Daily Archive: Thursday, December 3, 2020

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today advised all Prepaid Meter Customers that its Juice/Prepaid System is currently experiencing a suspected hardware fault which is affecting token vending.

Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Gary Best was this afternoon freed of the charge of causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley by dangerous driving.

(Trinidad Express) The vehicle belonging to a woman reported missing on Wednesday has been found crashed off a cliff in Toco.

BELLINZONA, Switzerland, (Reuters) – A former rebel commander accused of involvement in killing civilians, rape and eating pieces of a school teacher’s heart during Liberia’s civil war decried his long pre-trial detention in an outburst as proceedings began in Switzerland today.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Butantan Institute biomedical centre today received 1 million doses of a Chinese vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech that is undergoing late-stage testing by the institute in Sao Paulo state.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – More than 1,000 Chinese researchers have left the United States amid a U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Britain-born woman who went on a high-speed joyride through two parishes, ending in a spectacular crash that killed two persons, has been sentenced to a fine of just under $1 million.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The love story of a blind St Catherine couple living under a leaky roof tugged at the heart-strings of a Jamaican expatriate who has given them an early Christmas present.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-one Venezuelan migrant adults and children, who returned to this country after being repatriated two Sundays ago, have obtained court orders preventing their deportation pending litigation against the State.

President Irfaan Ali last evening charged the private sector to be more aggressive in its lobbying of  CARICOM to remove trade barriers.

Roman Catholic Bishop, Francis Alleyne has said that it is time for the anti-sodomy laws in Guyana be made null and void even though he did reference the fact that the Church is of the firm view that sexual activity outside of the male/female covenantal relationship for the purpose of procreation is disordered and morally wrong.

Twenty-four-year-old Nigel Dodson who back in 2017 burnt a Kaneville house in which 8-month old Romain Seth lived, was yesterday handed a 30-year sentence for the murder of the baby who perished in the fire.

Images of a container in which 11.5 tonnes of cocaine was smuggled out of the country in September have been retrieved with international help after having been deleted from a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) container scanner.

The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) yesterday warned consumers about the circulation of expired Colgate toothpaste that is on sale at a significantly reduced price and one retailer has been arrested.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC has filed a suit against businessman Larry Singh to recover just under $370 million dollars which he said had been paid to Singh by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) between 2015 and 2016 for the supply of guns and ammunition.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies’ four-pronged pace attack was blunted as opener Tom Latham and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand the early advantage in the opening Test here yesterday.

Following complaints of repeated sexual harassment of female staff at the Department of Public Information (DPI), the agency yesterday terminated the services of one of its senior Information Technology employees.

A West Bank Demerara taxi driver was sentenced to two years in prison after he was arrested on Tuesday and charged yesterday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Despite being optimistic about the year ahead, the aftermath of the March 2 Regional and General Elections compounded with the coronavirus pandemic have had a major detrimental impact on the manufacturing sector.

The family of Jumal Park has raised concerns over what they see as a lack of effort being made to apprehend the third suspect in the teen’s murder and are requesting a wanted bulletin be released.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for emergency sanitising supplies and pharmaceuticals.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has released a provisional list of players for national team training for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers next February.

In excess of 70 of the nation’s long distance athletes have already registered to compete in the local leg of the South American 10Km road race scheduled for Sunday at West Demerara.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir has disallowed a motion by the opposition calling for the current Government to retain the name of the “Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs”.

Bartica Mayor, Gifford Marshall says the municipality supports the special restrictive measures imposed on Region Seven and reminded residents that they each have an individual responsibility.

WD Masters and Bel Air Rubis Ultra Tec kept their quarter final hopes alive with five-wicket wins yesterday in the Demerara Zone of the Guyana Cricket Board/Tropical Springs Over-40 T20 tournament at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, As we join with the world in observance of the sixteen days of activism for the elimination of violence against women and girls, Help & Shelter acknowledges all funding agencies, government ministries, non- governmental and civil society organisations, faith-based organisations and other groups who have been diligently working to address issues surrounding intimate partner and other forms of violence affecting our country, being mindful however that we should not get stuck in the vicious cycle of reinventing the wheel but seeking to build upon existing foundations, to expand beyond our comforts, take new risks and embrace new challenges as we seek to eliminate violence in all its forms against women and girls in a world impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

By the time this article is published, the first day of the opening match of the test series between West Indies and New Zealand should have been  completed and day one proceedings may or may not provide some sort of indication of how the series is likely to pan out. 

Preparatory steps are underway to ensure Guyana is ready for a COVID-19 vaccine and authorities are looking at giving older persons and those with co-morbidities priority when vaccines for the virus arrive in the country.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) joins the United Nations (UN), members of the international and regional disability communities and Guyanese living with disabilities today to observe International Day  of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) under the theme “Building back better, toward a disability inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.

The dredge operators who were illegally mining on Micobie lands in Region Eight are still refusing to refill the land they have excavated  to conduct mining operations, Toshao Cleveland Henry yesterday revealed.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain approved Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, jumping ahead of the rest of the world in the race to begin the most crucial mass inoculation programme in history.

Dear Editor, With all the emphasis being placed on the elimination of sub-standard works done by contractors contracted by the Government one would expect that technical specifications and information supplied in the bill of quantities for contractors to follow would adhere to relevant standards or at least make sense.

Three miners  appeared virtually at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of  Kevin Allam.

WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden yesterday promised a group of workers hit by the raging COVID-19 pandemic that more aid would be on the way, while President Donald Trump hinted he may be ready to begin planning another run for the White House in 2024.

Dear Editor, Something must be said for longevity in politics. In their book ‘We Shall Not Fail: The Inspiring Leadership of Winston Churchill’ Celia Sandys and Jonathan Littman note that some leaders stay on far too long, outliving their usefulness.

Yogeshwar Kumar, the man accused of murdering a 16-year-old teen of Rich-mond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was yesterday discharged from the hospital after having attempted to take his own life.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Test captain Jason Holder has praised New Zealand Cricket for its positive stance on the Black Lives Matter movement and has urged continued global education in order to more efficiently tackle racism in sport.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Former President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.

Dear Editor, Seeing photographs of two presidents and their spouses ostensibly without masks prompted my letter of December 01, 2020 essentially saying that leaders should lead by example.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said yesterday it was open to approving COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – India all-rounder Hardik Pandya scored his highest one-day international score of 92 to set up a thrilling 13-run win for his team against Australia in the third match at the Manuka Oval yesterday and avoid a clean sweep in the series.

A Christianburg Secondary school teacher was on Tuesday robbed at gunpoint of his motorcycle by two masked men.

Twenty-six new COVID cases were recorded yesterday with fifteen of them originating from Region Ten, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) dashboard.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your news reports (Dec 1, 2) on the robbery of Marcus Bisram (no relationship to me).

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is once again at the forefront of another cricket gear distribution drive, this time through the “Clayton Lambert Gear Programme.” 

BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer, who was conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s strongest voice in the European Parliament, resigned from his ruling party as more details emerged of how he fled a gay sex party in Brussels by clambering down a gutter.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico has signed an agreement with Pfizer to acquire 34.4 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, the country’s health ministry announced yesterday.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists, was jailed yesterday for more than 13 months over an unlawful anti-government rally in 2019, the toughest and most high-profile sentence for an opposition figure this year.

(Reuters) – One more member of the Pakistan cricket squad touring New Zealand has returned a positive COVID-19 test, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said yesterday, bringing the total tally of infections within the party to eight.

(Reuters) – England are trialing a system where coded information is passed from the team’s performance analyst to captain Eoin Morgan during their limited-overs matches against South Africa, vice-captain Jos Buttler said.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia will hope to play to a full house against India in their Twenty20 match next week as crowd caps lift in the country’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW).

World AIDS Day was observed on Tuesday last under the theme “Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility”.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a two-year, $85 million maximum contract extension through the 2022-23 season, his agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told multiple media outlets yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Brazilian Neymar scored twice while his compatriot Fred was sent off as Paris St Germain beat 10-man Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford yesterday to throw Champions League Group H wide open.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – A Cricket West Indies inspection team has hailed the bio-secure arrangements put in place by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for West Indies’ proposed tour here next month.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid antigen test recently procured by the Ministry of Health (MoH) will be used in hospitals around the country according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition is discussing scaling back the interim government of opposition leader Juan Guaido that has won diplomatic recognition by dozens of countries that disavowed President Nicolas Maduro, nine legislators told Reuters.

(Reuters) – England’s Dawid Malan has notched up the highest-ever rating for a batsman in the men’s Twenty20 International rankings after topping the scoring charts against South Africa, the International Cricket Council said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The perceived reluctance by the Çhair of Gecom to condignly deal with the alleged election riggers is due if not in part then wholly to the fact these matters and persons are before the Court.