Daily Archive: Friday, July 30, 2021

President Irfaan Ali today called the opening of the Amazonia Mall in Providence, East Bank Demerara  another crowning achievement for former Guyana and West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan.

From August 1st, members of the public who wish to visit a ministry or a government agency for a service will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or if they are not vaccinated they will have to make an appointment.

After being shut for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, cinemas can now reopen at 40% capacity for fully vaccinated persons.

Over 250,000 persons have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Ministry of Health reported today on its Facebook page.

(Business Wire) Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced estimated second-quarter 2021 earnings of US$4.7 billion, or US$1.10 per share assuming dilution, compared with a loss of US$1.1 billion in the second quarter of 2020.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A grisly murder in the heart of Islamabad involving families from the privileged elite of Pakistani society has dominated headlines for the past week, stirring national outrage over femicides in the South Asian nation.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has opened up vaccinations to anyone who wishes to be vaccinated, even without an appointment.

(Trinidad Guardian) As part of the phased introduction of its commercial schedule, from August 06, Caribbean Airlines says it will begin non-stop service between Trinidad (POS) and Antigua, as well as PoS and Ogle, Guyana.

Two Venezuelans perished yesterday morning after a fire, suspected to have been caused by an unattended stove, gutted an Alberttown, Georgetown apartment building.

Even though it never replied to her letter in December last year, the government is “actively reviewing” recommendations by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) Michelle Bachelet and assessing ways it could partner with UN entities to strengthen its human rights agenda, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd says.

Heavy and consistent rainfall has left just over a dozen buildings in Eteringbang, Region Seven flooded. 

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the US$900 million gas-to-energy project should begin shortly after the Terms of Scope (ToS) for its conduct is issued to the consultants who will be facilitating the process.

A pedal cyclist from Albion, Corentyne died yesterday after he was struck by a car along the Nigg Village, Corentyne Public Road just around midday.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been granted an interim injunction barring the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from discussing a motion for his dismissal.

Two more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 57 new cases of the virus.

Guyana’s youngest Olympian, Aleka Persaud, will look to make a big splash in the pool in today’s heats when she dives into competition to start her Olympic debut campaign at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The driver involved in the accident at Mabura, Region Ten, that claimed the life of Pretipaul Jaigobin, on April 1, was on Wednesday charged with causing his death.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Laurel Samaroo, the man who was found dead in a fuel truck along the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, has found that he died as a result of bleeding in the brain caused by blunt trauma to the head.

The Guyana senior men’s basketball head-coach Junior Hercules, has walked away from the helm of the program, after officially tendering his resignation on Tuesday to the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF).

Former Golden Jaguar international Dwain Jacobs has returned unopposed to the helm of recently formed Golden Grove football club, Dynamics FC, when the entity staged its elections and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 18.

The Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development yesterday commissioned a $120.9 million road at Phase Two Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana business community has had little choice but to endure the debilitating strictures resulting from the impact of the coronavirus on various entrepreneurial pursuits.

A man brought before the court for sexual activity committed on a child has been remanded to prison.

(Reuters) – With the retirement of three-time champion Usain Bolt, the 100m will have a new gold medallist at Tokyo 2020.

(Reuters) – Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga celebrated his birthday by taking four wickets as Sri Lanka beat India by seven wickets and took the three-match Twenty20 series 2-1 in Colombo yesterday, securing their first series win in the format since 2019.

As the prospects which oil and gas hold for the Guyana economy grow increasingly apparent, potential investors from both within and outside the region are casting a contemplating eye on Guyana as the biggest single potential investment target in the region and even in the hemisphere, at this time.

The Guyana Police Force is awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed in the killing of Anthony Pakanram, who was stabbed by his former partner on Sunday.

The economic challenges facing the Caribbean notwithstanding, there are indications that amongst global investors the region is still favoured among seekers of sound investments as havens for opportunistic citizenship-seekers.

(Reuters) – Belinda Bencic could become the first woman to clinch a singles tennis gold for Switzerland after she booked a place in the Olympic final with a hard-won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 victory over Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that two men are at large following a shooting at Meadow Brook Gardens.

(Reuters) – Sunisa Lee came to Tokyo thinking the best she might do was win an all-around Olympic silver but the youngest member of the U.S.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday continued to hear arguments both supporting and opposing its jurisdiction to hear the appeal filed by the main opposition APNU+AFC to the dismissal of one of its two petitions challenging the March 2nd, 2020 General Elections.

By Arthur Deakin Historically, countries that discover large amounts of natural resources, such as oil or gold, tend to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund to manage their newfound wealth.

(Reuters) – American double world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks and rival German Chiaraviglio of Argentina were ruled out of the Olympics yesterday after testing positive for COVID-19, sending a chill through the Games as infections spiked again in the host city.

Fifty-seven-year-old Clyve Lewis, who is accused of exposing himself, was on Wednesday charged with the offence.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have partnered to provide €30 million (US$36 million) in financing for Caribbean countries to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and make new healthcare investments.

(Reuters) – Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton yesterday defended the overtaking attempt that put Red Bull title rival Max Verstappen out of the British Grand Prix, saying he would pull the move off in “exactly the same way.”

Dear Editor, Former Prime Minister of Guyana and one-time PNC strongman Mr.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has set itself the formidable mission of halving poverty levels in the Caribbean within a time frame that better positions its borrowing member countries to realise the United Nations-set 2030 Social Development Goals (SDG).

Dear Editor, Hamilton Green’s opposition to having “ethnic balance in the security forces” on the basis of what he perceived as based on “ulterior motive” is an attempt to open the possibility for a future political dictatorship backed by the coercive arms of the state (July 28, 2021).

Even as the economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic lay bare the extent of the economic crisis that it is likely to leave behind for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the Economic Commission for Latin America is mounting a lobby for an extensive reform of the international financial system designed to address the challenges associated with the debt burden and the various other economic deformities that the pandemic is likely to leave behind.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets in protest yesterday, lighting fires and blocking roads across the Central American country, to demand the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei after the firing of a well-known anti-corruption prosecutor.

(Reuters) – The sporting director of the German cycling federation has been told to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after making racist remarks during Wednesday’s men’s Olympic road time trial, the Germany team said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A fisherman was fatally shot during a robbery at his Claxton Bay home on Wednesday night.

Dear Editor, I recently attempted to have my family’s passports renewed in Georgetown.

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – An independent inquiry into the car bomb murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta found on Thursday that the state had to bear responsibility after creating a “culture of impunity”.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee announced yesterday that all systems are in place for the staging of the two Champion of Champions three-a-side small-goal football competitions which commence on August 1 and 2 respectively.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pleaded yesterday for the adoption of printed ballots that can be counted, alleging that it is necessary to avoid fraud in the country’s electronic voting system in next year’s election.

All things being equal, the Caribbean could find itself on the way to recovery from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, though World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Felipe Jaramillo, is concerned that another spike in infections could spell disaster for the region, particularly given what is now widely believed to be a number of variants that are now part of the equation.

Dear Editor, The Mayor, Ubraj Narine and councillors are at it again.

On the 14th of this month a Cessna Caravan belonging to Jags Aviation of the BK Group ran off the runway in Eteringbang, Region Seven. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday found Cuba Gooding Jr liable in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the Oscar-winning actor of raping her twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, after Gooding failed to respond to the accusations in court.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Fair and reasonable.”   That is how businessman and restaurateur Peter George yesterday described his stance that all unvaccinated staff must pay for and present a negative PCR test every two weeks before coming back out to work at any of his six restaurants.

(Reuters) – Porto striker Mehdi Taremi clinched UEFA’s 2020-21 Goal of the Season award yesterday for his outstanding bicycle kick against Chelsea in the Champions League.

Executive director of Caribbean Export Development Agency, Deodat Maharaj, says it is time the Caribbean and Africa translated their inextricable historical and cultural connections into business opportunities for their peoples.

Dear Editor, We are certainly pleased with the allocation of $30 million for the Linden Riverfront Development by the Ministry of Public Works, as recently reported.

An Opposition supports the government! Hello readers: after you’ve taken in other columns, commentaries, and voluminous letters offering serious, scientific dissertations and analyses, I herein invite you – especially the over-sixties who will hopefully interest their youth (Dot.com)

Introduction Thirty months after its passage and assent by President Granger in January 2019, the only thing active about the Natural Resource Fund Act is that it continues to generate controversy.

When I was a young child, I did not necessarily consider myself Black.

The blanket of uncertainty that continues to hover over occasional interventions that seek to reassure that there is some reasonable time frame to the lifespan of the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to occupy more room in the psyche of the international community.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday July 29, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that busy and sells precious metals such as gold copper and silver.