Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Prime Minister Mark Phillips today rejected statements by Deputy Speaker of the House Lenox Shuman that the government has not been consulting with the indigenous peoples.

(Trinidad Guardian) A new day—Tobago has gone green.   A majority of Tobagonians opted for change yesterday when they elected the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) headed by Watson Duke and Farley Augustine to run their Tobago House of Assembly affairs until 2025.

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company Teleperformance Guyana says it plans to create an additional 1000 jobs next year.

As had been expected, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall has informed municipalities and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils across the country that Local Government Elections will not be held this year as had been scheduled.

Pepsi Hikers, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Roulettes and Saints Scorpions won their respective categories when the ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championship ended Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Both Vishnu Persaud and Jamaican Leslie Harrow were interviewed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday for the vacant post of Chief Election Officer (CEO) and a decision could come as early as today.

The Ministry of Health yesterday announced that COVID-19 vaccine booster doses will now be available for persons 18 and older.

Guyana is one of three new countries which will soon experience family entertainment and restaurant pizza brand, Chuck E.

Parliament is to meet on Monday, December 13th when the report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts for the year 2020 will be presented along with a number of performance audit reports including one on the COVID-19 Pandemic Assistance Voucher Programme.

A week after Veronica Lewis, 78,  was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Lamaha Street, police are still to make an arrest.

The Government of China on Wednesday presented a cheque for $7m to the University of Guyana (UG).

Dinar Trading became the latest corporate entity to throw its support behind the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super 16 Championship, donating an undisclosed sum towards the staging of the tournament on Friday.

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday dismissed an application by former Attorney General Basil Williams SC that she recuse herself from presiding over a 2017 libel case brought against him by now Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC in relation to Commonwealth Law Reports.

Dear Editor, COP26 will be remembered as the climate alarm that was heard all across the world.

First it was gold. Now it’s diamonds. After striking gold with the sponsorship of Dinar Trading, one of Guyana’s leading gold, diamond and currency trading firms, the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation and the Guyana Football Federation, struck diamonds with the sponsorship of Tony’s Jewellery Establishment.

Dear Editor, It was with a great deal of sadness that I read Ramharack’s lengthy article in the Stabroek News, November 28, 2021, headlined “Re-imagining Cheddi Jagan: Cultural Moorings and Political Recklessness”.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has given directives to the Chief Education Officer to grant a waiver for the issuance of permanent certificates to all teachers who have completed five years of post-graduate training.

Dear Editor, When the sums are done, the COVID-19 pandemic would reveal its devastating impact on both the non-oil economy and the society as a whole. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the government is seeking partnerships with universities to establish a biodiversity research centre in Guyana even as he boasted about the high forest cover.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article, ‘Privilege in building economic wealth’ by Akola Thompson, published on December 03, 2021.

Guyana yesterday received some 42,120 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A global energy conference devoted to future technologies and low-carbon strategies kicked off in Houston yesterday with top executives from energy companies affirming the need for more oil for decades to come.

Dear Editor, It seems that government has forgotten us farmers, and the high fertilizer prices, which we still face even though they had planned to help us as they did in 2014.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City expanded its array of COVID-19 mandates yesterday, setting vaccine requirements for children as young as 5 years old and for workers at all private-sector companies as the highly transmissible Omicron variant pushes into more U.S.

The statue of famous trade unionist, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, located in the compound of Public Buildings, George-town, was rededicated on Thursday evening, 57 years after it was first unveiled.

A team representing the Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF), the local authority of the discipline, captured an impressive seven medals during a tour of the Dutch-speaking nation Suriname last weekend.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to ask former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, what is his rationale for not supporting “Newbies” over those who have fought in the trenches against the PNC?

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of December 06, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization yesterday advised against using the blood plasma of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to treat those who are ill, saying current evidence shows it neither improves survival nor reduces the need for ventilators.

The Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation says that it is currently awaiting permission from the COVID-19 Task Force to have a live audience at their flagship National Senior Championships on December 19 at the National Cultural Centre.

A man found at a marijuana camp was yesterday charged with trafficking in narcotics and the cultivation of prohibited plants.

Dear Editor, On this day, 7th of December, exactly eight decades ago, the Imperial Japanese establishment attacked the American Naval and other military facilities at Pearl Harbor.

(Reuters) – Three missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti in October have been released, the U.S.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) yesterday announced its 2021 Champions of the Earth and among them is Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

A former Berbice journalist who came from humble beginnings, and was raised to believe that a woman’s sole purpose is to be a housewife, has defeated the odds and was sworn in as an attorney-at-law last month.

Dear Editor, We have an epidemic of father-less-ness in Guyana, and yet we are arguing about black pudding.

(Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar found deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions yesterday, drawing international condemnation of what critics described as a “sham trial”.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s national police has deployed 100 criminal intelligence and investigation officers in a strategy to tackle environmental crimes in the Andean country, the government said yesterday, citing illegal mining and animal trafficking among the gravest threats.

The announcement last week that the Ministry of Education has commissioned a Sixth Form at the Anna Regina Multilateral School that will roll out a curriculum designed to provide access to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) is good news if only because it comes at a time when the country’s education system has had to endure a torrid time purely to deliver an acceptable day-to-day curriculum in the face of a coronavirus pandemic that has driven a devastating high speed train through it.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Rovman Powell warmed up for West Indies’ series against Pakistan starting next week with an explosive knock but his efforts proved in vain as Kandy Warriors slumped to 20-run defeat to Dambulla Giants in their opening game of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) here yesterday.

ST JOHNS, Antigua, CMC – West Indies will welcome Ireland to the Caribbean at the start of next year for four white-ball matches, which are expected to lay the platform for an active 2022 international calendar.

Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the company contracted by ExxonMobil to conduct the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Yellowtail well development, has since apologised for “mistakenly” releasing the findings of the EIA with the signature of consultant Shyam Nokta.

Dear Editor, It is great to see that we are importing talent to help with our infrastructure needs.

MUMBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – India’s spinners once again bared their fangs, sealing a record 372-run victory against New Zealand in the second and final test at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday to secure a 14th consecutive series triumph at home.

DAKAR,  (Reuters) – Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, who failed a drug test after this year’s race, died of a heart attack yesterday following a workout at a California racetrack, a lawyer for the horse’s trainer said.

(Trinidad Guardian) PC Mark Aleia who tested positive for COVID-19 died on December 4th.

Organisers of the upcoming second Rawle Toney 3×3 basketball Classic says that an exhibition event featuring four teams will be conducted to highlight the intricacies of the format at Friday’s launch.