Daily Archive: Monday, January 3, 2022

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – New York state’s attorney general has subpoenaed two of former President Donald Trump’s adult children, Donald Trump Jr.

Two men have been charged with the Christmas Eve murder of martial arts instructor and bodyguard Garfield Newton.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – The Omicron coronavirus variant is better at circumventing vaccinated peoples’ immunity than the Delta variant, according to a Danish study published last week, helping explain why Omicron is spreading more rapidly.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized today with an intestinal blockage but is in stable condition, the hospital said in a medical note.

(Trinidad Guardian) While many people hope 2022 will be a year when the world finally defeats COVID-19, it continues to bring tragedy, claiming the life of beloved Soca Parang artiste Kenwrick “Kenny J” Joseph.

A fire on New Year’s Day destroyed Guyana’s lone public Echocardiography (ECG) Laboratory at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) leaving some $25 million worth of damage behind.

Dear Editor, Over the Christmas holiday I caught up with my sister Yvonne who lives in the Canadian city of Oakville, in the Toronto metropolitan area.

While acknowledging that the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA) are a start in the process of electoral reform, civil society group ERG is contending that the proposal to divide Region Four – Guyana’s largest electoral district – into sub-districts is provocative and unjustified.

In a bid to ensure vessels are operated safely in Guyana waters, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has announced that all vessels will be required to have a bottom inspection at least twice every five years.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sorrow that I received the news of the passing of Professor Loncke. 

A dynasty was created on Saturday evening, as defending champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), successfully retained their title, defeating Western Tigers 5-4 on penalty kicks, after regulation and extra ended 1-1 in the finale of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship.

Dear Editor, The NRF law passed by the PPP/C should be challenged in court on procedural rules (and I don’t refer to presence and absence of the mace) and whether they violated Article 13 of the constitution as well as whether it is harmful to the public good.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 1st, 2022, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died and a whopping 281 new cases of the virus have been reported.

Dear Editor, If I had to pick a person as the “Guyana 2021 Person of the Year,” it will be the indomitable nationalist, Mr.

A logger was injured on New Year’s Day by an arrow let loose during a boat chase on the Demerara River.

Prompt action by the Region Two police resulted in the capture of two men believed to have robbed a Charity businessman and his wife on New Year’s Day.

Dear Editor, I went to Guyana for a week on an emergency visit.

A Grove Squatting Area man is in a critical condition following an altercation at his residence on New Year’s Day.

Dear Editor, On the 11th December 2021, a stalwart transitioned from this life into eternity.

Dear Editor, The rise and ride of the sons and daughters of Guyana in the UK to the top tiers continues.

A Queens, New York man of Guyanese heritage was stabbed to death on Tuesday last in a street robbery.

A man was yesterday arrested in the Springlands, Upper Corentyne Area in connection with an accident which happened in August, 2016 and resulted in the death of an occupant of his car.

Dear Editor, I shall pour out my heart here.  We love to speak and write of lovely things in lovelier terms. 

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said yesterday he was resigning, six weeks after returning to his post in a deal with military coup leaders he argued could save a transition toward democracy.

Dear Editor, Congrats Stabroek News on your inspiring New Year’s Day editorial “A resolution to read”.

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG) on Saturday extended congratulations to the  Guyana Government on the passing of the landmark local content legislation by Parliament.

The calendar has flipped to 2022 and Elton Dharry yesterday provided names of his potential opponent for the tentative February 5 restart of boxing here.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – A fire at the South African parliament caused extensive damage yesterday, collapsing the roof and gutting an entire floor in one building and a man in his 50s was arrested in connection with the blaze.

(Reuters) – Over 4,000 flights were cancelled around the world yesterday, more than half of them U.S.

Steve Persaud, 21, of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam, Essequibo River  was stabbed on New Year’s Day after declining to repair a motorcycle.

Dear Editor, He speaks from both sides of his mouth. Does he accept and recognize the president and government as duly and constitutionally elected, or doesn’t he?

As it enters 2022, the Ricky Skerritt–led Cricket West Indies (CWI) should be seeking to have a much improved year from the annus horribilis that its 2021 can now only be best described as having been.

(CMC) – Calvin Hope, the high-ranking Barbados Cricket Association official who last year mounted a failed bid for the vice-presidency of Cricket West Indies, has revisited the three-year-old axing of head coach Richard Pybus as part of his criticism of the Ricky Skerritt administration.

A recent study conducted by the UK charity, Christian Aid, assessed the cost of the damage caused by ten of last year’s most devastating weather events at around US$170 billion.

Editor’s Note: On December 30, 2021, President Irfaan Ali assented to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill which was controversially passed on Wednesday, 29 December 2021 in the National Assembly.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden’s threat to do so over alleged human rights violations and recent coups.

Joel Rose, 23, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown was slashed on his face on New Year’s Day with a beer bottle.

Dear Editor, References are made to your editorial (Dec 28), Page One Comment (Dec 30), and letters (Dec 28, 29, 30).

(Reuters) – Mahmudul Hasan and Najmul Hossain struck half-centuries to fuel Bangladesh’s strong reply to New Zealand’s first innings total of 328 in the opening test in Mount Maunganui yesterday.

(Reuters) – England head coach Chris Silverwood has tested positive for COVID-19 while isolating in Melbourne, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

In his New Year’s address on Friday,  President Ali again attempted to defend the provisions of the contentious Natural Resource Fund Bill which was passed in Parliament on Wednesday night and which he swiftly assented to on Thursday afternoon.

(Reuters) – Victorious India will seek more of the same when the second test against South Africa starts at The Wanderers today, but for the home side there is much to ponder as they try to level the series at a ground where they have never beaten the visitors.

(Reuters) – Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi and three other players have tested positive for COVID-19, the French Ligue 1 club said yesterday.