Daily Archive: Friday, February 4, 2022

(Reuters) – Justin Langer has resigned as head coach of the Australia cricket team, his management company said today, ending weeks of speculation over whether he would be offered a new contract.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall today announced that Local Government Elections will be held this year.

A pump attendant was shot this morning at a New Amsterdam gas station during an attempted robbery.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) has reduced the freight charges for trucks transporting sand to East Berbice.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia and China called in a joint statement today for NATO to halt its expansion while Moscow said it fully supported Beijing’s stance on Taiwan and opposed Taiwanese independence in any form.

(Trinidad Express) Hitmen are being hired from criminal gangs to murder people.

(Trinidad Express) Police have confirmed they are investigating the alleged failure of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi to transfer the motor vehicle registration of a car which he sold to former member of the Police Service Commission (PolSC) Roger Kawalsingh.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has assured the families of Christopher Bhagwandat and his girlfriend, Sheereda Persaud that there will be an impartial investigation into the accident which claimed their lives on the Mahaica Bridge on Wednesday.

The PPP/C government yesterday signalled to CGX Energy Inc (CGX) that it would be seeking amendments to the 2013 agreement signed under the Donald Ramotar administration, with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo saying the decision is in keeping with campaign promises made to give this country better deals from the resource.

Convicted sex offender Esan Germain who is currently serving a 65-year sentence for sexually abusing a 4-year-old on three occasions—with the final assault at age seven—has again been convicted—this time for raping a 15-year-old girl three times.

Promising members of  the security sector that the APNU+AFC coalition will soon be back in Government to deliver, the “good life”, Opposition Member of Parliament Geeta Chandan-Edmond yesterday called for the immediate establishment of an inter-ministerial committee on public security.

Workers and machinery attached to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) have been dispatched to the Andrews, Better Success area in Region Two to remedy the broken Andrews sluice door.

Davendra Kissoon, 27, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, is revelling in the glory of securing the coveted title of the University of Guyana’s Valedictorian for the Class of 2020/2021 after successfully completing the requirement for a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Civil with Environmental Engineering with a 4.0 GPA, a perfect score.

Shawn Bobb who was wanted for the murder of his partner’s son, Isaiah Edwards, 19, who died on Thursday last, was yesterday charged and remanded.

(CMC) – Left-hander Kycia Knight struck her first One-Day International half-century in five-and-a-half years but Laura Wolvaardt’s third hundred in the format helped sink West Indies Women by 96 runs and set up a tantalising series finale on Sunday.

Against the backdrop of what, over several years, has been a failure on the part of government to grant incentives and create opportunities for the meaningful expansion and growth of the micro- and small-business sector in Guyana, one of the country’s high-profile Business Support Organizations (BSOs) has issued a call for the government to ‘change gears,’ and to throw its weight more purposefully behind modest business ventures even as these continue to become manifestly worn down by the various pressures associated with the advent of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 291 new cases of COVID-19 had been recorded.

The recent disclosure that the United States administration is offering visa incentives to attract international science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students and researchers to that country as part of its mission of increasing its talent pool in those disciplines has attracted attention in some likely targeted countries, including Guyana, where the move is being seen as a development that may further denude what are already modest talent pools in those disciplines.

A manhunt is underway for remanded prisoner, Kavin Singh who escaped from the Lusignan prison yesterday morning while attending virtual court.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published what is being seen as a landmark report highlighting what it sees as the worsening state of the earth’s soil, land and water resources, and the challenges that this poses for feeding a global population expected to approach ten billion by 2050.

Officers from the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) yesterday confiscated several yellow and red-footed tortoises from an individual who was displaying them for sale in an inhumane manner and was not in possession of a permit.

By Deodat Maraj Earlier this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its forecast for global growth in 2022, projecting a revised figure of 4.4% which is a 0.5% reduction from the estimate it made in October 2021.

The Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), on Tuesday handed over a recreational facility to the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has, not for the first time, issued a discomfiting warning that the unchecked irresponsible disposal of plastics in oceans and other bodies of water will inevitably come back to haunt the global environment, making life on the planet increasingly unbearable for its human inhabitants.  UNEP’s most recent warning about what it describes as the continued sharp growth in the irresponsible disposal of plastics, comes with a prediction that the prevailing practice could see the volume of plastics dumped in this manner double in less than a decade.

Government yesterday assured that the nominee selected by Parliament to sit on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board will be one supported by both the Opposition and Government side of the House.

The Nexgen Golf Academy yesterday hosted 30 students from Rosignol Secondary School to prepare them for their historic venture in becoming part of the first group of learners to take golf as a PE (Physical Education) elective at CSEC examinations this year.

The aftermath of major oil spills that wreak economic and environmental havoc, particularly when these occur in developing countries, never really vary a great deal from country to country.

The inaugural Central Essequibo Cricket Committee (CECC) Invitational T10 knockout final is slated for Sunday at Reliance Sports Ground, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

Residents of Hadfield Street, Georgetown, are complaining about the neighbouring Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT) generators which are emitting thick smoke in addition to being a noise nuisance.

What is likely to be one of the more critical meetings of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in recent times will be staged virtually from March 28 to April 1.

The Guyana Basketball Federation (GABF) is commending the Government of Guyana on the record-breaking fund allocation to the transformation of sports in Guyana in the 2022 National Budget.

A number of companies on February 1, 2022, submitted bids for various projects at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Board members of four major oil companies declined to appear at a U.S.

Dear Editor, I would like to ask anyone reading my letter if they are able to clearly imagine Guyana 50 years from today? 

VENTANILLA, Peru,  (Reuters) – Spanish energy firm Repsol SA said yesterday it will only finish cleaning up a large oil spill off the coast of Peru in late March, pushing back an earlier timeline it had set of late February.

A Grade 2 Medic of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) last Friday aided a mother with the delivery of her baby while enroute to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on the East Bank of Demerara.

AMMAN/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S.

Dear Editor, I write in response to the report about the Guyana Pacific (Atlantic) Reader that was published to help youngsters with reading.

There is oil in the water, on the rocks and in the sand where children normally play on the banks of the Coca River in Ecuador.

Dear Editor, Much praise is being showered by residents of Region # 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) on Divisional Police Commander, Denise Griffith for doing an excellent job here.

The U.S. Embassy in collaboration with the Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) recently facilitated job prepara-tion training for Persons with Disabilities.  

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Venezuela is moving troops to the border with Colombia with technical assistance from Russia and Iran, Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano said yesterday, calling the possible deployment “foreign interference.”

WARRI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – An oil production and storage vessel exploded off the coast of Nigeria early on Wednesday with 10 crew members on board though it was unclear if there were any casualties or how much crude might have spilled into the sea.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 3, 2022

(Reuters) – Australian Open champion Rafa Nadal said he would love to finish his career with more Grand Slam titles than rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic but thinks he will have to secure more than 21 to do so.

(CMC) – Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein is now the highest rated West Indies bowler in Twenty20 Internationals, after jumping 15 places to 18th spot in the latest International Cricket Council rankings.

(Reuters) – Australia test captain Pat Cummins praised Justin Langer for doing a “fantastic” job as head coach but said it was only fair for Cricket Australia to conduct an evaluation process before making a decision on renewing his contract.

(Reuters) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will meet Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai inside the “closed loop” of the Beijing Olympics, he said yesterday.

We in Guyana would know by now that the oil and gas industry, like so many other phenomenon, can be a mixed blessing, even though, as a country, we are still well adrift of an accumulation of knowledge sufficient to understand all of the quirks of what can be a profound and multi-faceted transformative experience for countries possessed of the resources in question..

(Reuters) – Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday vented their frustration over plans for a biennial soccer World Cup instead of the current four-year cycle, saying it would have a major negative impact on other sports.

(Reuters) – Tennis fans could see Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer team up one more time after Laver Cup organisers announced yesterday that the duo will be part of Team Europe’s title defence against Team World this year.

By Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Two years after the onset of the pandemic, 2022 began with some hopeful signs of economic recovery after the worst downturn in more than a century.

With every budget that is crafted, there is an opportunity to set the stage for major reform.

Some 300 villagers of Issano, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Region Seven recently benefitted from a medical outreach that involved the US embassy and several NGOs including the California-based group, Guyana Medical Relief (GMR).

On local hospital — and school books Pardon today’s brevity please.

(Trinidad Express) More than 450 workers are expected to be retrenched from majority State-owned telecommunications provider TSTT.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro met with Peru’s President Pedro Castillo yesterday and pressed him on a project to build a cross-border road that would allow Brazil access to the Pacific.

(Reuters) – Phil Mickelson said all of the world’s top golfers had been contacted about joining a proposed Super Golf League (SGL) and that the threat of the Saudi-backed new circuit had improved players’ earnings potential.

(Reuters) – Australia retained the Women’s Ashes against England with two matches to spare following their 27-run victory in the opening one-day international yesterday.

A newly designed NBA All-Star Game debut of The Kobe Bryant Trophy will be awarded to the All-Star Game MVP after the 2022 game in Cleveland.

One looked in vain for any comprehensive contribution from Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson during the Budget debate on cultural matters.

The ‘Bannas’ Foundation in conjunction with the South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC), will host a 3-a-side U14 small-goal football competition tomorrow at the Meadowbrook Gardens Tarmac.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 952’s trading results showed consideration of $21,342,737 from 105,889 shares traded in 38 transactions as compared to session 951’s trading results which showed consideration of $43,684,533 from 122,438 shares traded in 39 transactions.

(Reuters) – England head coach Chris Silverwood has stepped down following the team’s meek surrender in the Ashes series against Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was reckless and poor decision by the police to pursue a high speed chase within the confines of the bridge in full view and use of other commuters and vehicles, in that horrific accident which resulted in loss of lives, injuries and damaged to property.