Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 20, 2021

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Countries should grant entry to vaccinated travelers regardless of which shot they received to prevent discrimination and facilitate business, a top official of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said today.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is still assessing the Russia-designed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, according to an update on the WHO’s website today.

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

Staymon George was today sentenced to life in prison for the part he played in the 2015 slaying of British teenager Dominic Bernard.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today said that at approximately 6:41 am yesterday, four of its  Transmission Lines tripped: L2 and L4 that connect the Golden Grove and Sophia Substations, L5 – the Kingston to Sophia Substations and L17 – the Good Hope to Colombia Substations.

 (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said today  he was expanding the city’s vaccine mandate to include all public employees, requiring them to show proof of inoculation against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Fabian Allen has been ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup after failing to recover from an ankle injury he suffered during the Indian Premier League, the world champions said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) A light aircraft crashed just before landing at the Piarco International Airport and two people were hospitalised following the daring crash-landing in farmlands on the perimeter of the airport.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was yesterday clinched in Dubai between a Guyanese construction firm and an Emirati company for a US$5m, 20,000-square foot facility here to introduce voided slab manufacturing technology.

Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali told his Dubai audience yesterday that the country needs investment in order to convert its abundant natural resources into prosperity for all and have its citizens enjoy high standards of living.

Even as many remain hesitant about being vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Egbert Field firmly believes being vaccinated saved his life when he tested positive for the virus.

CARICOM Foreign Ministers have discussed the two-tiered system of COVID-19 vaccine approvals for international travel.

Headmaster of Mackenzie High School, Haslyn Small, on Monday succumbed to COVID-19.

Guyana on Monday signed a Grant Agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a solar demonstration project at the Orealla Health Centre, Region 6.

The Ministry of Public Works is pushing heavily to have a contract inked for the construction and upgrading of the Linden to Mabura Hill road before the end of this year, Minister Juan Edghill announced.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched an investigation into the recent fatality at the Kamarang Airstrip, Region Seven, Director General Lt.

Two registered nurses of Linden, where there is a low inoculation rate, were on Monday arraigned on fraud charges for issuing counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination booklets.

In a reduced 70 minute contest held at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora yesterday, West Demerara giants Pouderoyen and Den Amstel battled to a 1-1 stalemate in a brusing pre-season affair.

The body of a male, who is yet to be identified, was found on Monday in a trench east of the Good Success Dam at Craig, East Bank Demerara, the police say.

As it continues its drive for an environmental permit for its fourth oil  well development at Yellowtail, ExxonMobil has scheduled public awareness sessions on the proposed project.

An early morning fire on a vessel that was caused by overheating has been contained.

A second motion of no-confidence is being sponsored by Alliance For Change (AFC) councillors as they aim to remove Region Four’s Vice Chairman and APNU councillor Samuel Sandy.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of October 18, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Dear Editor, Gail Teixeira is being deliberately misleading concerning the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly and a motion to rescind a resolution of the Committee.

A teacher in the secondary department of Wauna Primary School in Region One, Sunil Joseph is considered by his colleagues to be one of the most dedicated at the North West District school.

Dear Editor, There is urgent need for a total reorganization of the way traffic and its related issues are handled in our country.

Dear Editor,   When I read a schedule contained in the Draft Local Content Legislation 2021 about Guyana providing 100% of the steel for offshore oil projects within the next ten years I was confused.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – FBI agents yesterday raided Washington and New York City homes linked to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire under U.S.

For the fifth year, the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) will be playing its part to support Cancer Awareness Month with its upcoming tournament set for October 29.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso late on Monday declared a state of emergency in the Andean country as part of a crackdown on the consumption and trafficking of drugs.

A man who was charged with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking was on Friday found not guilty following a trial.

WASHINGTON/ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG will pay about $475 million to American and British authorities to resolve bribery and fraud charges relating to a $2 billion Mozambican corruption scandal, while its subsidiary pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in New York, U.S.

A thirteen-year-old has been injured by a pellet from shots fired in his direction after a confrontation between his father and a farmer at Duck Creek, Corentyne River, Berbice.

Dear Editor, The word gaining momentum is that Mr. Joseph Harmon, current Opposition Leader, is making sounds about running for the prized PNC leadership position. 

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government, through its Investment Partnerships Program (PPI), gave the green light yesterday for the privatization of Latin America’s largest utility Eletrobras by floating shares to dilute the state’s 61% shareholding.

An Anna Catherina pedestrian is currently hospitalised after being struck down on the public road in a hit-and- run accident on Monday night.

(Reuters) – A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million – or $1 million each – to release them, according to a top Haitian official.

Dear Editor, On behalf of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), and SEWA International Guyana, I thank your newspaper for publishing the news of our donation of an Oxygen plant to the Infectious Disease Hospital.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Brazilian counterpart Carlos Franca to discuss “unprecedented” regional migration and ways to collaborate to slow the number of migrants heading north, the State Department said yesterday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch said yesterday that Cuba’s government had arbitrarily arrested, beaten and abused protesters following unprecedented demonstrations earlier this year in a bid to strike fear into the populace and clamp down on dissent.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah netted a double, including the winner, as they secured a 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid, whose forward Antoine Griezmann also scored twice but was sent off in a gripping Champions League clash yesterday.

Rawle Bacchus, one of the drivers who was injured in the multi-car crash at Foulis, West Coast Berbice last week, remains hospitalised.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The senator leading a congressional probe into Brazil’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has recommended that President Jair Bolsonaro be charged with homicide for alleged government errors that led to the deaths of thousands.

(BBC) There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow.

(Reuters) – England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has shaken off a finger injury that he sustained in a warm-up match against India ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup, captain Eoin Morgan said yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah confirmed on Monday that she has departed from the MVP Track Club, which is headed by renowned coach Stephen Francis.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Unvaccinated tennis players and other athletes are unlikely to get visas to enter Australia, a government official said yesterday, putting Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open title defence and bid for the Grand Slam record in doubt.

(Reuters) – National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver hopes Kyrie Irving will eventually get vaccinated and said he respects New York City’s COVID-19 regulations that have put the Brooklyn Nets guard’s season under doubt.

(Cricinfo) In the last few months, Afghanistan – the country – has been beset by the chaos and upheaval triggered by the American military’s complete withdrawal of troops from the country and the return to government rule of the Taliban regime.

Dear Editor, CWI is at it again!  No games for the big three – Guyana,  Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – The philosopher Immanuel Kant famously said that, “Whoever wills the end also wills…the indispensably necessary means to it that is in his control.”

Last Tuesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague in the Netherlands, handed down its decision on the Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v.

By Malene Alleyne Extractive industries are fueling ecocide and human rights abuses in the Caribbean.