Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

The police today said that Chandramala Singh, 19, of Lot 13 Novar, Mahaicony died in an accident on the Content Public Road last night.

The Regional Executive Office (REO) of Region Nine, Karl Singh has been taken into custody by the police following the shooting of a woman in Lethem last night.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Tanzania’s main opposition party said today its leader had been arrested with ten other party figures, in what it called proof that President Samia Suluhu Hassan was persisting with the authoritarianism of her late predecessor John Magufuli.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The English city of Liverpool was removed from UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites today because new buildings undermined the attractiveness of its Victorian docks, making it only the third site to be removed from the prestigious list.

(Trinidad Express) Almost a week after couple Andre Ross and Raenne Nayan died in a car crash, they will be given their final farewell and rites together.

The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday filed legal action against Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie over his continued refusal to effect the promotions announced last month.

Yesterday’s meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)  was aborted after two opposition-nominated commissioners walked out in protest at the decision to entertain motions of dismissal against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer Roxanne Myers and District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo.

Minibus driver Kevon Moore was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with causing the deaths of Shonica Edwards and Anthony Persaud during an accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Sunday.

To keep the Mandela Avenue land it recently built its Head Office on, and to obtain a transport, Cevons Waste Management agreed to withdraw all court cases against government, give up one of two contentious plots at Peters Hall on the East Bank Demerara and pay an outstanding $20 million balance, so disclosed Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC.

Australia 252 for 9 (Carey 67, Turner 49, Walsh Jr 5-39) beat West Indies 123 (Pollard 56, Starc 5-48, Hazlewood 3-11) by 133 runs (DLS method) Mitchell Starc took a five-wicket haul as he and Josh Hazlewood dismantled West Indies in the opening ODI to give Alex Carey, who had earlier played a key hand with the bat, a winning start as Australia’s captain.

The three men accused of last Friday’s armed robbery of a Rockstone businesswoman were yesterday remanded to prison.

The General Council of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday decided to launch a “spontaneous protest” against what they described as attempts by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to sideline the union from decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the US$900 million gas-to-shore project set to begin in the near future, participants in the public scoping meetings currently being held by ExxonMobil are of the opinion that the EIA should be halted until the withdrawn 2020 guidelines are reinstated and more details about the project are disclosed.

A Castello Housing Scheme businesswoman was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine on Monday announced that there are plans to relocate the Georgetown Municipal Abattoir.

Jane Miller was yesterday accredited as the United Kingdom’s first female High Commissioner here.

One new death along with 62 new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday.

Two moneychangers and another man were yesterday robbed of cash and cellular phones while plying their trade at the Skeldon Market.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony on Monday stated that the country’s current COVID-19 travel protocols are being reviewed.

Competitive badminton made a return to the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) calender over the weekend with the staging of a national division tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Dear Editor, I was delighted to find over a week ago that all the potholes on Church Street, Georgetown, were fixed.

A man is now hospitalised after he was shot in his leg on Monday during a robbery at Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, The Administration of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is extremely perturbed by the absurd statements made by Mr.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has condemned the decision to arbitrarily deduct from the salaries of the nurses who staged protests in March to push for the removal of the Linden Complex Hospital (LHC) Chief Executive Officer, Rudolph Small.

Guyanese cricketers enjoyed a fair amount of success over the weekend in the United States-based, Caribbean Fest 40-over tournament.

Dear Editor, A recent newspaper commentary once again raised the issue of why victims stay in abusive relationships.

Owen Verwey was elected the President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) when the entity staged its electoral congress and annual general meeting (AGM) last Wednesday via Zoom.

Dear Editor, It was reported in the news media on July 18, that the Minister in the Ministry of Public Works (MPW)  visited the island of Wakenaam in the Essequibo River to inspect and announce that the MPW has allocated $120 million dollars to reconstruct two sections of the island’s public road, miles apart and will be using concrete as the principal construction material.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s government yesterday formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister, nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise was gunned down in a murder plot that likely extends far beyond the Caribbean country’s borders.

The government’s education cash grant of $19,000 for each public school student was rolled out in Regions Three and Five over the weekend.

Dear Editor, Please provide space to allow this apology for the comprehensive misinformation given in my letter published July 15 on the captioned subject.

Fifty per cent of Guyana’s adult population have so far received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine which the Minister of Health regards as a significant achievement.

VAN HORN, Texas,  (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, soared some 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle yesterday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps usher in a new era of space tourism.

(Trinidad Guardian) The community of Debe is in mourning after beloved doctor and consultant at the Emergency Department of the San Fernando General Hospital succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, The many problems associated with the NIS have been bouncing from administration to administration for too long. 

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee announced yesterday that it will be staging two Champion of Champions three-a-side small-goal football competitions on August 1 and 2 respectively.

The police are searching for two masked men who carried out a robbery on Monday night at the Sir Gas Station at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, where two employees were assaulted.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service is plunged into mourning on the passing of Prisons Officer I #3834, Nixon Lokai, on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States has blocked former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and his immediate family from any U.S.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Large swathes of China’s central Henan province were under water yesterday, with its capital Zhengzhou hardest-hit after being drenched by what weather forecasters said was the heaviest rain in 1,000 years.

By Juan Manuel Santos BOGOTÁ – In Paradise Lost, the English poet John Milton encapsulates a fundamental truth about the struggle to end a violent conflict and establish a sustainable peace: “Who overcomes by force, Hath overcome but half his foe.”

Twelve small businesses  yesterday received $1 million each as part of the Green Business Technology Fund, facilitated by the Small Business Bureau.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Isabella Massa Isabella Massa is Senior Economist at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

A Mackenzie man was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to a break and enter and larceny.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – With two days to go until their opening Olympic soccer match against hosts Japan, South Africa’s coach David Notoane said the health of his players was his main concern after COVID-19 left their preparations in disarray.

(Reuters) – Arsenal has cancelled its pre-season tour to the United States after a number of positive COVID-19 cases at the club, Sky Sports reported yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday dismissed a sports promotion company’s antitrust lawsuit accusing soccer’s world governing body FIFA and the U.S.

(Reuters) – Captain Tamim Iqbal scored a rapid-fire century to lead Bangladesh to a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe and a clean sweep of their three match one-day international series in a high scoring game at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England beat Pakistan by three wickets, and with two balls to spare, in a thrilling third T20 international at Old Trafford yesterday to win the series 2-1.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second one-day international to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series after Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Chahar guided the tourists home with maiden half-centuries yesterday.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The chief of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee yesterday did not rule out cancelling the Olympics if COVID-19 cases spiked, as more athletes tested positive for the virus and sponsors ditched plans to attend Friday’s opening ceremony.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be held under unprecedented conditions including tight quarantine rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infections.

Last Sunday’s British Grand Prix will, in all likelihood, be the main topic of heated discussion for the rest of this Formula One (F1) season, following a high-speed collision between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton during the first lap of the race.

Dear Editor, In a democracy, good governance needs an active, informed and united opposition to keep those in power honest.

(Trinidad Guardian) One thousand people have died from the Covid-19 virus in Trinidad and Tobago.