Daily Archive: Friday, October 1, 2021

I celebrated 32 years around the sun last weekend. I consider it to be a massive blessing considering the state of the world and how many lives have been upended either due to the pandemic, increased natural disaster or political and economic turmoil over the past year.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of September 30, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Bibi Nazeela Habiboodean and the man she man she hired to kill her father—Ruby businessman, Habiboodean—were this afternoon sentenced to death after a jury found them guilty of murder.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today said that it has taken note of the “overwhelming number” of infrastructural works which are being handled by foreign-owned companies.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Western fossil fuel companies looking to develop deposits in Africa need to consider significant risk of regulatory action as on other continents as the world moves to try to tackle climate change, a U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will today launch its second monetary overhaul in three years by cutting six zeros from the bolivar currency in response to hyperinflation, simplifying accounting but doing little to ease the South American nation’s economic crisis.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – UK nationals visiting India this month will have to undergo mandatory quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in retaliation for UK curbs on Indian citizens, a senior government source in New Delhi said on Friday.

(Reuters) – Former Republican President Donald Trump must face copyright claims brought by “Electric Avenue” musician Eddy Grant over Trump’s alleged misuse of his song on a video he posted to Twitter, a Manhattan federal court ruled Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Thousands of teachers heeded the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association’s (TTUTA) “blackout” call yesterday, and stayed away from virtual classes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after Rio Claro residents staged fiery protests for water, residents of Penal dragged kegs and barrels on the street to protest for water.

Four companies – three Chinese and one Brazilian – have responded to government’s Request For Proposals (RFPs) for the resuscitation of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), which is expected to begin construction by the middle of next year.

September, 2021 was the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic with over 160 fatalities being recorded.

A 19-year-old electrician died yesterday morning shortly after he was shot and robbed of a gold chain after leaving his Festival City, Georgetown home.

Receiving his pension from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) 26 years after retiring is a day Mon Repos resident, Shamean Matthews, thought would never come.

Guyana is expected to receive some 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine through the COVAX facility while nearly 10,000 persons were vaccinated on Wednesday.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday said that preliminary investigations of the blaze which damaged the North West Secon-dary School, Mabaruma on September 24 revealed that it was an arson attack.

A North Rupununi businessman’s body was yesterday found lodged between tree branches along the river bank at Quarawak Falls, Essequibo River.

Plans are in the pipeline for Elton Dharry and team to stage a mega Boxing Day card and it has the ‘blessing’ of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

A father of three yesterday succumbed to a stab wound allegedly inflicted on him by his brother.

Sunrisers knocked out of contention after slipping to their ninth loss this season Chennai Super Kings 139 for 4 (Gaikwad 45, du Plessis 41, Holder 3-27) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 for 7 (Saha 44, Hazlewood 3-24, Bravo 2-17) by six wickets (ESPN Cricinfo) – Chennai Super Kings stormed into the playoffs with a six-wicket victory over the now eliminated Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Bristow Group Inc of the UK has appointed retired Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer Courtney Byrne as its Area Manager here.

East Coast Demerara heavyweight, Buxton United Football Club, will stage a special general assembly on Sunday, October 17, at the Friendship Primary School from 4 pm.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh on Wednesday evening signed an agreement with India for the acquisition of 30,000 Solar Home Lighting Systems for  hinterland communities here.

(CMC) – Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson said the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to this year was also a blessing for her in many ways.

There appears to be no letting up in the efforts of the oil companies currently operating in the region to ramp up their oil recovery operations following their various discoveries arising out of prospecting activities in the region.

Ben Simmons might have expressed that he was done playing with Joel Embiid, but the Philadelphia 76ers big man refused to express the same sentiment from the third day of training camp yesterday.

There appears to be no end to the variety of ways in which sea moss has historically been pressed into service in the beverage and skin care industries.

A Corentyne man was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after he was charged over his brother, Lakeram Dhurup’s death.

(Reuters) – Brazilian soccer legend Pele left a Sao Paulo hospital after several weeks yesterday, and a hospital bulletin said he would undergo chemotherapy following the removal of a colon tumor.

With increasing numbers of young Guyanese, notably, women, beginning to embrace entrepreneurship as an option, the boundaries of the business sector continue to expand in pleasing directions, though, having set out on their entrepreneurial journeys many young people are earnestly seeking guidance in an effort to take their initiatives forward. 

Forty-nine-year-old Bhola Bhagwandin called ‘Buddy,’ who was accused of raping and beating a woman back in 2019, now awaits sentencing for the physical assault he was found guilty of.

(Reuters) – Irish boxer Michael Conlan said he felt vindicated by an independent report published yesterday that found evidence of corruption and manipulation of bouts at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

(CMC) – Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle withdrew from the Punjab King for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) because of bio-secure bubble fatigue.

As the countdown begins to the Caribbean Week of Agriculture from 4 – 8 October, 2021, sector participants are anticipating an impactful event that will showcase opportunities for practical and technology-oriented solutions to tackle food security.

An air-conditioning unit malfunctioned and caused the fire which gutted the upper flat of a Charlestown house on Wednesday night, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo confirmed yesterday.

(Reuters) – A bout manipulation system existed in boxing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Richard McLaren, the head of the independent investigation commissioned by the sport’s world governing AIBA, said in his report yesterday.

The body of a man who was missing for five days was yesterday discovered at the Enterprise Backdam canefields, East Coast Demerara.

With ‘shell-shocked’ poor countries in the region desperately seeking to get over the hurdle of what, in some instances, has been a near complete loss of viable education delivery tools arising out of the ravages of the covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank is now putting on the table possible shorter-term and likely more viable options for setting their feet on a surer path. 

(Reuters) – Anthony Joshua said yesterday he knew where he went wrong in losing his world heavyweight boxing titles to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, and had learnt his lesson.

In what a report says is “an aggressive push to up-skill youths” the multinational food and beverage giant, Nestlé Limited, is again pressing its ‘Nestlé Needs Youth’ initiative into service in pursuit of what it says targets more than 10 million youths globally, including the Caribbean, for access to economic opportunities by 2030.

A Plaisance, East Coast Demerara plumber who was arrested after he allegedly threw a black bag containing parcels of cannabis over a fence was yesterday charged and remanded.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Accounting and consulting firm PwC told Reuters yesterday it will allow all its 40,000 U.S.

(Reuters) – Barcelona’s 17-year-old midfielder Gavi has been handed a surprise call up by Spain coach Luis Enrique for the Nations League Final Four tournament in Italy next month.

NOTRE DAME, Indiana,  (Reuters) – Conservative Justice Samuel Alito yesterday defended the U.S.

The University of Guyana has announced that classes for its new academic year will commence on October 25, 2021, for all new and continuing students. 

NOTRE DAME, Indiana,  (Reuters) – Conservative Justice Samuel Alito yesterday defended the U.S.

With small businesses in the creative sector in parts of the region frequently bemoaning what they say are the difficulties associated with accessing the financial means to grow their enterprises, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is intervening to strengthen the capacity of regional development finance institutions to objectively appraise applications for funding for projects in the sector.

Dear Editor, I read with much dismay a letter to the editor written by Clement J Rohee under the caption, “SWAT SOPs were in place.”

(Reuters) – India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has hit back at England captain Eoin Morgan and New Zealand seamer Tim Southee over their heated argument about a deflected overthrow during Tuesday’s Indian Premier League match in Sharjah.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Wednesday called the opening of Caribbean Cinemas at the Amazonia Mall in Provi-dence, a proud moment for his Government.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s agenda faced a key test  among fellow Democrats as the House of Representatives prepared a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that progressives have threatened to block unless there is also a deal on a larger social spending plan.

Even as India’s motor manufacturing industry continues to push towards electric vehicles as an option to the millions of ‘gas guzzlers’ upon which the nation depends for transportation the most recent long-term report from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on oil consumption trends in the period ahead indicate that the level of the country’s oil dependence is likely to remain high for the foreseeable future.

Dear Editor, Permit me space to correct certain inaccuracies recently published by a certain media house on the affairs of the Corporation with regards to the caption.

(Reuters) – If any fixture can refocus Manchester City’s minds after their midweek loss at Paris St Germain in the Champions League it is a visit to Anfield to take on a Liverpool side who look a clear and present danger in the Premier League title race.

BRIGHTON, England,  (Reuters) – British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer promised on Wednesday to win back voters lost to Prime Minister Boris Johnson by prioritising key workers and balancing the books, a break with leftist supporters who heckled him during a conference speech.

A labourer who recently denied a break and enter charge was fined on Wednesday after he changed his plea and admitted that he stole his sister’s money.

The seeming current decline in its volumes of crude oil produced by Trinidad and Tobago has not exhausted the country’s fossil fuel resources according to the research source, Natural Gas World.

Dear Editor, I read Mr. GHK Lall’s most recent letter in the press “Stirrings of an opposition in Guyana – really?”

It is instructive that the government has chosen to spend its first year in office crafting local content policy rather than passing long overdue regulatory legislation and establishing an independent and hopefully apolitical Petroleum Commission.

(Reuters) – Qatar’s 10-year deal with Formula One announced yesterday will boost the balance sheet of a sport recovering from the hit of COVID-19 as well as further raising the profile of the Middle East in an increasingly global championship.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 934’s trading results showed consideration of $19,766,430 from 80,110 shares traded in 22 transactions as compared to session 933’s trading results which showed consideration of $49,059,750 from 403,740 shares traded in 15 transactions.

In circumstances where Guyana’s long-term economic prosperity is, these days, increasingly seen as anchored to the country’s emerging oil & gas industry, it was somewhat reassuring to hear the President’s recent comment at Ebini that “agriculture, food security and our ability to service the regional market is our future” to which he added that “all of our efforts will be to ensure we transfer enough resources to this sector to make it viable and resilient.”

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – About 1,900 fighters belonging to Colombian rebel and crime groups are operating from Venezuela, where they plan attacks and participate in drug trafficking, the commander of Colombia’s armed forces said.

The body of a 71-year-old man was discovered by a boy after his mother sent him to check a Linden apartment from which she complained that a stench was emanating.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday September 30, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

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The glorious vocations of non-political teaching Deliberately brief comments again today.