Daily Archive: Saturday, September 18, 2021

The Ministry of Health (MOH) today that as of September 17, 2021, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A 26-year-old motorcyclist is now dead and a teen girl is hospitalised following an accident on Friday night along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road, where they were being pursued by the police.

(Reuters) – A woman charged with murdering her three young daughters, just weeks after the family arrived in New Zealand from South Africa, appeared in court on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) A mother and daughter were shot and killed at their home on Friday evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad-born US-based rapper Nicki Minaj has doxxed local reporter Sharlene Rampersad for trying to locate and interview her cousin and his friend, who were referenced in a viral tweet early this week.

President Dr Irfaan Ali (left) yesterday met with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City.

The High Court yesterday denied the granting of an interim injunction sought by unions against measures restricting access to public spaces by persons who have not been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

A couple died minutes apart on Thursday night at Hyde Park, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, where a woman succumbed after she accidentally fell into a septic tank and her husband met his end during a failed bid to rescue her.

According to spokesmen for two of Guyana’s major political parties, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) misused the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit in the recent operation that resulted in the killing of businessman Orin Boston during a raid of his home.

Following protests over the police killing of businessman Orin Boston, the Dartmouth bridge was cleared on Friday, allowing for the resumption of traffic to Charity and nearby communities for a few hours before protestors once again blocked the main road.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) moved closer to identifying a date for its overdue Biennial Congress after the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) approved recommendations that it be held no later than December 13, 2021.

Ganeshwar Sheocharran, the Corentyne hire car driver who allegedly set his wife on fire and then fled to the United States to escape justice, was remanded to prison on Fri-day after he was charged with attempted murder.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the deaths of three more persons, including a five-month-old baby from Moruca, who were infected with COVID-19.

The Medical Council of Guyana has warned doctors against providing disinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, saying that engaging in such activity contradicts their ethical and professional responsibilities.

As part of its 2021-2025 sector plan, the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) yesterday launched a National Risk Management Policy to mitigate the impact future disasters pose on the delivery of education.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday officially appointed Trinidad and Tobago native Jamaal Shabazz for his fourth stint as head coach of the Golden Jaguars senior men’s programme.

Seven families in Matthews Ridge have been affected by flooding after the reservoir belonging to Chinese-owned Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) collapsed.

A Dutch citizen was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of $5 million worth of ecstasy pills.

Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr Vincent Adams has described as scandalous the decision by the agency not to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of the new bridge across the Demerara River.

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive Aubrey Norton was among a group of persons charged yesterday with participating in an illegal procession and breaching the COVID-19 measures.

Dear Editor, Help & Shelter condemns the video disseminated by Member of Parliament Mr.

A North Ruimveldt plumber was on Friday charged with seeking to defraud the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) of $1.5 million using a forged cheque.

Dear Editor, Though Guyana has for most of its history been living in the very “shadow of violence,” the Justice, Compassion and Peace Committee of the Guyana Presbyterian Church (JCPC-GPC) notes with deep concern the recent pervasiveness and intensity, in time as well as physical and social space, of every sort of violence – physical, verbal, psychological, emotional and even economic – perpetrated by individuals as well as corporate bodies and agencies in our society.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged world leaders yesterday to join the United States and European Union in a pledge to cut methane emissions, hoping to build momentum before an international summit on climate change begins next month.

One of the deck plates on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) came loose yesterday morning, damaging a car and resulting in traffic being backed up on both sides for hours.

Though she is not popular, those who know of Carmel Benjamin, have been won over by the impeccable clothing she turns out and have become repeat clients over the decade or so that she has been fully involved in fashion.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your newspaper for the publication of this tribute to the recently deceased Reverend Fr.

(Reuters) – A California jury yesterday found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, the first homicide conviction for a man suspected of killing three people in three states over the past 39 years.

Residents living in Onder-neeming, in Region Two, on Thursday and Friday staged a protest over the deplorable conditions of the road leading to their community.

Dear Editor, First, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Orin Boston, whose life was snuffed out recklessly yesterday.

There is history, pain, survival, and ingenuity, baked and cooked into many dishes and foods around the world.

Elton Dharry will have to wait a bit longer to step back into the boxing ring on local soil for a sanctioned fight.

(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted yesterday to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and those at high risk of severe illness, after overwhelmingly rejecting a call for broader approval.

As part of the Government of Guyana’s quest to build capacity in order to effect and execute its planned law reform agenda, six State Counsel at the Ministry of Legal Affairs recently completed a training programme in the Consolidation of Laws.

Dear Editor, I stumbled on a vile and repugnant song which is purported to be directed at the Minister of Education, the lyrics of which are gross and distasteful.

If one needed to find another description for the Met Gala, it could quite adequately be called the Fashion Olympics.

Three persons are now patients at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after their vehicles collided on Wednesday evening along the Nouvelle Flanders Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

CANTERBURY, England, CMC – Matthew Nandu struck his second straight half-century while leg-spinner Vasant Singh snatched a four-wicket haul as West Indies Under-19s wrapped up their six-match tour of England with a 17-run victory here yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva yesterday denied allegations that she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to favor China during her time as World Bank CEO, as the IMF’s executive board launched a formal review of the matter.

Dear Editor, I am kindly requesting that enquiries be made at the GRO’s office for an explanation as to why marriage certificates applied for since in February 2021 are not yet delivered.

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Haitians made up most of the over 10,000 migrants sleeping on the ground and desperate for food in a squalid camp under a bridge in southern Texas yesterday, in a growing humanitarian and political challenge for U.S.

A new series, the Carib-bean Calypso Community Championship Clash, or just the Clash will  show-case talented Caribbean artistes versed in Calypso.

(CASTRIES, Saint Lucia) – The St. Lucia Boxing Association (SLBA) recently received boxing equipment worth just over US$45,000, thanks to the generosity of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

A Crabwood Creek pensioner will be spending two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a Mandir and stealing items worth over $300,000 in total.

Roger Brown, a six-team Pro Bowl selection in the 1960s, died yesterday.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Bookings for COVID-19 vaccinations jumped in Italy yesterday after the government made inoculation mandatory for all workers in some of the strictest anti-coronavirus measures adopted in the world.

NEWCASTLE, England, (Reuters) – Newcastle United and Leeds United fought out a 1-1 draw in an entertaining Premier League clash at St James’ Park yesterday and the result did neither side any favours as it stretched their winless starts to five games.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – New Zealand abruptly abandoned their tour of Pakistan yesterday citing a security alert in a massive blow to the South Asian country’s hopes of staging regular international cricket.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil soccer legend Pele, 80, is in a “stable” condition after “respiratory instability” early yesterday led to him being admitted to an intensive care unit, Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Opener Rohit Sharma has demonstrated his leadership qualities in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and is an obvious choice to succeed Virat Kohli as India’s Twenty20 captain, according to several former players.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary fast bowler Sir Andy Roberts believes selectors have erred by including out-of-form Chris Gayle in the Twenty20 World Cup squad and says the veteran left-hander should have quit international cricket two years ago instead.

There is probably no modern economic theory more thoroughly discredited than trickle-down economics.

Our homes should be safe spaces. The walls should not only protect us from the weather or prying eyes, but from being harmed and killed by intruders.

In 2018, Guyana’s U20 male footballers lost 2-3 to the Cayman Islands in the Concacaf Qualifiers in the United States of America.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said yesterday it would only discuss a possible shake-up of the Organization of American States (OAS) at a weekend summit if the issue is put on the table, tempering expectations for a more aggressive review of the body.

The Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) has raised its daily withdrawal limit and the amount that can be withdrawn during a single transaction at its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

For the second year in a row, Third Horizon is hosting the Timehri Film Festival virtually, bringing films produced in Guyana and the Caribbean to an audience made up of mostly locals.

Dear Editor, Given the recent catastrophe caused by the manganese mining operation in Matthews Ridge, now is the time to put a stop to their operations.