Daily Archive: Thursday, September 30, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 29, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus  have died.

Police are probing the murder of a Festival City resident who was shot dead during an alleged robbery this morning.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British police officer was sentenced to life in prison without parole today for the murder of Sarah Everard as she walked home in the evening after visiting friends in south London, a case which stirred protests over male violence towards women.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The conservatorship that has controlled the life of Britney Spears for 13 years neared a possible end on Wednesday after a judge suspended her father, and the pop super-star said later that she was “on cloud 9 right now.”

(Barbados Nation) Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George and Isolation Facilities Manager Dr Corey Forde said healthcare workers on the frontline of the battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Barbados were beginning to feel the physical and mental strain.

(Trinidad Guardian) All laptops, tablets and cell phones used to conduct online classes daily will today remain off and disconnected as thousands of pre-school, primary and secondary school teachers embark on a day of rest and reflection.

Jamaican national, Sandra Russell, has been awarded damages in the sum of $3.1 million dollars against the State for unlawfully detaining and breaching her constitutional rights after she was kept at the East La Penitence Police Station for almost eight months without charge after serving a sentence for narcotic possession.

Contracts were on Tuesday signed for the construction of the St Rose’s High School in Georgetown and the Yarrowkabra Secondary School on the Soes-dyke-Linden Highway.

As questions continue to be raised about the level of care being administered to patients at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony is maintaining that the facility is equipped with all it needs including the necessary staff.

Fire last evening gutted the upper flat of a Broad and Russell streets home rendering the tenants, a disabled shopkeeper and his 7-year-old son, homeless.

The son of the man who has failed in several court bids to gain control of the Shanta’s building was yesterday taken before the court charged with breaking a padlock placed there by his uncle.

IDB Invest, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, has enlisted the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) into its Trade Finance Facilitation Program (TFFP) through a guarantee and funding facility.

The Ministry of Home Affairs-Juvenile Justice Department (MOHA-JJD) yesterday signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic (GLAC) and Blossom Inc.

Searches were ongoing yesterday for the body of a 37-year-old farmer from Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon, in Region Two, who went missing on Monday night after his paddle boat collided with another vessel.

The police have sought legal advice on charging the father and son who are currently being held in connection with the abduction and beating of a Walton Hall, Region Two bus driver.

Dear Editor, The report that a young woman, Ashiana Sikandar, 21, of Number 71 Village Corentyne, Berbice was found hanging in the room shared by herself and husband on Monday September 20, 2021, has given rise to suspicion about the real cause of death.

Dear Editor “Many of us had concluded that the difference between the PPP and other Soviet allied parties was the fact that the PPP was an Indian Party hiding under the banner of Marxism/ Leninism.”

The Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday announced that it will be closed for all Court operations, effective from today, September 30.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus have died including a 17-year-old from Region Three. 

Dear Editor, In Guyana, race and politics fill the national ‘screen’ to an inordinate degree. 

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The police are on the hunt for two bandits who opened fire on a police patrol shortly after robbing a 26-year-old labourer at gunpoint on Tuesday night.

West Indies Under-19 batsman, Matthew Nandu marked his return to Canada with an unbeaten half-century that inspired Kaieteur International B to a seven-wicket win over Palace Panthers Sunday.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday August 11, 2021 at 19:34 PM I was sitting at the back of my pick-up when a Police vehicle approached my premises and a party of police whose number I estimate at about 8 entered my premises.

A 48-year-old man was remanded to prison on Tuesday after he was charged with the murder of Pradesh Ramgobin, the Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident, whose body was discovered on a bed one week ago.

Dear Editor,  The house next to mine is unoccupied. I have heard that the owners are overseas.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has expressed sadness at the recent passing of the fathers of two of the country’s national cricketers Orin Rutherford and Sahadeo Singh.

A man was on Monday placed on $50,000 bail after he was charged with the attempted murder of a Canefield labourer.

DUBAI, CMC – An unbeaten 50 from Australian Glenn Maxwell topped a typically boundary-studded half-century from West Indies left-handed opener Evin Lewis as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

A Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) plumber was arrested on Monday after he was allegedly caught throwing a black bag containing parcels of cannabis over a fence.

Dear Editor, The Administration of the University of Guyana has taken note of a letter published in the Wednesday, September 29th, 2021, edition of some sections of the press under the caption; “There are some glaring grammatical errors committed by prominent Government Organisations”.

MANILA, (Reuters) – World boxing icon Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement from what he called the “greatest sport in the world” yesterday to focus on a run for the Philippines presidency, the biggest fight of his career.

Dear Editor, With the sad death of Imran Khan let us not forget his early life before entering the very dirty world of Guyanese politics.

West Demerara residents now have the convenience of shopping at one of Massy Stores Guyana’s four retail outlets, with the Trinidadian company launching at South New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara, on Tuesday afternoon.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s agenda was at risk of being derailed by divisions among his own Democrats, as moderates voiced anger yesterday at the idea of delaying a $1 trillion infrastructure bill ahead of a critical vote to avert a government shutdown.

(Reuters) – NBA players who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will have to comply with a long list of restrictions to take part in the upcoming season, according to a memo obtained by Reuters.

Dear Editor, I have looked for ways to support the government’s handling of COVID-19. 

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Around three-fourths of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty as the once-prosperous OPEC nation’s hyperinflationary economic collapse continued for a seventh straight year, according to a study published yesterday.

(Reuters) – The ivory-billed woodpecker, whose last confirmed sighting was nearly 80 years ago, is one of 23 federally protected species that would be officially declared extinct – the most ever at one time – under a U.S.

JABER CROSSING, Jordan,  (Reuters) – Jordan fully reopened its main border crossing with Syria yesterday in a move to boost the countries’ struggling economies and reinforce a push by Arab states to reintegrate Syria after shunning it during its civil war.

President of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle has been appointed chairman of the Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC) elections to be held today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Dear Editor, Since the end of the Tokyo Olympics, I have been agonising on the performance of our athletes at these games and what it meant for this country and I have come to the conclusion that we need to take some bold decisions on our future participation in these games.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A 715-km (440-mile) power line in Brazil’s Amazon region has received an environmental permit so that construction can move ahead, companies behind the project said yesterday, despite indigenous concerns over the damages it may cause.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 74% efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease, a figure that increased to 83.5% in people aged 65 and older, according to long-awaited results of the company’s U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board expects the uncertainty over the team’s Ashes tour due to Australia’s stringent COVID-19 quarantine measures to continue till the last moment, chairman Ian Watmore has said.

Dear Editor, The COVID pandemic has been poorly handled by the current Guyanese Government and this sadly results in the dramatic increase in infections and deaths we are currently witnessing.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s government sent 70 Haitian migrants back to Haiti yesterday in what it described as a “voluntary return” flight, days after the United States cleared thousands of Haitian migrants https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-border-camp-cleared-haitians-thousands-more-move-2021-09-25

Even in the harsh fluorescent light of the living room, the solid slab stands out with its sharp Mesoamerican motifs, carefully cut into the dense purpleheart hardwood, which has deepened over time into a strong, rich burgundy.

CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – Queensland, Australia’s third most populous state, said yesterday it has given ownership of the world’s oldest tropical rainforest to a local Indigenous group.

(Reuters) – Chief Executive Wasim Khan has become the third high-profile official to resign from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following the appointment of former captain Ramiz Raja as the new chairman of the organisation.

Dear Editor, Somehow in a contemplative mood, I recall Personnel colleague practitioner Emamudeen Khan and I got a motion unanimously passed at a Bookers’ Sugar Estates Personnel Officers’ Conference 1965, to organize the First Conference of Personnel Officers in Government and Industry.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – The death toll from a riot at one of Ecuador’s largest prisons rose to 116, President Guillermo Lasso said yesterday, adding that he would send additional security forces and free up funds to avoid a repeat.

Esteemed medical journal The Lancet has found itself in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons.

Dear Editor, I have looked for ways to support the government’s handling of COVID-19.