Daily Archive: Thursday, November 25, 2021

The Office of the President this evening said that President Irfaan Ali is to deliver a statement tomorrow morning at 7.30.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of November 25, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Fire Service is currently investigating a fire at Enterprise, ECD early this morning which claimed the life of a man.

(Trinidad Express) The nursing fraternity lost two of its members to the Covid-19 virus on Tuesday.

-mangroves expected to be removed -public has 30 days to lodge appeal again The EPA yesterday launched a fresh process for the approval of a new bridge over the Demerara River and stuck to its controversial opinion that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is not required even though protected mangroves will have to be removed.

Gold dealer Mohamed’s Enterprise, yesterday signed a $614 million contract for the construction of the new Guyana Fire Service Headquarters building on Homestretch Avenue, a move that has since raised questions about the firm’s  experience in executing such a large project.

Neezamudin Rafeek was yesterday sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the killing of a Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice couple in January 2016.

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL), through a partnership with 3t EnerMerch, will be offering blended technical training scholarships for Guyanese who are interested in pursuing studies in the oil and gas industry.

Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh has called a meeting of the Commission tomorrow to discuss the final shortlist of applicants for the seven advertised posts within the Commission’s Secretariat.

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle says  the  three-member team set to compete at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games was one of the better prepared teams adding  that he was looking forward to creditable performances.

Dear Editor, Newsroom has reported online “Region One records significant increase in reports of statutory rape” (at https://newsroom.gy/2021/11/18/region-one-records-significant-increase-in-reports-of-statutory-rape/accessed

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall led a delegation yesterday to meet with residents of Hope/Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, to discuss with them the issuance of Certificates of Title for house lots which they occupy.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your letter column to highlight the abnormalities myself and other college teachers’ face on a daily basis.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) Rugby team won its maiden championship on Saturday at the National Park where the GRFU Sevens was staged.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has flayed the PPP/C government over its handling of the auditing of US$9.5b in oil costs and has asked whether ExxonMobil has acquiesced to the scrutiny of the figure.

Rawletta Barrow of Guyana is the 2022 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar.

Dear Editor, A lot has been written about proposed electoral reforms (RoPA)), with most being sharply critical of the misplaced emphases of the PPP Government. 

Three bandits, who were armed with guns, robbed filmmaker Rae Wiltshire in the wee hours of Wednesday after they broke into his Essequibo Street, Lamaha Springs, Georgetown home.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a space in your newspaper to publicly express my plea to the Ministry of Housing & Water, and more particularly officials from the Central Planning and Housing Authority, to visit the township of Corriverton to address many of our housing and water needs.

With the West Indies Championship set to resume in February next year, Guyana Jaguars will play the first three rounds away from home.

Dear Editor, Talk! Talk! Talk! And all talk.  The call for contractors involved in construction projects to up their game has been ongoing for too long. 

Guyana is expected to receive more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next month, according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.

Dear Editor, The Government recently paid for full-colour, double-page spreads in the daily newspapers touting the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) for powering Guyana’s future.

Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Advisor to the Minister of Health,  is seeking to set aside a default judgment granted against him in the $185 million libel suit brought by former General Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN) Enrico Woolford.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Social Democrat Olaf Scholz announced a deal to form a new governing coalition in Germany yesterday that aims to modernise Europe’s largest economy, accelerate the green transition and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era.

Dear Editor, I refer to article, “”Absolute nonsense” President Ali tells ‘greedy’ Govt.

AUTAZES, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of dredging rafts operated by illegal miners have gathered in a gold rush on the Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon, floating hundreds of miles as state and federal authorities dispute who is responsible for stopping them.

A fully vaccinated man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 980.

(Trinidad Guardian) As the COVID-19 Delta variant of concern rips through Trinidad and Tobago, the country has crossed the grim milestone of 2,000 COVID-19 deaths since March 2020.

PARIS, (Reuters) – British and French officials traded blame yesterday after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated as they made a perilous crossing of the English Channel.

A new three-year Memorandum of Agreement was signed yesterday between the management of Banks DIH Limited and the General Workers Union (GWU) paving the way for a new wages package and other benefits.

By Charwayne Walker Long before the advent of the franchise system in the West Indies, cricketers represented mainly the country of their birth unless there were other exceptional circumstances.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “The challenge ahead for GuySuCo is formidable” (SN Nov 23) by Dr.

Dear Editor, In the six pieces that appeared in SN on the issue of Burnham and the Cold War, three are of the view that there is some such thing called the Cold War with a significant influence on events in Guyana between 1953 and 1991.

BRUNSWICK, Ga.,  (Reuters) – Three white men were convicted of murder yesterday for chasing and shooting Ahmaud Arbery as the Black man ran through their neighbourhood, with a Georgia jury rejecting a self-defence claim in a trial that once again probed America’s divisive issues of race and guns.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the extension and rehabilitation of the Mental Health Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Feckless West Indies were staring at yet another heavy defeat on Sri Lankan soil after suffering an appalling second innings collapse on the penultimate day of the opening Test here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I would like to shed some light on the pre-Christmas, actual Christmas, and post-Christmas Season and how significant it is to know the difference.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba has carried out a root and branch restructure of its sugar industry in a last-ditch attempt to keep mills from folding in the face of collapsing output.

In its moves to eliminate avoidable plastic waste, it was announced this week that England is looking to add plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups to the list of items already banned, which includes single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Protesters looted shops and set up burning barricades overnight on France’s Caribbean island of Martinique, France Info reported today, as demonstrations against COVID-19 protocols intensified.

The deadline for the submission of team forms to participate in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Organization Futsal Championship is scheduled for December 3rd.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India batter Shreyas Iyer will make his test debut against New Zealand in the opening match at Kanpur, the hosts’ stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane said yesterday.

Evan Fournier scored 26 points to lead six New York Knicks in double figures Tuesday night, and the hosts squandered all of a 25-point lead before recovering to beat the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers 106-100.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is scheduled to conduct three online tournaments from November 27th-28th compliments of Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) Incorporated.

(Reuters) – Former England captain Michael Vaughan will play no part in the BBC’s coverage of the upcoming Ashes series after being named in the racism controversy involving former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.

By High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President, Josep Borrell and Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Gender Action Plan III and the International Day to eliminate violence against women.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Nkrumah Bonner is holding out hope of West Indies saving the opening Test against Sri Lanka, despite the precarious position in which the touring side find themselves ahead of  today’s final day.

Senior State Counsel Abigail Gibbs, who is attached to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has added to her credentials, following the completion of a Masters in Corporate & Commercial Law.