Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

The Ministry of Health  today reported four deaths due to COVID-19, underlining the grave danger that the virus poses even as vaccinations are underway.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said today  it had filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France, citing a proliferation of hate speech against media and falsehoods about COVID-19.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – AstraZeneca will release the most up-to-date results from its latest COVID-19 vaccine trial within 48 hours after U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As at Saturday, 24,502 Jamaicans had received their first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram is cautioning that the country appears to be on the verge of a significant increase in COVID-19 cases.

Two prison escapees and another person died last night following a reported shoot-out with police at Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Investigators are currently reviewing CCTV footage which captured the killing of gold dealer, Ricardo Fagundes, who was riddled with bullets by two men outside of the Palm Court on Main Street on Sunday night.

A Chinese-owned seafood company, Grandeast Inc has invested US$25m in a plant here and large amounts of shrimp are currently being processed.

Close to 20,000 persons in Guyana were vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday, according to Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony, who says government is continuing to explore avenues to procure vaccines to immunise the entire adult population.

Two security guards who were employed at Kaieteur News were yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Mohabir Singh, who was discovered dead in the tray of a truck.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Towering all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall lashed his maiden Test half-century to headline a late order rally, as West Indies carved out a near hundred-run lead over Sri Lanka at the close of day two of the opening Test here yesterday.

photos by Bebi Oosman Still to get official word about the findings of an investigation into the death of Corentyne mother Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo, who died last month after alleged negligence by medical officials, her family angry yesterday staged a protest across the street from the New Amsterdam Public Hospital to call for justice.

Martin Blair, who allegedly stabbed and killed his brother-in-law, was charged and remanded for murder yesterday.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Friday met with the newly formed Pilots’ Association of Guyana and cited the need for more helicopter aviators.

In the 10th grassroots tournament of the Berbice Cricket Board, the Troy Halley-sponsored tournament saw D’Edward beating Bush Lot United by six runs in the final at Bush Lot Village, Ground Sunday.

Dear Editor, There has not been enough commentary, and too little retributive action, regarding the spate of terminations of employment across the Public Service, as well as the instant changes in memberships of Boards of Public Sector organizations. 

Although the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) elections are scheduled to be held on Monday, several issues have been raised with Cricket Ombudsman, Kamal Ramkarran by Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira and the Lusignan Sports Club while the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) is yet to make its submission.

The police are probing the discovery of a motorcar, which was found on fire at Swan Village on the Soesdyke /Linden Highway on Sunday night.

Dear Editor, This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) through the signature of the Asuncion Treaty in the year 1991.

A 47-run win over Timothy Masters followed by a walkover in round three comfortably placed Jai Hind Jaguars at the top of the table in the Banks Beer/Maximum Vodka Big Man Cricket T25 tournament.

Dear Editor, Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs within the Office of the Prime Minister (NCN, GNNL which produces the Guyana Chronicle and the Department of Public Information (DPI), Kwame McCoy, emphatically stated that he has “a plan for the overhauling of the agencies (and that he) will soon begin and will look at the human resource capacity.”

The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise with the latest fatality being a 69-year-old man from Region Four and 19 new cases of the virus were recorded yesterday.

BOULDER, Colo.,  (Reuters) – A mass shooting yesterday at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, left 10 people dead, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, and a suspect injured in the violence was arrested, authorities told a news conference hours later.

Dear Editor, Allow me to share my frustration as it regards our internet service provider – no other than Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company!

Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt says that he has not been notified by the Ethics Committee of any pending matter.

Forty-nine-year-old fish vendor, Compton Fecker was yesterday handed a 5-year sentence even after paying $500,000 in compensation to a man whom he had beaten with a hammer back in 2015, rendering him partially visually impaired.

(Reuters) – The European Union and the United States yesterday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany’s foreign minister called “an unbearable” level.

Dear Editor, This is a very upsetting situation. An unlicensed and uninsured truck driver cornered my relatives at the corner of Duncan and Vlissengen Road on the 9th March, 2021.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has started preparations to make the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for teachers easier when the Health Ministry authorises their immunisation.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Brazilian business leaders and economists blasted President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus crisis yesterday and called for a new policy approach as the country grapples with spiking COVID-19 deaths and overwhelmed hospitals.

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials yesterday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new U.S.

Dear Editor, Today 22nd March, 2021, I received a telephone call from overseas advising me of the passing of Mr.

A new $200 million, modern police station, which will also serve as the headquarters for Region two (Pomeroon/ Supenaam) has been completed at Anna Regina.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Representatives from the oil and gas industry and national climate adviser Gina McCarthy struck a cooperative tone following a meeting yesterday where the two sides discussed how companies can align with the Biden administration’s ambitious climate goals.

Dear Editor, Every nation has a soul. Guyana’s soul is more than its 750,000 plus physical bodies.

Following a request from the members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Clerk of the National Assembly has secured a legal opinion on whether Standing Order 82 (2) which states that the Chairperson of the PAC  must be a Member of the main Opposition in the Assembly is sacrosanct.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Former Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers forward Elgin Baylor died of natural causes at the age of 86 yesterday, the NBA franchise announced.

PUNE, India, (Reuters) – India’s Shikhar Dhawan will be Rohit Sharma’s opening partner in the three-match one-day series against England, captain Virat Kohli said on the eve of the opener in Pune.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – A huge fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh yesterday, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years.

Archery Guyana has secured the requisite approval from the National COVID-19 Task Force to commence shooting sessions a release from the body stated. 

LONDON, CMC – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph is poised for his first taste of English County cricket after penning a seven-game deal with Worcestershire for the first part of the upcoming season.

There is something to be said for the sharp contrast between how the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic is being administered in our colleague CARICOM member country, Barbados and how it is being handled here.

Dear Editor, The Vice President has done something out of character. 

Chris Paul recorded a triple-double en route to his 10,000th career assist and the Phoenix Suns took advantage of the absence of LeBron James to record a front-running 111-94 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Indian High Commissioner Arun Kumar Sahu yesterday said efforts are being made to supply some vaccines to Trinidad and Tobago, however, there is no time frame for the delivery yet.

Contending that the action brought by the State against former Finance Minister Winston Jordan over the controversial sale of river frontage to BK Marine, was politically motivated, attorney Roysdale Forde SC is seeking to have the case thrown out.

By Dr. K.J. Srinivasa, High Commissioner of India Guyana came on the COVID-19 radar when it confirmed its first imported case of Coronavirus in Georgetown on 11th March 2020.

What global role should a post-imperial, post-Brexit Britain play? Can it reinvent itself in a manner that convinces a population increasingly divided by education, age, race, location, and inequality, let alone the wider world, that it can or should continue to try to punch above its weight?