Daily Archive: Friday, October 29, 2021

Eon Joseph, one of the two men arrested on Tuesday with two kilogrammes of cocaine, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined over $3 million for the crime.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 28, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) is mourning the loss of former Prison Officer Roxanne Winfield.

 (Reuters) – Oil prices will hold near $80 as the year ends, as tight supplies and higher gas bills encourage a switch to crude for power generation, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) A security officer protecting a cigarette delivery van was ambushed by six armed criminals and shot dead during a robbery in Valencia yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Transgender activist Brandy Rodriguez has died.   Rodriguez was the founder of the Trinidad and Tobago Transgender Coalition.

A male passenger has died on a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft which was en route to Barbados.

By Lakhram Bhagirat Major shipping ports across the United States and the United Kingdom are clogged, threatening to further disrupt the global supply chain and according to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) if the situation persists then there may be shortages of certain commodities.

Mirroring the financial aspect of its 2009 premier climate change initiative – the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) – President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched an expanded version of the document that proposes Guyana meeting its global commitments while earning payments for its ecological role, even as it maximises returns from its new-found oil & gas industry.

(CMC) – West Indies face Bangladesh today with their Twenty20 World Cup hopes hanging by a string but Vice-captain Nicholas Pooran has backed his embattled side to get the result required and keep alive their chances of a semi-final spot.

Four persons including three juveniles were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged jointly with the murder of Keith Hohenkirk, the shopkeeper who was found bound and gagged in his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) home on Sunday.

The Lady Jaguars got their campaign off to the perfect start in the qualifiers of the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U17 Championship (CWU17C), edging Anguilla 1-0 yesterday at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL, USA.

Double-murder accused, Kapildeo Gangadin, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison yesterday morning after “tampering” with the quarantine section of the facility was recaptured today, the prison service said.

West Coast Warriors pulled off a comprehensive eight-wicket win over New York Titans earlier this week in the Rockaway Group T20 League.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that further investigations be conducted into the bribery allegation levelled against Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ Permanent Secretary Sharon Hicks.

Nkrumah Bonner chalked up a brilliant unbeaten ton on the second day of the three-day Best versus Best match yesterday to put Team Blackwood in a strong position.

By Lakhram Bhagirat The post of Chief Election Officer (CEO) for the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) has attracted the attention of a wide range of candidates including an election official from Jamaica and another from the island of St Kitts.

Dear Editor, Beginning from October 29, world leaders will assemble in Scotland to discuss one of the most important global problems that face every person, which is the question of Climate Change.

Keevin Allicock was defeated 5-0 by Rujakran Juntrong of Thailand in his 57kg (featherweight) opening bout at the ongoing International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men’s World Boxing Championships in Serbia.

Forty-seven per cent of Guyana’s adult population is fully vaccinated as the Minister of Health continues to urge persons to return for their second dose.

Over seven decades, the Government Technical Institute (GTI) has all too frequently, missed out on both the recognition and the incremental enhancements that it has merited.

Dear Editor, We need designated areas for roadside-type vending. I know, I know.

West Indies legend, Sir Andy Roberts, is of the opinion that the mixing of the batting order is contributing to the poor showing of West Indies in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

A driver who was arrested during a drug bust at Rahaman’s Park at Houston, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday remanded.

Stabroek Business has learnt that several Guyanese businesses have already registered for the November    17th & 18th Florida International Trade Expo which will, among other things, bring together manufacturers and potential buyers from parts of the United States and the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, In response to a letter published in the October 22, 2021, Stabroek News, by Mr.

(Reuters) – Pakistan have kick-started their Twenty20 World Cup campaign by winning both their grudge matches but coach Saqlain Mushtaq insists they cannot afford to lower their guard against a “fearless” Afghanistan in today’s Super 12 contest.

A miner who was working in a pit at White Hole Backdam in Region Eight, died after the pit caved in and blocked him from escaping.

Guyanese women who, often against considerable odds, persist in seeking to transform their passion for the art and craft industry into thriving business ventures can draw inspiration from the pursuits of Haitian American entrepreneur Yelitsa Jean-Charles, the founder of the US company, Healthy Roots Dolls, who disclosed recently that her dolls are now sold at the 1,200 Target stores across the United States and are also available online.

Dear Editor, Legislating ‘local content’ by way of quotas/percentages of goods and services is not the optimum approach to maximizing Guyana’s earnings from its oil industry.

(Reuters) – Andy Murray said his defeat in the second round of the Vienna Open on Wednesday was just another bump in the road and the former world number one is convinced it is just a matter of time before he is going deep into tournaments and winning again.

Teachers and students attending the Abram Zuil Secondary School (AZSS) in Region Two are complaining about the COVID-19 environment they are forced to work in. 

By Gita Gopinath The global recovery continues but momentum has weakened, hobbled by the pandemic.

(Reuters) – Quinton de Kock has apologised for pulling out of Tuesday’s Twenty20 World Cup win over the West Indies after rejecting a Cricket South Africa (CSA) directive that players must “take a knee” in support of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.

Dear Editor, It is baffling: proceed on leave in one official acting capacity, on completion, return to work appointed in another official capacity, only this time not in an acting capacity  How is this possible?

Christine Gittens is one of a continually emerging group of Guyanese women whose entrepreneurial instincts are pushing them to investigate the science of plants that can be found across the far reaches of Guyana with a view to pressing these into service as what, these days, are described as ‘natural products,’ but which, not many moons ago were referred to as ‘bush cures’ or ‘bush remedies’.

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Martin Guptill has a badly bruised toe after suffering an injury against Pakistan but the opening batsman is expected to be fit for the team’s Twenty20 World Cup clash against India, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Brenna Henry of Laluni Primary School is the overall winner of a child art competition which was intended to highlight the climate change threat.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News and GECOM commissioner, Mr. Vincent Alexander, have done a great service to the Guyanese nation.

The National Library and the United States Embassy – Georgetown have announced a joint venture for the opening of the American Corner – Guyana.  

Dear Editor, Former President, Mr. Donald Ramotar, penned a letter to the newspaper proclaiming that “we should cease having prayers of any kind in schools.”

With the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP 26 – scheduled to begin in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, in two days, international news networks are publishing reports of what they claim is a likely conspiracy by some of the ‘heavy hitters’ in the global fossil fuel industry to seek to downplay the extent of what climate scientists say is an unfolding global climate change crisis.

(Reuters) – Yorkshire will not take any disciplinary action against its employees, players or executives following an independent report into allegations of racism by former player Azeem Rafiq, the club said in a statement yesterday.

With plastics pollution and its multi-faceted consequences having long emerged as a major global environmental challenge, a new United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) assessment is now pointing to the likelihood of the problem becoming twice as bad in less than a decade.

Despite the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Demerara Bank Limited says it has continued do its part in supporting the fight against breast cancer.

Dear Editor, I read the President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) comments which were published in the media, for e.g.,

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. House committee will subpoena major oil company executives for documents on what company scientists have said about climate change and any funds spent to mislead the public on global warming, the head of the panel said yesterday.

(Reuters) – David Warner’s return to form was the icing on the cake as Australia thumped Sri Lanka by seven wickets yesterday for their second successive victory at the Twenty20 World Cup.

Dear Editor, I wrote several pieces recently on the different candidates for PNC leader.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday October 7, 2021          Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 98 new cases of the virus.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 27 points to help the host Oklahoma City Thunder rally from 26 down to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 on Wednesday night.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A criminal complaint charging former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with a misdemeanor sex offense was filed on Thursday in a court in Albany, the state capital, the first prosecution stemming from a misconduct scandal that led to his resignation.

Despite our own rich local history, traditions and beliefs, Guyanese have for some time, been known as “culture vultures.”

With the sudden and globally devastating advent of the COVID-19 pandemic having cruelly exposed the weaknesses of the health sector in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) Council on the Economics of Health for All is advocating with a renewed sense of urgency that clear and ambitious goals be set for mobilising investments towards financing for health as a long-term investment rather than a short-term cost.

The Bishop Minister, The contractors, The Roads The late great Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow once declared that “politics follows us all from the cradle to the grave”.

Dear Editor, The GTT Guyana Open Championship will be played over 36-holes on Saturday and Sunday, October 30-31st, 2021 at the Lusignan Golf Course.

By Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO Ten months after the first vaccine for COVID-19 was authorized for use by the WHO, most people in the Americas remain at risk. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 938’s trading results showed consideration of $17,018,848 from 94,450 shares traded in 24 transactions as compared to session 937’s trading results which showed consideration of $6,577,550 from 46,645 shares traded in 16 transactions.

It surprises not a few visitors to this country that so many official functions, both small and large, begin with a prayer.

(Reuters) – People in India’s most populous state who praise arch rival Pakistan’s victory in a recent cricket match could face sedition charges, authorities said yesterday, a day after arresting three college students over jubilant social media posts.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba’s National Assembly yesterday approved a raft of laws broadening citizens’ legal rights even as the Communist-run country comes under fire at home and abroad for a crackdown on protests earlier this year.