Daily Archive: Thursday, November 11, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of November 10, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and the Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman has written the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh SC urging that she moves to seek external support for the hiring of the new Chief Election Officer.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who negotiated a peaceful transfer of power to a Black-led government under Nelson Mandela, died today aged 85 after a battle with cancer, his foundation said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twelve deaths in the last 24-hour reporting period have pushed the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,806.

In 2018, then Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo blistered the APNU+AFC administration over its sloth in auditing US$460m in ExxonMobil costs but now in 2021, as PPP/C Vice-President he has casually excused his government from forensic scrutiny of nearly 20 times that amount – US$9b.

Though some top-tier jobs will not be immediately available to Guyanese, there will be ample employment opportunities for locals during the construction and operational phases for the Hyatt-branded hotel, Chairman of SIR Investment Guyana Imtiaz Ahamad yesterday said.

All systems are in place for a smooth Nomination Day tomorrow for the upcoming PNCR Congress where a leader will be elected.

What was once a coconut estate is currently being developed into modern housing scheme to accommodate 700 house lots at Gorchum-Wilhelmina, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the upper flat of a Duncan Street, Campbellville building and a quick response by the Guyana Fire Service prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings.

A robbery convict was yesterday recaptured shortly after he escaped from the Lusignan Prison while working on the facility’s farm.

A former soldier is among three men who were on Monday separately charged with rape.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now explaining to the public the reason for its decisions to exempt projects from impact assessments.

A man was on Monday remanded after being charged with manslaughter following the death of a Mocha, East Bank man who was involved in a knife fight with him.

With the life of the Police Service Commission (PSC) having expired, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, has advanced that the Fixed Date Application (FDA) it filed challenging its suspension by the President and the non-promotion of ranks ought to be struck out.

A Parfaite Harmonie miner was yesterday charged with the murder of Andre Collison, the disc jockey who was fatally stabbed at Puruni Landing, Region Seven.

Tenders were on November 9 opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of housing scheme roads at No.

One more COVID-19 death along with 134 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday.

A labourer was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he admitted to chopping his neighbour with a cutlass. 

Two foreign pilots were on Tuesday charged with illegal entry to the country and possession of narcotics.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) has commenced its first heavy-duty equipment operator programme in Mabaruma, Region One, according to a Ministry of Labour press release.

The Golden Jaguars hopes of qualifying for the Concacaf Men’s U20 Championship was extinguished last evening, as they suffered a 0-5 defeat to Nicaragua in their final group-D qualifier at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic.

That the West Indies cricket team failed to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing International Cricket Council’s T20 World Cup is now old news, or as they saying goes, water under the bridge.

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to highlight a worrying experience faced by all the Toshaos throughout the length and breadth of this beautiful land of ours, Guyana.

The two men who allegedly pretended to be meter readers of Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), and attempted to rob a woman were on Friday remanded to prison.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a space in your letter column.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) made a timely financial donation yesterday in an effort to assist the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation’s (GABF) ahead of their departure today for FIBA AmeriCup Championships in Miami, Florida, from November 12th-14th.

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL) has been given the green light to host the 5th Prime Minister’s Cup from Friday with the finals set for the National Stadium, Providence Sunday.

Dear Editor, Democracy in Guyana did not start in 2020, Guyana has been a democracy for as long I can remember.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has received a financial boost of $1.1M from Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat.

Dear Editor, I am amazed to find no reference in the Guyanese press to the lifetime achievement award recently given to the poet John Agard, one of Guyana’s finest.

GLASGOW,  (Reuters) – The United States and China, the world’s two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by cutting methane emissions, phasing out coal consumption and protecting forests.

Athletes get ready, the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) is set to host its leg of the South American 10k on November 21 from 15:30hrs.

Dear Editor, Confirmation comes daily of the way things are, and going to be.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday he did not believe Britain was a corrupt country, as parliament was embroiled in a growing scandal over lawmakers being paid for external work which may have breached its rules.

Dear Editor, I am beyond the boundaries of Guyana. I therefore have not been following the news from my country.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – There will be no let-up from West Indies Women despite their comfortable win over Pakistan in Monday’s opener, as the Caribbean side chase a series victory when the two teams meet in the second One-Day International here today.

YENAGOA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Aiteo Eastern E&P has reported an “extremely high order” oil spill from a jointly owned well in the Niger Delta and has had to abort immediate efforts to control the leak due to the pressure emanating from the well head.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who was extradited to Miami last month on U.S.

Dear Editor, China has been aggressively expanding its sponge zones throughout its cities.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, has confirmed short-term contract extensions for under-fire chief selector Roger Harper and his panel, but said the move was simply to minimise disruption amidst a heavy volume of international commitments and the ongoing review of the selection process.

Dear Editor, We need smart investment not NO investment in the oil and gas sector.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Sergio Moro, who became a household name in Brazil as the judge that led the country’s largest ever corruption probe, re-entered the political fray yesterday, presenting himself as a unifying centrist ahead of presidential elections next year.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – New Zealand produced a stunning late blitz to upset pre-tournament favourites England by five wickets yesterday and book their place in Sunday’s final of the Twenty20 World Cup.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba’s foreign minister yesterday said the United States was behind protests over human and civil rights planned for Nov.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday signed into law a bill calling for more sanctions and other punitive measures against the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who extended his grip on power in an election that Washington denounced as a sham.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Veteran Chris Gayle is set for a frolic in the Lanka Premier League next month, after being signed by Colombo Stars.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Restau-rateurs Melanie Angulo and Marwin Hernandez have begun serving lattes and specialty coffee in a small storefront in downtown Caracas, joining a new wave of cafe entrepreneurs encouraged by creeping dollarization in Venezuela.

Having pleaded guilty at the beginning of this month to committing misconduct in a public office, two members of London’s Metropolitan Police are currently awaiting their fates, which, according to the judge presiding over their case, more than likely will be jail terms.

The surging seas have since returned to conceal, yet again, the old pine coffins and the broken skeletal remains laid bare in the sunshine along the rank, soggy foreshore that was formerly a colonial cemetery on the Number 71, Berbice estate.

By Dani Rodrik Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

Dear Editor, The current Administration’s failure to strengthen its understanding of the costs associated with the oil and gas sector gives pause and reduces confidence in the Administration’s ability to make prudent fiscal decisions.