Daily Archive: Monday, November 15, 2021

The Ministry of Agriculture today said that Region Three officials reported that on Saturday, the winch that is used to open and close one of the sluices in the Nismes, West Bank Demerara area was stolen.

From Monday, November 29th, the Licence Revenue Operations (LRO) office will be relocated to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) parking lot at Lamaha Railway Embankment, Camp and Lamaha streets.

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) Chief Executive Sultan al-Jaber said today the world could not “simply unplug” from hydrocarbons and that the oil and gas industry needed to invest over $600 billion a year until 2030 to meet expected demand.

(Trinidad Guardian) Since vaccinations began achieving herd immunity has been the goal for every country   –a point in time where enough of the population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and when life could return to some semblance of what it was.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Australia clinched their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title after fiery fifties by Mitchell Marsh and David Warner fashioned an eight-wicket victory against New Zealand in yesterday’s final.

Commentator and politician Ralph Ramkarran SC has skewered draft electoral legislation from the PPP/C government as “woefully inadequate”.

-Fishermen Masters, Regal Legends retain titles Ariel All-Stars were crowned Open champions while Fishermen Masters and Regal Legends retained their titles as the fifth Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated (GSCL) Prime Minister’s Cup ended at the National Stadium, Providence last night.

Recognising that the poultry processing market is underserved and will see a heightened demand within the next few years, businessman Terrence Campbell is preparing to invest US$1M in a farm, hatchery and plant at Pearl, East Bank Demerara.

Contender for Leader of the PNCR Dr Richard Van West-Charles on Saturday launched his leadership campaign in Linden and stressed that the party needs to first focus on rebuilding itself to enable it to tackle national struggles and  this is why delegates should vote for him.

Dear Editor, Two of our respected advocates of constitution reform are once again calling for the adoption of one of the more appealing and less disputed ideas in our political restructuring—that of closing the distance between elected representatives and those who elect them. 

Candidate for the leadership of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton says that he was on Saturday blocked by MoneyGram from receiving US$500 and does not believe it was regulatory procedures being adhered to but an abuse of this country’s  anti-money laundering laws that speak to politically exposed persons. 

Dear Editor, Absent a more robust data sharing and analysis from the Ministry of Health your article on November 10th entitled `Guyana has received over one million COVID vaccines’ (https://www.stabroeknews.com/2021/11/10/news/guyana/guyana-has-received-over-one-million-covid-vaccines/)

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as November 13, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Pouderoyen ‘A’ yesterday battled its ‘B’ counterpart to an exciting 2-2 stalemate at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, as they intensified preparations for their scheduled pre-season tour of Bartica from November 26-28.

Dear Editor, Reports of the treatment and conditions of Haitian migrants, including women and children who travelled to the Del Rio Texas Border, remind us yet again of the increasingly desperate plight of Haitian economic migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton hunted down Max Verstappen to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix for Mercedes yesterday and slash his Red Bull rival’s Formula One lead to 14 points in one of the greatest drives of his career.

The disclosure that the period for forensic scrutiny of US$9.5b in expenses racked up by ExxonMobil and its partners had expired without an auditing firm being appointed is scandalous and must be immediately remedied.

Darius Garland scored 22 points and hit two free throws with 9.4 seconds left to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 91-89 come-from-behind victory Saturday night over the visiting Boston Celtics.

Dear Editor, The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) award of a $346 million contract to a local entity totally inexperienced in construction reveals the state of this country. 

The spike in the price for fertilisers has resulted in Region Two rice farmers protesting and calling for immediate intervention by the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has received the green light from the National COVID-19 Task Force to stage its leg of the South American 10K Road Classic on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I am appealing to the relevant authorities (the Regional Democratic Council/Environmental Protection Agency) for their urgent intervention in a matter which for some time now (approximately two years) has been of “growing” concern to some residents of King Street, Republic Park, Phase 2, E.B.D.

Partnering with local investor Ryan Pereira of Cataleya Energy, Trinidad and Tobago-headquartered CIC insurance brokers has entered the Guyana market and said it looks forward to helping develop the industry here as it taps into the oil and gas market.

Dear Editor, An editorial was penned in the Press (KN, October 19, 2021) exalting Colin Powell who passed away recently.

SEVILLE, Spain, (Reuters) – Spain’s Alvaro Morata came off the bench to strike a late winner as they qualified for next year’s World Cup finals in Qatar by beating stubborn visitors Sweden 1-0 in a tense clash yesterday.

A West Coast Berbice (WCB) man was on Saturday evening fatally beaten while his son sustained head and other injuries after they were attacked by five villagers from a nearby village who claimed that the older man had broken into their house and stolen jewellery.

Guyana’s Christopher Franklin and Shemar Britton crashed out of the men’s doubles competition at the ITTF Pan American table tennis championships in Lima, Peru  yesterday after a tough five-setter to Canadians Matteo Martin and Edward Ly.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden named former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee implementation of the $1 trillion infrastructure plan, the White House said yesterday.

Dear Editor, With the West Indies’ poor performance at the world cup, the naysayers have simply been proven right.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s ruling Peronist party was reeling yesterday after a midterm vote that saw its center-left coalition lose its majority in Congress for the first time in almost 40 years and taste defeat in its stronghold province of Buenos Aires.

Mings Optical on Saturday opened their upgraded location at Williamsburg, Corentyne.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – China and India will need to explain to developing nations why they pushed to water down language on efforts to phase out coal at the COP26 conference, the event’s president Alok Sharma said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Inequality in the delivery of curriculum continues to be perpetuated in a public secondary school despite many attempts made to curb this situation.

(Reuters) – The WTA Tour yesterday called on the Chinese government to investigate allegations of sexual assault made by Peng Shuai against a former Chinese vice premier while also demanding an end to censorship of the former top-ranked doubles player.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned what he called “intimidation tactics” by the Cuban government ahead of today’s planned protest march in Cuba and vowed that Washington would pursue measures seeking “accountability” for the crackdown.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran police said yesterday they had arrested a suspect in the killing of an opposition-party mayor who was seeking re-election, in the Central American country’s latest bout of political violence ahead of national elections this month.

Last Thursday evening, close to one hundred persons attended, via zoom, a consultation on Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL)/ExxonMobil’s (XOM) Yellowtail Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which was presented by the consultancy firm ERM and moderated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Following Nomination Day on Friday, the PNCR’s five-member Elections Accreditation Committee will today meet to finalize the process for submission of the list of nominees for the posts of Leader of the Party and executives to serve for the next two years.

What began as a weekly online party among long-time friends during the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken on a life of its own and evolved into  the Flexx Nation group of do-gooders.

Fifty-six persons recently benefited from microbiology training as a result of a collaboration between the University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus (UGBC) and the Nand Persaud Group of Companies.

Dear Editor,  Perusing the news recently it was amazing the amount of negative news against the Government. 

The purpose of any Procurement Act is to ensure that projects funded by the public purse are awarded to companies that are in compliance and capable of executing the works within time and budget.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Formula One stewards summoned a Mercedes team representative yesterday after Sao Paulo Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton allegedly broke the rules regarding the use of safety belts.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s economic advisers defended his policies yesterday amid rising inflation that they said was a global issue related to the COVID-19 pandemic, not a result of the administration’s programs.

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) yesterday issued a public advisory over the highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF) which was recently detected in the Dominican Republic.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Captain Stafanie Taylor carved out her seventh One-Day International hundred and surpassed 5 000 runs in the format as West Indies Women completed a clean sweep of their three-match series against Pakistan Women with a six-wicket victory here yesterday.