Daily Archive: Monday, June 21, 2021

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

Marcus Bisram has officially filed an appeal with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) challenging the recent ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal that he be committed to stand trial for murder.

(Reuters) – Keshav Maharaj became only the second South African to take a test hat-trick as he ripped through the West Indies middle order with five wickets to help his side to an emphatic 158-run victory in the second test in Saint Lucia today.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2021, recording a loss of TT$172.7m (US$25.7m) and a 75% drop in revenue, compared to the same period in 2020.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Swedish centre-left Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament today, plunging the country into deep political uncertainty as it tackles the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses today under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that killed hundreds of thousands.

(Jamaica Observer) Father’s Day turned unexpectedly bloody on Sunday when a man allegedly killed his pregnant girlfriend during a dispute in the community of Rhoden Hall in Clarendon. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Gavi, the vaccine alliance, has confirmed that Trinidad and Tobago does not qualify for a share of the 500 million vaccines promised by the United States to the COVAX facility.

A $100m loan from the APNU+AFC government to the state-owned Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL)  in 2017  revealed that not only  were no interest or principal payments made  but that most of the machinery bought is either currently not working or still stored in shipping plastic, a special audit of the transaction has revealed.

The construction of the India-funded Eccles to Ogle road is one step closer as four firms have been short-listed to bid and the development comes even as this country made inroads in negotiating for increased local content participation.

A 22-year-old teacher from Sand Creek in the South Rupununi who was infected with COVID-19 is the latest to succumb to the virus.

Lakeram Mangal who was hospitalised following the deadly crash at Fort Wellington on June 14th succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday.

The wet season had come but having lived forty-nine years close to the banks of the Mazaruni River without a tale of flooding to tell her five children, this was not a concern for Christine George.

A twenty-three-year-old man died after he was stabbed following an altercation  at a birthday party which the twenty-one-year-old suspect was also at.

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

While floodwaters in Region Five are slowly receding, the majority of the riverine communities  remain inundated, Chairman Vickchand Ramphal says.

High Court judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln last month set aside a default judgment she had previously granted to engineer Charles Ceres and his wife, Ndibi Schwiers, owing to the failure of the Guyana Times to file a defence in the stipulated time in a libel suit they had brought against the newspaper.

A fifteen-year-old is currently a patient at the Suddie Public Hospital after he was struck down by a car on Saturday night.

A man changing a tyre, two passengers and a minibus driver were injured on Saturday evening as a result of an accident involving three vehicles along the Port Mourant Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

A Blueberry Hill, Linden businesswoman is missing after the boat she was travelling in capsized in the Takutu River on Friday night while returning from Brazil where she had gone to purchase goods.

Usual suspects, Emanuel Archibald Chantoba Bright , Daniel Williams and Devaun Barrington were among the standout performers when the curtain came down on the National Senior Champion-ships yesterday.

Tenders were on June 10th opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of materials and construction of steel beds for the Guyana Prison Service.

Above normal rainfall is expected for the remainder of the rainy season and authorities on Friday said regions One and Two are areas of major concern ahead of the downpours forecast for today and tomorrow.

President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), Dwayne Scott said yesterday that the body will conform with the wishes of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) as it relates to which female swimmer will represent Guyana at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) would like us to believe that the fiasco with the selection of Jamila Sanmoogan ahead of Aleka Persaud for the Upcoming Tokyo Olympics should be laid squarely at the feet of FINA, the world governing body.

The Embassy of France in Suriname and Guyana on Friday announced that the French Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean, part of the French Red Cross, has consolidated and shipped a large donation to Guyana, considering the ongoing floods here and the disaster that has been declared.

Hundreds of dislocated households along the Aruka and Koberimo rivers in Region One have received emergency relief as the government continues to strengthen its flood response.

Dear Editor, This month we remember Walter Rodney and for many of us, in the words of Kojo Nnamdi who informed me on that fatal night that he had departed: “after 41 years it still pains.”

Following Guyana’s embarrassing first round exit from the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, former Golden Jaguars captain Christopher Nurse sat down with Stabroek Sport to discuss the reasons surrounding their dismal campaign.

Dear Editor, The Regional Health Authorities corporate was established by an Act of Parliament in 2005.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday heard complaints about extension services in Region Six and reiterated the government’s position that all flood-affected farmers will receive support to rebuild their livelihoods.

Devin Booker posted his first career triple-double yesterday afternoon, when he scored 40 points and collected 13 rebounds and 11 assists as the host Phoenix Suns outlasted the Los Angeles Clippers, 120-114, in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Dear Editor, A letter doesn’t permit a comprehensive review, however, health authorities from South Africa to the US FDA to the WHO have already done so.

A Grove man was on June 8 sentenced to ten months behind bars after he confessed to stealing two cellphones along with money from a man.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points, including the tying basket in overtime and Khris Middleton hit the go-ahead shot with 40.7 seconds left as the Milwaukee Bucks pulled out a 115-111 victory over the host Brooklyn Nets Saturday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

A bus conductor on June 8th confessed to helping a man steal a quantity of beverages belonging to a woman that were left under a tree and was sentenced to six months in jail.

Dear Editor, Long before I worked with Clairmonte Taitt in a production, I knew of the famed Woodbine House or Taitt House (now Cara Lodge) in Quamina Street and its contribution to nurturing and producing many artistic talents in Guyana.

VIENNA/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Western officials warned Tehran yesterday that negotiations to revive its nuclear deal could not continue indefinitely, after the sides announced a break following the election of a new hardline president in Iran.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies quicks spectacularly demolished South Africa on a dramatic, abbreviated third day here yesterday, leaving themselves with a victory target of 322 and setting up a grandstand finish to the decisive third Test at the Daren Sammy National Stadium.

Dear Editor, Permit me a few lines in your publication to highlight some issues that I consider of utmost importance.

BEIRUT,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least $250 million in U.N.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Kyle Jamieson wrecked India with the ball and opener Devon Conway compiled a half-century to put New Zealand in a commanding position in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) yesterday.

Dear Editor, Councilwoman for District #28 Adrienne Adams and Queens Borough President Richard Donovan shared the same NW corner of the Little Guyana Square with OGGN (Oil & Gas Network) activists for some NY-style leafletting campaigning on Friday afternoon, June 18th.

A taxi driver was on June 8th  released on $200,000 bail after he denied trafficking 703 grammes of marijuana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would lead a new drive to capitalise on scientific and technological breakthroughs made in Britain with a programme to direct research into areas that will benefit the public good.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said yesterday the assembly to draft a new constitution for the copper-producing country, replacing the one inherited from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, will hold its first session on July 4.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A bipartisan infrastructure plan costing a little over $1 trillion, only about a fourth of what President Joe Biden initially proposed, has been gaining support in the U.S.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics opened the athletes’ village to the media yesterday, showing off apartments and a timber-laced shopping plaza where 11,000 athletes would stay and mingle during the sporting extravaganza.

A man who is accused of stealing a circular saw was placed on $25,000 bail after denying the charge.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the editorial titled, `Regional Joint Support Team’ (SN June 20).

By Anthony Bogues Anthony Bogues is a Professor of Humanities at Brown University.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon’s assault on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine batch being used here is reprehensible and raises serious questions about his judgement.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 44,178 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 1,025 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

At the close of the second day of the current second test match between the West Indies and South Africa, Jermaine Blackwood made the prediction that the West Indies bowlers would bring the team back into the contest on day three.

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

(Reuters) – Sha’Carri Richardson’s coronation is complete. Billed as American athletics’ next star, the 5-foot, 1-inch dynamo didn’t disappoint, torching the 100-metre finals in 10.87 with her trademark flourish at the U.S.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, in its biggest coronavirus vaccine deal to date.