Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 14, 2021

The Guyana Police Force has received legal advice for a charge to be brought against APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Annette Ferguson over a social media post she made in relation to a killing squad.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 13, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Parents of 814 students attending a cluster of schools received the `Because We Care Cash Grant’ at the Fisher Primary School, Essequibo Coast today.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Crowds looted shops and offices in South Africa today, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Taliban fighters in Afghanistan said today they had taken control of one of the main border crossings with Pakistan, perhaps the most strategic objective they have captured so far in a rapid advance across the country as U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Cultural  icon Brother Resistance passed away last night at WestShore Medical Private Hospital, Cocorite.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A troubled past of foreign military intervention has made many Haitians anxious or hostile to calls requesting U.S.

For its first year of oil production, Guyana has been placed in the “weak” performance band of the Resource Governance Index (RGI), a report issued by the independent nonprofit Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) says.

The Ministry of Housing will this morning continue an exercise to deliver 400 house lots and 144 land titles and transports to residents of Region 10.

Melroy Moore of Phoenix, Leguan   on Monday appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of his uncle, Aubrey Jonas called ‘Badja’.

Region Ten is set to benefit from nearly $350 million in infrastructural works this year which includes the upgrading of the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill.

Benjamin Marine and Salvage Services Inc., (BMSSI) has filed an action in the High Court against the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) which it says has illegally cancelled its quarry licence.

Two more COVID-19 deaths along with 53 new cases of the virus were yesterday reported.

West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor is again the top women’s One Day International batswoman and all-rouder in the world according to the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings.

The body found at the Pegasus Hotel foreshore yesterday has been identified as Vellone Thorne, the motorcyclist who was seen jumping from the western side of the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Sunday.

As the administration of Sputnik V second doses began yesterday, the health minister disclosed that there has been an increase in the number of persons at vaccination sites.

Dear Editor, I have written before that solar power is a viable alternative to the gas-to shore project, e.g.,

A miner was on Sunday night stabbed to death after an argument over the treatment of a fellow worker at Ithaki Backdam, Mazaruni River.

Dear Editor, The first year of the government in office I would not describe as exceptional. 

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony announced yesterday that the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be shipped to Guyana in August.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my considerable disappointment having observed the very basic and stopgap repairs that are currently being carried out to the almost 90-year-old Municipal Abattoir building located on Water Street which was damaged by a falling crane a year and a half ago.

A much-anticipated meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to debate motions for the dismissal of the Chief Election Officer (CEO), Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) and Returning Officer for Region 4 did not happen.

Dear Editor, There has been a litany of conflicting and inconsistent positions on the sugar industry.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa yesterday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years.

The captains of the two boats involved in the deadly crash in the Mazaruni River which claimed the lives of 10 persons back in 2013 are both contending that they should not be held culpable for the loss of lives because it was an accident.

Dear Editor, Some good Guyanese folk think that I come down too hard on local political presences. 

Bids were last week Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for rehabilitation works to the Abary Farm Access Road in Region Six along with a number of other projects.

Notwithstanding the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, General Secretary of the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA), Gidell Austin, has confirmed that all clubs under the umbrella of the entity are scheduled to stage their electoral congress by September.

Dear Editor, It is horrifying to read that the State has fined Ms Althea Agard for ‘breaching’ the curfew when there was a lot of public support for the two Presidents who celebrated the violation of the curfew and went fishing at midnight a few weeks ago in pursuit of their recreation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Texas Democratic lawmakers defied calls for their arrest yesterday, a day after fleeing their state to thwart efforts to pass voting restrictions, and said they would stay in Washington to push for federal voting reform.

Dear Editor, A small and anxious group of young professionals expressed concerns about the welfare of local employees in the foreign industry, of more specifically gas and oil.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday dismissed a disturbing the peace charge against DJ Tony Bowen after she found that the charge was “bad in law.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged four Iranians, alleged to be intelligence operatives for Tehran, with plotting to kidnap a New York journalist and human rights activist who was critical of Iran, according to a Justice Department indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

Dear Editor,  I’m writing this letter for the attention of the Prime Minister of Guyana with responsibility for Guyana Power and Light.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said on Tuesday, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests in decades.

A policeman, who is accused of assaulting his wife, was charged and remanded to prison on Monday.

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of myself and colleagues employed by Demerara Distillers Limited in the rum delivery section.

By Mary Robinson DUBLIN – The COVID-19 pandemic has recast the world for millions of people.

The ‘Universe boss’ Chris Gayle has credited a pep talk from captain, Kieron Pollard for his vital half century in the third T20I against Australia Monday night.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s stunning knock of 158 was in vain as England’s second string side completed a record run chase at Edgbaston to win by three wickets yesterday and clinch the three-match one-day international series 3-0.

By  Joseph E. Stiglitz and Geoffrey Heal NEW YORK – Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, argued that the pursuit of private interests – profits – will invariably promote the common good.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating the murder of Kareem “Blacks” Walters, also called “Pinto Boss”, 35, of Arima who was shot dead in Matura on Monday afternoon.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have repeatedly failed to provide data that regulators deem to be standard requirements of the drug approval process, according to five people with knowledge of European efforts to assess the drug, providing new insight into the country’s struggle to win foreign acceptance of its product.

(Reuters) – Captain Andy Balbirnie scored a stylish century as Ireland recorded their first ever One-Day International victory over South Africa with a win by 43 runs in the second match of their three-game series in Malahide yesterday.

By OECS Sports Contributor Terry Finisterre The territories which make up the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States will be well represented when the 2020 Summer Olympics – the Games of the XXXII Olympiad – get underway from 23 July to 8 August in Tokyo, Japan.

(Reuters) – The United States will send a team of 613 athletes to the Tokyo Summer Games, its second largest delegation ever for an Olympics, said the United States Olympic Paralympic Committee (USOPC) yesterday.

SAINT GAUDENS, France, (Reuters) – Patrick Konrad claimed a maiden Tour de France victory with a successful long-range attack on a rain-soaked 16th stage, a 169-km mountain trek from Pas de la Casa, Andorra, yesterday.

Team USA started its Olympic exhibition run with a second consecutive stunning loss Monday, falling to Australia 91-83 in Las Vegas.

(Reuters) – UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings and charged England’s Football Association (FA) for disturbances during Sunday’s Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley, Europe’s soccer governing body said yesterday.

ORLANDO, Florida, CMC – Overseas-based stars Shamar Nicholson and Bobby Reid both produced clinical first half strikes as Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz made a winning start to their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Suriname here Monday night.

Adolph Joseph, also known as ‘Black Boy,’ who was wanted for questioning about the murder of Swan resident Roy Ross, was arrested in Mahdia on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt told Reuters that racism has no place in football or in society after three England players faced online abuse following their penalty shootout defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Rachael Vincent’s half-century was overshadowed by Sidra Ameen’s unbeaten hundred as Pakistan Women ‘A’ crushed West Indies Women ‘A’ by 80 runs in the second one-dayer here yesterday.

It is quite understandable if at around nine o’clock last Sunday evening, sports lovers fell asleep on their couches, in front of their television sets, where they might have been ensconced for the previous 48 hours, their source of deep slumber an overdose of a sporting fanatic’s ultimate dream weekend.