Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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

 (Cricket West Indies) St. John’s, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed the international retainer contracts for the West Indies Men’s Team for the 2021-2022 season.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – COVID-19 infections continue to spread fast across the Americas as a result of relaxed prevention measures and intensive care units are filling up with younger people, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said today.

 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s oversight board today upheld the company’s suspension of former U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old. He doesn’t even complete his medical training until next year.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – WHO experts have voiced “very low confidence” in data provided by Chinese state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm on its COVID-19 vaccine regarding the risk of serious side-effects in some patients, but overall confidence in its ability to prevent the disease, a document seen by Reuters shows.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Police Service (TTPS) says its officers are doing all that they can to ensure COVID-19-positive patients in home quarantine remain at home.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T yesterday recorded its second deadliest day since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with six deaths in 24 hours.

The construction of a shore base facility at Malgre Tout/Versailles, West Demerara, has seen a substantial amount of mangroves being cleared along the shoreline earmarked for the project and residents are now worried that it could leave them vulnerable to flooding.

Ahead of his sentencing in just over two weeks, Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell through his lawyer is asking US Judge Paul G.

COVID-19 cases continue to rapidly increase in Region Nine, with Masakenari and Parabara becoming the latest indigenous communities to report outbreaks of the virus.

APNU+AFC Parliamen-tarian Amanza Walton-Desir has filed a criminal complaint against businessman Roshan Khan after he called on Indo-Guyanese to “mark” and “target” her.

A fifteen-year-old   was yesterday charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder in the case of Shonnette Dover.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a 5% decrease in Water tariffs following an application by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

With over 145,000 persons receiving their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and concerns being raised about the access to second shots, Health Minister Dr.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian Premier League (IPL) was suspended indefinitely yesterday due to the COVID-19 crisis in the country, leaving many international players with major concerns over how they will return home.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud yesterday met workers displaced by the recent Sharon’s Mall fire and assured that the Ministry wants to help however it can to aid them in getting back on their feet.

Everest Cricket Club has rescinded their decision to second a No Confidence Motion (NCM) against several executives of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) but the Sophia Cricket Club has now seconded a second motion.

When new bicycle rental and tour company Ride Along GY launched last Saturday, it was the realisation of an idea that had been birthed almost five years ago by its founder, Cherry-Ann Greene, who has had to navigate some bumpy roads along the way.

While the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the life sentence imposed against Dhupaul Singh who back in 2016 had been convicted for murder, it reduced the 25 years he had been given before being eligible for parole, to 20 years instead.

After a four-year hiatus, the Independence Three-Stage cycle road race returns to the capital city for the final sprint and award ceremony on May 16.

The Rose Hall Town Jammers Basketball Club, which competes under the umbrella of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA), received a timely donation of a backboard from businessman Clement Monroe, which will aid in the infrastructural development of the club.

Police in Bartica carried out an enforcement exercise on Monday, May 3rd between 7 pm and midnight and 15 persons were arrested and charged for not wearing face masks in contravention of COVID-19 regulations.

Three more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday recorded even as some 92 new cases were reported.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Ivan Duque said yesterday the government is ready for national dialogue after days of protests led to over 20 deaths and international concern about excessive use of force by police.

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of extremely concerned residents of the Malgre Tout and Versailles communities, on the West Bank of Demerara, related to the substantial clearing of mangroves along our coast for the establishment of the Tristar Shorebase facility, reportedly without government approvals.

The Guyana Hockey Board could be hosting its Annual General Meeting later this month.

Dear Editor, In the most bizarre response to the recent incidents of men attacking and killing women they were supposed to be loving, representatives of the Government (Guyana Chronicle “Manickchand and Persaud call on women to leave abusive relationships” 4 May, 2021) have called on ‘women to leave abusive relationships’. 

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – A plethora of West Indies players are set to return home after Indian Premier League organisers suspended the cash-rich Twenty20 league yesterday, as the fallout continued from the wave of COVID-19 infections which hit the tournament Monday.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s National Mining Society (Sonami) has warned that a royalty project being discussed in Congress proposes levels of taxation that are “akin to expropriation” and would paralyze investment in the Andean nation.

The government has appointed a Digital Infrastructure and Online Engagement Director to create a national platform for open access to government content.

Dear Editor, It is a great honour to be counted among the 233,336 mentally lazy Guyanese that did not vote for the PNC at the March 2nd 2020 general elections.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed yesterday that Washington would work with partners in the region to maintain pressure on the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a peaceful return to democracy.

Negotiations with Norway on the continuation of a forest agreement with this country are in advanced stages, President Irfaan Ali has revealed.

Russell Westbrook recorded his 32nd triple-double of the season with 14 points, a career-high 21 rebounds and 24 assists to lead the host Washington Wizards to a 154-141 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.

The Guyana Police Force is currently investigating the death of a 13-year-old of Dazzell Housing Scheme resident who drowned while swimming with relatives at Belfield E.C.D.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Premier League chief operations officer, Pete Russell, has sought to allay concerns over the decision by organisers to play this year’s tournament entirely at Warner Park.

Dear Editor, In 2009, one of the questions in the USA Vanderbilt University LAPOP Guyana Survey was about socializing.

CARACAS, May 4 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s congress on Tuesday named two opposition-linked figures in a new elections council, the make-up of which is keenly observed by Western diplomats pressing for free and fair elections in the South American nation.

A Forestry Officer from Orealla is presently hospitalised at the Skeldon Hospital after he sustained injuries during a fight with two men known to him.

Dear Editor,  May 5th was officially designated a Public Holiday, “Arrival Day” in 2004.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s former health minister told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday that President Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing government knew full well that the treatment they were advocating for COVID-19 patients had no scientific basis.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Riyad Mahrez struck twice as Manchester City reached the Champions League final for the first time thanks to a 2-0 victory over Paris St Germain at the Etihad Stadium yesterday that secured a 4-1 aggregate win.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Saturday signed three contracts totalling $94 million, for water supply improvement projects in three villages in Region Eight. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he is constantly surprised by his players’ capacity to overcome difficulties as they set their sights on a fourth Champions League final in six years in today’s semi-final second leg away to Chelsea.

(Trinidad Express) Jamaica has banned persons from Trinidad and Tobago from entering its country because of the Brazilian variant.

Dear Editor, Never have I seen such a vicious, angry and acrimonious denunciation of any world leader in any of our media outlets as that of Mr.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico will punish those responsible for an overpass collapse that killed at least 24 people and injured dozens when a train on Mexico City’s newest metro line plunged onto a busy road below, the government said yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s Supreme Court overruled President Alberto Fernandez’s decree to close Buenos Aires schools amid a surge in coronavirus cases, siding with the city government who had sought to keep kids in class.  

We reside in a world today in which rapidly developing technology is not only changing the way we experience life on a daily basis, but also, it could be suggested, as a spin-off, is having a deleterious effect on the way we treat each other, even in basic everyday functions.

Kishan Bayo called Penton, a 26-year-old fisherman of No. 76 Village, Corentyne, Berbice allegedly drowned sometime between the hours of 12:30-16:45 on Monday, the police said.

(Cricinfo) There has been a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases in Pakistan, and a partial lockdown is already in place in the country All six Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises have asked the PCB to move the remaining games of the rescheduled 2021 edition of the tournament out of Karachi to the UAE because of a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in Pakistan.

Dear Editor, I make no defence for Ms. Amanza Walton-Desir. I know her not, barely knew of her, until the firestorm flared around her head.

(Trinidad Express) A Chinese proprietor was savagely beaten and killed in a robbery at his business place on Tuesday.

By Harry Hergash Between 1838 and 1917 around 240,000 Indian immigrants were recruited and brought to British Guiana, now Guyana, under the Indentureship scheme to  provide manual labour on the sugar plantations of the then British colony.

By Victor Galaz STOCKHOLM – Silicon Valley leaders tell us that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring untold benefits.