Daily Archive: Thursday, February 3, 2022

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Venezuela is moving troops to the border with Colombia with technical assistance from Russia and Iran, Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano said today, calling the possible deployment “foreign interference.”

Earlier today  between 09:45 hrs and 11:37 hrs, 18-year-old prisoner on remand, Kavin Singh, Lot 291 School Street Grove, East Bank Demerara escaped from the Lusignan Prison Virtual Court compound while attending court.

Shawn Bobb, 27, a construction worker of Lot 252 Independence  Boulevard, Albouystown, Georgetown today appeared in court charged with the murder of his stepson,  Isaiah Edwards, 19.

(Reuters) – Shares in Facebook owner Meta fell 20% in U.S.

AMMAN/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The leader of the jihadist group Islamic State died in a U.S.

BAYELSA, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – An oil production vessel exploded off the coast of Nigeria early yesterday with 10 crew members on board though it was not yet clear if there were any casualties or how much crude might have spilled into the sea.

(Trinidad Express) More than 450 workers are expected to be retrenched from majority State-owned telecommunications provider TSTT.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday told the National Assembly that Guyana stands the risk of losing its children if government accedes to the Opposition’s call for schools to be closed, noting that some 70 children got pregnant during the COVID-19 related closures.

A man and his girlfriend died yesterday morning and several others including four police officers were injured after a high-speed chase ended in a four-vehicle accident along the Mahaica Bridge.

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

Two more accused who were on trial for the 2016 Black Bush Polder (BBP) triple murder yesterday pleaded guilty hours after Indrawattie Rooplall testified that the accused were friendly with her husband before he and the two others were killed.

Guyana last week received its first lift of oil for 2022 from the Liza-1 FPSO, Destiny with government expecting the highest price per barrel to date given that world prices have surged.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said  that as of February 1st, 2022, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has dismissed rumours of disunity in the squad, after the team won the Betway Twenty20 International Series against England here on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Would you blindly trust someone who has treated you unfairly as a partner?

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Ms. Gabriella Rodriguez for her support of the criticisms of The Atlantic Reader Book One (Letters, February 2, 2002, Re-design and re-publish the text) and I agree with her that it is an absolutely excellent idea for our children to have textbooks that are relevant to their lives, their home and their environment.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud on Tuesday told Parliament that the government is looking to place $2.3 billion of disposable income into the hands of pensioners.

Opposition-nominated GECOM Commissioners Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman have proposed that an internal investigation be launched into the events of the March 2020 general and regional elections.

Dear Editor, I looked at the contents of this Atlantic Reader on the Ministry’s online site.

Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones on Monday said that while budget 2022 is the first to include oil revenues, it is full with “big bold promises” and spending but caters “very little” for the working and poor people of the country.

Thirty-year-old miner, Karl Robinson of Imbaimadai, Upper Mazaruni River, was on Tuesday found not guilty of raping a 10-year-old girl back in 2017.

Dear Editor, It is the constitutional right of every Guyanese to an environment that is safe and healthy.

Dear Editor, The GAWU has taken note of Mr Khemraj Ramjattan’s contribution to the 2022 Budget debate in respect of the sugar industry.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the supply and delivery of stationery for programmes at the Ministry of Health along with a number of other projects.

Five years after playing his only first-class match, Antony Adams has been recalled to the Guyana Harpy Eagles side for the upcoming Regional first-class championships and he is looking to bring his A-game.

Dear Editor, The letter writer in his missive on nation’s largest budget stated government promised to increase old age pension to $40k (SN Feb1).

Amidst reports of low catches by fishing communities across the country, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tues-day countered that fishers had recorded increases in catches for the latter part of 2021.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police yesterday said President Jair Bolsonaro committed a crime by publicly revealing details about a sealed criminal probe, but would not recommend charging him given his immunity while in office.

The Ministry of Education has registered a total of 119 students from eight schools across Guyana as its first batch into the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) programme.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has named a 20-man under-15 squad for the upcoming Demerara Cricket Board Inter-Association tournament while releasing fixture for this weekend.

Dear Editor, It was most exciting to learn of the Minister of Finance reporting on the urgent need to restructure the NIS, and upgrade the financial situation in which it has floundered for decades.

HOUSTON/MARACAY, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports plummeted in January to the lowest level since September amid loading bottlenecks caused by returned and rescheduled crude cargoes, according to internal documents from state-run PDVSA and tanker tracking data.

Travis Archer was yesterday morning discharged of the 2017 murder of Sophia resident Jamal Munroe, after trial Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall upheld a no-case submission made by defence attorney Latchmie Rahamat.

Arun Gainda has been named skipper of the East Coast Demerara Cricket Board (ECDCB) 15-member squad to participate in the upcoming Demerara Cricket Board Inter -Association tournament.

Dear Editor, Guyanese have been the recipients of a national treat for many years. 

(Trinidad Guardian) One day after police identified 21-year-old Keithisha Cudjoe as the latest woman to be murdered in 2022, someone shot a San Fernando mother of two after she left for work yesterday.

A fire, ignited by a child playing with a lighter, destroyed the upper flat of a La Penitence house yesterday morning, leaving one family displaced and another with losses from water damage.

Dear Editor, Reflecting on the huge budget, and the soaring inflation rate, the government should have raised the minimum wage, as well as social welfare assistance.

Guyanese national basketball players, Akeem Crandon and Israel Yaw failed to stop their team ASA from registering its fifth loss, going under to Rockland Community College 69-74 recently.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Four India players and three members of their support staff have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of their limited-overs home series against West Indies, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

Confirming much of what was already known, a report on Monday last brought into sharp focus the hypocrisy of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who not only allowed, but attended parties at 10 Downing Street during the period when COVID-19 lockdown rules were in effect in the UK.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday paid tribute to former Jamaica captain and West Indies batsman Easton McMorris who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86.

AHMEDABAD, India,  CMC – West Indies will play their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India without spectators because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed on Tuesday.

Jordan Poole scored 31 points and sank the winning 3-pointer with 17.9 seconds remaining as the short-handed Golden State Warriors erased a 17-point deficit to stun the host San Antonio Spurs 124-120 on Tuesday, giving the Warriors their seventh straight win.

The Attorney General’s Chambers yesterday corrected an error in a press release it had issued on Tuesday in relation to a Full Court decision on a matter involving parking company Astrolobe Technology Inc.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein and allrounder Jason Holder have achieved career-best rankings in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after helping the West Indies to a series-deciding 17-run victory in the fifth Betway T20 International against England at Kensington Oval on Sunday.

Less than three hours after former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores’ lawsuit became public, the NFL issued a statement vowing to defend against claims it says “are without merit.”

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will stage its first CARIFTA Games Trials on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre. 

Dear Editor, Whatever the real or imagined ills of our economy, or plight of the poor are, the APNU+AFC, whether in government or as the political opposition, lacks the intellectual fortitude, integrity, and moral standing to chastise Budget 2022, as was presented by the PPP/C Govern-ment.

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigations are continuing into a murder that took place in broad daylight in Enterprise, Chaguanas yesterday afternoon.

(ICC) India advanced to their eighth ICC Under 19 men’s Cricket World Cup final with a comprehensive 96-run defeat of Australia and will face England in the showpiece event.