cup qualifying games in Europe and beyond are set to be heavily affected by clubs refusing to release players for international duty, COVID-19 quarantines and travel restrictions.

The Management of Woodlands Limited yesterday said it had found “no failure” by its staff in their care of Tamera Leslie, the young woman whom it said had a “miscarriage” on Monday evening at the hospital.

Not for the first time in recent years, a head of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST), Guyana’s state agency responsible for facilitating potential investors from overseas seeking to learn more about the procedures associated with investing in Guyana, has been sending deliberate signals about the agency’s preparedness to facilitate such inquiries.

With threats to food security in the Caribbean looming large on account of the increasing impact of climate change on the region’s agricultural sector, and more recently, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries in partnership with the Government of Canada and the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) through its “Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean” initiative are embarking on a drive to help the region adapt to climate change through the application of digital technologies.

(Reuters) – India survived final-over drama to beat England by eight runs in the fourth Twenty20 International and level the five-match series 2-2 in Ahmedabad yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Staff of Guyana Power and Light Inc. may take to the streets in a few days’ time after being told that they will not be getting any salary increases for the year 2020.

Thirty-five-year-old Linden resident Clevon Forde now faces a retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict on a charge against him for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl back in 2014.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Kyle Mayers served warning on Sri Lanka with a rapid half-century while Roston Chase kept his name on the lips of selectors with a fluent fifty, as the two-day tour match ended in a predictable stalemate here yesterday.

 Dear Editor, I was aware of Sir Courtney Blackman’s writings during my dissertation write up at The New School for Social Research – particularly his heterodox model of the foreign exchange market.

Sugar workers are to receive a boost with the payment of weekly production incentives following a gap of two years.

At 54, Patricia Persaud appears to reflect on her life with a considerable measure of satisfaction.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Dillian Whyte said it was a “great honour” to feature on a new 2 pounds coin issued by the Gibraltar government to commemorate his “Rumble on the Rock” rematch with Alexander Povetkin on March 27.

It has been more than two weeks since Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy was accused of assaulting APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and to date no progress has been reported in the investigation.

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Whilst fear of US sanctions still appears to be serving as a deterrent to international oil companies doing business with both Iran and Venezuela, the two countries are reportedly finding ways of helping each other resolve their oil-related problems associated with the sanctions imposed by the United States. 

(Reuters) – The pressure is mounting on La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid as they continue to stutter in their quest for a first domestic league title since 2014.

Two minors under the age of 16 are said to be pregnant after they were allegedly raped last year in separate cases.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska,  (Reuters) – The United States and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of the Biden administration yesterday, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on rare public display during the meeting’s opening session in Alaska.

Dear Editor, The PPP may rightly think that it is currently mighty in Guyana. 

(Reuters) – Opening batsman Aiden Markram and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder will return to South Africa’s One-Day International squad for the first time in two years ahead of a three-match home series against Pakistan next month.

What is known as Parika Back is an expansive area situated roughly two and a half miles from the Parika Public Road.

As international organisations continue to increase their focus on the prognosis for both the speed and extent of Caribbean economies’ recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank was last week projecting that while there is likely to occur a ‘degree of recovery” in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries this year, the ongoing impact of the pandemic notwithstanding, it was unlikely that the extent of that recovery would be sufficient to compensate for the ravages of 2020.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Troy Wiggins, the guard who was found dead at his David Street, Kitty work site, has revealed that he died due to blunt trauma to the head, which led to swelling in the brain.

(Reuters) – Dinamo Zagreb sent Tottenham Hotspur crashing out of the Europa League after a stunning hat-trick by forward Mislav Orsic gave the Croatian champions a 3-2 aggregate win over the English side in their last 16 tie yesteray.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Homicide detectives yesterday weighed the possible motives of a gunman accused of fatally shooting several Asian women in Atlanta-area spas, as a U.S.

Dear Editor, A few days ago marked one year for a number of important events in Guyana as follows:  (a) The World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, (b) Guyana recording its first case of COVID-19, (c) Schools were declared closed due to COVID-19, (d) the institution of varying restrictions to curb COVID-19, and (e) the commencement of online classes for schools.

A man who is accused of break and enter and larceny, was on Wednesday remanded to prison after the court heard that similar charges have been brought against him since the start of the year.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed bills providing a pathway to citizenship for immigrants nicknamed “Dreamers,” who are living illegally in the United States after entering as children, as well as for a large number of immigrant farmworkers.

(Reuters) – Three regional qualifying tournaments for the men’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next year have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The two largest English speaking countries in the Caribbean Community seem to have backtracked from their original position two decades ago and so far have not abolished appeals to the Privy Council and join the appellate division of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were in the forefront, pegging away for the regional court, and now more than 16 years after the inauguration they have not yet done so.

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States plans to send roughly 4 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine that it is not using to Mexico and Canada in loan deals with the two countries, yielding to requests to share vaccines with allies.

Dear Editor, The uproarious noise by Government Members of Parliament that they do not want Opposition Member David Patterson to chair the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is much more than meet the eyes and this nation must be vigilant.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday said that the government was pleased to have been able to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Barbados while stating that the ministry is grateful for its collaborations with other governments.

Neighbouring countries are reportedly monitoring closely, what may be drifting towards an out-of-control situation in Brazil, by far South America’s single biggest country, as its COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise inexorably.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 906’s trading results showed consideration of $18,136,621 from 216,244 shares traded in 33 transactions as compared to session 905’s trading results which showed consideration of $9,104,182 from 48,311 shares traded in 25 transactions.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has had plenty of exposure in the state media as he traverses around the country on his outreaches, and speaks on a whole range of issues affecting the agriculture sector.

One of the articles published in this week’s issue of the Stabroek Business addresses the efforts which we stated are being made by Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST) Dr Peter Ramsaroop and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, to draw attention to the government’s efforts, through the vehicles of their respective portfolios, to create a climate more convivial to attracting foreign investment.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon denied yesterday that she had misled parliament over how she handled sexual misconduct claims against her predecessor, in a dispute that threatens her dream of leading her nation to independence.

There is a worrying regularity with which unexplained deaths of mothers and their infants occur within both the public and private health system in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Refused to meet with the outgoing high commissioner but now finds it ‘fit and proper’ to meet with the incoming high commissioner with a litany of complaints.

Managing Guyana’s two “Forces” Little St. Vincent, no derelicts Come reflect quickly with me on a few very basic principles and realities regarding democratic representation.

A man who is accused of break and enter and larceny, was on Wednesday remanded to prison after the court heard that similar charges have been brought against him since the start of the year.

  NBA players and staff who become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are being granted freedoms from quarantine, permitted to host family and friends, and allowed to dine outdoors at restaurants.

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