Daily Archive: Friday, June 25, 2021

Gladwin Henry is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Haresh Singh on 2020-09-09, according to a bulletin today from the Guyana Police Force.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – As expected, explosive all-rounder Andre Russell has been recalled to a West Indies 13-man squad for the first two matches of the highly anticipated five-match Twenty20 International series against South Africa bowling off in Grenada tomorrow.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 24, 2021, another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

The European Union (EU) is allocating EURO 150,000 ($36m) in humanitarian funding in support of people affected by the recent wave of intense floods across Guyana.

A youth was this morning killed by his brother following a misunderstanding between them at Cummings Street, Georgetown.

Surfside, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Rescue workers frantically scoured the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in a Miami suburb for signs of life today, after the oceanfront condo dramatically crumpled in a matter of seconds leaving four people dead and 159 unaccounted for.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry today rejected comments by U.S.

 (Reuters) – Billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceship company Virgin Galactic said today  it received approval from the U.S.

(Barbados Nation) Washington – The World Bank board of executive directors approved yesterday a US$100 million COVID-19 Response and Recovery Development Policy Loan for Barbados. The

President Irfaan Ali has officially revoked the order under the Immigration Act that allowed Haitian nationals visa-free travel to Guyana.

As investigations into the murder of Haresh Singh of West Coast Berbice continues, investigators from the Major Crimes Unit have arrested three persons.

A fire, suspected to have been started by arsonists, completely gutted two buildings and damaged another at the corner of D’Urban and George streets, Werk-en-Rust, early yesterday morning.

Mark D’Oliveira was yesterday charged with the murder of Kwal Dindon, who was stabbed following an altercation at a birthday party at Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, Georgetown last weekend.

With relations between Guyana and Suriname experiencing a unique moment in the history of the two South American republics, the authorities in the respective capitals, Georgetown and Paramaribo, would, one feels, be decidedly reluctant to break a lance over an issue that has remained a bone of contention between the two countries.

The remaining shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the World Health Organisation’s COVAX facility has been delayed according to the Minister of Health while noting that the authorities have seen a decline in turnout for the first doses.

Traipse through history of the evolution of cheese, with detours through several indigenous varieties of this much-loved dairy product and you are likely to find that a stunning range of difference of opinion surrounds the origins of Paneer.

Star athlete Emanuel Archibald will look to make hay in the sunshine this weekend in his last heroic effort to qualify for the Olympic Games next month in Tokyo, Japan.

These are not the best of times for market vendors. The overwhelming majority of them are women, many are single parents with young children, their attendant responsibilities extending way beyond plying their demanding trade in municipal markets across the country.

A Corentyne rice farmer recently took his own life after he was unable to fulfill his debts due to the increased flooding in his savannah, which left his family in need of support.

The High Commission of Canada in Guyana yesterday signed an agreement with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to donate $8.484 million (Cdn$50,000) towards the purchase of emergency flood relief for the hardest-hit areas in Guyana.

The Geneva-based International Labour Organization (ILO) is reporting that delegates from 181 countries representing governments, workers, and employers, at the International Labour Conference (ILC) have unanimously adopted a Global Call to Action for a human-centred COVID-19 recovery that prioritises the creation of decent jobs for all and addresses the inequalities caused by the crisis in a manner that is “fully inclusive, sustainable and resilient.”

The Guyana women’s hockey team have suffered two unfortunate setbacks ahead of their Indoor Pan Am Cup (IPAC) opener today in Pennsylvania against hosts USA, as they lost Captain Gabriella Xavier and Sonia Jardine to Covid-19 and injury respectively.

As thousands of Guyanese continue to battle floodwaters throughout the country, rice farmers within the Number 52/74 Neighbourhood Democratic Council on the Corentyne are pleading with the government for financial help since most of them are presently several millions of dollars in debt and are unable to make any payments on their own due to the losses they have suffered.

DOHA: A consortium including Qatar Petroleum has been awarded two offshore blocks in Suriname, under Production Sharing Contracts as part of the recent Suriname offshore bid round.

Attorney-at-Law Excellence Dazzell has responded to articles published over the last two days which she said inaccurately cite breach of contract as the reason she resigned from her post as Legal Officer/Secretary of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

By Brooke Glasford In recent research on startup businesses, I realized that so many are being started by young professionals —  dentists, doctors, attorneys, aeronautical engineers.

The University of Guyana (UG) and the Caribbean Oceanography Aquaculture and Subsea Technology (COAST) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the establishment of a Subsea Centre of Excellence training facility which will be the first of its kind at a university in the Caribbean.

The Trinidad Guardian reported on Monday this week that “thousands of businesses facing hardship” have had no option but to “permanently close their doors” on account of decisions by commercial banks not to provide them with extensions of loans.

Despite a “virtual standstill in tourism” resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the constraints that it has placed on travel, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is reporting that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state, Barbados, has made “good progress in implementing its Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, rebuild reserves, and increase growth.”

Dear Editor, Bids were opened earlier this month and read for a tender contract (NDIA) to supply a fixed quantity of steel sheet piles.

Four new COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 206 new cases of the virus.

The Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem S.p.A, says it is moving forward with the establishment of a new offshore construction facility in Guyana in pursuit of the country’s efforts to create the infrastructure necessary to facilitate the country’s oil recovery pursuits.

John Fernandes Limited yesterday announced that an inquiry is underway into an incident at the  company’s Water Street wharf this week where a truck driver died.

Dear Editor, The United Nations, Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, stated that ‘Corruption is criminal, immoral and the ultimate betrayal of public trust’.

By Deodat Maharaj  As we in the Caribbean seek to fast-track recovery and build a post Covid-19 world where business plays a leadership role in creating much needed jobs, access to finance remains a major constraint.

Dear Editor, The citizens of Georgetown have now been forced to accept and abide by the dreadful fact that once there is rainfall in the city for a few minutes or more, several wards in our capital become flooded.

Central Executive Committee member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Thandi McAllister has withdrawn her membership from the party, saying, among other things, that the present leadership is ill-suited to “fulfillment of the aspirations of young people in Guyana…” In a press statement, McAllister, who was also the Chairperson for the party’s Region Three arm, said that she withdrew her membership on June 15th.

A chainsaw operator died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell while at Aurora Grant Backdam, Essequibo Coast.

Badly in need of financial and other forms of support to stabilise their substantively weak medium and small enterprises (MSE’s), as well as to support the arduous post-Covid-19 process, business owners will benefit from the intervention of a triumvirate comprising two regional development support institutions, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) along with the European Union (EU) to provide them with financial assistance to help retool and preserve jobs that have been threatened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

SURFSIDE, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble yesterday looking for survivors after the collapse of part of an oceanfront apartment tower overnight near Miami, where officials reported at least one person dead and nearly 100 missing.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Ravi Dev’s letter published in the Stabroek News edition, Sunday, June 20, 2021: captioned, “I believe it was this subterfuge that scuttled the Rodney COI in 2005”.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 24, 2021

Dear Editor, I was told by security personnel at the Regional Democratic Council Region 4 entrance that I needed to cover my arms in order to access the building and receive service as a visitor.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Hours after President Joe Biden declared “We have a deal” to renew the infrastructure of the United States, the Senate’s top Republican lashed out at plans to follow the $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill with another measure funding what Democrats call “human infrastructure.”

The police have arrested the suspect accused of killing Shane Blake, who died on Tuesday morning after he was shot in his chest at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River.

A man was yesterday robbed of his car and other valuables in an ambush at Leopold Street, Georgetown.

(Reuters) – An indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan yesterday said it had found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar, smaller discovery rocked the country.

Dear Editor, There is no doubt that cricket in the West Indies has gone from bad to worse so much so several diehard fans including have lost interest.

Introduction Each of the past three columns (#’s 88 – 90) reviewed the financial statements of one of the three oil companies which signed the 2016 Petroleum Agreement with the Coalition Government of President Granger.

A cursory glance at the Stabroek Business’ editorial focus over the past year or so will reveal that much of our reporting has targeted the issue of the fate of small and micro businesses in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the past, when countries implemented harsh immigration laws and policies that targeted specific countries and ethnicities, it was believed that time would soften these stances.

(Field Level Media) Paul George scored a game-high 27 points, Patrick Beverley harassed Devin Booker into a second consecutive subpar performance and the Los Angeles Clippers worked their Game 3 magic once again last night in a 106-92 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference finals.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 920’s trading results showed consideration of $57,632,338 from 719,635 shares traded in 14 transactions as compared to session 919’s trading results which showed consideration of $44,059,271 from 536,717 shares traded in 38 transactions.

(Reuters) – Pakistan have dropped Haider Ali from their tour of England and West Indies after the batsman and his Peshawar Zalmi team mate Umaid Asif broke COVID-19 protocols in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Abu Dhabi, the cricket board said yesterday.

A man was yesterday arrested and is awaiting charges for illegal possession of a gun and ammunition while his accomplice is out on station bail.

The world’s current technological frontier is space. As a matter of fact, this has been so since the Second World War, and was given an additional impetus by Soviet-US competition.

(Reuters) – England claimed a second successive T20 victory over Sri Lanka yesterday as they restricted the tourists to 111-7 in Cardiff and won the match by five wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis method after they reached 108-5 in 16.1 overs.

(Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic are the clear favourites for this year’s Tour de France, but an aggressive and star-studded Ineos-Grenadiers team may hold the key to the race, which sets out from the port city of Brest tomorrow.

(Reuters) – Spain will lift capacity restrictions in professional soccer and basketball games from the next season, Health Minister Carolina Darias said yesterday, paving the way for a return to full stadiums in La Liga.

(CMC) – Director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, has hinted at a worrying deficiency among West Indies batsmen in playing high quality fast bowling, and believes the solutions lie at the domestic first class level where there were not enough “hard, true” pitches to properly prepare players for the demands of international cricket.

(Reuters) – Private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, which has interests in the parent company of Liverpool and the Boston Red Sox, has picked up a 15% stake in Indian Premier League cricket franchise Rajasthan Royals for an undisclosed amount.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders warned this week he was launching a revolution against the country’s business and political elites, signaling a likely further escalation of violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

(Reuters) – The Shanghai Diamond League and a second meeting in China in August will not take place due to strict travel restrictions and quarantine rules in place for entry into the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the league said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton said yesterday Formula One could be moving too fast with the decision to allow a 140,000-capacity crowd at his home British Grand Prix next month.

(Reuters) – Brazil went behind for the first time in eight games on Wednesday but responded with a controversial equaliser before netting a winner deep into stoppage time for a 2-1 victory over Colombia at the Copa America.

(Reuters) – It is almost two years since Novak Djokovic left Roger Federer crestfallen by edging a momentous Wimbledon final but as the tournament prepares to return after last year’s cancellation, the men’s game remains in the Serb’s stranglehold.

With top seed Ash Barty and defending champion Simona Halep both heading into Wimbledon without a single match on grass this season after recent injury concerns, the women’s field is wide open.

The Milwaukee Bucks finally figured out a way to slow down Trae Young on Wednesday night.

HONG KONG/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday called the closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily tabloid a “sad day for media freedom” and said it signaled “intensifying repression” by China, while vowing to maintain support for the people of the Chinese-ruled territory.

(Reuters) – World number five Dominic Thiem has pulled out of Wimbledon due to a right wrist injury that will keep him out of action for several weeks, the 27-year-old said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The World Test Championship (WTC) is a great way to inject excitement into cricket’s longest format but the final should be a best-of-three affair, said India captain Virat Kohli after his side lost to New Zealand in a rain-hit one off title decider.

(Reuters) – The European Championship is well and truly up for grabs as the tournament enters the knockouts after a compelling group stage in which some top nations fell short of expectations while two fallen powers staged a resurgence.

Dear Editor, To suggest the organisation does not have the right to determine when employees take leave accrued, over a period of time, is suggesting employees are lone rangers and above and bigger than the organization.

Final farewell to a diligent professional Sorry to personalise this offering very briefly but over the past week a sudden personal loss proved a major mental distraction for me.