Daily Archive: Sunday, June 27, 2021

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development today issued an invitation for bids for the restoration of City Hall.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people today to overcome their hesitancy and get COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as possible, as concerns grow about the highly infectious Delta variant being detected in some states.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ COVID-19 infection dynamic has done a flip-flop, public health officials have confirmed.

With a rigid two-year construction completion date among the over 250 technical and financial questions raised by pre-qualified bidders for the New Demerara River Bridge (NDRB) project, the Ministry of Public Works will tomorrow morning host a pre-bid meeting to iron out the issues, ahead of the August 3 deadline for bid submissions.

As they count their losses from the “worst flooding” in their lifetime, Abary River rice and cattle farmers on Saturday renewed their calls for government to fulfill its promise to desilt and clear overgrown vegetation in the river to improve drainage.

Three men are now dead after a boat used to transport fuel burst into flames while they were doing maintenance work at the Friendship Wharf, on the East Bank of Demerara, yesterday afternoon.

With the impact assessment for the US$900 million Wales gas-to-shore project imminent, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday invited public submissions on the scope of the study for the project, which is intended to begin operations in 2024.

The opposition APNU+AFC coalition has criticised the government’s decision to refuse a flood relief consignment from Trinidad and Tobago and to request pumps in its stead.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday reported the deaths of three more men who were infected with COVID-19.

A 56-year-old Met-en-Meerzorg, West Coast Demerara woman is now dead after she was struck down by a truck while crossing the De Kindren Public Road on Friday afternoon.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An imperious 22-ball fifty by opener Evin Lewis underlined an utterly dominant performance as West Indies crushed South Africa by eight wickets with five overs to spare, to win the opening Twenty20 International here yesterday.

Kevin Phillips, the owner of the vulcanizing shop at the corner of D’Urban and George streets, Werk-en-Rust, has identified the men who started the fire that gutted his home and business in the wee hours of last Thursday The fire, which also destroyed another house and damaged the western side of Elegance Jewellery and Pawn Shop, was started around 1 am by two men, who were recorded by nearby security cameras.

Guyana’s national women’s hockey team ended their Indoor Pan Am Cup (IPAC) campaign winless yesterday in Pennsylvania, USA suffering two more  lopsided defeats to Canada and Uruguay.

Sections of Washclothes, Mahaicony, will be empoldered as flood waters remain stagnant in some areas.

The Guyana Cricket Board recently filled several executive positions at its first Ordinary General Meeting first Ordinary General Meeting for the 2021-2023 term last week at the La Bonne Intention Sports Facility.

The Guyana Learning Channel on Friday officially its new ‘Whiz Kids’ game show, which is currently aimed at helping Grade Six students prepare for their upcoming national assessment.

A whitewash at the hands of South Africa in the two-Test series has brought the West Indies batting under the microscope.

West Indies Women’s lead selector Ann Browne-John says the leaders of the Women’s `A’ team are being groomed for future leadership.

Dear Editor, By now most would have heard of the Delta variant or lineage B.1.617.2 first detected in Maharashtra (India) in December 2020.

A shop owner was shot yesterday after a scuffle between two men at his Mango Landing, Cuyuni, Essequibo River business ended in gunplay.

By Joseph `Reds’ Perreira Commentator As I drove away from the Daren Sammy ground on Monday, June 21, after the defeat by South Africa in the second test, I was conscious of having never seen West Indian batsmen so vulnerable to genuine fast, short-pitched bowling.

Dear Editor, I respond to Mr Tacuma Ogunseye’s letter  SN 6-25 (Dev et al.,

LIMA, (Reuters) – Thousands of Peruvians supporting socialist Pedro Castillo and right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori took to the streets yesterday amid swirling uncertainty over the result of a tight June 6 presidential election that has been held up by legal challenges.

An-18-year-old man was chopped to his head on Friday after an argument with a drinking partner.

Marics and Company Limited on Friday donated $1 million to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to aid its flood relief programme.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British health minister Matt Hancock quit yesterday after he was caught breaking COVID-19 rules by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, enraging colleagues and the public who have been living under lockdown.

Dear Editor, The media reported that when at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, charged with rape, bail was granted to three accused in the sums of $30,000, $75,000 and $150,000.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Friday launched its Air Badminton initiative at the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus.

SURFSIDE, Fla., (Reuters) – The death toll rose to five yesterday at the site of the Florida building collapse where rescue workers methodically searched for more than 150 missing residents while firefighters made progress in battling a smoldering fire in the mountain of debris.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – This year’s Twenty20 World Cup is set to be shifted to the United Arab Emirates due to the COVID-19 situation in India, Indian cricket board sources told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, “EPA withdraws revised impact assessment guidelines – to consult with public after concerns raised” (SN June 26). 

Aircraft landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) in poor visibility conditions will soon be guided in more safely when the recently installed $200 million Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the facility comes on stream.

Twenty-two young technicians were on Thursday issued their retrofitter licences after completing a six-week training exercise at the Government Technical Institute (GTI).

SOUTHAMPTON, (Reuters) – England won the final Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka in handsome fashion with a dominant 89-run victory, giving the hosts a 3-0 series sweep in Southampton yesterday.

Dear Editor, As I commenced research on the operations of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year it was discovered that a total of 10,287 persons have qualified as attorneys from the Hugh Wooding Law School in St, Augustine, Trinidad (5,147), 4,646 from Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica and 494 from the Eugene Dupech in the Bahamas.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan police have arrested the brother of detained opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, accusing him of damaging the country’s sovereignty and continuing the sweeping crackdown of political and business figures opposed to President Daniel Ortega.

(Trinidad Express) – On July 17 the borders of Trinidad and Tobago will be opened for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to return home.

Introduction After seven consecutive weeks, today’s column draws to a close my rather extended (albeit selective) excursion into this year’s National Budget and its treatment of the country’s emergent oil and gas sector.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – The murder of an Anglican priest in May Pen, Clarendon, last year has dealt a crushing blow to his family, especially his father.

Dear Editor, Once again one hopes that the Teaching Service Commission would take note of the massive World Bank Grant of $1.4 Bn.

“I really thought I was going for better, you know. It was like I was stifling here because I was not working and it was like I was going around in circles, nothing happening.

In the folklore of the Eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia there is a popular character known as Ti Jean.

Many emotional eaters/ drinkers more often than not tend to consume ‘feel-good snacks’ that provide very little nutritional value and are loaded with calories, which when abused would lead to weight gain.

Although Madonna Persaud was set on joining the police force, her family was against the idea.

“Zola” opens with the strains of a wistful piano as we watch two young women apply their makeup in a room that seems full of mirrors.

One sexual encounter led to 17-year-old Immaculata Casimero becoming pregnant for someone she had no real relationship with and this experience is one of the driving forces behind her work today in the indigenous community promoting women’s empowerment and women’s rights.

Ludic Balloon Events, only established in February this year, is becoming the go-to business for special occasions with its signature, impeccable balloon décor.

Forty students participated in the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) qualifying championship tournament a week ago despite preparations for the National Grade Six Assessment, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination.

After a being referred to the ‘trade school’ in Linden due to his academic shortcomings at Kwakwani Secondary, Jocelyn Arindale ‘Jam’ Morian, 57, never failed another test.

The answer to the question posed in the above headline is that the PNCR is not going to wither away, despite the spate of recent resignations, the departure of the WPA from APNU and the slow death of the AFC.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Friday handed over a $35 million subvention to 14 Region Three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) to improve their services.

(Reuters) – The United States has administered 322,123,103 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of yesterday morning, and distributed 381,276,030 doses, the U.S.

We’re facing in the world now what we never faced before These days it’s steady worries, left and right You have to cover up your face, and don’t shake people hand And no crowds anywhere at all… that’s right.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Italy survived a huge scare as they scrambled past outsiders Austria into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 with substitutes Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina scoring extra-time goals to earn them a 2-1 win at Wembley yesterday.

Minister Robeson Benn announced recently that the Central Fire Station was to be relocated from Stabroek Market Square to somewhere in the vicinity of D’Urban Park.

There have been a handful of men who have made a deep and unforgettable impression on me: my father, first and always; Jock Campbell, Chairman of Bookers in the 1950s and 60s; Martin Carter, whose poetry time as it passes burnishes to a yet brighter gleam.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Scientists said on Thursday they had discovered a new kind of early human after studying pieces of fossilised bone dug up at a site used by a cement plant in central Israel.

BUENOS AIRES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A law reserving 1% of Argentina’s public sector jobs for transgender people will transform everyday life for the country’s trans community, LGBT+ activists said on Friday after Congress gave final approval for the measure.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From the Arctic to the Amazon, the traditional food gathering techniques of indigenous communities are under threat from accelerating climate change and economic pressures, the United Nations said on Friday.

(University of South Australia) – A year-long Australian population study has found that full time workers employed by organisations that fail to prioritise their employees’ mental health have a threefold increased risk of being diagnosed with depression.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean researchers have repurposed a carbon dioxide detector model to warn of the risk of contracting COVID-19 in enclosed spaces.

(Anglia Ruskin University) – New research has discovered that common artificial sweeteners can cause previously healthy gut bacteria to become diseased and invade the gut wall, potentially leading to serious health issues.

(Sciencenorway.no) – Long-term complications after Covid-19 infections have been found to be common in hospitalized patients.