Articles published on Monday, August 9, 2021
President Irfaan Ali has ordered that freight charges be reduced to pre-pandemic levels in order to lower taxes on imports, thereby relieving consumers of higher prices that have been passed on due to higher shipping costs.
Former Guyana Water Inc head Dr. Richard Van West Charles, a director of Atlantic Fuels Inc.,
Former Antigua Prime Minister Sir Lester Bryant Bird has passed away.
Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) today announced in a press release that it will increase the basic salary for all employees for the year ending September 2021.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Tokyo doused its Olympic flame yesterday in a ceremony that echoed the restraint of a Games held without spectators and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling sport and deeply person turmoil.
Eighteen million dollars in cash believed to be stolen during last week’s multi-million dollar robbery at gold trader Wallison Enterprise in Kitty was found buried in a West Bank Demerara back yard and two ranks of the Guyana Defence Force are currently in custody.
As places of business in the public and private sectors adopt and enforce the new requirement of showing proof of vaccination against COVID-19, Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon, yesterday said he intends to request a Parliamentary discussion on “Mandatory Vaccination” during today’s sitting.
Alex Mendes finally had his proud moment atop the saddle yesterday.
What started out as potholes have since developed into moon-like craters and when this newspaper visited the various communities within Parfaite Harmonie last week, it was observed that the poor state of the roads, beginning with the Access Road has now extended deep into the other communities.
Five patients from the National Psychiatric Hospital located at Fort Canje, Region Six, remain on the run following a fire believed to have been started by a patient at around 9:15pm on Saturday.
The death of 19-year-old Joel Skeete, the University of Guyana student, who was found dead on the foreshore of the West Bank Demerara days after going missing remains a mystery as numerous questions were left unanswered, something his family has to live with.
The Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) yesterday held elections at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) office where Imran Moakan was elected president of the body.
(Reuters) – Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea.
(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union said on Sunday, shifting course to back mandated shots as more children fall ill.
Guyana’s Mahir Rajkumar commenced the Open Under12 category of the FIDE Cadet and Youth Online Rapid World Cup tournament with an upset victory over India’s Asvath Mittal.
Dear Editor, ‘One do not make changes to a winning team’ says the old adage.
(Jamaican Observer) At nights, four children — ages two, three, seven, and 12 — are sent to stay with relatives and sometimes neighbours while their parents, Marlon Buckley and his sister Nicole Panton, make do with donated mattresses on the floor in a room stained by burn marks.
(Jamaica Gleaner) An early morning football game ended in tragedy in Howells Content near York Town, Clarendon yesterday when gunmen opened fire on a group of youngsters, killing an eight-year-old boy.
Dear Editor Late Guyanese singer Eddie Hooper in the 70s sang, “Take warning, you better take warning… you better do good…respect your fellow men as you should.”
(Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will discuss COVID-19 vaccines with U.S.
By David Bond St. Croix stands at a crucible. For 50 years, a massive oil refinery underwrote economic development on this US territory in the Caribbean before the plant closed abruptly in 2012 to avoid facing up to its environmental legacy.
A driver along with another passenger are critical at the Suddie Public Hospital after the vehicle they were in collided with a tree at Cullen, Region Two.
An alleged hit and run along Main Street, New Amsterdam, on Saturday around 7 pm has left a pedestrian hospitalised with a fractured skull at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A twenty-three-year-old Pigeon Island pedal cyclist is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing injuries he received after he allegedly rode into the path of a car on the Chateau Margot Public Road, East Coast Demerara, Saturday night.
Unrelenting showers over the past two days have resulted in flood waters rising in the Mahaicony and Abary rivers further contributing to plight of residents in the Mahaicony/Mahaica/Abary (MMA) Development area.
Long-serving Golden Jaguars captain Sam Cox has weighed in on the Guyana Football Federation’s decision to terminate the contract of senior men’s head coach Brazilian Marcio Maximo.
International Norwegian-based global marine insurance company, Gard, has expressed concerns over the transshipment of bauxite from Guyana which showed significant signs of high moisture content on arrival at a port in the US back in June.
The United Arab Emirates Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum’s delegation that visited here in November of last year to seal a deal for Sputnik vaccines had returned later last year to look at agriculture investments but have not been heard from since, according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – The opening test between India and England ended in a dull draw after rain washed out what had promised to be a humdinger of a final day yesterday.
TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Seven Caribbean nations appear on the final medal table from the Summer Olympic Games which ended here yesterday, with Cuba topping the list.
(Trinidad Express) It has been almost 18 months since the shooting death of Chaguanas mother, Alana Mohammed, and no one has been held.
Region Two Regional Executive Officer Devanand Ramdatt is refuting an article that has surfaced on social media (Facebook) which he says is aimed at defaming his character.
At his press conference last Monday, which one hopes will be convened at least monthly, President Ali contended that his government had not sequestered vital information on the oil and gas sector from the public.
Dear Editor, We all know that the entire world is facing a pandemic and our lives has been disrupted.
(Reuters) – A former assistant who filed a criminal complaint against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last week on accusations he groped her in the Executive Mansion in Albany is speaking publicly for the first time in a televised interview to be broadcast on Monday, saying the governor “needs to be held accountable.”
Three persons from Region Four who had tested positive for COVID-19 have died, taking the overall death toll to 559 while another 50 persons have tested positive for the virus.
Abhimanyu Mishra has become the chess world’s youngest grandmaster earning the title at 12 years, four months and 25 days.
The Printer’s Devil was apparently at work on Saturday and in Joseph `Red’s Perreira and Tony Mc Watt’s preview of the upcoming test series against Pakistan where they looked at possible players for the test team, the name of batsman Shai Hope was inadvertently omitted.
