Daily Archive: Monday, May 10, 2021

(Trinidad Express) At least 1 million Trinidadians need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19.

(Ministry of Health and COVAX press release)  – Guyana today received 38,400 COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 globally.

(Trinidad Guardian) A salary relief grant for the month of May will be made available for people who have lost the jobs during this period because of the restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, Finance Minister Colm Imbert has said.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, (Reuters) – Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward the Jerusalem area and southern Israel today, carrying out a threat to punish Israel for violent confrontations with Palestinians in Jerusalem.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organziation said today that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily.

A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man who was visiting relatives on the Essequibo River island of Leguan was yesterday found dead, floating in the water at Success Beach.

At about 3 pm yesterday at Fairfield, Essequibo Coast, 31-year-old Ganga Persaud called Toney was fatally stabbed after an argument while consuming alcohol.

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

Dear Editor, The reluctance of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair, Mr David Patterson, to step down from that position, or end the gridlock, is putting at risk the continued employment of staff at the PPC (Public Procurement Commission) whose contracts are coming to an end.

Developer of the planned Versailles-Malgre Tout oil and gas shore base,  Krishna ‘Kris’ Persaud says that the local team working on the project will soon address concerns about a large swathe of mangroves which were destroyed  even as sources close to him assured that “ample” mitigating measures will be taken.

ExxonMobil subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has applied for an Environmental Authorization to undertake the Yellowtail Development Project – what would be the fourth oil extraction well offshore Guyana.

Dear Editor,  Little or no regard is given to Copyright and related rights in Guyana despite this country being a signatory to the Berne Convention for Copyright, the Universal Copy-right Convention and the British Copyright Act 1956. 

Ecuador was named as the new host of this year’s South American Championships from May 29-31 and the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has named 12 athletes who could potentially compete at the fixture.

Dear Editor, With reference to Stabroek News’ editorial, `India’s Covid catastrophe,’ (5/8/2021), the COVID-19 surge in India continues to be painted in Dantean apocalyptic terms with far more extreme language of gloom and hopelessness than that used for any other country especially western nations many of which have been many times more disastrously affected than India has been. 

European Union (EU) Ambassador Fernando Ponz Cantó has reaffirmed the body’s commitment to support the development of Guyana and stated that it is their hope that the wealth from the country’s natural resources will be put towards the benefit of all Guyanese.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security,  Dr. Vindhya Persaud says that offices for Legal Aid services and Help and Shelter will soon be established in all regions.

Dear Editor, I am stunned, like most right-thinking Guyanese, by Tristar Incorporated’s actions to destroy the mangroves in Region 3.

President of the Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF) Gavin Singh has applauded Carlston Harris for securing his name in local history following his commanding debut win in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Saturday.

President Irfaan Ali has said that residents of regions eight and ten are lagging behind in taking the COVID-19 vaccine and he urged them to come forward.

Venom marched into the semi-finals of the Babulall and Sons T10 softball tournament after a resounding 56-run win over Essequibo Eagles yesterday.

Dear Editor, On 8th May 2021, I spent time looking at the Moray House Trust programme “Early Colonial Georgetown” via YouTube. 

Nineteen programmes have been added to the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship programme and are tenable at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus.

The Suddie playground that once was a vibrant home for scores of youths from the Essequibo Coast community has now been overrun with bushes and residents are calling for the venue to be resuscitated.

Dear Editor, It was said of George Bernard Shaw that he was a ‘good man fallen among Fabians’.

(Reuters) – New Zealand players including Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham were among a first group to return to the country from the Indian Premier League on Saturday after the series was abruptly suspended, the NZ Herald reported.

Six persons at a party hosted by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) corporal were arrested yesterday morning for breaching COVID-19 protocols.

(Reuters) – The White House was working closely with top U.S.

Dear Editor, It was so good to learn of the very positive developments surrounding the Demerara Sugar Terminal (DST), as reported in SN, about the promise of desilting the surrounding river constraints to facilitate easier movement of shipping.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to SN’s editorial `India’s Covid catastrophe’ (May 8).

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,  (Reuters) – A man fatally shot six people including his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself early yesterday at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but did not fire on traumatized children who were present inside a trailer at a mobile home park.

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

(Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali took five wickets as Pakistan closed in on victory by an innings having reduced hosts Zimbabwe to 220 for nine at the close on the third day of the second and final test at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

(BBC) Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez produced a devastating uppercut to leave a distraught Billy Joe Saunders unable to rise from his stool after eight rounds of their world title unification bout Saturday night.

Dear Editor, May I respond to Freddie Kissoon’s column of April 26th, 2021, titled `The Stabroek News cannot criticize the Govt.

A Kaneville, Grove fisherman died in a hit and run accident which occurred on Saturday night along the Better Hope Public Road.

(Reuters) – Limetree Bay said yesterday air quality testing near its U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Beds for sick Covid-19 patients are running out and here’s why.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Selectors will be monitoring the workload of premier all-rounder, Jason Holder, especially with the 29-year-old heavily involved in all three formats for West Indies.

A sixty-five-year-old businessman has been arrested after police conducted a search on his home and found narcotics in his possession amounting to 2,242 grams.

Dear Editor, I am reminded constantly of the saying of Nelson Mandela that “a free press is a pillar of a democratic society”.

Seventy-six ranks from various units across the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have graduated following their successful completion of the Section Commander Course 2021-01.

At the recently held 2021 Petersberg Climate Dialogue in preparation for the Conference of Parties (COP) meeting at the end of the year, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres gave a stark assessment of where the world stands on climate change.

(Trinidad Guardian) All parks and squares in Port-of-Spain have been closed until May 23.

Dear Editor, I write to correct my error in my letter published in SN of 9/5/21 under the heading ‘Poor choice of words is not uncommon in politics with expression of regrets being in order’.

Russell Westbrook recorded the 181st triple-double of his career, tying Oscar Robertson’s all-time NBA record, and hit the game-winning free throws with one second remaining in overtime to lead the Washington Wizards to a 133-132 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in Indianapolis.

If the jolt from the Ministry of Health on Saturday that another nine deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 doesn’t shatter the complacency that is evident in Georgetown and other parts of the country, it is unclear what else will.

By Kimberly J. Palmer and Adrian Fraser Kimberly Palmer was born and raised in St.