Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 16, 2020

President Irfaan Ali today announced that his Government will work on a special housing programme to enhance the lives of all members of the police force.

President Irfaan Ali and officers of the Guyana Police Force this morning partook in the annual Police Commissioner’s Breakfast at the Officers’ Mess in Eve Leary.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred last night at about 10.45 in the vicinity of the new Gafoor’s access road on Mc Doom Public Road, Georgetown, involving a motor car driven by a Guyana Defence Force rank, age 23, of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara and two other occupants: Ameena Sooklall (now deceased), age 33 years of Providence, East Bank Demerara and Alston Edwards, age 26 years of Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown.

The embattled Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is to build a five-storey multipurpose complex at Lot 41 High and Cowan streets.

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The British government resisted pressure to impose even tighter restrictions on Christmas family get-togethers today as pubs and restaurants in London and elsewhere shut their doors amid worsening coronavirus figures.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Nearly 140,000 people in the United Kingdom have received their first COVID-19 shots in the first week of roll-out of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the minister in charge of the programme said today.

VENICE, Italy, (Reuters) – A group of 60 plywood nativity figures floats in an open stretch of water in Venice’s lagoon, with a church as a festive backdrop.

President Irfaan Ali and three former PPP/C Presidents yesterday agreed that constitutional and electoral reforms should be people driven.

A Christian missionary couple from Hauraruni died last evening following a collision between their car and a lorry along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

-accomplice gets 24 years Rooplall Abrahim, who admitted to fatally chopping an elderly Bush Lot businessman and his common-law wife in 2016, has been sentenced to life in prison, while his accomplice, Madanpaul Gocoul, has been sentenced to 24 years for the crime.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the completion of the Ministry of Health’s head office.

Rooplall Abrahim was recently sentenced to life imprisonment for the fiery murder of Anita Baichan in 2016, while his accomplice, Madanpaul Gocoul was yesterday sentenced to 19 years in prison by Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Berbice. 

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha continues to maintain that the comprehensive investigation into the fisheries sector will provide answers to questions surrounding the issuance of two new trawler licences for seabob fishing operations and the recipients of the licences.

Rooplall Abrahim of West Coast Berbice was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of an inmate, Neshan Jagmohan, while he was on remand on two murder charges.

Director of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) Dr. Luis Fondebrider has requested a list of documents from the police in order to offer advice on solving the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) youths Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh but so far the law enforcers have not committed to do this.

Parmanan Rambarran, the man who police say killed 50-year-old Christopher Findlay last Friday after an argument, was yesterday charged with murder.

Two members of the family of the teenagers killed on the West Berbice are in police custody following an altercation last night at the Sparendaam Police Station.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has confirmed the men’s tour of Bangladesh next month, their third series amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

Former PPP/C Minister of Finance Saisnarine Kowlessar is the new Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Board.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has once again alluded to ‘bubble fatigue’ in the West Indies squad following their series whitewash to New Zealand here on Monday.

A Cumberland, East Canje Berbice man died yesterday after he was involved in a smash-up between two motorcycles along the Cumberland Public Road.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday signed contracts amounting to over half a billion dollars for the procurement of machinery to aid in their mandate of improving drainage and irrigation across the country.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has instructed the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to institute charges against Roscoe McIntyre, a man accused of setting fire to the Arakaka Police Outpost on Friday.

Dear Editor, I note with interest what I believe may be the first ‘national conversation’ on race, which is covered under the caption, `Ethnic Relations Commission forum: Hughes advocates data gathering on impact of gov’t policies on each race’ (SN December 15). 

Just shy of 100 Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) workers were yesterday honoured for their years of service to the company, which Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said would be hiring some 3,000 persons as government moves to revive the industry.

Keron Sandiford, Kishun Puran and Kyle Couchman were the major winners in the season-ending Guyana Chess Federation (GFF) youth tournament which was sponsored by the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC). 

Thirty persons were yesterday confirmed positive for COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health’s dashboard.

(Trinidad Guardian) “I never looked at it as something to stop me.

Dear Editor, The High Commissioner of Canada Mrs. Lilian Chatterjee recently requested a meeting with Leader of the Opposition Mr.

While it failed over its five-year term in office to decriminalise small amounts of marijuana, opposition APNU+AFC MPs are pledging to push forward with an amendment bill in the 12th parliament.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together, President-elect Joe Biden urged Georgians yesterday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan.

SANTIAGO, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Chilean lawmakers late yesterday approved a bill to reserve 17 of 155 seats for representatives of indigenous communities in its upcoming constitutional convention, a measure lauded as “historic” by the government of center-right President Sebastian Pinera.

Dear Editor, Permit me space to respond to an article appearing in the December 15thedition of the Stabroek News titled, `Guyana’s football to get Pro League come 2021’.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday visited the Stabroek Market area where vendors were complaining bitterly about flooding due to clogged drains and a broken valve and he ordered his Special Projects Unit to intervene.

(Trinidad Express) It was unintentional and the Prime Minister is sorry.

NEWARK, N.J., (Reuters) – The United States expanded its rollout of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of additional distribution centres yesterday, inoculating thousands more healthcare workers in a mass immunization expected to reach the general public in the coming months.

Dear Editor, I read the reports in the three more popular dailies regarding the “National Conversation on Ethnic Relations”.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – A scientific expedition high in the Bolivian Andes revealed 20 species new to science, including “lilliputian frog” plus four rediscovered species including the “devil-eyed frog” previously thought to be extinct, Conservation International said.

Monday was the Diamond Anniversary of the famous Tied Test between the West Indies and Australia which took place at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (BCG), in Queensland, Australia.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba yesterday rejected a U.S. government report concluding that directed radio frequency was the most plausible explanation for mysterious ailments suffered by U.S.

(Reuters) – President of the UAE Athletics Federation Ahmad Al Kamali has been suspended for six months and fined 5,000 euros ($6,080) for gifting watches to delegates in an attempt to win votes, the World Athletics ethics board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyana and the rest of the world just concluded 16 days of activism for the elimination of gender-based violence on the 10th December. 

The City Constabulary is investigating a break and enter at the South Road Clinic, which resulted in a water pump being stolen last Sunday evening.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. congressional leaders reported substantial progress yesterday after two meetings of top Democrats and Republicans to end a months-long standoff on coronavirus relief and finalize a funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

(Reuters) – India will miss experienced paceman Ishant Sharma when they take on Australia in the upcoming four-test series but their bowling attack is more than capable of taking 20 wickets against the hosts, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said yesterday.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – A big part of sport’s appeal is that when you buy a ticket or turn on the television for a few hours it provides a respite from the turmoil engulfing the outside world.

Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo agreed to a five-year, $228.2 million supermax extension with the Milwaukee Bucks.

(Reuters) – Tennis welcomed a first men’s Grand Slam champion from outside the ‘Big Three’ since 2016 in Dominic Thiem during a 2020 campaign with compelling storylines despite the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out almost half the season, including Wimbledon.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowling legend Sir Curtly Ambrose has questioned the “hunger” and desire shown by West Indies on the recent tour of New Zealand.

By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – US President-elect Joe Biden made a “return to normalcy” one of his election campaign’s leitmotifs.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood has topped West Indies batting averages for a second straight tour, the only specialist Caribbean side batsman to emerge unscathed from the dismal two-Test series against the Black Caps.

(This is my presentation to the National Conversation on Ethnic Relations 14th & 15th December, 2020) Chairperson, members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC),  ladies and gentlemen.