Daily Archive: Sunday, January 23, 2022

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 22nd, 2022, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A murder convict who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on June 8 last year, was recaptured last evening.

LONDON/KIYV, (Reuters) – Russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in Ukraine, a senior UK minister said today after Britain accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader there.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British lawmaker has said she was fired from a ministerial job in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable, the Sunday Times reported.

(Trinidad Express) Sergeant Lisa Felix has died after testing positive for Covid-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A leading regional executive, who has been embroiled in the ongoing tiff between the business communities of Guyana and T&T, believes the situation, while it is unfortunate, provides a good opportunity to address all outstanding differences between the two countries.

As a child Jamal Lewis always knew that he was leaning towards a career in the science field as he performed excellently in Mathematics and Sciences, and while initially he concluded that he would become a medical doctor a light bulb moment came late in high school as he was watching a CBS 60 Minutes feature on tissue engineering.

Although he recently played his last football tournament, if Vurlon Mills has his way he will able to help future generations use the sport to transform their lives.

With the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increasing by 40% and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions doubling during the first three weeks of the year, opposition party A New and United Guyana (ANUG) on Saturday called on the government to consider reinstituting restrictions to limit physical contact between citizens in order to curb the continuing spread the virus.

The editorial of Stabroek News and the letter by Clement Rohee in yesterday’s edition provide two of the most excellent tributes to the late Yesu Persaud that have been written.

The government’s 2022 national budget, which is set to be presented to the nation on Wednesday, focuses heavily on investments for the future that will enrich the lives of Guyanese, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who signalled major projects in the public infrastructure, agriculture, ICT and oil and gas sectors aimed at propelling development.

Last week’s column (‘Macroeconomic issues relating to the NRF’) made the point that there are many similarities between the Act of 2019 and 2021, but it is the withdrawal rule which separates the two Acts in a major way.

Family members and friends as well as government officials and dignitaries were among the many mourners who gathered yesterday to pay their final respects to local business icon Dr Yesu Persaud.

Introduction This week’s column continues to advance the discussion concerning the analytical significance of Pillar A that I started last week.

Four months have passed since Dartmouth businessman Orin Boston was fatally wounded during a police operation at his home and while a manslaughter charge was recently laid against the officer allegedly responsible, a number of questions remain unaddressed about the mission.

Love of sport is woven into the fabric of my life.

Eight more persons succumbed to COVID-19 between Thursday and yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Dear Editor, Major Guyanese newspapers have been exposing numerous issues surrounding the oil contracts.

By Nigel Westmaas “Riots are the language of the unheard” –              Martin Luther King “The people are not rioting.

As COVID-19 cases in Guyana continue to rise, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony is cautioning citizens to exercise personal responsibility in deciding whether to attend events even if they are approved by the authorities.

Dear Editor, Since the Declaration of the results of the 21st Biennial Congress, there seems to be a non-adherence to the promises made during the campaign by the candidates vying for the Leadership of the Party.

The National School of Theatre Arts and Drama (NSTAD) opens its doors this week for the new academic year, offering training in the creative arts in a range of disciplines to another group of students and interested practitioners.

Power lines along the Lamaha Railway Embankment land reserve will soon be mounted on durable steel and concrete poles as safety remains a prime concern for government as it aims to transform a section of the corridor into a recreational and commercial hub, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The United States, the World Health Organization’s top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration’s long-term support for the U.N.

Dear Editor, Citizens from all over Guyana are suffering to getting a simple license.

“Sometimes I think about them every day. Like how they would look now and, you know, how they would behave and I does cry up to now, by myself in the night I would just cry sometimes.”

Still recovering from the devastating floods of 2021, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has set a target of 66,000 tonnes of sugar for the new production year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies bundled England out for their lowest total in eight years and lowest-ever on Caribbean soil, to snatch a dominant nine-wicket victory and a 1-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

Dear Editor, As the Government prepares to gobble up the entire NRF fund, let’s make sure we engage in a massive infrastructural program.

My Top 20 films of 2021 1. “C’mon C’mon” (d. Mike Mills) 2.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is awaiting the results of the testing of samples which were sent to the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) to conclude the investigation into the fire that destroyed the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) echocardiography (ECG) laboratory on New Year’s Day.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The Haitian judge overseeing the investigation into the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise said in a letter on Friday he had withdrawn from the case, deepening the disarray in an ongoing probe of the brazen crime.

Guyana’s senior women’s football team,  the Lady Jaguars, will oppose Dominica and the Turks and Caicos Islands next month in qualifiers for the 2022 Concacaf W Championships.

Dear Editor, Barbados has shown what a woman can do, not once but twice, sweeping to a landslide thirty seat victory in just concluded snap elections.

In last week’s column, I touched on one of the tools that you should consider: pre-workout supplements and their benefits.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has announced that its Gender-Based Violence (GBV) app, ‘iMatter,’ aimed at enabling access to information and support, can be now be downloaded from both the Google Play store and the Apple store.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Some supporters of an effort to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office through a referendum said yesterday they would ask the country’s top tribunal to review signature collection conditions set by the electoral commission.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) The subject matter for this article was initially intended to be all about `tapegate’ the continuing rather unpleasant saga involving the appearance of West Indies players in globally televised international matches clad in shirts that have the former team sponsor’s logo covered over with masking tape.

Alexander Zhang and Kristin Xavier played unbeaten to emerge winners in the DeSinco Rapid Online U-12 National Chess Championships last weekend.

Dear Editor, There is this new development that is gaining some degree of traction here. 

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters.

Construction has commenced on the new Guyana Fire Service (GFS) headquarters at Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.

I was introduced to Elizabeth Acevedo back in 2020 when I read “Gilded”, her contribution to the short story anthology A Phoenix First Must Burn.

The governing party is certainly not insensitive to the fact that its ability to win elections depends on the Indigenous vote.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Head coach Courtney Walsh believes consistent, competitive totals will be critical to any success for West Indies Women during the upcoming ICC 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand.

Dear Editor, The present administration in Guyana has been in power for almost two years, but they are still to makes diplomatic changes to the major capitals of the world.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reassured Mexicans that he was in good health following an overnight hospital stay for a cardiac catheterization procedure as part of a regular check-up.

Last Update: 1,096.584                          Movement: 4.021% Current Update: 1,140.678                    YTD Movement: 10.875%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index increased 4.021% during the third period of trading in January 2022.