Daily Archive: Monday, December 6, 2021

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Shai Hope will lead West Indies for the first time after Kieron Pollard was ruled out of the tour of Pakistan starting next week.

Newly-appointed Chief Elections Officer (CEO) for the PNCR 2021 Congress, Vincent Alexander is set to provide a report on Wednesday to the party’s Central Executive Committee on its readiness for Saturday’s scheduled 21st Biennial Delegates Congress or whether it will have to be postponed to next year.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – A global energy conference devoted to future technologies and low-carbon strategies kicked off in Houston today with top executives from the largest U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) Noting that the police have been flayed for seemingly ignoring some acts which shock the public’s conscience, Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson says the blame cannot be laid at the feet of law enforcers but rather on laws which have not kept pace with technology.

(Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi for four years today on charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions, drawing international outrage of what some critics described as a “sham trial”.

(Trinidad Express) Twenty-six additional Covid-19 deaths reported yesterday took the death toll for the first five days of December past 100.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Lenox Shuman yesterday berated the PPP/C government for not consulting with the Indigenous Peoples and he cited the South Rupununi mining deal as an example and called for its rescinding.

One year after a joint venture between Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) and Guyana Oil and Gas Support Services (GOGSSI), the company has landed a big project with ExxonMobil’s prime contractor Saipem and is looking to hire key staff.

The safety of Guyana’s proposed gas-to-shore pipeline is being questioned based on available plans and critics have also taken aim at the lack of information from the government.

Chantoba Bright is a proud Guyanese. The USA-based athlete was the only Guyanese athlete to win a medal at the Junior Pan Am games which concluded in Cali, Colombia yesterday.

Pepsi Hikers secured their fifth consecutive win, while Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Roulettes continued their impressive showing when the ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championship continued on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Lawmen at Weldaad Police Station, West Berbice  yesterday afternoon intercepted a motor car transporting $12.5M worth of cannabis and two men have been arrested.

The spring tide has caused a resident living near the Boerasirie Creek, Region Three to be affected by flooding after the water gushed out from a section that was not fixed when sea defence work was carried out. 

Georgetown was crowned the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Academy Training Centre U13 Challenge Series winner, defeating East Bank Demerara by a 2-0 score-line yesterday in the final at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Chairman of Guyana’s senior selection panel, Ramnaresh Sarwan aims to bring about a new dispensation to go with the renamed Guyana Amazon Jaguars.

Lima Sands residents are breathing a sigh of relief now that the government has heeded their call for better roads.

The police are probing the death of a vagrant at the Westminster Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara.

Esuan Crandon will continue in his capacity as head coach of the renamed Guyana Amazon Jaguars while Ryan Hercules will serve as his deputy.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a few lines to share my views on the Marudi Mountain mining issue and Indigenous Rights.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 05, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Wainwright Bethune was elected president of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA), when the staged its Electoral Congress yesterday at the Egbert Benjamin Conference Centre, Mackenzie, Linden.

The University of Guyana was on Wednesday presented with $2.3m from Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited to support the upgrade of the electrical fittings in its 35-year-old Education Lecture Theatre.

Dear Editor, I did not know Dr. Jagan well. I met him back in the late 60’s when I was preparing for a high school debate and another half a dozen times at social events in the mid-eighties.

A 54-year-old woman recently benefitted from an advanced laparoscopic procedure performed by doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, Time for the Guyanese to say ‘congrats’ (as you do) to two sons and two daughters of the soil doing brilliantly in the UK.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin struck three early blows to put the hosts on course for a series-clinching victory against New Zealand in the second and final test at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton won a crazy, twice-halted Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for Mercedes yesterday to go level on points with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen and set up a winner-take-all title showdown.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Julio Borges, the politician who serves as foreign minister for Venezuela’s U.S.-backed

The police on Thursday arrested a Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara man after a 12-gauge shotgun and live ammunition, for which he did not have a licence, were found in his home.

A man who denied stealing a car valued at  $1.3 million has been released on $550,000 bail.

Guyanese national basketball players, Akeem Crandon and Israel Yaw, once again aided ASA College of New York to a lopsided 72-60 home victory over Union County College on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to two items in the Stabroek News (SN) of December 3, 2021.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Bob Dole, who overcame grievous World War Two combat wounds to become a pre-eminent figure in U.S.

BANJUL,  (Reuters) – Gambian President Adama Barrow has comfortably won re-election, the electoral commission said yesterday, though he may face a legal challenge from opposition candidates who rejected the results because of unspecified irregularities.

A vendor was on Wednesday released on $450,000 bail after he was charged with discharging a loaded firearm at three persons.

Former national footballer and sports administrator George Green passed away on Saturday after a prolonged illness.

Dear Editor,  There are a number of issues that need to be addressed by the democratically-elected PPP/C Government of President Irfaan Ali.

Dear Editor, There are two issues begging for attention: 1.      The arrest of former Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, last Thursday, is the Irfaan Ali regime continuing to execute their pre-election threats of locking up and jailing those who worked with the APNU+AFC government.

Dear Editor,  Citizens of Region 9 are hereby requesting a judicial inquiry into the sentencing guidelines used by the Lethem Magistrate when presiding over court cases in the Region.

Colwyn Daly was on Wednesday fined $70,000 after he did an about-face and admitted his guilt on two counts of unlawful wounding and one count of threatening behaviour.

KYANKWANZI, Uganda,  (Reuters) – Chinese private investment in Uganda is growing while Westerners are losing appetite to put money to work in the country, President Yoweri Museveni told Reuters, pledging to step up efforts to tackle corruption that have made slow progress.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Gifted fast bowler Jayden Seales made an excellent start to life in the Lanka Premier League with an incisive three-wicket haul but the performance came in a losing cause as his Jaffna Kings suffered a heavy 54-run loss to Galle Gladiators.

Dear Editor, Almost on the eve of the elections, conflict of interest members have resigned from the accreditation committee. 

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently heard arguments in a decades-old action which has its genesis in the 1998 termination of the services of James Ramsahoye by the now-defunct Linden Mining Enterprise (LINMINE) and Bauxite Indus-try Development Company Limited (BIDCO).

In a powerful speech at last month’s COP26 climate summit, Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, seized the day.

By Renuka Anandjit and Angelique V. Nixon Renuka N. Anandjit is a Guyanese born, Trinidad-based scholar and activist.

Following the discovery on November 25th of 1,100 lbs of cocaine at the Dutch port of Rotterdam in a shipment of Guyanese rum, the authorities here have made concerted efforts to downplay the possibility that the narcotic was stashed in the container while it was in this country.

PORT EDWARD, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africans took to their beaches yesterday to protest against plans by Royal Dutch Shell to do seimsic oil exploration they say will threaten marine wildlife such as whales, dolphins, seals and penguins on a pristine coastal stretch.

President Irfaan Ali and First Lady Arya Ali last night hosted an Official Dinner in honour of the visiting Vice President from Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his team.