Daily Archive: Sunday, January 9, 2022

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured from an apartment building fire in The Bronx borough of New York City today, according to city officials.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 8th three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The Australian government had not given tennis star Novak Djokovic an assurance that a medical exemption he said he had to enter Australia without a COVID-19 vaccination would be accepted, government lawyers said in a court filing on Sunday.

ALMATY,  (Reuters) – Kazakhstan authorities said today they had stabilised the situation across the country after the deadliest outbreak of violence in 30 years of independence, and troops from a Russian-led military alliance were guarding “strategic facilities”.

(Trinidad Express) Energy Minister and Port of Spain North/St Ann’s West MP Stuart Young says fireworks should not be sold to members of the public, and are a waste of foreign exchange.

The PPP/C government’s version of the Natural Resource Fund Act is no different from the earlier one by the APNU+AFC coalition in relation to the concentration of powers.

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte has accused the Ministry of Education of breaching both the gazetted COVID-19 guidelines as well as the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) social distancing advice.

Citing his assertions of impartiality and lack of bias, APNU+AFC  Member of Parliament David Patterson has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly reminding him that they are yet to receive word on the fate of the October 27, 2021 motion relating to the proposed gas-to-shore project.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it has already written the Ministry of Public Service seeking an engagement to commence discussions for 2022 salary increases.

Dear Editor. The news on Covid now is not good for Guyana’s belligerent unvaccinated and partially vaccinated.

It was representation from the accounting and legal communities that resulted in significant changes in the local content law and Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that crafting legislation for the new oil sector will take time to perfect. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Shamarh Brooks stroked a silky-smooth half-century on One-Day International debut but then squandered the hundred on offer, as West Indies knocked over Ireland by 24 runs in the opener of the three-match series here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the government on the passage of the long overdue Local Content and NRF bills.

Almost eight months after Ronald Wong was chopped to death near his Three Friends Mines, Coomacka, Region Ten, home, his neighbour has been charged with his killing.

Dear Editor, The attention of the Ministry of Finance has been drawn to a letter in today’s edition of the Kaieteur News Headlined ‘Ministry of Finance putting staff Health at risk’ by ‘A very concerned Guyanese’ stating that a ‘Ministry of Finance staff showed COVID-19 symptoms at work and was subsequently tested positive’ and that ‘The Ministry quickly took action and arranged for all members of that department to be tested’ but that ‘they were told to continue going to work rather than isolating themselves until the test results become available’,  and further that ‘Now, others are showing symptoms and may have spread the virus to many other staff’.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has written to its members urging them to take an ‘isolation day’ from tomorrow in light of the current spike in COVID-19 numbers among teachers and students.

Nine months have passed since gold dealer, Ricardo Fagundes was riddled with bullets just after he exited the Palm Court Bar on Main Street, Georgetown and while his family continues to press for justice, a police source disclosed that one of the main challenges faced in the case is the lack of eyewitness accounts.

Dear Editor, Accidents in Lethem has been on the increase in recent times.

Lady Jaguars international Annalisa Vincent has become the first indigenous Guyanese football player to secure an athletic scholarship, signing a four-year scholarship with Graceland University.

Dear Editor There is little fuss related to the investigation as to how a child could be found floating in a canal, in Guyana, and no one has reported a child missing.

Owing to the number of COVID-19 cases detected in the school system, the Bishops’ High School has opted to close its doors to physical engagement. 

Dear Editor, It is once again noticed Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, has moved with haste to seek resolution into the wages/salaries grievances with workers employed by GPL, who are represented by NAACIE. 

A taxi-driver has been sentenced to six years in jail after he admitted to committing a series of armed robberies.

Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your letters column to highlight the plight of residents using the main road from the Parika Junction to St Lawrence, East Bank Essequibo.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) is throwing its support behind former Guyanese and West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, who has been appointed  to the West Indies men’s senior and youth selection panels.  

A 6-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour months ago is in need of life-saving surgery and his family along with non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is seeking help in raising the funds to have the procedure done overseas.

In the issue of  Stabroek News of October 11, 2021, in an article entitled `Guyanese woman faces expensive court battles after bid to end abusive relationship in Mauritius’, a number of allegations about Mr.

The Guyana Cricket Board has congratulated former West Indies cricketers Desmond Haynes and Ramnaresh Sarwan on their recent appointments.

Dear Editor, My advice to Joseph Harmon is to leave willingly, bow out gracefully and demonstrate that he truly loves his party and its coalition partners.

(Reuters) – A deadly form of soot pollution from U.S. refineries has gone unregulated for decades because of a dispute between the U.S.

Dear Editor, Though I supported President Granger for the 2020 election, I see Dr.

An Albouystown resident was on Friday fined $20,000 after he admitted to a noise nuisance charge.

(Reuters) – Dozens of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan over the past week during the worst violence seen in the Central Asian nation since it became independent in the early 1990s.

By Tony (Mc Watt) and Reds (Perreira) It has been a most interesting first week start to the 2022 new year for West Indies cricket.

An unvaccinated Region 10 man, 46, is the latest COVID-19 fatality and a record-breaking amount of new cases – 1016 were recorded yesterday.

Dear Editor, I sent the letter concerning the Hope Secondary School and its mosquito infestation however I saw the Headmaster debunking such.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – China yesterday pledged $63 million in grants to Maldives for infrastructure projects, in a bid to deepen cooperation between the two countries.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – At least six people died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil yesterday, the local fire department said.

Part 13 Introduction Today’s column [Part13] is the final  in the present series centring on my re-visit of the Buxton Proposal.

In November last year the government finally unveiled its reforms for the electoral system in the shape of The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill.

By Claudia Tomlinson The use of intelligence services was an important strategy employed by Britain to supress anti-colonialism in the Caribbean.

So, let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism and let us pick up our books and pens.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Simi Singh and Ben White were ruled out of yesterday’s opening One-Day International against West Indies after testing positive for COVID-19, dealing another blow to Ireland’s Caribbean tour.

A 25-year-old bus driver of Anna Regina, Region Two was arrested yesterday and is currently in custody at the Anna Regina police station.

Cent and Jill By Rooplall Monar Every time Christmas season approaching me does always remember one particular Friday gone back when me was a small boy going to estate two-storey white, red and colour pay office.

Last Update: 1,028.79                        Movement: 2.449% Current Update: 1,053.99                  YTD Movement: 2.449%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index increased 2.449 percent during the first period of trading in January 2022.

Dear Editor, In a Newsroom article on November 15, 2020, titled “‘Think big’ – Tourism Min.

A famous actress is cosmetically and sartorially transformed into a famous historical figure.

Since the calendar flipped to 2022, there have been increases in COVID-19 cases worldwide, Guyana included.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Bangladesh will be chasing a momentous series victory against New Zealand while their smarting hosts are determined to give Ross Taylor a fitting farewell in test cricket in the second and final match which starts today in Christchurch.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja scored his second century of the match to help Australia to 265 for six declared on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes test yesterday, handing England an unlikely victory target of 388.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said yesterday.

By Tarron Khemraj The Natural Resource Fund Act of December 2021 is a clear and concise document outlining the purpose of the Fund, as well as the sources of oil revenue deposit and method of withdrawal.

Rihanna, the Barbadian singer, became popular with the song ‘Umbrella,’ released in 2008.

Two impulses contend in me – one is to allow chaos to take hold and the other is to keep everything tidy and in good order.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian Victor Escobar became the first person in the Andean country with a non-terminal illness to die by legally regulated euthanasia late on Friday, his lawyer Luis Giraldo confirmed.

Near the end of April last year, shortly after she tested positive for COVID-19, Lolita Rebeiro was diagnosed with cancer.

By Stanley Greaves “When ah draw me box han’ I doan wan’ nobody baddy me” These two lines, repeated with the same melody, are from a Guyanese folk song I collected from my close friend, the late Wordsworth McAndrew, folklorist.

Things we make with ham from Christmas after the main feast include ham bone soup, fried veggies with bits of ham, fried rice and chow mein with strips of ham and the final scraps in a pot of Cook-up Rice.

By Dr Gillian Smith The report published on January 6, 2022 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the FAO Food Price Index confirms what many of us already feel in our pockets.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles’ Best versus Best four-day cricket match ended in an expected draw after Kemol Savory and Tagenarine Chanderpaul notched up half centuries on the final day at Albion Community Development Centre ground, Berbice yesterday.

By Dr Baytoram Ramharack Since its conceptual evolution some three decades ago, COOLITUDE, a neologism advanced by Mauritian cultural theorist Khaleel Torabully, has grown into an intellectual framework that led to the production of a number of studies on the global Indian indenture experience.