Daily Archive: Sunday, October 24, 2021

(ICC) Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan propelled Pakistan to a famous 10-wicket victory as they toppled old rivals India for the first time ever at an ICC World Cup event in Dubai.

The United States Agency for International Development has announced US$2.5  million ($500m) in urgent COVID-19 assistance for countries in the Eastern Caribbean, The Bahamas, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.

Police are investigating the death of a Tuschen Housing Scheme, Region Three shop owner who was earlier this morning found lifeless by a neighbour with duct tape across his mouth .

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian celebrities from the world of Bollywood and cricket are increasingly launching digital memorabilia through non-fungible tokens (NFT), hoping to rake in thousands of dollars by cashing in on growing interest in such assets.

(Trinidad Express) Fourteen days. That is the length of time residents of San Francique, Penal, are giving the Government to respond to their cries for better roads, pipe-borne water and for dealing with flooding.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country has entered into the Influenza (Flu) season but as the Ministry of Health rolled out its vaccination drive for this virus, which is running simultaneous to its COVID-19 immunization drive, there can be some uncertainty of how these shots should be taken.

A United States government official recently made a public call for Guyana to have “productive, inclusive dialogue” on the issues of the local content policy (LCP) and the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), which Washington believes can foster opportunities for all Guyanese and benefit the country as a whole.

The Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road project will not meet its October 31 deadline because of shipment delays, according to Minister of Public works Juan Edghill.

A robber drowned on Saturday morning while trying to evade residents of La Bonne Intention (LBI), who were chasing after him following attacks on residents.

Just under four years ago, a woman who went to lodge a report at the Turkeyen Police Station about a squib attack was raped by two policemen there, while a third refused to entertain her subsequent complaint of sexual violation, raising the question of what the government and law enforcers have done since then to ensure there is no recurrence.

A group of policemen who were carrying out an operation in the Berbice River on Friday seized a total of 672 pounds of cannabis from two boats along the Berbice River bank aback Plegtanker Village, and Light Town Village, East Bank Berbice.

By Janette Bulkan Guyana is often mentioned for less than stellar reasons.

Sandy Shobha Maeck is a mother of four with a story of resilience and perseverance that weaves through the terror of domestic violence and a relationship based on lies to happiness.

As an eight-year-old, Beverly Ann McFarlane killed mosquitos at every opportunity she got, placed them into match boxes, counted and examined them—a harbinger of what lay ahead for the now microscopist.

The Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday stated that roadside vendors along the main roadways of Georgetown have to relocate or seek alternative jobs.

The signing of a conciliation agreement has paved the way for wages and salary negotiations between the Bosai Minerals Group and the National Association of Clerical, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NACCIE), who represents workers who have been protesting for increases.

The fundamental political problem in Guyana, as has been repeatedly emphasized in these columns and by others over the years, is the struggle for ethno-political dominance. 

Finding the potential for bias, the Guyana Court of Appeal last year threw out a 2018 decision of the Public Service Appellate Tribunal (PSAT) to allow its Chairman, Justice (retired) Nandram Kissoon, to continue hearing a matter involving his niece, former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon.

Samuel Johnson, the great 18th Century English man of letters, is the shrewdest teacher on the human condition I know.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shambolic West Indies crashed to their lowest ever Twenty20 World Cup total and their second lowest in T20 Internationals, as they suffered an embarrassing six-wicket defeat to England to begin the defence of their title in abject fashion here Saturday.

Dutch maritime solutions provider Koole Contractors has started a wreckage removal project in the Demerara River, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has reported.

Olympian swimmers, Andrew Fowler and Aleka Persaud will lead Guyana’s contingent to the 15th World Swimming Championships in Abu Dubai from December 15-22.

Introduction As indicated in last week’s column,  today’s  begins with the reproduction of the list of ten key references to guide inquiring readers who may need further information on the practice of cash transfers as a poverty policy intervention tool.

Dear Editor The Stabroek News of October 20, 2021, article entitled, “Four lines tripped and triggered shutdown-GPL, stated inter alia, these trips, GPL said, led to a sudden and significant loss of generation, destabilizing the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) and resulting in a total shutdown”.

With his recent admission to the bar, new attorney Hugh Park is on a path towards fulfilling what he believes is his purpose in life: service to others.

By Nigel Westmaas Introduction & Context In January 1938, to mark the centenary of emancipation from slavery, Joseph Ruhoman, a well-known journalist and a founder of the British Guiana East Indian Association (BGEIA), published an article titled “A Negro-Indian Combine” in the Conventionist, the publication of the Negro Progress Convention (established in 1922).

Several bids have been submitted to review the design and supervise construction and rehabilitation works for small hydropower plants in Kumu and Moco Moco, in Region Nine.

Dear Editor, The oil/gas sector is notorious for peddling lies. Next week Darren Woods, ExxonMobil’s Chief Executive Officer, must appear before the US Congress Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment, to answer questions about Exxon and its disinformation about fossil fuels and global warming.

Pamper Me Kids Spa has been creating waves in Linden, particularly as a place to celebrate birthdays; so huge is the buzz that even adults are trying to get in on the revitalizing spa packages.

Dear Editor, As part of my continuing political watch in this country, I noted with interest an utterance by a rising light in Guyanese political circles. 

Residents in the farming community of Big Biaboo, Mahaica, are now have a potable water supply for the first time following the commissioning of a $9.7 million water system.

Almost five years ago when this column first appeared, it detailed a battered woman’s struggle with a system that was not friendly to women like her, and dealing with her abuser whose only intent was for her to return to their matrimonial home.

Businessmen operating within the township of the Anna Regina, in Region Two, are concerned over the number of stray cattle roaming around the town.

Dear Editor, I find it laughable but mischievous that Mr. Roysdale Forde insinuated that the PNCR under my leadership will turn the Party into a Black Party.

Sita and Jatayu                                      It was Jatayu who tried to pursue Rawan to save Sita, his treasured King’s wife, as she prayed to her Rama to free her from Rawan’s clutch, squeezing tight her spleen.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, I had cause to raise several concerns about the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), more specifically, the shortcomings of the Executive.

Dear Editor, This government led by Dr. Irfaan Ali backed by our very own comrade Bharrat Jagdeo, has been making tremendous progress.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s armed forces have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, in the biggest blow to drug trafficking in the Andean country since the death of Pablo Escobar, President Ivan Duque said on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter after much deliberation and pain about an issue that I am facing since 2017.

Police are on the hunt for five bandits who allegedly carted off two safes and three canisters containing an undisclosed amount of cash during an early morning robbery on Friday at the DHL building, in Alberttown, Georgetown.

The opening scene of “No Time to Die” has stayed in mind longer than I expected it to.

The annual ‘Raw National Powerlifting Championships’ has been confirmed for today at Life’s Gym and Fitness Express, Lusignan has agreed to be one of the main spotters.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

Dear Editor, At a recent PAC meeting, it was revealed that millions of dollars’ worth of contracts were not awarded to the lowest responsive bidder and there were no minutes to explain why.

Joint Services ranks yesterday morning uncovered a quantity of prohibited items, including improvised weapons and a quantity of narcotics, during a search at the Timehri Prison.

The gyms here are filling back up again and I am all for it.

The Lady Jaguars, the senior women’s football programme ended their two-match international friendly series against Puerto Rico with a 1-2 defeat last evening at the Estadio José Antonio Figueroa Freyre.

Every leader in every field, every successful company or individual, got to the top by working harder and focusing better than someone else.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats are closing in on a deal on President Joe Biden’s social and climate-change agenda by narrowing their differences over healthcare and other issues, U.S.

Dear Editor, Colin Smith, the editor of the Catholic Standard, was laid to rest on Friday last. 

(Trinidad Express) – One million dollars bail was granted last night to attorney Christian Chandler, head of the Legal Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).

In response to a skills gap within both the public and private sectors, the University of Guyana’s School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) has introduced a new Masters of Science (MSc) in Supply Chain Management (SCM). 

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) Embarrassingly pathetic is perhaps the most appropriate description that should be given to the West Indies batting display in their ICC 2021 T20 World Cup opening match against England yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard has branded West Indies’ paltry 55 against England ysterday as “unacceptable” but has urged his embattled side to quickly put the humiliating defeat behind them.

A 56-year-old man who was partially vaccinated, succumbed to COVID-19 on Friday, the Ministry of Public Health has confirmed.

Environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has objected to the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to not require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for an ExxonMobil-led 12-well oil exploration programme in the offshore Kaieteur Block.

Dear Editor, Pensioners in Region Three who live around and beyond Timehri in Region 4 are yet to receive the 2022 pension book and the cash voucher.

TAPACHULA, (Reuters) – Several thousand migrants from Haiti, South America and Central America set off from southern Mexico headed north on Saturday, clashing with law enforcement trying to hold the caravan back.

At a virtual forum facilitated by the Cave Hill campus of UWI, political scientist Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles and law lecturer Dr Ronnie Yearwood discussed the “judicialization of politics” both in this country and to a lesser extent in the Commonwealth Caribbean as a whole.

(Trinidad Express) – Fuad Abu Bakr, son of 1990 insurrectionist Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, urged mourners to remember the good yesterday at the funeral service for his father.

(Reuters) – Sprinter Alex Quinonez, Ecuador’s World Championship bronze medallist, has been killed in his home city of Guayanquil on Friday, the country’s sports ministry said yesterday.

Last Update: 955.12                               Movement: 1.078% Current Update: 965.42                         YTD Movement: 39.538%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index increased 1.078% during the third period of trading in October 2021.

(University of Ottawa) – A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

(SciDev.Net) – Climate leaders from the global South have a clear message for governments ahead of the COP26 UN climate talks: stop talking and start acting.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday.

(Brigham and Women’s Hospital) – Scientists have long suggested that getting enough sleep at night is vital to staying healthy.