Daily Archive: Friday, April 16, 2021

Guyana has recorded four more COVID-19 deaths, the Health Ministry reported this afternoon.

Despite there being a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines to immunise the entire adult population in Guyana,  increased calls by the public have led to the Government’s decision to extend the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme to all eligible adults, according to Health Minister Dr.

The Ministry of Health has condemned what it says was “patent misinformation” being peddled in relation to the COVID-19 vaccines and the death this week of Region Ten RDC Councillor, Serjonie ‘Gem’ Narine.

The Management of the Guyana/Suriname Ferry Service today announced that the Government of Suriname has instituted a full lockdown for the coming weekend from 6 pm Friday 16th April to 5am Monday 19th April.

(The Nassau Guardian) Six men who were released from police custody yesterday were shot and killed two hours later at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Chesapeake Road by assailants who escaped the scene, authorities reported last night.

(Trinidad Express) The 60 year old man who suffered a blood clot and paralysis after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine has died.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Wealthy governments are looking to COVID-19 shots from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc to keep their vaccination programs on track, as safety concerns and production problems sideline vaccines from AstraZeneca Plc and Johnson & Johnson, public health experts and industry analysts say.

(Reuters) – A gunman shot eight people dead and injured several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis before taking his own life, police said early today.

Local investors are to undertake an agricultural project intended to eliminate the dependence of the poultry sector on imported feed supplies. 

In a major development in the battle against the Coronavirus, Advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday announced that the country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will be extended from today to persons 18 years and older and he assured that there is no shortage of shots to provide second doses.

The wife of Wazim Ray Ramjattan, who died of COVID-19 and was mistakenly buried by the family of another fatality of the virus, is upset after the body was purportedly identified by a relative.

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

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has asked Sleepin hotel proprietor Clifton Bacchus to submit a new plan for the construction of a planned parking lot, along Merriman Mall between Light and Albert streets, to align with the city’s ‘green’ vision for the area.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is reviewing the need for further training of ranks after a suspected liquor smuggler released dogs to attack ranks during an operation at Lethem.

Joel Cadogan, an overseas-based Guyanese who was arrested on Monday after he was found with a quantity of marijuana in his luggage, was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $1,527,000.

A minibus operator was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving charge.

The Guyana senior men’s basketball team got off to the worst possible start in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers, going down to Nicaragua by an 84-73 score line yesterday at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium in El Salvador.

Heavy-duty vehicles traversing the Demerara Harbour Bridge are still subject to weight restrictions and a staggered system has been implemented to ensure the bridge is at no time overburdened as repairs to a defective area are still to be completed.

The Olympic boxing qualifier for the Americas originally scheduled to start from May 10 to16 in Buenos Aires, Argentina has been cancelled.

The bus driver seen in a viral video snatching a passenger’s phone after she asked him to lower the volume of the music in the vehicle has been charged by police and released on $30,000 station bail.

Legendary former West Indies captain Sir Clive Lloyd, has officially congratulated recently elected Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President Bissoondyal Singh on his ascension to the top post.

The first ever comprehensive report of the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury continues to reflect the international body’s concern over the continued significant use of mercury in the gold mining sector even as it raises other searching global environmental issues.

Ayn Rand, Russian-American writer and philosopher once stated, “Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.”

A pensioner, who visited the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Camp and Bent to query matters related to his contribution, collapsed on Wednesday and died.

Rudolph and Rosamund Benn are this week’s Stabroek Business “fruits and vegetables’ personalities.

Rajasthan Royals 150 for 7 (Miller 62, Morris 36*, Avesh 3-32) beat Delhi Capitals 147 for 8 (Pant 51, Unadkat 3-15) by three wickets (ESPN) Back at the scene of their heartbreak in a massive chase against the Punjab Kings, the Rajasthan Royals managed to make 148 look more difficult than 222 before sealing the chase in a chaotic finish yesterday.

Dear Editor, There are enough COVID-19 vaccines in storage to provide all persons who have received their first dose to receive their second dose.

Rawle Clarke lives and works at Coverden, a community situated along the East Bank, about forty-five minutes’ drive from Georgetown.

A man has been sentenced to one month in jail for breaking the national curfew.

CMC – Kieron Pollard has described as a “fantastic achievement” him being named by Wisden as the Leading T20 Cricketer in the World, and says he is hoping to create more history in the coming year.

Two prisoners were injured on Sunday night after they were involved in an argument which escalated into a fight at the Lusignan Prison.

If it had even been suggested as recently as forty years ago that marijuana would not only have been legalised but come close to being deified in some of the soberest of circles around the world in 2021 and would have re-presented itself as a highly lucrative, globally popular commercial product, they may have had to suffer the humiliation of being ‘laughed off the planet’.

Dear Editor, The order of nature has been compromised by meddling, interference, and exploitation over millennia and especially the past decades since the industrial revolution.

Seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement from the NBA yesterday following a health scare.

Dear Editor, As advocates working in the human rights sector, something that often comes up in our work is the concept of toxic masculinity.

A construction worker, his wife, and daughter, were on Wednesday  separately charged with assaulting their neighbours.

As part of the ongoing efforts of Caribbean countries to develop initiatives to respond to the multi-faceted development challenges, made worse in just over the past year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Export Development Agency has disclosed that it is partnering with the service industries sectors in five Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to host a series of training programmes.

(Reuters) – Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton hailed Sebastian Vettel yesterday as his favourite Formula One rival over the years.

Dear Editor,            I refer to N. Sahadeo’s letter published in Stabroek News Sunday April 11, 2021 edition captioned, “It seems that few are keen to explore and document our history.”

Abieke Hamilton is a Berbician, a mother, and as she puts it, a woman who over time has worn “many hats” and tried her hand at various pursuits.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic crashed out in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters following a 6-4 7-5 defeat by Britain’s Dan Evans yesterday.

CMC – Former Test captain Jason Holder has been named as one of Wisden’s five Cricketers-of-the-Year, further bolstering an already mushrooming international profile and confirming his status as one of the world’s elite players.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – After gifting and selling tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad, India suddenly finds itself short of shots as new infections surge in the world’s second-most populous country.

While the consumption of fruits, on the whole, is generally regarded as a health-enhancing practice, not all fruits are “created equal,” so to speak… and while various interest groups have attached their own nutritional ratings to what they regard as “the world’s healthiest fruits,” the line-up of the ‘‘heavy hitters’ is, in large measure, near identical and the ‘most healthy’ fruits consistently bear familiar names.

Dear Editor, Everybody tells me that we have democracy in Guyana. 

Dear Editor, When we examine how the pandemic has changed our country, one of the things that stand out is the fact that our education systems have become more technologically inclined.

(Reuters) – A senior Japanese ruling party official said yesterday that cancelling this year’s Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – Chicago officials yesterday released to the public a graphic body-camera video showing a police officer shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy while he appeared to be raising his hands in an alley more than two weeks ago.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday April 15, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Over 10,000 persons have been evacuated from the red zone in St Vincent and the Grenadines where the erupting La Soufriere volcano has created havoc and CARICOM Heads of Government heard yesterday that the situation could be a prolonged one.

(Reuters) – The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) and FIFPRO, the global players’ union, have called on football’s lawmakers to consider launching trials into temporary concussion substitutes to better protect players who suffer head injuries.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year’s U.S.

Dear Editor, Guyana is one of the few countries in the Western Hemisphere that is not affected by national disasters like volcano, earthquakes or hurricanes, but it has politicians who are considered almost as bad and as such progress is impeded. 

Dear Editor, I have taken note of a letter published recently that was titled “Does the Local Content Policy apply to Guyanese with dual citizenship?”

Readers – and my Editor – could recognize a relative “time-out” with this offering today.

On June 13, 1980, outside the Georgetown Prison, a walkie-talkie in the lap of Dr Walter Rodney exploded, killing him.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 910’s trading results showed consideration of $12,658,404 from 158,220 shares traded in 14 transactions as compared to session 909’s trading results which showed consideration of $892,232 from 8,749 shares traded in 7 transactions.

An article which we propose to publish in the Stabroek Business shortly undertakes a cursory examination of the experiences of a handful of ‘new entrepreneurs’ who have sought to either pursue optional ways of earning a living given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the conventional labour market, or else, have decided to embark on new business excursions, presumably to add to their existing incomes or else, just ‘for the heck’ of undertaking a new adventure.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court confirmed yesterday a decision to annul criminal convictions against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, teeing up a presidential run against current President Jair Bolsonaro in 2022.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court yesterday placed Antonio Brufau, the current chairman of oil company Repsol, and Isidro Faine, the former chairman of Spain’s Caixabank, under formal investigation as part of a probe into a decade-long alleged spying case.

While the region continues to face the threat of a mounting pandemic that will most likely stay with us for quite some time, we are also in the midst of an increasing climate crisis.

(Reuters) – Michael Jordan will be Kobe Bryant’s presenter when the Los Angeles Lakers great is inducted posthumously into the Basketball Hall of Fame next month.