Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 20, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) – Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted today of all three charges of murder and manslaughter in the deadly arrest of George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a rebuke of law enforcement’s treatment of Black Americans.

Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has summoned the Board of the Guyana Oil Company to an urgent meeting this afternoon, following allegations of a procurement irregularity at the entity and the subsequent resignation of its General Manager Trevor Bassoo.

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

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s internet companies have blocked users from sharing a lengthy article written by former Premier Wen Jiabao in tribute to his late mother, in an unexplained act of censorship against a senior member of the ruling Communist Party.

N’DJAMENA,  (Reuters) – Chad’s President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline against rebels in the north.

(Trinidad Guardian) Head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) Inspector Mark Hernandez has been charged with misbehaviour in public office in relation to an investigation into the treatment of the suspects held for the abduction and murder of Andrea Bharatt.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that the Brazilian variant of the COVID-19 virus, which is far more transmissible than other strains, has been detected in Trinidad and Tobago.

A cruel twist of fate last month drastically altered the life of Padminie McRae forever when an accident at the Infectious Diseases Hospital forced the amputation of her left leg from above the knee, after she was mistakenly admitted as a positive COVID-19 patient.

A third shipment of approximately 250 tonnes of emergency relief items is scheduled to depart for St Vincent and the Grenadines today to aid the island in its recovery from the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano.

Guyana yesterday received 83,000 more doses of Sputnik V vaccines to continue ongoing efforts to immunise the population against COVID-19.

A police constable was yesterday charged with assaulting a fellow officer after a row about a missing slipper.

With just a bridge to be completed, the alternative road from Diamond to Eccles will soon be open to the public, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water Susan Rodrigues announced yesterday.

A radio DJ is now on wounding and assault charges after allegedly stabbing a colleague and pushing a woman during an argument at work.

Advancing their importance to the successful prosecution of their case against those charged with various offences stemming from alleged criminal conduct over last year’s elections results, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commission-er of Police are seeking to have the Statements of Poll (SoPs) and Statements of Recount (SoRs) made available for the trials.

Workers from the Albion and Blairmont estates in Berbice yesterday held protests calling on GuySuCo to resume negotiations on wages.

A youth was remanded to prison last Friday after he was charged with attempted murder.

A nail technician has been placed on $20,000 bail after she denied that she uploaded explicit photos of two persons to the internet.

Caribbean International Distributors Inc. (CIDI) Blue Life Waters and Thrill Beverages yesterday signed an exclusive deal to become the official water and beverage provider of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy as the push to make golf rise to the very top echelons of sport in Guyana continues.

Two persons were yesterday separately charged with fraud in relation to powers of attorney and following not-guilty pleas they were granted bail.

Dear Editor, The relevant quote in SN of April 07 was actually “…strengthen technical and vocational education….”

Former two time Guyana boxing champion Jeff Roberts wants 24-year-old Joel Williamson to fight for the national title on the upcoming Gairy St Clair Superhero Fight Night Promotions Company double world title fight card later this year.

Dear Editor,  There is an International Indigenous Rights scandal brewing in St Cuthbert’s Mission, Region 4 in Guyana; it has caught the attention of one of the biggest Indigenous News Network in North America, lastrealindians.com,

Josh Harry, 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, was yesterday fined $80,000 after he admitted to four charges laid against him.

Contrasting wins by Reliance Hustlers and Bacchus Bulls in the semi-finals of the South/Central T20 tournament Sunday ensured them a spot in this weekend’s final.

Thirty-eight new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded after some 233 more persons were tested.

Dear Editor, I have a number of issues regarding what are the happenings in Lusignan and Annandale, (where my parents live).

Track and Field star, Emanuel Archibald plans to take the COVID-19 jabs as soon as possible and is also advising other youths to do the same.

Bids were received last week by the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board for the supply of steel sheets to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority. 

Dear Editor, Writing from the country with the fifth highest total of Covid-19 deaths in the world at 127,191, we in the UK are in no real position to offer Guyana advice on its’ nascent Covid-19 catastrophe but I will try… 1. 

The Babulall and Son T10 softball tournament bowled off Sunday in Essequibo with Brian Mangar smashing the first century of the competition.

Dear Editor, As a scion of a Buxtonian I find no comfort in justifiably exposing the limitations of a “born, bred” and famous one.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The new leader of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party may be the first born after its 1959 revolution but he is also a loyalist who is not expected to make significant changes to its one-party system and has moved only tentatively on market-style economic reforms.

Under-19 teams, Queenstown and Reliance Hustlers, recorded victories Saturday as the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee 40-over youth competition got underway.

On December 31st last year, Guyana had mistakenly voted  no on a resolution at the United Nations for the elimination of racism and racial discrimination and this error was later corrected to reflect a vote of yes.

The police are investigating the theft of a boat and an outboard engine belonging to the Toshao of Chinese Landing, in the North West District.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, “Opposition demands urgent meeting with ExxonMobil over ‘poor performance’” (KN April 19).

Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 188/9 (Faf du Plessis 33, Ambati Rayudu 27; Chetan Sakariya 3/36) beat Rajasthan Royals 143/9 (Jos Buttler 49, Jaydev Unadkat 24; Moeen Ali 3/7) by 45 runs. 

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – U.N. human rights experts yesterday rejected a review commissioned by Britain’s government into race inequality as an attempt to “normalise white supremacy despite considerable research and evidence of institutional racism”.

Dear Editor, Good governance comes in various hues. It is practiced not only at the central but also at the local government level.

(Jamaica Observer) The Judicial Committee of the United Kingdom Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of five members of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) in the Trafigura case.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said yesterday it will boost its “Do Not Travel” guidance to about 80% of countries worldwide, citing “unprecedented risk to travelers” from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With recent spikes in the number of Covid-19 cases in Bermuda, a final decision on the fate of the 2021 Carifta Games will be announced in May.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday appointed Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul as the fourth commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

More than a decade after Rajesh Singh and Fazil Hakim were gunned down at a rum shop in Mon Repos, East Coast Deme-rara (ECD), Mark Royden Williams called ‘Smallie’ is facing trial for the double murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) Leader of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), Inspector Mark Hernandez, is set to be charged with misbehaviour in public office in relation to an investigation into the treatment of the suspects in the abduction and murder of Andrea Bharatt.

Dear Editor, Sadly, there is a surge in COVID-19 cases all across Guyana.  

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have begun to melt.

(SportsMax) Despite admitting that their finances were in dire straits, President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ricky Skerritt has revealed that staff and players are now receiving their full salaries again after agreeing to a 50 per cent pay-cut last year.

Pity indeed that 2021, the year designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), had to coincide with a period when we are confronted with one of the sternest global challenges of our time, that is, the challenge of pushing back the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dear Editor, Over eighteen prominent individuals were submitted by then Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to be selected as GECOM’s Chair by then President David Granger after Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three people were killed following a fiery, early Sunday morning crash along the Western Main Road, Westmoorings.

By Sheldon Whitehouse and Hank Johnson WASHINGTON, DC – America’s courts are under siege from right-wing special interests.

Recently published visitor arrival figures indicate that Caribbean tourism has started down the long road  to recovery.

The police are still to identify the partially decomposed body of a man found at the Cornelia Ida seashore, West Coast Demerara, on Saturday.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) is confident the Indian team will be allowed to travel to England this summer despite the country’s addition to Britain’s ‘red list’ of locations from which most travel is banned due to a high number of COVID-19 cases.

(Reuters) – NASA scored a 21st-century Wright Brothers moment yesterday as it sent its miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity buzzing above the surface of Mars for nearly 40 seconds, marking the first powered controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.