Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 28, 2021

What began as a smoky fire erupted into a towering inferno this evening which ravaged Sharon’s Mall at 154 King & Charlotte Sts, Georgetown, Georgetown.

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

As investigations continue into the scandal over fuel procurement at GUYOIL, President Irfaan Ali today said that the Chief Finance Officer of the state-owned company, Shawn Persaud and Board member, Akanni Blair will be removed from their positions as the duo had “inappropriate” contact with the importer.

A Plaisance motorcyclist died yesterday after he struck a pedestrian on the railway embankment at Liliendaal.

Troy Sandy, 35, took his own life yesterday after stabbing a woman he had been in a relationship with.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Electoral Commission has opened an investigation into the financing of the refurbishment of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s apartment, saying there were grounds to suspect an offence may have been committed.

(Barbados Nation) Moments before being sentenced yesterday, Donville Inniss delivered a lengthy and passionate plea in a United States Federal Court in New York, saying that for the past 32 months he had endured public humiliation, immeasurable pain, financial ruin, poor health and shattered relationships.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two more bodies from Venezuela’s Delta Amacuro boatwreck have surfaced, bringing to eight the number of people confirmed dead.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has accused the PPP/C government of inviting a confrontation by failing to respond to its request to begin negotiations for increases in wages and salaries.

Government is moving to boost its capacity for oversight of the operations of ExxonMobil, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who says there are questions about the oil major’s spending and whether the country is getting value for money.

Concerned that possible COVID-19 positive persons in Aishalton are mistakenly being told they don’t have the virus, Toshao Michael Thomas is calling on the health authorities to look into the situation, while saying that persons may die if they are not properly diagnosed and treated.

Police are searching for three men who reportedly issued a threat to a chartered domestic flight on Monday morning at the Bartica airstrip after being informed that they were not allowed to board.

For the third time in a month a Guyanese has been detained at the John F.

Murder suspect Lenroy Michael Forde alias ‘Biggie’, has confessed to the murder of Odingo Anthony Haywood who was shot dead on Wednes-day last at Drysdale Street, Charlestown, Georgetown.

The man accused of stabbing Devon Xavier to death has been apprehended by the police but has remained silent so far.

Mark Royden Williams is likely to know his fate later today after a jury deliberates on the case presented against him by the prosecution for the 2007 murders of Rajesh Singh and Fazil Hakim.

Principal of Aaron’s Royality Inc (ARI) Jayson Aaron, who was arrested for questioning on allegations of a cybercrime  has been released on $100,000 bail, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

The 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be hosted completely in St.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday disclosed that his ministry is collaborating with the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) to determine how best to assist livestock farmers who suffered losses as a result of the breached river defence at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has  published its 2020 annual report and presented a copy to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, in a bid to update  respective stakeholders on their developmental progress.

Two weeks after the election of a new Management Committee for the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), several members are now saying that there were irregularities in the election process.

Dear Editor, Not in any manner meaning  to offend the visually impaired  but the ongoing  Guyoil fiasco is really a classic case of the blind leading the blind.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Oangkar Kishandyal, who was chopped while attacking another man with a hammer on Sunday, has found his cause of death to be haemorrhage and shock due to an incised wound to one of his forearms.

Dear Editor, A close examination of comments posted on social media following recent attacks and physical assaults on persons either at the gate to their residence or in private motor vehicles reveals two misapprehensions.

Two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded yesterday increasing Guyana’s fatalities to 291.

Dear Editor, At last Dr Jagdeo is providing some figures for the public on the gas-to-shore project.

A saleswoman was robbed of $280,000 in cash as well as other valuables in the vicinity of First Bridge, Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara on Monday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP), inked a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday which will afford 10 training scholarships to both male and female football players in a bid to improve their career opportunities at the end of their playing career.

The Women’s T20 Blaze could possibly be hosted in Guyana in September and will determine which country represents West Indies at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket.

Dear Editor, I have been asked for my view on the throwing out of the elections petition by the Chief Justice, on Monday.

Squatters who were recently relocated from lands that are currently being developed into a new residential housing scheme in Cummings Lodge will soon be regularised, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water Susan Rodrigues announced last week.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has announced Vicky Bharosay as its new assistant treasurer.

The Civil Defence Com-mission (CDC) participated yesterday in a Suriname-Guyana Conference aimed at cross-border coordination in oil spill prevention and response.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Vital medical supplies began to reach India yesterday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll close to 200,000.

Dear Editor, The right to dissent is constitutionally guaranteed to all.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s highest electoral authority yesterday formally blocked the gubernatorial candidacy of a ruling-party politician, backed by the country’s president, for failing to submit pre-campaign spending reports.

Dear Editor, The PNC never misses a chance to disgrace itself and remind the nation why it should never again be elected to office.

Dr Ashni Singh, a senior minister in the Office of the President (OP) with responsibility for Finance, on Friday congratulated the Dharm Shala, ‘Home of Benevolence for all Races’ which celebrated its centenary on Wednesday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore 171 for 5 (de Villiers 75*, Patidar 31, Harshal 2-37) beat Delhi Capitals 170 for 4 (Pant 58*, Hetmyer 53*) by one run With Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer set in the middle and the Delhi Capitals needing 14 to win, the batting side held the edge going into the final over of the chase.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Lawyers for the family of a Black man gunned down by sheriff’s deputies last week in North Carolina said a private autopsy showed he died from a “kill shot” to the back of his head, and the FBI yesterday opened a civil rights probe of the shooting.

Dear Editor, My young friend Ryan often tries to convince me that all of Guyana’s woes are a result of the so-called “brain drain”.

A female motorcyclist is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in a serious condition, after she was struck by an alleged speeding hire car driver on Monday afternoon.

A former Minister of Industry and elected member of Parliament of Barbados was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for his role in a scheme to launder bribe payments from a Barbadi-an insurance company through bank accounts in New York, according to a release from the US Department of Justice.

Two Sundays ago, media headlines worldwide screamed a leaked story from the football world.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) participated yesterday in a Suriname-Guyana Conference aimed at cross-border coordination in oil spill prevention and response.

(Reuters) – India’s cricket board, the BCCI, yesterday told players it will ensure their safe return home once the ongoing Twenty20 tournament is completed, in a charm offensive as the COVID-19 pandemic grips the country, local media reported.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris promised U.S.

Dear Editor, The frequent breaches of koker doors resulting in flooding, losses and damage to residents is alarming.

(Trinidad Guardian) Days after a large cache of guns and ammunition was found at the Bond in the Piarco International Air-port, police officers—in an intelligence-led operation—have uncovered another large cache of guns and ammunition in a warehouse in Central Trinidad.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia will not prioritise its Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketers for repatriation from India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, as the Asian nation continues to battle a massive surge in COVID-19 infections.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – It is humbling when a columnist must retract his words soon after penning them.