Daily Archive: Sunday, January 30, 2022

See tomorrow’s edition of Stabroek News for a detailed review by accounting firm Ram and McRae of the 2022 budget.

 (Reuters) – Jason Holder shattered England’s hopes of Twenty20 success today with four wickets in the final four balls to lead the West Indies to a 17-run victory in Barbados and clinch a 3-2 series win over the tourists.

Following the publication of a wanted bulletin on Friday  and based on information received, police ranks in Regional Division 4C went to a house at Helena #1, Mahaica, where murder suspect Shawn Bobb was arrested.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal edged Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final today, roaring back from two sets down to claim a record 21st Grand Slam title only months after fearing his glorious career might be over due to injury.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials said today the leak that began last week was drifting towards more coastal areas.

(Trinidad Guardian) Virgin Atlantic is back! After a forced break of almost two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK carrier has restarted flights to Tobago as part of a wider resumption of services to the Caribbean.

India’s High Commissioner to Guyana Dr K J Srinivasa today clarified that the company that entered the winning bid for the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway had offered a 5% discount within its bid and this therefore made it the lowest bidder for the project and not the highest as reported in today’s Sunday Stabroek.

Taking umbrage at criticisms that the proposed 2022 national budget will not improve the lives of ordinary Guyanese, President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said it was built with the framework of expanding opportunities and enhancing the livelihood of every citizen.

Government should stay away from supporting any non-oil project requiring subsidized energy, and instead focus on maximizing the revenues received from the non-oil economy and supporting local content initiatives to push that.

The Ministry of Education is investigating the circumstances that led to two uniformed members of the Guyana Police Force entering the Covent Garden Secondary School’s compound and manhandling a male student.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies squandered a promising start to each innings to crash to a 34-run defeat to England in the fourth Twenty20 International, setting up a grand showdown in today’s finale at Kensington Oval.

Dear Editor, The Exxon Head, Mr. Darren Woods, is listed as a presenter at the February 10, 2022 Energy Conference.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said that the government will be intensifying its campaign to go after assets implicated in drug-related offences and others believed to be the proceeds from organised crime.

Dear Editor, Freedom of speech and expression does not come cheaply in any part of the world; it is paid for with blood and the assault on it is unrelenting.

Five more persons succumbed to COVID-19 between Friday and yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel yesterday announced the West Indies Men’s T20 International (T20I) squad for the upcoming three-match Series against India.

Dear Editor, I am kindly asking the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, and Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director General, Egbert Field, to please investigate this situation so that Guyanese can be refunded by Fly Jamaica, or by the Government of Guyana.

In a continuous effort to promote ‘clean sports’, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, through the National Sports Commission (NSC), will foot the cost for one random drug test per selective national sports associations/federations.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira, says that it is important there not be even a hint of a conflict of interest in the membership of the procurement commission.

The mother of Isaiah Edwards, the youth who was fatally stabbed on Wednesday by her now ex-partner, is hoping that the man will be soon brought to justice.

Dear Editor, A basic tenet of elder abuse is centered on the elder’s accumulated wealth. 

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) As the first exercise of its associated duties since having been appointed, the Desmond Haynes-led selection panel recently announced its chosen 15 member squad for the West Indies limited-overs tour to India.

A cancer diagnosis is a heavy burden for anyone but for Carol Dabie it came with many other woes that would likely break the strongest among us.

By Charwayne Walker If you were to be asked who is the youngest bowler to capture a five wicket haul on his regional first class debut (a) Inshan Ali (b) Robert Haynes or (c) what would be your answer.

With $73.2 billion to be allocated for the health sector for 2022, the government has planned a major expansion programme that includes the construction of six modern regional hospitals.

Dear Editor, The letter writer on the overflowing sewage chamber at City Hall (SN Jan 29) is right.

As Guyana and the rest of the world ends the observance of cervical cancer awareness month, resident obstetrician and gynaecologist (OBGYN) Dr Raveendranath Ichlangod is encouraging women to have pap smears done as soon as they are 20 and every year after as too many are still turning up for treatment with late stage cancer.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have detained a mayor belonging to the ruling Socialist party and two elected deputies as part of an operation against drug trafficking, the government said, without saying if any drugs were seized.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) on Saturday commended Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh for the recently unveiled national budget, which it says lays the foundation for massive economic growth, expansion of the private sector and the creation of jobs for all Guyanese.

Dear Editor, I hear the opinion expressed by Kit Nascimento (SN, ‘Where were these signatures when our country was threatened by an attempt to install a dictatorship?’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – New chief selector Desmond Haynes says fairness and professionalism will be hallmark of his tenure, as he looks to “broaden the pool” especially in the white-ball format.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – About 50 people were sentenced to death, many in absentia, in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday in connection with the murders of U.N.

Dear Editor, I have taken note of a letter penned by former Georgetown Mayor and PNC strongman, Hamilton Green, published in the Kaieteur News under the caption “What about the rushing through Parliament of important Bills with a slim majority superintended by a compliant Speaker?”

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is inviting young people to apply to join its ‘Young Influencers’ programme The ministry is seeking 25 diverse and dynamic youths between the ages of 15 and 25 years.

(ICC) India set up an ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Super League semi-final clash with Australia after knocking out defending champions Bangladesh yesterday. 

(Trinidad Express) – A ten-year-old boy died on Thursday night after he was shot in the head at his home in Arima.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The northeastern United States was walloped by a fierce winter storm yesterday that dropped more than two feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and leading governors in Rhode Island and other states to curtail access to the roads.

The United States (US) Government on Friday donated three new vehicles to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Daniil Medvedev will face off in a generational clash today for the year’s first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open, with both men having the chance to write their names into the record books.

Dear Editor, I have been wanting to write this letter a long while now, but decided to wait until the dust was settled in the PNCR Leadership race.

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, (Reuters) – Business began unravelling for Thai pig farmer Jintana Jamjumrus two years ago, after dozens of her animals got feverish and died within days of a mysterious illness she suspected of being a viral disease with no known vaccine, African swine fever (ASF).

QUITO, (Reuters) – OCP Ecuador, the operator of Ecuador’s privately held heavy crude pipeline, suspended pumping crude yesterday as a preventative measure after it ruptured in the Amazon, and began cleaning and repairs.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italy has rejected a request by Venezuela for the extradition of Rafael Ramirez, a once powerful oil minister and former head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, his lawyer said on Saturday.

Guyana’s finest chess players, including a list of imaginative juniors, will compete in the 2022 National Blitz Online Chess Championship on Saturday February 5 from 2 pm.

If there’s been a recurring trend in the American world-premieres at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, it has been the number of films that feel explicitly bound to the contemporary social issues they are unearthing.

At this time of the year, as is customary, the gyms are crowded.

Cowherd and Weaving Girl (ancient traditional Chinese love story) Long ago, there was a boy, clever, diligent and honest.

“I looked at her and she was the most beautiful thing I have seen.

The crisis which emerged after the Russian deployment of troops on its border with Ukraine in recent weeks has led to diplomatic discourses between the United States, Russia and NATO.

Part of our Guyana history that has vanished in recent times was the era of the broad, squat steamship, the Queriman, which was at one time in operation as the ferry between Georgetown and Vreed-en-Hoop on the opposite bank of the Demerara River.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ash Barty is rarely emotional on court but when she accomplished her dream of winning the Australian Open yesterday, which also ended the home nation’s 44-year wait for a singles champion, she tilted her head back and let out an almighty roar.

After the five-month delay in APNU+AFC recognising the legitimate results of the 2020 election, no one could have anticipated yet another time-lag in the appointment of a leader of the opposition.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Suriname Trade and Industry Association to strengthen economic ties and initiatives between the two organisations.

Yesu Persaud was a friend for more than 50 years. He was always helpful, and thoughtful in his help and advice, to my wife and myself.

Dear Editor, The Speaker of the National Assembly is on centre stage. 

Introduction Today’s column will advance the notion of happenstance, which I had introduced in last week’s, as representing the most apt explanation for Guyana’s revealed creaming curve of world-class recoverable petroleum discoveries.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa yesterday against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of parliament.