Daily Archive: Thursday, March 18, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Three recently dismissed Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers have been charged following a rape complaint by a Mabaruma girl and a fourth is awaiting due process.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cevons Waste Management Morse Archer is to this afternoon be questioned by the police in relation to a portion of land purchased from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission.

Former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Waddell was this morning sent on immediate leave until her contract comes to an end in May and it is not likely that her contract will be renewed, according to well-placed sources.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said today that it takes one to know one after the U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Students and staff at an elite Indian university today demanded the reinstatement of a prominent academic, who they say was forced to resign in an attack on freedom of speech.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s Rafael López Aliaga, an ultra-conservative member of Opus Dei who practices celibacy and says he wears a sackcloth to keep his physical desires in check, has a serious shot at becoming the Andean country’s next president.

(Barbados Government Information Service) The Vaccination Medical Committee of the Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that the efficacy or effectiveness of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 is greater if it is administered 10 to 12 weeks after the first dose.

(Trinidad Express) Police say two men were shot and killed in an alleged gun fight with officers yesterday.

Guyana’s new High Commissioner to India Charrandass Persaud (right) today presented his credentials to the President of India Shri Ramnath Kovind in a virtual ceremony in New Delhi.

Potential home owners can now obtain low-interest loans through the Bank of Baroda (Guyana) Inc, which is now listed as a Mortgage Finance Company under the Laws of Guyana.

Kristopher Stoll was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of Kameel Calistro, who was fatally stabbed during a confrontation between two others at Swan, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

The main suspect in the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Anthony Cort last Thursday is expected to be taken to court today.

One week after he was charged for allegedly leasing a portion of land at Ogle, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Trevor Benn was yesterday questioned by the police in relation to two other land transactions.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank has been released on bail after being charged with causing the death of Ameena Sooklall in a car accident at McDoom, East Bank Demerara  last December.

Twenty-year-old Tamera Leslie is seeking justice for the loss of her premature baby after encountering a tragic experience at the Woodlands Hospital.

The Guyana Metal Recyclers Association is calling for the intervention of President Irfaan Ali to have the country’s scrap metal trade reopened after being shut down for months.

Michael Bishop and Shawn Edinboro were yesterday afternoon both acquitted of the 2014 murder of taxi driver Raphael Campbell.

Food for the Poor (Guyana) last week handed over ten houses to residents of Region Six as  it continues to target the construction of ten houses per month in the region for families that are in need.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday repeated its call for the Government to commence outstanding negotiations of wages, salaries, and allowances for public service workers and committed to continue fighting to ensure that all frontline health workers are paid risk allowances.

ExxonMobil has announced that an offshore team has begun reinstalling key components of the flash gas compression system on the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform.

Several Members of Parliament were yesterday administered vaccines against COVID-19 as the Ministry of Health extended the inoculation programme.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon yesterday  met with newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner Mark Berman at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition.

Experienced Golden Jaguars midfielder Neil Danns has been axed from the Golden Jaguars 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers squad for the opening two games.

Challengers for the leadership of Cricket West Indies, Anand Sanasie and Calvin Hope, have promised a transparent fitness standard should they be elected to lead West Indies Cricket.

Former Golden Jaguar captain Christopher Nurse has criticised the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Senior Men’s coaching staff for their omission of experienced midfielder Neil Danns from 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas.

A prisoner who escaped from the Lusignan prison, on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday morning, was recaptured hours after in the vicinity of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.

Bodybuilding athletes will be circling days on their calendars from May after dates (tentative) for local and regional events have been announced.

The police are investigating the death of a 15-month-old baby girl, of Cabora Village, Moruca.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 yesterday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014 as Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri were on target to give coach Thomas Tuchel’s rejuvenated team a 3-0 aggregate win.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on its Facebook page last evening announced that customers in Central Georgetown were to have their water supply restored at 2am today, due to a delay in the completion of works on Mandela Avenue.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has secured two more tournaments which will bowl off over the coming weeks across the Lower/Central Corentyne and Berbice River zones.

JHI associates on Tuesday said that drilling operations at the Jabillo-1 well site in the Canje Block offshore Guyana will be discontinued in a few days to facilitate maintenance of the Stena Carron drillship and the drilling of the Koebi-1 well in the Stabroek Block.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Shai Hope hit an aggressive unbeaten half-century to follow up Roston Chase’s four-wicket haul as Cricket West Indies’ President’s XI dominated Sri Lanka on the opening day of their two-day match here yesterday.

A labourer was yesterday remanded after denying that he broke into the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) and stole valuables amounting to over $1 million.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Ricky Skerritt, has defended the decision to allow the Caribbean side to tour the United Kingdom last year at the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic, contending major benefits had been derived from the move, including the cementing of England’s series in the region next January.

A sweets vendor and two others were yesterday read wounding and assault charges.

RAIPUR, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith and Narsingh Deonarine hit half-centuries for the second day running while captain Brian Lara rolled back the years with a glamorous cameo, as West Indies produced a daring run chase before coming up short, to bow out of the Road Safety World Series with a 12-run defeat to India Legends here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have read various extremely one-sided versions of what transpired at last Monday’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting.

The trial of Rayan Carter who is accused of the 2018 murder of former Kaneville machine operator, Ishwar Ramanah, is currently underway before Justice Navindra Singh and a jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Damian Lillard made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left to cap a season-best 50-point effort as the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from a 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit to post a dramatic 125-124 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans.

Sexual and gender-based violence and domestic violence against women and girls continue to be a major challenge for CARICOM Member States.

Dear Editor,        SN of Tuesday March 16, 2021 contained an important Editorial that related to the constitutional rights of individuals, and particularly public servants, against the backdrop of the devastating range of terminations, the latter consequent upon regime change.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said yesterday after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation about his health.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Lethem are appealing to the rightful authority to act quickly to alleviate the difficulty faced in accessing potable water which has never been seriously addressed by successive Governments and is getting worse by the day.

The 2021 Banks Beer/Maximum Vodka Big Man Cricket T25 Over-45 tournament is set to resume tomorrow with one match at the Enmore Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara.

Another COVID-19 fatality was yesterday recorded, which increased the country’s total number of deaths to 210. 

Dear Editor, The government’s Covid-19 Relief pledge of $25,000 to each citizen is farcical.

(Reuters) – Russian world number eight Andrey Rublev has joined U.S.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Georgia authorities charged a man with the fatal shootings of eight people, including six Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas, and the violence heightened fears among Asian Americans already rattled by a rise in hate crimes directed at them since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde yesterday reaffirmed the union’s support for the nurses attached to the Linden Hospital Complex who have been calling for the removal of Chief Executive Officer, Rudy Small.

Dear Editor, The restructuring of an organization according to Google is to reorganize that company, with the view to achieving greater efficiency and profit or simply put, adapt to a changing world.

(Reuters) – Damir Dzumhur has been fined and will face a further probe after the Bosnian walked off court in anger over a line call during his second qualifying round match on Sunday in the ATP 500 event at Acapulco, Mexico.

MILAN,  (Reuters) – A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell yesterday in the oil industry’s biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago.

She was just three, and a tiny dark-haired toddler running around barefoot in the mud and grass, when the severe influenza pandemic swept through impoverished British Guiana and the West Indies, over a century ago.

Dear Editor, I believe that the current political scene confirms that the coalition does not have an outside chance at success in an upcoming national elections. 

Q: What is the status of Immigrant Visa Processing at the U.S.

(Reuters) – Nine members of Britain’s athletics team have tested positive for COVID-19, raising concerns over the risks involved in travelling as a group ahead of this year’s Tokyo Olympics, the Times reported.

Among the ways the government intends to invest in the people of Guyana, according to the 2021 National Budget, is to allocate 10,000 house lots and distribute 7,000 land titles and it has set aside $6 billion for infrastructure and utility works in new and existing housing areas.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – A Japanese court ruled yesterday that not allowing same-sex couples to get married is “unconstitutional,” setting a precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully recognise same-sex partnership.