Daily Archive: Monday, January 10, 2022

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is partnering with the government to carry out a massive cleanup exercise of Georgetown on January 15-16, 2022.

Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) has with effect from today temporarily reduced opening hours at all of its branches.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today launched its REset Expectations campaign for 2022 and is to conduct a special sale on all destinations, carded for January 15.

 (Reuters) – Police in Los Angeles, California, pulled the pilot from a crash-landed Cessna seconds before the aircraft was hit by a train yesterday, sending debris flying in all directions.

BARINAS,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan opposition candidate yesterday won an election for governor of Barinas state, the birth place of the late former leader Hugo Chavez, bringing an end to 22 years of Socialist party rule there.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – World tennis number one Novak Djokovic was released from Australian immigration detention today after winning a court challenge to remain in the country, but the government said it was still considering another move to deport him.

Sparta Boss was crowned the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Futsal champions after they  defeated fierce rivals Bent Street 5-3 on penalty kicks Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has commenced the mid-season transfer window which will enable the movement of players among the respective clubs.

As the battle for the position of Opposition Leader gathers momentum, a motion of no confidence by APNU MPs against Joseph Harmon could be in the works to clear a pathway for PNCR Head Aubrey Norton.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The Australian government hit back hard at tennis star Novak Djokovic’s assertion that he was assured entry with a medical exemption from coronavirus vaccine requirements, pointing out in court papers filed yesterday that no foreigner has a guaranteed right to enter the country.

Dear Editor, The chart below gives a peek at the rapid increase in COVID-19  infections across Guyana.

Dear Editor, This is surprising, indeed.  At least, it is to me, an observer. 

Shadow Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Jermaine Figueira yesterday accused the government of encouraging the spread of the COVID-19 virus by ignoring flagrant breaches of health protocols at Saturday night’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Futsal final at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall  “It is time to stop this nonsensical and very dangerous approach which is costing lives.

(Reuters) – Captain Tom Latham smashed an unbeaten 186 as New Zealand bounced back from their shock defeat in Mount Maunganui to amass 349-1 on the opening day of the second and final test against Bangladesh yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Despite missing out on a century on his One Day-International (ODI) debut, Shamarh Brooks is satisfied with his performance in Saturday’s match against Ireland at Sabina Park which the West Indies won.

Declaring that it won’t be silenced, civil society group Article 13 yesterday registered strong disappointment over the government “rushing” the Natural Resource  Fund (NRF) bill through Parliament and it also asserted that President Irfaan Ali has to be held accountable for the growing number of “constitutional violations of omissions and commission”.

Dear Editor, My friend Suresh said, “There are not enough ‘cuss words’ to describe the treasonous oil contract signed by the PNC” and which the PPP vowed they would not renegotiate.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – India’s quest for a first ever series win in South Africa will culminate with the third and final test beginning at picturesque Newlands in Cape Town tomorrow, where they are winless in five previous visits and facing some selection posers.

The GTU yesterday urged teachers to observe an “Isolation Day” today from face-to-face teaching in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases despite a warning from the Minister of Labour that they would be docked a day’s pay.

Dear Editor, Recently, there have been quite a lot of road works going on throughout the country and for quite some time now I’ve been hearing complaints about the quality of work presented.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire started by a malfunctioning space heater spread smoke through a low-income building in The Bronx borough of New York City yesterday, city officials said.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja’s fairytale comeback has presented Australia with a selection headache, and captain Pat Cummins conceded it would be hard to drop the in-form batsman from the fifth and final Ashes test against England in Hobart next week.

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) is advising that persons who wish to apply for scholarships offered in 2022, should begin preparing their documents for their applications.

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks, the Rickey Skerritt-led West Indies (WI) has been making some bold moves in the right direction.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa asked China to help restructure debt repayments as part of efforts to help the South Asian country weather a worsening financial crisis, his office said in a statement yesterday.

A contractor is currently facing the ire of the Minister of Public Works for failing to complete a project on time.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022, which will be staged here in the West Indies from Friday to February 5. 

Dear Editor, It  seems it is all out war, now the gauntlet has been drawn, in the matter of the major party versus the umbrella versus the minority arm, as to whether there will be one controller or three different controllers.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England’s walking wounded defied the Australia bowling attack to bat out a dramatic final day of the fourth Ashes test for a morale-boosting thriller of a draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.

As with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), and despite assurances, the Irfaan Ali-led Government is yet to reconstitute another important constitutional body—the Public Service Commission (PSC).

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Bob Saget, an actor and comedian best known as the jovial dad on the television sitcom “Full House,” was found dead in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida, at age 65, authorities said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Covid-19 pandemic is decimating lives worldwide: It is practically impossible that anyone can be found who has not lost a loved one or associate to the dreaded virus.

Dear Editor, Apologies, but I am very confused by Guyana’s ‘politics’.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has entered a new broadcast partnership with ESPN that will allow more Caribbean fans than ever to have a chance of accessing live coverage of the West Indies home international matches.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – West African nations will close their borders with Mali, sever diplomatic ties and impose tough economic sanctions in response to its “unacceptable” delay in holding elections following a 2020 military coup, the 15-state regional bloc said on Sunday.

Aggrieved like his co-convict Bibi Sharima-Gopaul who was convicted and sentenced for the murder of her daughter; Jarvis Small has also lodged an appeal with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in which he contends he should never have been tried with the woman.

(Trinidad Guardian) Well-known pharmacist David Samuel Rahaman has been murdered. Rahaman was shot dead in St James on Saturday night and investigators believe that a bar owner may hold the key to cracking the investigations.

Thirty-year-old Joshua Samuels Gill of Bonasika Creek, lower Essequibo River, Region Three has two wishes and that is for persons to help him rebuild his home and for him to acquire a boat and engine.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon Vidyaratha Kissoon is involved in the work for gender equality Stopping Violence against Women and Girls without Gender Equality?

Tyler Herro scored a game-high and season-high 33 points, and Duncan Robinson added 27 points as the Miami Heat knocked off the host Phoenix Suns 123-100 on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man who was part of a couple kidnapped from their farm in Piarco and for whom a $2 million ransom was made, has escaped his kidnappers.

On New Year’s Day, the authoritarian government of the oil-rich nation of Kazakhstan removed the subsidy on fuel prices, sparking countrywide protests not only because of the resulting higher gas prices but also over issues relating to inequality, poverty and corruption.

Dear Editor, On Sunday, January 9th, Stabroek News reported that the Guyana Teachers’ Union has advised its members to take  an “isolation day” from Monday.

On January 5th a mother and her daughter died tragically at Bonasika Creek when their house collapsed on them. 

ALMATY, (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s president fired two more top security officials yesterday after the worst unrest in three decades of post-Soviet independence and authorities said the situation was stabilising, with Russian-led troops guarding key facilities.