Daily Archive: Friday, September 24, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today rejected what it said were “malicious” allegations against senior officers.

(Jamaica Observer) FLORENCE HALL, Trelawny — While underscoring that he will not be forcing anyone to take the COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said that mandatory vaccination will become unavoidable when a larger segment of the population becomes inoculated and demand that they should not be restricted by safety measures because some people refuse to take the jab.

(Reuters) – A partisan review of the 2020 presidential election commissioned by Arizona Republicans has confirmed President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the state’s most populous county, according to a draft report of the review’s findings.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Three people were killed in a suspected gangland shooting inside a Delhi courtroom today, police said, causing panic in the premises.

Addressing the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged that the movement of people not be curtailed based on the COVID-19 vaccines they took and he also upped the pressure on Venezuela over the border controversy between the two countries.

Following the controversial retendering of steel for the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), a decision is being mulled to cancel the tender altogether and cease the practice of the authority stockpiling steel.

With the growing number of COVID-19 infections and deaths resulting in the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC) this week warning against travel to Guyana, the PNCR yesterday called on the government to “take politics out of health” and have an inclusive approach to addressing the pandemic.

Two Region Two men died on Wednesday afternoon after a truck toppled at Buckhall, Essequibo River, the latest of a series of fatal accidents in the area.

Following the conclusion of fresh legal proceedings, Premdaat Persaud has again lost to his brother Deodat Persaud, all claims to ownership of the embattled Camp Street building housing the popular Shanta’s Puri Shop, which their mother had bequeath-ed to all six of her children.

The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) is calling on the government to ensure that better policies are put in place to protect schoolchildren in South Rupununi communities against COVID-19.

Four more COVID-19 fatalities along with 258 cases were reported yesterday.

The realisation of the prevailing sound reputation which the Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) enjoys on the international rum market is derived from the company’s innovativeness, high standards, and its preoccupation with understanding and responding to the requirements of the global market, the company’s Executive Chairman, Komal Samaroo has told the Stabroek Business.

The Minister of Health yesterday stated that as long as the critical information on laminated COVID-19 vaccination booklets is visible, it is acceptable.

The US oil company ExxonMobil is in the process of further deepening its footprint in Guyana by seeking to move a greater volume of its services from Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana, according to an Oil Now report.

A Patentia Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara (WCD), cane harvester was crushed to death by an excavator while at work at the Uitvlugt Estate Backdam, WCD.

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CARIB EXPORT) earlier this week announced that it will be hosting the region’s first ever Agricultural Technology Summit from October 5-7.

Nine months after Ritawantee Persaud, a New York-based Guyanese woman was killed in a hit-and-run accident, a suspect has been arrested.

(ESPN CricInfo)-Scintillating half-centuries from Rahul Tripathi and Venkatesh Iyer gave Kolkata Knight Riders a thumping seven-wicket win against Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi.

Entering the final quarter of the International Year of Fruits and vegetables the Stabroek Business will resume its earlier focus on locally cultivated fruits and vegetables and the culinary and cultural roles that they continue to play in the lives of Guyanese.

A man who was previously charged with the attempted murder of his wife has now been charged and remanded for murder.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has selected three pugilists to compete at the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Round Robin Continental Battles Championships next month in Mexico.

Against the backdrop of what is widely believed to be key weaknesses in local government administration in some countries in the region, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched a series of training workshops aimed at upgrading the skills of functionaries responsible for accounting and reporting in local government administration.

Contracts were yesterday signed at the Ministry of Public Works for the rehabilitation of the Canal Polders No.1 and No.2 Roads and the Schoonord Main Access Road, Region Three.

Against the backdrop of a relatively low key national commemoration programme to mark Amerindian Heritage Month the privately run Sonia Noel Foundation collaborated with the young people in the Fairview Village located at Kurupukari on the Essequibo river, its titled lands located within the area housing the Iwokrama Rainforsst. 

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News on September 22, 2021, captioned `Frustrated with birth certificate department of the GPO’.

Given the challenges that continue to inhibit access to borrowing by local micro and small businesses for the purpose of strengthening the foundation of existing but under-financed enterprises, the model utilised by the Jamaican lending platform known as Esther Finance Ltd.

A man and a woman were on Monday charged with being in possession of 26 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and were each placed on $150,000 bail.

Dear Editor, We would like to inform the nation that it has been two months since we have requested the information below from the Government.

A man who allegedly pulled out a knife and threatened the Mayor of Rose Hall, Dave Budhu, was on Wednesday apprehended by police.

Under pressure mostly from the island’s influential private sector, the Jamaica government last week announced that it was discontinuing the weekly ‘no-movement’ days and adjusting its curfew measures even as the erratic behaviour of the seemingly worsening COVID-19 pandemic keeps countries in the region guessing as to how to respond to the mounting numbers of casualties being claimed by the novel coronavirus.

Dear Editor Although I have an abiding interest in law enforcement, I was tempted not to get involved in the confabulation related to the killing by the police of Orin Boston at Dartmount, Essequibo.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Construction of a Medex Building at the University of Guyana’s campus in Berbice.

Against the backdrop of mounting concern over the increase in the covid-19 infection rate in the hemisphere the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced the selection of two institutions in Argentina and Brazil to serve as regional hubs for the development and production of vaccines in Latin America in a bid to roll back the mounting threat which the malady poses.

CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest in a letter that blasted the Biden administration for deporting hundreds of migrants back to the crisis-engulfed Caribbean nation from a camp on the U.S.-Mexican

Dear Editor, Permit me kindly the space in your letter column on the subject at captioned published in the Wednesday September 22, 2021 edition of the Stabroek News. 

The police have been granted an extension to further detain the suspect who was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of boat builder, Sigmol Gouveia and the attempted murder of his brother, Neville Gouveia at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Saturday night.

Asserting that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of the country’s economy, the Government of Jamaica has made a significant intervention through key state agencies in an effort to rescue such struggling businesses from the economic dislocation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A former World Bank official who prepared reports at the centre of a data-rigging scandal that aided China defended IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva yesterday as the Economist magazine called for her to resign over her alleged role in the controversy.

Dear Editor, I was most elated when there was a much-needed change in the personnel with the responsibility on managing West Indies cricket.

(Reuters) – A World Health Organization (WHO) panel on Friday recommended the use of Regeneron and Roche’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail for patients at high risk of hospitalisations and those severely ill with no natural antibodies.

Dear Editor, Opinions about solar power have surfaced lately and though many writers have contributed considerably, I believe that the key ideas have barely had any time under the sun.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday September 23, 2021

The two suspects who were arrested in relation to the murder of pastry vendor, Shawn Albert during an anti-crime operation in Region Two last week have been released on station bail.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia yesterday reported 820 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, matching an all-time high set on Aug.

Dear Editor, The 1918-1919 Spanish (actually Kansas) influenza pandemic killed 6,378 Guyanese, but the estimated number of deaths were about 12,000.

(Trinidad Express) Businesses that have been closed or restricted amid the Covid-19 pandemic are finally being allowed to fully reopen from October 11.

A 32-year-old Berbice River man was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $804,000 for possession and trafficking of narcotics.

Dear Editor, From indisputable evidence that is available to us, it is proven that persons who are vaccinated stand a far greater chance of being protected against the deadly coronavirus disease.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Portugal will lift almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions, allowing full occupancy in restaurants and cultural venues from Oct.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 933’s trading results showed consideration of $49,059,750 from 403,740 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 932’s trading results which showed consideration of $151,748,402 from 5,498,231 shares traded in 20 transactions.

(Reuters) – World Rugby are suggesting elite players have a maximum 15 minutes of full contact training per week as part of new guidance aimed at improving player welfare.

VALENCIA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuelan evangelical pastor Javier Bertucci has promised to mobilize his vast network of followers in upcoming regional elections to defeat the ruling Socialist Party candidate and become governor of the industrial state of Carabobo.

(Reuters) – Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson, who was diagnosed with dementia aged 42, has pledged to donate his brain for research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the former England hooker said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Captain Dane Vilas dug in for a superb unbeaten knock of 47 to lead Lancashire to a dramatic one-wicket win over Hampshire yesterday and keep his team in the County Championship title race.

A fire of unknown origin that started at a Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden home yesterday is being investigated by the Guyana Police Force (GPF). 

(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison to help ease strict quarantine rules to allow the families of England’s cricketers to tour with the players during the upcoming Ashes series.

(Reuters) – Max Verstappen is under pressure as he fights for a first Formula One title but will not admit to it affecting him, seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton said yesterday.

Everyone is tiring of golf’s biggest feud, including Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.

Many readers may have seen the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s BBC interview in which she was asked about her complimentary remarks towards the People’s Republic of China and that it was “not just Barbados that’s moving closer to China, it’s the whole of the Caribbean – I mean, investment from China has gone up many folds in the last few years.”

Georgetown seems doomed counsel Redundant • Repetition • Unnecessary • Superfluous • Really not needed • These were the words reflecting my own honest belief and conclusion that it was/is not at all necessary for me to join the raging debate about the SARS-Cov 2 corona (family) disease spawned by the first virus and now, its variants.

(CMC) – Cricket West Indies chief executive officer Johnny Grave said the West Indies playing schedule for the next year will be packed and it is taking shape.

(Reuters) – Ukrainian challenger Oleksandr Usyk yesterday dismissed concerns that he did not possess the size and strength to take out world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, saying that the “power is in your spirit”.

(Reuters) – Mexico’s antitrust authority yesterday fined more than a dozen soccer clubs and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) in a historic move over salary caps for female players and labor movement restrictions.

Since the revelations beginning with those made by the Ethiopian-born biologist Dr.

(Reuters) – Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto issued a rallying cry to his team mates following another stuttering display as they were held 0-0 at Cadiz in LaLiga yesterday.

(CMC) – Two-time Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is ending her long-standing relationship with coach Stephen Francis and the MVP Track Club.