Daily Archive: Sunday, September 26, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said  that as of September 25, 2021, eight more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today called for a Coroner’s Inquest to be conducted into the violent death of Orin Boston at the hands of the police on September14th.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany’s CDU/CSU conservatives and their Social Democrat rivals were virtually tied in today’s national election, exit polls showed, leaving open which of them will lead the next government as Angela Merkel prepares to stand down after 16 years in power.

(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested a 25-year-old relative in connection with the murders of a grandmother, mother and son at a house in San Juan on Friday afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) Since T&T’s borders reopened on July 17, Caribbean Airlines has been the only major airline flying into this country.

Following breaches of a tailings pond and reservoir at two large-scale mining companies, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has announced that a joint-agency monitoring unit will be established.

Three loud explosions were heard moments before the North West Secondary School building, Mabaruma, Region One, went up in flames, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) says.

In the wake of the raging controversy over the multiple retendering of a contract for the supply of steel sheet piles, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has withdrawn retenders for four other projects.

A 77-year-old woman died yesterday after she was struck down by a motor lorry on the Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) while crossing the street.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is defending its use of the whistleblower policy embedded in the Customs Act stressing that since its implementation it has been able to recover “billions of dollars in revenue”.

Usual suspects, Adriel Austin, Keliza Smith, Ezekiel Newton and Shaquka Tyrell recorded some scorching performances on a hot day at the National Track and Field Centre yesterday.The

A quick response by the police has led to the apprehension of four juveniles who escaped from the Sophia Holding Centre yesterday morning.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Lenox Shuman wants a financial allocation to each Member of Parliament to enable them to make adequate submissions for the 2022 budget.

Dear Editor, Just after Judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln whacked the PNC unions for their lawsuit opposing vaccinations, Mr.

Seventeen police officers yesterday graduated after successfully completing training on how to deal with domestic violence reports under the recently launched COPSQUAD 2000 initiative.

Dear Editor As a lifelong teacher who has taught both in Guyana and the US, I applaud the recent measures announced recently by the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, to wit low cost health and life insurance coverage, a revolving mortgage fund for teachers to access up to $12 million in financing, discounts at over 150 businesses, and the establishment of a Teacher Benevolence Fund.

The EPA on Friday said that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for a 12-well oil exploration programme in the offshore Kaieteur Block.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday in a press release stated that it was suspending all cricket activities until further notice on the advice of the COVID-19 Task Force.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia vowed on Friday to pursue a free and open Indo-Pacific region “undaunted by coercion” at their first in-person summit, which presented a united front amid shared concerns about China.

Dear Editor,  Permit me a space in your letters column to voice my concern about the state of the Georgetown Cricket Club and the management or should I say the lack thereof.

Having received appeals against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to not require impact assessments for the replacement of the existing Demerara Harbour Bridge, and the Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) 12-Well Exploration and Appraisal Programme in the offshore Canje Block, the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) on Friday said that public hearings for those projects will be held in October.

BAMAKO,  (Reuters) – A former Rwandan army colonel who was accused of masterminding the slaughter of 800,000 people during the 1994 genocide has died in prison in Mali, Malian officials said yesterday.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) The former great, now legendary, West Indies wicket-keeper batsman Deryck Murray recently added his voice to the seemingly unending list of those who have publicly expressed their disagreement with the 2021 T20 Squad choices made by the West Indies Selectors.

Dear Editor, I recently completed an assignment under the Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls.

Seven months after the expiration of the last Integrity Commission, the government is still to identify or appoint a replacement.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said yesterday the release of Huawei’s finance chief raised serious questions about President Joe Biden’s ability to confront the threat posed by the technology giant and the Chinese Communist Party.

The father of the Corentyne woman who was found hanging on Monday afternoon is calling on the police in Berbice to conduct a thorough investigation.

Dear Editor, After meeting several Heads of Government in New York City during (September 21-23, 2021) the 76th Session of UN General Assembly, President Dr.

A four-member contingent from the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) technical department is currently in Miami, Florida overseeing the final phase of the entity’s talent identification U20 programme.

Due to the uncertainty over what is included in the Region Four 2022 Budget, Regional Chairman Daniel Seeram is mulling a caucus with councillors to determine the way forward.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germans vote in a national election today that looks too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.

CARACAS/HOUSTON/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Venezuela has agreed to a key contract to swap its heavy oil for Iranian condensate that it can use to improve the quality of its tar-like crude, with the first cargoes due this week, five people close to the deal said.

Dear Editor, There is another pandemic and it is bourgeoning on our shoreline, I am speaking of the pandemic of robberies.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday laid to rest Corporal 19784 Clifford Joel Austin, who died earlier this month after succumbing to a prolonged illness.

Self-taught musician and leader of the Couchman Family Band, 66-year-old Leon Couchman is hoping that music produced locally could attract corporate sponsorship in order to preserve Indigenous and other Guyanese rhythms as he has lost much of his own compositions because of production, copyright and sponsorship issues.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Test pacer Shannon Gabriel said he is “putting in the work” to return to full fitness and will “trust the process” that he will be ready to answer the call to play whenever it comes.

Two pieces of legislation contain many of the reforms that President Biden promised Americans on the campaign trail.

Lasy Update: 945.38                              Movement: -0.0% Current Update: 945.38                         YTD Movement: 36.642%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index remained unchanged during the third period of trading in September 2021.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Mali has asked a private Russian military company to help it fight against insurgents, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday at the United Nations.

On September 16, in commemoration of Amerindian Heritage Month, the resident envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union (EU) issued a brief joint statement encouraging the participation of Amerindian communities in what was described as the country’s “coming transformation”.

Part 1 Introduction In this week’s column I start my effort to re-address the Buxton Proposal.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt urged West Indies fans yesterday, to help create “a winning spirit of passion and unity” ahead of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup from October 17 to November 14 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Assaulted and later forced out of the place she called home, her clothes and that of her daughter flung out, a pregnant 36-year-old Jenny (not her real name) made the streets her home.

The third season of “Sex Education” opens with a montage of characters primarily devoted to some frantic sex.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies captain and batting maestro Shivnarine Chanderpaul headlined a group of 17 coaches taking part in the first locally planned and delivered high-performance coaching course of Cricket West Indies (CWI).

(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers attached to the Homicide Bureau of Investigation have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of three family members, two of whom were women in San Juan yesterday.

(Reuters) – England cricketers had no role in the team’s decision to abandon their tour of Pakistan next month, the players’ union has said.

Dear Editor, Several primary points are still unsaid in this retendering fiasco. 

DUBAI,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder almost singlehandedly helped Sunrisers Hyderabad end their losing streak in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday, but they agonisingly fell five runs short against Punjab Kings.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) holds its biennial chess meeting via Zoom conferencing on Monday, November 1, 2021 from 18:00 hours.

When Amanda Noel-Amsterdam and Stephanie Noble were first introduced by a mutual friend four years ago, they did not realize right away how much they had in common.

Among School Children                  I I walk through the long schoolroom questioning; A kind old nun in a white hood replies; The children learn to cipher and to sing, To study reading-books and history, To cut and sew, be neat in everything In the best modern way—the children’s eyes In momentary wonder stare upon A sixty-year-old smiling public man.

One of the most serious aspects of life today is the widening gap between talk and action.

On Wednesday, I was at the barbershop and my barber and his peers had a debate on what is the best time to work out.

Beverage mixing has been a tradition in Guyana. In 1924, Gaston Smith, the U.S.

With the COVID-19 pandemic thwarting the hosting of their elections since 2019, the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA) will finally conduct their constitutionally mandated electoral congress today at the Beterverwagting (BV) Primary School from 1:00pm.