Daily Archive: Thursday, April 8, 2021

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says it has received reports of flooding as a result of heavy rainfall in Aranka, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7).

At about midday today, Guyana surpassed 50,000 vaccinations, according to Dr Leslie Ramsammy, advisor to the Minister of Health.

The Ministry of Health says that two men who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Twelve people, possibly foreigners, were found beheaded following an Islamic State-claimed attack on the northern Mozambique town of Palma, near natural gas projects worth $60 billion, a local police commander told state TV station TVM.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The swift rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in England is starting to have a positive impact, with infection rates dropping steeply in March, according to the findings of a closely watched survey today.

(Barbados Nation) The number of COVID-19 deaths moved to 44 after the passing of a 52-year-old Barbadian man on Tuesday, April 6.

With Suriname’s  Assuria investing in an $800 million headquarters just after nine years of establishing a presence here, Senior Minister with responsibility for finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday urged local businesses to take a page out of the insurance company’s book and seek opportunities outside of the domestic market.

April 26th has been tentatively set by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, to rule on the petition filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC which is challenging the results of last year’s general and regional elections.

Rondell Bacchus, the suspect who turned himself into the police on Tuesday about an hour after a wanted bulletin was issued for him in relation to the murder of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes remains in police custody.

Indian logging company, Vaitarna Holdings has been given three months by Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton to remedy severe breaches of Occupational Safety & Health laws.

ExxonMobil yesterday said that gas flaring has been reduced to pilot levels after the safe reinstallation of the flash gas compressor on the Liza Des-tiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform and a final phase of testing will take place this week.

As government advances its plan to provide and regulate housing across the country, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) says  that a number of considerations were given as they sought to relocate squatters from Cummings Lodge.

Government has advertised for an internationally recognised auditing firm to provide consultancy services for a cost-recovery audit and validation of this country’s profit share from the agreement Guyana shares with ExxonMobil and partners over the last two years.

A suspect who was positively identified as one of the perpetrators in a string of recent robberies in the Region Three District was yesterday brought before the court on a Robbery under Arms charge.

A fisherman who faces two trafficking of narcotics charges was yesterday remanded because he was unable to provide the court with a fixed place of abode.

The Lady Jaguars, Guyana’s National Senior Women’s team has written First Lady Arya Alli and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

National club champion Fruta Conquerors will not participate in the prestigious Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield in Curaçao, after the regional confederation postponed  the tournament until further notice due to the rising Covid-19 cases in the host nation.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday expressed dismay at the leak of a progress report for the period 2015-2020.

The Gairy St Clair Superhero Fight Night Promotions Company is moving ahead with plans to stage a double world title fight here in Guyana later this year.

Twenty-five-year-old Shaquille Anfony Punche was on Monday afternoon found lying motionless with a live electrical cord wrapped around his right hand.

A Nabaclis man who was trapped in a fire, succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Tuesday night.

An information technology consultant was placed on $5,000 bail yesterday after he denied breaching the COVID-19 curfew by hosting a party.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) yesterday announced that all their ongoing competitions will be suspended due to the spiraling numbers of COVID-19 cases.

Dear Editor, While I agree with the writer, Faud Rahaman, that we need to keep public spaces within the city, comparing the Merriman Mall with Bel Air Park and Thomas Lands is not quite a valid comparison.

A bus service assistant was yesterday charged with forging a driver’s licence and later uttering the alleged, forged licence to the police.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest a letter written by a young and brilliant woman from Black Bush Polder who expressed in a letter the lack of opportunities, dominance by  some in authority who wanted sex from their junior employees, the importance  of perseverance, the lack of facilities for educational advancement and numerous obstacles in her quest for higher education, Lisa Budhu’s letter to the First Lady, Arya Ali, was brilliantly written, respectful and addressed her as Her Excellency and pointed out the ills of the agricultural settlement of Black Bush Polder.

The Big Man Cricket (BMC) organization yesterday suspended their ongoing tournament in light of the rising COVID-19 cases locally.

Dear Editor, The West Coast Berbice community, and the nation, was one again informed of another tragic and brutal murder related to the demise of the Joel and Isaiah Henry.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Global competition for offshore wind power is so hot that licence auctions now resemble the oil and gas competitions of just a few years ago, and some of the names are familiar too as global oil majors move aggressively into renewable energy.

A guard attached to a private security firm was taken into police custody yesterday after he “‘accidentally” discharged a round while on duty at an East Coast Demerara (ECD) Chinese Supermarket.

The calendar has flipped to April and cyclists are in for a busier second quarter. 

Dear Editor, Let me register disagreement with Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton’s efforts to deflect from the extant industrial grievances between the workers and RUSAL management of the Bauxite Company Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) during his recent outreach exercise in the Kwakwani region.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil has recorded its first confirmed case of the highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, a fresh danger sign for a country already ravaged by the world’s worst daily death toll and scrambling to make space for burials.

A plantain chip vendor was yesterday charged and granted bail after police said she had 51 grammes of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking.

(Reuters) – Ontario today will begin a four-week stay-at-home order and close in-store shopping for non-essential retailers, Premier Doug Ford said yesterday, as the Canadian province battles a surge of COVID-19 cases.

Dear Editor, I do not understand why the Guyanese Government brags about vaccinating only 100,000 people by June.

(Trinidad Express) Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries says that at approximately 6:30am yesterday there was an incident at NiQuan Energy Trinidad Limited, Pointe-A-Pierre.

A cosmetologist was yesterday charged with using abusive language towards one of her clients while a woman was charged with assaulting her neighbour.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – European and British regulators said yesterday they had found possible links between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but reaffirmed its importance in protecting people against COVID-19.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chief selector Roger Harper has praised deposed captain Jason Holder’s attitude during the recent Sri Lanka series, contending the all-rounder had been “exemplary” in his approach and a source of inspiration for his teammates.

Dear Editor, Given the second wave of the COVID-19 virus which saw the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Guyana and around the world, we, the Guyana Islamic Forum for Education, Peace, and Religious Solidarity, the Electric Mosque’s Presentation of Islamic Teachings, and the Universal Peace Federation – Guyana hereby support the Government’s COVID-19 restrictions to prohibit individuals from actively participating in iftaar (meal to break the fast) and dinner in the mosque during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

I received a recent, surprising call from a close relative in Northern Europe, telling me that she is being offered the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but was too afraid to take it.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 92,625 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 3,829 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

A sailor who fell overboard after his feet became entangled in a fishing seine while tossing it into the ocean some 65 miles off shore at Waini Mouth, North West District, on Monday, is still to be located.

Presidential Guards (PG) and ‘C’ Division advanced to the second round following victories in the Police Commissioner’s Inter-Division T20 Cup yesterday at Everest Cricket Club.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday made a fiery appeal for U.S

One of the highlights of this time of the year in many places around the world is the blooming of Sakura or cherry blossoms.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council does not yet see the need to activate its backup plan for the Twenty20 World Cup and is sticking to hosting the event in India later this year despite the country experiencing a record COVID-19 surge recently.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Phil Simmons has brushed aside concern over the form of some members of the West Indies batting group in the just concluded two-Test series against Sri Lanka.

Ansh Rai yesterday spun the New York Tri-State Under-15s to a 95-run win over  Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) at the MYO ground.