Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Prime Minister, Mark Phillips (left) this afternoon at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri welcomed the President of the Republic of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi  (right) and his wife, First Lady  Mellisa K.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 16, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today issued a release which stated that it had been told by its counterpart law enforcement agency in the United States that a complaint against Attorney General Anil Nandlall had been dismissed as “frivolous and vexatious”.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that a pornographic video circulating on social media and purporting to have been shot at one of its locations actually originated from a vaccination centre in San Jose, Costa Rica.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989 after Moscow’s failed decade-long campaign there, said on Tuesday that NATO’s own deployment to the country had been doomed from the start.

 (Reuters) – It took just a few days for the Taliban to sweep across Afghanistan and seize territory they did not already control, sometimes taking major provincial capitals with barely a shot in anger.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The chief of field operations of the U.N.

LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reuters) – The search for survivors of a weekend earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people on Haiti resumed today after an overnight storm battered thousands left homeless with heavy rain before the weather front moved on.

(Trinidad Express) Head of the Legal Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, Christian Chandler, has been sent on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into an incident on his yacht.

(Trinidad Guardian) Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (DOMA) head Gregory Aboud said yesterday that he is concerned another lockdown could be the final nail in the coffin for business owners in the capital city.

President Irfaan Ali last night announced an additional $2.6b in relief  for society’s most vulnerable which includes a $25,000 one-off grant to all old age pensioners, public assistance recipients and persons living with disabilities along with one month’s free electricity to more than 40,000 households.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Secu-rity yesterday launched the country’s first ever business incubator dedicated to women.

Twenty-year-old Mahendra Deopaul died on Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle in an attempt to escape from the police.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced that a bank account has been established to mobilise relief for earthquake-hit Haiti.

A 19-year-old was on Sunday killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Kairuni Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Keon McPherson, the man who was found dead at ‘C’ Field, Sophia on Sunday, died as a result of a gunshot injury, which he is believed to have gotten in an ambush.

A 32-year-old Moruca, Region One woman said she was forced to deliver her own child more than two weeks ago after she was allegedly neglected while in labour at the Suddie Hospital.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 14 new cases of the virus.

Amid many questionable decisions, Guyana’s six-member CAC bodybuilding team finished with two medals at the event which was staged in El Salvador over the weekend. 

President Irfaan Ali has labelled an opposition backed “anti-racism” rally held in New York over the weekend as deceitful.

By Ron Fanfair Outstanding Caribbean athlete and trade unionist George DePeana who died recently was a  prominent labour movement leader and excellent athlete Born in Guyana, DePeana passed away on July 26 at age 85 in a hospital in Trinidad where he resided for the last 45 years.

Some residents of communities in Region Nine yesterday staged a protest against the recently implemented vaccination requirements in the region.

Guyana’s top male badminton player, Narayan Ramdhani, last weekend captured two gold medals at the Kings University 2021 Open Summer badminton tournament in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Lindener Michael Emanuel was yesterday afternoon freed of the charge of murdering Wismar mason Leonard Peters, after Justice Sandil Kissoon upheld a no-case submission which his attorney made. 

(Cricinfo) Port-of-Spain, 1988. Curtly Ambrose has just got rid of Javed Miandad for 102, Viv Richards taking the catch to deal a potentially lethal blow to Pakistan’s hopes of a stunning fourth-innings chase.

Residents and visitors have said that flooding at Eteringbang in Region Seven is the deepest it has been for a long time following torrential rains.

Dear Editor, Some weeks ago, the Investment and Development Committee of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown agreed that it would open tenders, advertised by the City Council, for the construction of the building for the city’s administration, at the south- western end of the City Hall compound, and to lease the Constabulary Training Complex, at Water Street.

Despite being provisionally suspended by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in January 2019 at the end of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI), former FIFA Referee Roy MacArthur has yet to be brought before the federation’s Disciplinary Committee and his matter remains in limbo.

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday stated that it was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Coach Michael ‘Franco’ Hyles and wished to extend condolences to his family, colleagues and the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).

Former Guyana High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago and one-time Chairman of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Bishwaishwar ‘Cammie’ Ramsaroop has died.

Dear Editor, I had stated that I supported the government’s policy initiatives aimed at encouraging vaccination against COVID-19, and further, that I would support strengthening those measures.

The Los Angeles Clippers yesterday made official their acquisition of guard Eric Bledsoe in exchange for three players.

Telephone company, GTT has begun a vaccination recognition drive among its staff which will see fully vaccinated employees being eligible to receive various awards.

Dear Editor,  Please permit me some space to share my ongoing experience with GTT.

(BBC) India captain Virat Kohli said criticism from commentators motivated his tailenders in the 151-run win over England in the second Test at Lord’s.

A man was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 after he was charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Thousands of people desperate to flee Afghanistan thronged Kabul’s airport yesterday after the Taliban seized the capital, prompting the United States to pause evacuations much of the day as President Joe Biden confronted mounting criticism over the U.S.

Dear Editor,  The world changed when SARS-COV-2/COVID 19 became a force to reckon with.

The Guyana Court of Appeal has given child rapist Mark Campbell the next two weeks to retain a lawyer or he will have to represent himself in the challenge to his convictions and the two life sentences he is currently serving.

(Reuters) – U.S. officials for the first time yesterday declared an official water shortage for the massive Lake Mead reservoir, triggering supply cuts to parts of the drought-stricken Southwest, as 10 Western governors appealed for federal drought disaster aid.

A woman accused of trying to scam two persons by selling them a car that she could not deliver was yesterday faced with two charges in a city court.

(Reuters) – India’s pacemen produced a terrific display of swing bowling to crush England by 151 runs in the second test at Lord’s yesterday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government must understand that crime, i.e., robberies, shoplifting and home invasions among others cannot be reduced by building additional prisons and offering training to inmates.

Owing to a personal emergency which Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC communicated to the court he had to attend to, Justice Gino Persaud was unable to proceed yesterday with hearing arguments on Nandlall’s application to strike President Irfaan Ali’s name from the action brought by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) was recently forced to delay the restart of its cricket season due to rain.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration yesterday challenged a federal judge’s decision in June to block the Interior Department’s pause on oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters – a critical piece of its climate change policy – but will proceed with leasing during the appeals process.

Dear Editor, It was widely proclaimed by that side of the offensive, that diplomats at all levels, had interfered and meddled in our internal affairs, during the five months attempted heist on democracy.

A youth who yesterday pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including assaulting a peace officer, was fined after being reprimanded by a city magistrate.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Friday launched a portal that will allow persons to easily access standards and other relevant information without having to visit the organization’s office.

(The Conversation) Coastal communities around the world are facing increasing threats from tropical cyclones.

ABUJA/LAGOS,  (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law an oil overhaul bill that has been in the works for nearly two decades, a presidential spokesman said yesterday.

Dear Editor, With reference to the announcement in Stabroek News of DDL’s ‘Demerara Rum’ gaining ‘Key EU Recognition’, I recall some time in the early 1970s when in London with my Fijian colleague, Prince Droonamisimisi, at the end of working day in the heart of the business district, visited the nearby pub.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday announced that Manniram Prashad, a past Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of  Guyana, and current chairman of a several prestigious commercial organisations, has been appointed to the CWI Board of Directors as a non-member (independent) Director, effective July 30, 2021.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – FC Barcelona can reverse their poor financial situation within a year and a half, president Joan Laporta told a news conference yesterday, after saying the club ended last year 451 million euros ($531 million) in the red.

There are those who might argue that fate could have at least held off on Haiti’s latest tragedy, the country’s devastating earthquake and its horrendous consequences of a few days ago until the pain and the sense of loss that must still persist over the recent horrendous assassination of the country’s President, Jovenel Moise had been afforded a more extended period. 

LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reu-ters) – Doctors in Haiti yesterday battled in make-shift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly, outside hospitals overwhelm-ed by an earthquake that killed at least 1,419 people.

A Superbet cashier was on Friday charged with embezzling $317,000 from her employer.

LONDON, CMC – Reggae Boyz target Mikail Antonio sealed all three points with the final goal to equal a club scoring record after missing a penalty, as West Ham United twice came from behind to defeat Newcastle United in their English Premier League opener at St James’ Park on Sunday.

(Reuters) – The Nicaraguan government yesterday canceled the registration of six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Denmark, Spain, the United States and Sweden, claiming they were violating the Central American nation’s transparency laws.

By Michael R. Bloomberg NEW YORK – Each year, more than 80,000 children globally die from a danger that gets little public attention and is not taken seriously enough by governments: drowning.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is aware that the focus by sports these days is on Black Lives Matter.

By Richard Haass NEW YORK – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country.