Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 16, 2022

(Trinidad Guardian) Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales has confirmed to Guardian Media that all power plants in Trinidad are currently down.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of February 16th, 2022, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A joint venture involving Guysons has acquired 55 acres of land at Enmore for oilfield manufacturing facilities.

(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank Ltd has terminated its contentious return-to-work Covid-19 policy for ­unvaccinated workers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide officers investigating the murder of Private Jamal Blake, 26, received information that Blake’s life was threatened on numerous occasions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Following increased gang warfare last October and November, three security agencies are populating a gang database, “acquiring associates of gangs”, identifying people of interest and seizing firearms and narcotics.

Guyana holds an open door policy to investors but strong local content and low interest rates are qualifying criteria, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.

Guyana is actively pitching selling carbon credits to states and multinational petroleum operators.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said that the sexual insult directed by a Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall, on February 9th to a female opposition parliamentarian across the floor of the National Assembly should be seen as a watershed moment rather than treated as the routine ‘rough and tumble’ of Parliament. 

Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley has proposed the establishment of a regional renewable energy fund to finance the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of power.

Miner, Lexroy Garraway, called ‘Bam Bam,’ now awaits sentencing after pleading guilty yesterday, to the 2019 killing of his drinking buddy, Eric Nurse. 

As both Guyana and Suriname continue to make significant oil discoveries, Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi said that the onus is on countries to ensure that they manage their oil and gas resources in a responsible manner.

Interdicted police officer, Wayde Padmore, now faces a retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict on charges against him of allegedly sexually assaulting a thirteen-year-old girl back in December 2019 and October 2020.

A decision on the establishment of a National Oil Company (NOC) for Guy-ana will be made by the end of September this year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced as he shared insight into government’s position on key developments in the oil & gas sector.

COVID-19 self-testing may soon become an option for Guyanese as it may be among the solutions to curb the spread of the virus, says the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.

Ghanaian President Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday stated that while the government here should pursue ambitious policies for the sustainability of the oil & gas sector and its co-existence among other industries, if the concerns of some stakeholders are not properly represented, ventures should not be pursued.

Just under a month after suing the Childcare and Protection Agency (C&PA) and the Attorney General (AG) for more than $25 million in damages for what she said was her unlawful detention, the 14-year-old has now filed an almost $200 million suit against the Guyana Police Force.

KYIV/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Kyiv appeared to blame Russia for a cyber attack yesterday as U.S.

With no clues on the root cause of the mechanical issues with the Guyana Power and Light’s Garden of Eden generators, management of GPL is  awaiting a report from Wärtsilä, to advise on the way forward.

Guyana Harpy Eagles were routed for 116 by the  Leeward Islands Hurricanes, who at close of play had established a 10-run lead on the opening day of the second round in the West Indies Championships.

(Reuters) – Sea levels around the United States will rise up to a foot over the next 30 years due to climate change, as much as they have risen in the previous century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projected in a report on Tuesday.

The Lady Jaguars will lock horns with Dominica this evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora from 8:00 pm in the first round of the Concacaf ‘W’ Championship Qualifiers, which also serves as the pathway for the 2023 FIFA World Cup.

Dear Editor, As the Energy Conference opened up yesterday, Guyana failed to send a public message to Exxon’s boss who is in attendance.

Dear Editor, In an interview I gave to the Kaieteur News and reported in their Sunday 13th Edition, I noted that much was expected from the presentation of President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo and Mr.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew has settled a U.S.

The nominees for the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) are still to be formally accepted by the members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

A fit and confident West Indies unit is set to battle India in the first T20I today in Kolkata at 10.00 hours.

The U.S. Embassy yesterday announced the opening of the annual competition for the 2023-2024 Ful-bright Foreign Student Program. The

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran police detained ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez yesterday, escorting him from his home in handcuffs and chains, following a U.S.

Dear Editor, It has been 60 years since February 16, 1962, brought back to memory by the opening lines, ‘were some who ran one way, were some who ran another way, were some who did not run at all, were some who will not run again’, in Martin Carter’s poem ‘Black Friday 1962’.

By Charwayne Walker Guyana’s female football team The Lady Jags will engage Dominica in the first round of the Concacaf ‘W’ Championship Qualifiers, which also serves as Qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA World Cup this evening at the Leonora Track Field stadium.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s constituent assembly began formally debating yesterday motions for a new Constitution to replace a market-focused one dating back to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, a text that could reshape the world’s top copper-producing nation.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has commenced its first crop for 2022 with the hopes of achieving its targets as well as to bounce back from the devastating floods of 2021.

Dear Editor, Recent parliamentary developments involving a sitting Minister of the Government and a lawmaker (believe it or not) have tarnished others, who were there and heard him. 

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Test wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva was among three batsmen with half-centuries as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force rebounded following a poor start, to make a strong finish to day one of their second round Regional First Class Championship game against Windward Islands Volcanoes yesterday.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Seven critics of Nicaragua’s government, including frontrunners who hoped to challenge President Daniel Ortega in last year’s election, faced criminal charges yesterday as trials continue against dozens of prisoners who have been jailed for months.

Dear Editor, The 2022 National budget passed in the National Assembly holds economic, social and political implications that we have to live with for years and decades to come.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The owner of Brazil’s biggest homegrown grains trader told Reuters he is in talks with Canadian investor Stan Bharti to help develop the largest potash mine in Latin America, in a push to wean Brazilian farmers off costly fertilizer imports.

Dear Editor, Sometime in 2015 when the APNU+AFC government ascended to office they gave ministers and parliamentarian a huge salary increase.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Discarded Test opener John Campbell blasted an unbeaten hundred to send a reminder to the newly installed selection panel, as Jamaica Scorpions dominated Barbados Pride here yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her libel lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming her in a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after the presiding judge already had said he would dismiss the case regardless of the verdict.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Chadwick Walton’s unbeaten half-century canceled out one from West Indies colleague Andre Fletcher, as Chattogram Challengers maintained their bid for a place in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League with a narrow seven-run win over Khulna Tigers.

Dear Editor, Against the background of widespread expressions of grief at the passing of Lata Mangeshkar and simultaneously, calls to decolonize the new Atlantic Readers, I take the opportunity to make an intervention on the intersection of decolonization and Indian Music in Guyana. 

For those who feel hard done by after being continuously overlooked by the various West Indies selection panels, Romario Shepherd’s story should be instructive and should reinforce belief in themselves and their abilities and decide never, never to give up.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.

By Nurul Izzah Anwar KUALA LUMPUR – The 2019 Oscar-winning film Parasite attracted a global audience for its arresting portrayal of South Korea’s stark income inequality.

Dear Editor, February 16 is a very important date in the history of this country.

(Reuters) – Australia’s Kane Richardson and Ashton Agar combined for a miserly bowling performance as the hosts outclassed Sri Lanka by six wickets in yesterday’s low-scoring third Twenty20 international in Canberra.

Over the last three weeks, global watchers have been riveted to news updates by the ongoing troop deployments and ensuing tension escalations on the Russia-Ukraine border, and the Freedom Convoy of truckers who travelled from the West Coast of Canada and formed a blockade at Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, virtually bringing the country’s capital to a standstill.