Daily Archive: Friday, June 11, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 10, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) today welcomed announcements yesterday by the PPP/C government that the record on the assassination of the WPA leader and historian Dr Walter Rodney will be corrected and that a series of steps will be taken to honour his legacy.

CARBIS BAY, England,  (Reuters) – A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not yet up to the job of tackling the worst public health crisis in a century, campaigners said on Friday.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway is betting on hydrogen and offshore wind for its energy transition but will continue to extract oil and gas until 2050 and beyond, the centre-right government said as it presented its long-term energy strategy today.

Jane Miller OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to Guyana and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname in succession to Greg Quinn who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) paid tribute to Assistant Superintendent of Police (Ag.)

With the rainfall recorded over the past month being the second highest in four decades, Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday reported that close to 30,000 households in more than 300 communities across the country have been affected by the resulting floods.

On the eve of the 41st anniversary of his death in a bomb blast, the PPP/C government yesterday announced a series of actions to honour the life and legacy of  then WPA Leader Dr Walter Rodney and to set the record straight about his slaying.

(CMC) – West Indies abandoned their recently found discipline to crumble for their lowest-ever total against South Africa but debutant fast bowler Jayden Seales’s three-wicket burst thwarted the visitors’ reply, as 14 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday.

We have traveled some distance from May 2015. This week’s disclosure of the Longtail-3 discovery has not, unsurprisingly, been attended by a comparable sense of national euphoria.

Newly-appointed Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) CEO, Damian Black-burn yesterday announced plans to improve services offered by the company starting with the introduction of four new business units.

The current May/June rains and what is being reported as their consequential widespread flooding, damage to homes, displacement of families and loss of income due mainly to flooding of lands under cultivation and inundation of pasture lands has been the subject of investigation by the Stabroek Business for the past two weeks.

The recently released 2020 Annual Report of Caribbean Container Inc. has disclosed that the company returned an after tax profit of $220.2 million, a 117% improvement over 2019 as a result of which earnings per share reached $1.46 as against $0.67 in 2019.

According to research funded by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) the closure of four sugar estates under the APNU+AFC government severely com-promised the livelihoods of the laid off workers leading to increased instances of suicide, alcohol consumption and crime.

Dear Editor, June 12 annually is designated World Day against Child to focus the world’s attention on the continuing need to Combat the scourge of growing Child Labour.

Suriname’s political leaders have used the Tuesday June 1 opening of the country’s 2021 Energy Oil and Gas Conference to underscore the socio-economic returns that they expect to derive from its new-found massive oil and gas potential while emphasising the country’s intention to assume a posture of investor friendliness in the period ahead.

Award winning Guyanese-born Caribbean cultural practitioner, Clairmonte Taitt has passed away in Barbados at the age of 88, and according to his friend and colleague, Vic Insanally, he will be celebrated as a tremendous actor Taitt, who was the father of five: Marina, Donna, Debra, Michael and Cheddi, will be remembered for his decades of service as a Caribbean cultural icon.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the June 10th headline: “Civil society group tenders range of questions to EPA over Exxon’s proposed fourth well.” 

By Brooke Glasford In the midst of skincare lines popping up in our local marketplace, Dr.

Despite floodwaters in the Lower Pomeroon and Mahaicony River slowly receding, the water level in the Mahaica River continues to rise, contributing further to the discomfort of residents.

With Guyana set to make its historic debut at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Championships, head-coach and senior instructor Bruce Fraser, has confirmed that the provisional roster has officially commenced the preparation period.

Dear Editor, In a SN Editorial of June 7, the view was expressed that the President of Guy-ana did not seem duly concerned about the destruction of mangroves at Malgre Toute on the West Bank of Demerara for the construction of a port facility to service the oil, gas and other industries although Guyanese environmentalists have expressed a hue and cry about the proposal.

Even as his recent report on the performance of Trinidad and Tobago’s extractive industries point to a decline in their revenue, going forward, the country’ Energy and Energy Industries Minister Stuart Young, speaking at the virtual launch of the Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI) report, covering the performance of 2018 has said that the country’s economy will continue to look to the energy sector as a “pillar’ in pursuit of the twin-island Republic’s economic recovery from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.

A youth is now in critical condition at the George-town Public Hospital, after he was shot in his leg by a security guard on duty at the Tan Yuan Meng Supermarket, at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Just how vulnerable much of the Caribbean remains to economies that continue to be heavily dependent on tourism is reflected in a recent report published by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) which puts the financial cost of the still rampaging Covid-19 virus at a staggering US$33.9 billion.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as an educational piece to the public.

Pritipaul Singh Investment (PSI) has encountered another snag in its quest to claim prime waterfront Providence lands from Demerara Contractors and Engineers Limited (DCEL) and Sterling Products Limited (SPL).

Dear Editor, One part of the equation is pleased to inform flooding is at Level 2, but water is still twelve feet high in Kwakwani (that is more than twice my height). 

The recently released International Labour Organization Report – World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2021 – has underscored the harsh reality that the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic are not confined solely to loss of lives.

Two new COVID-19 deaths were yesterday recorded as the country’s total cases surpassed 18,000.

The nation’s cyclists will be back in action on Father’s Day battling for spoils in a 44-mile road race at West Demerara.

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc among lower-skilled and young workers who were victims of “record numbers” of job losses in 2020, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Brief.

Dear Editor, I write this letter knowing that for some it will not see the light of day and for others the author will be their focus, however it would be remiss of me not to address the termination of over 170 GWI workers.

A barber was on Tuesday evening chopped on his head and right arm at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River.

Just over a month after the St Lucian-born Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon assumed office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and in the wake of media reports in the region tagging his predecessor’s ten-year occupancy of office as a tenure of growth, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell is challenging the Bank to assume a more aggressive posture in its approach to helping borrowing member countries (BMC) address development challenges.

Calvin Allen, the coach of the Guyana Police Force’s football club, was arrested yesterday after he was found with a firearm and several live rounds in his possession.

Golden Jaguars international, Kevin Layne, has described his recent move to Jamaica premier league outfit, Mount Pleasant Football Academy, as a wonderful experience and a possible stepping stone and pathway to bigger achievements.

Dear Editor Guyana is in its infancy in being an oil and gas country.

Dear Editor, One should not let distinguished public servants slink away to pastures new without praise.

With issues having arisen over alleged prejudice in the allocation of Covid-19 vaccinations between rich and poor countries, the heads of three of the world’s foremost international organizations, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group, and the World Trade Organization (WTO), have issued a call for a collective plan to vaccinate the world.

Tenders were on June 1st opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of a number of roads and streets under the Ministry of Public Works.

The taxi driver involved in the accident that claimed the life of bus driver Mark Ault on Sunday night at Dora Public Road, Linden-Soesdyke Highway, was on Wednesday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and released on $620,000 bail.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 10, 2021

Dear Editor, Please permit me space to bring to the attention to higher officials how some persons use their offices to disrespect other public officials.

Dear Editor, I know that COVID-19 and the flooding has temporarily curtailed Guyana’s economic progress even though our economy is projected to grow by 16% this year.

The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) on Wednesday unveiled a bust of Dr.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators said yesterday it had reached agreement on a framework for a proposed infrastructure spending bill that would not include any tax increases.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health’s (MoH) new vaccine rollout system has been described as a failure and is being heavily criticised for falling flat as it did not deliver the much anticipated injection of hope into the panicked population demanding COVID-19 vaccines.

(Reuters) – Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan will lead a second-string India team in their limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka next month with pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar named as his deputy, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Italy coach Roberto Mancini hopes his players can put on a show in the opening game of Euro 2020 against Turkey and his ambition is to take them to at least the semi-finals, he said yesterday.

(Reuters) – For a brief moment, an exhausted Barbora Krejcikova thought she had booked her place in the French Open final and she raised her arms in triumph.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith clocked her fastest time outside of a major championships as she powered to victory in the 200 metres at the third Diamond League meeting of the season in Florence yesterday.

(Reuters) – England paceman Ollie Robinson will take a short break from cricket, after historical racist and sexist Twitter posts he had made came to light last week as he made his test debut, his county side Sussex said yesterday.

(Reuters) – England batsmen Rory Burns and Dan Lawrence scored battling half-centuries as the hosts recovered from a mid-innings wobble to reach 258-7 against New Zealand on the opening day of the second and final test yesterday.

(Reuters) – Belgium not only take their top ranking into the European Championship but they will also be the most experienced of the campaigners at the tournament, which kicks off today.

(Reuters) – Six players to watch at the Copa America: LIONEL MESSI Messi has won everything with Barcelona and nothing with Argentina’s senior team and his time is running out.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will add another chapter to their rivalry when they face off in a much-anticipated clash today but there will be more at stake than just a spot in the French Open final.

Those European nations which participated in the slave trade have in recent years become more sensitised to their past.

A Brazil team playing in the Copa America at home on the back of a seven-game winning streak would normally be hot favourites to triumph but this is no ordinary year and no ordinary Copa.

Dear Editor, The recent wet events that occurred across our nation is extremely devastating. 

Now in its fifth year of ‘operation,’ following the passage in the National Assembly of the Food Safety Bill of 2016, not a great deal has been publicly disseminated about the work of the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) nor has the agency benefitted from the kind of reporting that draws pointed attention to those undertakings in which it engages and the outcomes thereof.

Sudden heavy winds in the county of Berbice yesterday morning completely destroyed the roof of a house in Blairmont while neighbouring residents lost several zinc sheets from their roofs.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 918’s trading results showed consideration of $34,565,616 from 433,150 shares traded in 21 transactions as compared to session 917’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,412,886 from 16,373 shares traded in 13 transactions.

Introduction This column which last appeared on April 17, 2020, is returning for a short series.

Parents burying their children As one’s life on earth – even, yes even in big beautiful blighted Guyana – passes seventy and eighty, one makes time to reflect, wonder, lament and hope.

Over the years, the celebration of Pride month in the Caribbean has slowly been morphing from one that has operated in hushed spaces, towards one that is steadily visible in all of its flamboyant glory.

(Reuters) – An autopsy report released yesterday for Andrew Brown Jr.,

(Trinidad Express) An Arima man is expected to appear before a Magistrate virtually today, charged with the murder of his wife.

(Reuters) – When Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the Australian Open junior title in 2006, aged 14, it looked as though it would not be long before she would emulate the likes of Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova and start winning Grand Slams.

Nigel Hughes, the lawyer for Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, his deputy Roxanne Myers and District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo says they were given very late notice by the police to attend court on Wednesday for the hearing of new elections charges against them.