Daily Archive: Friday, January 21, 2022

The Ministry of Health (MOH) this afternoon announced the deaths of 11 more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Finance today announced that the 2022 national budget will be presented next Wednesday.

Leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton was on Wednesday briefed on Canada’s projects in Guyana.

PARIS, (Reuters) – One police officer was injured and police faced gunfire during a night of civil unrest over COVID-19 restrictions in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the island’s local authority said on Friday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corp, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, said today they were withdrawing from the country, citing the worsening humanitarian situation following last year’s coup.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana collided with a motorcycle, setting off an explosion that flattened a rural community, the government said today.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today said said that due to the sudden and unfortunate passing of the mother of  President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro his official visit to Guyana will no longer take place today.

The administrative power of Guyana’s government over the Natural Resource Fund is concerning  and is one of the most “top heavy” bureaucratic systems anywhere in the world , Natural Resource Fund Expert and Economist Andrew Bauer says.

The Banks DIH company registered after-tax profit of $6.77b for the year ended September 30, 2021, a rise of 28.6% over the previous year.

Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigators have concluded that the fire which destroyed two Laparkan Shipping storage bonds on Lombard Street, Georgetown on Sunday was an act of arson.

Closed-door tripartite discussions among Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali,  President of  Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in Paramaribo yesterday will be advanced at the ministerial level in the coming months, the Office of the President said.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is making an effort to reach more deserving persons who qualify for its Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP).

While the political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) feels that President Irfaan Ali and his administration are worthy of accolades for the recent city cleanup campaign, it still sees the current government as having to shoulder blame for the squalid state of the city.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has issued a wanted bulletin for Andrew Archibald Samaroo, of last known addresses Lot 320 Fifth Street, East Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara and Lot 20-22 Seaforth Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.

Seventeen-year-old Naresh Jagnanan of Belle Plaine, Region Three and Essequibo Islands Secondary has been named as the top business student at the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

Whatever the extent of the economic recovery experienced by the Caribbean and Latin America (LAC) following the earliest economic devastation wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the durability of that recovery is likely to be short-lived except if countries in the hemisphere can, through the implementation of strict, enlightened and sustainable policies, secure a measure of control over the pandemic, the World Bank is warning in one of its more recent prognoses for the performance of economies in the region in the period ahead.

The Ministry of Health has recorded over 55,000 tests for the month of January thus far, which was reported to be more than the number of tests done for the entire 2020.

Dear Editor, Many of us may not share these sentiments, depending on which side of the divide we happen to fall, but it is evident that the importance of the sugar industry in Guyana has been receding into the background.

With the drift of hemispheric oil and gas engagements seemingly moving  in the direction of enhanced cooperation involving Guyana, Suriname and Brazil, the government here announced earlier this week that President Irfaan Ali was due to pay a visit to Paramaribo yesterday where he was expected to meet with Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, and Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) yesterday said that it has noted with concern a recent arrest/detention by the Senegalese Customs of the Motor Vessel EOLIKA purportedly bearing Guyana registration.

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals wish to register our strong opposition to the official visit of Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro to Guyana, and the Government’s plan to strengthen ties with Bolsonaro’s regime.

The recent disclosure by the authorities in Guyana that the government here has received a number of bids from companies in response to its disclosure that it was seeking to conduct a feasibility study and secure a preliminary design for the construction of a bridge across the Corentyne may well be part of a process that continues to shine a different light on relations between the two countries.

Citing the State’s compliance with the law empowering the Central Board of Health to create regulations in relation to the management of COVID-19, and not the Minister of Health, the Unions challenging the President’s exercise of powers under the Public Health Ordinance have withdrawn their action.

For all its more than half a century of Communist rule, the disposition of entrepreneurial ‘hustle’ that characterises free enterprise economies has enjoyed an enduring attraction among many Cubans.

Dear Editor, My family and past students of Mackenzie High School have learnt with great sadness the passing of Mr.

The recent passage in the National Assembly of Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund Act, 2021, which now paves the way for the political administration to make withdrawals from funds accumulated so far from the sale of oil has been, unsurprisingly, swiftly followed by an announcement by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, that Guyana is likely to have to move in short order to access funds from that source to finance what is being termed as the pressing development needs of the country.

Dear Editor, I note that the Private Sector Commission was out in full force with a day of remembrance and book signing for Mr.

Chairman of Region 6 (East Berbice – Corentyne) David Armogan says that an investigation has been launched following the findings of Auditor General Deodat Sharma concerning the award of $615.34 million in contracts.

The trial of Travis Archer who is accused of the 2017 murder of Sophia resident Jamal Munroe, is set to commence on Monday, January 24th at the High Court in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Guyana, the Caribbean and the Global Community is poorer for the loss of an Outstanding Visionary whose plans were executed with successes.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – The United States is becoming increasingly involved in the investigation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s murder, with key suspects facing the prospect of trial in U.S.

If the long-term prospects for Venezuela’s oil industry remain uncertain as long as recovery and exports continue to be inhibited by a combination of United States sanctions and the reduced efficiency of the country’s oil infrastructure, recent reports suggests that a protracted period of drastic production decline has, just recently, been broken by a notable surge in production levels.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will in April send a U16 boys’ national squad to a UEFA-sponsored international youth tournament in Moldova featuring three European national teams. 

Dear Editor, I note that both SN and KN carried articles on January 19th of the protracted and ongoing battle between Maurice Arjoon, former CEO of the New Building Society (NBS), and his former employer, the NBS. 

By OilNOW January 20, 2022 While there are currently no cement manufacturing operations in Guyana due to the high cost of energy and other barriers, the imminent Gas-to-Power Project could soon change the economics for the country in this regard.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – An explosion in Ghana’s rural Western Region yesterday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) has once again collaborated with the Ministry of Health’s Chronic Disease Unit to provide free pap smears screening for 500 women, a release from the company said.

Dear Editor, It is perplexing that Balram Singh Rai, who served as a member of the colonial legislature, and held two ministerial positions – Minister of Education from 1959-1961, and Minister of Home Affairs from 1961-1962 – with distinction during a fractious period of Guyana’s history was ignored for recognition, while others from both parties, some with dubious records, were accorded “their due.” 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats suffered twin legislative defeats late yesterday in their push to toughen voting rights protections in the run-up to this November’s mid-term elections that will determine control of Congress in 2023.

The trial of Shannon Cox, now 24 and Andy Peters, now 21, who are accused of the 2017 murder of 16-year-old Brian Charles Yearwood, is set to commence on Thursday February 3rd, at the High Court in Georgetown.

By Rochelle Williams KINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says the government is taking deliberate steps to position Jamaica as the technology and innovation hub of the Caribbean.

BELGRADE,  (Reuters) – Serbia revoked Rio Tinto’s lithium exploration licences yesterday, bowing to protesters who opposed the development of the project by the Anglo-Australian mining giant on environmental grounds.

(Barbados Nation) Moments after being sworn in for a second time as Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley said she would spend this weekend fine-tuning a new Cabinet.

A bus driver, who collected $800,000 from a woman after allegedly promising to purchase a vehicle for her, was on Monday released on $100,000 bail after telling the court that he will repay the woman.

Dear Editor, Please permit me the opportunity to share my thoughts on fire protection systems. 

By Joel Julien Inflation has risen across the Latin America and the Caribbean region, exceeding central banks’ targets in most cases, the World Bank has stated in its latest Global Economic Prospects report.

From everything that this newspaper has been able to learn about the recent fire at the Laparkan Lombard Street wharf, a very senior state agency official has apparently gone on record as saying that at the time of the fire highly flammable chemicals were being stored in the bond where, apparently, the fire started.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday January 13, 2022

Despite the rules and regulations that usually surround Black hair, the impacts brought about by these are often treated as minor.

“Mediocrity”? That refers to low, moderate ordinary standards or quality. Even that might be too high, too generous to describe the state of our capital city Georgetown, in truth, the extreme noxious language I wanted to use in my lead caption would have hardly passed editorial standards or sanction.

LONDON,  CMC – West Indies Women stars Hayley Matthews and Anisa Mohammed have been named in the International Cricket Council’s One-Day International team-of-the-year for 2021.

There are rumbles of a possible war reverberating on the other side of the Atlantic. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been appointed head coach of Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League campaign.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – This time British teenaged sensation Emma Raducanu did not have all the solutions to a Grand Slam puzzle as a combination of a blistered racket hand and an inspired Danka Kovinic de-railed her Australian Open challenge in the second round.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – A bitterly disappointed Andy Murray was knocked out of the second round of the Australian Open yesterday and said he might not be back next year if his results this season didn’t match up to his expectations.

Dear Editor, Born in Jacklow Pomeroon – Essequibo, Guyana, Isahak Basir (1935-2019) was a former Member of Parliament, a former Chairman of the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, Vice-President of Rice Producers Association, Chairman of Guyana-Libya Agriculture Company, and former People’s Progressive Party Supervisor on the Essequibo Coast.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA) has charged men’s national team coach Mark Boucher with gross misconduct after he was accused of racism by former team mate Paul Adams, the ruling body said yesterday.

The Opposition APNU+AFC believes that the latest change to the COVID-19 testing regimen, is an attempt by the government to reduce the number of daily tests done.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency yesterday as clean-up teams struggled to contain a huge oil spill at the country’s biggest refinery, after rogue waves rocked a ship unloading crude there.

(Field Level Media) Devin Booker recorded 28 points and six assists and Chris Paul added 20 points and 11 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 109-101 victory over the host Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – World number one Ash Barty and defending champion Naomi Osaka could set up a tantalising fourth-round showdown at the Australian Open with victories at Melbourne Park on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three people were murdered and two others injured in separate incidents within the space of 17 hours in Pleasantville and Erin.

(ICC) England captain Tom Prest’s magnificent 154 not out helped propel his side to a comfortable 189-run win over the UAE.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios said he is bowing out of the Australian Open with his head held high after losing to world number two Daniil Medvedev on Thursday, having recovered from COVID-19 just before the season’s opening Grand Slam.

(Reuters) – Australia will begin the defence of their Twenty20 World Cup title against New Zealand in Sydney on Oct.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer great Pele was discharged from hospital yesterday after undergoing two days of treatment for cancer, the Sao Paulo clinic that treated him said.

Businessman and Newspaper Publisher Mr. Glenn Lall has filed an action in the Guyana High Court challenging key provisions of the 2016 Petroleum Agreement between the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited and HESS Guyana Exploration Limited.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jason Roy warmed up nicely for the five-match Twenty20 International series against West Indies at the weekend by blasting a superb hundred in England’s warm-up match here on Wednesday.