Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Police yesterday arrested three men after they were found in possession of a quantity of medical equipment and documents including COVID-19 vaccination books and sick leave forms.

The Ministry of Health says that as of August 24, 2021, another person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

An ongoing feud at City Hall over who should perform the functions of Town Clerk could result in the delay of salaries to workers and affect other services.

BRUSSELS/COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Denmark and Costa Rica are trying to forge an alliance of countries willing to fix a date to phase out oil and gas production and to stop giving permits for new exploration, government ministers said and documents showed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Health Ministry is reporting that Jamaica yesterday hit a record one-day tally of 21,000 COVID vaccinations administered.

A total of 146,250 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Guyana yesterday and around 70,000 children are to be inoculated with it.

Unvaccinated staff were yesterday asked to leave the Ministry of Education’s Lot 21 Brickdam office after a grace period to be vaccinated expired.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – With U.S. sanctions spooking key oil buyers and depriving its government of cash, Venezuela last year inked a deal with a little-known local company to swap crude for food, Reuters has learned.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MHSSS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) yesterday launched the COPSQUAD 2000 initiative, which will see the training of 2,000 policemen and women who will be dealing with reports of domestic violence.

Close to 12 inches of water swamped households at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara during yesterday morning’s high tide after the koker attendant failed to show up to close the doors.

A soldier died yesterday after he lost control of his car in the vicinity of Hauraruni, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. 

Four more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 134 new cases.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) yesterday launched an online system, which is expected to reduce the processing time for some teacher applications from over nine months to two months.

Guyana’s recent pact with Suriname on health services would see cancer patients getting radioactive therapy not available here  and Surinamese coming here for kidney transplants, Minister of Health Dr.Frank

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Irrepressible left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed a 10-wicket match haul as West Indies failed to break their 21-year-long jinx of having not beaten Pakistan in a series, by slumping to a 109-run defeat in the second Test here yesterday.

After finding out that a juror is likely to face criminal charges, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on Monday had to abort the trial of Ravindra Maraj who had been arraigned before her at the Sexual Offences Court on two counts of raping a woman.

Dear Editor, I wish to discuss one or two constitutional issues that have been raised publicly and are still being contested. 

The 34,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines that were received on Monday are expected to be used mostly in hinterland areas.

Frontera Energy Corporation on Monday announced that the Kawa-1 exploration well offshore Guyana has been spudded.

Dear Editor, I was outraged when I read the Department of Public Information (DPI) release that the “Gas-to-Energy project, when constructed and operationalised will significantly reduce the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere, thereby improving Guyana’s status as a good environmental steward.”

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Refereeing Department commenced its annual FIFA Member Association Referees Course  Monday at the National Training Centre in Providence, a release from the federation stated.

Guyana’s Lady Jaguars are confident of a strong showing in the first round of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers, after being drawn in group-F Saturday.

Dear Editor, What are the costs of vaccine hesitancy? Some costs are easily computed in terms of dollars and some costs cannot be translated into monetary terms.

The hearing of the appeal filed by Hansel Lewis, who slashed the throat of Chris Burrowes during the early hours of New Year’s Day 2013, is set to commence this morning before the Guyana Court of Appeal.

Last season’s bridesmaids, Saint Lucia Kings have boosted their seam attack as they push for the Caribbean Premier League title in the 2021 season.

Dear Editor, This is to express gratitude to Professor Nigel Westmaas for the detailed information provided in SN of 22nd August on ‘The Negro Progress Convention’ (NPC) and a number of related ‘Negro/African Associations’.

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden said yesterday the United States is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan by Aug.

Minister Ashni Singh has urged yet another Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company to expand its operations to various regions of the country.

Barbados Royals head coach, Daniel Vettori considers the local group of players as integral to his team’s success in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

With the leadership of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) still not recognising interim Town Clerk Candace Nelson, she resorted to walking out of a statutory meeting held on Monday at the Kitty Market Hall.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, widely regarded as one of the coolest men in rock, a jazz enthusiast and a snappy dresser, died yesterday just three weeks after pulling out of the band’s upcoming U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s state governors are concerned about military police turning out in support of President Jair Bolsonaro in an upcoming march, minutes published yesterday showed, as the far-right former army captain continues to sow doubt about next year’s presidential election.

Dear Editor, While the specific statistics are unavailable, it is well known that there are many single parent households across Guyana, the majority of which are headed by women.

The Jamaica Tallawahs are on the hunt for their third Caribbean Premier League title and head coach, Floyd Reifer, has mapped out a path to the title centered on consistency and a collective team effort.

Dear Editor, Since in the eighties decade we were taught about PERT.

ALGIERS, (Reuters) – Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco yesterday, citing what it called “hostile actions” by its most populous neighbour with which it has had strained relations for decades.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud has assured Region Ten residents that her ministry is constantly working to improve the services being offered.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – Central American countries are eagerly waiting to see if El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as parallel legal tender cuts the cost of remittances, an important source of income for millions of people, the region’s development bank said.

Guyanese cricket commentator Joseph `Reds Perreira is celebrating a Golden Jubilee this year, 50 years of cricket commentary and the popular resort chain known as Sandals will have him as a special guest today.

Dear Editor, Last Friday’s edition carried a summary yet competent history of Afghanistan’s reputation as “a graveyard” for those who attempted, over centuries, to exercise complete ownership of that tortured land.

Twenty-three-year-old Budraj Ramlall aka Devin of Adventure, Region Two has surrendered to police after he was involved in an accident at Adventure Truck Line Dam.

DAKAR,  (Reuters) – Hissene Habre, the former strongman president of Chad and security ally of the West during the Cold War who was later jailed for war crimes, died yesterday in Senegal at the age of 79, Senegal’s justice minister said.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Public Utilities has appointed Shakeer Baig acting Assistant Director in the Meteorological Services Division (MSD) to manage the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) operations.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – European clubs have accused world soccer’s governing body FIFA of abusing its regulatory function in a growing row over the extended release of players for World Cup qualifiers in September and October.

(Concacaf) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday that it will return to Concacaf and its affected Member Associations (MA) $70 million in funds recovered from individuals and entities implicated in the DOJ’s long-running investigation of corruption in world football.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – Thirty years ago this month, a group of communist hardliners seized control of Moscow and placed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest at his holiday home in Crimea.

Dear Editor, I break my self-imposed retreat into the wilderness to speak to the issue of reopening of schools. 

In Shakespeare’s classic comedy As You Like It, sad wit Jacques shrewdly observes, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven stages ….”

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Cuba will supply large quantities of its home-grown COVID-19 vaccine, Abdala, to Vietnam and also transfer the production technology to the Southeast Asian country by the end of the year, the Vietnamese health ministry said yesterday.

A woman was on Monday remanded to prison after being charged with stealing a child.

(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.

Thirty-eight Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are now poised to effectively handle small arms and platoon weapons.