Daily Archive: Friday, April 30, 2021

Officer Cadets of the Standard Officers’ Course 53, recently exhibited their skills at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School (CRMJATS), on the Essequibo River.

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

The Alliance For Change (AFC) today said that it supports the project to bring associated gas from Guyana’s oil well to shore for energy generation but it argued that the PPP/C government’s plan is not sound and requires further detailed studies lest the country is saddled with the largest ever white elephant.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines a day before a planned widening of a nationwide inoculation drive, authorities said today, as new infections surged to another daily record.

(Reuters) – Oil prices will inch higher this year as vaccines revive demand and OPEC+ keeps a leash on supply, but the worsening COVID crisis in India and elsewhere poses a roadblock, a Reuters poll showed today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie delivered an ominous warning last evening as the country braces for a third wave of the coronavirus spread, disclosing that the peak week could bring 180 deaths.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Prime Minister Keith Rowley has announced that the government has rolled back its decision to end the vaccination programme and instead will continue on using the remainder of the vaccines meant to be second doses for those who received their first jabs.

Shonnette Dover, aged 20, a bartender of Canvas City, Wismar, Linden who went missing on the 3rd April 2021 was found dead today.

By Readawne Henery With the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) under scrutiny over whether it could have saved the Sharon’s Mall building, which was gutted on Wednesday evening, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo yesterday said fire-fighters did their best.

With no definite numbers yet on how many of the 50,000 jobs the PPP/C has promised to deliver by 2025 have been created to date, President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday reiterated that government anticipates thousands from the rollout of several projects.

Emphasizing the prevalence of murders/ homicides, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday imposed a life sentence on Travis Evans for killing Timehri youth Ronsley Clarke, which the judge described as senseless.

The bid documents for the new bridge over the Demerara River were launched yesterday at 4 pm and nine pre-qualified companies have been invited to tender.

Guyana has surpassed the 130,000 mark for persons receiving their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A collaboration between the Guyana and Suriname authorities, has led to the seizure of 902 kilogrammes of cocaine at an airstrip in the Tafelberg plateau of the Central Nature Reserve in Suriname.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has launched an investigation into the recent spate of the smuggling of finches into the United States.

Two new COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday recorded as Guyana surpassed 13,000 cases.

Dear Editor, I would greatly appreciate if you could print my letter questioning the malpractice of the Guyana Police Force, Traffic Department as it relates to the following:- 1. 

President Irfaan Ali has denounc-ed Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon’s condemnation of the recent ruling of the acting Chief Justice, who dismissed the main opposition coalition’s elections petition, as evidence of an opposition bent on sowing divisiveness and fear. 

While announcing that schools will remain closed for the month of May, the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has appealed to teachers and parents, especially, to get vaccinated.

What has been reported in sections of the media as a strong interest by India, the world’s third largest consumer and importer of crude oil, in establishing a long-term agreement to buy a portion of its oil supplies from Guyana, is being seen in global oil circles as a flexing of what, these days, is its considerable muscle in the oil industry.

Dear Editor, My belief is that people with Covid-19 should not be given a vaccine.

Social media talk show host Gavin Matthews was arrested yesterday and later released on $100,000 station bail following an allegation that he used his show to make derogatory remarks about Minister of Cul-ture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr.

These are not Ji Eshwar Chandra’s best days. Over the past several weeks, the Aurora, Essequibo Coast shade house farmer has had to endure the agony of watching much of his produce go un-reaped because, he says, “markets have dried up.”

Dear Editor, It was reported in SN that during the early morning of April 26, an earthen dam constructed to protect a two-door sluice under construction as well as the adjoining residential areas at Little Diamond was breached during high tide from the Demerara River and flooded over 100 households causing extensive damages.

Vegetables are mankind’s most affordable source of vitamins and minerals needed for good health.

A vagrant died yesterday after being hit by a truck while begging at the intersection of Avenue of the Republic and Regent Street. 

Dear Editor, DDL has noted your Editorial of April 29, 2021, titled ‘Got Milk’ that addressed the company’s expansion into milk production, and would like to correct, among other things, the impression that the scope and intent of our project have changed.

Our “Fruits and Vegetables Personality” this week is Kisoondyal Samdass, a grandfather of seventeen.

Dear Editor, The government of the day boasts inclusivity, unity and development.

A man who was found guilty of committing bigamy was yesterday fined for the offence.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil yetserday became the second country to pass 400,000 COVID-19 deaths after the United States, and experts warned the daily toll could remain high for several months due to slow vaccinations and loosening social restrictions.

Will the world be able to feed 28 per cent more people by 2050?

Dear Editor, I seek to respond to the meritless press statement published by GPL Inc.

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch on Wednesday stressed the importance of Guyanese fisherfolk being able to profit from their hard work.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million yesterday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots.

As the English-speaking Caribbean continues to endure its multi-faceted socio-economic challenges made worse in recent times by the scourge of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Sir Hilary Beckles is calling for a payback for the historic contribution made by the English-speaking countries of the region to the development of the hemisphere.

Following the resumption of training for the locally based Golden Jaguars contingent for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has marginally increased the travelling allowance of the players to aid in their attendance at the sessions.

A labourer is now awaiting sentencing after he admitted to stealing items amounting to over $5 million.

Dear Editor, Guyana Times (April 23, 2021) reported on President Irfaan Ali addressing regional leaders regarding the Escazú Agreement.

Confronted with an annual food import bill in the region of US$5 billion and seemingly possessed of a viable collective regional policy for significantly reducing that bill, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have reportedly signalled their robust support for an intra-regional consultation ahead of September’s United Nations Food Summit in New York where food security is expected to be high on the agenda.

MOUNT MERON, Israel,  (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a religious bonfire festival in Israel yesterday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “heavy disaster”.

Dear Editor, I recently came across an article accompanied by a picture, in the media, reporting on the Minister of Public Work`s meeting, with the Regional Executive Officers (REOs) of all ten regions, to discuss the infrastructural works to be undertaken in the regions.

The Guyana Police Force has issued a bulletin for Delon Wilson, who is wanted for questioning in relation to an alleged larceny by Public Officer.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security  says that pensioners who have to provide quarterly Life Certificates to ensure continuous old age pension payments are deposited into their bank accounts can now make a WhatsApp video call to the Ministry to confirm proof of life.

(CMC) – Andre Russell clobbered a late order cameo but his fireworks went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders returned to their losing ways with a seven-wicket defeat to Shimron Hetmyer’s Delhi Capitals here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc’s shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its U.S.

Guyana, like no place else in the Caribbean enjoys a bounty of ‘super vegetables’ which we often take for granted.

Dear Editor, In the spirit of Ramadan 2021, I reflect again on the Muslims of Guyana and this time, I share with readers a paper written by Mr.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday April 29, 2021

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of dorms at the Linden Technical Institute.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday bolstered the efforts of some long-term immigrants to avoid deportation in a ruling that faulted the federal government for improperly notifying a man who came to the United States illegally from Guatemala to appear for a removal hearing.

Dear Editor, The smell of smoke was detected earlier in the day, later it started as a small fire which could not be contained and became a conflagration completely destroying a four story building in the heart of the city.

Dear Editor, Please allow me a response to Aubrey Norton’s letter that appeared in the Kaieteur News of Monday 24th April. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York City aims to “fully reopen” on July 1 after more than a year of closures and capacity restrictions, Mayor Bill de Blasio said yesterday, citing satisfactory progress in vaccinating its more than 8 million residents.

A man who was charged with three armed robberies allegedly committed in 2020 was yesterday freed of the charges.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday afternoon called an urgent press conference and disclosed that the country had recorded an unprecedented number of Covid-positive cases over the last 24 hours – 328.

(Reuters) – The Champions League final will definitely take place in Istanbul on May 29 despite Turkey going into a COVID-19 lockdown, UEFA said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The SARS-CoV-2 virus is all over Guyana but the PPP/C government refuses to go into a lockdown.

(Reuters) – Juventus have been reigning Serie A champions for the last nine seasons and AC Milan were top of the table at the halfway stage of the current campaign, but both teams go into this weekend battling to secure a top-four finish this term.

(Reuters) – A sports’ social media boycott against online abuse gathered strength yesterday with seven-times Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton joining sporting bodies in showing solidarity with England’s soccer leagues.

(Reuters) – There should be consequences for the six English teams who sought to join the breakaway European Super League, former Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore said.

(Reuters) – Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma in their semi-final first leg at Old Trafford yesterday.

(Reuters) – Royal Challengers Bangalore duo Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson arrived home in Australia yesterday, cutting short their Indian Premier League (IPL) stints amid growing concerns over India’s COVID-19 crisis.

(Reuters) – Seamers Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali took four wickets each as Pakistan seized control of the first test against Zimbabwe on the opening day at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

(CMC) – Teenaged fast bowlers Zaida James and Jannillea Glasgow are among eight uncapped players named in a 30-member training squad for a month-long high performance camp set to get underway here Sunday.

(CMC) – Alzarri Joseph and his veteran West Indies pace partner, Kemar Roach, were among the wickets but their respective clubs experienced contrasting fortunes on the opening day of the latest series of County Championship matches yesterday.

Regardless of the day and year, an issue that remains alarmingly constant is the occurrence of sexual assault.

– Vintage Kaiso fuh so on yuh radio… Endure or enjoy today’s lecturette, ramblings, waffle.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s attorney general said yesterday that 10 officials from state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) were arrested for allegedly diverting and selling some 3 million liters (792,516 gallons) of fuel illicitly, as long lines continue at petrol stations throughout the OPEC country due to shortages of gasoline and diesel.

So far have we travelled from the condition of national euphoria that attended the May 2015 announcement by ExxonMobil that the Liza-1 oil well in the Stabroek block had yielded the first ‘world class’ oil find offshore Guyana, that last Tuesday’s revelation by the same company that it had had made the country’s nineteenth major oil find barely provoked a murmur from the country as a whole. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 912’s trading results showed consideration of $9,113,558 from 104,987 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 911’s trading results which showed consideration of $38,030,856 from 349,745 shares traded in 36 transactions.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbadian former employees of LIAT 1974 Limited are at the end of their tether.

(Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, who was given an eight-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for corruption, yesterday, apologised and took “full responsibility” for his actions, but said he was never involved in any attempts to fix matches.

Senior Superintendent of Police Charmaine Stuart was yesterday laid to rest following a tribute-filled ceremony held on the Eve Leary Sports Club ground.

A man has been granted bail after police say he had 225 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

(Reuters) – When Liverpool were romping to the title last season Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling promised there would be a “massive reaction” from Pep Guardiola’s chastened side and his ominous prediction has proved to be spot on.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne gave Sri Lanka full control of the first day of the second Test in Pallekele yesterday, as the home side ended at 291 for 1 at stumps.

(Reuters) – India batting great Sachin Tendulkar has donated 10 million rupees (approximately $135,000) to a fundraising campaign that is helping hospitals treating COVID-19 patients procure oxygen concentrators.

On Monday Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire threw out the petition which had been brought by APNU+AFC challenging the results of the March 2nd 2020 elections.