Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh this afternoon announced income tax relief.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced an increase in the old age pension and public assistance payment.

The 2022 budget today announced $180m in support for dialysis patients.

The 2022 budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced that the excise tax rate on gasoline and diesel will be cut immediately from 20 to 10 percent.

Tax relief was this afternoon announced in the 2022 budget on the import of new motor trucks, haulers, pickups and other equipment.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced that Guyana expects to earn a whopping US$957.6m from oil this year.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that one of the Caterpillar Units at the Company’s Anna Regina Power Plant caught fire this morning.

Joseph Harmon has resigned as Leader of the Opposition. The move today came after he had come under swingeing pressure to demit office and to make way for the new PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The Cuban peso was trading at nearly 100 to the dollar on the informal market today, according to a trader and online trackers, a depreciation of more than 30% in less than a month and four times the fixed official rate.

 (Trinidad Express) Make certain soca songs and calypsoes age-defined.   This call came from Independent Senator Varma Deyalsingh as he contributed to the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) Bill, 2022, in the Senate on Tuesday.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that today’s  budget will address the cost of living, inject massively into health care, cut taxes on pickups and make it easier for ownership of modern trucks.

An agreement signed yesterday between the Governments of Guyana and China will see the transforming of  Joe Vieira Park on the West Demerara.

PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton was yesterday elected Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) after former President David Granger stepped down from the post but Norton appeared no closer to getting into Parliament and being anointed Leader of the Opposition.

A 14-year-old girl is suing the State for in excess of $25 million in damages for what she said was her unlawful detention at the East La Penitence Police Station where she alleges being “subjected” among other things, to “sexual predatory advances” by  female adult prisoners.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jason Holder wants to see more conviction in the approach from West Indies’ batsmen, as the home side chases a series lead in Wednesday’s third Twenty20 International against England.

Amendments to the Power of Attorney Act aimed at fighting property fraud were on Monday night passed in the National Assembly with support from the opposition.

West Indies all-rounder, Jason Holder is keen to see his side take a lead in the five-match series against England today in Barbados.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) yesterday conducted training for members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Prison Service on human rights.  

Guyana’s maiden participation at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Amateur World Championship in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, ended yesterday on a losing note when Ijaz Cave was eliminated in his debut match at the Round of 16 stage.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) says it will be monitoring the removal and subsequent restoration of approximately 240m2 of mangroves and cordgrass at Ogle, East Coast Demerara as part of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) Fibre Optic Cable Project.

The third and final four-day best versus best practice of the Guyana Harpy Eagles will bowl off today at the Guyana National Stadium from 09.30 hours with Gudakesh Motie and Veerasammy Permaul returning.

A Corentyne woman is now critical in the George-town Public Hospital after she was allegedly badly burnt by her common law husband two Fridays ago.

Dear Editor, Not having the training or any experience or background  on legal matters, the question that comes to mind is did the SWAT team enter Orin Boston’s premises with a search warrant?

A policeman was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after being charged in the George-town Magistrate’s Court with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

United Arab Emirates and Ireland booked their places in the Plate semi-finals as the next stage of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup got off to a thrilling start in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, On its present trajectory January is on target to become the third deadliest month during the pandemic in Guyana. 

Holland-based Guyanese, June Ann Gravesande has aborted travel plans to Guyana after testing positive for COVID-19 in Trinidad and Tobago where she had been stranded since Saturday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Women brushed aside a South Africa Women XI by 53 runs in a warm-up match here yesterday to give themselves a welcome boost in confidence ahead of Friday’s opening One-Day International against the hosts.

Dear Editor, I was very saddened at the death of Derek Phang — in Trinidad at the age of 90.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Denis Shapovalov said his Australian Open quarter-final opponent Rafa Nadal “100%” receives preferential treatment from officials and benefited from favouritism during the Spaniard’s five-set victory yesterday.

Seven persons including a teenager are now in custody in connection with the robbery committed on an Albion, Corentyne, businesswoman on Monday morning in front of Republic Bank at Rose Hall, Corentyne.

Dear Editor, As Mr. Glenn Lall of Kaieteur News and the other independent paper, the Stabroek News, feature stories on the bad deals we have with our oil and gas contracts, more and more people are understanding that both the PNC and PPP have sold out our oil, leaving us with “larwah” compared to what Exxon and friends get from us.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Assistant coach Roddy Estwick has urged West Indies for more consistency and intensity ahead of the pivotal third Twenty20 International against England here yesterday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Rescue crews searched waters off Florida’s Atlantic shore yesterday for 39 people reported missing by a survivor found clinging to a boat that capsized in what the U.S.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 24th, 2022, ten more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Dear Editor, Go out and ask 99.9% of our supporters that voted to put the coalition in office in 2015 who would they like to be the Leader of the Opposition tonight and they will tell you Aubrey C Norton.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case that could doom university policies considering race as a factor in student admissions is the latest sign of the conservative majority’s eagerness to put its stamp on America’s most divisive issues.

Efforts to have at least two of the five newly installed generators at the Guyana Power and Light’s Garden of Eden facility back online by yesterday did not succeed and  Chief Executive Officer Bharrat Dindyal said they are currently reassembling one.

Dear Editor, Oh dear! Counter-intuition! David Granger went off to Pearl to seek wisdom on his position.

Devin Booker scored 33 points while Chris Paul added 27 points and 14 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 115-109 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night.

A man who police say had 31 grammes of marijuana in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was on Monday released on $30,000 bail. 

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba rejected yesterday accusations by rights groups and diplomats that its court system had unfairly jailed protesters following widespread unrest on the island in July, defending recent trials as just and in line with Cuban law.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to shield Europe from a potential energy supply shock.

Dear Editor, It was so inspiring to read the very balanced protest of those Guyanese counterparts who grouped to complain most vociferously in the press about this government’s (not country’s) subservient connection with Brazil’s Bolsonaro.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World number one Ash Barty is within two victories of achieving a crowning moment in her career after another dominant display at the Australian Open yesterday.

By Chris Patten LONDON – One of my favourite cartoons shows an elderly, professorial-looking man talking to a much younger fellow, possibly a student.

By Dr Baytoram Ramharack [Against the Grain: Balram Singh Rai and the Politics of Guyana (2005) was written by Dr.

(Reuters) – A native tribal group has reclaimed a redwood forest in Northern California, with a San Francisco conservation group transferring more than 500 acres (202 hectares) to a council that represents tribal nations with historical ties to the area.

Dear Editor, In another show of desperation, the leader of the opposition Mr.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Seventh seed Matteo Berrettini found a higher gear in the face of a heroic fightback from France’s Gael Monfils to script a 6-4 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-2 win yesterday and become the first Italian man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.

(Jamaica Observer) In a move to further extend its tentacles in the region, brokerage firm NCB Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM) said it was now finalising plans to roll-out its long-awaited presence in Guyana.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso said yesterday he will seek to disconnect the handover of crude from outstanding debt to China during a visit to the Asian country next month, part of his plan to renegotiate some $4.1 billion in debt.

Dear Editor, The writer shares the excitement of ‘Reds’ Perreira and Tony McWatt at the Guyana Cricket Board’s proposal to induce the Ministry of Education to reintroduce cricket in our schools.

Linguists and translators are often confronted with the conundrum of there not being a true literal translation of one word from its language of origin to another unrelated language since the word may have more than one meaning or it’s tied to the culture and its usage pertains to specific circumstances.