Daily Archive: Friday, June 4, 2021

President Irfaan Ali and a team of Government officials including Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Minister within the Ministry of Public Works,  Deodat Indar today assessed the flood situation in Region Three.

(Trinidad Newsday) A relative of murdered labourer Ramesh Madoo is puzzled by his death and are fearful that nowhere is safe from criminals.

Three more women have succumbed to COVID-19 pushing the death toll to 403.

Parliament is to meet on June 10th and notice has been served of a motion for the removal of APNU+AFC MP David Patterson as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Central Fire Station (CFS) could be relocated somewhere near D’Urban Park.

In the company of his lawyers, Marcus Brian Bisram, who is expected to be charged again with murder, presented himself this morning at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge accused of ties to an influence peddling scheme was sworn in to the country’s top court yesterday, just days before a visit by the U.S.

LELLANA, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan fisherman say they feel helpless after a cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals and plastics caught fire and later sank, resulting in a ban on fishing along an 80 km (50 mile) stretch of the island nation’s west coast.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia,  (Reuters) – Russia expects the World Health Organization (WHO) to approve the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus within two months, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) which markets the vaccine, told Reuters.

 (Reuters) – Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) A local corporate executive has blasted men who father multiple children and refuse to support them, describing them as “enemies of the State” who should be “locked up” or “compulsorily sterilised”.

Farmlands and homes in the Pomeroon River (Region Two) remain  inundated after persistent rainfall and farmers are now worried they will not be able to profit from the current crop.

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice man was killed, while another from the same village was injured following a recent attack in the National Psychiatric Hospital.

Damon Assanah called “Devil” has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars for raping a 13-year-old girl whom he also impregnated back in 2015.

The number of people affected by flooding in Region Seven is increasing daily, according to its Chairman Kenneth Williams, who noted that the situation has significantly worsened over the past 24 hours as persons are now being forced to evacuate their homes due to rising water levels.

Despite being on the wrong side of history, Golden Jaguars head-coach Marcio Maximo is confident that his charges will conclude the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on a positive note, as they face-off with host nation St.

Queen’s College has been recognised as the School of the Year for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), at the Caribbean Examinations Council’s 2020 awards ceremony held in Antigua and Barbuda.

A High Court judge has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to reclassify the Toyota Land Cruiser imported by businessman Mohamed Shaw Jahan as being for commercial use and not a private passenger vehicle.

Dear Editor, Distinguished Retired Economics and Business Professor Dr. Ganga Ramdas’ of the Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN), asserts that Guyana is losing an approximate US$62 million annually due to Exxon not paying taxes, as other companies do.

With overtopping from the Canje Creek and excess water in the savannahs, the entire cultivation of the Albion Sugar Estate is currently under threat according to General Manager Threbhowan Shivprasad.

Dear Editor, The appearance in the letter column of SN June 2nd and KN June 3rd of another gender-rights petition, signed by several advocates, prompts the question: do Guyanese women have the power and the means to get the policy outcomes they seek?

Unrelenting rainfall and prior fragile defences against that eventuality have devastated the village of Karaudarnau and additional huge swathes of the south Rupununi, and village Toshao Apollo Isaacs has told the Stabroek Business that the community has been left needing an urgent response that will bring a measure of relief to residents of both Karaudarnau and other communities and, as well, fortify the affected communities for likely more rains ahead.

Dear Editor One cannot help but notice the increasing trend in criminal conduct against women, children, and the elderly especially since the onset of the pandemic.

Online talk show host and political activist Gavin Matthews was yesterday formally charged with using a computer system to cause damage to the reputation of Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr.

It is more than a little comforting to know that the current elevated external international investor interest in Guyana does not begin and end with business initiatives that are, directly or indirectly, hinged to the country’s oil and gas sector.

A man was yesterday charged over the death of a security guard who was struck by a motor car along the Number 77 Village, Corentyne Road, in Berbice.

Dear Editor, Although there is a health post at Saxacalli, a team from the West Demerara hospital visits on the second Tuesday of every month.

Dear Editor, GTUC General Secretary, Mr. Lincoln Lewis, in a letter appearing in the June 02, 2021 Stabroek News titled “GWI must provide reasons why they cannot afford to keep these workers” in expressing his views regarding GWI’s decision to terminate workers has decided to take a swipe at the sugar industry for no apparent basis.

One of the hugely encouraging developments in the local small-business sector has been the emergence of modest, women-led agro-processing enterprises that realise an impressive array of new products, which gradually, are beginning to alter the faces of our supermarket shelves.

Tenders were last Thursday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of a new western stand at the Leonora Track and Field Centre.

Dear Editor, GECOM Commissioners have finally found the gumption to move a motion for the removal of the infamous three of Lowenfield, Mingo and Myers for their respective roles in allegedly attempting to rig the 2020 elections in favor of the APNU coalition.

More than a month after losing a petition which sought to invalidate the national recount of ballots cast following the contentious announcement of last year’s General Elections results, the opposition APNU+AFC has filed an appeal.

Concerns being expressed by informed officials in Barbados and elsewhere in the region over the implications for the country’s international image arising out of the perception that the island is a soft target for money laundering are a microcosm of a wider problem facing other member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) formal protest to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) regarding the ineligibility of Trinidad and Tobago international Andre Boucard in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March, was officially dismissed.

Socio-economic consequences arising out of official strictures associated with efforts to push back the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic threaten to spill over into the political arena in Trinidad and Tobago.

Two co-workers are now hospitalised with head injuries after a row at a birthday party culminated in them hitting each other with a piece of wood.

Dear Editor, Former president, Mr. Granger, was recently quoted in the media boasting that he is the first ‘PNC’ leader since 1985 to win an election – he was seemingly making a pitch to his supporters for re-election as party leader.

The heavy seasonal rainfall coupled with drainage and overtopping issues has caused the Kilcoy/Chesney New Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Berbice, to remain flooded over the past week leaving residents in a state of frustration.

If the socio-economic crisis that has derived directly from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has, in many instances, necessitated shifts in income-earning pursuits that require millions of people the world over to change jobs and frequently, experience adjusted working hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) is cautioning against extended working hours that can result in serious health issues.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the Linden Table Tennis Steering Committee, the Department of Education Region 10, Lindley Langhorne, and Coach Shavin Greene have presented several schools in Linden with table tennis equipment.  

Dear Editor, Amidst unending war of words everywhere and uninterrupted protests on everything that blinks, I find it inspiring that some little people are making it big. 

Over time, the multi-dimensional crisis in Venezuela, not least the political pressures being imposed on the administration of Nicolás Maduro by Washington, has widened into a humanitarian dilemma that includes widespread food shortages.

Dear Editor, Within the next two months the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government would have completed one year in office and has yet to accommodate members of Civil Society in an inclusive government.

Water released from the Region Three backlands and  high tides are being blamed for the flooding in the communities of Malgre Tout, Versailles and Goed Fortuin, on the West Bank of  Demerara.

It may not mark a definitive turning of the proverbial corner in terms of relations between Venezuela and the United States but watchers of the situation, however, are seeing the decision by the Biden administration to allow the United States oil giant Chevron a further extension on top of those previously granted under former President Donald Trump to maintain a limited presence in Venezuela, as a sign that small cracks may be opening that could allow for a cooling of what, in recent years, have been tense, even acrimonious relations between the two countries.

Locally based sprinters, Noelex Holder and Akeem Stewart, one-half of the bronze medal winning quartet at the just concluded South America Senior Championships in Ecuador have labelled their achievement as surreal.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published on June 2, titled ‘Having a foreigner as head of GTT constitutes an assault on our dignity’.

The police are working to apprehend a suspect who stabbed a labourer several times about his body after a disagreement at a Kumaka Waterfront, Mabaruma North West District location.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Reggie Bhagwandin’s letter, “Oil deal was designed to cater for the nature of the industry” and wish to comment as follows: An argument for tax waivers for Foreign Companies – Profits are not guaranteed.

This week’s Stabroek Business Fruits & Vegetables Personality is Mocha Housing Scheme resident and agro produce manufacturer Kareema Liverpool.

Four new recorded deaths have pushed Guyana’s fatality toll as a result of COVID-19 to 400.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 3, 2021

After days of surveillance, ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Wednesday unearthed $10M worth of suspected cannabis at Corentyne, Berbice.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday laid out a plan for the United States to share 25 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world.

Dear Editor, After the videos of President Ali visiting the various pump stations in Region 4 started surfacing on social media, I anxiously waited to see what will be the outcome.

(Reuters) – Claycourt machine Rafa Nadal celebrated his 35th birthday by handing his longtime pal Richard Gasquet a 6-0 7-5 6-2 masterclass as he stormed into the third round of the French Open yesterday.

The tragedy and politics of floods My captioned three-part miscellany – or potpourri  – will be as brief as they are diverse today.

(CMC) – Roston Chase returned from injury to hit an aggressive match-winning knock as Jahmar Hamilton’s XI wrapped up the West Indies four-day inter-squad match with a three-wicket victory over Jermaine Blackwood’s XI yesterday.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer lost his trademark cool but found some vintage tennis as he beat Marin Cilic 6-2 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to move into the third round of the French Open yesterday.

(Reuters) – Sports streaming service DAZN said that it had struck a five-year global deal with boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom stable, after an earlier agreement with Comcast’s Sky to host Hearn’s top fighters expired.

Just a few weeks ago a farming   cooperative in the Mocha/Arcadia community executed two Farmers’ Markets over a relatively short period.

(Reuters) – England finished day two of the first test at Lord’s on 111-2 and trail New Zealand by 267 runs in the first innings after Devon Conway’s double ton took the game away from the home side yesterday.

(Reuters) – Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman will remain at the club next season after agreeing to extend his contract, president Joan Laporta said yesterday.

“While we need organizing that is anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist, our organizing must also be anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, and against all forms of exploitation, subordination and discrimination.”

(Reuters) – The remainder of the 2021 Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi from June 9, with the final set for June 24, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Chris Froome has ruled himself out of contention for a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title later this month, saying he needs more time to rediscover the form needed to battle for the yellow jersey.

(Reuters) – The head of Japan’s Olympics organising committee ruled out yesterday another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and officials arriving during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Iga Swiatek said she felt like she could do anything she wanted with ball after reaching the French Open third round with an ominous 6-1 6-1 demolition of Rebecca Peterson yesterday.

(CMC) – Results of the latest opening round matches in the CONCACAF 2022 World Cup Qualifiers played Wednesday: Group A At the Estadio Panamericano (SAN CRISTOBAL): Montserrat beat US Virgin Islands 4-0 Group B At IMG Academy (BRADENTON): Aruba beat Cayman Islands 3-1  Group C At Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores (GUATEMALA CITY): Cuba beat British Virgin Islands 5-0  Group D At Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez (SANTO DOMINGO): Dominica beat Anguilla 3-0  Group F At Mayagüez Athletics Stadium (MAYAGÜEZ) Puerto Rico beat the Bahamas 7-0

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic put on a clinical display to stroll past Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-2 6-4 yesterday and reach the third round of the French Open.

(Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell said staying in bio-secure ‘bubbles’ during tours and competitions due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic had taken a toll on his mental health.

A Kaneville, East Bank Demerara man and his wife were robbed by five men, armed with a handgun and cutlasses, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, While motions for the dismissal of the famous GECOM trio have been tabled, it is doubtful any forward movement will happen any time soon.

One would have thought that after the 2005 flood crisis our politicians might have learned a few basic lessons, but it seems that they are endowed with a unique capacity to forget the things they should remember.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers were kept busy on both days hours before the start of the official 9 pm to 5 am curfew hours.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 917’s trading results showed consideration of $1,412,886 from 16,373 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 916’s trading results which showed consideration of $88,432,883 from 1,106,256 shares traded in 17 transactions.