Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Dear Editor, I am in Guyana and I desperately need your help.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 23, 2021, four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

As part of President Joe Biden’s promise to help the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy today announced a delivery of 146,250 Pfizer vaccine doses to Guyana on August 24. 

(Reuters) – The weekend flooding in Tennessee that killed at least 21 people was more destructive than originally estimated, with about 120 homes washed off foundations, destroyed or simply “gone,” officials said today.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said today that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including “summary executions” of civilians and Afghan security forces who have surrendered.

(Trinidad Express) Deputy Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob said last night police were putting their investigative apparatus together to solve what he described as a heinous crime.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is taking a hard line against unvaccinated adolescents as the new school term nears and has warned that the Government may make vaccines mandatory for a return to school.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said yesterday that virtual classes will continue when the new school term starts on September 6, while the ministry and the Government look at how many students received vaccines.

Schools will reopen on September 6 for face-to-face teaching, the Ministry of Education reiterated  yesterday as it urged parents to allow their children to be vaccinated with the Pfizer shots that are due to arrive in the country today and warned teachers to be inoculated or provide a weekly negative PCR test.

Conservation International Guyana (CI-G) has withdrawn from a US$10 million partnership agreement with ExxonMobil that was aimed at the advancement of a sustainable economy through investments in education, research, sustainable management and preservation of the country’s ecosystem.

Anthony Jones, 41, called ‘Pastry Man,’ was yesterday morning handed a life sentence for the 2018 killing of 20-year-old Nyron Vyphuis, who was stabbed in the heart after intervening in an argument Jones was having with his (Jones’) wife, to prevent him from hitting the woman.

Rifs Lima Fish Port Complex is currently investing over $100 million in the construction of a wharf, a dry dock area and a processing plant at Charity, in Region Two.

An Alliance for Change (AFC)-sponsored motion of no-confidence against Region Four Chairman Daniel Seeram is actively being discussed by the party’s executive, according to General Secretary David Patterson.

Guyana yesterday received a shipment of 5,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V component two vaccine which arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri at 12:00pm, the Ministry of Health said.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of August 22, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

(Reuters) – The Russian and British empires battled over Afghanistan in the 19th century, and the United States and the Soviet Union in the 20th.

Christopher Griffith Sunday romped to victory in the  inaugural David Persaud Memorial cycle road race held in memory of the late businessman and sports stalwart.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has defended its decision to use the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) standards, protocols, guidelines and recommended practices as its benchmark implementations for the oil and gas sector here saying they offer numerous benefits.

Following complaints from defence attorney Glenn Hanoman of vital missing notes of evidence in the appeal filed by Michael Abrams to his conviction for raping and sodomizing a young girl, the Guyana Court of Appeal has ordered the prosecution to make efforts at retrieving the apparent missing pieces.

Rayon Griffith has been appointed lead coach while Nicholas Pooran was named captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

A 27-year-old man is wanted by the police in connection with the murder of Rosignol, Berbice resident, Feroze Khan last week.

Newly appointed head coach of the Trinbago Knight Riders, Imran Jan, is anticipating an intense Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season even as the team prepares for its title defence.

Over 200 residents in Bartica, Region Seven benefitted from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s spectacles distribution exercise yesterday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, One of the missing ingredients in most published exchanges is a ‘sense of humour’.

Sherfane Rutherford and Fabian Allen are the two X-factor players for the St.

(Reuters) – The U.S. drug regulator yesterday granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine – the first to secure such Food and Drug Administration validation – prompting President Joe Biden to make a fresh pitch to vaccine skeptics to get the shot to fight the relentless pandemic.

Dear Editor, In the month that our VP Bharrat Jagdeo was showboating in Houston and talking up Guyana’s impending wealth, a medical team from the United States flew into Mabaruma and Port Kaituma in Region One.

As part of India’s 75th Independence Anniversary celebrations, the High Commission of India organised an Indian Cultural Evening on 15th August 2021 at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Bel Air.

Dear Editor, If the PPP has done poorly in terms of performance and it has when it comes to governing Guyana to the benefit of all its people, let us take a moment to recognise, appreciate and congratulate the opposition for its tremendous and laudable efforts in holding the government accountable.

The Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI), located at Anna Regina, in Region Two, is positioned for transformation in the coming months with the appointments of a new Principal and Chairman of the Board.

Guyana Amazon Warriors’ ‘Batting Director,’ Shimron Hetmyer, believes that once players understand and execute their roles, the side could lift their maiden title in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

NEW DELHI/LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From television screens and universities to the national parliament, Afghan women spent two decades battling to have their voices heard and their faces seen.

A Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice, teenager remains hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was attacked by another teenager, who remains in police custody for questioning over the incident.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York City will require public school teachers and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Mayor Bill de Blasio said yesterday, part of a push to get more residents inoculated and slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

Dear Editor, This has reference to “US State Dep’t personnel have become amateurish in approach to complex international problems: by Derrick Arjune (SN Aug 23).

MAPUTO, (Reuters) – South Africa will extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang to his home country, its justice department said yesterday, where a criminal trial over the $2 billion debt scandal that crashed its economy has now begun.

Dear Editor, Many people have indicated to me that they would like to learn more about my vision for Guyana as a Presidential candidate in 2025.

Guyana-born scientist, Vidia Surendra Roopchand, who is a Principal Research Scientist at US COVID vaccine manufacturer, Pfizer will speak virtually to his alma mater, the University of Guyana, where he got his foundational degree in Chemistry in 1990.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Five workers were killed and six injured in Sunday’s fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) that cut about a quarter of Mexico’s oil production, the company said on Monday.

(Reuters) – South Africa will use their one-day series in Sri Lanka as preparation for the Twenty20 World Cup later this year as conditions in the United Arab Emirates are expected to be similar, captain Temba Bavuma said.

A 33-year-old East La Penitence vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with being one of the three men who carried out an armed attack on a man along Regent Street.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Cricket’s short Twenty20 format is tailor-made for Olympics but the sport’s administrators will consider any format which would ensure the game’s inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Games, USA Cricket chief Paraag Marathe has said.

(Reuters) – England captain Joe Root has expressed sympathy for Azeem Rafiq after the former Yorkshire spinner alleged that he had been a victim of institutional racism at the club.

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(Reuters) – South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has apologised for singing offensive songs and using racist nicknames during his playing days in an affidavit submitted to Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) committee yesterday.

The near simultaneous fortune-changing oil finds offshore Guyana and Suriname inside what  one writer has described as “a new petroleum province……in the Guyana/Suriname Basin” has had the effect of shining an insightful light in the direction of the wider global oil search, going forward, never mind the fact that the global fossil fuel industry now appears to be locked in an intense battle with the rapidly growing global climate change ‘army’ for its long-term future.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Kieran Powell’s negligence cost West Indies late in the day but the home side avoided the now familiar top order turmoil, to give themselves a fighting chance on today’s  final day of the second Test against Pakistan.

NAIROBI, Kenya, CMC – Twins Tia and Tina Clayton sparkled as Jamaica brought the curtain down on the Under-20 World Championship by winning the women’s sprint relay in a world record time here Sunday.

EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Reigning Olympic double sprint champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, has placed Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 33-year-old women’s 100 metres world record squarely in her crosshairs, after clocking the second fastest time in history here last weekend.

Dear Editor, Saturday last two ladies drove to my home to bring bad news.

A Peters Hall man was yesterday  granted bail after being arraigned on two counts of armed robbery.