Daily Archive: Sunday, July 18, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 17, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Delron McKenzie, 23, of Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown was shot dead in Linden last night in what appears to be an ambush.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Martine Moise, the widow of Haiti’s assassinated president Jovenel Moise, returned to the Caribbean nation yesterday for his funeral after she was treated in a Miami hospital for injuries sustained during the July 7 attack at their private residence.

MOSCOW/DUBAI/LONDON,  (Reuters) – OPEC+ ministers agreed today to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 2-1/2 year highs as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) A Princes Town software engineer was charged with the murder of amputee pensioner Lennard Mohammed.

(Trinidad Express) A Rio Claro man and his girlfriend were killed in a vehicular collision on Saturday. 

It was a struggle for Michelle Kenyon to leave the only home she knew in the Rupununi to attend secondary school in Georgetown and she recalls how shocked she was at everything she saw.

As he underscored that government will keep implementing policies across the board for small businesses’ growth, Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh says that the bid security for contracts under $7 million has been removed and he lauded the increased participation of small contractors in the public bidding process.

When Looknauth Mohamed was a child his mother observed what she described as black and blue marks on his skin.

A court ruling against the government over several plots of land at Wales, West Bank Demerara could complicate plans for the proposed US$900 million gas-to-shore project.

Philip Herbert will be the first to admit that when he first opened World of Cocktails in 2017, he lacked the business skills that were necessary for consistency and ultimately success.

Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers has challenged those members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) requesting her dismissal to provide proof that she failed to appropriately execute her duties during the 2020 General and Regional Elections or in any way participated in alleged attempts to falsify the results. 

One of the consequences of the increased attention to British Guiana as a place to “try one’s luck” was a shortage of hotel and recreational facilities in Georgetown.

Five executive members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) have stepped forward to defend party leader David Granger against accusations that he is attempting to turn the party into a “one man show.”

She is not the holder of a university degree but Annette Jaundoo, 60, manages Family Awareness Consciousness Togetherness (FACT), a local non-governmental organisation (NGOs) that caters to the vulnerable population in Corriverton.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed two more COVID-19 fatalities, which have increased the country’s death toll from the virus to 509.

An optical technician is the person who shapes and fits the lens into the frame of glasses.

The Republic of Haiti holds a very special place in the consciousness of Caribbean people.

Over 1,200 persons were hospitalised with COVID-19 at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal for the first six months of 2021.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard says confident West Indies are unfazed by the prospect of facing World number ones England, along with powerhouses Australia and South Africa, in the preliminary Super 12s round of next October’s Twenty20 World Cup.

The distribution of the ‘Because We Care’ Education Cash Grant (ECG) by the Government started in Region 2 last week.

‘Because We Care’ cash grants for over 97% of public school students in Region Two were uplifted during a three-day rollout of the programme in the region that started on Wednesday and concluded on Friday.

Land at the West Bank of Berbice which has been at the centre of conflict among various farmers will now be zoned and leased to them.

Some years ago the London Times, on an exceptionally dull day for news, carried a story which it headlined “Small earthquake in Chile: no damage, no injuries.”

Introduction Thus far I have introduced two major metrics in order to illustrate my thesis that the noise and nonsense mis-informers in the social and print media have colluded and connived in generating fake misrepresentations and dated dogma (from four decades ago), in order to portray a relentlessly demoralizing, paralyzing and retrogressive economic narrative of Guyana’s coming time of oil and gas production and sale.

While deciding whether to open a restaurant here, Guyanese-American Winnick Paton received a lot of discouragement.

A 12-year-old child is currently nursing severe burns that he sustained during an explosion almost a month ago and non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is currently seeking the public’s help in raising funds to offset his medical treatment overseas.

I’m a typical case, I ain’t come to boast Living with my wife in her casa East Coast Pretty bungalow; two mango tree Three dogs – Peppa, Jet and Choo And if you ask me the best, ah not sure who They each got their smartness, each got their way It depends if they’re hungry and what time of day   My mother said, “In life there’ll be times when the tides are high And the boat will be rocking as you try, just never give up, never give up It’s hard to believe but you gotta believe To achieve whatever you need to achieve, just never give up, never give up.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday vowed to preserve a programme that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children, promising to appeal a judge’s “deeply disappointing” ruling invalidating it and urging Congress to provide them a path to citizenship.

The Mario’s Juice Bar and Grill House celebrated its one year anniversary on Friday with the owner announcing that expansion for better service is in the works.

President of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), Orin Ferrier, has confirmed that the organisation will stage an official executive meeting next week to discuss several pertinent issues inclusive of club registration, elections, and future tournament participation.

In a few days, the world will witness some of the best sculpted and shredded physiques battling for medals and bragging rights.

PARIS, (Reuters) – More than a hundred thousand people marched across France yesterday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to force vaccination of health workers and require a COVID-19 free certificate to enter places such as restaurants and cinemas.

Dear Editor, We, the elected members of the Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform were dismayed by the publication of an anonymous, unauthorised and unsigned ‘Statement’ titled – David Granger will not be allowed to turn the PNCR into a one man show. 

Broadcasters are engaging the government for “relief” in broadcast licence fees due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Raul Castro was among thousands who attended a government-organized rally in Havana yesterday to denounce the U.S.

Dear Editor, Nothing is wrong with giving out money to poor people under the banner of “Because We Care (BWC).”

There’s a bowling alley sequence in the early parts of “Gunpowder Milkshake” that sets up the full gamut of the tedium which will soon come to represent the film.

Dear Editor, It is hard to offer any comments on Guyana’s public affairs, without reminding readers that the Government is likely to interpret right and wrong in the political provisions taken by activists on either side. 

Retired Appeal Court judge BS Roy has been named as the head of the Law Reform Commission.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin in June offered U.S. counterpart Joe Biden the use of Russian military bases in Central Asia for information gathering from Afghanistan, the Kommersant newspaper reported yesterday, as American troops leave the country.

The fourteenth and fifteenth world chess champions Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and Viswanathan Anand (India) engaged in a duel of wits in a four-game “no-castling match” at the historic Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy, Germany.

“I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. Even if I don’t like somebody I wouldn’t want them to go through this pain I feeling.

Three former employees of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), who were sacked late last month, are expected to be paid their full benefits.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Austria is working with the U.S. authorities to get to the bottom of a reported spate of suspected cases of an ailment known as “Havana syndrome” among U.S.

Dear Editor, The oil company/contractor and Government have determined that the gas has commercial value and will be cooled to minus 261 Fahrenheit degrees on land instead of using a floating ship.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Tokyo Olympics organisers yesterday reported the first case of COVID-19 at the athletes’ village, along with 14 other new cases connected to the Games that begin next week, raising fresh doubts over promises of a “safe and secure” event.

Dear Editor, Whilst I’m not a user/dealer of the illicit drug, marijuana, I must say I’m quite displeased at the slothful/reluctance the government has been showing towards addressing the issue of its legalization.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that three men are now wanted after they robbed a Rockstone businesswoman on Friday night.

SAINT EMILION, France , – Tadej Pogacar was poised to win a second consecutive Tour de France title after the Slovenian retained his overall lead following the final time trial, a 30.8-km solo effort from Libourne yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Every adult in the United Kingdom has been offered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said yesterday, ahead of the end of legal restrictions in England on Monday.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – An explosive Carlos Brathwaite half-century overshadowed Kyle Mayers’s debut for Birmingham Bears, as the home side brushed aside Worcestershire Rapids by 17 runs, to improve their chances of a berth in the next round of the T20 Blast.

There has been little evidence of cohesion in the PNCR since the election, although disaffection has until recently expressed itself not in the form of a comprehensive response to perceived shortcomings, but as a series of reactions to individual issues.

(Trinidad Guardian) – In what appears to be a major embarrassment for the Keith Rowley administration and the National Gas Company (NGC), Atlantic LNG’s Train 1 plant will be mothballed in the coming weeks and could stay out of service for at least two years, according to highly-placed sources at both the NGC and the government.

SILVERSTONE, England, (Reuters) – Max Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix and made Formula One history by winning the sport’s first yesterday sprint race to stretch his lead over Lewis Hamilton to 33 points.

Last Update: 805.80                                  Movement: 0.39% Current Update: 808.97                            YTD Movement: 16.92%                                 LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index rose 0.39% during the second period of trading in July 2021.

PRAGUE, (Reuters) – A Czech Olympic team staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tokyo on a charter flight from Prague, Czech Olympic officials said yesterday, adding that all the athletes were fine and in the Olympic Village.

ORLANDO, Florida, CMC – A magical late strike by Junior Flemmings rescued Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, as they overcame a lethargic display to edge a determined Guadeloupe 2-1 and qualify for the next round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup here Friday night.