Daily Archive: Friday, January 28, 2022

The Guyana Police Force, led by Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie, today met with security experts from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at the Commissioner’s conference room where a range of security issues were raised and discussed.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 27th, 2022, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Four women who are accused of dousing a former friend with acid have been slapped with an attempted murder charge. 

(Barbados Nation) More than 60 Barbadian students are now awaiting the final word on their 2020 CAPE and Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) results.

A policeman died last evening in an accident at the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara, according to the Commander of ‘C’ Division, Mahendra Sewnarine.

Acknowledging that the authorities are still “wrestling” to find the best approaches to reform the prison system, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday said that the overall aim is to improve the living conditions in the country’s prison facilities.

A pregnant woman was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend at her mother’s ‘C’ Field, Sophia home yesterday afternoon.

Ranks from the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are investigating the death of a young construction worker who yesterday succumbed while at the Infectious Diseases Hospital after having been stabbed by his stepfather.

To further its target of providing 50,000 house lots by 2025, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic government has allocated $12.4 billion for the further development of the sector, according to Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh.

The government has announced that it will be increasing the number of Community Service Officers (CSOs) under the Youth Entrepreneurship and Apprenticeship Programme (YEAP) in Amer-indian communities by 500, taking the total to 2,500.

The services of the Guyana Marketing Corporation, which offers a market place for local agro processing businesses, will be decentralised with the planned creation of new shops across four regions, according to Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh.

With the aim of creating 1,500 jobs by 2023, government will be investing in the construction of two buildings to house call centres, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced on Wednesday.

A man accused of raping a woman he befriended on Facebook and who later went to his house to cook for him, was yesterday acquitted following the conclusion of his trial at the Georgetown Sexual Offences Court.

A half century from Christopher Barnwell followed by a four-wicket haul from Nial Smith were the standout performances  on day two of the third Guyana Harpy Eagles practice match.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced a 15-man squad for the first and second rounds of the West Indies Championship with Anthony Adams and Clinton Pestano making their return to the national team.

A 55-year-old Charlestown resident was arrested on Wednesday following the discovery of a quantity of cannabis.

Observers of the record of successive political administrations in the matter of sustained commitment to the development of the country’s hinterland communities, have left careful observers with ‘little to write home about.’

Following their confirmed status as Guyana’s lead sponsor for the recent International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships, the Beharry Group of Companies under its Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) brand, has committed to partnering with the local federation on future initiatives.

At least five persons are now homeless after a fire last night destroyed a wooden two-storey apartment building at Cross Street, Georgetown.

The lucrative returns that that have been known to accrue to countries whose territorial spaces have yielded huge volumes of crude oil come at considerable risk, not least, the risk of environmental mishaps that can wreak varying degrees of damage, even longer-term devastation.

The Guyana Chess Federation has received additional  financial support for its online programme for teaching chess to young Guyanese.

The new Fireside Suites at 154 Garnett Street in Newtown, Kitty will be opening its doors tomorrow.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the rehabilitation of boiler chimneys at the Uitvlugt Sugar factory along with a few other projects.

Guyana, along with Suriname Brazil, Namibia and South Africa are likely to be among countries with “highly productive reservoirs” that will be priorities for major oil companies this year, according to a report emanating from the US-owned Wood-Mckenzie (Wood Mac), the global energy, chemicals, renewables, metals and mining research and consultancy group which supplies data, written analysis and consultancy advice on the oil and gas sector.

West Indies head coach Phil Simmons is keen to see long term improvements geared at the next T20 World Cup in October.

A construction worker, who police said robbed two men at David Street, Kitty was on Wednesday charged and remanded.

West Indies Women captain, Stafanie Taylor believes that her team will consistently need to score around 230 runs as they prepare to face South Africa women in four Women One Day Internationals.

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali’s commitment to include a “sizeable allocation” to deal with the global increase of prices for households and businesses is prudent economic policy. 

World Bank Blog By Judith Green & Michelle Ottey Many Caribbean countries are facing significant fiscal constraints to improving, or even maintaining, vital public projects in transportation, health, energy, and other sectors because the pandemic has led to a sharp decline in tourism revenue—a mainstay of the region’s economies.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 2022 – In the last few months that right-handed batsman Rovman Powell was absent from the West Indies team, he worked on overcoming his problem facing wrist spin, and he said his century in the third match of the Betway T20 International Series showed the hard work paid off.

In a move likely to further extend its influence in the regional brokerage industry the Jamaican firm NCB Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM) has disclosed that it is in the process of moving forward with the establishment of its planned business footprint in Guyana.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Wednesday disclosed that government was able to grow its tax revenue collection by 16.8% in 2021 which amounted to $255.1 billion in earnings.

Dear Editor, This week’s budget speech by Senior Minister, Dr. Singh, was very clear and eloquent.

The independent energy research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy is predicting a robust performance from the global oil and gas industry, to the continually looming threat of the still rampant Covid-19 pandemic and its variants.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – American Danielle Collins showed she will provide a formidable obstacle to home favourite Ash Barty’s hopes of winning the Australian Open with a crushing 6-4 6-1 defeat of Poland’s Iga Swiatek to reach her first Grand Slam final yesterday.

A New York-based Guyanese man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an illegal pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ash Barty will live out a childhood dream when she plays American Danielle Collins in the Australian Open final at Melbourne Park after a stunning 6-1 6-3 semi-final triumph over Madison Keys yesterday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere near over and is calling on countries to double down on efforts to ensure that ongoing vaccination campaigns persist in countries across the world. 

Dear Editor, Budget 2022, disappointingly, does not adequately cater for old age pensioners.

A federal judge invalidated the results of an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday saying the Biden administration failed to properly account for the auction’s climate change impact.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Bragging rights are at stake today when Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers, the Big Bash League’s (BBL) most decorated clubs with three titles apiece, lock horns in the tournament final at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne.

Dear Editor, The national budget is now out in the public for the people to review the pluses and minuses, the excitements, and disappointments. 

Likely increased scarcity of packaging materials for manufactured products could trigger persistent fluctuations in food and beverage availability, a circumstance that can impact on both the agro processing and fast food sectors in countries importing those commodities.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The U.S. and Taiwanese vice presidents had a brief conversation yesterday at the inauguration of the new Honduran president, a rare encounter that is highly symbolic and likely to add to Beijing’s tensions with Washington.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost 150 employees of Scotiabank are set to be out of a job by the end of May.

Dear Editor, I would be most grateful if you can grant me some space in your letter column to make an honest and candid statement about seven (7) Guyanese patriots, who are the seven candle sticks of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, namely, Professor Clive Thomas, Stanley Ming, Glen Lall, Ramon Gaskin, Eusi Kwayana, Tacuma Ogunseye, and Paul Slowe.

Senior Minister within the Office of the President with the Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh said that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) faces serious challenges regarding its long-term viability and work has commenced looking at recommendations to implement lasting reforms to the institution.

(ICC) Afghanistan produced a sensational fightback to edge home in a thriller with Sri Lanka and secure a place in the semi-finals of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 yesterday.

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but both sides kept the door open to further dialogue.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday January 27, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigators believe the broad daylight murders of two men who were gunned down while in the car park of South Park Mall, in San Fernando on Thursday, was a well-planned execution.

(Trinidad Express) Seventy nationals have lost their jobs following the decision of the Shanghai Construction Group to throw in the trowel on the construction of the Central Block at the Port of Spain General Hospital (POSGH) project.

Dear Editor, Why does the Ministry of Education continue to ignore Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) in the heart of Region Three?

Andrew Ridley was on Wednesday remanded to prison after a court heard that he stole several pieces of gold jewellery and a motorcycle.

(Reuters) – Ireland’s Katie Taylor will put her undisputed world lightweight title on the line against Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano in April when they become the first female fighters to headline a card at New York’s Madison Square Garden, promoters said yesterday.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China has agreed to let the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report in the South China Morning Post which cited unnamed sources.

Dear Editor, There will be no Putin-Medvedev, Jagdeo-Ali tandemocracy in the opposition coalition.

Quite unlike in some other countries in the region there does not exist in Guyana any organization, state-run or otherwise, that is singularly and demonstrably dedicated to the development of a robust micro and small business sector, these being the sectors with by far the largest numbers of full-time entrepreneurs.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said yesterday that Iran had gained influence in Lebanon because Arab states had abandoned the country, stepping up criticism of the Iran-backed Hezbollah and suggesting Tehran wants to erase the Lebanese state.

Three days ago the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index Report of 2021 was released. 

With regional and international movements such as #lifeinleggings and #metoo, gaining traction in recent years, the taboo topic of sexual assault (SA) is one that is now more openly discussed.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Supreme Court justice yesterday subpoenaed Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and ordered police to question him in an investigation into leaked documents in which he has resisted testifying.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 951’s trading results showed consideration of $43,684,533 from 122,438 shares traded in 39 transactions as compared to session 950’s trading results which showed consideration of $28,482,804 from 108,014 shares traded in 21 transactions.

We complete 29 today!!! Whether husband-and-wife combinations or the now “single-parent-female” phenomenon, people fashion and pore over some form of vital, necessary and domestic budget.

Kelly Oubre Jr. connected on 10 shots from 3-point range on his way to 39 points and LaMelo Ball had a triple-double as the record-setting Charlotte Hornets overwhelmed the Indiana Pacers in a 158-126 rout Wednesday night at Indianapolis.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 26th, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A 2% slip in India’s overall oil production in December is not a development that is likely to escape the attention of a country which ranks third – behind the United States and China – and which is 85% reliant on imports in order to meet its domestic crude oil needs.