Articles published on Thursday, May 13, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today said that the Environmental Permit for the Liza 1 Development Project, Offshore Guyana, was recalled and modified to include specific regulatory requirements for flaring of associated gas offshore Guyana, in accordance with the EPA’s legislation.
Long-serving Chief of Protocol at the Office of the President, Vic Persaud has passed away.
(Jamaica Star) The vehicles of two civilians that were caught up in Monday’s deadly shooting incident on Trafalgar Road in St Andrew were hit by at least six bullets.
(Trinidad Express) A man who police and family members thought was missing has been found in prison.
The Ministry of Health today said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
Magistrate Alisha George today ruled that three men accused of murdering a moneychanger and his daughter in 2019 will have to lead a defence while another was freed.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day today as infections stayed below 400,000, and extended the interval between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to up to 16 weeks amid a dire shortage of shots in the country.
(Trinidad Express) A second police officer has died from the Covid-19 virus.
Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon and the three parties holding a list joinder seat in Parliament have criticised the destruction of the mangrove forest at Malgre Tout/Versailles on the West Bank of Demerara by a shore base investor.
On October 26th of last year, High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan had given Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI) three months to completely vacate the piece of waterfront Providence land which Demerara Contractors and Engineers Limited (DCEL) said had always been legally theirs.
Two principals of Superior Concrete Inc, the company whose illegal construction was halted by the Ministry of Housing and Water and the Mayor and the City Council, have been asked to leave the country.
Despite submitting a formal protest to the international football federation (FIFA) regarding the ineligibility of Trinidad and Tobago international Andre Boucard in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is yet to receive an official response from the world governing body.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation yesterday noted with “deep concerns” the increasing number of its employees across the industry who have tested positive for COVID-19.
The proposed road link between Guyana and Brazil and the deep-water harbour here are among several key initiatives that their agricultural ministers discussed at a virtual engagement yesterday.
Although Cricket West Indies (CWI) is yet to make a release on the itinerary, South Africa will play two test matches in St Lucia on their upcoming tour of the Caribbean.
(Reuters) -Governance advisor Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) yesterday recommended Exxon Mobil Corp shareholders vote in favour of four hedge fund nominees in a bitter proxy fight seeking to overhaul the oil giant’s board.
Tenders were last Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction and rehabilitation works to buildings at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
Despite challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SBM Offshore says that all major projects including the two Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platforms destined for Guyana’s waters are progressing on schedule.
The Government of Guyana says it has noted with growing alarm and concern the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine which has resulted in the senseless loss of lives, the destruction of property, the displacement of persons, and a further setback in the Middle East.
The inaugural junior Pan Am Games scheduled for September in Colombia will now run from November 25-December 5, organisers said yesterday.
Dear Editor, International Nurses Day yesterday was observed at a time when these most vulnerable and essential human resources – the health care workers would have recently completed one year battling to suppress the rampaging and deadly effects of the Covid-19 virus here in Guyana.
With blindness awareness month being observed in May, the Guyana Society for the Blind (GSB) says that flooding and security continue to be major problems at its building at St Philip’s Green.
Mandy Mangru was one of the newest additions to the West Indies women’s training camp currently ongoing in Antigua, a call up which she describes as her biggest achievement yet.
Dear Editor, I note with concern, the emerging controversy over ‘Economic Development vs.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba started a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 yesterday using one of its five homegrown vaccine candidates which, if proven effective, could improve access to inoculations across Latin America, one of the regions hardest hit by the pandemic.
Police are investigating the breaking into and possible arson of an electric car belonging to a Coldingen, East Coast Demerara man on Monday morning.
Dear Editor, I received a copy of Bill Gates’ new book; ‘How to Avoid a Climate Disaster’ compliments of a good friend of mine in the US; the book arrived the day after a story in mainstream media headlined ‘Gov’t has signed Letter of Intent to sell carbon credits.’
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s coronavirus death toll crossed 250,000 yesterday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, leaving families to weep over the dead in rural hospitals or camp in wards to tend the sick.
Dear Editor, It has been reported in the news media that the Government has given permission to TriStar Incorporated, a US based company to develop a tract of land on the West Bank foreshore of the Demerara River in the vicinity of Versailles – Malgre Tout and north of the bridge to build an onshore base to service the oil and gas fields along Guyana’s north coast.
A security guard who is accused of breaking into his friend’s home and stealing jewellery and cash was put on $10,000 bail.
For the second straight year, the Aliann Pompey Invitational (API), Guyana’s annual athletics showpiece has been cancelled due to the pandemic.
(Reuters) – Colonial Pipeline began to slowly restart the nation’s largest fuel pipeline network yesterday after a ransomware attack shut the line, triggering fuel shortages and panic buying in the southeastern United States.
Dear Editor, We have just concluded celebrations of Mother’s Day with all its glitter and glamour, we by extension salute all women for that matter and their wonderful contribution to the development of the human race.
A fifty-seven-year-old shopkeeper was robbed at knife point of articles valued at more than half a million dollars by gunmen who broke into her home in the wee hours of yesterday.
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Namilco Thunderbolt Flour first-division cricket team is the latest sponsor on board with the “cricket gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana” project.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – House of Representatives Republicans yesterday ejected Liz Cheney from their leadership ranks as punishment for repudiating former U.S.
Dear Editor, Is the Chair, and by extension, the work of GECOM being hindered once again as was the case not so long ago?
A taxi driver of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara was on Tuesday night attacked by gunmen who bound him and his wife before proceeding to rob them of cash and valuables.
Dear Editor, On Monday May 10, clashes between Palestinians and Israelis erupted once again.
BOGOTA/CALI, (Reuters) – Union members, students, pensioners and workers marched in anti-government protests around Colombia yesterday, as President Ivan Duque urged citizens to reject violence and stereotypes about demonstrators and police alike.
A twenty-six-year-old man has been arrested for damage to an elderly woman’s property after he went to the victim’s home and verbally abused her and his wife who was staying with the woman at the time of the incident.
(Reuters) – The troubled Limetree Bay oil refinery in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, has suspended operations after a malfunction sent oil raining onto a nearby neighbourhood, the company said late yesterday.
Mexico and Costa Rica were the standout teams when the 2021 CAC teams qualification tournament for this year’s Junior Pan Am games in Cali, Colombia in November takes place.
(Trinidad Guardian) On April 16, Georgette Rawlins offered herself as a candidate for the University of the West Indies (UWI) credit union’s credit committee.
One hundred and twenty-eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health through its COVID-19 dashboard which showed that the new cases increased Guyana’s total positive count to 14,659.
Dear Editor, There are three significant events which occurred recently were Mother’s Day, the signing of the Escazu agreement by the President of Guyana and a statement by the PPP on May Day.
Marriages of convenience are on the radar of the Department of Immigration in St.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel killed a Hamas commander and vowed no let-up in its Gaza barrages yesterday as Palestinian militants rained rockets far across the border and Washington dispatched an envoy to try to calm their most intense hostilities in years.
A bartender was on Monday placed on $5,000 bail after denying a damage-to-property charge.
Dear Editor, Regarding your news report (SN May 10) on “mangrove removal to be addressed” by company CEO, as well as Mr.
Dear Editor, In the letter column yesterday, Donald Ramotar stated that the 2nd World War ended on May 09, 1945.
(Reuters) – BJ Watling will look at coaching options once he hangs up his gloves at the end of the upcoming tour of England, the retiring New Zealand wicketkeeper said yesterday.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka named Kusal Perera as their new one-day captain yesterday, dropping former skippers Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews in a major team overhaul with an eye on the 2023 World Cup in India.
REGGIO EMELIA, Italy, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo’s 100th goal for Juventus in all competitions helped keep alive his side’s hopes of a top-four Serie A finish after a 3-1 win at an impressive Sassuolo yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Test captain Jason Holder has described cricket during the ongoing COVID-19 environment as the “hardest days” of his career, pointing to mental exhaustion as one of the major side effects of the bio-secure bubble.
The Miami Heat clinched a spot in the playoffs for the fourth time in the past six seasons by beating the host Boston Celtics 129-121 on Tuesday night.
ROME, (Reuters) – Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat by Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the the Italian Open second round yesterday.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – The United States’ track and field team has cancelled its pre-Olympics training camp in Japan out of concerns for safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities announced yesterday, raising more questions about the holding of the Games.
(Trinidad Express) Police found the body of a man in a vehicle at Mayaro yesterday.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that annual retainer contracts have been offered to all thirteen (13) members of the existing Senior Panel of Umpires for the new contract period April 1st 2021- March 31st 2022.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda’s athletics chief Donna Raynor has hit out at governing body North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) over the way she was informed of the coronavirus pandemic-driven cancellation of the CARIFTA Games due to be held here later this year.
In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) hosted its first COVID-19 vaccination drive for staff on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at its Diamond Institute of Management and Technology (DIMATECH) in Plantation Diamond.
(Reuters) – As U.S. political leaders grow increasingly desperate to persuade Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine yesterday topped offers of baseball tickets and beer with a $1 million prize drawing.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies have retained all 13 umpires on the current senior panel for the next year, a move director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, believes augurs well for officiating in the region.
A welder has been charged with trafficking in narcotics and was released on $30,000 bail.
In 2014, the South Florida Business Journal briefly reported that the foreclosed 300-unit Whispering Isles apartment complex in popular Pompano Beach, not far from the busy Interstate 95, finally sold for US$22.5M.
Despite a surfeit of good-intentioned, positive local programmes on which billions of dollars are being spent, the other pandemic, the one in which mostly women and girls are harmed, maimed and killed, races on unabated.
