Daily Archive: Thursday, March 25, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said on its Facebook page that the vaccination of persons over 40 will begin on Wednesday March 31st.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said today he was setting a new goal of administering 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the United States in his first 100 days in office.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has expressed condolences on the passing of media worker Namela Henry.

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

ISMAILIA, Egypt  (Reuters) – A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” created a new setback for global trade today as officials stopped all ships entering the channel and the salvage company said it may take weeks to free.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – London’s Court of Appeal today refused Johnny Depp permission to challenge a verdict last year that concluded the Hollywood actor was a “wife beater”, meaning his attempt to restore his reputation will shift to U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Construction tycoon Emile Elias has made his first appearance in court after being charged with grooming and sexual penetration of a 17-year-old.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nurses are opting to take up the fight against the COVID-19 virus outside of the country’s borders.

(Trinidad Guardian) Growing tensions between T&T and India over the gifting of COVID-19 vaccines to the CARICOM region ended yesterday, following the announcement it would be donating 40,000 doses of the WHO-approved Astra Zeneca vaccine to this country.

Ricardo Fagundes, the gold dealer who was gunned down on Sunday night outside of the Palm Court bar on Main Street, Georgetown was shot about 20 times.

President Irfaan Ali last evening announced that the COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be expanded next week to include persons over 40 and more shots  are being procured for this.

Thirty-two-year-old taxi driver, Sahadeo Pooran, called “Omesh,” was yesterday morning sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl back in 2019.

Businesses that continue to charge their customers Value Added Tax (VAT) on items for which the VAT has been removed or has been reduced will face the full brunt of the law says Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh.

Though facing a retrial a little over a month since a jury was unable to reach a verdict on the murder charge levelled against him, Stephon Barlow was back in court yesterday, pleading this time to manslaughter.

Imran Ramsaywack and Ryan Jones, the two prison escapees who along with a female were fatally wounded on Monday night during a reported shoot-out with the police died as a result of multiple gunshot injuries.

Police Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie has written to Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir informing him that the police investigation into the alleged assault of APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Tabitha Sarabo-Halley did not point to any evidence of physical attack.

Guyana’s filaria elimination campaign is now complete with approximately 70 per cent of the population having received the filarial pills according to Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony.

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

A businessman accused of obtaining millions of dollars from clients was yesterday slapped with three more fraud charges.

The relatives of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo yesterday reported to Stabroek News that they were told by health officials during a visit to their home that the woman who had had a still-birth on February 27th died at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

Five persons are now homeless following a fire at their Lot 2 Herstelling New Scheme, East Bank Demerara residence yesterday afternoon.

A businessman who allegedly threatened the mother of his child, was on Tuesday arrested after he was found with a firearm and ammunition in a haversack he was carrying.

The U.S. Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) Team conducted medical training with members of the Guyanese Ministry of Health in Port Kaituma on Tuesday and yesterday.

The Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s senior men’s football team, will be up against history this evening when they open their Group ‘F’ campaign in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against the Trinidad and Tobago ‘Soca Warriors’ at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic.

The Regional Health Services in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Programme and the Regional Administration of Region Six yesterday commissioned a Chest Clinic in the compound of the Port Mourant Hospital.

Dear Editor, Since the 69th sitting of the 10th Parliament, February 10, 2014 and a motion to appoint members to the Ethnic Relations Commission and subsequent work between the National Assembly and the Standing Committee, the ERC members were selected by their respective constituencies and sworn in as Commissioners by then President, David Granger.

For the first time, the Oncology Clinic of the Georgetown Public Hos-pital (GPHC) has been outfitted with a sanitary pad dispenser.

Dear Editor, It seems that within the Beterverwagting and Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council there is an inner Council, where decisions are made to the extent that the wider Council, and by extension, the community are unaware of the happenings at the Council table.

The return of local strength athletes to the platform could be imminent.

In submissions to his challenge over the appointment of Sarah Browne and Vikash Ramkissoon as Parliamentary Secretaries, APNU+AFC  MP Christopher Jones says there is no provision permitting such appointees to hold seats as Elected Members of the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, There were two totally contrasting conversations. The first was with a well-qualified university graduate who, after nearly two decades in a relatively small but well recognised organisation, had only achiev-ed the level of a junior manager.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – As the number of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil passed 300,000 yesterday, President Jair Bolsonaro’s fourth health minister used his first official day in the job to pledge a vaccination goal of 1 million shots a day to put the brakes on the snowballing crisis.

Dear Editor, The guest editorial in SN of 23 March 2021 that Guyana compares Barbados’ and Guyana’s leadership on Covid. 

Two men who were on Monday charged with robbing a truck driver of his cellphone and other items have been remanded.

West Indies all-rounder and V-Net Communications brand ambassador, Keemo Paul, has joined the Everest Cricket Club ahead of next month’s Speaker’s T20 Club Championship.

National all-rounder, Akshaya Persaud, Sunday scored a scorching century as Cornelia Ida Cricket Club held its first practice match ahead of the Speaker’s T20 Club Championship to be held next month.

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective at preventing symptomatic illness in a new analysis of its major U.S.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, earlier this month met virtually with Non-Resident Ambassador of Japan to Guyana, Tatsuo Hirayama, during which they express-ed interest in further strengthening relations between the two countries.

Dear Editor, March 22nd and March 23rd are two dates that mark the birthdays of two of Guyana’s most illustrious personalities.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine-maker, to meet domestic demand as infections rise, two sources told Reuters.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Protected Areas Commission, is calling on all miners and loggers carrying out illegal operations within designated Protected Areas to cease forthwith all such activities.

Dear Editor, The recent concerns raised over indebtedness to China and possible unforeseen expenses in the oil sector, due to an oil spill, should be given further consideration.

Bids were on Tuesday announced at the National Procurement & Tender Administration Board for the procurement of security services for the Ministry of Health under six lots.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Weary West Indies were left staring at yet another formidable but intriguing final day run chase after Pathum Nissanka became only the fourth Sri Lankan to hit a century on debut, to lead the touring side’s domination of the penultimate day of the opening Test here yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina said yesterday it would withdraw from the “Lima Group” of Latin American nations, blasting the regional bloc’s policy of isolating Venezuela under President Nicolas Maduro and noting it has “led to nothing.”

Dear Editor, A picture might be a thousand words, but it still leaves much unsaid. 

A security guard was on Tuesday held at gun point and relieved of his car and other valuables by a man who posed as a passenger, and his accomplice, at Latchman Sand Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave family members, including his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, special access to state-administered COVID-19 tests in the early days of the pandemic, the Washington Post reported yesterday.

Having captured the title of the fastest growing sport in Guyana , the Guyana Golf Association and Nexgen Golf Academy is working with the Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit to ensure that the game is accessible to thousands of students nationwide. 

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government will engage the private sector in its search for viable vaccines outside the COVAX facility for Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, Greetings, enclosed are some photos of the launching of the 26th Anniversary of the National Unity Monument on the Square of the Revolution on Thursday 4th March 2021.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – England will arrive in the Caribbean early next year for a lucrative series of Twenty20 Internationals and Tests, a tour which Cricket West Indies  (CWI) said yesterday could benefit the region to the tune of US$100 million.

A man was on Tuesday released on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

(Trinidad Express) Masked men demanding cash and drugs chopped to death a Point Fortin man yesterday morning.

Guyana’s Devin Permaul is seeking to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo, Olympics by participating at the Pan American championships currently underway in  Monterrey, Mexico.

It is estimated that during last year, some 30 million metric tonnes of plastic were added to the trillions already polluting the world’s waterways and killing marine life.

James Harden scored 25 points and matched his career high of 17 assists to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 116-112 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline has dismissed Moncef Slaoui as chairman of a company controlled by the British drugmaker after an internal investigation found he had sexually harassed a GSK employee several years ago.

Dear Editor, The second test match between WI and SL, in the ongoing series, is slated for March 29 – April 2, it has been observed. 

(Reuters) – Athletes representing New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics later this year will be able to apply to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they depart, the government said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the remaining two one-day internationals against England after injuring his left shoulder in Tuesday’s opener, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.