Daily Archive: Thursday, December 30, 2021

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir, this morning, said that last night’s attack on the ceremonial Mace cannot go unpunished and that he would be guided by the Standing Orders when exercising discipline against the errant MPs.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson Inc’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine was 84% effective at preventing hospitalization in South African healthcare workers who became infected as the Omicron variant spread, researchers said today.

(Barbados Nation) Floyd Reifer has announced that he will not be contesting the St George North seat in the General Elections on January 19, 2022.

(Trinidad Guardian) The hike in the price of flour, announced yesterday by the National Flour Mills (NFM), has triggered a panicked ripple effect in the country, especially after the company admitted that prices could rise again in the future.

-ignores civil society concerns Ignoring mounting calls from civil society and an in-House protest from the Opposition to send the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill to a Special Select Committee for debate and consultations, the PPP/C last night blazed ahead with the passage of the controversial legislation.

After seven hours of vigorous debate, the landmark Local Content Bill to ensure that businesses and workers here benefit from the burgeoning oil and gas sector was passed in the National Assembly last evening.

In what can only be described as an unprecedented move to derail the Parliamentary process, opposition APNU+AFC MPs attempted to seize  the Speaker’s Mace last night as part of their effort to stop the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill.

The New Building Society Limited (NBS)  yesterday announced a further cut in its interest rate for mortgages between $6m and $15m.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association yesterday upbraided the government over deficient consultations on the local content bill which was passed yesterday and insisted that 100% of legal services should be provided by attorneys here and not 90%.

The grotesque defiling of Parliament yesterday by APNU MPs which included the seizing of the Speaker’s Mace must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.

Defending champion, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Western Tigers will face off in the finale of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship on January 1st , 2022, following semi-final wins yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara.

Residents of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara yesterday complained of flood woes after persistent rain and were ruing their losses and the task of cleaning up.

In a bid to double brackish water shrimp production, the government has already constructed 63 of 74 aquaculture ponds.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my last letter regarding the NRF Bill.

A 56-year-old woman is in fear for her life as her son who has threatened her life on multiple occasions, has  escaped from the psychiatric ward where he had been sent.

Dear Editor, Allow me a space in your newspaper to express my disbelief at the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill, proposed for enactment by the People’s Progressive Party.

One new COVID-19 death was reported yesterday, increasing the country’s fatalities to 1,051.

Dear Editor,  Please allow me space in the letters column to share my views on the Natural Resource Fund.

After attempting to seize the ceremonial Mace in its failed bid to derail the passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill No.

Dear Editor, I must admit, that over the years, I’ve always disregarded the weather forecast from our local hydro-meteorological service in Guyana.

Guyana’s top court, the CCJ yesterday explained how the GGMC had breached the law in 2013 in awarding a road contract to Chunilall Baboolall.

The Eon DeViera Goalkeeping Academy Inc will sponsor the Best Goalkeeper Prizes for the ongoing Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship as well as the Guyana National Women’s Football Association (GNWFA) Festival.

Dear Editor, Though belated, it would be remiss of me not to respond to Dr.

The completion of the Eccles to Mandela Avenue alternative road link has been further delayed due to ongoing inclement weather.

While the pandemic literally shut down sports worldwide, in Guyana the game of golf, through the exclusive efforts of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA), Nexgen Golf Academy, and Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit, took advantage of the conditions and soared to extraordinary heights in 2021.

After making a huge splash by ticking off the Mr Guyana title on his bucket list last Sunday, Darious ‘Razor’ Ramsammy plans to make big waves locally and internationally in 2022.

Dear Editor, The Government is being lashed and bashed from all sides and on every front. 

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of computers and accessories to the Ministry of Health along with the provision of air transport services to indigenous communities in various regions.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S.

Dear Editor, Distinguished Fiji born indentureship scholar, Professor Brij Lal, died on Christmas morning in Queensland, Australia.

The Minister of Health yesterday  urged persons not to be complacent as it relates to the spread of the novel coronavirus in Guyana.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Dean Elgar scored an unbeaten 52 against India as the hosts showed a dogged determination to stay in the fight on a spicy wicket and closed the fourth day on 94 for four in the first test at Centurion Park yesterday.

(Reuters) – With Roger Federer already ruled out of the Australian Open it would be a “disaster” if Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal do not turn up for the first Grand Slam of the year, Nick Kyrgios said, adding that the sport needs the ‘Big Three’ to continue playing.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ex-West Indies batting coach Toby Radford has again criticised the lack of consistency in fitness standards for selection to West Indies squads, and believes a more equitable process is required in order for the best players to emerge.

As 2021 draws to a close with the world still buffeted by the Covid-19 pandemic, one can perhaps look back wryly at the universal human naivety that had denounced 2020 as the worst year in recent history and assumed that this one would have been better.

(Reuters) – The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) will handle both anti-doping and anti-corruption programmes in the sport from Jan.

(Reuters) – After a third Ashes surrender in as many series in Australia, England head to Sydney for a dead rubber fourth test with criticism ringing in their ears, a captain under siege and no easy fixes to a litany of problems.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – The police raid and arrests at the now-closed pro-democracy Stand News outlet were law enforcement actions and were not aimed at the media industry, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said today.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia team for the ATP Cup in Sydney, event organisers said yesterday, raising further doubts over whether the world number one will defend his Australian Open title next month.

LeBron James posted a 30-point triple-double and paced four 20-point scorers for the Los Angeles Lakers, who snapped a five-game skid with a 132-123 road win over the host Houston Rockets on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Few of the current decision-makers, since the nationalisation of the sugar industry, would recall the passage of the National Cane Farming Committee Act (1965), the Cane Farmers Contract (General Conditions) Rules and the Cane Farmers Special Funds Act legislation.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, on Tuesday stated that Guyana’s recovery rate from the novel coronavirus is 95%, or 37,366 of the total number of 39,151 persons who tested positive for the virus.