Daily Archive: Friday, February 7, 2020

The sugar union GAWU says that GuySuCo today offered a pay increase after denying same for more than four years.

The runway capacity of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was tested when an Atlas Air (747-400) N475MC cargo aircraft landed at 6:15 am today with ballot papers from Canada.

Steven Archibald, 18,  is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Kyle Chase on 2019-12-30 at Guyhoc Park, Georgetown.

(Jamaica Star) Baby Nyyear Frank, the infant who was snatched from his mother’s arms as she walked in a section of Kingston last October, was allegedly the subject of a $500,000 contract.

(Trinidad Guardian) Phar­ma­cies around the coun­try are re­port­ing an in­crease in sales of sur­gi­cal masks, as lo­cals take mea­sures to safe­guard against the coro­n­avirus.

(Trinidad Express) An early morning accident in San Fernando has left three people injured.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Sourav Ganguly has roused India’s mighty cricket board from a three-year slumber and its push for an exclusive new tournament to be included on the international calendar is set to give the game’s governing body and other stakeholders sleepless nights.

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India has extended the detention of four political leaders in Kashmir who had been held by authorities since August to quell dissent after the central government stripped the region of its autonomy, two senior officials said today.

(Trinidad Express) “It was a fake wealthy list. And I always knew I would be vindicated at the court and it came at a good time — when we are embarking on a (general election) campaign,” Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal said yesterday, He was speaking to the Express following his victory at the court in which he received a $475,000 judgment, plus $69,000 for legal costs, in a defamation lawsuit.

Despite Jermaine Blackwood’s 81, Veerasammy Permaul’s four for 39 saw Jamaica Scorpions losing their final six wickets for 23 runs to give Guyana Jaguars the advantage at the end of the opening day of the fourth round West Indies Championship match at the National Stadium, Providence.

Net-Rockers crushed Milerock 4-1 when the Upper Demerara Football Association-sanctioned ‘Mash Cup’ continued on Wednesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

The Bridging Deed signed between the government and ExxonMobil and its partners in 2016, which purported to keep alive the 1999 Petroleum Agreement, is legally questionable, attorney and activist Christopher Ram has stated. 

Minister of Sport Dr George Norton paid a courtesy call to members of the Golden Jaguars Senior team and observed one of their training sessions ahead of the pivotal 2021 Gold Cup Qualifier against Barbados, slated for next month.

President David Granger yesterday announced that the incumbent government is examining options for the introduction of a single national identification card which can be used for all government transactions.

There was a standoff yesterday morning between sacked workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and police who sought to remove a makeshift barrier that had been erected across the Berbice River to obstruct the company’s operations. 

Hillside brushed aside Young Stars 2-0 when the Lets Bet Sports Mocha Inter-Village Streetball Championship continued on Wednesday at the Mocha Primary School Tarmac.

The Ministry of Education on Monday launched what may well be the most all-inclusive initiative up to this time to equip Guyanese with a working knowledge of aspects of the oil and gas sector when it unveiled its two on-line courses at an event held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, killed with eight others in a helicopter crash last month, will be honoured at a public memorial service planned for Feb.

Lethem resident Peter Juan was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail for the unlawful killing of his reputed wife, whom he assaulted during an argument over a bicycle tire. 

MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage yesterday after losing 4-3 at home to Real Sociedad in a hugely entertaining game which saw two goals ruled out by video technology and a late red card for the visitors.

A great many of the current and growing small business enterprises in areas that include agro-processing, craft, clothing, fabric design and foods, to name a few, had their origins in initiatives undertaken by individuals and groups of women from poor rural communities searching for ways to subsidise modest existing incomes through one form or another of self-employment.

The European Union (EU) has sent a full-fledged team to observe the March 2nd general elections and their main focus will be to observe that it will be inclusive, transparent and credible.

BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – Record 30-times winners Barcelona were sent crashing out of the Copa del Rey in a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao yesterday after a stoppage-time header from Inaki Williams.

Blinded perhaps by the headlights into which we glare directly and which, perhaps, cause us to see only the ‘bright side’ of the oil & gas story arising out of ExxonMobil’s huge and still growing oil finds offshore Guyana, there is every likelihood that we are inclined not to look too far beyond those prospects that have to do with our years of waiting for our oil ‘miracle.’

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A Chinese doctor who issued an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak before it was officially recognised died of the virus yesterday, triggering a wave of public mourning and rare expressions of anger towards the government online.

A Corentyne youth was yesterday cleared of the murders of two Bush Lot farmers, who were fatally shot during a robbery at their mother’s house on the evening of December 31st, 2018.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denounced U.S.

Just how far the influence of the United States extends in applying strong pressures on out-of-favour political administrations was again reflected last week when Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley broke the news to his country that what had promised to be an economically game-changing bilateral agreement between his country and Venezuela for the exploitation of a gas-rich area shared by the two countries had been put on hold.

As Guyana gets ready to vote on March 2, Ballot papers were due from Canada where they were printed by Canadian Bank Note, the same company which prints the country’s currency.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Jason Mohammed and captain Yannick Ottley struck half-centuries in an unbroken century partnership to rescue Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the opening day of their fourth round match against Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – An elbow injury has ruled England’s Barbadian fast-bowling sensation Jofra Archer out of the upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka and the lucrative Indian Premier League starting next month.

ROME, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When scientist Peter Soroye first saw the figures showing estimated bumblebee populations in North America had fallen by nearly 50% in a single generation, he thought it must be a typo.

The local private training institution, JTW Management Institute has rolled out its new suite of training programmes for the first half of  2020 which embraces disciplines ranging from basic proficiency in English and Mathematics to training in skills that better position persons for job-seeking pursuits as well as to enhance their chances of securing on-the-job promotion.

Dear Editor, Permit me the space to vent our (the students’) frustration at the fact that, in 2020, we are still complaining about issues that were budding problems some 10 years ago and beyond.

A team from Eastern Airlines LLC met with the Director General, Lt.

(Field Level Media) The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired guard D’Angelo Russell from the Golden State Warriors in a blockbuster trade yesterday that included forward Andrew Wiggins.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 6, 2020

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday the United States had killed Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in a counterterrorism operation in Yemen.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declared that both the Global Witness report and that by the United Kingdom-based law firm Clyde and Company, have shown the world that Guyana was “under-served” by the David Granger led government during the 2016 negotiation with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL).

Dear Editor,  I just read an on-line news report quoting President Granger as stating that the Constitution of Guyana gives him the power, under certain conditions, to revoke the citizenship of Guyanese who hold dual citizenship.

LONDON (Reuters) – Nike said the Alphafly shoe worn by Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour marathon barrier would be legal under World Athletics’ new rules and that widespread reports of its shoes containing triple carbon plates are false.

After weeks of psychiatric evaluation, twenty-four-year-old Devon Johnson has been deemed fit to stand trial for the murders of two vagrants.

WASHINGTON/MANCHESTER, N.H.,  (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg narrowly won Iowa’s Democratic presidential caucuses yesterday after a long delay in releasing the results, reshaping the 2020 race and raising doubts about the future of one-time front-runner Joe Biden, who finished a disappointing fourth.

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Dear Editor,  We came to know and love Kamau Brathwaite as the keeper of the ‘abeng’, the African inspired use of the conch shell to spread manifesto messages among mountain maroons and their fellow forest freedom fighters. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – A burglary in the Barbados Pride dressing room at Warner Park here has forced the start of their fourth round match against Leeward Islands Hurricanes to be pushed back by a day.

(Barbados Nation/BGIS) The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has issued effective offshore exploration licences for the Carlisle Bay and Bimshire blocks to BHP Petroleum.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St Vincent  and the Grenadines: Hundreds of Vincentians today marched through streets of the capital Kingstown ahead of a vigil to protest the murder of a nurse allegedly by her husband.

(Trinidad Express) The Gov­ern­ment is do­ing away with for­eign in­sur­ance com­pa­nies and once the In­sur­ance bill act is pro­claimed in two months, such com­pa­nies will have to in­cor­po­rate them­selves and reg­is­ter a T&T com­pa­ny, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert said yester­day.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 863’s trading results showed consideration of $42,443,102 from 76,212 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 862’s trading results which showed consideration of $16,499,485 from 160,768 shares traded in 39 transactions.

At its human rights review by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland  two weeks ago, Guyana was called out for still having the death penalty on its books, not doing enough for the LGBT community and failing to establish a human rights commission.

Elections day is less than a month away and for many it brings a sense of foreboding.

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – India’s Reliance Industries and U.S.-based Chevron Corp yesterday defended their business with Venezuela from White House criticism, noting that their marketing agreements and operations in the OPEC nation have been approved by Washington.

– Rigging potential – Juan and Adam Hello all. This being a Friday Feature, I’m often “beaten” to the tape by those who are published earlier every week.

By yesterday morning and arising out of the latest in an unending series of management/worker confrontations between the majority-owned Russian bauxite behemoth and its Guyanese workers, there had reportedly arisen a standoff between residents of the Aroaima community and armed police, the issue that spawned this turn of events being the earlier blocking and unblocking of the Berbice River in the area of Kwakwani.

In early December last year we published a letter from artist Ms Bernadette Persaud who said that a few weeks previously the site of the Chateau Margot chimney had been closed off to the public and that the gates now carried two notices.

Part 86   Introduction It has been a week of fast-moving events.

Dear Editor, No one can sue you for libel if you publish your opinion that you find plausible and persuasive what Dr.