Daily Archive: Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of October 20, 2021, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A Corentyne man was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the rape of three males.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – The presidents of Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic yesterday asked for U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British police charged a 25-year-old man on Thursday with the murder of lawmaker David Amess and said the killing was an act of terrorism.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India celebrated the milestone of administering 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses today, with the government promoting the achievement in song and video even as a recent drop in inoculations worries healthcare providers.

 (Reuters) – The EU drug regulator is unlikely to decide whether to approve Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine until at least the first quarter of 2022 because some data needed for the review is still missing, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

(Barbados Nation) Members of the House of Assembly and the Senate yesterday in a separate ballot, voted Governor General Dame Sandra Mason to be Barbados’ first President on November 30, 2021.

President Irfaan Ali and his contingent continued in their quest yesterday to promote business opportunities and investment in Guyana while attending EXPO 2020 in Dubai with discussions of creating a logistics hub here for the UAE.  

Corentyne taxi driver Gavin Gill, who in 2019 drove his car into his wife before stabbing and chopping her to death, now awaits sentence after pleading guilty yesterday afternoon to murdering her.

“Heinous, diabolical, calculated and brutal,” were among the words Justice Sandil Kissoon used to describe the manner in which Staymon George snuffed out the life of British teenager Dominic Bernard, back in 2015.

A woman has died following an accident on the Eccles Industrial Site access road, East Bank Demerara.

Forty-nine-year-old carpenter, Bhola Bhagwandin called ‘Buddy,’ was yesterday morning sentenced to two and a half years in prison for beating a woman he had also been accused of raping back in 2019.

Days after he was arrested by the police, Kapildeo Gangadin yesterday ap-peared in court to answer two murder charges including that of businessman, Ganesh Persaud who was stabbed during a robbery at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last Friday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday stated that four more persons have died as a result of the novel coronavirus.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday announced that it has “significantly” improved the water supply of the community of St Cuthbert’s Mission located in Region Four with the commissioning of an $8.1 million upgraded and expanded water supply system.

The Lady Jaguars, the Guyana Senior Women’s Programme, suffered a humiliating 6-1 loss to Puerto Rico last evening at the Juan Ramón Loubriel de Bayamon facility during the opening fixture of their two-match International Friendly series.

For failing to file its defence on time in the more than $100 million libel suit brought against it by former President David Granger, the Kaieteur News (KN) has been sanctioned and ordered to pay costs in the sum of $150,000.

Track and field standout, Chantoba Bright, says that she was happy with her performance after returning from her first South American U-23 Championship in Ecuador this past weekend with a silver and bronze medal in tow.

ExxonMobil Guyana has provided a truck weighbridge scale to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development for use at the Haags Bosch Landfill site on the East Bank of Demerara.

West Demerara outfit Pouderoyen FC was the beneficiary of several pieces of football equipment donated by former player and member Anton Peterson and Carlotta Gardner.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is urging cigarette dealers  to refrain from importing tobacco products that fail to meet the criteria of the National Standard.

Lenox Shuman, Member of Parliament representing the joinder list said that he met with Leader of the Oppo-sition, Joseph Harmon yesterday on a number of matters including making the opposition more effective.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have traded the Formula One championship lead four times in six races and Sunday’s U.S.

Two weeks after he was sent on leave following the blaze which gutted the Brickdam Police Station, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo has returned to work.

DUBAI, CMC – Akeal Hosein was named as the replacement for fellow left-arm spinner Fabian Allen in the West Indies 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup.

A farmer who left home to go for a drive on Tuesday at Ebini Trail, Upper Berbice River, died following an accident.

DUBAI, CMC – West Indies suffered another dent to their confidence before the official start of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup when Afghanistan combined belligerent batting and disciplined bowling to clinch a 56-run win in their final warm-up match yesterday.

(BBC) Anthony Joshua has met with several American-based trainers as he considers a shake-up to his coaching set-up following his defeat by Oleksandr Usyk.

The Ministry of Health is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to access software designed to keep track of COVID-19 vaccination data as well as implement a new vaccination card system.

Dear Editor, We, the five Government members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have noted a press statement issued on ‘Office of the Leader of the Opposition” letterhead by Ganesh Mahipaul, Opposition Mem-ber of the PAC on October 19, 2021.

(BBC)  Cristiano Ronaldo headed the winner nine minutes from time as Manchester United came back from two goals down to record a memorable Champions League triumph against Atalanta at Old Trafford.

The Ministry of Education yesterday said that a prayer delivered by a student at last Thursday’s announcement of CXC exams results was a universal one and not Christian.

Dear Editor, Personal thoughts: I feel sad to see how the people of Guyana’s money is being squandered in Dubai.

Stephen Curry recorded a triple-double and Nemanja Bjelica logged a double-double in his Golden State debut Tuesday night as the Warriors stunned the host Los Angeles Lakers 121-114 on opening night.

The Minister of Health yesterday announced that he was pleased with the COVID-19 adolescent vaccination campaign as over 16,000 have thus far been fully inoculated.

Dear Editor, It is great to see the enthusiasm in the media around the prospects of having a cleaner energy source that will last a number of decades.

Dear Editor, Make your views known as Guyana undergoes first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) validation which commenced on October 1.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian soccer player Pele, not long out of the hospital after surgery to remove a tumour, told fans yesterday to start celebrating his life because he was getting “closer to the goal.”

Two Guyanese youths, Adaiah Fyffe and Crystal Charles, won second and third places in the recent Nestlé Vision to Reality: Start-Up Challenge, which was held in collaboration with Junior Achievement (JA) Jamaica.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday ordered all city employees to show proof of inoculation against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, drawing criticism from a police union which vowed to fight the mandate in court.

Dear Editor, It was not without a massive sense of pride, albeit humble, that I felt while reading about the challenges faced by the young mathematics educator, Sunil Joseph of the secondary department of the Wauna Primary School.

The Rest Team defeated Team John Jones by a 2-1 score-line to clinch the South Turkeyen Sports Committee sponsored ‘Youman Nabi’ three-a-side small-goal football competition on Tuesday at the Sophia Tarmac.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister Sajid Javid yesterday resisted calls from doctors for a return of restrictions to halt a rising wave of COVID-19 infections, but gave a stark warning they would be brought back if people did not take up vaccination offers.

Fifty more members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) graduated on Saturday from Gender Based Violence (GBV) training.

Dear Editor, Even as we think of the possibilities for Guyana as a new oil and gas producing and exporting country and what governance structures would be best to ensure that all Guyanese benefit from the country’s wealth, I would like to focus this letter on some lessons from reforms in Mexico’s oil and gas industry which presents possibilities for Guyana.

Quick action by members of the community of Grove, East Bank Deme-rara, yesterday led to police ranks apprehending a male who tried to snatch a woman’s purse.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian senators investigating the handling of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak have dropped a recommendation from their draft report that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with genocide and homicide, instead accusing him of “crimes against humanity.”

Giannis Antetokounmpo collected 32 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists Tuesday night as the Milwaukee Bucks opened defense of their second NBA championship with a 127-104 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets, in a matchup many think will comprise the Eastern Conference finals.

Dear Editor, There has been much criticism of the government’s announcement at Skeldon (10/5/21) to grant each dismissed sugar worker a one-time sum of $250 000 as compensation for loss of income (weekly household incomes had fallen sharply by 64 per cent [ILO: 2021]) and the non-payment of wage increases and production bonus for 5 years (2015-19) by the previous administration.

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) yesterday relaunched its artificial insemination (AI) in small ruminants programme.

(Trinidad Guardian) All students in Forms Four to Six have been ordered to return to the physical classroom from next Monday–October 25, regardless of their vaccination status at this time.

(Reuters) – Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Former champions Sri Lanka breezed into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday after crushing Ireland by 70 runs in a Group A preliminary round match in Abu Dhabi.

Dear Editor, Recently one of Georgetown’s unsung heroines in the struggle for women’s emancipation and democracy with justice, Jennifer Sobers, passed away after a protracted series of ailments including twin surgical interventions within the space of a year, as well as Covid-19.

By Vinod Thomas SINGAPORE – Scientific evidence can now link specific weather disasters to human-induced climate change.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino said yesterday he wanted to seek consensus over plans for a biennial World Cup and changes to the international match calendar after facing fierce criticism from European federations.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba has reached a deal with the Paris Club of creditor nations to postpone an annual debt payment due in November until next year, according to diplomats from five of the governments involved, the latest sign the Communist-run country is suffering a grave foreign exchange crisis.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Countries should grant entry to vaccinated travelers regardless of which shot they received to prevent discrimination and facilitate business, a top official of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said yesterday.

Over the past few months, environmentalists, scientists and journalists have been issuing increased warnings about the decrepit floating storage and offloading facility ‘Safer’, which sits in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, describing it as a colossal environmental disaster waiting to happen that could devastate millions of lives.