Daily Archive: Friday, October 23, 2020

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that parts of the Essequibo River island of Leguan will experience a six-hour blackout on Sunday, October 25th.

The Ministry of Public Works, Special Projects Units will be conducting maintenance works (patching of pot holes, overlaying of deteriorated and depressed sections) and road surface marking from Saturday, October 24, 2020 to Sunday, October 25, 2020 from 9:00 hrs.

A woman was seriously injured when a tree fell on her and other squatters this afternoon at the first flooded field at Success, East Coast Demerara.

Three private criminal charges previously filed against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield were today withdrawn by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

 (Reuters) – Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden clashed over the country’s response to climate change in their final presidential debate yesterday, which included a stark disagreement over the future of the oil industry.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States will urge Sri Lanka to make “difficult but necessary choices” on its economic relations when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits there next week, a senior U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricket great Kapil Dev, who captained India to their 1983 World Cup triumph, is stable after undergoing an emergency coronary angioplasty having suffered chest pain, according to a hospital statement today.

 (Reuters) – England’s cricket players on central contracts have agreed to take a 15% pay cut for 12 months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on finances, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said today.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony (left) has held what his ministry said were “fruitful talks” with Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana  Lilian Chatterjee (centre), focusing on key areas for which technical assistance in the health sector can be provided by Canada.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley last night rubbished rumours she had fallen ill and collapsed at Government Headquarters, on Bay Street, St Michael.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Last week, the Child Protection and Family Services Agency announced that this is a historic year for them after a record number of wards became eligible for universities.

The PPP/C will not accept the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Act in its current form and will either repeal or amend it sometime early next year, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharat has said.

On November 24th acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC will commence hearing arguments on preliminary issues raised in the two election petitions filed by the main Opposition and she asserted that the petitions should be heard together though a final decision has not yet been taken.

The Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the execution-style killing of Kitty resident Seon London and one of them has since confessed to his involvement in the crime.

Patients needing diagnostic treatment aided by Computerized Tomography (CT) scans in Region Six (East Berbice/ Corentyne) can now access this at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital (NAPH).

Hospital workers are expected to follow standard precautions while ensuring that patients receive immediate treatment for their illnesses regardless of whether they were tested for COVID-19 or not, according to Guyana’s newly-appointed Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr.

The National COVID-19 Task Force Secretariat (NCTFS) is still to grant permission to the management of MovieTowne Guyana to launch its drive-in film screenings, which was due to begin today.

Unscrupulous persons who profit from child beggars may soon find themselves facing prosecution.

Twenty-seven new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday and there were 16 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The suspect who was arrested on Wednesday night, hours after he allegedly confronted ranks on duty at Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire residence with a toy gun remains in police custody.

Despite plans by regional airline LIAT to return to the skies from November 1, it is still to give notice to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authorities (GCAA) or the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA).

To support online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday said that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to zero rate several educational websites on behalf of students and children in Guyana.  

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony says 20,000  rapid antigen tests ordered for selective hinterland regions will increase the testing capacity in those areas.

Increasingly, stories that derive from journalistic ‘intrusions’ into the lives of Guyanese women, some of them shockingly young when account is taken of the extent of the responsibilities that they already bear, serve to remind that much of what gets said by officialdom on the subject of gender and opportunity amounts to no more than ‘old hat.’

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Eteringbang Airstrip in Region Seven which is estimated to cost just over $63 million.

The recent accreditation of the Government Analyst Food & Drugs Department (GA-FDD) as a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) to the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) 17020 and 17025 standards could mark a “game-changing development” for the productive sector in Guyana since the accreditation now equips the country to make critical and internationally recognised standards assessments of some types of local goods being produced here and targeting international markets.

Both residents and farmers in Belladrum, West Berbice, have received a respite from seasonal flooding after close to $2 million worth of works was carried out on a main drainage canal in the community.

NASHVILLE,  (Reuters) – Democrat Joe Biden renewed his attacks on U.S.

The Head of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is calling for the urgent implementation of active fiscal policies with a gender approach, as a specific part of the wider menu of measures to mitigate the disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women.

A group of APNU+AFC supporters yesterday afternoon assembled outside of the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack calling for the withdrawal of the charges which were levelled against their fellow party members stemming from the events surrounding the March 2nd elections.

Dear Editor, It is difficult not to be impressed by the published reports of the Minister of Sports’ busy schedule of interactions with respective sports organisations.

ABUJA/LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday called for an end to street protests in the country, as authorities in the commercial capital Lagos struggled to enforce a curfew imposed to contain anger over a crackdown on anti-police protesters.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to render some observations in simple language (not my technology jargon) on what the Government must do to fully leverage its wise decision to liberalize the Telecom/Digital sector.

By Readawne Henery Taxi drivers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri are looking forward to the resumption of scheduled flights after being out of work for over six months.

Dear Editor, On the morning news on Voice of Guyana (October 21) I listened to President Irfaan Ali’s call for reconciliation and, as I understood it, for a resolution to engage and solve the country’s longstanding conflicts.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has reaffirmed its commitment to advocating for the rights and interests, and development of the nation’s Indigenous peoples.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Using blood of recovered COVID-19 patients – or so-called convalescent plasma – as a potential treatment is of little benefit in helping hospitalised patients fight off the infection, according to results of a clinical trial in India.

From the era when ‘joints’ of ‘weed’ had to be smoked discreetly on the streets of Jamaica, the smokers keeping a watchful eye out for the long arm of the law, marijuana has worked its way up the ladder of ‘comfort’ substances, the production and marketing of the herb blossoming into an industry that will likely grow exponentially in the years ahead.

Persons still squatting on the land owned by the National Industrial and Commercial Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) at Success are still against taking up temporary shelter at the Graham’s Hall Primary School.

Dear Editor, In response to the letter on industrial hemp in SN dated October 21,2020, written by Dr Tara Singh, the following is an explanation to the concerns raised about the impact of industrial hemp on food security and management concerns.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Government analysts and private sector investigators were able to rapidly attribute to Iranian hackers a wave of thousands of threatening emails aimed at U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Alessandra Korap of the Munduruku tribe in the Amazon was awarded the 2020 Robert F.

A fifteen-member group of international organisations concerned with ensuring that issues of forest conservation and the greening of economies remain at the heart of the human development agenda, last week made a high-profile international appeal for forests and tree landscapes to be brought to the centre of the global building back effort “for a more resilient and sustainable future.”

Navin Hansraj may be a computer engineer by training, though these days, his pursuits in agro-processing qualify him as the consummate hustler, one whose pursuit of accomplishment pushes him in several different directions.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a window for a snap election that could give him a majority government and free him of his dependence on opposition parties to govern – if only they would cooperate and withdraw their support.

Dear Editor, I have noticed recent news reports that the current government will be distributing 25,000 100- Watt solar panels and accessories to homes in the hinterland as part of what President Ali declared, in addressing Amerindians, is “our strong commitment to your inclusion in nation building.”

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba yesterday said the decades-old U.S. trade embargo, tightened under President Donald Trump, cost it a record total of more than $5 billion over the last financial year and hurt its ability to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday October 22, 2020 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Just over a week after being hit down by a funeral van along the Devonshire Castle Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast, Tulsie Maniram remains in the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 885’s trading results showed consideration of $6,525,349 from 31,027 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 884’s trading results which showed consideration of $19,427,631 from 111,412 shares traded in 29 transactions.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain, Stafanie Taylor, is set to miss Adelaide Strikers’ opening two games of the Women’s Big Bash League due to quarantine.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies Women batting star, Deandra Dottin, says she is hoping to extend her recent rich vein of form when she turns out in the Women’sT20 Challenge starting next month in the United Arab Emirates.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Ex-West Indies fast bowler Tony Gray has criticised the selection of Keemo Paul in the Test squad for New Zealand, contending the all-rounder should have been replaced by stroke-maker Shai Hope whom he has labelled a “great talent”.

Provocateurs! Exposing racism, promoting racism Even I, an untrained political analyst or hardly a trained qualified historian, would know that a very limited Op-Ed piece such as this would do no justice to even attempt a history, development and status of Guyana’s two political behemoths – the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the People’s National Congress (PNC).

Dear Editor, My country remained a strange and interesting place in the run up to the National and Regional Elections 2020, for reasons which I never understood.

(Reuters) – German tennis great Boris Becker pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he had failed to hand over his Grand Slam trophies in order to settle his debts, the Press Association reported.

(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested and charged PC Kevin Dattoo for four counts of sexual penetration of a minor and one count of rape.

(Reuters) – Carlos Vinicius could play alongside Harry Kane at Tottenham Hotspur rather than just act as cover for the England striker, manager Jose Mourinho said after the Brazilian set up two goals in yesterday’s 3-0 Europa League victory over Austria’s LASK.

BELGRADE,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has played some of the best tennis of his life in 2020 but he regrets the failure to win either the U.S.

(IPL) Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) returned to winning ways after they beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by eight wickets in Match 40 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Although uncertainty surrounds the date for the staging of the constitutionally scheduled Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) election, its former President, Collis Gifth has not ruled out the possibility of running for the top post.

(Field level Media) Carson Wentz threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Boston Scott with 40 seconds remaining, lifting the host Philadelphia Eagles to a 22-21 victory over the New York Giants yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Fears that the COVID-19 pandemic might have a dire impact on women’s sport in Australia have eased in recent months and yesterday 120 of the world’s best cricketers were gathered in Sydney for the 2020 Women’s Big Bash League.

Rice farmers in Abary and the Mahaica-Mahaicony stand to benefit after the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) completes repairs to agriculture infrastructure.

Access to land and housing has long been a bone of contention in Guyana.

Sometimes one has to wonder whether our politicians live in the same country as the rest of us. 

The community of Prospect Housing Development on the East Bank of Demerara can now enjoy convenient access to potable water with applications and connections done on-the-spot.

(Jamaica Observer) Telecommunica-tions firm Digicel on Tuesday launched itself as a “digital operator” and marked the occasion by delivering a suite of eight apps and a promise of powerful digital experiences.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 38-year-old man was fatally shot by a close male relative at his home in Mt Pleasant in Arima yesterday morning during an argument.