Daily Archive: Friday, November 19, 2021

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

Dutch company, SBM Offshore on Wednesday announced that it has been awarded contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Yellowtail oil extraction project offshore Guyana.

GHAZIABAD, India, (Reuters) – In a surprise announcement today, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year, sparking celebrations for what farmers called a hard-fought victory.

VIENNA/BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said today as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit, sending shivers through financial markets worried about the economic fallout.

(Barbados Nation) Andre Omar Jackman, Kaeron Sylvian Moore and Shane Hakeem Omar Babb will spend the next 25 years in jail, less time spent on remand.

Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday announced a 7 percent salary increase for public servants and government pensioners which was swiftly criticised by the GPSU which called for its members to work to rule.

A man and his wife yesterday died after being involved in a motor vehicle accident on the East Bank Demerara.

A taxi driver from Reliance Village is currently in police custody assisting with investigations relating to the death of a female security guard.

Five young men were yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of Bheim Evans of Number 11 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), who was fatally beaten on Saturday last.

(CMC) – Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt has indicated that despite the “disappointing” performance of the regional squad in the recently ended ICC T20 World Cup, the administration of the regional sport will not be making any rash moves.

Dear Editor, Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, has presented his analysis about the country’s economic performance and economic policies. Jordan

Dear Editor, Recently the Guyana Police Force held what it called its “Inaugural Integrity in Policing Symposium” at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

At the conclusion of what he said were “very constructive” meetings with government officials during his visit here last week, Britain’s Deputy Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Spencer Mahoney struck an upbeat note on the UK’s perspective on the prospects for enhanced trade relations between the two countries.

Guyana is among the countries in the Caribbean that faces the greatest risk of a retreating shoreline and stands to lose 53 metres of its shoreline by 2050 if the current climate trend continues and the sea level increases, according to the recently released World Bank Climate Report.

A new locally-owned multi-service company designed “to deliver the level and quality of services that take account of the need to meet the requirements of a transforming Guyana economy” has been launched by a Guyanese management specialist who previously served in senior positions with expatriate firms in the country’s gold mining industry.

Three unvaccinated women are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which noted that the country’s total deaths increased to 968.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a small nation, very small nation. Its wealth is huge!

Dear Editor, Guyana must be a joke to the rest of the world where professionalism is expected and more and more is demanded. 

With several local businesses seeking every opportunity to secure access to international markets, this week’s two-day International Trade Conference and Expo has provided yet another opportunity for a modest group of Guyanese businesses to explore the possibilities that exist in the Florida area.

The Minister of Health yesterday disclosed that flights from Brazil have resumed with authorities stating that they intend to follow international travel protocols.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22% in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government’s annual report showed yesterday, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging.

By Deodat Maraj The Caribbean has been at the forefront of the ongoing COP26 climate change negotiations taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) may possibly rule on the border controversy case between Guyana and Venezuela by the end of 2023, according to Guyana’s Agent Carl Greenidge.

Nexgen Golf recently announced it will be promoting a number of new programmes aimed at getting more members of the local population playing golf and working in golf-related roles.  

Dear Editor, The Minister of Health very recently announced that Guyana is open to the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 pill Paxlovid, once approved.

The Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony says that the authorities are concerned at the decrease in the number of adolescents coming forward to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Dissident Yunior Garcia said yesterday the protest movement he spearheaded in Cuba would carry on without him despite his leaving the communist-run island for self-exile in Spain.

Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF) commonly referred as the “oil money fund,’ stood at US$534 million according to information released in the Ministry of Finance’s October report.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education has stated that there will be vaccines given to children between the 5-11 age ranges commencing on November 19, 2021.

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMFA) recently met with several members of the Guyana Police Force Martial Arts Academy (GPFMA) in a bid to provide the requisite official accreditation for the burgeoning disciplined service program.

The ‘giving’ spirit of a the Proprietrix of the Le Treat Bakery, Joanne Prescod, coupled with the organizational acumen of the Sonia Noel Foundation and Women Across Borders have set in motion an initiative designed to bring a measure of sustenance to at least some of the needy in some communities in parts of coastal Guyana.

The Minister of Health yesterday said that some private companies may have the capacity to produce Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill. 

HOUSTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan petrochemicals produced by joint ventures between state-run chemical firm Pequiven and foreign partners have arrived in the United States, despite Washington’s efforts to limit trade with the OPEC oil and gas producer.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday 16th November, I travelled on a minibus from Utivlugt to Vreed-en-Hoop, then via speed boat to Georgetown, and finally with another minibus to Providence.

More than a hundred of the nation’s long distance athletes have already registered to compete in the local leg of the South American 10km road race scheduled for Sunday.

Dear Editor, Public secondary schools across the country are not operating as normal (pre-pandemic system).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two men who spent decades in prison for murdering Black activist and civil rights advocate Malcolm X in 1965 were exonerated yesterday by a New York state judge, after the Manhattan district attorney said evidence had been withheld in the case and apologized for “violations of law and public trust.”

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the relocation of the Female Prison to the Lusignan Prison.

By Bojan Lepic Rigzone Staff UK-based TechnipFMC has been awarded a ‘large’ contract by ExxonMobil to supply the subsea production system for the Yellowtail development off Guyana.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 18, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of four, Rehana Jaggernauth, was beaten, stabbed and strangled before being thrown into the Guayamare River, where she drowned, an autopsy has found.

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill cannot say whether Nandy Park residents were consulted about possible relocation in order to facilitate the new Demerara River Bridge which is expected to land in the community.

Dear Editor, Every time I see a letter signed by Boodram/Bisram/Hinds I go into apoplexy.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – With over $66 billion in total capital, China has passed Japan to become the second largest contributor to the system of development banks that provide some $200 billion in subsidized loans to poor countries each year, a new report said Thursday.

(Reuters) – Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq apologised yesterday for using anti-Semitic language in an exchange of messages with another cricketer from 2011.

(Reuters) – Spain’s Garbine Muguruza claimed her first WTA Finals title on Wednesday, defeating Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-3 7-5 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

(Reuters) – Aaron Finch has stepped down from the captaincy of Big Bash League (BBL) side the Melbourne Renegades but is determined to lead Australia’s T20 World Cup title defence on home soil next year.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 941’s trading results showed consideration of $2,636,647 from 5,785 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 940’s trading results which showed consideration of $13,595,842 from 75,543 shares traded in 29 transactions.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic, the world number one ranked men’s player, has reiterated his stand about freedom of choice over taking the COVID-19 vaccine as suspense grows over his participation at the Australian Open in January.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The International Olympic Committee’s move to drop its advice on testosterone levels for transgender athletes in the absence of scientific consensus leaves sports bodies facing tough decisions on who can compete, some experts have warned.

Dear Editor, In my last letter to the press, just prior to the ICC T20 World Cup, I predicted that the team that the Roger Harper led selection panel selected would not win the World Cup.

(CMC) – Tournament Director of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Fawwaz Baksh has thanked the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, St.

Guyana’s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, Qualfon, is seeking to add 2,000 individuals to its employ by 2022.

(Trinidad Express) Just two days after epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds warned that the country could begin seeing near 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 being recorded each day, the country has recorded its highest number of newly confirmed cases.

(Reuters) – The head of the Women’s Tennis Association on Wednesday voiced doubt over an email it received, also released by a Chinese state media outlet, in which tennis player Peng Shuai was said to deny her allegations of sexual assault.

(Reuters) – Sunday marks the point where it is one year to go until the opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with the tournament, played for the first time in a northern hemisphere winter, rapidly taking shape.

A rather snazzy-looking Guyana Police Force photograph evidently intended to make a point about the ‘ramped up’ state of the Force’s readiness for what, customarily, is a rash of seasonal crime, mostly robberies, appeared on the front page of the Stabroek News on Tuesday of this week.

STOCKHOLM – As winter approaches, the Kremlin is instigating trouble in Europe.

Today marks the end of Transgender Awareness Week; a week dedicated to highlighting the issues trans persons face.

The Oxford English Dictionary, the bible of linguists, took more than seventy years to compile.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s economy is on the path to grow more than 9% this year, as the economy reopens amid coronavirus vaccinations, President Ivan Duque said yesterday.

Why the Brigadier is aggrieved… When actual polling ended on that Monday evening in March last year Elections Commission Chair, former Judge Singh, declared the 2020 electoral enterprise a pleasing and resounding success.

(CMC) – West Indies Test team is ready to take on Sri Lanka in the next few days, with the aim of giving fans good cricket and a historic win at Galle, vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood has assured.

(Reuters) – World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says that next year’s world championships in Eugene will be a fantastic opportunity to showcase the sport in a country where it struggles for mainstream audience despite its athletes ruling the roost.