Daily Archive: Saturday, April 10, 2021

Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has denied claims that Guyana voted against a United Nations resolution on a call for action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

President Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips and Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon held an urgent meeting with members of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Private Sector to coordinate an emergency response to help  St Vincent and the Grenadines following yesterday’s volcanic eruption which has displaced thousands.

(Barbados Nation) The West and North of Barbados was hard hit by the falling ash as a result of the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Brazil yesterday donated drugs to fight the HIV virus after a request from Guyana which had experienced supply problems.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines, (Reuters) – Residents of the eastern Caribbean island of St.

The Government is accelerating efforts to operationalise the new Department of Fisheries’ marine observation vessel, to effectively patrol Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone, and increase the monitoring of fishing.

The Ministry of Health here today announced new requirements for travel to Suriname.

Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) are mobilising aid for St Vincent and the Grenadines following yesterday’s multiple eruptions of La Soufrière volcano, which spewed ash and steam miles into the air, triggering the evacuation of thousands more from the danger zone.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday denied claims of a recent spate of kidnappings as “misinformation.”

More than 52,000 persons in Guyana have been inoculated with their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine with about 60 already receiving their second dose, according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony.

Days after he was arrested for questioning in relation to the execution-style killing of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes, Rondell Bacchus was yesterday afternoon released from police custody without being charged.

South Korea, through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has donated 40,000 high-quality KF94 face masks to the Government of Guyana to help frontline health and child protection workers protect themselves from becoming infected with COVID-19.

The executive and members of the Berbice Bar Association have condemned recent attacks aimed at Justice Sandra Kurtzious.

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Wednesday met United States Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch and requested that she regularly communicate opposition views to Washington.

The government and opposition have extended condolences to Queen Elizabeth on the passing of Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

After more than a month of delays, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will meet on Monday, when it is expected to consider and act on a legal opinion secured by Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs on whether government could assume its chairmanship.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, has tentatively set May 24 as the date for ruling on a challenge to the promotion of police officers who have disciplinary matters pending against them.

The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday heard submissions from counsel for brothers Orwin and Cleon Hinds and Roy Jacobs, who had been convicted in 2015 and sentenced to 81 years in jail each for the murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday reported that 105 more COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total number cases in Guyana to 10, 958.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) kicked off their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a two-wicket win against the Mumbai Indians (MI) yesterday at the M.

Having recently purchased land on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, Trinidad and Tobago headquartered Ramps logistics plans to significantly expand its oil and gas support services here and is hoping that an export free zone will be established in the future to catapult Guyana as a hub for exporting equipment and services, especially to the region.

The sports fraternity on Thursday paid its last respects to Samuel Colin Ming, a long time businessman and generous benefactor of sports disciplines and athletes.

With the emergence of the oil and gas sector’s need for insurance liability coverage coupled with the need to safeguard, particularly, local insurance service providers, Guyana’s Commissioner of Insurance Dr Gobind Ganga recently set up a committee to make recommendations for him to submit to government’s local content panel on what they expect.

A noise nuisance report has landed a soldier in police custody.

A Mazaruni prisoner, who was serving a sentence for armed robbery, has escaped.

Former West Indies Under-19 batsman, Kevlon Anderson is savoring a successful debut in the Georgetown Cricket Association and is enthusiastic about putting Police Sports Club into the final of the GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall first-division two-day tournament.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) had aspired to send a four-member team of boxers to Poland to compete at the Youth World Boxing Championships. 

With the Hydromet Department predicting instances of high-intensity rainfall over the next few days, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has said it is hoped that two recently acquired drainage pumps that were installed in the city would prevent major flooding.

Dear Editor, We, the executive and members of the Berbice Bar Association wish to strongly record our collective condemnation of the recent attacks that were aimed at the Honourable Madam Justice Sandra Kurtzious because Her Honour correctly performed her duties as a sitting High Court judge.

Dear Editor, Swami Aksharananda’s letter to your newspaper alleging that Muslim places of worship have been over represented in the sites chosen for the distribution of COVID Relief and administering of COVID vaccines has touched a nerve as evidenced by the letters in the dailies and comments on social media.

Despite floodwaters receding from Aranka, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), some mines remain inundated and the water level in some creeks remains high.

Former president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds is of the opinion that Jamaica should not have been included in the upcoming FIBA Pre Qualifiers in El Salvador which get underway next week.

Vitality Accounting and Consultancy Inc. on Friday presented a cheque valued $1,062,300 to the Human Services Minister Dr Vindhya Persaud to assist Ernesta Lara, a mother of six, rebuild her home in Matthew’s Ridge, North West District, Region One, which collapsed last year due to high winds.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday blasted a pending Senate inquiry on his handling of a record-breaking COVID-19 outbreak, which global health officials compared to a “raging inferno.”

Dear Editor, Pointing out how Mahadai Das was politically used and abused with horrific consequences is not reductionist at all.

Many women including reigning Mrs India Guyana Kristal Inshan have been flaunting some of the exquisite styles created by Burning Desire Designs owned by Nash Narine.

Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) held its elections Thursday at the Berbice High School where long-serving cricket administrator, Carl Moore, who now resides overseas, was re-elected president.

Dear Editor, Our sister CARICOM nation, St Vincent and the Grenadines, is facing a crisis situation of immense proportions.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prince Philip, who was Queen Elizabeth’s husband for more than seven decades and helped to modernise the British monarchy and steer the royal family through repeated crises, died yesterday.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still a threat to large gatherings, additional shelters will be sought by the Region Nine Regional Democratic Council (RDC) as it prepares for the upcoming rainy season, Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock said yesterday.

Writing this weekly column is often like some dishes that require significant preparation, multiple stages and sometimes long periods of cooking.

Dear Editor, It was Black Friday in St Vincent when the volcano erupted less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves ordered an evacuation of residents, prompting Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali to call Gonsalves offering assistance by way of supplies and accommodation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday formed a bipartisan commission to study potential U.S.

Wicketkeeper/batsman, Joshua Da Silva says that he is happy with his performance since making his Test debut and is comfortable with batting at the number six position.

A case file is being prepared to solicit legal advice on the accident that claimed the life of Samuel Colin Ming, who died last Friday following a collision with an ambulance at JB Singh Road and Thomas Lands, Georgetown.

Arrest warrants have been issued for 21 persons who were due to be formally charged with breaching restrictions on social activities. 

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that such views are held by Ms.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norwegian police said yesterday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social-distancing rules when she organised a family gathering to celebrate her birthday.

I have never worn sunscreen on my face up until this year.

Dear Editor, ‘Let the dogs bark Sancho, it’s a sign that we are on track,’ he said, as he lifted his head high, matching his rusted lance, riding on the sore back of brave Rocinante, peering through his heavy iron visor in search of his nemesis, the giants.

Three persons were charged on the West Coast of Demerara on Friday with breaching the COVID-19 emergency measures.

(Reuters) – Europe’s drug regulator said yesterday it is reviewing rare blood clots in four people in the United States who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.

(Trinidad Guardian) Agro-processors renting State lands will now pay significantly less on their leases.

Newcomers took over the winning line up at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports’ recent Mashramani competitions, which the ministry has deemed successful noting that even though they were held virtually for the first time ever as a result of the pandemic, they attracted larger audiences including Guyanese from the diaspora.

Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points and Rudy Gobert contributed 18 points and 20 rebounds to lift the Utah Jazz to a big 122-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.

Three young beauties last Saturday won crowns in the Miss Kids Fest 592 after competing with nine other contestants at Movietowne during the fourth edition of the pageant.

(Reuters) – Hajra Khan, captain of the Pakistan women’s football team, has called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi to support the players in a time of crisis after FIFA suspended the sport’s national federation due to third-party interference.

(Reuters) – Cricket fans in England could get the chance to see the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma clearing boundaries on a regular basis, with London mayor Sadiq Khan set to spearhead a campaign to bring the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the English capital.

Last June, twenty-four Sinn Féin politicians attended the funeral of a senior IRA figure despite public-health rules introduced during the pandemic.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Left-arm fast bowler Jason Behrendorff will replace fellow Australian Josh Hazlewood at Chennai Super Kings for this year’s Indian Premier League, organisers of the Twenty20 competition said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died yesterday, his record label said, after he suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug overdose.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – An already depleted South Africa squad has been dealt a further blow after newly-appointed captain Temba Bavuma was ruled out of their four-match home Twenty20 International series against Pakistan with a hamstring strain.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States is considering a conditional cash transfer programme to help address economic woes that lead migrants from certain Central American countries to trek north, as well as sending COVID-19 vaccines to those countries, a senior White House official told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, Few developments catches me off guard in this country, but the coalition did so, when it made overtures to the U.S.

Twice now my messages to friends have been left unread because they succumbed to COVID-19.

A Paradise man was remanded to prison on Thursday after a court heard that he fled from his home when Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers attempted to arrest him for suspected possession of narcotics.