Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Former Minister of Education Nicolette Henry today resigned from the National Assembly in order to pave the way for recently-elected People’s National Congress Reform Leader Aubrey Norton to become an APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP).

Two persons died today after a multiple-vehicle smash-up at Mahaica, Region Four involving a police vehicle.

The Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Licence Revenue Office will soon commence the registration of motor vehicles in the “PAC” series as the “PAB” series is coming to an end.

A police vehicle this morning ended up in an accident at Mahaica with a truck and a car.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death by drowning of Renaldo Rampersaud, a 19-year-old miner, which occurred on 2022-02-01 at about 4 pm between ‘Luw Luw’ Island Point and Banana Landing, Middle Mazaruni River.

JALALABAD,  (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s public universities opened on Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban took over the country last year, with female students joining their male counterparts heading back to campus.

 (Reuters) – Whoopi Goldberg was suspended from ABC’s “The View” talk show yesterday for asserting a day earlier that the Holocaust was “not about race,” the network’s news division president said, addressing a furor over the comments.

(Trinidad Guardian) January 2022 ended with 50 murders, a figure that was double that of last year and given the constant rising number of murders and violent crimes, a criminologist has suggested that T&T seems heading to become a mafia country.

With six oil discoveries in 2021 and two already for this year, ExxonMobil yesterday said that its estimated US$6 billion global restructuring will aid aggressive works at the lucrative offshore Stabroek Block, positioning the company this year to see additional profits as it strengthens its portfolio to increase shareholder returns.

Alliance for Change Leader Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called for the minimum wage to be moved to $100,000 as he said that is the only way the average Guyanese can survive the rising cost of living.

The Full Court on Monday dismissed a notice of appeal which had been filed by Astrolobe Technology Inc over a parking service it said it operated on East Street.

Allocations in the 2022 budget for the Ministry of Agriculture will see a modernisation of infrastructure in the sector and the promotion of drone technology for farming purposes, Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday told the House.

Finding what it described as “severe shortcomings,” the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday threw out a claim brought by the Government of Belize which had sued the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) on allegations of failing to apply a 40% Common External Tariff (CET) on some 3,000 tons of brown sugar imported from Guatemala and Honduras in 2019.

The Golden Jaguars ended their participation in the Tri-Nation tournament on a negative note, losing to host nation Suriname 2-1 yesterday at the Flora Stadium in Paramaribo.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Explosive West Indies all-rounder, Andre Russell, failed with the bat but starred with the ball, an effort which helped Minister Group Dhaka thrash Comilla Victorians by 50 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League yesterday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 31st, 2022, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday voiced its dismay at what it termed the one-sided coverage on the national budget debates airing on the National Communications Network (NCN).

Four Venezuelan females including two juveniles yesterday appeared in court charged with attempted murder.

Police in Regional Division #7 are reporting that a two-month-old boy has died in what is currently being treated as unnatural.

Dear Editor, I refer to the editorial in yesterday’s Kaieteur News entitled `A fishy budget proposal.’

Dear Editor, With great respect, whoever wrote the script on the proposed Technical and Vocational Training project, did an injustice to the very busy Minister of Finance.

Police in Regional Division #7 have managed to arrest the alleged suspect in the murder of Bryan Melville.

Dear Editor, I have a vast admiration for those Guyanese who are speaking up at this very critical point in the formation of a national identity.

Windwards team to play Guyana and the Leewards Islands in Trinidad in the upcoming regional four-day competition.

Lowering the jail terms yesterday against the convicts in the murder of Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, the Guyana Court of Appeal for the second day in a row criticised the base sentence of 60 years applied by Justice Navindra Singh While the superior court upheld directions given by the trial judge in the conduct of the case, it reiterated the absence of reasons behind the 60-year base sentence used by Judge Singh for murder.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s armed forces would respect a victory by leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva in this year’s presidential race, two retired generals told Reuters, adding to recent signs by military brass distancing themselves from the political project of far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.

A Heathburn Village, East Bank Berbice man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with two counts of armed robbery committed on an East Bank Berbice couple which left one of the victims hospitalized with a gunshot injury.

Englishman Ian Greenwood, Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Director, will conclude his tenure in  March, bringing to a close a five-year relationship with the organization.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – OPEC+ will likely stick to existing policies of moderate output increases yesterday, five sources from the producers’ group said even as it expects demand to rise to new peaks this year and as oil prices trade near their highest since 2014.

Dear Editor, It was pure political grandstanding for the speaker from the ruling side of the hallowed chamber to chastise the opposing side,  during the opening  of the Budget debates, on its inability to find a replacement  Leader of the Opposition.

In a judgment released yesterday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its Appellate Jurisdiction, allowed the appeal of the Barbados Commissioner of Police, in the matter of Commissioner of Police v Stephen Alleyne.

(Trinidad Guardian) A decomposed body that was found at the Heights of Aripo on Friday has been identified as that of a Cocorite woman who was reported missing on the weekend, 21-year-old Keithisha Cudjoe, a mother of one.

Dear Editor, Guyanese have divergent views on constitutional reform. There are those Guyanese who advocate for additional constitutional reform beyond the 2000s amendments that were incorporated into the revised 1980 constitution; while others are baffled as to what specific articles/provisions they want to alter or add.

England kept their nerve to become the first team to reach the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup final after edging a thriller with Afghanistan by 15 runs yesterday.

Flood-affected residents of Kwakwani, Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice (Region Ten) have been provided with water tanks and other emergency flood relief resources as a result of a collaboration between the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), the Canadian High Commission, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

BISSAU,  (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup yesterday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking.

Tyrese Maxey scored 33 points, including the go-ahead driving layup with 26.4 seconds remaining in overtime, and the host Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 122-119 on Monday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Part of a major expressway collapsed yesterday above a construction site in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo where Spain’s Acciona SA was excavating a tunnel for a new subway line.

Dear Editor, There were justifiable complaints about the professionalism of staff and the sound and lighting effects at the India Republic Day event (Jan 26) at the National Cultural Centre by Gem Madhoo (Jan 28). 

Yesterday, 1st February, was the scheduled deadline for the sounding of the death knell for Derby County Football Club (DCFC), one of the 12 original members of the English Football League (EFL) and one of only 10 clubs to have participated in every season since its founding in 1888.

A company that recruits workers for one of ExxonMobil’s prime contractors, SBM Offshore has agreed to rectify the overtime rates paid to Guyanese working on the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – New chief selector, the Most Honourable Desmond Haynes, wants to see the phased integration of West Indies Under-19 stars into the senior international setup, and believes the initiative could prove a key development aspect for that age group.

(Reuters) – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced his NFL retirement yesterday after an age-defying career during which he won a record seven Super Bowl championships and established himself as arguably the greatest player in the sport’s history.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Amnesty International accused Israel yesterday of subjecting Palestinians to a system of apartheid founded on policies of “segregation, dispossession and exclusion” that it said amounted to crimes against humanity.

(Trinidad Newsday) Guyana’s distance runner Kelvin Johnson won the Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon (TTIM) in a time of two hours, 55 minute and 33 seconds on Sunday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Assistant coach Roddy Estwick says the improvement shown in the recent Twenty20 International series against England was perhaps more pleasing than the actual 3-2 victory in the five-match rubber.