Daily Archive: Monday, August 30, 2021

Former acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan passed away today at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A Suriname court-martial  has affirmed the 20-year sentence against Suriname’s former President Desi Bouterse over the 1982 December murders and he now has 14 days in which he can appeal.

The Ministry of Health today said that as August 29, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A business trip ended tragically for a pastry vendor when he was shot and robbed at Onderneeming Sandpit last night.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida pounded Louisiana after sweeping ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, flooding wide areas under heavy surf and torrential rains as fierce winds toppled trees and power lines, plunging New Orleans into darkness after nightfall.

VIENNA/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N.

 (Reuters) – U.S. anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets fired at Kabul’s airport early today, a U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Members of the T&T Police Service seized several guns, including high-powered weapons, which were in the possession of a businessman who holds a Firearm User’s Licence (FUL), following a road exercise on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Urging people to stop listening to misinformation, Archbishop Jason Gordon is pleading with citizens to get vaccinated to save T&T from social and economic ruin.

(CPL) St Kitts & Nevis Patriots maintained their unbeaten start to the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a dramatic six wicket victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors yesterday. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Lucia Kings stunned reigning champions Trinbago Knight Riders in a thriller to notch their first win of the new Caribbean Premier League season here yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – All-rounder Raymon Reifer’s incisive performance, coupled with a priceless unbeaten fifty from Glenn Phillips, guided Barbados Royals to their first win of the new Caribbean Premier League season as they brushed aside Jamaica Tallawahs by 15 runs here Saturday.

An estimated 2,000 children, ages 12 -17, received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 jab during a vaccination drive at MovieTowne yesterday in what has been seen as a major boost for the government’s back-to-school drive.

REIMS, France,  (Reuters) – Lionel Messi made his much-anticipated Ligue 1 debut for Paris St Germain yesterday but it was Kylian Mbappe who shone as the capital club maintained their perfect start to the season with a 2-0 victory at Stade de Reims.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) concluded its annual FIFA member association refereeing course Friday at the National Training Centre, with 17 match officials receiving certificates of participation in what was the entity’s first personal developmental programme since 2019.

A Hindu priest from Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne was beaten to death on Saturday night after he attempted to disperse a group of men who were drinking in front of his residence and were allegedly verbally abusing his daughters.

Golden Jaguars U20 men’s head-coach Wayne Dover said yesterday that 45 players have been shortlisted following the conclusion of phase one of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) talent identification programme, which was held at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Guyana’s sixty-member delegation at the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Houston, United States, has led to increased interest in business opportunities with a number MOUs signed with private sector companies, Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) Head, Peter Ramsaroop says.

Thirty-nine-year-old plant operator, Kersa Robertson died yesterday morning after he was engulfed in a fire shortly after arriving at the Bosai Mineral Group compound, Republic Avenue, MacKenzie, Linden.

Dear Editor, At this moment of misunderstanding in Guyana about a matter as vital as life and death, it seems to me important that we should all try to do what we can. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Yesterday’s rainswept Belgian Grand Prix will go down in history as Formula One’s shortest ever race, and also as a leading contender for most farcical.

The Potaro Mining Company and the Malali Quarry Inc have applied for environmental permits to operate quarries in regions Seven and Ten respectively.

Dear Editor, Over the past two weeks, several Guyanese have been complaining that they do not know what is happening to the oil money.

(Reuters) – Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said yesterday.

With public schooling set to reopen for face-to-face learning next week, parents of the youngest learners are being asked by the Education Ministry to step forward and offer all necessary support.

(CPL) St Kitts & Nevis Patriots player Mikyle Louis has been forced to leave the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) following a breach of the tournament operating protocols, and will take no further part in this year’s tournament. 

Dear Editor, Ms Mosa Telford’s column titled `Teach your sons to be better men’ in her series  Think On That has raised some serious known issues with regards to some of our men in Guyana and the way they relate to our women folks.

Dear Editor, I note a release published by the Department of Public Information on August 15, 2021, in which the regime is seeking to accredit the “Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme,” as their initiative through the Ministry of Housing and Water and the Central Housing and Planning Authority.

Hundreds including children and police from the Pomeroon-Supenaam area in Region Two as well as the neighbouring islands can now consider themselves better equipped with the necessary knowledge in Information Technology (IT) after successfully graduating from the Richard Faikall Police College in computer studies.

(Reuters) – England captain Joe Root has said his team have the quality to consistently deliver performances similar to their crushing win over India in the third test at Headingley on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Like going rounds with Tommy Hearns, the body blows just keep coming.

(Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli said his players are hurting after losing the third test against England at Headingley by a big margin but are not demoralised.

The 16th Chinese Medical Brigade has donated US$100,000 in advanced medical equipment and instruments to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Dear Editor, The one thing written in stone is that school is reopening.

An elderly man who was hospitalised three weeks ago with broken legs after he was struck down in a hit-and-run accident at the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England,  (Reuters) – Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea said it will be a dream to have Cristiano Ronaldo back at Manchester United as the Portuguese forward nears a move to the Premier League club.

Dear Editor, Guyanese renters and homeowner small landlords, those of other ethnicities also, in America have been severely affected financially by Covid.

(Reuters) – Naomi Osaka said she intends to celebrate her own achievements more and will not worry about the expectations others place on her as she prepares to begin her U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fighting for breath after his truck fell into a river when a major bridge in Moruga collapsed under him on Saturday, truck driver Terrence Joseph clawed his way to safety with the help of three men.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida, making landfall as a fierce Category 4 storm, plowed into Louisiana from the Gulf Mexico yesterday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pounding surf that submerged much of the shoreline under several feet of water.

A vendor and a taxi driver standing by to witness the post-mortem examination of a family member, were on Friday robbed by three men while at the Memorial Gardens, Le Repentir Cemetery.

Dear Editor, The National Front Alliance wishes to place on record that contrary to reports being circulated in sections of the media, it has never left the APNU+AFC coalition.

Guyana’s Health Minister has stated that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic may be in Guyana, judging from the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the last week or so.

By Ruth Rodney Dr. Ruth Rodney is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at York University, Canada.

When one surveys the oil and gas landscape, it is immediately evident that the odds are stacked in favour of the companies extracting the country’s resources and commensurately against the interests of the people.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of August 28, 2021, another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul yesterday that killed a suicide car bomber suspected of preparing to attack the airport, U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) While the new school term begins with virtual classes on September 6, some students will be able to resume face-to-face classes from October 1.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Chris Woakes has been added to England’s squad for the fourth test against India, with wicketkeeper Jos Buttler set to miss the match to attend the birth of his second child, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I commend you and all involved for your excellent Editorial of August 28th, 2021.

Former Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, A K Datadin has passed away.