Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan was arraigned this morning before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan on a charge of  misconduct in public office in relation to the sale of a prime piece of real estate owned by the state below market value to BK Marine Inc.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Body-camera video released yesterday showed the chaotic, violent moments leading to the fatal Los Angeles police shooting of an assault suspect in a clothing store, and of a 14-year-old girl caught in the line of fire while hiding inside a dressing room.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health advises the population that on the evening of Boxing Day, six more cases of the COVID-19 Omicron Variant of Concern were confirmed.

Three civil society groups yesterday called on the government to postpone parliamentary debate on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill amid growing concerns that it is grossly defective.

The Regional Administration of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) paid over $33.7 million more for the supply of drugs, from outside suppliers, during the year 2020, according to the Auditor General’s report.

Government earlier this month tabled in Parliament a bill which would see the establishment of a Human Organ and Tissue Transplant Agency here to facilitate the removal, donation and transfer of human organs to those in need due to health complications.

(Reuters) – Australia retained the Ashes with a thumping innings and 14-run win over England in the third test in Melbourne today, with paceman Scott Boland taking a six-wicket haul in a fairytale debut.

Nineteen-year-old Vickash Kevin Fredericks of New Road, Region Two died on Sunday night in an accident.

Dear Editor, Observers say the PPP/C is stealthily rushing its new NRF bill (and repealing the APNU+AFC’s  NRF Act already passed) while the nation is distracted by yearend festivities.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force recently announced that the law banning firecrackers from use by the general public and the issuance of licences to those authorized to handle same would be enforced over the Christmas season.

City Mayor Ubraj Narine was on Boxing Day questioned by police subsequent to allegations of him indiscriminatingly firing off his gun at his home in Pigeon Island, Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara.

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge says the company has had a safe year of operations in line with its commitment to its “Nobody Gets Hurt” occupational health and safety philosophy. 

Dear Editor, Mr. Ray Chickrie’s letter published in the Stabroek News, December 24th 2021 edition, captioned: `PNC supporters want to see Norton take their party to new heights’ is obviously not intended as advice to the new PNC leader Mr.

-to clash with Den Amstel in semis Defending champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) overcame Milerock, while Den Amstel dismissed Fruta Conquerors to earn semi-final berths when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship continued on Sunday.

Following torrential rain, flooding in parts  of Georgetown began to recede late yesterday afternoon as pumps and sluices in and around the city were all functioning.

Dear Editor, The latest article in Stabroek News pertaining to the building of the new Demerara River bridge (EPA in no position to rule out impact survey for new bridge over Demerara – SN 12/24/2021), further increases the worry amongst some of us in the Nandy/Republic Park area that the government intends to build the bridge without technical due diligence, established legal processes, and most egregiously without consulting and getting input from the residents. 

Martial Arts instructor and bodyguard Garfield Newton was killed on Christmas Eve in a robbery after visiting a goldsmith in Albouystown, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I wanted to share my appreciation for the articles covered by Ms.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africans remembered anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu with cathedral bells, flowers and warm words yesterday, a day after he died in a Cape Town nursing home aged 90.

A Christmas Day fire has left a Corentyne family homeless after their fully furnished two-story wooden house was completely destroyed.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Western Tigers stormed their way into the semi-final round, following quarterfinal wins on Saturday in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship.

Dear Editor, This month marks the 30th anniversary of the official end of the USSR and its disastrous experiment in communism: a system with its internal contradictions that has miserably failed humanity.

(Reuters) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday called a snap general election for Jan.

Guyana Police Force (GPF) battered the Bartica All-Stars 10-1 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Guyana National Women’s Football Association (GNWFA) Super-16 Women’s Festival continued on Saturday.

A Middle Road, La Penitence man was gunned down by two men on Christmas Eve while standing on the corner of James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Poland’s president vetoed a media bill that critics said was aimed at silencing a Discovery-owned news channel that is critical of the government, citing worries about the strain the law would put on relations with Washington.

A Corentyne man lost his life on the eve of Christmas after he was involved in an accident along the Bush Lot Public Road.

ITABUNA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Two dams gave way in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia after weeks of heavy rains, swamping already swollen local rivers as flooding hit towns across the region, authorities said on Sunday.

Dear Editor, After losing office for, among other things, pompous, arrogant  and uncivilized behaviour the PPP seems not to have learnt anything.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) Avid lovers of classic movies will remember the 1966 spaghetti Western, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

(Reuters) – Apple Inc said yesterday it has closed all of its 12 New York City stores to indoor shopping as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant surged across the United States.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan In the dark era of colonial and racist oppression, in the 1940s, a talented young Guyanese, James Barrington Parris, succeeded in enrolling at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he attended an impromptu lecture on the theory of relativity by no less an eminence than the great Albert Einstein.

Crushed by a December wave of players being placed in COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the NBA reduced the quarantine time for individuals who test positive from 10 days to six days, multiple outlets reported.

(CMC) – More than a month after suffering a concussion when he was struck on his helmet in his maiden West Indies Test tour, left-handed opener Jeremy Solozano says he is ready to get back on the field.

(CMC) – Experienced West Indies Women off-spinner Anisa Mohammed ended 2021 as the highest wicket-taker for the regional side in One Day Internationals (ODIs) but says she will be striving to do even better in 2022.

Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday along with 12 new cases of the virus.

(Reuters) – No play was possible on the second day of the first test between South Africa and India at Centurion Park yesterday as heavy rain meant frustration for both sides seeking to gain the upper hand in the three-match series.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic has identified its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the health ministry of the Caribbean country said on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley said on Sunday police were assisting the governing body after a confidential report made to its anti-corruption unit was leaked to the media.

(CMC) – West Indies Under-19 head coach Floyd Reifer has reported improvement in the team’s understanding of what it takes to be professional athletes and is happy with their preparations for next month’s ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Dear Editor, The entire progressive world joins in mourning the passing of Rev.

Tomorrow’s sitting of the National Assembly has listed for second reading the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill 2021.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The Indian government yesterday “refused” to renew a permission that is vital for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity (MoC) to be able to secure foreign funds, cutting off a key source the charity has depended on to run its programmes for the impoverished.

(Reuters) – France forward Kylian Mbappe and Polish striker Robert Lewandowski expressed their reservations about a biennial World Cup, saying quality would take a hit if overworked players are forced to play the tournament every two years.

By Mabel van Oranje LONDON – With the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the world has lost an unstoppable force for good who taught compassion and forgiveness, and pursued his mission with a will of iron.