Daily Archive: Monday, December 20, 2021

Only three members from the PNCR’s last Central Executive were returned at Saturday’s election.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba has vaccinated more of its citizens against COVID-19 than most of the world’s largest and richest nations, a milestone that will make the poor, communist-run country a test case as the highly contagious Omicron variant begins to circle the globe.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court today ruled to allow in part an appeal by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in a case over whether he or President Nicolas Maduro controls over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England.

Hilbert Foster will continue to lead the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for another two years after his entire slate was elected unopposed yesterday at Port Mourant Community Centre, Corentyne.

Aubrey Norton won Saturday’s contest for the PNCR Leadership by a landslide and several members of his slate snapped up key positions over more seasoned competitors in what will be interpreted as a rejection of the policies of outgoing leader David Granger whose close confidante, Joseph Harmon was also in the race but trailed far behind.

The late George Arlington Green and Earl O’ Neal have several things in common.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday slammed banks here as being hopeless in customer care and called on them to fix the “unnecessary burden on people”.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has commenced the first stage of its Concacaf C License certification this  month at the National Training, Providence.

An operation by officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Saturday led to the confiscation of 38.3lbs of cocaine and the arrest of a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man.

Family members of the late Kavita Dyaram, 29, suspect foul play in her death and want a second post-mortem to be conducted as they do not have confidence in the results of the first one done which reportedly listed the cause of death as cardiac arrest.

Berbice All-Stars, Timehri Panthers and Melanie recorded convincing wins when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Organization Futsal Championship continued on Saturday evening.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jason Spence has been appointed head coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s Women’s Under-17 and Under-20 national teams and he is on a mission to select the best possible squads for the upcoming CONCACAF championships.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 18, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) latest shutdown in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) on Saturday saw the loss of approximately 40 megawatts of power and some consumers were without electricity for one hour and 45 minutes.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Mitchell Starc removed England captain Joe Root with the last ball of day four to put Australia firmly on course for victory in the second Ashes test at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.

The body of Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Ordinary Rating, Junior Kenroy Sooklall, who went missing after a boat mishap, was found yesterday at the mouth of the Essequibo River.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – One of the critics of the selections made for West Indies’ Twenty20 (T20) Cricket World Cup squad is not only in agreement with the decision to sack most of the selection panel but believes changes are also needed to the management team.

The European Union (EU) believes that Guyana’s balancing of oil extraction  while preserving the environment will be a difficult task but it can be done, and this is why citizens and civil society need to be vigilant and persistently remind policymakers and leaders of the importance of finding that balance.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods and his 12-year-old son Charlie reeled off 11 straight birdies to card a final round 57 and finish in second place at the PNC Championship yesterday, two shots behind winners John Daly and his son John Daly Jr.

Two weeks ahead of yet another deadline, the latest instalment of works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have entered  the “testing phase,” Ministry of Public Works Project Engineer,  Carissa Gooding disclosed during a tour of the facility on Friday.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said yesterday that she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her, and that a social media post she had made early last month had been misunderstood.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric won the country’s presidential runoff election yesterday, capping a major revival for the country’s progressive left that has been on the rise since widespread protests roiled the Andean country two years ago.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. health officials urged Americans yesterday to get booster shots, wear masks and be careful if they travel over the winter holidays, as the Omicron variant raged across the world and was set to take over as the dominant strain in the United States.

Bradley Beal bested Donovan Mitchell in a high-scoring duel with 37 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 109-103 upset over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

The Alliance For Change  (AFC) yesterday congratulated the newly elected Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)  Aubrey Norton and members of the new Executive on being elevated to their high positions of office and authority.

Dear Editor, I commend your Sunday editorial on surveillance for keeping the matter above the radar.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden’s hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said yesterday he would not support the package, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House.

Dear Editor, Jai Narine Singh, the first General Secretary of the People’s National Congress (PNC) broke away to form the Guianese Independence Movement party and successfully moved the motion to formally seek full independence for British Guiana from Great Britain in our (limited) parliament.

The Kremlin is convinced that the World Health Organization (WHO) will recognise Russia’s flagship Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine within a few months, the Interfax news agency cited Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov as saying yesterday.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – A member of a broadcast crew at the ongoing second Ashes test in Adelaide has tested positive for COVID-19, the organisers said on day four of the pink-ball contest yesterday.

Dear Editor, The PNC leadership race is over.  I think it is done, with conceding from the main contender. 

On December 16, businessman Gangadeo Sridat, 48, and two former ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Terry Milling, 35, and Delon Wilson, 34, appeared before the court in relation to a huge fuel theft.

(Reuters) – The NBA yesterday announced it had postponed the next two Brooklyn Nets games and games for three other teams due to the high number of players and staff that have entered the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is about the size of Florida.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Chinese Embassy, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the St Augustine Medical Laboratory (STAML), have all condemned an Express newspaper article that challenged the efficacy of the Sinopharm vaccine.

The Ministry of Education yesterday rejected as “inaccurate and mischievous” a statement attributed to APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan where he alleged that ministry official Fazal Ali was replaced by Darshini Balac for political reasons.

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