Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Over 1 million people have died from COVID-19 in North and South America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – President John Magufuli said today that Tanzania did not need a coronavirus lockdown because God would protect his people and homespun precautions such as steam inhalation were better than dangerous foreign vaccines.

Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders today called for the “urgent and equitable release of COVID-19 vaccines, especially for small states”. 

(Jamaica Star) A broken-down Toyota Corolla motor car stationed on the side of Caymanas Road in Waterford, Portmore, is where Leroy ‘Papa Dadaz’ Grant, 65, has been living for more than a year.

The Organisation of American States today condemned Venezuela’s seizure of two fishing boats in Guyana’s waters and called for their immediate release.

The Ministry of Health today said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall this afternoon said he has ordered a halt to the planned cutting of century-old rubber trees at Mabaruma.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a 6-8 month lag behind richer nations in getting access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect their populations against the pandemic disease, the philanthropist Bill Gates said today.

(Trinidad Express) The death of nine-year-old Emmanuel Poteon is being linked to the TikTok “Blackout Challenge”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans Candice Johnson-Rowe and Marvin Rowe have called the high-rise and fast-paced country, Japan, their home for more than 10 years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One man has been taken into custody in relation to the brutal slaying of three of four homeless men in the Corporate Area on Monday. 

(Jamaica Star) The emotional wounds are still very deep for relatives and friends of Canadian national Latoya Alcindor as they try to make sense of her tragic death.

Another political party has added its voice to the calls for David Patterson to resign as chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.

Six days after the interception of two Guyanese fishing vessels the Venezuelan government has officially objected to the “handling” of the matter by Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Two men were yesterday arrested and jointly charged with the murder of Kevin Campbell who was killed last March at his “B” Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown residence.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall yesterday sentenced a Berbice man to 11 years in prison for the rape of a woman in 2018. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday stated that it has communicated and provided direction to the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) about the required documents to be submitted to grant their request to replace its councillor on the Regional Democratic Council of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni).

Finding the defence of Devon Thomas and Randy Isaac who were convicted for the 2013 Mashramani Day murder of Kumar Mohabir not to have been adequately and fairly put to the jury, the Guyana Court of Appeal has ordered that they be retried.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday met representatives from Guyana’s small political parties at a working lunch at State House on the upcoming budget.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffith has been replaced in the Guyana Jaguars 15-man squad for the Regional Super50 Cup by Kemol Savory after returning a positive COVID-19 test.

Having heard an appeal from the Blairmont Rice Investment Incorporated which has sued the Kayman Sankar Group of Companies for alleged breach of contract, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has reserved its ruling which will be delivered on a date to be announced.

City Engineer, Colvern Venture is to proceed on one month’s suspension after allegedly breaching procedure while on sick leave.

Dear Editor, It is most certainly not a pleasant experience for shopping whenever it rains in the vicinity of the stelling at the Mahaica market on Saturdays.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the procurement of tokens for the social management programme under the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

West Indies Off-spinner, Rahkeem Cornwall, says the way the team adopts to the conditions in Bangladesh will be crucial in the upcoming Test series.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Forty-five Senate Republicans backed a failed effort yesterday to halt former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, in a show of party unity that some cited as a clear sign he will not be convicted of inciting insurrection at the Capitol.

Dear Editor, In reference to the passing of Mr Philip Allsopp, I would like to state that here was a man who dedicated his long and fruitful life to our country and to the welfare of the people of Guyana – just one example of his competence and dedication is the building of the Linden Highway which still stands, solid as a rock, up to this day.

Dear Editor, As I sit in my favourite chair reflecting on my rather long life i wonder why people are so power hungry and what an unfair world we live in.

West Indies paceman, Kemar Roach, has thrown his support behind the Caribbean boys to pull off a Test series win against Bangladesh.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said yesterday it was “time to act now” to heal America’s racial divide, taking several steps and promising more to confront racism and inequality that he said has plagued the United States for far too long.

Two men were on Monday charged with committing robbery under arms on Christopher Harricharan at Plantation Opposite, Essequibo Coast and one pleaded guilty.

Dear Editor, I confess that the Hon. Leader of the Opposition knows how to pick them. 

Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 174 as two new deaths have been recorded.

MANILA, (Reuters) – A Philippine province has cancelled its award of a $10 billion airport deal south of the capital, among the biggest projects involving a Chinese firm under President Rodrigo Duterte who has pursued warmer ties with Beijing since taking office in 2016.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaican police said yesterday they had detained a person of interest as part of their investigation into an attack over the weekend on six homeless men in Kingston in which four were hacked to death and two critically injured.

Dear Editor,  In the online news article `Minister hears of steep rise in steel prices’ (SN, 26th January 2021) it says that steel prices had risen by over 20% which is surprising as the world market price for steel has fallen by nearly 0.75% so far this year (source: www.tradingeconomics.com/commodities).

After receiving information that a body matching the description of their missing relative was found hanging from a tree in Rosignol on Saturday afternoon, the day their relative went missing, a Black Bush Polder family ventured to Region Five yesterday morning where their worst fears were confirmed when they positively identified the body to be that of their relative, Nezamadeen Kalamodeen.

LeBron James scored a season-high 46 points, including 21 in the fourth quarter, to lift the visiting Los Angeles Lakers to a 115-108 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.

A New Amsterdam man was acquitted of a 2018 rape charge in the High Court in Berbice yesterday after the virtual complainant, who was 14 years old at the time of the incident, opted to not give evidence against him. 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Fans of the late Kobe Bryant, who died a year ago to the day alongside his daughter and seven others when their helicopter crashed into a hillside near Los Angeles, honored the basketball legend yesterday in a city where the memory of his death is still fresh.

(Reuters) – Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) Chairman Greg Dyer said it would not be “morally defensible” for athletes to be given priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of higher risk groups.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes have acquired the services of 2019 Super50 Cup hero, Ashmead Nedd, for their upcoming campaign in the tournament here next month.

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the Kremlin said yesterday, a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers.

(Reuters) – Pakistan spinners Yasir Shah and Nauman Ali took five wickets between them to restrict South Africa to 220 all out, but the home side faltered in reply to close on 33 for four on day one of a fast-moving first test in Karachi yesterday.

On 14th September 2020, Cricket West Indies (CWI) issued a press release stating that it had approved the timelines for consultation and the implementation of the Wehby Report (Wehby Report – SN editorial 12th August 2020), following the presentation of a paper titled “Governance Reform Report – Next Steps” by CWI President Ricky Skerritt.

Given our highly politicized climate, this is only going to be seen as a tainted process.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Selectors have placed an emphasis on youth in a 15-man Windward Islands Volcanoes squad for next month’s Super50 Cup in Antigua.

Dear Editor,  I am putting it out that maybe a collaborative effort including the former foreign secretary and other legal minds currently involved in the ICJ case, should be engaged with current efforts in the matter of our neighbour who maliciously seized our citizens.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies batting star, Shai Hope, and his older brother, Kyle Hope, have both been ruled out of next month’s Super50 Cup in Antigua after testing positive for COVID-19.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka scored and had an assist each as Arsenal won 3-1 away to Southampton in the Premier League yesterday, exacting revenge for their FA Cup fourth-round loss to the Saints.