Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 8, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 07, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The One-Cent Magenta stamp, issued in British Guiana in 1856 was auctioned for US$8.3 million at Sotheby’s in New York, confirming its place as the most valuable stamp in history, Reuters reported today.

CANBERRA/AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Global law enforcement agencies hacked into an app used by criminals and read millions of encrypted messages, leading to hundreds of arrests of organised crime figures in 18 countries, officials said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A police officer has admitted the rape and kidnap of Sarah Everard whose killing sparked anger and soul-searching across Britain about what police, government and society can do to stop male violence against women, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) A burnt body found in Chaguanas last week may be that of a man who worked with the brother of slain Chaguanas car dealer Sheron Sookdeo.

(Trinidad Guardian) At age 23, Donnell Phillip, also known as Top Dog Donnell, is among the youngest to die from COVID-19 in this country.

Despite a respite in some areas, floodwater remained at significant levels in most of the country’s regions yesterday as authorities continued to mobilise help for victims.

Guyana yesterday received another shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines to boost the ongoing inoculation programme against COVID-19.

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, the principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), are continuing to reimburse persons who were allegedly defrauded by the firm, their attorney Dexter Todd yesterday told a City Magistrate.

Newly appointed Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, has pledged the government’s support for Olympic Games bound table tennis player, Chelsea Edghill.

A 48-year-old pedal cyclist died last night after he was struck down along the Loo Creek Public Road, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh last week told a UN forum that the Guyana Government has restarted the bolstering of institutions vital for public accountability, transparency and good governance.

Southern Canton International Trading Inc has applied for a quarry licence to operate within the Mazaruni mining district and is one of two quarrying companies that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exempted from Environmental Impact Assessments.

A South Ruimveldt, Georgetown resident is wanted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) in relation to the recent discovery of a quantity of cocaine in a gold miner’s hand luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Dear Editor, During the past week, I became aware of two teenagers whose lives were cut short by suicide. 

Martin Lindey, 67, of  Trinity Street, New Amster-dam, Berbice was on Sunday night found dead in his fire-damaged home, the police said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Global policy makers failed to heed warnings that the threat of a pandemic is always present resulting in our current dilemma; the re-emergence of a Coronavirus was predicted after two prior Coronavirus outbreaks (SARS -2003, MERS – 2012) and, given the notorious mutation rate of the influenza virus, an influenza pandemic is always a possibility.

P&P Insurance Brokers yesterday made a financial contribution to Chelsea Edghill to assist with her preparation for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The main opposition APNU+AFC has approached the National Assembly to have a land use policy developed to manage the location of shore bases in the Oil and Gas Sector.

Dear Editor,  I’ll be grateful if this letter to the public and whomever it reaches can be used to shine a light on yet another forgotten small community named Blankenburg on the West Coast of Demerara.

Brothers Phillip and Fidel Williams were yesterday afternoon acquitted of the 2016 murder of Brazilian gold miner, Naldinho De Costa Souza.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Youth Environment Network extends greetings to all on World Environment Day 2021.

The first in-person, public scoping consultations on Friday to guide the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s planned Yellowtail Development saw a poor turnout.

Dear Editor, I applaud Minister Rodrigues’ “Where’s the efficiency?” Consumers must demand the answer from GWI– now and in the future. 

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said yesterday she had “robust” talks with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on fighting corruption to deter immigration from Central America and bluntly warned migrants to not come to the United States.

Shortly after he was remanded on an armed robbery charge, an amputee was on Monday tackled by police officers at the city courthouse after he resisted an escort while insisting that he could not go to jail.

Dear Editor, The incompetence at Guyana Water Inc. appears to be incomprehensible and limitless.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt spent some quality time with five Under-19 cricketers in Nevis on Saturday.

Of the 329 cases listed for hearing in the April 2021 session of the Demerara criminal assizes, only 18 matters were disposed of, one of which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) declared nolle prosequi.

Dear Editor, GTT on April 30, 2020, announced that “the pension committee has taken the position to wind up the pension scheme because of the economy with benefits ceasing to accrue as of April 30, 2020.

(Reuters) – U.S. regulators yesterday approved Biogen Inc’s aducanumab as the first treatment to attack a likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease despite controversy over whether the clinical evidence proves the drug works, sending its shares soaring.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 06, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

(Reuters) – A report on the origins of COVID-19 by a U.S.

Dear Editor, Today 8th June is World Oceans Day. Life on earth originated in the ocean.

Minibus driver Mark Ault died on Sunday night in an accident involving three vehicles at Dora on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Dear Editor, Crime permeates our society. We are bombarded daily with a series of blue collar and white collar crimes.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Justice Department yesterday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Gangs raided multiple police stations for weapons in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in deadly attacks over the weekend as violence between armed groups flared, with intense conflict in one southern neighbourhood forcing thousands to flee.

(Reuters) – Cobby, America’s oldest male chimpanzee who was beloved as a peacekeeper among primates and an animal envoy to humans who visited and worked at the San Francisco Zoo, has died at age 63.

A motorcyclist and his pillion rider have both been hospitalised following a collision with a car at Riverstown Public Road, Essequibo, on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I have a son in Grade 2. It is now almost three quarter way into this school term and he is yet to receive his workbooks for the term.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies women’s  team completed week three of their high-performance training camp at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua and one of their assistant coaches, Robert Samuels, said that he was pleased with what he was seeing.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, Jun 7, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons has cautioned West Indies not to take South Africa lightly in the upcoming two-Test series, and believes his side will need to step up a gear from recent performances, if they are to break their long-running winless streak against the tourists.

LIMA, Peru,  (Reuters) – Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo widened his lead against right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country’s presidential vote on Monday, but she said she will not concede yet and alleged “irregularities,” although without showing much proof.

(Reuters) – New Zealand pace spearhead Trent Boult could make a surprise return to the team for the second test against England, which begins on Thursday, coach Gary Stead said.

(Trinidad Express) The Eastern Regional Health Authority has seen a doubling in the number of people for the Covid-19 vaccine.

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – On June 5, the world’s leading economies announced an agreement that will bolster their ability to raise taxes on global corporations.

(Reuters) – England have added off-spinner Dom Bess to the squad for the second test against New Zealand at Edgbaston which begins Thursday, coach Chris Silverwood said yesterday.

Just over a week ago, Argentina’s Health Minister, Carla Vizzotti, and her Cuban counterpart, Dr José Angel Portal, signed a letter of intent that may lead to the joint production in Argentina of some of the vaccines Cuba has developed against COVID-19.

Devanand Persaud was on Sunday evening injured in a hit-and-run accident at Mon Repos Public Road.

(Cricinfo) Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have agreed to tour England uncontracted, after Sri Lanka Cricket committed to revealing specifics about the player evaluations that form the basis of the board’s new proposed contract scheme.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said his team will carry no scars from their agonising loss to England in the 2019 World Cup decider when they take on India in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) in Southampton on June 18.

Last Saturday’s back page Stabroek Sports story, ‘NSC big three visit facilities being upgraded,’  the aforementioned ‘big three’ being Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson, Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle and Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Kashif Mohammed, secured conspicuously prominent occupancy of space in circumstances where a persuasive argument might have been made for supplanting it with the Golden Jaguars’ inglorious defeat by a 3-0 margin at the hands of  St.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – The proliferation of domestic Twenty20 leagues poses a threat to international cricket and the game must find a way to balance both, according to South Africa’s former captain Faf du Plessis.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic survived a huge scare as he fought back from two sets down against teenager Lorenzo Musetti to reach the French Open quarter-finals yesterday after his Italian opponent retired with cramps in the fifth set.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Claycourt king Rafael Nadal overcame a wobbly start and issues with the stadium lights to subdue Italian teenager Jannik Sinner 7-5 6-3 6-0 yesterday and book a place in the French Open quarter-finals.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – South Africa bowling coach Charl Langeveldt believes his inexperienced side can still pull off a series win against West Indies but will have to be disciplined enough to execute the right things “for longer periods”, during the two-Test rubber.

MIKI, Japan, CMC – Watford striker Andre Gray scored his first goal in his second appearance for Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz but it was not enough as Serbia hit back to earn a 1-1 draw here yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Top-ranked Test all-rounder Jason Holder said his rest following the Indian Premier League has left him “in a really good place” for the two-Test series against South Africa bowling off here Thursday.

(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) went “over the top” by suspending fast bowler Ollie Robinson from all international cricket for racist and sexist comments he made on Twitter in the past, UK culture minister Oliver Dowden said yesterday.

Dear Editor, What is it with political leaders who lose elections and just would not accept their loss quietly and ride off into the sunset?