Daily Archive: Saturday, May 8, 2021

Hours after reporting three more COVID-related deaths, the Ministry of Health this afternoon confirmed six more that had previously not been confirmed.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) today announced that it had withdrawn the certificate issued to Kaizen Environmental Services (Guyana) Inc with effect from May 3rd, 2021.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network, which supplies fuel from U.S

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

(Trinidad Guardian) The first days of May have already produced more than half the total number of COVID-19 patients in all of April.

CHENNAI,  (Reuters) – India today reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns.

Referring to Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell as a  “a sophisticated international drug trafficker” the US Government has asked that he be sentenced to between 17 and 21 years in prison as he invested some US$100,000 to traffic in more than one tonne of cocaine from South America to Europe.

Even though the Ministry of Health has said that taking the COVID-19 vaccine is not compulsory, at least one private company has made vaccination a requirement for new employees while some government agencies have more aggressive efforts to convince staff to get vaccinated.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the  Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) have both voiced their displeasure with the non-issuance of international retainer contracts to four local players.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women’s chief selector, Ann Browne-John, has underscored the importance of a multi-faceted approach for determining central retainer contracts for the Caribbean side.

nvironmentalist Annette Arjoon-Martins yesterday called for sanctions against the company which destroyed a large swathe of mangroves on the West Demerara while in the process of establishing a shore base for the oil and gas industry.

Cricket West Indies’ Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams and Lead Selector of the men’s selection panel, Roger Harper, on Thursday outlined the rationale for awarding contracts to batsmen.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has announced that 60,000 more doses of the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine are expected in Guyana next week.

Following the latest round of action in the Babulall and Son softball T10 tournament, the eight quarterfinalists have been decided and are expected to play this weekend.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that four women who were infected with COVID-19 have died.

As is customary, Fitness Express has again answered the call of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, has given the assurance players will not be ruled out of a central retainer contract simply because of one bad year of performance, contending the current system and criteria provided for fairness.

President Irfaan Ali has offered his “unreserved regret” to those offended by a suggestion in his Arrival Day statement that Africans were among the groups that came to Guyana seeking improvement.

Queenstown marched into the final of the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee 40-overs-a-side U19 tournament by beating Reliance by 93 runs in round three setting up a finals clash with the winner of today’s semi-final between Reliance and Bacchus Bulls.

APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) Annette Ferguson and Christopher Jones were among a group of persons who were charged on Friday with taking part in a recent illegal procession.

Paul George scored 24 points as the host Los Angeles Clippers completed a three-game season-series sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers with a 118-94 win Thursday.

With $33 million still to be paid to BK International for the construction of the sluice at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, the Ministry of Agriculture is seeking legal advice on whether a portion of the sum can be used to compensate residents who suffered from flash flooding late April.

Dear Editor, The GRA wishes to congratulate the taxpaying public for their overwhelming compliance by filing their tax returns before the filing due date of April 30, 2021.

(Reuters) – Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Spanish Grand Prix practice yesterday as the Mercedes driver prepared for a weekend that could bring him a record-stretching 100th Formula One pole position and boost his overall lead.

General Secretary Amna Ally yesterday said she would not be giving an update on whether the party’s executive has taken a decision on the holding of its delayed the 21st Biennial Delegates’ Congress.

Dear Editor, The recent Covid-19 surge in India intrigued me to think if climate change contributed to the pandemic.

LONDON, CMC – Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite got a start but failed to carry on but Gloucestershire still did enough to take control of their County Championship clash with Middlesex.

Despite performing below standard for yet another year, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has escaped penalty since according to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) the company has made “stellar efforts” during a challenging period.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Market Vendors Union (GMVU) is very concerned about the imbroglio that is going on between the Ministry of Local Government and the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC).

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India seam bowler Mohammed Shami and spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja were named yesterday to the squad for next month’s World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand in Southampton and the subsequent five-match series against England.

Riverine communities Moraikobai, Orealla, and Siparuta over the weekend voted in two new toshaos to head their new village councils.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Voters in an opposition stronghold turned en masse to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives, boosting his parliamentary majority yesterday despite a high COVID-19 death toll, last year’s record economic slump and cronyism charges.

Dear Editor, The following are the contents of an edited letter addressed to President Irfaan Ali and copied to Ministers Priya Manikchand, Charles Ramson, and Nigel Dharamlall: The people, workers, retrenched sugar workers, farmers, youths and students, from the Good Intent Village, Sisters Village and GV, situated within the Toevulgt-Patentia-NDC and Region # 3, West Bank Demerara, Guy-ana, would like the Ministry of Education, Ministry for Culture, Youth & Sports and the Guyana Government to take over a parcel of Wales Estate vacant land, situated in front of the Wales Community Public School, for use by the school and the community.                                                                                                     

Rondell Richards, who was wanted for fatally stabbing another man after a row over a phone, has been charged with murder and remanded to prison.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australian women’s basketballer Liz Cambage has protested at a lack of racial diversity in Olympic photo-shoots of the country’s athletes and suggested she might boycott the Tokyo Games if the situation did not change.

Dear Editor,                   I read with concern two articles published in the Demerara Waves, under the captions, “ US backs 18-month project to reform Guyana’s electoral machinery” and “IRI to coordinate with India, Canada on US-funded Guyana reform project”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden reacted yesterday to a disappointing April jobs report by saying the U.S.

Jamal Durant has something to say, and he is using art as the medium to do so.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Trinidad and Tobago is on the brink of losing control of the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, and that he was “personally and officially” disappointed in the response of the population.

The police are seeking the assistance of the police in locating a second suspect in the murder of Swan, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway resident Roy Ross, who was killed last month.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India have yet to win an Olympic medal in table tennis but the country’s leading paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran believes he can break that jinx in Tokyo this year.

If you like your Pepperpot with cowheel and trotters (pig feet), then you should like this sandwich – it is made with one of the parts of the animal considered to be an odd bit.

Dear Editor I usually enjoy reading editorials mainly because they are quite informative and sometimes analytical.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use yesterday, a boost to Beijing’s push for a big role in inoculating the world.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Siparia father and son have both died of COVID-19 as 38-year-old Nigel Ramkalawan and his 66-year-old father Premnath succumbed to the virus just hours apart.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s leading male cricketers across all three formats and the support staff have all been vaccinated against COVID-19, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

One of three suspects in the robbery of a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket is currently hospitalised under police guard at a city hospital after he was found lying on a road in the area shortly after the crime was reported.

Dear Editor, Recently we celebrated Indian Arrival Day, a day in time when the first arrivals of East Indians came to our shores.

It is easy to imagine ourselves in situations and give idealistic solutions freely without actually experiencing something.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday that U.S.-bound

 (Trinidad Express) The Police Service is mourning the loss of one of its members who has died from the Covid-19 coronavirus.

(Reuters) – The Malaysia Open, scheduled for May 25-30, has been postponed due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the Southeast Asian country, organisers said yesterday.

In celebration of the 183rd anniversary of the arrival of East Indians to British Guiana, the Indo Caribbean Society through Texila American University on Tuesday presented Nrityageet International Virtual 2021.

Dear Editor, The author of the missive titled ‘None of development promised by gov’t officials includes basic services and amenities’ (SN May 7), was expressly, absolutely and clearly direct in pointing out the absorption with mega projects in the name of development to the detriment of the seemingly small and ordinary works, which should also be in the name of development.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The death toll from a police raid on a drug gang in a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Thursday has risen to 28, civil police said yesterday, the deadliest operation ever carried out by the security forces in the Brazilian city.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board will explore all options to try to complete this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) but is yet to discuss offers from English counties to host the remaining matches, a senior official told Reuters yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Newsday staffers are mourning the death of their colleague, Jennifer Mahadeo, who succumbed to COVID-19, three days after her father also died from the virus.

I thought about Kescia Branche this week. Kescia, my theatre colleague, was murdered three years ago.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to SN of May 06, 2021 where article states ‘India interested in annual purchase of Guyana crude oil.’

The Miss/Mrs/Teen/Mr India Worldwide Guyana franchise on Sunday hosted a sashing and medal ceremony at a private location where 14 women were sashed, and nine men honoured with medals as they prepare to compete in four categories of the pageant.

A year ago the Indian writer Arundhati Roy chronicled the early stages of the pandemic in her “poor-rich country … suspended somewhere between feudalism and religious fundamentalism, caste and capitalism.”

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – The Asian Development Bank will no longer finance coal mining or oil and natural gas activities, it announced in a draft policy statement yesterday, a move welcomed by environmental groups, which said it was a decade overdue.

A remanded prisoner is currently a patient at a city hospital after he was reportedly chopped to his head by two of his fellow inmates on Wednesday night at the Lusignan Prison.