Daily Archive: Thursday, November 18, 2021

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has announced a 7% pay increase for public servants retroactive to January, 2021, as well as a planned special payout for front-line health workers.

Five men were this morning remanded to prison for the murder of Bheim Evans of Number 11 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB).

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines today condemned “in strongest terms” the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used water cannon on resupply boats headed towards a Philippine-occupied atoll in the South China Sea.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Switzerland’s financial regulator reprimanded two more Swiss banks for breaching their obligations to combat money laundering as it wrapped up a five-year investigation into banks’ dealings with people linked to Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA.

 (Reuters) – A suspect in the July assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise died while being transferred to a hospital from pretrial detention after suffering coronavirus symptoms, his wife said yesterday.

Sixteen days after it had been revealed that the statutory period for the auditing of US$9.5b in ExxonMobil’s expenses had expired without an audit firm being hired, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the forensic scrutiny of this massive figure will be done.

Opposition-nominated GECOM commissioners have shortlisted only three overseas applicants for the post of Chief Election Officer (CEO) while the government side has selected these persons in addition to three Guyanese including two currently working in the electoral system.

Essequibo rice miller and estate owner, Tamesh Jagmohan, is seeking to clear the air concerning allegations made against him and his company by several rice farmers in Essequibo.

The Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said that some persons have been exploiting the pandemic and claiming to have been exposed to COVID-19.

Guyana has been named as one of the host countries for the 14th edition of the ICC Under-19 World Cup next year.

High Court Judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln last Friday annulled a decision of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to reassess and impose additional taxes on goods imported by Chinese businessman Shanglin Lin.

Former West Indies opener, Philo Wallace, has come out swinging at Cricket West Indies, calling on them to curb the excess power players currently enjoy.

Four new COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 965.

The police file in relation to the bribery allegation levelled against Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ Permanent Secretary Sharon Hicks was recently returned to the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) Chambers.

Scores of disgruntled rice farmers who showed up yesterday at a meeting in Region Two with the Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, have called for the immediate reduction in the price of fertilizer and the rehabilitation of several dams along the Essequibo coast.

Dear Editor As another anniversary of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25) approaches I cannot help but reflect on the past 26 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 – a document negotiated through unprecedented consensus among stakeholders across territorial borders, institutions, class, ethnicity, culture, occupation and profession.

Dear Editor, There is something surreal about Dr. Baytoram Ramharack’s piece in Stabroek News, 16th November, 2021: Rethinking Forbes Burnham.

A youth has been remanded after he denied holding a piece of galvanised sheeting to a woman’s neck before stealing her motorcycle and money.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education (MoE) must be complimented for its emphasis on nursery education.

At the trial of Sean Dos Santos and Stephon Howard who are accused of the 2017 murder of Abdool Fazal Saheed, the court heard of Dos Santos allegedly telling investigators that it was he and his co-accused who shot and killed Saheed at the Lot 194 Freeman Street pre-mises which they also burgled.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday sentenced the U.S. Capitol rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman” for his horned headdress to 41 months in prison for his role in the deadly Jan.

With another Christmas season fast approaching, Digicel is once again unveiling its promotions for the festive season.

Dear Editor, I am so pleased that the government is committed to making vaccines available for all eligible age groups, including the recently approved 5-11 year-old age bracket.

Guyanese national basketball players and former Plaisance Guardians combination, Akeem Crandon and Israel Yaw, assisted ASA College of New York to a hard-fought 70-65 win over the University of Connecticut at Avery Point on Tuesday.

Four lucky customers will each win a brand new Suzuki vehicle from Courts Guyana in its Christmas promotion.

Dear Editor, A series of letters have been written in the newspapers recently concerning Guyana’s cost recovery audit.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian military police clashed with an indigenous group in the northern Amazon state of Roraima during an operation to remove a roadblock, the state government said yesterday, as tensions mounted on the reserve over illegal gold mining and land invasions.

(Reuters) – Atmospheric rivers of the sort causing massive floods and mudslides in Canada’s British Columbia are akin to a river in the sky, weather systems that carry up to 15 times the volume of the Mississippi River, according to the NASA Earth Observatory.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira has officially written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) requesting their input on the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA).

Sir Curtly Ambrose says he expects to see fresh faces in the next West Indies T20 side but still be under the same leadership.

Dear Editor, A recently aired GlobeSpan24X7 programme discussed ‘Leadership and Politics in Guyana Past & Present’, the presenters being Ralph Ramkarran SC, former Speak-er of the National Assembly and Hamilton Green, former Mayor of Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Pakistan securing hosting rights for the 2025 Champions Trophy is recognition of their efforts to convince international teams to return to the country for cricket, board chief Ramiz Raja said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former Brazilian soccer player Pele said yesterday he was feeling better “every day”, almost two months after leaving hospital following the removal of a tumour in his colon.

(Reuters) – Cyle Larin struck twice to lift Canada to a chilling 2-1 win over Mexico in frigid Edmonton on Tuesday, enabling the host nation to climb to the top of the CONCACAF 2022 World Cup qualifying standings.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, the world governing body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cricket commentator David Lloyd has apologised after Azeem Rafiq told a British parliamentary committee that the former England coach had made disparaging comments about Asian cricketers.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic secured a semi-final place at the ATP Finals with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Russian Andrey Rublev yesterday, his 50th match win of the year, while Stefanos Tsitsipas withdrew from the tournament due to an elbow injury.

(Reuters) – Suryakumar Yadav struck a blistering half-century as India held on to beat New Zealand by five wickets in the first of three Twenty20s in Jaipur yesterday and get Rahul Dravid’s reign as head coach off to a winning start.

What began as a whisper in the world of fine dining last week, ended with a clamour on Friday when it became known that James Beard award winning Swiss chef Daniel Humm, a vegan advocate, was parting ways with the famous Claridge’s hotel at the end of the year over its rejection of his vision for an all-vegan menu.

November 8th marks changes to U.S. policy with regards to non-citizen, non-immigrant travelers to the United States.

ANSA Motors Guyana launches its Hyster and Yale brands at its showroom in Beterverwagting on the East Coast of Demerara on November 11th.

Dear Editor, It seems Former President Granger went to Pearl to seek wisdom.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration has asked some of the world’s largest oil consuming nations to consider releasing some of their crude reserves in a coordinated effort to lower prices and stimulate the economic recovery, according to several people familiar with the matter.

Twenty-year-old Daniel McArthur, a security officer, was on Monday jailed for a robbery committed on Thursday last on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).