NEWS
PriceSmart: Less forex leads to changes in imported goods
PriceSmart management announced to its shoppers on Thursday that its regular sourcing and merchandising of imported goods may be affected. In a release shared on its Facebook page, PriceSmart said the adjustment was due to foreign currency becoming less available. Read more here
FFOS: North Coast fishermen “pauperised” by illegal trawling
For the past several weeks, watchdog group Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) say shrimp trawlers have been illegally invading the North Coast in search of the large tiger shrimp that breed in the area. Corporate Secretary of the FFOS, Gary Aboud, organised an expedition yesterday, taking a Guardian Media team out to sea where the trawlers were in full operation. Read more here
POLITICS
Young: I misled no one over Coast Guard boat repairs
National Security Minister Stuart Young on Thursday accused the opposition and a media house of trying to mislead the public by suggesting he was misinformed on the facts surrounding the arrival of engineers to begin repairs on Coast Guard vessels. Read more here
Warner: Bharath has “sober image” the UNC needs
Former Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner said UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar does not have the image to win the support of the national community. He was at the time endorsing Vasant Bharath’s Team Lotus slate for this Sunday’s UNC’s internal elections for the posts of political leader and the party’s executive. Warner told the meeting at the Gaston Courts, Chaguanas that Persad-Bissessar has lost the trust and faith of the national community. Read more here
BUSINESS
Maximum digitisation
Crime fighting, traffic planning, health services and even the delivery of food and goods to the vulnerable are all amenities that the Government plans to enhance its delivery of, through earnest movement towards maximum digitisation. Read more here
REGIONAL
Weathering the storm
In a year when profits of businesses dried up, a global pandemic plagued the world, and Guyana’s progress was obstructed by a protracted electoral process, resilience remained important, and so did the drive for preserving democracy. Persons, businesses and international partners who “stayed the course” and portrayed those and other qualities, were recognised by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) at its 25th annual awards ceremony at State House on Wednesday. Read more here
Women, Millennials Main Targets Of Credit, Debit Card Thieves
While credit- and debit-card fraud remains the most prevalent financial crimes committed locally, the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that females and millennials are disproportionately targeted by the fraudsters. Major Keron Burrell, head of policy and methodology at the BOJ, said young people between the ages of 18 and 34 were more frequent victims of credit- and debit-card fraud. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Biden urges America to mask up for 100 days as coronavirus surges
President John F. Kennedy urged Americans to ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. When he takes the same oath of office next month, Joe Biden will effectively beseech the nation to do exactly the same thing, if in more prosaic terms, with an appeal for every American to wear a mask for his first, symbolic 100 days in office. The President-elect revealed the galvanizing, altruistic, first national rallying call of his administration in an exclusive CNN interview on Thursday with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, previewing a sharp change of direction when he succeeds President Donald Trump. Read more here
Thailand’s youth rebellion: Protest movement demands monarchy reform
Thailand’s royal family are officially revered and protected by harsh laws, which can land you in jail for many years. But over the past five months a student-led protest movement has started demanding reform of the monarchy, and an end to military coups. Thailand has had 20 in modern times. Read more here
4th December 2020