Daily Archive: Sunday, February 7, 2021

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh,  CMC – Debutant Kyle Mayers, the hero of the historic first Test win over Bangladesh today, says he is yet to wrap his mind around the accomplishment.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has lodged a claim in the High Court seeking to overturn the controversial sale of river frontage to BK Marine which he said should have been valued at $5b but was acquired for a fraction of that figure.

 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people rallied across Myanmar today to denounce last week’s coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the biggest protests since the 2007 Saffron Revolution that helped lead to democratic reforms.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – As many as 150 people were feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a hydroelectric dam today, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India has approved the shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Cambodia and plans to supply Mongolia and Pacific Island states, officials said today, as supplies arrived in Afghanistan – all part of the country’s widening vaccine diplomacy.

(Trinidad Guardian) A regional insurance company, which was implicated in fraud charges arising out of the construction of the TT$1.6 billion Piarco International Airport before being cleared three years ago, is seeking over TT$200 million in compensation for malicious prosecution.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh,  CMC – Left-hander Kyle Mayers became only the second West Indies batsman to hit a double hundred on debut as an under-strength West Indies pulled off the highest ever successful run chase on the Asian continent and the fifth highest in Test history, to stun Bangladesh by three wickets in the opening Test here today.

Over the past four months, billions of dollars in government contracts have been awarded and to date none of the details have been made public, with even some companies that submitted bids being left in the dark about the final decisions, in breach of the procurement laws.

“Lady Nayera” and “Sea Wolf,” the two fishing vessels which were detained by Venezuela in Guyanese waters, returned to port yesterday manned by 12 grateful seaman.

An online portal for the publishing of all awards of government contracts is currently being set up by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), as complaints continue over the secrecy of awards.

Guyanese students will soon be able to access online tertiary programmes from six universities when the Ministry of Education (MoE) launches the National Open Learning Institute at the end of this month.

A row in a shop at Albouystown left a 54-year-old man dead yesterday when he was shot in the face by a stray bullet.

Vishnu Panday, the point person for the government’s resuscitation plan for the Skeldon sugar estate, says he resigned as he was unable to work with GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sasenarine Singh and that they share opposing views on the way forward.

Three brothers are presently in custody over the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man outside his Belle West, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home on Friday night.

The skeletal remains found at Wisroc, Linden, just over a week ago are suspected to be those of a pensioner who went missing last November and his family is now hopeful that DNA tests will provide closure.

Bus sheds recently constructed at Belle West, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, have come in for scrutiny from residents who say they seem unlikely to provide the necessary shelter from the elements and have also questioned the cost to build them.

A rebuilt bridge at Charlestown, which was broken last September after a container truck reversed onto it, was yesterday reopened for public use. 

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been providing support for the hundreds of Venezuelans migrants camped out at several indigenous communities in Region One.

Guyana has recorded 52 more COVID-19 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

The government is trying to strike a balance with the opening of certain sectors, according to Health Minister Dr.

Although there are no more active COVID-19 cases in Orealla and Siparuta, a member of the Regional COVID-19 Task Force in Region Six believes that this is so because residents are refusing to get tested despite having flu-like symptoms.

The Health Emergency Operation Centre (HEOC) has set up a permanent COVID-19 testing site in south Georgetown at the East La Penitence Health Centre.

Guyana will have to pay for the COVID-19 vaccines that it may receive from an arrangement between CARICOM and the African Union, Minister of Health Dr.

Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle has retired after giving 36 years to the Guyana Fire Service (GFS).

The Guyana Lottery Company (GLC) on Friday evening officially opened its new Blast Gaming Centre.

As Cricket GUY Inc. reintroduces its cricket academy, four prospective players for the West Indies Under-19 World Cup squad have been included.

Dominican Republic national Luis Antonio Corniel has filed a US$30,000 lawsuit against Alpha Petroleum Trading Inc.,

As a boy, Kelvin Fortune witnessed and experienced the struggles his mother endured and at the tender age of 11 he even became her major caregiver when she battled debilitating illnesses.

Although small- and medium-scale gold miners recorded a drop in production last year, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miner’s Association (GGDMA) has said there was nevertheless a rise in export earnings from the precious metal over the previous year.

After years of travelling around Guyana, Allana Walters decided that she wanted to help others experience the country’s beauty while fostering an appreciation for nature.

The first edition of the Speaker’s International Softball Cup was officially launched Friday at the Everest Cricket Club, Carifesta Avenue and Camp Road.

South Rupununi ranchers are calling on law enforcers to ensure that justice is done as they await charges against cattle rustlers who were recently caught red-handed.

A woman was shot and robbed of her handbag while shopping for lemons at the Bourda Market yesterday morning.

Grieving for a loved one can be very difficult and traumatic and in an effort to assist people to navigate this period, Marva Langevine has launched a business which sells items they can use to do so.

The police are searching for two men who robbed a 27-year-old Sophia resident of her motorcycle on Friday night and shot in her direction during the attack.

Despite continuing challenges, Ann’s Grove youth Candacy Holder remains committed to a journey she started just over three years ago to make a positive difference in the lives of children.

The Revolutionary did not look like a ‘Revolutionary’. Didn’t possess Che Guevara’s patchy beard.

Golf at the Lusignan Golf Club is set to tee off for the first time in nearly a year when the Panko Steel tournament gets underway today.

A motorcyclist is now in a critical condition at a city hospital after he was involved in a collision along Brickdam early yesterday morning.

In December 1969, a tactical unit of the Cook County State Attorney’s Office, the Chicago Police Department and the FBI performed a raid on an apartment in the city.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, (Reuters) – Many Palestinians see a ruling by the International Criminal Court that it has jurisdiction over the Palestinian territories as a belated chance of justice for victims of Israeli attacks.

President of the once vibrant Paradise Bachelor’s Adventure Community Centre Sports Club  Esse Peters is calling on the government to help bring the venue back to a standard that the community can be proud of and use to improve their lives.

Firefighters managed to contain a fire at the Celina’s Resort at the Kitty Seawall on Friday evening. 

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter published in your newspaper titled (‘We urge Ministry of Education to ensure release of Official CAPE and CSEC results’, Feb, 06 2021).

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A first shipment of 88 liters of active ingredients to make AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil arrived from China yesterday, essential input to speed the country’s troubled vaccination program.

Finding no evidence of breach of contract, High Court Judge Sandra Kurtzious last Monday dismissed a $242 million lawsuit filed against the government by Dynamic Engineering Construction Company Limited.

Dear Editor, Guyanese were privy to the ominous development that occurred over Taiwan last week. 

Dutch player Jorden van Foreest won the prestigious 2021 Tata Steel Masters Tournament last Saturday, at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Detectives assigned to the Falmouth CIB have charged three men in connection with the shooting death of 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood, a bank manager of Brook Manner in Falmouth, Trelawny.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister urged Washington to act fast to return to the 2015 nuclear accord, pointing out that legislation passed by parliament forces the government to harden its nuclear stance if U.S.

Dear Editor, I will like to add some anecdotes to Prof Baytoram Ramharack’s “Balram Singh Rai remains the only Guyanese minister who was denied a parliamentary pension” (Feb 6).

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) recently collaborated with the Ministry of Health’s Chronic Disease Unit to offer a week of free pap smears and Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) screening to women across Guyana in a bid to promote the early detection of cancer.

Many people still like to focus on spot-reduction techniques for problem areas, which don’t work, when real progress with weight loss is made in the kitchen.

Introduction In today’s column I begin my appraisal of revealed adverse impacts of the 2020 global general crisis, as I have specified this term and its footprints, on the performance of Guyana’s infant oil and gas sector last year and going forward into the future.

Last Update: 693. 92                                    Movement: 0.01% Current Update: 693.99                               YTD Movement: 0.31%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index rose 0.01% during the first period of trading in February 2021.

Looking back long and far, I count and find I have known, some casually and some well, perhaps a score of geniuses in my life so far.

Dear Editor, The recent sitting of the Parliament on the 4th of February was very informative, helpful and clear on the macro level as to the intent of the current Administration, and the perspective held by the Opposition.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Multiple time champions Barbados Pride and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force have both exuded confidence ahead of the Regional Super50 Cup which bowls off in Antigua today.

(Reuters) – Former New Zealand all-rounder Bruce Taylor, the only player to score a century and take a five-wicket haul on test debut, has died at the age of 77, the country’s cricket board (NZC) said  yesterday.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Corpses in Bolivia have begun to pile up as a fierce second wave of the coronavirus has overwhelmed funeral homes and cemeteries, according to officials, stoking fears the growing backlog could become yet another focal point of infection.

MUNICH, Germany, CMC – Jamaican international Leon Bailey scored his second goal inside a week to help top-flight German side Bayern Leverkusen put a shock cup defeat behind them by hammering Stuttgart 5-2 in the Bundesliga yesterday.

(Reuters) – British drugmaker AstraZeneca said yesterday its vaccine developed with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial.

You’re in Guyana for a week, or for a longer spell Let me give you some background, it will serve you well.

(Reuters) – South Africa left-arm spinner George Linde took three wickets to reduce Pakistan to 129 for six at the close of yesterday’s third day, but the home side have a lead of 200 in a finely balanced second and final test in Rawalpindi.

(Reuters) – England captain Joe Root became the first batsman to smash a double-hundred in his 100th test, crafting a massive 218 runs to put his team in charge of the opening match against India in Chennai yesterday.

“People would always say that when you don’t have children to mind then things must be really easy.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – The burden of a Herculean run chase was thrusted onto the inexperienced shoulders of debutants Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner, after West Indies lost three wickets in the final session on yesterday’s penultimate day, to leave Bangladesh as heavy favourites to win the opening Test.

Old-hand foreign policy watchers must have rubbed their eyes in disbelief when they awoke on Thursday to read that Taiwan was to set up a trade office in Guyana.

As is to be expected, a complete reorientation of US-Guyana relations took place with the visit of then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in September last year.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Former West Indies Twenty20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite had little impact but his Sydney Sixers were rewarded for their consistency throughout the season as they beat Perth Scorchers by 27 runs to win the Big Bash League title here yesterday.

(University of California – Riverside) – Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even if you later learn to eat healthier, a new study in mice suggests.

(Reuters) – In a teaser ad Uber Eats released ahead of this weekend’s Super Bowl, actor Mike Myers, reprising his role as Wayne from “Wayne’s World,” tells sidekick Garth what is on everybody’s mind: “2020, man, that was a great year…not.”

LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) – Ten years ago, Desmond Ovbiagele abandoned his career in investment banking to pursue his dream of making films.

HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Scientists say they discovered a sunflower seed-sized subspecies of chameleon that may well be the smallest reptile on Earth.

(American Chemical Society) – Hikers, soldiers and school children all know the burden of a heavy backpack.

(University of Aberdeen) – A new study comparing countries most severely hit by COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic has found that international travel showed the biggest impact on increases in death rates.

(SciDev.Net) – A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, identified in Brazil, is likely more transmissible than its parent strain because of mutations in the spike protein, according to researchers.