Daily Archive: Saturday, March 27, 2021

The Minister of Public Works,  Juan Edghill, on the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC), has appointed Wayne Watson as the new General Manager effective immediately.

The Santa Fe farm in Region Nine – owned by Barbadian investor, Sir Kyffin Simpson – scaled back on production last year over the COVID pandemic but is now increasing output in a phased manner.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A World Health Organization (WHO)-backed programme to supply coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries expects that the Serum Institute of India (SII) will resume full deliveries of the AstraZeneca shot to it in May, UNICEF said today.

Retired Assistant Police Commissioner and former ‘F’ Division Commander Kevin Adonis and three serving ranks were on Friday charged with conspiring to steal over $19 million from the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Government is spending approximately US$4 million to acquire the expected 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, according to President Irfaan Ali, who on Friday reiterated that his administration is not sparing any effort or resource in ensuring that the entire population is immunised against COVID-19.

A huge Chinese processing plant that was commissioned here recently can utilise up to 40 tonnes of shrimp and 30 tonnes of fish daily.

The body of a pensioner was found at his North Sophia home on Thursday in a state of decomposition.

Guyana has now surpassed 10,000 cases of the novel coronavirus after some 109 new infections were confirmed yesterday.

Seventeen new land surveyors were sworn in yesterday and President Irfaan Ali urged them to let the law direct their actions.

Several letters from Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair Keith Rowley have gone unacknowledged, including a letter sent last week asking that the regional body mediate the current stalemate between the Irfaan Ali government and Guyana’s main parliamentary opposition APNU+AFC.

The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday commenced hearing the almost 40-year-old appeal filed by Donald Rodney to his 1982 conviction for unlawful possession of explosives, which his attorney says cannot be substantiated by evidence.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud yesterday pledged to raise the case of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo, the Corentyne mother who died after an unsuccessful delivery at the New Amsterdam Hospital, at the level of Cabinet so as to have the matter thoroughly investigated.

Updated consumption reports on drugs across the regions could have been used to obviate the shortages currently being experienced, according to advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

The St Francis Community Developers yesterday commissioned resource centres that are expected to serve both youth and the elderly at its Port Mourant, Corentyne headquarters.

Persistent rainfall over the capital city of Georgetown forced the first match of the New York Tri-State Under-15 tour to be washed out.

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has issued an appeal to prison escapees to surrender to avoid further grief.

Despite being thrashed 3-0 in their opening Group-F fixture in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Thursday, Golden Jaguars Head Coach Marcio Maximo, says that the result did not reflect the competitive nature of the contest.

A sixteen-year-old is now hospitalised after he was stabbed five times during a robbery at Annandale, East Coast Demerara.

Guyana youth player, Matthew Nandu, has landed sponsorship from apparel giants, Adidas, while also securing a place at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

A motorcyclist died on Friday after reportedly crashing into the rear of a minibus while traveling along the Prospect Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara.

A toddler died on Thursday afternoon after a tree fell on him and his mother in the vicinity of Cashew Landing, Tasserene Backdam, Middle Mazaruni.

Las Thursday the Berbice Cricket Board [BCB] launched two more tournaments as it continues its plan to host around 40 competitions this year.

The police are currently searching for a Region One man who is accused of raping a child who is also a family member.

Cyclists will be back in action tomorrow for just the second time this quiet season, battling for spoils on the open roads.

In December, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports awarded Jemima Chottu for her poem “Guyana the Fighter”, a spoken-word piece that she penned following the arrival of the pandemic last year.

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil posted a record 3,650 new COVID-19 deaths yesterday, and the country also unveiled its first two domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates for human trials, which although months away from use, should eventually help tame the pandemic.

The police are investigating the death of a Moruca, Region One woman, whose body was found in her bedroom last Thursday.

Dear Editor, According to Article 3 of the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children, “The family is the best place for a child and all efforts should be made to enable children to grow up and remain within family-based care.” 

Don’t you just love the various ways in which you can prepare sweet potatoes?

(Reuters) – Georgia’s sweeping new voting restrictions came under attack on Friday, with civil rights groups challenging them in court and President Joe Biden saying the U.S.

The police are investigating the alleged armed robbery of a Guy-Bisco employee, who was robbed of $1.4 million in cash while conducting business for the company.

Dear Editor, As a person who has been actively involved in education, especially of the young people of Guyana, in my long career as a teacher, in seminars all over our country, and in my weekly columns as Uncle Roy, I am now advocating the start of a movement by which a continuous effort can be made towards the education of our youths in the various aspects of their lives, including ethical, social and spiritual.

Dear Editor, Guyanese are tricky folks, but are quick learners.  This is true of both rank-and-file citizen, slick and believed sophisticated political headmen, and their high-level sycophants.

Police ranks on Friday morning destroyed over 20,000 cannabis plants that were found on two farms at Coomacka Mines Upper Demerara River.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun most of Afghanistan within two to three years if U.S.

Life feels stagnant and unfair. Lockdown where I live seems never ending.

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, CMC – Swansea City forward Jamal Lowe scored on debut but Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz suffered a thrashing at the hands of CONCACAF powerhouses United States, going down 4-1 in an international friendly here Thursday.

Dear Editor, One of my contemporaries called from overseas to enquire whether I was paying attention to the recently published paeans to Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Court of Appeal has overturned a judge’s decision to strike down aspects of this country’s colonial-age sedition legislation.

Kast Talent Management in collaboration with Reeces Pieces will host a six-day model workshop dubbed Runway 101 set to begin in two weeks.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Dredging and tugging aimed at freeing a mega vessel stuck in the Suez Canal failed yesterday to end a blockage that has lifted shipping rates for fuel tankers and scrambled global supply chains for everything from grains to baby clothes.

At its first meeting for the year, the General Council of the Guyana Agricul-ture and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) on Friday elected Seepaul Narine as GAWU President, filling the vacancy created since the death of longtime office holder Komal Chand.

The police are preparing a file to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on the accident that claimed the life of Michael Sukhu, at Loo Creek Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Dear Editor, It is unbelievable that weeks after the death, relatives are now being told death took place at a different hospital (“Relatives now told that Lewis-Sahadeo died at NA hospital, not GPHC’ SN March 25).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Tomorrow is the day set for Cricket West Indies (CWI) to hold its 22nd Annual General Meeting with respect to the financial year which ended September 30, 2020.Due

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has pointed to Nkrumah Bonner and Kyle Mayers as the new talismen of the West Indies Test squad, and believes they embody the vibrant culture permeating the unit in recent months.

(Reuters) – Oscar De La Hoya yesterday said he is coming out of retirement to fight on July 3 against a yet-to-be-named opponent in what will be the 48-year-old’s first bout since 2008.

Headlines about killings are nothing new. Bodies riddled with bullets are, again, unfortunately, nothing new.

Next Saturday, the Pergola Experience presents ‘The Melting Pot’ on the lawns of the Swiss Consulate in Queenstown, Georgetown, offering culture, art, music and food prepared by Chef Kester Robinson.

PUNE, India, (Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes displayed audacious strokeplay during a 175-run stand against India in the second one-day international to help England chase down a steep 337-run target with ease for a series-levelling six-wicket victory yesterday.

Suriname yesterday received 24,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility.

NEW CASTLE, Del.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he suggested to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a phone call yesterday that democratic countries should have an infrastructure plan to rival China’s Belt and Road initiative.

Allison Herren Lee, acting Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), gave a rousing address to the Center for American Progress two weeks ago.

The Indigenous Village of Rupertee, located in the Annai Sub-District, Region Nine will soon benefit from a number of government incentives to boost the village’s economy and agriculture output.