Daily Archive: Monday, August 29, 2022

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,  (Reuters) – An engine-cooling problem forced NASA today to postpone for at least four days the debut test launch of the colossal new rocketship it plans to use for future astronaut flights back to the moon, more than 50 years after Apollo’s last lunar mission.

A fight at Kimbia, Berbice River during the wee hours today has left one man dead and his younger cousin seriously injured.

Guyana has recorded its second case of Monkeypox and the patient is said to be in a stable condition at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.

Team Ultimatus Electricus, a group of undergraduate engineering students from the University of Guyana has been declared the winner of the inaugural million-dollar National Science Fair Competition.

Following a special investigation, Auditor General, Deodat Sharma earlier this year discovered that the Rose Hall Estate overpaid close to $5m to two contractors for mechanical tillage works in 2021 after the estate deviated from the stipulated rate of $7500 per hour to $8500 per hour.

A crash involving a car and motorcycle last evening at the Berbice Bridge entrance left the motorcyclist dead.

Following a Bloomberg article that lists the Georgetown Embassy as the one with the longest wait time for visitor visas, the US Embassy here says that the COVID-19 pandemic seriously affected its visa processing capacity but that last week the wait time for visitor visas decreased significantly as compared to the week before.

-after drone, camera footage replayed A photo finish in the senior 15-lap race of the ‘Endurance Circuit’ saw Briton John finish ahead of Romello Crawford by a matter of inches.

The signing yesterday of contracts for roads leading to the Capoey and Mainstay lakes on the Essequibo Coast is expected to boost tourism and improve conditions for those living in the vicinity.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has placed foreign companies on notice that government is working assiduously to remove bottlenecks and close loopholes in the local content legislation that are being used to “beat the system”.

The Guyana National U14 Boys football team opened their three-match tour of Suriname with a loss to the Voorwarts U16 side yesterday.

Former Minister of Public Works, and current shadow minister of oil and gas, David Patterson says that ExxonMobil should sit out the upcoming auction of Guyana’s remaining oil blocks offshore.

Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson-Grifith and Keisha Abrigo snagged the coveted overall titles after displaying impressive strength prowess during the Raw Powerlifting Championships staged yesterday at St Stanislaus College.

Rice farmers in East Berbice–Corentyne will soon benefit from a better access dam maintenance programme with the addition of a brand-new motor grader to Region Six’s fleet of machines.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s main presidential candidates took their gloves off yesterday and laid into each other in the first presidential debate for the October general election with accusations of corruption and threats to democracy.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Fruta Conquerors and Vengy FC cruised to victories, when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Oil sector company, Cataleya Energy is offering free training sessions for persons working in the agriculture, agro processing, tourism and hospitality and manufacturing sectors.

Mike Mangal clinched the Barefoot/ANSA McAl Gold Championship which was staged on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officials said yesterday, adding to residents’ anguish as reports of shelling around the plant fuelled fears of a radiation disaster.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Two journalists were shot to death by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, who attacked them while they were traveling in a car on a highway in northern Colombia, police said yesterday.

Ten families squatting on lands at the Zeelugt Sideline Dam in Region Three have been allotted house lots in the new Stewartville Housing Scheme.

Sparta Boss and newcomer Slingerz will contest the final of the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship on Saturday September 3rd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, following semi-final victories on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, The United States State Department’s 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report found that Guyana has maintained its Tier 1 ranking after meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

A Region One primary school is set to benefit from a recently installed solar system as part of government’s push to provide sustainable energy solutions in the hinterland areas.

The Lusignan Golf Club concluded their week-long summer camp on Saturday which was attended by 86 youngsters.

LIMA, (Reuters) – The sister-in-law of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was given 30 months of pre-trial detention yesterday, the most serious escalation so far of a host of criminal investigations that have targeted the leader’s inner circle.

Dear Editor, I had written a letter asking that health services in Region 6 be boosted dramatically where each hospital can be a one-stop shopping  centre, not a referral centre.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday received several donations.

(CMC) – Chris Gayle fittingly hit the winning runs as St Kitts and Nevis Patriots lifted the inaugural Men’s Sixty title with a three-wicket win over Trinbago Knight Riders in yesterday’s final at Warner Park.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – A week before Chileans vote on a proposed constitution that promises sweeping changes to the Andean country’s institutions, a controversial performance arguing for its passage went viral yesterday, offering ammunition to opponents and causing headaches for supporters.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite the surging homicide rate inching towards 400, the majority of killings being gun related, and the staggering presence of approximately 12,000 illegal firearms in this country, the cargo and container scanners at the ports of Port-of-Spain and Point Lisas are obsolete or non-functional, making the detection of illegal weapons and other goods entering the country even more difficult.

Dear Editor, A Free Press is pivotal and a requirement to hold Governments accountable In economies where the Free Press is allowed to function independently, gross areas of neglect and injustices played out in the court of public opinion have the remarkable effect of being ameliorated if not solved completely and usually and in some cases even influence legal decisions in a court of law.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for  Finance, Dr.

(CMC) – Veteran West Indies seamer Shakera Selman snatched three wickets in the penultimate over as Barbados Royals successfully defended a paltry total to beat Trinbago Knight Riders by 15 runs and clinch the Women’s Sixty title yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Critics of the Marriott resort development plan for Rocky Point, which sits directly above Mt Irvine’s world-famous point break surfing location, fragile coral reefs and turtle nesting beach, say it threatens a wipeout of the very attractions which have drawn tourists to Mt Irvine for decades.

Dear Editor,  So Guyana has oil. And we are exporting same as crude.

By Adrienne Rooney, Ramaesh J. Bhagirat-Rivera, Vibert Compton Cambridge Adrienne Rooney is a Ph.D.

Most people on the planet depend on rivers for drinking water purposes, irrigating food crops, generating power and transporting goods, among others.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Police in Texas arrested a woman who they said shouted racial abuse at four Indian women in a viral video, telling them to “Go back to India,” in an incident brought to the attention of federal authorities.

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris yesterday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported eight new cases of COVID-19.

(Reuters) – India all-rounder Hardik Pandya picked up three wickets and then smashed an unbeaten 33 to seal a five-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in a low-scoring thriller in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament in Dubai yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Every driver stopped, turned off the ignition, and waited, fearing the force of floodwaters pouring across M-1 Ring Road near Princes Town on Thursday afternoon.

On August 22nd, amid mounting pressure over the cover-up allegations made by police sergeant Dion Bascom, President Ali told sections of the media that the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS) had been asked to “evaluate” the investigation into the murder of gold miner Ricardo Fagundes.

Dear Editor, Priorities have been reshuffled and resulted in confusing our citizens.