Daily Archive: Sunday, November 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump today questioned whether the Supreme Court would ever hear a case airing his unproven allegations of widespread election fraud as senior U.S.

 The Ministry of Health today reported the 150th COVID-19 death. The latest fatality is a male infant, 6 days old from Region Three.

Guyana and Suriname today advertised for expressions of interest (EoI) in consultancy services for a feasibility study and for the design of a bridge over the Corentyne River.

(Trinidad Express) The raid which dominated the headlines on April 10 was described as the first of its kind by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) during the Covid-19 lockdown.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With no indication as to when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will give the green light for cruise activity to return to US waters and an expectation that COVID-19 protocols will reduce the number of guests on each voyage, Jamaican cruise line workers whose tour of duty ended prematurely at the start of the outbreak are worried that their jobs could be under threat.

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand,  CMC – Another poor bowling effort followed by feeble batting from World champions, West Indies condemned them to a 66-run defeat in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand today, after Glenn Phillips blasted a record, maiden hundred of 108.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Thousands of Indian farmers, angry over reform of the agriculture sector, held a third day of protests on the outskirts of the capital today, blocking roads into the city and defying a government appeal to move to a designated site.

(Trinidad Guardian) The swift deportation of 160 Venezuelans by the Ministry of National Security late yesterday came on the cusp of a planned meeting between Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro.

Abruptly dismissed on Monday after serving two years as Head of the EPA, Dr Vincent Adams has warned that the country faces a serious challenge in keeping its rivers free of pollutants as it becomes an oil economy and he called on Guyanese to hold their leaders accountable.

Although willing to accept the two-week bonus announced for them by President Irfaan Ali as welcomed assistance, some health care worker do not see it as enough to significantly mitigate the struggles they have already faced or equivalent to the sustained improvement in their working conditions that they have asked for.

ExxonMobil is seeking to secure ground transportation services, which is seen as a major opportunity for local providers in this area to step up their game and secure the contract.

Millions of dollars are unaccounted for from the Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) Initiative, which was rolled out under the previous government, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton announced on Friday.

The police have arrested three men who reportedly beat a gold miner and then slit his throat in an attack at White Water Backdam, North West District, in Region One.

Defending champions, Regal All-Stars and former champions, Speedboat, will meet in today’s Open final of the fourth annual Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated’s Prime Minister Cup T20 tournament.

Police are searching for a driver who fled the scene of an accident on Friday night after hitting and killing a pedestrian on the Hydronie Public Road, on the East Bank of Essequibo.

The current draft of the National Sports Policy and the naming of the new members of the National Sports Commission (NSC) were among the talking points of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,

A 35-year-old carpenter is now dead after he collided with a car while riding his motorcycle on the Number 5 Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that an additional 28 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been confirmed.

The COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal is fully operational, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has announced.

Marcio Maximo, Head-coach of the Golden Jaguars senior men’s team, said yesterday that the hope is to commence national team preparation within the next 14 days for the important FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, penciled in for March 2021.

Since the establishment of the specialised courts, sexual offence cases are being addressed more speedily by the judiciary and it has been found that complainants are also more likely to follow through with their complaints.

Prominent member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and attorney James Bond was on Friday released from police custody after being arrested in connection with the ongoing probe of the award of state lands at Peters Hall, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

It has been seven years and four pregnancies since Anisah Woolford-Saunders lost her unborn child when a bullet meant for the pursuers of a fleeing bandit struck her, sending her into months of physical pain.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit has sanctioned local firm Ramotar and Sons Contracting after the company recorded at least one death and a serious work-related accident between 2018 and 2019.

Wildlife authorities last Monday said that a Harpy Eagle that was seen bound in a recent video was found tangled in a vine, resulting in attempts to free it.

Attunement of the Senses             Who has an eye for Nature’s beauteous forms And lends an ear to trap her melody, Will see the rose a sudden scarlet blush When shyly bursting forth in dewy morn; Observe the riotous splash of colour spilled Across the palest blue of Heaven’s dome; Will harken to the noise of kneeling grass Which furious, fitful winds keep trampling o’er; Will hear the symphony of weeping skies Euphoniously played on tresses green; Will smell the dampness of the rain-scoured earth And deep inhale the fragrance of its flowers; Will taste the freshness of the laughing brook And smack the lips in sheer delight of being; Will feel a oneness with Divinity, Dynamic; indivisible; serene All these and more perceived and understood Is proof .

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has made a payment of $123 million to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) from its own earnings in an attempt to clear a debt to the insurer which now stands at $475 million.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Friday launched its Experiential Tourism initiative, which aims to enable tourists to participate directly in activities at three destinations.

Dear Editor, This letter includes my commentary to The Dialogue (https://www.thedialogue.org/energy-advisor/)

In the first fifteen minutes of Clea DuVall’s romantic comedy “Happiest Season”, the film has delivered a slew of well-worn tropes that align it with a long and storied line of similar romantic comedies and holiday films.

The four main access roads in Tuschen are due to be rehabilitated as part of $185 million in road works slated to begin soon in the West Coast Demerara community, whose thousands of residents are expected to benefit.

The new Netflix series which embodies chess as a sport, art and science is named after the popular chess opening, “The Queen’s Gambit”.

Dear Editor, No less an authority than the World Bank laments that despite our wealth, Guyana is still among the poorer relations in the South American family of nations (Stabroek Business, November 27). 

The most popular definition of success is “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.”

ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday that military operations in the restive region of Tigray are complete and federal troops control the regional capital, a major development in a three-week-old war that has shaken the Horn of Africa.

The Home Affairs Ministry has donated a patrol boat to the Region Three Community Policing Division, which is expected to support crime fighting in Wakenaam and Leguan.

Dear Editor,  The PPP assumed office with many promises. On the legislative front they promised a ‘fast track’ approach with a ‘heavy agenda’.

Dear Editor, It is long past the time when rhetoric should be considered ‘assertive action’ in the context of domestic violence prevention.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, sees AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate as a “very good” option, giving it a major vote of confidence after some experts raised questions around its trial data.

How do you feel when the thought of aging comes up?

Members of the Village Council of Campbelltown, in Region Eight, have voiced their disappointment at only being presented with copies of the petition seeking their removal one day before investigation into several allegations against them made by residents commenced.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader promised yesterday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear scientist, raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.

“I knew it was happening. I closed my legs tight as if to stop it from happening.

Dear Editor, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child highlights the need for a few things with regards to children. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – New Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association president, Garth Gayle said his new executive will have to work with the Andrew Holness government to navigate a successful return of the sport in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in the island.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A rare public protest in Cuba of more than 300 artists, activists and members of the public outside the culture ministry to denounce repression and censorship ended early yesterday after demonstrators said they agreed with officials to open an unprecedented dialogue.

A Corentyne salesman was shot in his abdomen yesterday afternoon after bandits attempted to rob his truck outside of the Sunshine Supermarket, located along the Chesney Public Road, Corentyne. 

Dear Editor, My wife and I, senior citizens have a foster daughter nine years old who is a fourth grader at the Saxacalli Primary School.

(Trinidad Express) The High Court has blocked the State from deporting 19 Venezuelan nationals against whom deportation orders had been issued.

It’s one of the features of daily living that we often look back at our lives and feel fortunate for some of the things that have come our way. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Eight members of the West Indies Twenty20 International squad – headed by vice-captain Nicholas Pooran – will join six Test reserves to form a West Indies “A” squad to face New Zealand “A” in a two-match series next month.

With the entry of each new government into office the electorate hears the same recitations about development.

– 3rd day, Tour Match QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies prospective Test bowlers continued to find wickets hard to claim on the Tour of New Zealand, when they met defiance from the Black Caps reserves in their tour match yesterday.

MANAMA, (Reuters) – Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton set himself up to tick off yet another milestone in a record-breaking year, after taking pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Sydney Thunder secured their second Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) title yesterday after an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Melbourne Stars in the final in Sydney.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw at Brighton after conceding a VAR-inspired stoppage-time penalty while Riyad Mahrez scored a hat-trick in Manchester City’s 5-0 crushing of Burnley in the Premier League yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Indian players will lose 20% of their match fees for taking more than the allotted time for bowling their overs in the first one-day international against hosts Australia in Sydney, the International Cricket Council said yesterday.

The PPP/C conceded and promptly departed from office in 2015 without a recount of votes in some challenged areas.

The spirit grows weary with the weight of woe in the world at large and here at home.

Last Update: 656.93                                 Movement: 0.27% Current Update: 655.17                           YTD Movement: 8.11%LUCAS STOCK INDEX   The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) remained declined during the fourth period of trading in November 2020.

A bid by police to make the East Bank Public Road safer for travellers resulted in major traffic congestion on Friday.

 Introduction Today’s column starts the wrap-up of my on-going evaluation of several remaining concerns still of great importance to Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector, in the closing days of the “2020 general crisis,” as I have earlier defined this phenomenon.

(Reuters) – Britain is set to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc next week and deliveries would begin within hours of the authorisation, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

A Prison Officer was recently charged over the discovery of cannabis at the Prison Officers’ Quarters, located at the Lusignan Prison Officers’ Sports Club.

OSLO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Norway is doubling the price it guarantees developing nations to keep their tropical forests standing, in a step to slow catastrophic losses and encourage big companies to invest far more in nature to combat climate change.

(Kobe University) – Research based on 5425 citizens’ responses to a questionnaire survey has illuminated that obesity causes are linked to various factors in addition to the individual’s current socioeconomic circumstances, including childhood experiences, particularly those of abuse.

Police are investigating the death of a 72-year-old Edingburgh Village, East Bank Berbice man, who is suspected of having taken his own life on Thursday.

(European Society of Cardiology) –  Higher than normal blood pressure is linked to more extensive brain damage in the elderly, according to a new study published last Thursday in the European Heart Journal.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – France is split over plans to ban virginity testing, with some campaigners calling the procedure barbaric and others warning of violent repercussions for some Muslim women.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Scotland last Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against “period poverty.”

Over 30 students from Unity Grant who are enrolled in the Warapoka Primary and Nursery schools, in Region One, are expected to benefit from the recent donation of a 30-ft boat and 15 horse power engine.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at preventing the illness, while AstraZeneca Plc last week said its vaccine could be up to 90% effective.