Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 3, 2021

The United States this evening disclosed that Guyana had agreed to the establishment of a Taiwan office here, a development likely to gravely harm Georgetown’s relations with China.

Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that two boats which had been detained by Venezuela were due to set sail for home today and that legal proceedings against their crew had been discontinued at the request of that country’s President, Nicolas Maduro.

The police say they are investigating the suspected murder of  Osafo Pollard, 29, a taxi driver of West La Penitence which occurred at about 10.30 pm yesterday at North East La Penitence.

(Jamaica Star) It has been a few days since Paulette Hinds tragically lost her daughter, 33-year-old Rose Marie Gayle, and her granddaughter.

 (Reuters) – Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications equipment and she will be detained until Feb.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny yesterday, ignoring the West in a ruling the opposition politician blamed on President Vladimir Putin’s personal hatred and fear of him.

The Ministry of Labour today said it is probing the workplace death of an employee of Edward B Beharry and Company, Mandela Avenue.

(Barbados Nation) Around 50 000 Barbadians could start being vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus “in the very near future”.

(Trinidad Guardian) Precious time is lapsing in the search for 23-year-old kidnapped clerk Andrea Bharatt.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Pray Andrea, pray!” Heartfelt words from kidnap victim Clint Arjoon who survived a horrifying kidnapping ordeal 19 years ago.

The two fishing vessels and 12 crew members detained by the Venezuelan navy two weeks ago have been released and are on their way home.

The mystery behind who really holds two controversial trawling licences deepened yesterday when the trawler owners association said that it had never heard of the person named by the Ministry of Agriculture on Monday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has granted the Liberty and Justice Party’s (LJP) request to replace its councillor for the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni).

Around 22,000 frontline workers are expected to make up the first recipients of COVID-19 vaccines in Guyana, according to Health Minister Dr.

Diamond resident Samuel Whaul was yesterday acquitted on charges of raping a woman with whom police had said he became acquainted through Facebook.

As his lawyer was absent from court on Monday for the commencement of trial, High Court Judge Navindra Singh threw out the $80.5 million civil suit brought by Colwyn Harding who back in 2013 had alleged that police officers had raped him by inserting a baton into his rectum.

Attorney Melinda Janki had last year urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to allow ExxonMobil and its partners to produce higher than 120,000 barrels of oil per day from the Liza-1 well as that would be going beyond its design limits and would be dangerous.

Twenty-four new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded. This was revealed in the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard which showed that the new cases increased Guyana’s total number of positive confirmed cases to 7,678.

The police are investigating the death of an Aruka Mouth, North West District woman, who was found hanging at her residence on Monday.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board for the supply and delivery of rations to the Amerindian Residence and Hinterland Scholarship Dormitory’s under the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

The trial of Rawle Bernard, who is accused of murder-ing a man at a barbecue on the West Coast of Berbice in 2017, began yesterday before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice with the testimony of five witnesses.

The Golden Jaguars preparation for the impending and prestigious FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in March was dealt an unfortunate blow, as a member of the locally based training roster has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Attorney General (AG) has been removed as a party from an action filed by Atlantic Fuels Inc (AFI) against the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and others.

An electrician moonlighting as a taxi driver was robbed of his car on Monday night when he ferried a couple pretending to be passengers to Sophia.

Guyana Jaguars will begin their Regional Super50 campaign on Monday and Christopher Barnwell trusts good batting will be the key to his side lifting the title.

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) is in no way seeking to obstruct the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) or to prevent scrutiny of Government’s spending.

West Indies Test captain, Kraigg Brathwaite is thrown his support behind the relatively inexperienced batting line up in today’s match against Bangladesh.

An Essequibo Coast pensioner drowned yesterday morning at Henrietta, a few hours after leaving his home with a bottle of alcohol.

Later this month, the Guyana Court of Appeal will commence hearing the appeal filed by former Barama Company Limited supervisor Paul Abrams, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence for sodomizing a 17-year-old girl.

Dear Editor, Fully informed people are essential to a democratic State.

In a bid to secure their first Regional Super50 title since 2005, the management of Cricket Guy Incorporated has enlisted the services of performance analyst, Dinesh Mahabir.

Dear Editor, The desire of the government parliamentarians to remove David Patterson as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is rife with suspicion.

The Everest Cricket Club Masters in partnership with  Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir,  will stage the Speaker’s Cup International Softball tournament from April 2-4 in Georgetown.

Over 30 security guards attached to the Integrated Security Services Inc held a protest on Monday to seek two months of payments owed to them. 

Dear Editor, My first encounter with the cops in Guyana.  I am a tourist.  

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Rovman Powell smashed an unbeaten half-century as Northern Warriors extended their winning run with a three-run victory over Kieron Pollard’s Deccan Gladiators in the Abu Dhabi T10 League here yesterday.

The Sheriff Street/ Mandela Avenue project is currently 58% completed, according to the Ministry of Public Works, which says the intended deadline is August 4th.

Dear Editor, I could never understand why politicians keep insulting the intelligence of the citizenry with the nonsense that liberally emanates from their mouths.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Depleted by the withdrawal of several first choice players and with lingering doubt over their proficiency in difficult sub-continent conditions, West Indies will enter the first Test against Bangladesh here today as rank underdogs but hoping they can spring a surprise.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday ordered a review of asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress yesterday took the first steps toward advancing President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid plan without Republican support.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be collaborating with the Ministry of Natural Resources for analysis of Region Nine’s vulnerability to seismic activities.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to fire Juventus to a 2-1 comeback win over Inter Milan in a hard-fought Coppa Italia semi-final first-leg clash at San Siro yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) After 12 years, a case the police say had gone cold has been revived and a charge laid yesterday against Portland businessman Everton “Beachy Stout” McDonald for the murder of his first wife, Marlene McDonald.

Dear Editor, The work of an important parliamentary oversight committee is held up as the opposition holds firm in its stance that the former chairman  of the same committee, who had several charges before the court, was not removed or asked to resign, so they continue in having faith and confidence in their chairman.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg was confirmed by the U.S. Senate yesterday on an 86-13 vote to head the U.S.

A young welder was yesterday released on $50,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to committing a violent robbery.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said he was happy fans are back at some NBA games amid the COVID-19 pandemic despite a bizarre altercation with supporters that led to four of them being ejected from Monday’s game at Atlanta Hawks.

Dear Editor, Recently there has been news of numerous hotels about to be built in Guyana.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – At least 1.4 million vaccines have been set aside for Venezuela in the COVAX coronavirus vaccine programne, an official with the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday, but Caracas will need to pay for them within a week.

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as successor in a sign of the company’s transformation from web retailer to internet conglomerate.

A woman who was allegedly caught attempting to smuggle cannabis into Camp Street Prison was on Monday charged and released on bail.

On Saturday last, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) issued a statement on its ongoing imbroglio with the media with regard to restricted access to the Guyana National Stadium, Providence for reporting on the conditions at the facility.

ORLANDO, Florida, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago equaled their worst-ever result when they were savaged 7-0 by a second string United States, in an international friendly at Exploria Stadium here Sunday.

Two women were on Monday robbed at gun-point of cash and other valuables in the vicinity of the Wild Caught Fresh Fish Depot, at Meadow Bank wharf, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Not much has been disclosed about the malfunctioning/non-operational Exxon compressor for the reading public to understand the magnitude and gravity of the problems.

President Irfaan Ali has in common with Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon the fact that he holds his present position as a result of an extremely non-transparent process with which substantial sections of his party apparatchiks were uncomfortable.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers said yesterday the U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will send further shipments of oxygen to help neighbouring Brazil treat COVID-19 patients, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday, after sending a convoy of oxygen-filled trucks to the Amazonian city of Manaus last month.