Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 29, 2020

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) today launched its ‘Homebuilders Road Map’ with the aim of eliminating issues that persons interested in constructing or renovating a home may encounter.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received a COVID-19 vaccination live on television today, as the incoming Biden administration seeks to boost confidence in the inoculation even while warning it will be months before it is available to all.

(Cricket West Indies) The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today named the West Indies Test and One-Day International (ODI) squads for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh.

(Jamaica Star) Roderick Queensborough and his son, Romeo Queensborough, were like peas in a pod.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is seeking immediate answers into whether four Jamaicans arrested at sea by the United States Coast Guard were “kidnapped” under the veil of the Shiprider Agreement two months ago.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 98, France’s Fine Arts Academy said.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young and the Law Association of T&T (LATT) seem to be engaged in a war of words over statements Young and the prime minister have made about attorneys over the past several days.

(Trinidad Guardian) Avoid that Old Year’s night party because it can be a COVID-19 super-spreader – and you will also attract police attention if parties at private homes carry a cover charge or “bring a bottle” arrangement.

Container courts that are intended to ensure continued and wider access to justice across Guyana were launched at the Lusignan Prison yesterday.

Cuban national Joel Rodriguez, the suspect in the murders of Princes Street resident Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter Larissa Singh, had exhibited a jealous streak that prompted a warning by a relative of the victims.

A total of 153,376 households have received a $25,000 cash grant from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Protection as part of the government’s COVID-19 relief effort while 16,365 secondary households have received a “pink slip” as a government promissory note of a second visit. 

The Office of the Auditor General has recommended that the police be engaged to do a comprehensive investigation into the controversial D’Urban Park stadium and  a report submitted for audit.

The mother of Andre Thompson, the eight-year-old who was found hanging from a piece of wood attached to a pig pen at Linden a week ago, believes that he was killed.

Competitive football returns today after a nine-month absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of the investigation of the discovery of 11.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container of scrap metal that was shipped to Belgium more than a month ago, ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) are sorting over 50,000 images which were retrieved after they were deleted from a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) scanner database.

Minister with responsibility for Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., has committed to expanding the physical infrastructure of lawn tennis by transforming the tarmac outside of the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, into a tennis facility which will be open to youths in the neighbouring communities. 

President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF), Levi Nedd, is hopeful for the return of some semblance of normalcy to volleyball activity in Guyana in the new year, once permission is granted by the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Task Force.

Eighty-nine percent of village councils failed to submit reports to the Ministry of the Presidency on how they spent $203.9m in grants for the year 2019.

The Hilbert Foster-led Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) at the weekend honoured former Guyana and West Indies opening batsman, Clayton Lambert, and a crop of their current cricket ambassadors, who have either represented Guyana and/or the West Indies. 

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday announced that the government has indicated its willingness to share the autopsy reports for West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Joel and Isaiah Henry and Haresh Singh with Director of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) Dr.

The National Assembly yesterday approved  $4.15 billion in spending from the Contingency Fund to cover expenses incurred during the period June to December 2019. 

Following two days of zero new cases, five more persons have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday.

West Indies white ball player, Romario Shepherd, who recently returned from a successful tour of New Zealand, has demonstrated his commitment to the development of the sport by sponsoring a grassroots tournament in Berbice.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Fiocruz biomedical institute will seek approval for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 with federal health regulator Anvisa on Jan.

WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla.,  (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks yesterday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Married Men defeated Bachelors by 27 runs Saturday to win the eighth annual Lusignan Sports Club Boxing Day T20 encounter.

Esherdai Jailall, the mother of cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe, yesterday said that the outpouring of support from persons who learnt of her daughter’s condition has been comforting.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday said a move by the opposition-controlled National Assembly to extend its term into next year was “unconstitutional,” and called on the South American country’s justice system to “do its work.”

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – A Saudi court yesterday sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.

The Hydrometeorological Service (Hydromet) and Environmental Management Consultants (EMC) have begun a meteorology and water quality baseline monitoring programme for the Lower Essequibo Watershed.

Dear Editor, Thank you so much for offering a most inspirational gift in the publication on December 25, 2020, on the history of a champion cricketing son of the sugar industry – Rohan Kanhai, particularly coming after the recent paean to a Port Mourant brother, Joe Solomon, of Australia/West Indies’ ‘Tied Test’ fame.

Police are still to identify a man who shot himself to death on Robb Street, in Georgetown, early on Sunday morning.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba announced yesterday it would allow fewer flights from the United States and several other countries beginning Jan.

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

Year 2020 will be remembered for, above all else, COVID-19 and more particularity for its global character.

Dear Editor, It is with much interest that I read the statement from the Private Sector Commission (PSC) which seeks to dictate to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), an independent Constitutional body, how it should treat with matters relative to its staff and the March 2, 2020 elections.

Guyana is awaiting advice from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) as it relates to the new COVID-19 strain detected in the United Kingdom (UK) and flight restrictions.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Masked men armed with guns and machetes killed a Honduran environmentalist activist in front of his family, police said yesterday, the latest in a string of such attacks in the Central American country.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to introduce injury substitutions in tests as his side has been left with only six fit players for the remainder of the five-day clash with South Africa.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s bowlers took a couple of rain and hail shower delays in their stride and slowly broke down Pakistan’s stubborn resistance to help them take control of the first test yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A depleted Indian attack shrugged off an injury to paceman Umesh Yadav to rout Australia’s batsmen and give themselves a platform for a series-levelling victory on day three of the second test yesterday.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it had administered 2,127,143 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of yesterday morning and had distributed 11,445,175 doses.

Luka Doncic had 24 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and the Dallas Mavericks set an NBA record for the largest halftime lead in the shot-clock era in a 124-73 win at the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday afternoon.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Faf du Plessis made a career-best 199 as South Africa prospered in the first test against injury-hit Sri Lanka with a massive first-innings score of 621 and a lead of 160 on day three yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli topped two male categories and Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry swept the female honours  when the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) “Awards of the Decade” were announced yesterday.