Daily Archive: Saturday, January 23, 2021

The Ministry of Health today reported 79 new COVID-19 cases. Recent days have seen a dramatic rise in cases linked to expanded socialising and loosening of restrictions.

President Irfaan Ali today said that a new road link connecting communities on the East Bank of Demerara is expected to significantly cut commute time for residents and modernise the surrounding areas.

(Jamaica Star) The usual court proceedings were in session when Andre Chantiloupe was called to defend himself against a claim from his common-law wife of 14-years, Neisha Morrison, that he physically assaulted her.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans were left in shock yesterday with news of the passing of former Reggae Boy Luton Shelton.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Police detained over 1,000 people across Russia today and used force to break up rallies around the country as tens of thousands of protesters demanded the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, whose wife was among those detained.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Larry King, who quizzed thousands of world leaders, politicians and entertainers for CNN and other news outlets in a career spanning more than six decades, has died at age 87, CNN reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the family.

(Trinidad Guardian) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says he was shocked to see reports of People’s National Movement (PNM) supporters openly flouting COVID-19 regulations during a campaign meeting which the Prime Minister attended in Roxborough on Wednesday night.Since

(Trinidad Guardian) The private contractor hired to construct a retaining wall at the Monkey Town Public Cemetery ‘Garden of Rest’ yesterday  halted construction as an investigation has been launched by the Penal Debe Regional Corporation (PDRC) after 20 graves and tombstones were dug up.

Over a year after he was questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) and it was found that there was no wrongdoing in the award of the feasibility contract for the New Demerara Harbour Bridge, former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson was yesterday again questioned by SOCU on the same issue.

UNICEF’s Representative Nicolas Pron yesterday handed over two solar fridges and 50 vaccine carriers to Minister of Health Dr.

Thirty-two restaurants have so far been given approval to go ahead with indoor dining at a 40% capacity in keeping with the amended COVID-19 gazetted emergency measures.

A  committee comprising members from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Association of Trawler Owners and Seafood Processors (GATOSP) will be installed in the new week to address the controversial issuance of two new trawler licences for seabob fishing operations.

Ryan Singh, the man accused of killing his teenage girlfriend by slitting her throat in July, 2017, was earlier this month sentenced to 16 years in prison.

A man was yesterday robbed of $8,030,000, one silver-grey car and a Samsung A20 cellular phone valued at $40,000 while uplifting sales monies.

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Thursday told Upper Corentyne cattle and rice farmers that the materials for the construction of a fence for cattle grazing within the Number 52 to Number 74 Corentyne area are currently being procured.

An armed robbery was on Thursday committed on a restaurant owner in the vicinity of Thomas Street, South Cummings-burg.

Seventy-six new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded with fifty-six of these coming from Region Four.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has commenced rehabilitation works at the Mon Repos Market, East Coast Demerara, budgeted at $10 million.

A man charged with robbing a GDF lieutenant of jewellery and electronic gadgets has been remanded to prison after denying the charge.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – An inexperienced West Indies once again failed to show any mettle and crashed to a seven-wicket defeat in the second One-Day International here yesterday, to concede the three-match series with hardly a whimper.For

The  Ministerial Advisory Committee established on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy met yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chandrapaul Hemraj picked up a five-wicket haul and followed up with a century at the Guyana Jaguars final practice match at the La Bonne Intention ground yesterday.

A bill on human tissue transplanting could be ready for parliament by May this year, according to a release on Wednesday from the Attorney General’s Chambers.

Those persons listed for National Awards by former President David Granger in 2020 have been told to uplift their awards from the Office of the President as there will be no ceremony or the customary conferral by the President.

The training for the secondary schools golf pilot programme got off to a smashing start Wednesday as Physical Education teachers from Berbice, Linden, Georgetown, East Coast and Essequibo all participated in a group training at the Nexgen Golf Academy on Woolford Avenue.

(Reuters) – Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, the quiet, unassuming slugger who broke Babe Ruth’s supposedly unbreakable record for most home runs in a career and battled racism in the process, died yesterday, the Atlanta Braves announced.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The leaders of the U.S. Senate agreed yesterday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees before turning to the contentious showdown over Trump.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Interim captain Jason Mohammed said his inexperienced West Indies side had so far failed to convert potential into performance, resulting in the series loss to Bangladesh yesterday.

Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday conducted an exercise in the Canje River during which they found approximately twelve acres of cultivated cannabis.

Mila’s Baby and Me is a pre-packed maternity bag business that was founded in July, 2020 by Kamila Atherley, a nurse attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

(Reuters) – Angelo Mathews scored a patient unbeaten century yesterday to dig Sri Lanka out of some early peril and lead his side to 229 for four on the opening day of the second and final test against England.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The retired Army general Lloyd Austin made history yesterday by becoming America’s first Black defense secretary, arriving at the Pentagon minutes after his Senate confirmation to a busy schedule that included a call with NATO’s secretary general.

Reggae artist Gadi King is set to release his new single “I’ll Be Working” come next week and working on his music is what he has been doing for quite some time.

Seventy-four recruits, including 23 females, have successfully completed the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Basic Recruit Course (BRC).

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal has announced that $100 million has been allocated for remedial road works in several areas along the East Bank of Demerara.

Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 36 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz past the New Orleans Pelicans 129-118 Thursday night in Salt Lake City for their seventh consecutive victory.

Do you remember those crisp old time Coconut Biscuits that we used to get regularly?

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said yesterday it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and should be able to start delivering vaccines to poor and lower-middle income countries next month under its COVAX programme.

The Guyana Oil (Guyoil) Company Limited brought the curtains down on their Christmas Promotion ‘Be a Super 95 Millionaire’ with a grand presentation to five winners hosted at their Regent Street Service Station on  January 19.

The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) on Thursday lauded the late engineer Philip Allsopp for pioneering achievements in the profession.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada’s Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden plan to meet next month, the prime minister’s office said yesterday, following a call between the two leaders in which they agreed to join forces to combat coronavirus in North America.

Lyndon Kyte, the pensioner who perished in the fire which gutted the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) apartment he rented, died as a result of smoke inhalation and burn injuries, an autopsy confirmed.

Dear Editor, I am following closely the developments involving former Minister of Public Infrastructure, Mr.

After four years, America is finally rid of its most divisive president.

The U.S. Embassy here yesterday announced the opening of the application period for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program.

Sentenced late last year to 43 years for the murder of amateur footballer Paul Daniels, construction worker Alvin Jones has lodged an appeal with the Guyana Court of Appeal.

Referencing new information being brought to the fore, Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall SC is renewing his calls for the striking out of the action brought late last year on behalf of the 26 Haitian nationals who were detained for weeks at the state-run Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration. 

(Trinidad Guardian) TCL’s Packaging Limited will cease operations next month as the TCL Group says it has become uneconomical to continue.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, (Reuters) – The world’s most famous sled-dog race, celebrated by Alaskans for half a century but condemned by animal-rights activists as inhumane, is losing one of its biggest corporate sponsors.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India effectively strangled Australia with a leg-side trap to secure an epic 2-1 series victory Down Under, bowling coach Bharat Arun revealed yesterday.

The field hospital that was recently donated to Guyana is now expected to be set up in the compound of the Centre for Infectious Disease at Liliendaal instead of the West Demerara Regional Hospital as was previously announced.

Dear Editor, Over the last 20 years I used to give blind support to the PPP/C.

Guyana will be among a number of countries participating in the first ever Miss/Mr Model of Tourism World in Montego Bay, Jamaica in May.

The melodramatic, self-defeating end of the Trump presidency has energized Democrats and gifted them the power to lead the United States in a different direction.

(Reuters) – Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers stand between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Tom Brady and his shot at a record-extending seventh Super Bowl ring in a NFC Championship showdown between two of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game tomorrow.

(Trinidad Guardian) A deep water bid round is expected to take place before the end of this year, Energy Minister Franklin Khan has said.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – In a landmark verdict in one of the mining world’s most high profile legal cases, a Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption and forgery yesterday and sentenced him to five years in jail with a sizeable fine.

Since the darkness of COVID-19 cast its shadow over Guyana, many Guyanese have been left in a quandary.