Daily Archive: Saturday, February 27, 2021

The Ministry of Health says it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday.

Earlier this morning the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said it conducted a cordon and search on several houses in the following areas: 1.

Stating that a dark cloud was hovering over cricket in Guyana, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport today said that it will name a new date for elections to the Guyana Cricket Board following the aborting of yesterday’s proceedings.

(Reuters) Police in Myanmar launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of nationwide protests against military rule today, arresting hundreds of people and shooting and wounding at least one person.State

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is calling on the new United States government to begin dialogue aimed at removing sanctions against Venezuela.

Ministry of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall today said that an access bridge has been destroyed at Yupukari in Region Nine in a suspected act of arson.

Admitting that it blundered on critical aspects of the petroleum sector, the opposition yesterday offered support to the government for a united stand in dealing with ExxonMobil to correct deficiencies and it also launched a scorching attack on plans for a gas to shore project at Wales.

Guyana is expected to receive a donation of 80,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 from the Government of India net week.

The services of former Director General of Maritime Administration (MARAD) and recently appointed Advisor on Maritime Affairs Claudette Rogers have been terminated by the Ministry of Public Works, Minister Juan Edghill last told the National Assembly.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has requested the removal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Linden Hospital Complex after he was reported as saying that the nurses regularly abandoned their duties to engage in extramarital affairs. 

Police were up to last night searching for four prisoners, including two Venezuelan nationals, who escaped from the Lethem Police Station through lockup through a hole they dug in the ground.

High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan on Monday ruled against the Georgetown Mayor and City Councilors’ (M&CC) application of a 400% rate increase and demand for Plantation Houston Sugar Estates Company Limited to pay in excess of $500 million in rates and taxes on lands it owns at Houston/Rome.

A sum of $100 million has been allocated for the restoration of the City Hall building, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall announced on Thursday.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon and a team yesterday held an “overdue” meeting with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) top brass for discussion on a number of matters, including the “selective enforcement” of COVID-19 measures and “sloth” in the investigation of the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry, and Haresh Singh.

Deputy Speaker and opposition member Lenox Shuman on Friday evening endorsed the proposed 2021 national budget even as he sounded the call for the opposition to operate with integrity and hold the government accountable.

Minister of Housing and Water Colin Croal yesterday told the National Assembly that the APNU+AFC administration’s largest housing project failed to accomplish the objective of facilitating home ownership because the former government failed to amend the relevant laws.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn last evening told the National Assembly that a sum of $300 million is missing from the Guyana Police Force’s Finance Department.

Beaten by the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the preliminary round of the competition, the Guyana Jaguars will be seeking revenge in order to secure the CG Insurance Super50 title for the first time in 16 years when they battle the Trinidadians today from 13.30 hours at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to U.S.

The Guyana Cricket Board elections scheduled for the Umana Yana, Kingston, at noon yesterday did not come off after   Cricket Ombudsman, Kamal Ramkarran, and cited fairness on Essequibo Cricket Board’s (ECB) part as the reason for the postponed.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Sandra Dee Barker, the ACME General Store Manager who was found dead in her office on Wednesday, has determined that her death was caused by high blood pressure, which led to brain haemorrhaging.

Shelly Modeste, the five year-old Essequibo girl who was found dead in her bed in the wee hours of Thursday morning, died as a result of an infection in the abdomen.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. conservatives praised Donald Trump at an annual gathering yesterday, even unveiling a golden statue of the former president, showing he remains a Republican political force despite violent scenes in Washington last month.

KANO, Nigeria, (Reuters) – An operation to rescue more than 300 girls kidnapped in Nigeria had failed to pinpoint their location by late yesterday, almost 24 hours after gunmen seized them in a raid on their school.

Monica Thomas and Brennan Nurse, the petitioners in whose names the main opposition APNU+AFC sought to challenge the results of the March 2nd, 2020 polls, have moved to appeal the decision by the Chief Justice to throw out the case.

Dear Editor, I’m saddened at the state of affairs that has resulted in the never-ending suffering of senior citizens in Guyana after 53 years of independence.

(Reuters) – The head of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Mark Machin, has stepped down after his trip to the United Arab Emirates for vaccination against COVID-19 flouted Canadian government’s travel advice and drew criticism.

Although it is yet to lay a charge against anyone, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday signaled that it is hopeful of securing a conviction.

Dear Editor, I am having increasing doubts as to how serious we are, as a society, in this hard COVID-19 struggle. 

Rockey Harper, the D’ Edward Village, West Bank Berbice fisherman who allegedly slashed his cousin’s throat on Sunday during a family row, was charged with murder and remanded to prison yesterday.

CARTAGENA, Spain,  (Reuters) – More than 850 cows that spent months aboard a ship wandering across the Mediterranean are not fit for transport anymore and should be killed, according to a confidential report by Spanish government veterinarians seen by Reuters.

After a little more than two years in the music industry professionally, singer Zoe Anthony Gilbert has recorded over 100 songs and released more than 30.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Paul Meusa has realized one of his dreams to further impact lives through health and fitness.

Dear Editor, I have to find a way of responding to a misrepresentation of my activity in a newspaper that has refused to publish any letter from me. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Myanmar’s U.N. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, speaking for the country’s elected civilian government ousted in a military coup on Feb.

Insurance giants, Nalico/Nafico has come on board as the latest sponsors for today and tomorrow’s Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMRSC) Drag Race meet.

My fridge is full. It is pulling double duty – not just for my perishables and things that are meant to be in the refrigerator, but it serves as a storage facility.

Marco Seudatt, the man accused of murdering the pensioner whose body was found burnt near Huaxin Supermarket at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday charged for the crime.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to reply to the response of the Chairman, Rev.

A former Region Six Sports Officer was yesterday jailed for three months after he admitted to threatening his wife while armed with knives last December.

After not cycling for about five months, on Thursday morning I finally got on my bike to go a doctor’s appointment about 15 minutes away from home.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada yesterday approved AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, including the version produced by the Serum Institute of India, and 500,000 doses are due to arrive next week.

Dear Editor, I was intrigued by the piece from the renowned Oscar Ramjeet on Berbice cricket in your publication of February 25.

Singer Joseph ‘Hot Ras’ Smith recently dropped his single “Immunity Plus Soca Equals Dang Time”, which stresses on the importance of persons being immunized with the COVID vaccine.

A labourer was on Wednesday sentenced to eight months in jail after he admitted to climbing through the roof of a convenience store and stealing credit and cash.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged Central Americans without travel papers not undertake risky journeys to the United States, as the Biden administration grapples with fast-rising irregular immigration across the southern border.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Former all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, who was part of two World Cup winning India teams, announced his retirement from all forms of the game yesterday.

The US Embassy and the US State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement, through the Justice Education Society (JES), have donated a number of items valued at GY$798,000 to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the judiciary.

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your newspaper to ask the relevant authorities for their intervention.

“Claudette Swing”, a calypso single is blazing the internet and has seen several hundred shares on Facebook since its release on Thursday.

I do not expect there to be only saints and no sinners in the National Assembly.

Kyrie Irving totaled 27 points and nine assists as the Brooklyn Nets recovered from a slow start and extended their season-high winning streak to eight games with a 129-92 victory over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night in New York.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Devon Thomas’s hundred trumped Jonathan Carter’s as Barbados Pride’s already wretched Regional Super50 Cup campaign finished on the same miserable note here yesterday with a seven-wicket defeat to Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the fifth place match.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Selectors yesterday handed a shock recall to fast bowler Fidel Edwards at age 39 and after nearly 10 years out of international cricket, in a 14-man squad for the three-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka starting here next Wednesday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Arnel Joseph, was shot dead by police yesterday, a day after escaping from a prison in the capital along with hundreds of other detainees in a riot, authorities said.

Thirteen (13) members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were accused of committing criminal offences during the last quarter of last year.

A media blackout in Australia has shown the excessive control of digital platforms over the news we receive.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said on Thursday, as he recovers from multiple injuries sustained in a serious car accident this week.

(Reuters) – Athletes participating in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo can begin entering Japan after it lifts its emergency declaration order next month, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday.