Daily Archive: Thursday, June 24, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 23, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Special Organised Crime Unit has recruited extra staff in the areas of forensic auditing and investigations to help it discharge its obligations under the anti-money laundering act.

SURFSIDE, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of fire and rescue workers scoured through tons of rubble today after a 12-story oceanfront residential building partially collapsed in southern Florida, with at least one person dead and 51 still unaccounted for, officials said.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet took aim today at the “negative consequences” she said Apple Daily owner Jimmy Lai faced for exercising his rights, criticising the tycoon’s detention as his pro-democracy tabloid printed its last edition.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega said yesterday sanctions would not deter his government and vowed not to free detained political foes accused of crimes, as international pressure mounted to end a crackdown ahead of a November election.

(Trinidad Guardian) While the government maintains that it will only use COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology and HIV/AIDS Dr Peter Figueroa says the Russian Sputnik V vaccine appears to be safe and effective.

The World Bank has approved a US$6.7m ($1.4b) grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the Guyana Education Sector Programme Project.

A Detailed Damage Sector Analysis (DDSA) organised by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is underway with teams active in all flood-affected regions.

With fields still inundated from recent heavy rainfall and water overtopping from the Canje Creek, the Albion sugar estate has been forced to postpone the commencement of its second crop by a month and around 30% of the canes are under severe threat.

A Mahaica truck driver died on Tuesday midday after he drove off of the John Fernandes Limited wharf at Water Street, Georgetown into the Demerara River.

A file is being prepared for advice from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over the fatal stabbing on Tuesday of Robert Bizzette, a vendor at the Stabroek Market.

(Reuters) – A Massachusetts state judge has rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Maura Healey accusing the oil company of misleading consumers and investors about its role in climate change.

A 19-year-old Corentyne lad is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by his father who is presently on the run.

A 30-year-old miner died on Tuesday morning after he was shot in his chest by a man at Apaiqua Landing, Middle Mazaruni River in Region Seven.

Five local companies yesterday received short-term trade financing assistance under a US$7m facility established between the IDB and Demerara Bank Limited (DBL).

Permission has been granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a two-acre wharf at Eccles, East Bank Demerara to be developed by Timur Mohamed of TKK Properties Inc.

A Canefield man pleaded guilty to assaulting a 17-year-old girl when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and he will return to court at the end of the month for sentencing.

Another 86,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines have been ordered by the health ministry to continue the ongoing vaccination programme.

A 44-year-old father of three was on Tuesday found dead after his car slipped into the outfall at the Abary River, Mahaica-West Berbice on Monday.

A porter who is accused of stealing a purse from a US military officer was yesterday remanded after denying the charge.

Two step-sisters have been ordered to undergo counselling after a city court heard that they had an argument over a bucket in their yard.

The indigenous community of St Ignatius has been seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases and even two deaths within the last month, but its co-dependency and proximity to Lethem has made in impossible to implement stringent measures.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde says that the entire nation is supporting the Golden Jaguars in their quest to qualify for the 2021 Gold Cup.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall has filed a $20 million lawsuit against former APNU+AFC government minister Annette Ferguson, who he alleges made certain slanderous statements against him.

Two new COVID-19 deaths along with 125 new cases were recorded yesterday.

Local track and field star, Emanuel Archibald continues to grab headlines for all the positive reasons. 

Dear Editor, In 2004 in I worked with members of the Haitian community in Jamaica, teaching English whilst engaged in other humanitarian assistance to them.

The disbursement of the government’s $15,000 education cash grant will begin in a few months, according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has filed an appeal to the $20M default judgment granted to former government minister Annette Ferguson, who Justice Sandra Kurtzious found was defamed by Jagdeo, regarding certain statements he had made concerning her acquisition of land.

Dear Editor, Mr. Rakesh Rampertab, in his letter published in Stabroek News Saturday, June 19, 2021 edition, under the caption, “CLR James had warned the WPA to protect Dr.

Dear Editor: Justice cannot be pursued by trampling on the principles established to protect justice.

A fire of an unknown origin on Tuesday destroyed a wooden house at Jasmin Lane, Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators said yesterday it had reached a deal on a “framework” for an infrastructure spending bill and planned to discuss it with President Joe Biden on Thursday, although cautioning that unresolved issues remained. 

Dear Editor, One notes the reportedly informed complaint about the social and financial depletion of the families of sugar workers whose employment was terminated on the closure of three sugar estates in 2017.

The High Commission of Canada in partnership with Equal Guyana on Monday unveiled a painting of the Progress Pride Flag on the driveway of the Canadian High Commission on Young Street, Kingston, Georgetown.

Cricket West Indies’ Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams is the latest to express his disappointment with the woeful batting display that led to a 2-0 series whitewash at the hands of South Africa recently.

(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge yesterday harshly criticized Republican lawmakers for downplaying the deadly Jan.

Dear Editor, NTIP Guyana, a network of 11 NCO’s have noted recent media reports that a group of 10 Haitians  suspected to be victims of trafficking in persons were  found at a hotel in Skeldon, Corentyne.

In an effort to assist communities across Guyana affected by flooding brought on by an above-normal rainy season, Demerara Bank Limited on Wednesday last donated food items, hygiene and cleaning supplies, and other items to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to boost the agency’s humanitarian efforts.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said its review of how Russia produces the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine had found some issues with the filling of vials at one plant, which said it had since addressed all of the WHO’s concerns.

A homeless young man was yesterday placed on a restraining order after a court heard that he pointed a knife at a man while threatening him.

Dear Editor, I share something that I hope leaders, parliamentarians, ministers, public servants, private sector presences, and public commentators could appreciate, learn something, hold close, and diligently practice. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States will today ship 3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, a White House official said on Wednesday.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – British-born U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee died yesterday by suicide in a Barcelona prison after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges, his lawyer told Reuters.

A Werk-en-Rust man who was remanded after police at the Security Command Centre allegedly observed him in the act of removing items from a car parked on Albert Street, Georgetown, has been granted bail.

Dear Editor, A murder literally took place in the police presence, in the case of the channa vendor at Stabroek Market, and no intervention by the law enforcement to prevent the horrific outcome.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday confirmed its earlier ruling that a lower court judge had failed to treat ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fairly in graft probes, a decision that could lead other cases against the left-wing leader to be thrown out.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand shed their bridesmaid’s tag by claiming the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) title with an eight-wicket victory against India in a thrilling final yesterday.

(Reuters) – A half-century by England’s Jos Buttler and a quick-fire 36 by fellow opener Jason Roy helped the world’s top-ranked Twenty20 team crush Sri Lanka by eight wickets in their series opener in Cardiff yesterday.

“We need to harness the significance of people’s obsession with food right now, and understand how waste is sinful, criminal, as well as financially foolish.”

(Reuters) – England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has denied mocking Indians in historical tweets, saying that the posts had been “taken out of context”.

On the day of my 13th birthday I was crying and could not stop.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino, the son of two of the Southeast Asian country’s democracy icons, died yesterday after being hospitalised in Manila.

A 50-year-old Mahaica resident was yesterday arrested for possession of narcotics.

Dear Editor, Looking at the recent farrago/fiasco over ‘fake’/non fake Sputnik vaccines, it stretched the credulity that the leader of the Opposition was once head of INTELLIGENCE (Caps deliberate) for the GDF.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles quit yesterday, facing a criminal investigation of whether he obstructed a police probe of illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo came to Portugal’s rescue with two penalties to cancel out a brace from France’s Karim Benzema in an enthralling 2-2 draw that sent both sides into the Euro 2020 last 16 in a frantic conclusion to Group F yesterday.

Free agent guard Alex Caruso, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers, was arrested Tuesday in College Station, Texas, on two misdemeanor drug charges.

Two-tenths of a second was all the Phoenix Suns needed to pull off an escape Tuesday in a 104-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers that has them closer to a place they haven’t been in 28 years.

West Indies have slipped one place down the Test rankings after their 2-0 series defeat at the hands of South Africa while Jason Holder has relinquished his place as the number one ranked Test all-rounder.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Two spectators were ejected from the ground on Tuesday’s fifth day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand after shouting abuse at the New Zealanders.