Daily Archive: Sunday, September 12, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 11, 2021, nine more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

(Trinidad Express) Two men have been committed to stand trial for the murder of an elderly British couple in Tobago almost six years ago.

With government now mandating that persons either show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative PCR test result in order to enter some public spaces, including malls, supermarkets and banks, Health Minister Dr.

The country’s COVID-19 death toll for September moved to 49 up to Friday, when five more deaths were recorded.

Several religious organisations in Guyana have signalled their intention to comply with the COVID-19 emergency measures which require that members either provide proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test before accessing any place of worship.

Engineering experts believe the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) erred when it opted not to request an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge since the information contained in such a study is integral to how firms would propose a design.

The first fatality along the newly-built Diamond to Mocha bypass road has been recorded.

Thirty-year-old Ayla Kenyon is on a mission to ensure that indigenous people, moreso those in the Rupununi region, depend more on the livestock they rear for their protein input instead of hunting wildlife, which she believes has to become more sustainable.

A total of $110 million in flood-relief grants were disbursed to 1,460 flood-affected persons in both the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River on Friday. 

A Canada-based Guyanese woman is on a mission to uplift other immigrant women who are struggling to cope with difficulties and make a difference in their lives, through the lens of her camera.

United States-based Guyanese Suresh Sugrim, 60, lived as an illegal immigrant for ten years in the US and ten years after he became a US resident, as a pandit, he formed the New Jersey Arya Samaj (NJAS) which gave birth to the Humanitarian Mission (Guyana) Inc (HMI) in Port Mourant, Corentyne in 2005.

A New United Guyana (ANUG), a Member of the Parliamentary Joinder, has called on the government to be more transparent and accountable in its cash grant distribution, while arguing that the current method for disbursal of the $25,000 COVID-19 cash relief, the education cash grants, and the various flood relief grants is a haphazard recipe for disaster.

When Sparkle Laundromat was launched almost a month ago with the official opening of the Amazonia Mall, where it is situated, the mother and daughter duo who own it did not imagine they would be facing the many challenges they are trying to overcome today.

The 13-year-old girl who fell ill last week after receiving her first COVID-19 vaccine has been discharged from the hospital and is now recovering at home.

Guyana Amazon Warriors have one foot in the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) semi-finals following a 46-run victory over the Jamaica Tallawahs yesterday  The Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first and captain Nicholas Pooran led the way with a brutal 75 not out to set the Tallawahs 170 to win.

Tie-in marketing is an approach in which a company purposefully creates an association between the company, its products or services, and whatever is trending or hot in the collective consciousness at that moment.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday turned the sod for the construction of a $2 billion multi-speciality hospital at Suddie, in Region Two.

Jumbie Umbrella and Bush Tea The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the most serious outbreaks of an infectious disease the world has ever seen.

With Guyana expected to be prominently showcased during the upcoming ‘Expo 2020’ in Dubai, President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GM&SA) Rafeek Khan is urging all local small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) to participate and not miss the myriad opportunities like they did at the recently concluded Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston, Texas.

As a companion volume to my planned book Portraits of Extraordinary people, I intend to add Portraits of Extraordinary Places.

While public primary and nursery schools reopened their doors for face-to-face learning last Monday, some private schools have opted to continue teaching their students virtually.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Sherfane Rutherford has been signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the continuation of the Indian Premier League, just days after being snubbed by West Indies selectors for their Twenty World Cup campaign.

By Reds (Perreira) and Tony (McWatt) The West Indies squad for the October 17-November 13, 2021 ICC T20 World Cup has finally been announced.

September is celebrated as Amerindian Heritage Month in Guyana and there is an unfathomable depth of priceless heritage to celebrate.

As of last Monday, September 6, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had recorded a 34.6% decrease in armed robberies.

Dear Editor, Considering US President Biden’s orders that all federal workers must be vaccinated and encouraging private employers to require the same, the PNC unions – GTU, GPSU, and TUC -must be feeling very foolish right now.

BCB boss assures clubs continued support, announces plans for re-election The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), earlier this week handed over the development fund to the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) while assuring clubs in the zone of continued support. 

SHANKSVILLE, Pa./ ARLINGTON, Va., (Reuters) – President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Sept.

The 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad has reached the playoff division stage with the top chess teams of the world qualifying for the quarter final stage of the tournament, which concludes September 15.

Just over a year after they were initially placed before the court for operating an alleged Ponzi scheme here, the principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI) are currently facing at least 150 charges.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s chief public prosecutor invited Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Friday to meet with him next week to explain why he spoke with one of the main suspects in the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise on the night of the crime.

Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) President Philip Fernandes, spoke with Stabroek Sport recently on the impact of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the structures currently being formulated and instituted by the association in recognition of a possible resumption.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path rebels who nearly toppled the Peruvian state in a bloody Maoist revolution, died yesterday while in prison and following several weeks of poor health, the government said.

Dear Editor The US and Guyana have enjoyed friendly and cordial relations spanning many decades.

The relatives of Ricky Persaud, the Lima Village cook who died almost two weeks ago after he was struck in the head by an excavator boom at Big Hope Backdam, Waini River, are asking for a thorough investigation into his death as they suspect there may have been foul play.

With the new COVID-19 measures mandating only vaccinated people entry, a gym may be one of the safest places to be at the moment in Guyana.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday denied he wanted his former justice minister to lie to the public amid a dispute they had over a 2019 corporate legal case, an accusation included in a book being released just days before the election.

(Trinidad Express) – The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate have laid down new rules for unvaccinated parliamentarians.

A Guyana Defence Force soldier has been left hospitalised after he crashed his vehicle in wee hours of Saturday morning and ended up in the Russian Embassy compound.

“It was a trying 12 years but you know if I had to do it all over again I would do it because even though she never walk, never really talk and you do everything for her she was still such a beautiful child.

Dear Editor, Note is taken of the formation of a new group, named Article 13, with the declared intent to pursue an approach in giving meaning to Article 13 in the Constitution of Guyana, which is the principal objective of our political system. 

VENICE, (Reuters) – “Happening” (L’événement), a hard-hitting French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice festival yesterday.

Introduction In Apocalypse Never, Michael Shellenberger displays great personal courage in admitting to his intellectual dishonesty up till then.

Dear Editor, I’m a young adult with a story to tell.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Jamaat Al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr has issued a “warning” to the Government and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), calling for justice in T&T.

The Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), which has begun its voyage to Guyana from Singapore, has been awarded a SUSTAIN-1 notation by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late yesterday before heading for talks in Qatar today to discuss future evacuations from Afghanistan.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – One devastating over from Man-of-the-Match David Wiese was all it took to derail Barbados Royals’ run chase and condemn them to a last-place finish in the Caribbean Premier League with a game to spare here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British royals, who trace their history back more than 1,000 years, could be gone within two generations, writer Hilary Mantel said in an interview published on yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Ministry of Health has recorded 9 additional COVID related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1368.

Dear Editor, Seeking cheap political mileage off a death is also horrible. 

Editor’s note: The following is a reproduction of an editorial published simultaneously in over 200 international journals to urge world leaders to cut heat-trapping emissions in order to avoid “catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse.”

A Corentyne shopkeeper is now in police custody after she allegedly assaulted a nine-year-old girl who complained about purchasing hard tennis rolls from her.

LONDON, CMC – Reggae Boys Andre Gray and Kemar Roofe both found the target in contrasting results for their sides while Jamaican striker Jamille Matt sent Forest Green Rovers back to the top of England’s League Two with a second-half strike yesterday.

Lasy Update: 944.51                                 Movement: 0.654% Current Update: 950.69                            YTD Movement: 37.41%                                  LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index rose 0.654% during the first period of trading in September 2021.

Many Guyanese workers in the oil and gas sector have been told that they are not allowed to join unions, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has said.

Last week in response to a view expressed by Mr Ralph Ramkarran in his Sunday column that the PPP had abandoned Marxism-Leninism in favour of a more social democratic stance, former President Donald Ramotar said he had to agree with the columnist’s assessment.