Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 4, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as August 03, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Delays in international deliveries of the second dose of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine will be fully resolved this month, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), responsible for the shot’s marketing abroad, said in a statement today.

Heavy fog over the East Bank area this morning. (Hydromet Office photo)

An overseas-based Guyanese was this morning found dead in the heavily ransacked upper flat of his Reliance Settlement, East Canje, Berbice house.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Indonesia recorded a grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 today, data from the country’s health ministry showed, with the Southeast Asian nation recently accounting for one in five fatalities globally.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States will require thousands of border agents to wear body cameras, according to two officials and government documents, a major operational change that could increase oversight of agents and also help capture criminal activity.

(Barbados Nation) Illegal gun trader Jamal Orlando Worrell bought and rented out firearms the way people rent out beach chairs.

Fifteen companies yesterday submitted technical and financial proposals at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board to provide marketing services for Guyana’s oil entitlement from the Liza Destiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel. 

The two captains of the boats which collided in the Mazaruni River back in 2013, claiming the lives of 10 persons have both been found not guilty of causing the deaths.

Chairman of the Local Government Commission (LGC) Julius Faerber yesterday maintained his position that he had the authority to unilaterally appoint junior staff member Candace Nelson to act as Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), saying that the appointment will be up for ratification at the Commission’s next statutory meeting this month end and if it is opposed then it will be rescinded.

Black Bush Polder has been earmarked by Umami Incorporated for a multi-million dollar agro-processing facility which is expected to be a boon to the farmers in the region.

For chemical burns sustained to her fingers, Tanesha Fredericks who worked as a utilities cleaner, has been granted a default judgment against locally operated Trinidad oil company—Centipede Offshore (Guyana) Inc.,

A woman has died after she was struck down in the early hours of yesterday morning along Homestretch Avenue, in Georgetown.

Operators of passenger boats have been informed that they risk being suspended or having their licences revoked if they operate unvaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) yesterday announced via its Facebook page.

The government yesterday used its majority in the National Assembly to pass amendments to the legislation for the registration of births and deaths, including simplifying the process for adults without original documents to acquire birth certificates.

A visiting high-level World Bank team, led by its Vice President responsible for the Latin America and Caribbean region, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, along with officials from the Ministry of Finance yesterday inspected various developmental and completed project sites that form part of the World Bank project portfolio in Guyana.

The National Assembly yesterday passed an amendment to pave the way for the resumption of international adoptions with greater protections for children from potential abuse and exploitation.

A young mechanic was shot dead on Monday while at a friend’s house in `B’ Field, Sophia.

Two more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 24 new cases of the virus.

(Reuters) – Elaine Thompson-Herah completed a second successive Olympic sprint double yesterday when she won 200 metres gold in a blistering 21.53, the second-fastest time in history.

In the face of concerns that his administration has only paid lip service to transparency in its stewardship of the oil and gas sector, President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced that government is building a dedicated website to publish all available information.

Guyanese athlete Aliyah Abrams has qualified for today’s semifinals of the women’s 400m at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Residents of Wakenaam in Region Three will soon benefit from improved water supply with the commencement of the drilling of a new well by Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

Pakistan walked away with a 1-0 series win over West Indies as the fourth and final T20I was abandoned yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

Following the termination of the contract between the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Lyken/Newburg Funeral Home, the funeral company has decided to take legal action against the GPF.

The distribution of AstraZeneca vaccines that were recently received from the United Kingdom has begun, the Minister of Health has reported.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo groped, kissed or made suggestive comments to 11 women in violation of the law, the state’s attorney general said yesterday, prompting local prosecutors to launch a criminal investigation and reigniting calls for him to resign or be impeached.

Seeking to assuage concerns, President Irfaan Ali on Monday assured that the government’s new regional crime fighting units will not be a parallel police force.

DUBAI/LONDON, (Reuters) – Iranian-backed forces are believed to have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, three maritime security sources said, after Britain’s maritime trade agency reported a “potential hijack” in the area yesterday.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine was 58.5% effective in preventing symptomatic illness among millions of Chileans who received it between February and July, the Chilean health authorities said yesterday, while Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot was 87.7% effective and AstraZeneca’s was 68.7% effective.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Andre Belgrave to Stabroek News `I believe that President Granger was lied to during the declaration process by his own people’ dated 23rd July 2021.

Wading into the Opposition APNU+AFC for telling “untruths” about inequality and not doing its part in trying to bring unity since he took office, President Irfaan Ali on Monday challenged opposition supporters to judge him by his actions and to fact-check assertions from the opposing party.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City will become the first major U.S.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress passed a land bill yesterday that is backed by the country’s powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

Dear Editor, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo’s comments about constructing buildings with fire safety in mind are important.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has had 32,316 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours and 1,209 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early yesterday, and Ukrainian police launched a murder investigation.

A Sophia teenager, who police say was caught red-handed after robbing a man of a phone in a knife-point attack, was yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge.

KABUL, (Reuters) – A car bomb blast followed by sporadic gunfire hit Afghanistan’s capital Kabul yesterday near the heavily fortified “Green Zone”, leaving three civilians and three attackers dead, security officials said amid an upturn in violence by Taliban militants.

The mother of 12-year-old Varshanie Ramroop, who was hit down while crossing the Farm Public Road, East Bank Essequibo in June, is asking that the police be more active in addressing the matter.

Dear Editor, Section 12 (1) (a) of the ExxonMobil production sharing agreement signed by then Minister Raphael Trotman on 27 June 2016 provides that ‘The Associated Gas produced from any Oil Field within the Contract Area shall be with priority used for the purposes related to the operations of production and production enhancement of Oil Fields, such as Gas Injection, Gas Lifting and power generation’. 

By  Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The Group of Twenty has become a pillar of multilateralism.

(Trinidad Guardian) Catastrophic floods caused as a result of an isolated thunderstorm swept through parts of north west Trinidad yesterday, leaving many still counting their losses and assessing damage to their properties.

The body of an unidentified man was found in a koker at Nouvelle Flanders, West Coast Demerara yesterday.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Military and police authorities seized 116 tonnes of cocaine in the seventh phase of Orion, the multinational naval operation in which 38 countries took part, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Athing Mu of the United States won the gold medal in the Olympic women’s 800 metres final yesterday, her country’s first victory in the event in more than half a century, as her compatriot Raevyn Rogers grabbed bronze.

(Reuters) – Cuban welterweight Roniel Iglesias powered to his second Olympic gold medal yesterday, while self-described “unathletic” featherweight Sena Irie took maiden gold for Japan in a pivotal moment for women’s sport.

(Reuters) – England’s tour of Bangladesh, which was scheduled to take place in September and October, has been pushed back to March 2023, the two cricket boards said yesterday.

Two Fridays past, Naomi Osaka, the World’s Number Two ranked women’s lawn tennis player, and arguably the most popular athlete in Japan at the moment, lit the flame at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – World record holder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden won the Olympic men’s pole vault gold medal yesterday, soaring over 6.02 metres on his first attempt at that height.

(Reuters) – A world record had been predicted but Norway’s Karsten Warholm had to utterly destroy it to hold off American Rai Benjamin and take gold yesterday in the men’s 400 metres hurdles, in what will go down as one of the all-time great Olympic races.

Dear Editor, I conducted my first marriage ceremony on 13th of Dec, 2003.

By  Zhang Jun SHANGHAI – The great powers in history have tended to have one thing in common: size matters.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points as Team USA rallied to beat Spain 95-81 and reach the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics in Saitama, Japan, yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former FIFA interim president Issa Hayatou has been banned for one year and fined 30,000 Swiss francs ($33,189.51) for a breach of FIFA’s ethics code, the world soccer body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh stunned Australia with a spirited bowling performance to secure a 23-run win in the first Twenty20 international in Dhaka yesterday, claiming their maiden T20 victory over the visitors in the process.

(Reuters) – Marco Asensio struck in an extra-time winner as Spain ended Japan’s hopes of Olympic gold in men’s football with a 1-0 win, setting up a meeting with Brazil in Saturday’s final.

(Reuters) – Doping suspicions aimed at Italy’s 100 metres Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs are embarrassing and unpleasant, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) president Giovanni Malago said yesterday.

(Reuters) – U.S. gymnast Simone Biles yesterday stepped onto the balance beam and threw off a week of doubts, fears and mental pressure to do what she has long done best – win an Olympic medal, this time a bronze she hadn’t even thought she could try for.

(Reuters) – A Frontier Airlines passenger accused of groping two flight attendants and punching a third on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami was taped to his seat for the duration of the flight and arrested on landing, NBC News reported yesterday.