Daily Archive: Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Ministry of Health this afternoon said that no second doses are currently available for Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine following a delay in supplies.

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

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC has ordered that the Statements of Poll (SoPs) and Statements of Recount (SoRs) from last year’s general and regional elections, be released within the next 10 days to the prosecution, for trial of the charges laid against persons accused of fraud connected with those elections.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo,  (Reuters) – Thousands of people scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma today, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava, after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time.

 (Reuters) – Fugitive Indian-born jeweller Mehul Choksi has been captured in Dominica and will likely be repatriated to India, Gaston Brown, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, told Reuters partner ANI, days after he went missing from the Caribbean nation.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has recorded 17 additional COVID related deaths.

Exams for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) are now scheduled to be administered from June 28th, 2021 following a further two-week delay.

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll jumped again yesterday after six more fatalities were reported.

With the main focus on draining rain-fuelled flooding from Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  immediately, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has promised that excavators will remain in each polder until the situation improves.

In what was a fiercely competitive two-round aggregate battle between mothers and prospective mothers,  dubbed `Three the Hard Way’ salute Mother’s dominoes tournament last Thursday at the Strikers Sports Club, Cody’s Girls came out victorious.

(Reuters) – A tiny hedge fund dealt a major blow to Exxon Mobil Corp yesterday, unseating at least two board members in a bid to force the company’s leadership to reckon with the risk of failing to adjust its business strategy to match global efforts to combat climate change.

Hundreds of residents of St Cuthbert’s Mission situated off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway are stranded after sections of the trail leading to their village were washed away following heavy rainfall in the area.

The Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI), which had to be shut down after the sudden death of two of its workers and the air dashing of 10 others to China in 2019, has had its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Region One project approved by the EPA. 

A University of Guyana scientist and a conservationist have filed an action against the State in which they argue that the greenhouse gases emitted from petroleum operations in the Liza Phase 1 are  hazardous not only to the environment, but the health and wellbeing of citizens and must be stopped.

The Golden Jaguars, the Guyana senior men’s football team, will depart local shores  Saturday for the island of St Kitts and Nevis to resume their first round group campaign in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

Hundreds of residents of Bartica, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) were severely affected by flooding yesterday afternoon caused by heavy rainfall.

Guyanese in New York (NY), USA are elated that Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens will officially be co-named ‘Little Guyana Avenue,’ as a recognition for their contributions to the community over the years.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article titled, `No evidence of smuggled Venezuelan gold in domestic trading system…’ (KN May 26). 

Dear Editor, Guyanese fortunately have political rule by the many. Guyanese, however, are unfortunate by having many rulers of poor quality, with their little amount of capabilities.

The  Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) new US$52 million, 46.5 MW generating facility at Garden of Eden (GoE), East Bank of Demerara, is now set to be completed by August, Prime Minister Mark Phillips disclosed during a recent visit to the power plant.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to write in support of the ideas of Sherwood Lowe in his recent, thoughtful letter.

Land allocated to the Estate Dam and Coconut Dam communities in Cane Grove on the East Coast of Demerara will be resurveyed for regularisation; meanwhile road rehabilitation works will continue.

The Ministry of Health’s second COVID vaccination drive-thru yesterday saw a great turnout of persons despite the inclement weather.  

Dear Editor, On May 26th, 1966, our national flag, the Golden Arrowhead, was hoisted for the first time, trumpeting the birth of our beautiful nation as a free country.

A thief on Monday stole a car from outside a Friendship Village, Corentyne home and left in its place another which had been carted off from a Mount Sinai, West Canje Berbice residence on Sunday.

Dear Editor, On this the fifty-fifth anniversary of Guyana’s independence from Great Britain, I write to inform some and remind others of this hard-won achievement.

Suruj Ragoonath reckons that Cricket West Indies (CWI) needs to have a clearer fitness policy which should not be relaxed for anyone.

Dear Editor, The president recently posted a picture of himself and Bharrat Jagdeo midnight fishing on the Boerasirie Creek.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has made significant progress in its safety oversight functions, according to a release from the Ministry of Public Works.

A 53-year-old housewife of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, was on Tuesday afternoon robbed at gunpoint of her cellphone by a man attired in a Guyana Police Force uniform.

Former World Champion Guyana’s Gairy `Superman” St Clair is planning a fight card in Australia where he resides early next month.

Dear Editor, It is disappointing on this Independence Day there is no announcement of National Awards the President, addressing the nation at the Flag Raising Ceremony, said awards would be announced shortly and I thought this would have been done during the ceremony.

THE HAGUE/LONDON,  (Reuters) – A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts yesterday, in a landmark ruling that could trigger legal action against energy companies around the world.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Zinedine Zidane has decided to step down as Real Madrid coach with immediate effect, Spanish media reported yesterday.

Four persons are currently in police custody following two separate incidents yesterday morning where they were found in possession of guns and ammunition.

Luka Doncic blew past Los Angeles defenders for 39 points, seven assists and seven rebounds, leading the visiting Mavericks to a 127-121 victory over the Clippers on Tuesday and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round playoff series.

(Reuters) – England pace bowler Jofra Archer has undergone surgery on his right elbow and his progress will be reviewed in a month, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – World soccer governing body FIFA said yesterday it is launching a consultation on the future of the sport with particular attention being given to aspects such as match calendars, improving fan experience and the laws of the game.

(Reuters) – PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson and Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will play a charity golf match next month in Montana against U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Children will not be allowed to attend England’s second test against New Zealand at Edgbaston next month after the match was chosen as one of the British government’s pilot events to allow bigger crowds.

(Reuters) – England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes has been ruled out of next month’s two-test series against New Zealand after tearing his left hamstring, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, A letter to the Editor in the Stabroek News this morning caught my attention.

(Reuters) – Some pot-shots being levelled at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are “political posturing” IOC vice-president Dick Pound told Reuters yesterday, insisting the beleaguered extravaganza should and would go ahead in July.

For nearly a mile, tens of thousands of hand-painted red and pink hearts brighten a grey concrete London wall stretching along the southern bank of the rippling River Thames, with its mossy barriers and passing boats.

(Reuters) – Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka yesterday said she will not take questions from the press at this year’s French Open, saying the nature of news conferences puts an undue burden on players’ mental health.

News that the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security had recently approached the University of Guyana (UG) with a view to having courses in the Social Work and possibly Sociology programmes tailored to the needs of Guyanese serviced by the ministry is a step in the right direction.

GDANSK, Poland, (Reuters) – Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli kept his composure to score in a nerve-shredding, seemingly never-ending shootout then denied David de Gea as his side won their first major trophy by beating Manchester United 11-10 on penalties in the Europa League final yesterday.

SAN JOSE, Calif., (Reuters) – A California transit employee killed eight co-workers and wounded another before taking his own life yesterday, the latest in a spate of deadly U.S.