Daily Archive: Friday, November 5, 2021

The Ministry of Education today announced that Queen’s College student Sarena Razak was the top student at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).

Sudesh Charran, age 22 years, a labourer of Lot 3964 Westminster, West Bank Demerara was crushed to death yesterday at 4.20 pm outside of the F & R Supermarket, Lot 29 Stelling Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton said yesterday he would win or lose “the right way” after fears that the Formula One title battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen could be decided by a collision at the final race.

  The prime suspect in the murder of Dr Colin Roach was arrested this morning.

Law enforcement and aviation authorities are probing the discovery of an unregistered aircraft in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) on Thursday afternoon.

Even as he faces local backlash over the non-consultation ahead of Guyana’s participation at the important United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), President Irfaan Ali has called for all climate plans to be “comprehensive and inclusive.”

The police say there is no current evidence to arrest the sergeant who shot and killed Sydel Bourne, the teenager whom he claimed robbed his wife.

The new Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Headquarters on Homestretch Avenue is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year.

The campaign of Dr Richard Van West-Charles, one of the prospective contenders for the race to be People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) leader, has called on General Secretary (GS) Amna Ally to recuse herself from the party’s elections process.

Sri Lanka 189 for 3 (Asalanka 68, Nissanka 51) beat West Indies 169 for 8 (Hetmyer 81*, Pooran 46, Hararanga 2-19, Fernando 2-24) by 20 runs (ESPN Cricinfo) – The kids are alright.

As government moves forward with plans to generate electricity from blended energy sources in a bid to provide stable power supply to Guyanese, a study is currently underway on the possibilities of a smart electrical grid.

Guyanese table tennis sensation, Shemar Britton, bowed out of the International Table Tennis Federation’s Ecuador Open yesterday in the round of 16.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has said that by March next year reviews will be done of a number of police “cold cases” that were slated to be reopened years ago.

Earlier industry predictions that this year’s May/June rains were likely to result in a shortfall in rice yield are well on the way to being realized, according to sources with intimate knowledge of the sector.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President, Michael Singh, has confirmed that the local contingent of the 3×3 National Squads, are slated to depart on November 11 for the FIBA AmeriCup Championships in Miami, Florida, from November 12 to14.

Two Guyanese, Bradley Downer and Stephanie Simon, have been nominated for two separate international awards in the fields of education and technology.

Year-end Edition and Vaccination As we swiftly approach the conclusion of 2021, the traditional year-end football spectacle will once again take centre stage on the sport’s calendar of local activities.

Residents of Region Two ushered in the Festival of Lights with the making of Rangoli. 

The World Bank has ranked Guyana fifth in the region in its ‘Changing Wealth of Nations 2021’ report.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) has launched a special training programme under the guidance of its coach, Delbert Hicks, for a quartet of female players with the objective of making the national Under-19 team in 2022 and then the West Indies Under-19 team in 2023 for the ICC World Cup.

Scores of Region Two residents converged at the Anna Regina car park on Wednesday evening to view floats created by temples on the Essequibo Coast in observation of Diwali. 

With Christmas, the most lucrative season of the year for the business community, fast approaching, the decision by the government to waive the curfew restrictions until midnight has triggered an outburst of chatter from both the private sector and the public as a whole.

Dear Editor, I recently read, with much pleasure in the print media, that the police case against Constables Jenneka Carmichael and Tayana Smith was dismissed in the George-town Magistrates’ Court by Magistrate Annette Singh.

Dear Editor, If there are three fundamental factors that COP 26 has demonstrated up to this point, they are as follows; 1.           

A centenarian is among the two latest COVID-19 fatalities that have been confirmed by Guyana’s Health Ministry.

Defending champions, West Indies, are officially out of the T20 World Cup and skipper Kieron Pollard has admitted the side just wasn’t good enough.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said what has been two decades of enhanced well-being realized by countries in the hemisphere now threatens to be reversed by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic and the reversal will be attended by the deepening of existing challenges in the period ahead.

(Reuters) – The name of convicted sex offender Brad Aldrich, who worked as a video coach for the Chicago Blackhawks, has been removed from the Stanley Cup, TSN reported Wednesday.

Recently sentenced to death for the 2018 murder of 76-year-old Ruby businessman Habiboodean (only name), Linden Lewis has filed an appeal against his conviction and the punishment.

Dear Editor, On July 29th, 2021, my wife and I flew for the first time on Jet Blue to New York.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been alerted to the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in the Americas and the potential threat that it can pose to regional food security and to the livelihoods of farmers involved in the pig-rearing industry region-wide.

A construction worker and a man who are both currently on remand for several armed robbery charges were on Wednesday faced with armed robbery charges.

Dear Editor, I refer to your article, ‘Gov’t seeking up to US$2B insurance coverage from Exxon for Yellowtail project’, 04 November 2021. 

Australia 78 for 2 (Finch 40) beat Bangladesh 73 all out (Zampa 5-19, Hazlewood 2-8, Starc 2-21) by eight wickets (ESPN Cricinfo) – It was deja vu all over again for Bangladesh.

On the heels of her appointment as President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Nicola Madden-Greig has her eyes set on building a stronger regional tourism product.

Dear Editor,  The recent letter to the Stabroek News by Ms.

A security guard was on Wednesday released on bail after he denied stealing a $400,000 ring from a car that was at a wash bay.

Keen to boost the competitiveness of its foods, beverages, and locally produced goods, on the international marketplace, Trinidad and Tobago has announced the launch of a project aimed at building a culture of quality in the goods that it produces in order to afford them enhanced opportunities to compete with foreign goods and services.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday urged China not to restrict access and movement for journalists reporting on next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.

(Trinidad Express) After spending almost a week in the Intensive Care Unit at the Arima Hospital being treated for Covid-19, former district medical officer Dr Vinod Mahabir died yesterday (Wednesday) morning.

Developing countries, including those in Latin America and the Caribbean, will have to face a worse than originally anticipated, longer-term COVID-19 impact on employment, according to adjusted figures recently released by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Dear Editor, Many people have to destroy their forests in order to continue with large-scale farming.

Delon Chapman, one of the two ex-police constables recently sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a woman who had gone to the Turkeyen Police Station to make a report, is appealing both his conviction and sentence.

(Reuters) – Molly Seidel’s 2021 plans once seemed reasonable – the American would compete at the Tokyo Olympics and then prepare to line up in Sunday’s New York City Marathon.

(Jamaica Observer) Dancehall entertainer Popcaan was slapped with a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to several road traffic violations in the Yallahs Traffic Court in St Thomas yesterday.

Seemingly persuaded that the Caribbean remains continually vulnerable to becoming the victim of a catastrophic climate change event that could even give rise to the need for hurried regional migration, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is advocating that her country and others in the region be prepared for the eventuality of an episode that could trigger the need for the evacuation of thousands of people.

Dear Editor, As a resident of Georgetown, a taxpayer and someone who loves cultural history, I would like to add my concern and consternation to the trepidation being expressed by the Local Government Ministry about the goings-on at City Hall regarding the serious and consistent attempts to dispose of municipal property in a most capricious manner.

(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government made an embarrassing U-turn on Thursday on plans to overhaul the system for combating parliamentary corruption, with the lawmaker whose case had provoked the row quitting his job.

A Region Eight miner was on Tuesday charged with the murder of a fellow miner from the region.

(Trinidad Guardian) The government of Belize has sued Trinidad and Tobago for allegedly failing to apply a 40 per cent Common External Tariff (CET) on 3,000 tonnes of brown sugar imported from Guatemala and Honduras in 2019.

Dear Editor, The President has had a busy time in the UK in the last few days.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the remodeling of the Maritime Administration Department’s Secretariat office building.

(Reuters) – New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams said on Thursday that he would take his first three paychecks in bitcoin and that the city would become the “center of the cryptocurrency industry.”

(Reuters) – Frenchman Gael Monfils withdrew hours before his match against Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters yesterday due to an adductor strain, sending the Serbian world number one into the quarter-finals.

(Reuters) – Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) have been suspended from hosting international or major matches over their handling of allegations of racism by former player Azeem Rafiq, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

Hundreds of farmers in the Matarkai Sub-district, in Region One, on Wednesday received the government’s flood-relief cash grant.

Guyana is a violent society that runs on patriarchal sexism. The violence that is regularly experienced by women and gender minoritised groups is found in every single section of our society.

(Trinidad Guardian) The body of Jeneka Guerra was found in a shallow grave in Santa Barbara, Maracas St Joseph.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 939’s trading results showed consideration of $36,921,582 from 117,617 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 938’s trading results which showed consideration of $17,018,848 from 94,450 shares traded in 24 transactions.

Contest and challenges: PNC, Allan and JosephHello friends, this I promise: at my age and stage I’ll make this my final, brief, regretful “lamentation” on this issue.

Dear Editor, Mr. Harmon’s picture in a local paper wearing a t-shirt saying, “Demand 50% royalty,” seems to be clear support for the renegotiation of the oil and gas contract as any increase in the 2% paltry royalty we get now would require renegotiation.

By Sania Nishtar ISLAMABAD – The number of days each year when the temperature exceeds 50°C (122°F) has doubled since the 1980s, and occurs in more places than ever.

Buoyed by the presence of the Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, the top brass of the Guyana Police Force participated in a symposium last Saturday discussing Integrity in Policing.

(Reuters) – African and Western nations called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia on Thursday after Tigrayan forces from the country’s north said they made advances towards the capital this week.

As is customarily the case with commemorative events that have a bearing on the consolidation of a sound, national, entrepreneurial culture, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2021, which is being observed from Monday, November 8 to Sunday November 14, has not, up to this time, been attended by a programme of events, or initiative, planned by either government or the private sector.