Daily Archive: Sunday, August 1, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of July 31, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

About 1.10 am today,  convicted prisoner Allen Thomas, 25 years, of Shea Village, South Rupununi was found in a sitting position and hanging from the inside door handle of the lockups at the Lethem Police Station with his underwear tied around his neck.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a stunning upset victory in the Olympic men’s 100 metres final today, becoming the first Italian to take the most coveted title in athletics and doing it in a European record time of 9.80 seconds.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexicans are set to vote today on whether to investigate five of the country’s former leaders in a referendum championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, amid criticism that the move is a political stunt and turnout could be low.

 (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial Times reported https://on.ft.com/3j8mbTb

(Trinidad Guardian) Some 275 workers are now out of jobs after the Trotters Restaurant Group took a decision to temporarily close its operations until the Government allows the food sector to return to in-house dining during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says employers asking unvaccinated staff to take the vaccine or pay for PCR COVID tests on a regular basis, are making decisions based on their responsibility to the population.

While the sales terms have not been publicised, Guyana received nearly US$80 million for its last one million barrels of oil, the highest sum to date, and pushing the total in its account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank to more than US$430 million, sources say.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday announced a series of relief measures, including billions in cash grants for households and farmers that were devastated by recent flooding countrywide.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the deaths of six more persons who were infected with COVID-19.

With the recently repaired flash gas compression system on the Liza Destiny oil platform still experiencing some technical issues, ExxonMobil said it is now flaring about six million cubic feet of gas per day.

While assuring that all preparations have been made for the sitting of the National Grade Six Assessment on Wednesday and Thursday, the Ministry of Education yesterday announced that it would allow students the option of wearing casual clothing rather than their school uniforms.

Long before Patricia Cummings made headlines for vaccinating United States Vice-President Kamala Harris, she was a nurse who enjoyed caring for her patients as much as she could.

With public transport operators now required to be vaccinated in order to ferry members of the public, some minibus operators yesterday signalled that they plan to strike to protest the new measure.

A year ago, unsung marine turtle conservationist, Audley James, 80, left the protected area of Shell Beach, Mabaruma Sub-region after 33 years, knowing that the once dwindling population of endangered marine turtles in north western Guyana was on the increase.

Seerojnie Singh, better known as ‘Aunty Baby,’ is the go-to person for plant lovers living along the East Coast Demerara.

The newly announced COVID-19 measure requiring unvaccinated persons to make an appointment before visiting a ministry or government agency has been met with mixed reactions, with some welcoming the decision while others have described it as unfair.

While the updated COVID-19 Emergency measures allows for cinemas to resume operations from today, Caribbean Cinemas and MovieTowne yesterday said that they would not be reopening as yet due to a restriction on the sale of food and drinks.

Today is Emancipation Day, and millions of Afro-Caribbean people within the Region and across the diaspora will be celebrating the abolition of slavery across the British Empire.

One is not certain about the first flavors of “sweet drink” to be bottled in British Guiana. 

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Saturday called on the government to initiate an “ethnic and national reconciliation” process, while warning that tensions between the country’s two major ethnic groups poses a danger to national stability.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah blazed to 100 metres gold yesterday, becoming the fastest woman alive as she denied compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a third Olympic title.

Saying that the most glaring challenge for African Guyanese is economic inequity, the Society for African Guyanese Empowerment (SAGE) has urged that they demand that the issue be treated as a national emergency.

Dear Editor, Emancipation Day 2021 provides an opportunity for Guyanese of African descent to remember their forefathers who endured the cruel indignities of the Middle Passage and slavery of plantation life at the hands of several European nations.

Introduction Today’s column wraps-up my interrogation cum discussion of the mis-representations, deceptions, and fake news hurled at Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector.

Dear Editor, The circumstances under which the PPP/C finally acceded to office last Aug 2 do not need any reprisal.

Promising to offer a “second to none” experience and with plans to extend its operation throughout the country in the coming months, the Heliconia Restaurant and Lounge yesterday officially opened its doors to the public.

The economy Guyana inherited at Independence in 1966 has remained largely unchanged.

The police have issued a bulletin for 26-year-old Samorea Mitchell, of Wisroc, Linden, who is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Delroy McKenzie, and the attempted murder of Calvin Daly.

Dear Editor, I have taken note of a letter in the Stabroek News on July 29, 2021 under the headline “Without internet accessibility GOAL will remain an elusive dream for potential hinterland scholars”.

Intermittently, and especially during memorable times up the immense and soul-redeeming Essequibo, I like to read Shelley – as we all should do from time to time since he is pre-eminently the poet of hope.

Guyana was up to last Thursday at the tail end of its recent Sputnik V shipment even as the COVID-19 vaccination programme continues.

As a child, Sarju Persaud spent many of his days laid up in bed with various injuries which bled sometimes for weeks at a time.

Dear Editor, There is news that the Government agencies will be setting up appointments for the un-vaccinated citizens who the Government is mandated to serve.

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Paramakatoi, humbly request that the mobile giants, either Digicel or Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) consider providing mobile service to the Village of Paramakatoi.

“I just want to see my children. I miss them so much and it is almost two months since I have not seen them.

Emanuel Archibald’s debut appearance at the ongoing Olympic Games ended yesterday in round one of the men’s 100m staged at the Olympic stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Following criticisms of its response to the fatal Alberttown blaze that left two Venezuelan women dead on Thursday, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday defended its performance, while denying that it showed up unprepared.

Dear Editor, We do not seem to be making much headway in the renegotiation of the lopsided ExxonMobil/Guyana oil contract.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A pandemic-related U.S. government ban on residential evictions was set to expire at midnight last night, putting millions of American renters at risk of being forced from their homes.

A search is underway for convicted prisoner Quincy Clarke, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison yesterday morning.

There are many misconceptions about vitamins and supplements and I would like to clear up some of them.

A Babar Azam half-century followed by an economical spell from Mohammad Hafeez ensured Pakistan a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the second T20I yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, saying she had met with some Colombian mercenaries accused of killing him.

How might things have been different if Marvel had decided to produce a “Black Widow” film that opened in 2017 to explore the past of Natasha Romanoff?

Dear Editor, How is reverting to substantive position be classified as a demotion?

A woman who accepted a drop from an unknown driver at Tuschen Housing Scheme has said she had to break the window of his vehicle to escape after the driver refused to let her out.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Laying on her side in a sleeveless peach-colored dress, an elderly patient groaned as she gasped for air in one of the Haitian capital’s few medical units equipped to care for those hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Pedro Castillo appointed moderate economist Pedro Francke as finance minister late on Friday, an olive branch to rattled markets after the newly-elected president earlier named members of his Marxist Free Peru party to several other cabinet positions.

Before Chelsea Edghill, there was Sydney Christophe. Widely considered to be the most talented Guyanese racquet wielder ever, Christophe at the height of his powers, dominated the local scene like no other before him or since, winning national men’s singles and doubles as well as mixed doubles titles with consummate ease.

It happen here a lil while back, in the middle of we MASH We ban some calypso outright friend, no more airplay, one lash But why they pick on kaiso man, I just don’t understand There are more important things now we should ban   The civil servant with a fancy house taking bribe left and right Ban that, immediately yes, ban that Some gutters up in Albouystown that block up day and night Ban that, oh yes, no argument, ban that And the ones that we have driving, drunk on vodka, rum or gin If you want to ban, right away, with that crowd, let’s begin Ban all the corruption, and the poor construction, look around and you’ll see Like pot holes in the road, ban that now.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities yesterday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the government as it battles a fourth wave of infections.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Caribbean Airline’s move to cut 79 pilots could be causing some turbulence, legally.

A Berbice businessman and his wife were robbed on Friday evening while entering their yard at Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme, East Canje, Berbice.

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent statement made by Deputy Speaker Lenox Shuman that was obviously intended to encourage vaccination against COVID-19.

The impending exit of Brazilian native Marcio Maximo will create a void in the head coaching post of the senior men’s national team, better known as the Golden Jaguars in local parlance.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday voiced his support for reparations. “Guyana will continue to support the efforts being made within the Caribbean Community to press for the convening of an international summit to demand reparative justice for the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, African enslavement, and its enduring effects,” Ali proclaimed in his Emancipation Day message.

Last Update: 808.97                                         Movement: 0.11% Current Update: 809.86                                   YTD Movement: 17.05%                                  LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index rose 1.558% during the fourth period of trading in July 2021.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Small groups of students protested against Myanmar’s military junta yesterday in Mandalay and a human rights group accused the armed forces of crimes against humanity as the country approached six months since the army’s takeover.

Chess game White: Mark Taimanov Black: Bobby Fischer  Tournament: Candidates Quarterfinal.

TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Former CARIFTA Games star Natoya Goule became the first Jamaican in 13 years to reach an Olympic final in the women’s 800 metres, when she captured her semi-final at the Tokyo Games here yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has registered 37,582 new cases of coronavirus over the last 24 hours, reaching 19.92 million cases.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The United States clinched a quarter-final berth in Olympic men’s basketball yesterday as seedings for next week’s last- eight showdowns took shape.

Dear Editor, It saddens me to see illicit drugs sold, drug addicts being used as cheap labour, sex workers plying their trade during evening hours and piles upon piles of rubbish each time I visit our local markets. 

One hundred and eighty-three years have passed since those freed from enslavement on August 1st crowded the churches to give thanks to God.

(The University of Queensland/Queensland Brain Institute) –  Professor Geoff Faulkner from the Queensland Brain Institute is refuting claims that COVID-19 can enter a person’s DNA.

(Reuters) – “Robot, stand up” – Oscar Constanza, 16, gives the order and slowly but surely a large frame strapped to his body lifts him up and he starts walking.

(British Psychological Society Research Digest) – There are multiple risk factors for self-harm, including a history of abuse, trauma, physical and mental illness, and bullying.

By Ranjith Ramasamy (The Conversation) – Contrary to myths circulating on social media, COVID-19 vaccines do not cause erectile dysfunction and male infertility.

BRUSSELS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climate activists will try to shut down gas terminals and protest fracking plans in several countries this weekend, as a post-lockdown push to influence the agenda ahead of November’s COP26 climate summit in Scotland kicks off in earnest.