Daily Archive: Sunday, April 18, 2021

Businessman Harry Mattai was last night wounded in an attempted robbery just outside his home in Bel Air Park.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Allies of jailed and hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said they plan what they hope will be the largest street protests in modern Russian history on Wednesday to highlight Navalny’s declining health and a crackdown on his supporters.

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

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Raul Castro, who is retiring from high public office, for most of his life toiled in the shadow of his older brother, Fidel Castro.

(Trinidad Express) A Gasparillo businessman was found dead on Saturday night, his body wrapped in plastic and hidden inside a folding bed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Lawyers representing Special Operations Response Team (SORT) Inspector Mark Hernandez filed a habeas corpus on Friday night challenging his protracted detention.

An oil and gas masterplan for Guyana done by the Government of Japan had concluded in 2019 that a gas to power solution based on the country’s petroleum operations is economically viable but it leaned heavily in favour of an offshore facility rather than an onshore plant.

Despite the severely negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Group registered after-tax profit of $3.89 billion for 2020 compared to $3.48 billion in 2019.

She sits across from me and cheerily talks about her life.

Guyana’s first shipment of emergency relief items arrived on Saturday in St.

Guyana’s winless run at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers continued last night when they lost to host nation El Salvador 92-90 at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium.

With the expansion of the COVID-19 vaccination programme to cover all persons 18 years and older, the Ministry of Health is conducting vaccination outreaches over the weekend at health centres and pop-up sites across regions Two, Four, Seven, Eight and Nine.

Although recently retired after giving over 40 years to the livestock sector, Pitamber Panday is still on duty for the farmers who need his help. 

The Los Angeles Lakers continue to be stifled by effects from the COVID-19 pandemic.

As police announced a planned investigation of an incident that occurred during last Thursday’s Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) anti-smuggling operation in Lethem, the Guyana Revenue Authority yesterday maintained that “lawful procedures were properly executed” at all times.

With many people considering their pets as part of their families, Ashley Khalil has carved a niche for herself by helping owners celebrate their pets’ special occasions and good behaviours with healthy cakes and treats for the past six months.

Introduction Today’s column recaps the details, which inform my strongly bullish outlook on Guyana’s truly world class hydrocarbons potential.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the death of an 81-year-old woman from Region Four who was infected with COVID-19.

Lyndon Boston was recently elected president of the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA).

The West Indies Sports Complex sports store on Robb Street yesterday became the first entity to donate equipment towards a project endorsed by the Guyana Cricket Board.

Dear Editor, In the past week or so many Guyanese have gone out of their way to express their opinions on some aspects of my years of activity in public affairs.

Cheerful, bespectacled with thin gold rims, chubby-fat, cherubic Arthur Goodland, kindness in the very soul of him, lover of beauty in nature, art and woman-kind – one would not automatically at all see in him the extremely well-trained chemical engineer and hard-driving top executive in a highly successful company and industry. 

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) registered a profit of $1.365 billion for last year, which was 7.9% down from the 2019 figure of $1.483 billion.

Newly elected chairman of the South Essequibo Cricket Committee, Fezal Mohammed, has pledged his support for constitutional reform within the committee.

Dear Editor, Instead of asking ‘whodunit’, it is better to ask: who is responsible for it? 

The headline and the three paragraphs below are direct quotations from a report in the Stabroek News of April 14, 2021.

The inaugural Babulall and Sons T10 softball tournament was launched yesterday at Shrida Bar, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor,  Guyanese have a reputation of coming together to give assistance to our neighbouring countries that are in great need.

PRAGUE, (Reuters) – The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014, its government said yesterday.

We grow up in Guyana, and the Caribbean generally, with this notion of jumbie, soucoyant, ol’ higue, etc.

Police are seeking to identify a partially decomposed body of a man, which reportedly washed up at the Cornelia Ida Seashore, on the West Coast of Demerara, yesterday morning.

South Essequibo will be a hive of activity from today after the Friends of Antony Adams/Team Daniels Cricket Development T20 tournament was launched yesterday.

WINDSOR, England, (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth bade farewell to Prince Philip at a funeral yesterday that celebrated his seven decades of service and gave grandsons William and Harry the chance to talk in public for the first time since claims of racism threw the family into crisis.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), I would like to express our profound sympathies to the family and friends of the late Seelochan Singh.

Police are currently investigating the torching of a car on Friday night at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

From “Son of Guyana” (for Henry Muttoo)   Doan’ tell me ‘bout Guyana.

Two years on, the Medical Council of Guyana’s disciplinary proceedings stemming from the deaths of three children, who were incorrectly administered medication at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), have not yet concluded.

Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill and Shemar Britton were eliminated from the mixed doubles competition of the 2021 Latin America Olympic Qualifiers in Rosario, Argentina, yesterday.

(Reuters) – South Africa’s health regulator yesterday recommended that the government lift the pause on administering drugmaker Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccines, given that certain conditions are met.

There’s a scene in “Thunder Force” that’s been on my mind since I saw it.

Dear Editor, The cart before the horse way of thinking is on full display in the parking lot matter.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – Man-of-the-Match Kieron Pollard smashed a late order cameo and then sent down two miserly overs during the crucial middle period as reigning champions Mumbai Indians successfully defended a modest 150 to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) CASTRIES – Caribbean teachers objected to the Carib-bean Examinations Council (CXC) decision to conduct the CSEC and CAPE examinations as “a full-blown exercise” this year.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Friday commissioned the first smart classroom in Education District Four at President’s College.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s supreme court has awarded $13 million to top socialist party official Diosdado Cabello in a defamation case against a newspaper, but the paper’s lawyer said yesterday the outlet could not afford to pay.

Dear Editor, The following youth players have been selected by the West Berbice Cricket Association to receive the educational grant from the BCB/Dr Puran Singh Educational Trust Fund.

The most common answer I get from people when I ask why they don’t exercise is, “I just don’t have the time.”

Last Update: 711. 73                                               Movement: -0.25% Current Update: 709.97                                        YTD Movement: 2.62%The Lucas Stock Index fell 0.25% during the second period of trading in April 2021.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Saturday assured that each household that was missed during the first phase of the COVID-19 relief cash distribution remains eligible for the grant and will receive it during the ongoing second phase.

LONDON, CMC – Alzarri Joseph continued to prove his weight in gold with the bat, narrowly missing out on a fifth first class half-century as he ensured Worcestershire’s tail wagged on the penultimate day of their County Championship clash with Derbyshire.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Energy Minister Franklin Khan is dead. In a brief post, Prime Minister Keith Rowley extended “his deepest condolences to the family of Senator the Hon Franklin Khan”.

On Friday it was reported that Raúl Castro was stepping down from his leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 67,636 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,929 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The latest opinion poll conducted in Guyana reveals very high approval rating for President Irfaan Ali and his government and low confidence in the political opposition’s performance in holding the government accountable.

The Candidates Tournament to select the most suitable chess player to oppose world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway resumes tomorrow.