Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Bevon Griffith who in a drunken attack killed Sophia resident Celwin Mark Allen on Christmas night back in 2017, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years behind bars and will serve around eight years after deductions for his guilty plea and the period he spent on remand.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia is expecting a specialist team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to visit in December to work on a review of its Sputnik V vaccine for possible WHO emergency use listing, the head of the RDIF fund that markets the vaccine said on Wednesday.

Demerara Bank Limited has registered a net profit of $2.95b for the year ended September 20, 2021 compared to $2.26b in the previous year, representing a rise of 31%.

MOSCOW/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia staged military drills in the Black Sea, south of Ukraine, today and said it needed to sharpen the combat-readiness of its conventional and nuclear forces because of heightened NATO activity near its borders.

(Barbados Nation) KINGSTOWN – The St Vincent and the Grenadines government yesterday expressed condolences to the family of Sir James Mitchell, the country’s second prime minister, who died here at the age of 90.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday wrote President Irfaan Ali seeking an urgent meeting on the 7% wage hike for public servants and contending that a higher award should have been made in keeping with the sum allocated in this year’s budget GTUC General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis, in the letter released to the press yesterday,  said that it has had discussions with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and they have rejected the 7% in light of “rampant” inflation and the rise in the cost of living.

Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh SC is expected to present an integrated list of shortlisted candidates for the seven advertised positions, to the Commissioners by tomorrow.

With the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)  searching for top electoral officials and key preparations still to get underway, local government polls which were scheduled for before the end of this year will likely not be held before the fourth quarter of 2022.

Contractors executing the signage on the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road project have been instructed to complete the works in sections according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, as he explained that this was necessary to prevent road users from becoming confused.

Two women are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release yesterday which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 979.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday said that it has revised the date for the relocation of its Licence Revenue Office from Smyth and Princes streets to GRA’s Parking Lot, Lamaha Railway Embankment, Camp and Lamaha streets due to hiccups in site readiness.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Explosive opener Deandra Dottin extended her rich vein of form as West Indies Women opened their ICC 50-overs World Cup qualifying campaign with a uncomplicated six-wicket victory over minnows Ireland Women here yesterday.

Sentenced earlier this month to life in prison and ordered to serve 30 years before becoming eligible for parole, Corentyne taxi driver Gavin Gill, who admitted murdering his wife,  is contending that the sentence is “too severe.”

Sean Dos Santos and Stephon Howard are likely to know their fate next Monday after a jury deliberates on a verdict on the charge levelled against them for shooting and killing Abdool Fazal Saheed during a robbery at Freeman Street, East La Penitence just over four years ago.

East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA) has confirmed their participation in the upcoming Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization Super 16 year-end championship.

Dear Editor, In its editorial of Wednesday October 20 last, SN provided a snapshot of the issues that led to the ICJ and its 12th October 2021 decision, largely favourable to Somalia, demarcating the maritime space offshore of Kenya and Somalia.

The second edition of the Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic has been officially confirmed for February 19th-20th at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Sentenced earlier this month to death for murdering his god-brother, British teenager Dominic Bernard, back in 2015 at Kildonan, Corentyne; Aaron Hing has filed an appeal, challenging what he describes as a severe sentence.

Urging that they revise their business models and modify their work culture, President Irfaan Ali on Monday told contractors that they must adapt if they want to remain competitive in the sector.

Dear Editor, The Insurance Association of Guyana [IAG] and the Guyana Insurance Brokers’ Association [GIBA] are the two representative bodies of the local insurance underwriting and intermediary industries.

The City Council’s Solid Waste Director and vendors of Merriman Mall in Bourda, Georgetown are engaged in a bout of finger pointing over the current unsightly state of the mall.

Dear Editor, I’ve been a single mother for 21 years and am a Mid-Level Professional.

Dear Editor, I read with amazement and utter shock in the Monday, November 22 edition of Stabroek News that the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) is calling for the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission to rescind the Marudi mining agreement.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Gunshots were fired overnight at police in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, local authorities said yesteday, in a sign that unrest triggered by COVID-19 curbs that has rocked the nearby island of Guadeloupe could be spreading there.

As the Minister of Health reported that authorities expect to see more severe COVID-19 cases in areas with low vaccination rates, he also revealed that Region Two has now become one of the areas with the lowest rates in the country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced yesterday it will release millions of barrels of oil from strategic reserves in coordination with China, India, South Korea, Japan and Britain, to try to cool prices after OPEC+ producers repeatedly ignored calls for more crude.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 32-year-old man accused of chopping to death his sister and brother-in-law have been remanded into custody.

A fire last evening destroyed a house in New Amsterdam leaving a family of four uncertain of where they would spend the night.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two giant U.S. commodity traders bought soybeans in Brazil from farmers trying to evict a traditional community from South America’s largest savanna, where deforestation is hastening global warming, watchdog group Global Witness found yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is simply appalling the living conditions of the Venezuelan immigrants in Region One. 

The oxygen plant that was recently procured for Guyana’s infectious disease hospital has not yet arrived.

TAPACHULA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants in southern Mexico have accepted a government offer to disperse from their U.S.-bound

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira nosedived more than 15% yesterday after President Tayyip Erdogan defended recent rate cuts and vowed to win his “economic war of independence”, despite widespread criticism and pleas to reverse course.

Dear Editor,        This year, the 16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence is being observed under the theme “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Under-pressure West Indies produced a dogged effort to avoid the follow-on here yesterday but rain wrecked the last two sessions to set up an intriguing last two days of the opening Test against Sri Lanka.

Kevin Durant scored 27 points, including the go-ahead basket late in the fourth quarter, as the visiting Brooklyn Nets rallied for a 117-112 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.

Dear Editor, In Guyana, all the media (newspapers, radio and TV), especially Stabroek News and Kaieteur News, must be commended and defended for playing an absolutely invaluable role in promoting democracy, good governance, fairness, equality and in exposing corrupt behaviour.

GTT kicked off its Christmas promotion with a media launch at the Pegasus Hotel under the theme “Together we celebrate”.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Nicaragua announced on Monday that it is lifting the visa requirement for Cuban nationals in a move which could make it easier for Cubans to migrate north toward the United States.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India’s fringe players will have a chance to impress in the absence of big names when the hosts kick off their two-match series against inaugural World Test Championship winners New Zealand at Kanpur tomorrow.

The Rest Team defeated the John Jones outfit 2-1 to clinch the South Turkeyen Sports Committee three-a-side small-goal football competition senior title Sunday at the Vryheid’s Lust tarmac.

A sweeping Rupununi vista as seen on Monday from the air.

(Reuters) – A federal jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday found the organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally liable for injuries sustained by counter-protesters, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said, and media reports said it awarded more than $25 million in damages.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea claimed a thumping 4-0 victory over Juventus thanks to goals from home-grown trio Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi and a fourth by Timo Werner to top Champions League Group H and cruise into the knockout stage.

As the world of sports and the entertainment industry become more intertwined and re-shaped by television’s advertising dollar, the salaries of sportsmen and sportswomen, management and coaches have escalated into the stratosphere.

(Reuters) – Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah are among the 11 players shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award, the world governing body said on Monday.