Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths, Health Minister Dr.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – European and British regulators said today they had found possible links between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, but reaffirmed its importance in protecting people against COVID-19.

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

 (Reuters) – Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several, media said, as a series of small blasts hit the commercial capital Yangon and a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire.

 (Reuters) – The Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant descended into chaos at the weekend when a former title holder declared that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, and forcibly removed her crown.

(Trinidad Express) There has been an explosion at NiQuan Energy’s Gas to Liquids Plant located on what was formerly Petrotrin Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is said to be “holding his own” after testing positive for COVID-19 yesterday.

The Police were yesterday questioning manslaughter convict Rondell Bacchus over the chilling murder of Ricardo Fagundes on March 21 even as questions were being raised as to how the suspect was out of prison after being jailed in 2019.

The rollout of the recently acquired Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines began yesterday with Minister of Health Dr.

A shopkeeper was fatally stabbed on Sunday during an argument over money at Second Street, Grove.

A 16-year-old pedal cyclist succumbed yesterday after he was hit by a vehicle on the No.

Joel Skeete, the 19-year-old University of Guyana (UG) student whose body was discovered on the west bank of the Demerara River on Monday, died as a result of drowning, an autopsy confirmed yesterday.

Mark Henry, a relative of the Henry cousins who were found murdered in the Cotton Tree backlands, West Coast Berbice last year, was yesterday charged with the slaying of Surojdeo Deochand.

A pensioner died on Monday after he was struck down by a car while crossing the Providence Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara.

At 9:15 this morning, acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC will commence hearing arguments in the petition challenging the results of the March 2nd, 2020 General Elections.

Residents of Mabaruma have agreed to have century-old rubber trees felled after an evaluation report by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) recommended that they be removed immediately due to their decayed state. 

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has taken a decision to halt all in-person activities with its cricket academy after a local cricketer reportedly tested positive for COVID19.

Dear Editor, President Biden will host a Leaders Summit on Climate on 22nd and 23rd April.

Eustace Abrams now awaits sentencing after being convicted yesterday for the 2016 unlawful killing of 40-year-old miner Orlando LaCruz formerly of the Pomeroon River.

Dear Editor, It is now 15 long years since Satyadeow `Sash’ Sawh, his sister Pulmatie Persaud, his brother Rajpat Sawh and the security guard Curtis Robertson were brutally murdered by terrorists on April 22, 2006.

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

Those who follow the gentleman’s game of cricket often celebrate the accomplishments of those on the field.

Dear Editor, In many parts of the coastland from Corentyne to the Essequibo coast, people had to go to Masjids for their COVID-19 vaccines.

Three persons were yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of cultivating prohibited marijuana plants.

Following their return from the Dominican Republic where they contested the opening two rounds of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, the Golden Jaguars football team is aiming to resume preparation as soon as possible for their matches in June.

The rising number of COVID-19 infections coupled with the high death rate for the month of March has drawn the attention of the  umbrella trade union body FITUG.

Dear Editor, It is difficult to restrain oneself from expressing sympathy for the fundamental spiritual discomfort as portrayed in Lisa Budhu’s letter in SN of April 04, 2021 about the debilitating living conditions in the Black Bush Polder community.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Johnny Grave says there are currently ongoing discussions to host the 2021 Regional Four-Day championship.

The 2021 Police Commissioner’s T20 Inter-Division Cup bowled off yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground with ‘B’ and ‘A’ Divisions chalking up wins.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday toured the Ogle site which will house the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) which will be presiding over 20,000 scholarships in five years.

Dear Editor, The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the imposition of severe restrictions to airline travel as well as group gatherings.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Iran and world powers held what they described as “constructive” talks yesterday and agreed to form working groups to discuss the sanctions Washington might lift and the nuclear curbs Tehran might observe as they try to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Dear Editor, Former Presidents Jagdeo and Ramotar are not paying attention.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has denied an accusation that its ranks were not wearing CANU insignia during an operation in Dazzell Housing Scheme on March 29.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Canadian man once employed by the commodities trading house Gunvor Group pleaded guilty yesterday to involvement in what U.S.

Three persons were last week charged with the murder of Nico Layne, who was chopped to death at Leopold Street in Georgetown on Sunday, March 28.

Dear Editor, I live in Bath, West Berbice and my family and I, the hard working sugar workers, the old and young are subjected to this disgusting menace—noise nuisance.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny, the prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is incarcerated in conditions that amount to torture and may slowly be killing him, human rights group Amnesty International said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above 4,000 in a day yesterday as the outbreak overwhelms hospitals.

Timothy Tucker of Rid-O-Pes has been elected as President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).

Dear Editor, Over the busy Easter weekend, I, like many Guyanese, chose to relax with good friends and catch up on the things that are important to us.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday moved up the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility target for all American adults to April 19, but warned that with new virus variants spreading “we’re still in a life-and-death race” with the coronavirus.

(Reuters) – Former England women’s international Sarah Taylor said yesterday she is excited about playing cricket again after joining Welsh Fire for the inaugural season of The Hundred.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Toronto will cancel all in-person learning at elementary and secondary schools as of today, health authorities said as Canada deals with a variant-driven third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the younger population hard.

Kyrie Irving scored 40 points, including a critical 3-pointer in the final minute, and Jeff Green made a pair of free throws with 3.7 seconds left to seal the host Brooklyn Nets’ 114-112 comeback win over the New York Knicks on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Office of the Prime Minister has confirmed that Dr Keith Rowley has tested positive for COVID-19.

In considering the 2020 US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Guyana I discerned three inclusions that in the present context are worthy of comment.

Dear Editor, Every year Easter is celebrated with gusto and enthusiasm.

The FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers have commenced and the attention-grabbing headline story in the CONCACAF zone has been the ongoing squabble between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and their players over match fees.

Two Berbice men are now hospitalised after they were chopped about their bodies in separate incidents during the Easter holiday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Mumbai Indians scout and wicketkeeping consultant Kiran More has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the new Indian Premier League (IPL) season, which begins on Friday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has signed a landmark four-year deal with India’s premier digital sports company, FanCode, and expects the partnership to result in a strengthening of its global fan base.