Articles published on Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Waddell today dismissed reports that she has been terminated from the ministry for creating a position at Guyana’s Ottawa mission for her daughter-in-law, saying that her contract comes to an end in May.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said today after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation about his health.
One week after he was arrested and subsequently charged in relation to the leasing of several acres of land at Ogle, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Trevor Benn is being questioned in relation to two other matters.
The Lusignan Prison this morning at 7.10 experienced an escape from custody.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – A World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine safety panel said today that it considers that the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks and recommends that vaccinations continue.
(Reuters) – Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the shootings was arrested in southern Georgia, police said.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – A Japanese court ruled today that not allowing same-sex couples to get married is “unconstitutional,” setting a precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully recognise same-sex partnership.
(Trinidad Guardian) China is stepping in to assist Trinidad and Tobago’s access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Nearly 200 contracts worth a whopping $14b were signed yesterday by the government as its plan to provide 50,000 house lots for citizens over five years moves ahead.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has selected 12 local players in its final team roster for their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in the Dominican Republic.
Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG), the sport’s premier private coordinators of youth and school programmes, has inked a lucrative partnership with international firm Edison Chouest Offshore and its local subsidiary G-Boats Guyana.
The National Assembly might soon be called on to resolve the stalemate which persists at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in relation to the Chairmanship of APNU+AFC MP David Patterson.
Phillip Jhagroo, the murder accused who was one of three inmates who fled the Lusignan Prison last year, was recaptured yesterday.
Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) men’s head-coach Junior Hercules, has confirmed that experienced player Delroy James will arrive on local shores on March 31st and captain Stanton Rose will participate in his first training session on Saturday.
The village council of Sand Creek in Region Nine has imposed a two-week lockdown on the community after three cases of COVID-19 were recently confirmed.
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) later this year, is expected to be the recipient of unprecedented assistance coming from India and England while two international English players are set for a two-day visit.
In the inaugural Ryder Style Oasis Café/Akamai Trading golf tournament, it was Team Akamai that emerged victorious at the Lusignan Golf Course (LGC) on Saturday.
First Lady, Arya Ali has embarked on an initiative to fight period poverty and end the stigma associated with menstruation and $6m was raised at a tea this week.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A handful of players who are expected to feature in the first Test against Sri Lanka will get to finalise their preparations, when a Cricket West Indies President’s XI take on Sri Lanka in a two-tour game starting here today.
RAIPUR, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith and Narsingh Deonarine struck entertaining half centuries but it was the effusive Tino Best who scrambled a single off the last ball of the contest to earn West Indies Legends a dramatic five-wicket victory over England Legends and a place in the semi-finals of the Road Safety World Series here yesterday.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has made no decisions about the certifying of an Official List of Electors for Local Government Elections due by the end of this year even as by-elections in two Local Government Areas (LGA) have become necessary.
(Reuters) – LeBron James has joined Fenway Sports Group (FSG) as a partner, the Boston Globe reported yesterday, making the four-time National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP a part-owner of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox.
Fifty-one new COVID-19 cases were on Tuesday recorded even as another fatality was also reported.
The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) which was here for the March 2nd 2020 general elections is due shortly for discussions with stakeholders on reform recommendations that it had made in its final report.
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his third triple-double in as many games, and the Milwaukee Bucks held off a second-half surge to beat the host Washington Wizards 133-122 on Monday.
A guard was found dead under a shed at what is popularly known as the “Drum Yard” on David Street, Kitty.
In an effort to boost the rice industry in Region Two, Government is mulling a 35 per cent reduction in ferry costs for millers, among other initiatives, on the condition that savings realised must be passed on to the farmers who yesterday complained about paddy grading and prices.
(Reuters) Rafa Nadal will skip the Miami Open that begins later this month in a bid to recover from a back injury in time for the clay court swing, the Spaniard said yesterday.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee will likely meet with representatives of the International Olympic Committee, Japan’s government and Tokyo city to discuss the event, including whether to bar foreign spectators, Kyodo news said.
Dear Editor, Alumni of the University of the West Indies (UWI) – like myself – are still trying to make sense of the peculiar editorial that appeared in Barbados’ Nation Newspaper of March 11, 2021 under the headline “Time for Change”, and which constituted such a grossly exaggerated, unctuous and far-fetched attack on our University, that some of us feel duty bound to respond in writing.
Chairman of the Giftland Group of Companies Roy Beepat has asked that the National COVID-19 Task Force reconsider the requirement that HEPA filters be used for air purification in order for indoor cinemas to be reopened.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid easily overcame Atalanta 3-1 at home in their Champions League last-16 second leg today to stroll into the quarter-finals 4-1 on aggregate.
Dear Editor, SN’s Editorial of Sunday March 14, got it right… to a point.
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) to pay Atlantic Fuels Inc (AFI) $12.8 million to cover storage cost for the 635,353 liters of diesel fuel it had seized and detained last year.
Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a reinforced concrete bridge at Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Former United Arab Emirates captain Mohammad Naveed and batsman Shaiman Anwar Butt have been handed identical eight-year bans by a tribunal for breaching the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code, the governing body said on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, Please allow me space to highlight a serious concern and public hazard all of us face daily.
(Barbados Nation) Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams is promising a full investigation into an incident at the Government Industrial School (GIS) where a picture was reportedly taken of a nude 14-year-old girl in a cell.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin likely directed efforts to try to swing the 2020 U.S.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday that China is willing to strengthen COVID-19 vaccine cooperation with Guyana and will continue to assist the country in its fight against the pandemic.
AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Jos Buttler’s blistering 83 not out trumped Virat Kohli’s majestic half-century as England beat India by eight wickets in the third Twenty20 International to go 2-1 up in the five-match series in Ahmedabad yesterday.
Dear Editor, The letter entitled `Mr Green and his party were willing participants and beneficiaries of the divide and rule policy’, written by Harry Hergash and published in Stabroek News on Monday, March 15, 2021, was drawn to my attention and I did not intend a response.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley received a call from President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping via teleconference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Anns yesterday.
The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service yesterday conducted a search at the Lusignan Prison where a number of prohibited items were seized.
By Sanjeev Krishna and Yolanda Augustin LONDON – Many rich countries have at times failed to provide enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for their health-care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
International elections observation, which was largely unknown before the 1960s, has grown into such a substantial international norm that it would be impossible for small countries, particularly ones with a controversial electoral history such as Guyana, to avoid their participation in their elections process.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China yesterday against using “coercion and aggression” as he sought to use his first trip abroad to shore up Asian alliances in the face of growing assertiveness by Beijing.
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Manchester City marched into the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the fourth straight season after a 2-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach yesterday that completed a 4-0 aggregate victory.
On Sunday 28th March, the day before the commencement of the Second Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies, there will be a Virtual Test, of equal, or even more significance.
A guard was released on $60,000 bail on Monday after he was charged with unlawful possession of electronics and other items that are suspected to have been stolen.
Dear Editor, I am amazed at the remarkable progress of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) during the past four years in terms of competitions, under 15, under 17, under 19 and seniors as well as the coaching sessions in fielding, bowling and batting due to the wide sponsorship of past and present cricketers as well as overseas-based Berbicians.
With a jury unable to arrive at a verdict, Kevin Mohan now faces a retrial for the murder of his aunt Anita Mohan.
