Daily Archive: Monday, September 27, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 26, 2021, ten more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Guyana’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been boosted with a $205.8 million (US $1,029,000) grant from the Government of Japan, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The Netherlands has sharply boosted security around Prime Minister Mark Rutte after police received signals of a possible attack by criminals linked to the drug trade, a Dutch newspaper reported today, citing sources familiar with the matter.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Up to 90% of British fuel stations ran dry across major English cities today after panic buying deepened a supply chain crisis triggered by a shortage of truckers that retailers are warning could batter the world’s fifth-largest economy.

Leaving Guyana in 2019 under the Nalco Champion name following objections from residents to its building of a chemicals warehouse at Industrial Site, Ecolab’s upstream company ChampionX has returned to Guyana aiming to provide undisclosed services for the oil and gas sector.

The five pairs of elevators installed in the overhead pedestrian crossings along the East Bank of Demerara remain inoperable.

The Trinidadian firm which has won the $780m contract to rehabilitate the neo-gothic City Hall boasts of experience in restoring buildings to their architectural glory.

Trucks are still being prevented by protesters from transporting goods from Bonfim, Brazil to Lethem but the situation in the Guyanese border town has improved as supplies have arrived by road and via the Ireng River.

Karese Lloyd, Ezekiel Newton and Keliza Smith each recorded sprint doubles as the curtains came down on the two-day National Youth and Juniors Championships yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.

The Matthews Ridge-based Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) has advertised vacancies for several positions at the company including a mining engineer.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula One driver to win 100 grands prix with a dramatic rain-assisted victory in Russia that sent the Mercedes driver two points clear in the championship yesterday.

The maker of ASHDEL’s Instant Porridge mix is continuously looking for ways to shorten time spent in the kitchen.

Gregory Wickham was elected president of the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA), when the entity staged its constitutionally mandated electoral congress yesterday at the Beterverwagting (BV) Primary School.

The Government has extended by four days its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), which is expected to begin construction next year.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandall SC has said that the COVID-19 measures implemented by Government which are aimed at increasing vaccination among citizens “can withstand constitutional and legal scrutiny from any court.”

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe has been disqualified and removed from this year’s CONCACAF League, while the club’s owner and Suriname’s Vice President, Ronnie Brunswijk, has been banned for three years from participating in any capacity in CONCACAF competitions.

Declaring that it is time for accountability in the country, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday called for a Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Orin Boston at the hands of the police on September 14th at Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast.

Harshal Patel’s sensational hat-trick and Glenn Maxwell’s all-round dominance were the talking points as the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match 39 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Dubai yesterday.

(Cricinfo) Moeen Ali, the England all-rounder, is set to announce his immediate retirement from Test cricket.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh on Saturday toured the various operation sites at Zijin Mining, operators of the Aurora gold mine in Region 7.

Frontera Energy Corporation on Friday disclosed that it has entered into a term sheet for a US$20 million rights offering bridge loan that will enable CGX Energy to continue to fund its share of costs related to the Corentyne, Demerara and Berbice blocks, the Berbice Deepwater Port, and other budgeted costs in Guyana.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Deposed heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua said he would not waste time sulking after his unanimous points defeat by classy Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in London on Saturday.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) held their nerves and in a last-ball thriller, edged out the spirited Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 38 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Police on Saturday arrested a female passenger on a bus which was driving along the Fort Wellington Public Road, Berbice after she was found in possession of 2721.5 grams of cannabis.

The Guyana Fire Service has concluded that the blaze which destroyed a house and two vehicles in the Vigilance Police Station Compound, East Coast Demerara last Tuesday was the work of arson.

LONDON, (Reuters) – New heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk said his stunning victory over Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday gave him less satisfaction than winning Olympic gold in the same city in 2012.

Dear Editor, Ian McDonald says “one of the most serious aspects of life today is the widening gap between talk and action” in his piece on disunity in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek; the same can be said of Guyana’s Local Content Policy (LCP).

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Ethiopian Guye Adola survived a midway comeback from race favourite Kenenisa Bekele and a late surge from Kenyan Bethwel Yegon to power to victory in the Berlin marathon yesterday.

(Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering employing the National Guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages with tens of thousands of workers possibly losing their jobs for not meeting a Monday deadline for mandated COVID-19 vaccination.

Dissatisfied that the Guyana Court of Appeal affirmed a 23-year sentence imposed upon him by a High Court judge for the rape and vicious beating of a woman, Calvin Ramcharran has appealed all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

LEIGH, England, (Reuters) – Forward Sam Kerr netted a brace and Fran Kirby scored her 50th Women’s Super League (WSL) goal as champions Chelsea swept aside a sorry Manchester United 6-1 yesterday and Arsenal thrashed Manchester City 5-0 to go top of the league.

Dear Editor, The police have a critical role in addressing gender-based violence.

Dear Editor, Guyana is undergoing another long déjà vu moment.  Indeed, it has been the exact same story in other parts of the world. 

KOHLER, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – The United States, led by a new generation of golfers, reclaimed the Ryder Cup yesterday, thrashing holders Europe 19-9 to herald what could be an era of domination by the Americans at the biennial competition.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has told residents of Onderneeming that their community will soon be getting a police outpost.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Demo-crats narrowly won yesterday’s national election, projected results showed, and claimed a “clear mandate” to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel.

ROME, (Reuters) – The tiny republic of San Marino has voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalising abortion in a referendum, overturning a law dating back to 1865, official results showed yesterday.

Dear Editor, This may well be my last letter to the Editors of both Kaieteur News and Stabroek News, given my state of health.

An 18-year-old youth has been arrested after he was discovered with a gun and matching ammunition in a bag he was carrying.

  Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving does not want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and his aunt suggested to Rolling Stone that the NBA should reach some sort of compromise with anti-vaccine players that would allow them to compete in a reduced number of games.

Dear Editor, An article titled, “GWI exploring `Hope Canal’ for East Coast Demerara water reservoir” appeared in yesterday’s Sunday Chronicle.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to notch up 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) game against the Mumbai Indians in Dubai yesterday.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum yesterday, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage.

Frontera on Friday disclosed that downhole drilling operations at the Kawa-1 well site offshore Guyana have been without any significant issues and well results thus far are consistent with the Company’s pre-drill geological and geophysical expectations.

(Trinidad Express) The Police Service Commission (PolSC) has withdrawn the suspension letter which it had issued on Friday, September 17, to Gary ­Griffith.

Dear Editor, I write to you to express my gratitude to His Excellency, Dr.

(Reuters) – Australian women’s world record 26-match winning streak in one-day internationals came to an end after India pulled off their highest-ever run chase to defeat Meg Lanning’s team by two wickets in the third ODI yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) There was a protest in Mango Alley, Laventille, yesterday morning following the death of an 18-year-old man in a police involved shooting.

By Chris Ramsaroop, Kevin Edmonds, Mark Chatarpal, Lotoya Haynes-Francis, Terry Roswell, former students of Arnold Itwaru in the Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Data provided by the Ministry of Health over the last eight days underlines the gravity of the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for those who haven’t been vaccinated to come forward.

The community of Circuitville along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, is set to soon benefit from electricity for the first time.