Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 16, 2021

A total of four farms with approximately one hundred and twenty thousand cannabis sativa plants ranging from one foot to six feet in height, were discovered along with one camp and drying area yesterday at Fort Nassau on the Berbice River, the police say.

The Ministry of Health today said that as November 15, 2021, two more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

 (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said today it will allow generic manufacturers to supply its experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill to 95 low- and middle-income countries through a licensing agreement with international public health group Medicines Patent Pool (MPP).

(Trinidad Express) Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds confirmed yesterday that 56 of 1,437 people who have died from the Covid-19 virus since vaccinations started in April were fully vaccinated.

(Trinidad Guardian) After identifying her daughter’s brutalised body, which was found floating in the Guayamare River, Caroni, on Sunday evening, Sandra Baboolal spent hours weeping at her Enterprise home on Monday.

The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament says that the failure of the government to undertake an audit of US$9.5b in ExxonMobil’s expenditure is a glaring example of its real position on transparency, accountability and good governance.

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has given the green light for the immediate reopening of the Guyana-Brazil crossing from Mondays to Fridays.

Aimed at reassuring citizens and overseas visitors that it’s safe to go about their activities during the upcoming holiday season, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday unveiled its Christmas policing plan which will see Georgetown being divided into fifteen sectors with day and night patrols.

The Lady Jaguars were placed in Group-F of the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U20 Championship when the regional confederation conducted its official draw yesterday in Miami, Florida.

The Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block, approximately 126 miles offshore Guyana, is the fourth project being undertaken by ExxonMobil and its partners and it is the first development that the Government of Guyana is pushing for specific oil spill insurance on.

West Indies women will now turn their attention to the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe but will be heading into that tournament well-prepped.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday hosted a one-day cricket academy at the Cotton Tree Cricket Ground for close to 40 youths from West Berbice.

Citing the new COVID-19 vaccine requirement, residents from the hinterland regions are calling for something to be done so that they can travel from their areas.

Guyanese national basketball players and former Plaisance Guardians duo Akeem Crandon and Israel Yaw propelled ASA College of New York to an 83-73 victory over Dutchess Community College in their season opener.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday said that a 2014 disciplinary incident involving its former MP Vanessa Kissoon had seen decisions made collectively and with due process.

Following her instrumental role in West Indies women beating hosts Pakistan women 3-0, Hayley Matthews believed it was assessing the conditions early that proved to be key.

The trial of Neville Chandrawattie who is accused of the 2007 murder of gold and diamond dealer Dharam Chanmangra, is set to commence next Wednesday—November 17th—at the High Court in Demerara.

Just over half of Guyana’s adults are fully vaccinated, as the country’s COVID-19 inoculation programme continues.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), has congratulated West Indian and Guyanese legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul on his recent appointment as batting consultant for the High Performance Camp in Antigua and Barbuda.

Four Lindeners were yesterday charged with unlawful wounding and assault following a melee on Hadfield Street.

Weeks after a Brazilian national was fatally stabbed during an argument in Region One, the police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for his alleged killer.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and other government officials yesterday made a pitch to a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company for investment in the agriculture sector here.

In what is believed to be the first football match with fully vaccinated players in Georgetown, Santos FC and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) played to a scoreless draw on Saturday.

Government is mulling the expansion of the New Amsterdam to Moleson Creek thoroughfare as it anticipates increased vehicular traffic in a few years via the planned Suriname to Guyana River Bridge and other projects.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) has extended condolences to the family and friends of sport administrator Fizul Bacchus, who passed away on November 15th.

Dr. Richard Van West-Charles has been awarded damages to the tune of $10 million against the Kaieteur News which had published libelous statements concerning his fuel company—Atlantic Fuels Inc.

(Reuters) – England leg-spinner Adil Rashid yesterday became the third player to say he heard Michael Vaughan question the number of players of Asian heritage turning out for Yorkshire in 2009, an allegation the former England captain has denied.

Dear Editor, A recent article in the Kaieteur News discussed the decrease of fish and shrimp landed in Guyana over the last three years.

(Reuters) – The governing body of men’s tennis (ATP) yesterday backed the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) call for China to investigate allegations of sexual assault made by Peng Shuai against a former Chinese vice premier.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with a team from the  New York-based Mount Sinai Health System at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre and discussed modernisation of the local system.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed their responsibility to the rest of the world to avoid conflict as the heads of the two top global economies opened their closely watched talks yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden signed into law a $1 trillion infrastructure bill at a White House ceremony yesterday that drew Democrats and Republicans who pushed the legislation through a deeply divided U.S.

Dear Editor, “Every problem has a solution,” say many secondary school students.

Members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Elections Accreditation Committee were up to last night working to complete the verification of nominees for the post of leader and executive members of the party.

(Reuters) – Coach Gary Stead said he had no regrets after seeing New Zealand lose in the final of a white-ball World Cup cricket final for the third time in six years and remains confident the Black Caps can savour success in the future.

No new COVID-19 death was reported yesterday but  55 new cases of the virus were recorded.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Huge rainstorms lashed the western Canadian province of British Columbia yesterday, triggering landslides, shutting roads, prompting the evacuation of an entire town and forcing an oil pipeline to close.

Dear Editor The flood relief grant programme and other grant programmes seem to be in a mess.

(Reuters) – Spain’s Garbine Muguruza reached the semi-finals of the season-ending WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico, after beating Anett Kontaveit, while Karolina Pliskova missed the cut despite her comeback victory over Barbora Krejcikova on Sunday.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – An initial shipment from a storage and regasification vessel arrived in El Salvador yesterday to supply a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that will provide 30% of the Central American country’s energy, President Nayib Bukele said.

Dear editor, This letter is intended to thank the Editors of Stabroek News, Kaieteur News, and journalist Indranie Deyal for their support.

A tender was recently opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for consulting services for oversight of the petroleum sector.

(Reuters) – English county club Essex pledged yesterday to investigate fresh allegations of historical racism made by their former Jamaican-born fast bowler Maurice Chambers.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic began his quest for a sixth title at the season-ending ATP Finals with a 7-6(4) 6-2 victory over Norway’s Casper Ruud in their round robin encounter in Turin yesterday.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With planned emissions cuts still far smaller than needed to prevent runaway climate change, turning the promises made at the just-ended Glasgow summit into real-world investment within a year will be the mark of its success, analysts said yesterday.

Today’s PPP leaders are smarter and slicker I am seeking space in your newspaper to state my opinion on the plight of small business in Guyana.

Regional sugar producers have made an urgent appeal for policy changes to protect their markets in CARICOM in order to boost production.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell said yesterday it would scrap its dual share structure and move its head office to Britain from the Netherlands, pushed away by Dutch taxes and facing climate pressure in court as the energy giant shifts from oil and gas.

Dear Editor, Should the one with a personal, vested interest in the outcome of the elections, be actively involved in the accreditation process?

(Reuters) – A Kenyan court yesterday granted bail to Nick Mwendwa, president of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF), after police had sought his detention for 14 days to allow for an investigation into allegations of corruption.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Nicaraguan officials yesterday in a concerted response to an election that many countries have denounced as rigged in favour of President Daniel Ortega.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian businesses began opening their doors and activities were resuming on the country’s streets as the G9 gang coalition eased a blockade on fuel deliveries that caused crippling shortages for nearly a month.

Dear Editor, Like many persons in the Diaspora, I have been watching the race for Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chief Elections Officer (CEO) and Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) here from New York.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s highest court yesterday ruled it was not competent to try former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon over the alleged misappropriation of $200 million in government funds meant for an agriculture project.

DeMar DeRozan scored 35 points and Zach LaVine chipped in 29 as the visiting Chicago Bulls defeated Los Angeles 100-90 Sunday, snapping the Clippers’ seven-game winning streak.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has pleaded not guilty to a U.S.

(Reuters) – Two billion doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine have been supplied worldwide, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker and its partner said yesterday, in just under a year since its first approval.

After the October 2 fire that flattened the complex that used to be the Brickdam Police Station, the far-fetched tale about the origin of the fire and the official ‘ticking off’ and ‘hanging out to dry’ of the Guyana Fire Service for what was deemed to be its underperformance on the day at what, contextually, was the country’s most significant fire in recent times, never really ‘washed’ with the public.

(Reuters) – Three players from champions Australia made the International Cricket Council’s team of the Twenty20 World Cup with Pakistan captain Babar Azam chosen to lead the side, the world governing body said yesterday.

By Josep Borrell BRUSSELS – A compass helps one find one’s way, and the “Strategic Compass” that I have drafted at the behest of the European Council will serve as an operational guide for the European Union’s development and decision-making on security and defense.

Dear Editor, It took slightly over a year for things to take shape since the PPP returned. 

By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) fell far short of what is needed for a safe planet, owing mainly to the same lack of trust that has burdened global climate negotiations for almost three decades.