Daily Archive: Friday, August 13, 2021

The US Embassy today announced the donation by the United States Government of 57,600 doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government of Guyana through the Guyana Office for Investment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Caribbean International Distributors Inc.,

As investigators continue to hunt for the two gunmen who killed Brazilian Euclid Da Silva on Tuesday night, a known individual who is accused of recently threatening the dead man’s son surrendered to the police yesterday.

After more than two months of manoeuvring, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday approved motions to terminate the employment contracts of the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers and Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo.

Lindeners against the restrictions on access to health services in Region Ten aborted plans for continued protests and cleared a blockade from the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge on Wednesday night after government decided to relax vaccine requirements.

Two days after three men were charged, the police last night issued wanted bulletins for three more suspects in last week’s $58 million robbery at Wallison Enterprise in Kitty.

Region Nine Regional Executive Officer (REO) Karl Singh, who recently shot a 25-year-old woman to her abdomen in Lethem, has returned to duty although the Office of the Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) is still to advise on whether he is to be charged with a crime.

As the government persists in its attempts to achieve herd immunity in Guyana, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Narine Singh has submitted new guidelines for vaccine exemptions to Permanent Secretary Malcolm Watkins.

Local health authorities are currently working on procuring vaccines for children in Guyana as final arrangements are being made for the arrival of the Johnson & Johnson and Sputnik V shots, according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony.

Although initially saying that they would be unable to operate without concessions, Caribbean Cinemas at the Giftland Mall and MovieTowne Guyana yesterday both announced plans to reopen.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were on Thursday reported, taking the country’s total death count from the virus to 569.

Unrelenting rainfall and overtopping rivers have left the business district of Eteringbang, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Region Seven, flooded, with water levels as high as three to four feet, Regional Chairman Kenneth Williams yesterday informed.

Oceaneering International on Tuesday disclosed that ExxonMobil’s local affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has awarded the company a contract to conduct two surveys offshore Guyana.

With the Maersk Discoverer drill ship now expected to arrive in Guyana on Sunday, Frontera Energy on Wednesday said that there has been a delay in the spudding of the Kawa-1 well on the Corentyne Block, offshore Guyana, which has now been pushed back to the end of this month.

Following talks, tractor operators in Region Six, who were hired to pump flood waters from inundated communities during recent flooding, have started to receive payments at the agreed $5,000 per hour rate.

Dear Editor, It was brought to my attention yesterday that elected officials of the Regional Democratic Council for Region Three were hampered from attending the statutory meeting of the Council all because they were not fully vaccinated.

The trial of Matthew Munroe, the taxi driver accused of murdering 23-year-old teacher Kescia Branche back in 2017, is set to commence in two weeks at the High Court in Georgetown.

(CMC) – Seamers Jason Holder and Jayden Seales snatched three-wicket hauls to restrict Pakistan to a modest total on the opening day of the first Test, but fast bowler Mohammad Abbas grabbed two wickets in successive deliveries in the day’s penultimate over, as West Indies surrendered some of their advantage here yesterday.

The elimination of systematic corruption, which is present in both Guyana and Suriname, is crucial to the two countries realizing their socioeconomic dreams from their respective multi-billion barrel oil fortunes, according to Arthur Deakin, a Co-Director of American Market Intelligence (AMI), in an article published earlier this week by News Source in New York.

Dear Editor, Recently I became yet another victim of an early morning armed attack where robbers waylaid me on Sussex Street near the King Edward street cross lane.

The Attorney General and the Gibraltar/Fyrish Neighbourhood Democratic Council have filed a lawsuit against a Berbice resident, whom they accuse of fraudulently acquiring state lands.

Few tropical fruits possess as many pleasing and enduring characteristics as the guava.

Dear Editor, Every rainy season we see on social and print media, trucks, minibuses and other vehicles stuck fast on our hinterland roads.

Since its establishment in 2019, the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Guyana (WCCIG) has been working to position itself as an influential voice for women-led businesses in Guyana.

United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Mikiko Tanaka will end her assignment in Guyana this month.

Region Two Regional Health Officer (RHO) Dr Ranjeev Singh on Wednesday disclosed that 10 boats have been constructed under the region’s health budget to boost health services.

Dear Editor, Sometime in June of this year, I wrote a ‘Letter of Appeal’ to the Environmental Assessment Board and copied it to the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minister of Health, on behalf of residents of Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara, expressing our objection, relative to EPA’s ‘Public Notice’ in relation to ‘Non-Destructive Testers Limited (Guyana) Inc.

As the regional lobby for enhanced institutional support for women-led businesses grows more intense, Republic Bank has made public its partnership with BPD Associates Ltd,  a Business and People Development organization to launch its first ever Entrepreneurs Business Builder programme.

(Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a snap election for Sept.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) on Wednesday received five new fire tenders, which are expected to boost its firefighting operations.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the police force for the very fast progress they made and are making in solving the big Kitty gold and cash heist recently.

Trinidad and Tobago has reportedly signalled its openness for investments in agriculture and agro-processing, manufacturing, tourism, maritime activities, financial services and logistics and distribution.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to comments attributed to Vice President Jagdeo in which he tells unvaccinated people, “the minute you start going out, you go to work or a club and everyone else has taken the vaccine and you haven’t, you’re putting other people’s lives at risk.”

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde has committed to establishing an Academy Training Centre (ATC) in the Region Seven community of Waramadong in an effort to boost football development in the hinterland region.

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) last Friday launched what it said was the country’s first agri-business incubator, which will roll out a suite of services aimed at better positioning the corporation to enhance the quality of the output of the agriculture and agro-processing sectors.

Ameer Samad and Roria Persaud, the two Zorg, Region Two residents who were injured when they crashed into a tree along the Cullen Public Road, remain critical and they have been transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) for further treatment.

(Reuters) -A long-running court fight between Donald Trump and a House of Representatives committee over his financial records is heading back to an appeals court after a judge issued a split decision https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-says-some-trump-financial-records-should-be-turned-over-house-panel-2021-08-11

(Trinidad Express) – A 28-year-old man and his wife were killed on Tuesday morning during an alleged confrontation with police in Enterprise, Chaguanas.

Following disastrous campaigns in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Preliminary Round, the Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s senior men’s football team, has dropped to a dismal ranking of 173rd out of 210 affiliated nations.

The embattled Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reporting that it has been making “significant progress” in pursuit of its eagerly anticipated restructuring plans, having been the victim of a severe COVID-19 economic blowout and even prior to that a considerable erosion in consumer confidence in a region where it had previously been lauded for its service.

(Reuters) – A number of people have been killed in a serious firearms incident in Plymouth, southwest England, on Thursday evening, police said, adding that they believed the situation was contained.

A 59-year-old man is currently hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at ‘C’ Field, Sophia in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

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(Jamaican Observer) – More than half of the 143 doctors who were last month left jobless after their contracts with State-run facilities were not renewed have moved on to brighter prospects, even as the Government — now faced with caseloads which outmatch manpower — says it is heading to Cabinet to get approval to create more posts.

Further evidence of the devastating socio economic impact which Covid-19 has had on Latin America and the Caribbean has been uncovered in research done by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

(Reuters) – Algeria has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country’s history that killed 65 people, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday, calling the fires a ‘disaster’ and urging the preservation of national unity.

Dear Editor, Now that the infamous trio’s (Lowenfield, Myers and Mingo) contracts are being terminated by GECOM, it is imperative that Local Government Elections (LGE) be held this year notwithstanding the need for reform and improvement at GECOM.

A labourer is now hospitalised with a fractured skull at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was attacked on Tuesday night at Co-op Crescent, Mackenzie, Linden.

(Jamaican Gleaner) – Maroon Chief Richard Currie yesterday declared that he does not need permission to use any modern weapon to defend his people and their property.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday August 12, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, The backlash from the heated rush to implement the new Covid measures, has now seen, in the midst of the implementation, the authorities relenting and granting a two week reprieve to some categories of employees.

(Reuters) – A Russian court on Thursday ordered a 73-year-old leading specialist in hypersonic technology to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of state treason, the latest in a series of such cases.

A 42-year-old driver was on Tuesday night robbed of the car he was driving, his phone and cash by gunmen, two of whom hired him to drop them off at Plum Park, Sophia, where they ended up holding him up.

(Reuters) – Spain’s top league soccer clubs yesterday approved private equity firm CVC’s proposed investment despite votes against from Real Madrid and Barcelona, on the condition individual clubs can opt out of the deal, LaLiga’s president said.

Several persons were arrested in connection with the murders of the two mining workers who were found dead last week at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River.

Following the blocking of the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge on Wednesday the matter of Covid vaccinations has the potential to acquire an unfortunate political tinge, the last thing one wants in the middle of a pandemic.

The police yesterday said the medical certificates presented to them purporting to show that accused ‘Ponzi’ scheme operators Yuri Garcia and Ateeka Ishmael were COVID-19 positive have been found to be forgeries.

(Trinidad Express) – A police officer attached to the Valencia Criminal Investigations Department has been arrested after allegedly making threats to kill his wife and their two-year-old daughter.

GASCI reports that session 927’s trading results showed consideration of $17,605,897 from 47,620 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 926’s trading results which showed consideration of $4,595,558 from 29,852 shares traded in 23 transactions.

When the waters off Tobago develop visible lines and turn dark and cloudy, experienced sea folks know from one look that the weather has been bad, more than a 100-miles away, in South America.

Mental illness, despite the marginal progress we have made, continues to be a persistently troublesome issue within Guyana.

The Health Ministry on Thursday announced that patients seeking care at public health facilities must be allowed access whether or not they are vaccinated.

Concerning honor and legacy Despite my captioned issues today being appropriate for in depth attention, appreciate my relative brevity.

(Reuters) – India batsman KL Rahul cracked a superb unbeaten century and Rohit Sharma made 83 as the visitors reached a strong position at 276-3 after the opening day of a rain-hit second test against England at Lord’s yesterday.

Dear Editor, Has Guyana lost its’ collective bearings? I read from afar that there are public protests against (compulsory) Covid vaccinations.

(Reuters) – Brazil recorded 39,982 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 1,148 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

(Reuters) – Paris St Germain’s signing of Lionel Messi has re-ignited a debate over the effectiveness of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, which were designed to curb excessive spending but have been relaxed in the last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s eight-point lead in the Formula One championship was confirmed yesterday as Aston Martin dropped an appeal against Sebastian Vettel’s Hungarian Grand Prix disqualification.

(Reuters) On the same day Seattle assistant coach Gonzalo Pineda was named the Atlanta United head coach, the Sounders also lost assistant Djimi Traore.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallist Chijindu Ujah has been provisionally suspended for allegedly breaching anti-doping rules at the Tokyo Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

There is some measure of public concern over how our oil resources are being managed.

(Reuters) – Romelu Lukaku is a familiar face to Premier League viewers, but the player who completed a 97.5 million pounds ($134.7 million) return to Chelsea yesterday is, by his own admission, not the same one who departed England two years ago.