Daily Archive: Thursday, March 4, 2021

A doctor and two nurses have been suspended from the New Amsterdam Hospital after the investigation into the deaths of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo and her baby last week found them to be negligent, Minister of Health Dr.

The Ministry of Health today said that another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir was forced to suspend indefinitely today’s sitting after members of the opposition protested the presence of Minister Kwame McCoy in the Chamber. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Reports are that Chicago actress and stand-up comedian Erica Watson, who friends say was living her best life in Montego Bay, Jamaica, died on the island on Saturday from COVID-19 complications.

 (Reuters) – Texas’ power grid operator ousted chief executive Bill Magness yesteday, as the fallout continues from a deadly blackout last month that left residents without heat, power or water for days.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prince Harry’s wife Meghan has accused Buckingham Palace of “perpetuating falsehoods” about her and her spouse, saying the royal couple would not be silent in telling their story.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 32-year-old nursing assistant has lost her protracted bid to retain control of a multi-million property owned by an elderly doctor, with whom she shared a relationship, before his death in 2015.

ExxonMobil’s first well in the Canje offshore block has been deemed non-commercial, according to Westmount, an investor in one of the partners in the venture.

Yesterday’s sitting of Parliament was suspended after it was alleged that Minister of Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy had assaulted opposition Member of Parliament, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley.

Canadian-owned Scotia-bank announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement for the sale of its banking operations in Guyana to First Citizens Bank Limited of Trinidad and Tobago, a move that Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh labelled as “premature and inappropriate”.

As the probe continues into the recent interception of  306 pounds of cocaine in Jamaica from Guyana, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was last night questioning the shippers and brokers connected to  the two containers in question.

The relatives of a Number 19 Village, Corentyne, Berbice woman are claiming that negligence at a state health centre resulted in the death of their loved one,   hours after she visited the facility on February 01.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says it is “highly probable” that the boat containing bodies which was found in Nicaraguan waters on Monday is the same which local authorities lost sight of after it was discovered floating offshore Guyana more than two weeks ago.

Vanessa Lewis Sahadeo died as a result of serious complications that developed during surgery while delivering her baby  at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Friday, an autopsy revealed yesterday.

A sixty-year-old punter was yesterday afternoon shot in his upper right thigh by a gunman who also robbed him of four million dollars while at the All Seasons Horse Racing and Sports Betting on Robb Street, Georgetown.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says that efforts are being made for a Commission of Inquiry into what occurred during the March 2020 electoral process which sparked a five-month delay in the declaration of the final result.

Six men were yesterday charged with breaching the COVID-19 Emergency Measures by hosting or attending parties.

Quacy Decunha, the driver who was recently sentenced for causing the death of a motorcyclist, along the Craig Public Road, East Bank Demerara was yesterday fined on five traffic charges.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is still investigating the disappearance of Claude Pollard, the boat captain who is believed to have drowned after his vessel collided with the Bartica Hospital marine ambulance just over four weeks ago.

The body of an unidentified man was yesterday discovered floating in the canal which separates Croal Street and South Road, Georgetown.

Murder accused Lennox Wayne called ‘Two Colours,’ who is currently on remand for the 2014 murder of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram, is pleading with the High Court to grant him bail while it considers his application for the capital charge against him to be stayed, arguing that his right to a fair and timely hearing has been violated.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) last night said that it intercepted 25 parcels of marijuana with a total weight of 44.974 kilogrammes in New Amsterdam yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard smashed six sixes in an over for only the third time in Twenty20 Internationals to counter leg-spinner Akila Dananjaya’s sensational hat-trick, as West Indies held their nerve in a chaotic run chase to beat Sri Lanka by four wickets here last night.

Nikola Jokic recorded his 50th career triple-double with 37 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to help the Denver Nuggets cool off the Milwaukee Bucks 128-97 on Tuesday night.

Sir Clive Lloyd is finding it difficult to understand the situation with Guyana’s cricket and is calling for the Guyana Cricket Board’s election to be held.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia opening batsman David Warner said yesterday he regretted rushing his comeback from a groin strain during the test series against India in January, admitting it had probably set back his recovery.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) wishes to clarify several grave inaccuracies pertaining to the operations at the Corporation’s largest producing Estates (Albion/ Port Mourant), in a letter dated March 3, 2021 that was published in the Stabroek News.

(Reuters) – A century from captain Sean Williams and clinical pace bowling from Blessing Muzarabani and Victor Nyauchi led Zimbabwe to a 10-wicket win over Afghanistan inside two days in the opening test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Dear Editor, Some of us are by nature super-optimists and can therefore keep our heads above the water even when there is turbulence and sharks.

The inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Incorporated President’s T20 Softball league is expected to bowl off tomorrow and conclude Sunday.

Dear Editor, ‘No woman should die while giving life,’ – UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

The National COVID-19 Task Force and the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) must both accept responsibility and blame for the flagrant breach of agreement on Sunday during round one of the Drag Race Championship at the South Dakota Circuit.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies white-ball captain, Kieron Pollard, has described the exclusion of exciting left-hander Shimron Hetmyer from the Twenty20 squad as “a big void” but says the player is aware of what is required in order to get himself back into the selection mix.

Dear Editor, It seems as if the new President of the United States, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party are moving towards dismantling and undoing everything that Donald Trump has done under his presidency including foreign policy, and immigration matters.

 (Reuters) – Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar yesterday as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month’s military coup first broke out.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford shone while former captain Carlos Brathwaite failed again but both tasted defeat in the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I endorse John Mair’s “Nominations for Order of Democracy” (Mar 3).

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic.

Dear Editor, I read the brief article on the oversight of the design and signing of the banknotes granted by the President to Jagdeo under the Bank of Guyana Act.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday said he would not resign in the wake of a series of sexual misconduct accusations leveled against him by young women but offered a fresh apology and vowed to “fully cooperate” with a review by the state’s attorney general.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, through the newly launched Basil Butcher Trust Fund, has come out in support of the community’s oldest resident.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela sent gold to Mali in 2020 via Russian-owned planes to exchange for euros and U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Katie Porter, who has earned a reputation for grilling bank and drug company executives during Congressional hearings, told Reuters she will focus on a new target in her new role as chair of the House Natural Resources Oversight Committee: Big Oil.

Dear Editor, A writer gave his suggested nominations for the ‘Order of Demo-cracy’; I now give my suggestions: 1.

The next victim does not yet know. But she will become just another anonymous casualty in an ongoing war.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Aaron Finch shrugged off a long slump in form with a defiant half-century and Ashton Agar took six wickets as Australia claimed a 64-run win over New Zealand in Wellington yesterday to keep their Twenty20 series alive.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd (right), earlier yesterday summoned the Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana,  Luis Edgardo Diaz Monclus to hand over a protest note and register Guyana’s condemnation of the recent violation of its sovereignty.

(Reuters) – Eighty U.S. House of Representatives Democrats urged President Joe Biden yesterday to repeal Donald Trump’s “cruel” sanctions on Cuba and renew engagement, an early sign of support in Congress for easing the clamp-down on the Communist-run country.

#ChooseToChallenge is one of the trending hashtags as countries and organisations prepare to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on Monday, March 8.