Daily Archive: Thursday, February 13, 2020

The APNU+AFC campaign committee today announced that its manifesto for the March 2 general and regional elections will be launched today at campaign headquarters – 216/217 Lamaha Street, Georgetown.

President David Granger this morning received a courtesy call from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of  Trinidad’s ANSA McAl Group of Companies, Anthony Sabga III who signalled the company’s interest in expanding its business here.

Republic Bank is advising its customers that Visa OneCard transactions which were conducted online and via other banks’ point-of-sales terminals and ATMs during the period November 4, 2019 to December 31, 2019 are now being processed to accounts.

SINGAPORE/SEOUL/LONDON, (Reuters) – As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles, pens, notebooks and laptops, some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune.

(Trinidad Guardian) While homi­cide in­ves­ti­ga­tors are prob­ing a drug link in Tues­day’s quadru­ple mur­der in Ran­cho Que­ma­do, some in­for­ma­tion point to a hit or­dered on the life of one of the vic­tims, An­to­nio Alexan­der.

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday released its long-awaited local content policy which mandates the submission of an annual plan by oil and gas operators which among other things would describe programmes of support and development for Guyanese suppliers.

Anti-corruption watchdog group Global Witness has recommended that more effort be put into the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) investigation of the awarding of the licences for the offshore Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks, saying that key participants, including former Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud, have not been questioned about the process.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire has declared that Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (Hess) and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd (Nexen), do not need separate environmental licenses to conduct oil production here since they are covered under the licence issued to ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (Esso).

Targeting oil and gas business travellers, another Marriott-branded hotel, the AC Marriott, is expected to be established here in another two and a half years near the Ogle Inter-national Airport, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday announced.

A child care officer is now traumatized after she was wounded by a knife-wielding bandit who attempted to rob her of her handbag on Tuesday morning in Albouystown, Georgetown.

A pilot is currently hospitalised after a S2R-T34 Turbine Thrush aircraft flipped over while attempting to land at the Mahaica Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS) yesterday afternoon.

The Civil Defence Commission yesterday hosted an oil spill tabletop exercise the aim of which was to test and develop Guyana’s oil response capability.

As the police probe into the robbery of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) kiosk at Giftland Mall widens, investigators have since detained a second suspect.

Virology experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are currently in the Caribbean to ensure that laboratory specialists are trained and equipped to identify and respond to potential imported cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and a visit is to be made to Guyana.

Unable to arrive at a verdict as to whether he is guilty or not of raping a 12-year-old girl, minibus conductor Dexter McIntosh now faces a retrial for the offence.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Five-time reigning champions Guyana Jaguars will not be pressing the panic button on their four-day title defence just yet, batting coach Shivnarine Chanderpaul has assured.

“Small but good” is how presidential candidate of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Ralph Ramkarran describes the meetings being held around the country by his party.

A new maternity unit was officially commissioned on Wednesday at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.

A fine all-round display from Sarwan Chitnarine guided defending champions No.

The Flying Ace Cycling Club will pedal off their first event of the 2020 season with a 40-mile road race Sunday sponsored by Massy Distribution Limited under their Seven Seas brand.

Aiming to change the quality of life for Guyanese, newcomer to the political arena, Change Guyana presidential candidate, Robert Badal, on Tuesday unveiled his party’s manifesto, which he said focuses heavily on “putting more money in your pockets.”

Regional Six health officials yesterday said that there is no suspected case of the coronavirus in Region Six.

Akshaya Persaud’s half century and Anthony Adam’s three-wicket haul helped Southside to a 219-run win over Ruby in the third round of the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Association/Dwayne Stephens 40-over tournament.

A new $30 million primary health care facility in Eccles, East Bank Demerara was yesterday commissioned by Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

(CWI) The West Indies Women yesterday defeated Pakistan women by 19 runs in the third unofficial practice match at the Tewantin cricket ground, winning the three-match series two nil.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor says her side needs to repeat the intensity of their title-winning campaign four years ago, in order to prevail at the Twenty20 World Cup starting later this month.

An official sod-turning ceremony to kick-start the construction of the Ministry of Public Health’s laboratory and the Guyana Gold Board’s Head Office was held at the site of the proposed building yesterday.

Georgetown spinners were too much for East Bank as they crumbled to a six-wicket defeat in the opening round of the Under-17 Inter-Association competition at the Everest Cricket Club yesterday.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of stationery, ink and janitorial supplies to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

It has been almost five months since Cummings Lodge resident Michael Banfus disappeared without a trace and while his family is convinced that he is not alive they are seeking closure.

Aurora Knight Riders defeated Affiance Sports Club by 58 runs while Bacchus Bulls handed Invaders Masters a 50-run defeat to book their spot in Sunday’s final of the South/Central Essequibo T20 tournament.

The Supreme Court of Judicature (SCJ) has refuted an article published in the Kaieteur News about alleged shortcomings in the Court’s Information and Technology (IT) Department.

LONDON,, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor has joined English county Gloucestershire on a three-year deal that will see him turn out for the southwest England club across all three formats.

Guyanese duo Trevon Griffith and Joshua Persaud are both keen on making their presence felt in the 2020 season of the Trinidad and Tobago (TT) Cricket Board National League Premiership three –day competition.

Twenty-five children extracted from difficult circumstances are being cared for at the $250 Million Children and Family Care Centre which opened about five months ago in Plum Park, Sophia.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – The death toll in China’s Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak leapt by a record 242 today to 1,310, with a sharp rise in confirmed cases after the adoption of new methodology for diagnosis, health officials said.

National junior player Mohryan Baksh completed a clinical opening-round win in the 2020 Bounty Farm Ltd.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Agriculture wishes to point out that the article featured in the Tuesday 11th 2020 edition of the Stabroek News titled `Mahaicony farmers face losses again from spring tides’ is misleading to the general public.

Ten witnesses are expected to testify against Christopher Garraway and Randy Chester, the duo who were charged with drug trafficking last month.

Wayne Dover, head coach of the Golden Jaguars U20 team which departed local shores Monday for the CONCACAF Qualifiers in Nicaragua from February 15th-23rd.

Dear Editor, “It’s going to be a change. No other country in the history of Latin America will see such a change of the magnitude that Guyana will see and in per capita terms Guyana will become the country in the world that will produce the most barrels per capita than any place else in the world…more than Kuwait.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy, yesterday dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon region to ease an acute scarcity of priests.

A homeless man will be spending two months behind bars after pleading guilty to damaging the window of a car.

The Ministry of Public Health and designer Patricia ‘Pat’ Coates have confirmed their collaboration for Mashramani costume designs.

Dear Editor, Provided there are no administrative hiccups nor legal snafus along the way, the Guyanese electorate is heading inexorably to the polls on March 2, 2020.

Rookie Zion Williamson had a career-high 31 points, and Josh Hart scored 12 of his 17 points in a pivotal third quarter as the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 138-117 on Tuesday night.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – BP set one of the oil sector’s most ambitious targets for curbing carbon emissions yesterday as new chief executive Bernard Looney began the biggest revamp in its 111-year history.

The Minister of Education yesterday presented the Mahdia Secondary School with steel pans  during the opening ceremony of the national levels for the Children’s Mash competitions.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans in Congress yesterday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S.

On Sunday last, the American Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, better known as the Academy Awards or the Oscars, held its 92nd ceremony to recognise excellence in those fields.

Former national winger, Ryan Dey, was elected  president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) when the body held its Annual General Meeting recently.

Dear Editor, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan told a London audience on Sunday  that PPP/C Presidential candidate Irfaan Ali was afraid of public and journalistic scrutiny and should start to lead an ‘examined life’.

(BBC) The British government has suspended its funding of the Common-wealth Secretariat, the body that runs the international organisation from London, the BBC has learned.

In 2015, the stand-up comedian John Oliver founded “Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption,” to show how easy it is to qualify as an American church and not pay taxes.