Daily Archive: Thursday, September 9, 2021

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – United States President Joe Biden on Thursday took aim at vaccine resistance in America, announcing policies requiring most federal employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and pushing large employers to have their workers vaccinated or tested weekly.

ExxonMobil this morning announced a discovery at its Pinktail well in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, adding to the previous recoverable resource estimate of approximately 9 billion oil equivalent barrels.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday began a series of planned protests against the government’s directive that they get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing for the virus at their own expense.

The attorney for the trade unions challenging the government’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was yesterday unsuccessful in a bid to secure the temporary suspension of the measures restricting access to public spaces by unvaccinated persons.

Police yesterday arrested the prime suspect in the murders of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Daniel Fraser and his girlfriend, Shanicka Forde, and they said he confessed to carrying out the crime because the soldier had sexually assaulted one of his relatives.

Guyana Amazon Warriors 151/6 (King 77, Pooran 25; Wahab 2/16, Royal 2/17) Saint Lucia Kings 134/6 (David 47*, Chase 40; Motie 2/12, Smith 2/12) by 17 runs  (CPL) Guyana Amazon Warriors moved back into the top four of the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table with a 17-run victory over the Saint Lucia Kings last night. 

While urging parishioners to safeguard the wellbeing of all by getting vaccinated, Bishop Francis Alleyne yesterday announced that Guyana’s Roman Catholic churches will be closed for public worship indefinitely and would meet virtually in a measure of solidarity with those who would be unable to attend gatherings due to new restrictions on unvaccinated persons.

In excess of G$2M of boxing and gym equipment has been donated to the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) by its governing body, AIBA.

Article 13, a newly-formed Guyanese civil society organisation, yesterday announced plans to push for better governance, accountability and the inclusion of the citizenry in making decisions for national development.

A businessman is now dead after he reportedly lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole and then a fence along the West Coast Berbice Public Road yesterday.

West Indies Women’s team vice-captain, Deandra Dottin, believes it was a misfiring batting attack that led to the loss in the first One Day International against South Africa Women on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Let me state from the inception that I am fully vaccinated, and made that decision after lengthy introspection and research.

Three women are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities while 289 more cases of the virus have been recorded.

BECKENHAM, England, CMC – Right-hander Teddy Bishop hit a sublime hundred to supervise a brilliant run chase as West Indies Under-19s pulled off a two-wicket victory over their English counterparts in the third Youth One-Day International here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The health of the nation is the highest law.

A 13-year-old girl, who took ill after being vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday, was up to last night still receiving medical attention. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Chris Gayle’s wretched form came squarely under the microscope here yesterday as leaders St Kitts and Nevis Patriots lost their third straight in a 22-run defeat to Jamaica Tallawahs, who halted a three-game losing streak with the victory.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate the government, and if I may, the President and Vice President and the Attorney General for the excellent work they have done in the first year.

An investigation conducted by the Guyana Fire Service has found that the fire that claimed the life of artist Angold Thompson was caused by the overheating of an electrical fan motor.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Damian Szymanski headed in a stoppage time equaliser as Poland ended England’s 100% record in Group I to draw their World Cup qualifier 1-1 yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – British teenager Emma Raducanu produced yet another electrifying performance to become the first qualifier to reach the U.S.

A group of workers who are yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 were yesterday locked out of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, leading to some of their vaccinated colleagues joining them in solidarity and leaving the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit without nurses for some time.

Dear Editor, One was very impressed, perhaps inspired, by Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan’s article published in SN of September 8.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court said yesterday that President Jair Bolsonaro was undermining the top court by encouraging people to disobey its rulings after the far-right leader said he would not accept decisions by one of its justices.

Dear Editor, In May of this year Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo stated that when it comes to local content for the oil subsectors there will be areas carved out only for Guyanese companies including “transportation, logistics, cleaning services, food supplies, rentals, landscaping,” among others.

Approximately 1,168 secondary school girls in Region Seven on Tuesday received a one-year supply of sanitary napkins under First Lady Arya Ali’s Menstrual Hygiene initiative.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India picked off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in their 15-man squad for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup and named Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led them to the 2007 title, as the team mentor yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – Anthon Boney, a man described by police as a gang leader, was shot dead yesterday.

Contracts valued at over $281 million were signed on Tuesday for the rehabilitation of roads in regions Six and Nine.

Dear Editor, The two media captions are arresting.  They are “Venezuela’s gov’t, opposition formally agree to unite around border controversy with Guyana” and “Ali maintains precondition for engagement with Harmon” from Demerara Waves (September 7) and Stabroek News (September 8) respectively.

Eagles overcame a one set deficit to secure their second consecutive win in the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) ‘A’ League, clawing past Castrol Strikers 3-2 on Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

(Reuters) – Foreign countries greeted the makeup of the new government in Afghanistan with caution and dismay yesterday after the Taliban appointed hardline veteran figures to top positions, including several with a U.S.

The Government of Guyana on Wednesday announced its firm rejection of an agreement by Venezuela’s government and its joint opposition to press their longstanding claim to nearly three-quarters of its territory.

Dear Editor, Can President Ali fast forward land applications in the Rupununi through Guyana Land and Survey Commission?

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi finished a frustrating season on a high with another impressive victory over 5,000 metres on a temporary city-centre track in the opening session of the two-day Diamond League final yesterday.

Five Buxtonians were on Tuesday night robbed at an Ital shop at Annandale Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, by a gang of armed men and a female accomplice.

TANGERANG, Indonesia, (Reuters) – A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province today, a government minister said, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may have been caused by an electrical fault.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele stepped in yesterday to manage the fraught roll-out of a payments app that underpins the nation’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, and called on users to report any problems on his Twitter feed.

A teenager and two adults were yesterday arrested for participating in a series of robberies committed on several persons on the eastern side of the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday morning. 

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your front page news reports on that huge amount of money Exxon claims to have spent over the last year on local content and on local Guyanese employment.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino yesterday questioned the international match calendar, saying that there were too many meaningless games and that such a structure was unsustainable for the health of players and the global game.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s government is pushing ahead with free trade talks with China, hoping the small South American nation can became a “gateway” for the regional Mercosur bloc in negotiations with the Asian powerhouse.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants – a naming system used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The trial of David Outar and Patrick Ross, who are accused of murdering Gafoor’s manager Terry Lackhan, is set to commence on September 27 before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown.

(Barbados Nation) – Former senior vice president of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Alex Tasker has been ordered extradited by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes to stand trial in the United States on money laundering and conspiracy to launder money charges.

As fire once again tore through part of the Amazon, members of the Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) were in Marseille, France on Sunday lobbying for greater protection of what is one of the earth’s most precious resources.

Dear Editor, A notice by GECOM (SN Sept 7) that it is suspending the production of national ID cards due to the vacant position of CNR, has now placed citizens at a disadvantage.

Police officers on patrol were yesterday shot at by a suspected gang member along the Ogle Airport road.

Farfan & Mendes Limited (F&M) has partnered with FT Farfan Limited of Trinidad and Tobago to launch Ibis Construction Equipment Sales and Rentals (ICON).

(Reuters) – Bangladesh held off a dogged New Zealand to win the fourth Twenty20 international by six wickets in Dhaka yesterday and clinch the five-match series 3-1 with a game to spare.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Capitol Police is increasing security in preparation for potential violence at a Sept.