Daily Archive: Saturday, December 12, 2020

President Irfaan Ali says that members of the Guyana Defence Force will get two weeks tax-free bonus in their next pay slip.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump lambasted the Supreme Court today for declining to take a case he hoped would overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory and called Attorney General William Barr a “disappointment.”

In accordance with the wishes of the affected families, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it is facilitating the visit to Guyana of Dr.

(Jamaica Observer) FORMER Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller marks her 75th birthday today, 14 years and nine months after creating history on being sworn in as Jamaica’s first female chief executive.

(Trinidad Guardian) Seventh-Day Adventist pastor Clive Dottin is calling on Trinidad and Tobago’s men to become more actively involved in the protection of the nation’s women and children.

US carrier JetBlue was given a ceremonial welcome at CJIA last night when its inaugural flight to Guyana arrived.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday announced that former President David Granger would not be accepting President Irfaan Ali’s invitation to a “working lunch” on Tuesday at State House with three other former presidents as the function appeared to be aimless.

A 50-year-old Triumph, East Coast Demerara resident is now dead after he was chopped to death by a friend during an argument at his home yesterday.

A Mahaicony woman was killed yesterday after the bus she was travelling in slammed into a fence at Britannia Village, West Coast Berbice.

(Cricinfo) Henry Nicholls moved past 150 and found excellent lower-order support from Kyle Jamieson and Neil Wagner as New Zealand pushed towards a formidable first-innings total on a pitch that still has plenty to offer the fast bowlers.

A heavy shower and a refusal to play from Jai Hind Jaguars helped Regal Masters reach the final of the Guyana Cricket Board/Tropical Springs Over-40 T20 tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

A police station in Region One was set on fire yesterday morning with several police officers locked inside.

Guyana has a prison population of close to 1800 inmates and an imprisonment rate which is “extremely” alarming and this problem can be addressed urgently via alternative forms of imprisonment, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said yesterday.

President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool says new minister with responsibility for sports, Charles Ramson Jnr.,

The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) has assembled a packed slate of athletes for the “Resilience” Bodybuilding and Fitness competition, set for tonight at the National Cultural Centre.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the United Kingdom government and the Guyana government have partnered to fund a US$190 million project for upgrading of 121 kilometres of road from Linden to Mabura Hill.

There will be no horse racing for the foreseeable future as approval from the COVID-19 Task Force for the return of the sport was not granted.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule next Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to take up Guyana’s quest for a juridical ruling on the 1899 arbitral award which settled this country’s boundary with Venezuela.

The East Coast Cricket Committee has  trimmed its training squad to 18 in preparation for the Demerara Under-19 Inter-Association tournament.

Kacey Heyliger, the suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder of contractor Peter Gonsalves, who was fatally shot and robbed of his motorcycle in front a Newtown, Kitty bar on Monday night, was positively identified during an identification parade and will be charged with murder, the police said yesterday.

Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond should be fined for sitting in the National Assembly while knowing she was a dual citizen.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies A bowled with discipline, but half-centuries from Michael Bracewell and Tim Seifert gave New Zealand A the edge in their second “Test” yesterday.

Dear Editor, Recently, the AFC forcefully brought attention to the dire consequences of the political ethnicisation campaign that the Irfaan Ali-led administration has embarked on since August.

Three Corentyne men were yesterday sentenced to prison terms after they pleaded guilty to all the respective charges filed against them, which included robbery, robbery with violence and possession of firearms and ammunition. 

Dear Editor, The Electoral Reform Group (ERG), a citizen-based initiative, was launched last weekend. 

(Reuters) – All-rounder Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer have been rested for England’s two-test tour of Sri Lanka in January, but both will return for the series in India the following month.

Twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Health Ministry on Friday, with Region Four accounting for half of the new cases.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has been dropped for the Twenty20 series against Pakistan, while Kane Williamson and Trent Boult have been recalled after they were rested for last month’s series against West Indies.

At approximately 10.03 pm  yesterday, JetBlue officially commenced nonstop service between New York’s John F.

Dear Editor, With each change of political administration during this century there has been expressed hopes of substantive improvement of the same game acted out on the same virtual playing field.

NEW YORK/INDIANAPOLIS,  (Reuters) – U.S. health authorities, shipping services and hospitals stood ready yesterday to immediately launch a mass-inoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension, as federal regulators granted emergency approval to the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Andre Fletcher failed but his Melbourne Stars successfully chased down Brisbane Heat’s meagre 125 to win the second match of the Australia Big Bash here Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican soap manufacturers have lost a year-long battle for continued duty-free exports to the Caricom market of 18 million people.

Dear Editor, Oh dear! (ex) President Granger is still such a bad loser.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday disclosed that medical teams along with Joint Services personnel have been dispatched to the three regions where screening points have been established to monitor persons who are travelling to the coastland and to conduct screening and testing if necessary. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday rejected a long-shot lawsuit by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a likely fatal blow in his quest to undo his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden.

P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited on Friday donated a total of $1.5 million to 12 homes and charitable organisations.

(Barbados Nation) By April next year, Barbados could, for the first time, have a national minimum wage along with fixed amounts for different sectors.

Dear Editor, Weeks ago, when students of the Three Miles Secondary and Bartica Secondary School tested positive for the Coronavirus the Ministry of Education should have done the prudent thing and closed the schools. 

Antitrust lawsuits like those facing Google and Facebook are essential if the Internet is to remain open and innovative.

(Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters rallied last evening in downtown Columbus, Ohio, demanding justice and transparency from investigations into the killing last week of a young Black man shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside his home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thick, black smoke billowed high into the skies across Port-of-Spain yesterday, as thousands of gallons of fuel burnt indiscriminately following an explosion at National Petroleum’s Sea Lots compound.