Daily Archive: Sunday, October 3, 2021

Expressing disappointment in the Guyana Fire Service’s (GFS) “poor at best” response to the fire which ravaged the Brickdam Police Station yesterday, President Irfaan Ali this morning  blasted firefighters and warned that their lax approach will not be tolerated.

A 26-year-old Princes Street, Lodge resident who was taken into custody yesterday morning has confessed to setting the fire which destroyed more than 80 percent of the Brickdam Police Station.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today he would not return to “uncontrolled immigration” to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting such strains were part of a period of post-Brexit adjustment.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex abuse scandal said in an interview published today.

(Trinidad Express) Dwayne Gloster, the who was shot and killed near West End Police Station, Diego Martin on Friday, was one of the men charged with the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman.

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is under fire from several quarters after the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) left behind a tangled mess.

The police shot and killed the two suspects in the robbery and murder of 19-year-old Joshua Denny on Saturday evening.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed more than an estimated 80% of the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday, dealing a huge blow to the operations of the Guyana Police Force in the capital city.

It is now one year since the country has been without a Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) but that hasn’t stopped the handing out of billions of dollars in contracts and the former Chairman of the body is deeply worried that crucial reform work done could be at risk.

Dear Editor,  I am deeply saddened by the destruction by fire of the Brickdam Police Station.

A Berbice River family is now mourning the loss of a 22-year-old expectant mother, who died on Thursday at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after undergoing a C-section to deliver her first child.

Dear Editor, As we wind down our celebration of Amerindian Heritage, 2021, it would be amiss of me, an Amerindian, not to highlight the very important sector of Agriculture, as it relates to Amerindian development.

Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, yesterday said that the government understands the value sports has on a developing nation and that  this administration will continue to put systems in place to enhance its overall development locally.

Dear Editor, Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon said, “It is with a heavy heart that I…announce the ‘untimely death’ of our friend and colleague, Imran Khan, who served as Communications Director in the office of the Leader of the Opposition up to today.”

A Deputy Superintendent of Police is now in custody after 20 pounds of cannabis was found in his vehicle on Friday night, following a failed bid to evade fellow law enforcers.

The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed four more COVID-19 deaths along with 242 new cases of the virus.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) The 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the 9th edition of “The biggest party in sports,” reached an exciting conclusion on September 15.

Dear Editor, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

Almost a month since its introduction, the enforcement of the vaccination requirement for access to public spaces remains inconsistent, with some places ensuring that it is a prerequisite for entry, while others have adopted a relaxed approach or not moved to enforce it all or have.

DUBAI, CMC – None of the members of the West Indies Twenty20 (T20) World Cup squad playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday, had any significant impact upon their side’s results.

Dear Editor, It must be seen as an affront to the hard working and professional female employees at the national water company, (SN Oct 2), and indeed the female gender in general, the roll out of the all-male hierarchy team. 

Growing up, Ellen Smith imagined herself being a mechanical engineer; she was always fascinated with fixing her bicycle wheels and always wanted to know more.

Dear Editor, Over the years, we’ve seen the emergence of many private garbage disposal services.

LIMA, Peru, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago conceded goals on either side of the halftime whistle and hosts Peru beat them 2-0 in the final of the women’s Pan American Challenge yesterday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – All the barriers to register Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine with the World Health Organization (WHO) have been cleared and only some paperwork remains to be completed, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said yesterday.

Pensioners who are not vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus will not be turned away from receiving their 2022 pension booklets or the payout of a one-off $25000 grant as the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has waived its proof of vaccination requirement policy.

Dear Editor, One does not know to whom the Senior Public Relations Manager, Guyana Sugar Corporation reports, but the latter should accept responsibility for some of the adventurous formulations seen in a letter published in SN of October 1.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that secondary schools will re-open for face-to-face learning this month with grades 10, 11 and 12, but unvaccinated students will not be denied entry.

(Reuters) – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has fired commissioner Lisa Baird and FIFA has launched a preliminary investigation in the wake of a report detailing allegations of misconduct against former North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley.

Maybe it was swimming morning, noon and afternoon at Acquero Landing, in Region One, or running the dam linking Huradiah with Acquero alongside siblings and cousins, or dashing across the savannahs during the dry season and then swimming the Moruca River to get to Cabucalli.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A huge fire destroyed or damaged more than 200 houses and businesses on the Honduran island of Guanaja on yesterday, forcing hundreds of residents to flee for safety and ravaging the tourism-dependent resort, relief authorities said.

Dear Editor, It will be remiss of me not to acknowledge comrade Rohit Kanhai ‘s letter published in the Stabroek News, Thursday, September 30, 2021 edition under the caption, “ In politics the struggle for power always obliterates logic “.

The Ministry of Labour has indicated its intention to investigate Centipede Offshore Guyana Inc for unsafe work practices after becoming aware that 39-year-old Tanesha Fredericks had won a court case brought against the company for chemical burns she sustained while under their employ.

(Reuters) – England Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan’s poor batting performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) continued as he scored only two runs in Kolkata Knight Riders’ defeat by Punjab Kings, raising concerns over his form ahead of the World Cup.

(Trinidad Guardian) – A High Court judge has voided CL Financial (CLF)’s decision to sell its subsidiary Clico’s energy assets to Proman Holding (Barbados) Limited over a decade ago. 

As part of the celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month, a group of Akawaio people, including children, of Imbaimadai in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) spent the day on September 17 sharing folklore, soaking up nature and visiting petroglyphs and the Maipuri Waterfall.

A year after being closed to the public, Grand Coastal Hotel at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara, has announced that it will be reopening to accommodate guests and visitors.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica captain Jhaniele Fowler said her side could expect a tough workout when they face Trinidad & Tobago in a three-match netball series this month.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh’s foreign minister vowed “stern action” yesterday against the killers of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah as calls grew to investigate his shooting.

Dear Editor, I applaud the government, Ministry of Education, for moving to in school learning.

(Trinidad Express) – A real estate agent and mason died following a shooting in Mc Bean, Couva on Friday night.

By Nikita Blair If anyone had taken me aside last month and asked me what came to mind when I heard the phrase “gothic horror” last month, I would have given them a very narrow description.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Former Barcelona striker Luis Suarez heaped more misery on his old club as Atletico Madrid claimed a 2-0 LaLiga victory over the Catalans at the Wanda Metropolitano yesterday.

The commercial banks have been coming under pressure from the business community for not taking on more risk by extending credit to small- and medium-scale businesses, as well as start-ups.

Georgetown was once a rather unique capital in the region, not just because it was a garden city, with trees lining the avenues, grassy parapets and so many houses with ample yard space accommodating tropical flora, but also because of its wooden, colonial-period architecture.

Dear Editor, While our attention is usually primarily fixed on the nation’s racial passions and emotional seductions nurtured by those, I think there is a still worse divide. 

Demerara Distilleries Ltd. The early 1990s saw a new player in the Guyanese sweet drink marketplace: Demerara Distilleries Ltd.

Canadian author Miriam Toews drew heavily from personal family tragedies for her 2014 novel “All My Puny Sorrows”.

As golden afternoon transmutes into silver evening and then into velvet darkness fretted by stars I sit to read and think and dream.

WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Women marched by the thousands yesterday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions on abortion and advocate for maintaining a constitutional right to the procedure.

Introduction Last week’s introductory column dealt principally with the proximate origins of the present effort to re-address the Buxton Proposal.

A man was beaten and robbed last Thursday evening at Goed Fortuin Housing Scheme.

With the elections less than a month away, here is some background information pertaining to the incorporation of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) as a private company.

As a trainer to women of all different fitness levels, my eyes automatically roll to the back of my head every time I hear a woman say she believes lifting weights will make her look like a man. 

October 5 will mark the 29th anniversary of the return of free and fair elections to Guyana in 1992, and the first attempt since then to restore the dark days of election rigging.

Some things you need to speak about more than once.  Hence this column today in SO IT GO, which ran many months ago in this space Stabroek News has generously given me a long time now to vent my feelings.

“I looking fuh a new job because I had to just leave the job in the market because I didn’t able with what you have to go through there.

Initially, cousins Nevlette Steele and Amanda Walcott wanted to start a business selling products for natural hair and while they still hope to get there one day, they have since established Queen Qarah, a skincare business through which they market their own soaps and a few other products purchased from small businesses.