Daily Archive: Monday, July 19, 2021

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards today said it had destroyed a large quantity of defective electrical components.

(Reuters) – Years before becoming president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel pushed for greater public access to the internet at a time when it was only available to a tiny minority.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy stood by federal guidance that those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer needed to wear masks, while blaming social media companies for fueling vaccine misinformation.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said today France and South Pacific nations would launch a South Pacific coastguard network to counter “predatory” behaviour, which an adviser said was aimed at illegal fishing, as China expands its maritime reach.

(Trinidad Express) Last Tuesday afternoon, when prisoners at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca were let out of their cells to get dinner, inmate Basil Gobin stayed behind.

A race on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) last night killed two persons and left several others injured after a minibus turned over and careened for several yards near the Demerara Distillers Limited Head Office and brewery at Diamond.

A week-old dispute over a pair of scissors has resulted in the death of a Queenstown, Essequibo Coast man and left another person injured.

A Black Bush Polder teacher died yesterday after he collided with a Ministry of Finance vehicle which was allegedly making a U Turn at the time along the Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road.

A twenty-three-year-old man was on Saturday night shot dead and his friend wounded after the duo walked into what appears to have been an ambush at Linden when they were fired upon from a car.

Rainfall compounded by poor maintenance of sections of the Linden to Bartica Road has left it in a deplorable state making it difficult for users from the logging and mining industries to traverse.

Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean has disclosed that plans are underway to subdivide Police Division 4A into seventeen sectors so as to better handle crime.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) on Saturday said that its Executive Council had removed its General Secretary Dawchan Nagasar.

Dear Editor,   Flashback 2017! Attorney at Law, Anil Nandlall successfully  represented Carvil Duncan who was then Chairman of the Public Service Commission, and a member of the Police Service Commission, Judicial Service Commission and Teaching Service Commission after President David Granger established a Tribunal recommended by the Judicial Service Commission.

By Nicole Price in Australia On a chilly winter’s morning in the southern Sydney suburb of Gymea, Gairy St.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the appointment of Kemraj Parsram as its new Executive Director.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) much reach out to both sides of the political divide, according to its General Secretary, Ralph Ramkarran.

Dear Editor, Recent events have drawn attention to the troubling absence of independent professional contributions to public discourse on things taking place in Guyanese society.

West Indies limited overs captain, Kieron Pollard and all-rounder, Jason Holder are expected to return for the upcoming One Day International series against Australia.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to Mr Ramkarran’s view that I oppose cash grants.

With just four days until the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the world’s best athletes are starting to arrive in the Games Village of the host nation.

The Olympic Games dubbed ‘The Greatest Show in Earth’ starts in five days in Tokyo, Japan and Team Guyana will be represented by seven athletes in four disciplines.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of July 17, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Dear Editor, July 18, 2012, is a day in our history that connotes different meanings in the minds of those who had a personal experience with that time, compared with those who saw it from afar and those who heard of it.

Tenders were on July 13th opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of the Moleson Creek to El Dorado Road.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar became the youngest rider to win back-to-back Tour de France titles yesterday after some vintage racing drew comparisons with cycling’s greatest.

Despite the numerous challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented, Commissioner Newell Dennison believes that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been doing a satisfactory job in carrying out its functions and has announced that the entity is now offering some of its services online.

Chief Instructor and chairman of the International Karate-do Organization’s Academy of Guyana, Sensei Jeffrey Wong, officially received the conferment of the Kodansha (High Dan Rank) from the International Karate Organization.

Dear Editor, I will not be intimidated, I will not be silent.

Dear Editor, In my previous letters to the editor, I discussed the need to unite our country. 

It’s too late to turn back now. The 29th edition of the Summer Olympic Games gets underway in Tokyo, Japan from Friday and the early indications are that the Coronavirus pandemic will make its mark.

The National Community Policing Group (CPG) held its elections on July 17th at the Leonora Secondary School on the West Coast of Demerara and Kishore Gobin was re-elected as Chairman.

SILVERSTONE, England, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for a record eighth time  yesterday after battling back from a 10-second penalty imposed for a first-lap collision that halted the race and left Red Bull rival Max Verstappen in hospital.

Dear Editor, Reading the press these days I notice an ongoing brouhaha involving PNC’s Central Executive Committee (CEC); sometimes it reads like a ganging up on the party’s leader Mr.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – “Leave the area! Get the kids out!” screamed gang members walking through western Caracas’ El Cementerio barrio with megaphones the morning of Thursday, July 8.

The three men suspected of robbing a fifty-seven-year-old businesswoman at Rockstone/Mabura Access Road on Friday night were on Saturday arrested by police.

(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the death of a Cunupia hairdresser who was found in a torched vehicle in Carlsen Field on Saturday night.

On Wednesday last, Metro Office Supplies and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) renewed their sponsorship deal for the 13th consecutive occasion.

Two sisters, who Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers say had cannabis amounting to 518.7 grammes, in their possession, were on Friday refused bail.

Dear Editor, Mark Zuckerberg was a billionaire at 23 years old. 

MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON,  (Reuters) – OPEC+ ministers agreed yesterday to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 2-1/2 year highs as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

A mason charged with armed robbery was on Wednesday remanded by a City Magistrate after the Court heard that he had been positively identified by the virtual complainant.

  Fallen heroes: The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) 182nd Anniversary Wreath Laying Ceremony For Fallen Heroes was held yesterday at Eve Leary.

With the official COVID-19 death toll now at 512 and growing, an existential threat faces those persons who have refused to be vaccinated with one of the several shots available here.

By  Karen Dubinsky and Susan Lord Karen Dubinsky and Susan Lord teach at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where they teach and coordinate a Cuban cultural exchange program. 

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – Costa Rican police yesterday seized 4.3 tons of cocaine originating in Colombia, the Central American nation’s second-largest drug bust ever and the biggest this year, local authorities said on Sunday.

Last week, we reported that former South African President Jacob Zuma turned himself over to the authorities after he was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for his failure to appear before the country’s anti-corruption commission to answer charges of corruption while holding office.

Dear Editor, Is the human rights body vital to the work of the Law Reform Commission?

(Trinidad Express) A Rio Claro man and his girlfriend were killed in a vehicular collision on Saturday.

(Reuters) – The surging Milwaukee Bucks took control of the NBA Finals with a 123-119 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Saturday to move a win away from ending one lengthy championship drought and extending another.