Daily Archive: Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of October 06, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

At approximately 11:05 a.m. today, the body of a female patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was discovered hanging in the ward’s washroom by one of our staff.

ExxonMobil has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. 

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, 72, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee,” the award-giving body said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – NatWest pleaded guilty today to failing to prevent the laundering of nearly 400 million pounds ($544 million) and faces a heavy fine after becoming the first bank in Britain to admit to a criminal offence of this sort.

(Trinidad Express) A police constable last attached to Cumuto Police Station has been charged with the 2018 murder of an Arima man.

(Trinidad Guardian) The University of the West Indies (UWI) has received a donation of US$120,000 from one of its first medical graduates.

The NIS today said it was doing emergency electrical works at its Brickdam head office and services have been temporarily interrupted.

Even as it expands its services and has applied for permission from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set up a medical lab in Kingston, Georgetown, United States-headquartered remote medical services provider, RemoteMD, has come under fire for the disparity in pay for locals.

Clarence Greene, the man who allegedly set the fire which destroyed the Brick-dam Police Station on Saturday, remains in police custody and is likely to appear in court today.

(Trinidad Guardian) The United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (Unipet) has announced plans to build a US$4.9 million multi-purpose fuel station in Guyana.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dexter Brown was yesterday charged  with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Guyana is to develop its own national forest certification scheme, a break from a decades-long relationship with the top-ranked Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Bartica miner Eon Anthony Ramnarine, 38, was stabbed to death on Monday at Obanna Back-dam, Kuribrong in Region Seven.

Six men who were arrested during a Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) operation were on Tuesday charged with possession of over 1,000 pounds of cannabis and two have pleaded guilty to the crime.

City courts have started adjourning matters to allow the police time to reconstruct documents for court proceedings to continue in wake of the Brick-dam Police Station fire.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday launched a new service to verify the speed guns used by Traffic Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

The trial of ex-policeman Colin Bailey and Colin Grant who are accused of the 2013 murder of Bailey’s common-law wife—businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress—is set to commence next Tuesday.

The Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony yesterday  announced that the authorities are working to set up an oxygen plant at the country’s infectious disease hospital.

(Reuters) – A furious Tyson Fury vowed to knockout Deontay Wilder when the two rivals meet for the third time Saturday in Las Vegas with the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title on the line.

Nine more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday recorded along with some 250 new cases of the virus.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that a pre-existing condition led to the death of a vaccinated boy from Moruca on October 4.

The Guyana Chess Federation is set to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 1 virtually via Zoom conference at 18.00 hours.

A concrete batching company that established illicit operations near to South Ruimveldt Gardens is now setting up a plant at McDoom on the East Bank of Demerara and has been told that no impact survey is needed.

Dear Editor, I am a former Policeman from Guyana, now living in the USA.

V-Net Communications gifted cricket coach Ryan Hercules a laptop to aid in his studies for the rigorous and in-depth programme organised by Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Dear Editor, As I listened to the stories coming out of the burning down of the Brickdam Police station I was sad but not surprised at the conduct of the Fire Services.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health handed over a new ambulance to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) valued at approximately $11 million.

Flying Ace Cycling Club talisman, Balram Narine, is eager to get on back the saddle after receiving a major boost from J&S Taxi Service.

Half centuries from West Indies under-19 batsman, Matthew Nandu and Jeevanand Nauth guided Kaieteur International B to a seven-wicket win over United Titans and, in the process, securing the Scarborough Cricket League 50-over first-division title.

Dear Editor, In his address to the nation on July 31, a solemn President Ali reported that some 50,000 acres of rice were affected by the floods.

A Rasville, Roxanne Burnham Gardens youth was yesterday charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm. 

Dear Editor, Upon his recent visit to the Soya and Corn trial plots up the Berbice River, President Ali clearly expressed his hope or wish for one or both of  these crops to be the answer for the diversification of Guysuco.

The US Embassy George-town on Tuesday announced funding of US$24,897 ($5.2m) to Voices GY, a local non-profit organization providing support to migrants and their host communities in Guyana, to engage leaders of vulnerable migrant groups and returning Guyanese in Regions 3 and 4. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in the United States, in a challenge brought by President Joe Biden’s administration after the U.S.

West Coast Warriors showed their dominance with successive victories last weekend in the New York Cricket League/ Rockaway Group T20 League.

Councillors of Region Two are calling for a total revamp of the Regional Sports Department.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, potentially marking a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually.

(Reuters) – Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to call for investigations into why it took several hours before a pipeline operator reported the spill to federal authorities – and the subsequent lag before the public was notified of the danger of the spill.

Dear Editor, It is instructive to readers, and encouraging to hopeful candidates of the wide variety of vacancies advertised daily in the press by both private and public sector organisations.

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Mike Singh has confirmed the provisional composition of the Women’s 3×3 Team, which will compete at the FIBA AmeriCup Championship in Miami, Florida, from November 12-14.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is challenging a lawsuit from a group of regional British American Insurance (BAICO) and Clico policyholders alleging that it (the Government) discriminated against them when it only bailed out the CL Financial (CLF)’s local subsidiaries.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate appeared near to a temporary deal to avert a federal debt default in the next two weeks, after Democrats said on Wednesday they might accept a Republican proposal to defuse the partisan standoff that threatens the broader economy.

The Chief Magistrate yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Dominique Butts, a larceny accused whose family had agreed to a settlement with his accuser, after he failed to show up for a scheduled hearing.

Dear Editor, I have confessions to make, and they all surround this startling development about renaming Middle Street after the global icon, Gandhi. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former West Indies fast bowlers Sir Curtly Ambrose and Kenny Benjamin said veteran opener Chris Gayle should not be an automatic choice in the West Indies final 11 for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ben Stokes has successfully undergone a second operation on his broken index finger but is unlikely to be named in England’s squad for the Ashes, the Daily Mirror reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am truly disappointed to note the complaints and criticisms expressed by some individuals opposing the proposed renaming of Middle Street to honour Mahatma Gandhi.

DUBAI, CMC – Left-handed Barbadian all-rounder Dominic Drakes will join Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the remainder of the Indian Premier League.

ABU DHABI, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 World Cup reserve Jason Holder put in another neat all-round performance, and Sunrisers Hyderabad held their nerve to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by four runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

Two employees of a Superbet facility are currently under of the microscope of law enforcement authorities for embezzlement.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Castillo swore in Mirtha Vasquez, a left-wing former head of Congress, as prime minister on Wednesday, replacing her predecessor who resigned after two months in the job, as the administration grapples with political instability.

Often when people look back at their child-hood, the memories are such that they create nostalgia and there is a longing to return to days that were carefree and full of fun, for the most part.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada will place unvaccinated federal employees on unpaid leave and require COVID-19 shots for air, train and ship passengers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday, as he unveiled one of the world’s strictest vaccine mandate policies.