Daily Archive: Friday, November 13, 2020

The Ministry of Public Health today said that 62 new COVID-19 cases were recorded.

Public objections have resulted in a developer switching the site for a proposed waste treatment plant from Peters Hall, East Bank of Demerara (EBD) to Little Diamond also on the EBD.

President Irfaan Ali today said that rapid response teams will be set up in all regions of the country.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the Guyana Police Force on October 24th 2020 conducted a cordon and search exercise at the Baroombar International as part of a trafficking in persons probe.

The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Marlon Primo, 41, for questioning in relation to the discovery of 11.5 tons of cocaine, which was unearthed in a container of scrap metal on October 27, 2020, in Belgium.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China today congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who won the Nov.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Peter Sutcliffe, the British serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper for a five-year murder spree during which he stabbed and bludgeoned at least 20 women and girls, killing 13 of them, has died after catching COVID-19.

LONDON/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – A facility set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than $2 billion to buy and distribute COVID-19 shots for poorer countries, but said it still needs more.

(Jamaica Star) All his life, 35-year-old Radre ‘Kayle’ Hunter dreamt of one day being called ‘Daddy’.

(Jamaican Observer) The teenaged male who was last month captured in a chilling video viciously assaulting a distressed girl has been slapped with two charges and is to face the courts this month end.

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del.,  (Reuters) – More Republican lawmakers said yesterday the Trump administration should allow Joe Biden to receive intelligence briefings, in a tacit acknowledgement the Democrat will soon occupy the White House despite the president’s refusal to concede.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) on Wednesday signed a deal for the establishment of solar farms at Lethem and Bartica which will cost a total of $1.1b.

Yogeshwar Kumar, 34, the man who fatally stabbed 16-year-old Sanesha Lall, remained hospitalised up to yesterday and the dead girl’s family believes that he carried out the attack after the girl rejected him.

 The two Bel Air men who were stabbed in a home invasion on Wednesday are reported to be showing signs of recovery at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, David Patterson  yesterday said that the annual cost of the new government will be $584m – more than the comparable figure for the former APNU+AFC government which had attracted criticism.

Marlon Primo, a key figure in the probe of a huge cocaine-in-scrap metal bust, remains elusive despite expanded searches by the authorities here.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has launched a Remigration Brochure.

Boxers get ready, the return of the ‘sweet science’ in the 592 is imminent.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand,  CMC – West Indies chief selector Roger Harper said he was looking forward to viewing a number of white-ball specialist in red-ball practice matches on the Tour of New Zealand.

Although the majority of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in St.

On the back of the Saturday October 31 launch of its new Smyth Street Showroom, Bulkan Timber Works, one of the leading names in the country’s forest products industry, is challenging government to allocate the company material supply responsibility for one per cent (fifty houses) out of its recently announced commitment to erect 5,000 turn-key homes during its current five-year term in office.

One new COVID-19 fatality was yesterday recorded along with 44 new cases.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, not least Guyana, have long had to face challenges in matters of public accountability not least in areas pertaining to the administration of public funds.

A number of Haitian nationals held in a people smuggling probe are currently being accommodated at a shelter and they are expected to be deported.

In a country of incremental advances in media freedom arising through no effort on the part of government but rather on account of the gradual rolling out of an increased number of media houses and advancements in enabling technology, the various publics have, over time, become more vociferous, more empowered in ‘talking back’ to  government.

Two prison officers attached to the Lusignan Prison were placed under close arrest after they were allegedly found in possession of a quantity of cannabis on Tuesday night.

Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to use the fledgling political movement for private gain.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – The West Indies cricket team have been cleared to leave their biosecure facility in Christchurch today after their third round of novel coronavirus tests were negative, New Zealand Cricket said yesterday.

Trinidad and Tobago has preceded the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in officially launching SheTrades, an initiative inaugurated by the International Trade Centre (ITC) that seeks to provide women entrepreneurs and women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with opportunities to become affiliated to a network and platform that connects them to markets globally.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The question of whether Steve Smith will regain the captaincy of the test team continues to gnaw at Australian cricket nearly three years after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.

During the first week of the rainy season, over 1600 households in five regions were critically affected by flooding, according to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC).

In a region where doctors’ warnings and aggressive media-driven advice appear to have done little to bring a greater measure of wisdom to eating habits, a point may have been reached where Caribbean states may have to intervene directly to roll back the tide of non-communicable diseases which have reached a turning point with the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Toshao of Kwebanna Paul Pierre yesterday said that the community hasn’t recorded a single coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case during the past few days noting that this is largely due to the lockdown that was imposed on the community more than two weeks ago.

President of the Bartica Football Association (BFA) Alden Marslowe has confirmed that he will more than likely seek re-election when the entity stages its constitutionally scheduled electoral congress of office bearers.

Under protracted and extreme socio-economic pressure arising out of Washington’s measures to remove his government from office, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has wasted no time in welcoming the removal of the Trump administration from office in the United States. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has bought about a lot of changes and like many other holidays this year, Diwali which is being celebrated on Saturday will be different.

With the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) elections constitutionally slated to be staged before the conclusion of November, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) member Akanni Blair has officially confirmed his candidacy for the top post of the entity.

Hard-pressed local micro and small businesses in the agriculture and agro processing sector will benefit from a multi-faceted support package that will derive from the outcomes of a memorandum of understanding signed last Friday between the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and the US-based United Guyana Diaspora Global Network (UGDGN).

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia selector Trevor Hohns has backed Will Pucovski’s fitness to make his test debut against India, with the batting talent passing “wellbeing” checks to be included in the squad on Thursday.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has disclosed plans to expand the mandate of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), which the government  wants to provide a support system for local farmers, especially from far-flung areas, in finding local and regional markets for their produce.

If the recent revelations of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) are anything to go by, the impact of COVID-19 will extend way beyond human casualties, impacting on the quality of human life for years to come.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of COVID-19 relief items.

BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Belize resoundingly voted to elect opposition leader Johnny Briceno to replace longtime Prime Minister Dean Barrow in Wednesday’s general election as the Central American nation seeks to revive an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former England Women’s international Ebony Rainford-Brent said the West Indies team is on the rise, but their deficiency in posting big totals consistently remains the missing link to long-term success.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s military has defeated local forces in the west of Tigray state, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yetsreday, accusing his foes of atrocities during a week of fighting that threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drugmakers, Communist-run Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 12, 2020

Dear Editor, Though this missive is partly personal it is also an enthusiastic invitation to all lovers of local literature and the arts to acquire, enjoy and celebrate the latest edition of the Guyana Annual.

More than 2500 households in Eccles and surrounding areas on the East Bank of Demerara will soon benefit from improved water quality.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton said yesterday his campaigning for equal rights and diversity made him more proud than an imminent seventh Formula One world championship.

 Stock Market Update GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone No 223-6175/6) reports that session 888’s trading results showed consideration of $33,981,524 from 242,748 shares traded in 22 transactions as compared to session 887’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,972,778 from 8,555 shares traded in 13 transactions.

Dear Editor, When the history of the 2020 Guyana Election Farrago comes to be written, three individuals will be able to hold their heads high.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former Barbados batsman and West Indies captain, Floyd Reifer said he plans to contest the next general elections in Barbados, possibly putting his career as a cricket coach on hold.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and the head of the South American country’s state oil company, PDVSA, arrived in Russia to “deepen strategic alliances,” Venezuela’s information ministry said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday unveiled an executive order prohibiting U.S.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but is now regarded as a driving force behind Ghana’s emergence as a stable democracy, died yesterday at the age of 73, his party said.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A consortium of Chinese companies signed a contract with the government of Brazil’s Bahia state yesterday to build a 12-kilometer (7.5-mile) bridge across the entrance of the bay opposite the city of Salvador.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ravi Dev’s letter published in the Stabroek News, Monday, November 9th 2020 edition, captioned, `State has duty to redress imbalances created by its past actions’.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas was placed in the same round-robin group as Rafa Nadal when the draw for the ATP Finals was made in London yesterday.

Just weeks before the abrupt conclusion of Guyana’s prolonged election crisis, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) quietly ended its contract with the American lobbying firm, Mercury Public Affairs having spent over $63M against its main rival’s $10M.

COVID, the laptops and the cable President Donald James Trump has certainly succeeded in making the American elections of November 03 “far from over.”

(Reuters) – Former captain Younis Khan will continue as the men’s batting coach of Pakistan until the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.

Dependents in the Caribbean are going to have to gird their loins for tougher times ahead, a circumstance that they can justifiably blame on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on remittance flows to the region, according to an end of October World Bank assessment of how the phenomenon has affected the amounts of money likely to be sent home by mostly US-based migrant workers next year. 

Some 2,000 Lima Sands and Dredge Creek residents can expect to see relief from flooding by year-end when the Pomeroon-Supenaam Regional Democratic Council (RDC) completes construction of a $4 million concrete culvert across the Lima Sands Road.

As a country with expansive jungles and riverain areas, Guyana’s wildlife is often heavily sold to tourists and locals alike.

Dear Editor, The Sanatan Vaidic Dharma Pandits’ Sabha Region Three extends Shubh Diwali to the entire nation.

We reported yesterday that several people had been taken into custody in order to assist the police in their investigations into the murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry, as well as Haresh Singh. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The world’s most influential gold market authority is threatening to stop bullion from countries including the United Arab Emirates entering the mainstream market if they fail to meet regulatory standards, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian interim President Manuel Merino called for calm as he swore in his new cabinet yesterday amid protests that have escalated around the country since the abrupt ouster of former leader Martin Vizcarra.