Daily Archive: Sunday, January 31, 2021

A police constable is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was allegedly shot by a fellow cop early this  morning following a dispute over missing slippers.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says it has received reports of an earthquake  of  shallow depth of 10 km with  epicentre near Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil which occurred  today at 3:05 pm local time.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Worship halted suddenly at the Agape Christian Church in Falmouth a short while ago, following an attack on a woman during worship, The Gleaner understands. 

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said today protesters that stormed New Delhi’s Red Fort had caused “insult” to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers’ agitation that turned violent last week.

WUHAN, China, (Reuters) – A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market today, the now-shuttered wholesale seafood centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the new coronavirus was initially detected.

(Trinidad Express) An Arima family has issued an urgent appeal to find 22-year-old Andrea Bharatt who vanished after entering a taxi near her workplace on Friday afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T is set to receive between 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca two-dose vaccine by the end of February into March.

As part of its plan to achieve herd immunity by the end of this year, the Government of Guyana has been exploring several options to obtain COVID-19 vaccines and China recently pledged to donate 20,000 doses of its shots.

While no definitive timeline has been provided by ExxonMobil as to when the defective seal on the gas compressor on the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel will be fixed, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday said they have asked the oil company to source a replacement seal as soon as possible.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday disclosed that the 35 teams of health personnel that are being trained to administer COVID-19 vaccines will be able to vaccinate at least 7,000 persons per day when the vaccine rollout process gets underway.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told the nation that bilateral relations with Venezuela remain on hold until such time as it desists from aggression and immediately releases the fishing vessels and crew members currently detained.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday stated that there was no ban on media operatives attending sports events at the Guyana National Stadium but that it had established conditions for reporting on the facility and its conditions.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday said it has advised that Magistrate Alisha George proceed with the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of a moneychanger and his daughter despite the fact that one of the five accused had escaped from prison and is yet to be recaptured.

Copa Airlines, one of the leading airline carriers in the region, signed a major marketing and promotion agreement with NexGen Golf Academy that will see the airline’s flag flying over many of the upcoming golf events and programmes in Guyana. 

For any claim to inclusivity in decision-making to be meaningful, a robust challenge to elite capture of the Guyanese State is needed, so said the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) in a press release on Friday. 

The Irfaan Ali government has been in office for nearly six months  during which time there has been no post-cabinet press briefing and inconsistent engagements with media by Ali and his ministers.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday disclosed that another person who was infected with COVID-19 has died.

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd,  the 12 men currently detained in Venezuela are not being mistreated.

Dear Editor, In response to an article published in the Stabroek News on the 30th January 2021, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport would like to dispel and disabuse any concerns the Guyana Press Association or the media may have on the issue and state that there is no “ban” of the media or any particular media personnel from the Guyana National Stadium.

Guyana’s FIFA referee officials Sherwin Johnson, Maurees Skeete and Kleon Lindey were officially presented with their instruments  Friday, paving the way for their participation in international matches.

Dear Editor, I believe it relevant to respond to a January 29 article appearing in the Kaieteur News with the headline, `Raising public debt ceiling spells danger for future and current generations – Ex-Finance Minister.’

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg said yesterday he owns a huge palace in southern Russia which jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has linked to President Vladimir Putin.

The Opposition’s attempt to have a Commission of Inquiry (COI) established to investigate the September 19th, 2020 unrest at the Lusignan Prison during which two inmates lost their lives and several others were injured, was defeated on Thursday after the Government used its majority to vote against the motion.

Broadway Hotel has thrown its support behind the Golden Jaguars senior men’s programme for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in March by making an undisclosed financial contribution to aid  the team’s ongoing preparation.

BRUSSELS/LONDON,  (Reuters) – EU officials confessed yesterday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.

Dear Editor, Thanks to Mr. Bernel L. H. Wickham, whose Letter to SN on January 30, 2021, joins the chorus of such letters that occasionally appear in the media on animals roaming our heavily trafficked roadways.

The skeletal remains of a person were yesterday discovered at Wisroc, Linden, Region Ten, by a woman while she was weeding.

By Dr Rudi Webster I once heard a coach telling his players an interesting story about the migration of geese to illustrate the fundamental principles of successful teamwork.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Agriculture has continuously been ignoring calls for an explanation on the granting of two fishing licences for seabob fishing, and the naming of the licensees.

Three robbery suspects were arrested and a quantity of marijuana along with two abandoned motorcycles were discovered after the police raided several properties in the Georgetown to Agricola district on Friday.

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil recently announced that they can supply 50 Million standard cu ft of gas per day (mmscfd) to Guyana.

SINGHU, India,  (Reuters) – India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi yesterday as protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike after a week of clashes with authorities that left one dead and hundreds injured.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba must devalue and deregulate further after taking initial steps this year to restructure its ailing state-run economy and presumably pay off long overdue debt, according to western creditors, business partners and analysts.

Travis Wickham, 28, a welder, died Friday morning after he was involved in an accident with two other vehicles on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) public road.

For many people, last year’s challenges were like none they had ever faced before in their lives.

The senior 2020 National Chess Championship of Guyana, which had been postponed since March last year, began yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

Indranie Lall, whose son, Roven Lall, secured a seat at Queen’s College after he excelled at the National Grade Six Assessment 2020, said that her son is adjusting well with his secondary education online classes.

The case file on  the death of Dulmattie Boodlall, a woman who was fatally struck by a Guyana Police Force minibus has been sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

On  27 January 2021, the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic made its second presentation of the Miles Greeves Fitzpatrick Prize for Legal Aid at the clinic’s Georgetown office.

Dear Editor, I am for subsidising the sugar industry, in the short-term, until alternative employment can be found for the sugar workers.

It will soon be six months since the PPP/C government has been in office, a period etched deeply by the unrelenting march of the COVID-19 pandemic and a country trying to come to terms with its oil future.

Over Guiana, Clouds3 Kykoveral. Strange name for stones, a heap of stones But a strong name to take imagination And tie it to a peak in Time Above lost plains drowned by the later names.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong residents can apply from today for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in the Asian financial hub last year.

Good health and well-being are things we should all strive for.

There’s an unwavering earnestness that the new action horror film “Shadow in the Cloud” exudes in every minute of its run-time.

Last Update: 692. 99                                       Movement: 0.13% Current Update: 693.92                                  YTD Movement: 0.30%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index rose 0.13 percent during the fourth period of trading in January 2021.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored a season-high 32 points and sank seven 3-pointers to lift the short-handed Utah Jazz to their 11th straight victory, a 120-101 blowout of the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night in Salt Lake City.

Introduction In today’s column I continue with the summary recap and overview of my effort to evaluate the impact of the 2020 global general crisis on Guyana’s infant oil and gas sector.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Keeping wicket on India’s low and turning tracks is a stumper’s litmus test and England’s Jos Buttler is keen to ace it in his only appearance in the four-test series between the sides next month.

It occurred to me recently, after a long, rambling conversation with a young musician hopeful, that unless one has gone down that road, you have no idea of how very difficult, I would even say daunting, that path is.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, one of the world’s richest men, has returned home from hospital following a bout of COVID-19 and is feeling well, his spokesman Arturo Elias said yesterday.

A&R Designers has been around for four years now providing services in airbrushing vehicles, portrait drawings, mural paintings and tattooing.

Dictators have long thrived on the ignorance of the people. That is why the quality of a democracy can always be judged from the access to information that it allows.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating a Nigerian national who is wanted for questioning in relation to obtaining $13 million from a woman by false pretence.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Assistant West Indies coach, Roddy Estwick, believes it is time for fast bowler Alzarri Joseph to assume a major role in the Test attack, with the view of becoming its mainstay in coming years.

“A lot of work coming but sometimes I can’t explain it to she and then I have to work and when I come home in the nights I does be too tired.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall snatched a five-wicket haul and Nkrumah Bonner and John Campbell struck half-centuries, as West Indies dominated the second day of their three-day tour match against the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI here yesterday.

In a long life I have been lucky to  encounter many exceptional people who have added greatly to the flavour of living and  the range of one’s experience of this marvelous world.

Parents can do more to help their children if they are willing to look closely at their own lives, according to Yeaswantie Beekhoo PhD (Seema), a holistic psychologist, who is attached to the Childcare and Protection Agency.

Dear Editor, Could the minister who refused to answer questions posed and provide information relating to his portfolio be liable to be held in contempt of parliament?

(Duke University) – When their manhood is threatened, some men respond aggressively, but not all.

(Duke-NUS Medical School) – One in three adults, particularly women, younger adults, and those of lower socioeconomic status, are experiencing psychological distress related to COVID-19, researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, reported in the journal PLOS ONE.

(University of Plymouth) – Harpy eagles are considered by many to be among the planet’s most spectacular birds.