Daily Archive: Sunday, December 12, 2021

The Ministry of Health today said that as of December 11, 2021, three more women who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday reached 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a Reuters tally, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more time spent indoors with colder weather and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.

Government yesterday began the payout of promised $250,000 one-off grants to close to 2,500 sugar workers who were laid off when the former APNU+AFC administration closed the Enmore and Wales estates.

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday activated a Cabinet-level Task Force to coordinate the response to the current rainy season and potential flood impacts across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) announced last night.

Years of domestic abuse ended in tragedy on Friday night when a 48-year-old woman was murdered in her Martyr’s Ville New Scheme, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home by her husband, who then took his own life.

The long in the works local content bill and key amendments for the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Act are due to be tabled this week when the National Assembly reconvenes, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers have been ruled out of the tour of Pakistan after testing positive for COVID-19, but Cricket West Indies said yesterday the six-match would continue as planned.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded Linden to Mabura Hill road construction and upgrading project has attracted billion-dollar bids from Chinese and Brazilian companies.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) The recent disastrous tour of Sri Lanka having now been relegated to that part of the brain which stores the most unpleasant memories, supporters of West Indies cricket, ourselves included, will now turn their attention to the team’s forthcoming white-ball tour of Pakistan with high hopes for far more pleasant and positive outcomes.

On the heels of Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon condemning the selection of Vishnu Persaud as its next Chief Election Officer as a political decision, opposition coalition partner the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday said that any appointment would have been criticised by either side of the divide.

At the Hague Backdam, on the West Coast of Demerara yesterday, a distressed large-scale provision farmer, Chunilall Hansraj, was using a tractor pump in a desperate bid to get water out of his crop. 

The second Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic was officially launched Friday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Some 10 youth cricketers in Demerara will benefit from sponsorship from Dave’s West Indian Imports.

A construction worker is now dead after he fell from a scaffold while working at a Montrose, East Coast Demerara property yesterday.

Dear Editor, The PPP has signalled its adamant intention to not renegotiate the bad oil contracts signed by its twin, the PNC, in a recent article by Kemol King, of the Department of Public Information.

Timothy Tucker was reelected as president of the Georgetown Cricket Club when the club elected office bearers for the new term, October 2021 to September 2023.

Guyanese writer Grace Nichols has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry for the year 2021.

Dear Editor, I read an article in the Kaieteur News on November 28, 2021, titled ‘Exxon’s Consultant apologises for unauthorized use of Shyam Nokta’s signature on Yellowtail EIA’.

Dear Editor, Banks DIH must be blinded from the realities of alcohol and men’s violence towards women and among each other.

President Irfaan Ali, yesterday commissioned the Sheet Anchor Water Treatment Plant, which will supply purified water to 4,182 households between Good Bananen Land, East Canje, and Number 35 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. 

The festive season is upon us but badminton players in Guyana will not be giving each other a free pass when the annual Trophy Stall sponsored competition commences today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Civil society group Article 13 has issued a call for the government and opposition to commence the process of restoring the guardrails and institutional framework designed to prevent corruption.

Georgetown All-Stars defeated West Demerara All-Stars Friday evening in a playoff encounter to seal their berth in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship.

Dear Editor, We appear to be at an interesting moment in the telling of the story of the long Guyanese experience.

Ensuring that people focus on wellbeing and self-care is part of what keeps counsellor Michelle Amsterdam going as she aims to remain in the psychology field for the rest of her life.

Most people in Guyana might associate the name “Asha Pieters” with pageantry and modelling but that could soon change after her recent foray into writing for children.

Swan FC defeated St. Cuthbert’s Mission 4-1 yesterday when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Guyana National Women’s Football Association (GNWFA) Super-16 Women’s Festival commenced at the St.

With equality being the theme of this year’s Human Rights Day, British High Commissioner to Guyana on Friday said that there is still much work to be done in Guyana on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights.

Dear Editor, I have been reading of things like BPO, Marudi Mining, scheduled rains, security contract and alleged payoffs and seven percent minimum raise.

Fizuro, which touts itself as Guyana’s first e-commerce marketplace, was recently launched.

MAYFIELD, Ky., (Reuters) – At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S.

Dear Editor  It is greatly encouraging to hear Mr. Lennox Shuman speak out against the anti-democratic, anti-poor practices of the PPP/C government which has reverted to its old ways in record time.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Ravi Rampaul’s three-wicket haul laid the ideal platform for a Colombo Stars win but they came up short with the bat to crash to an agonising one-run defeat to Sherfane Rutherford’s Dambulla Giants in the Lanka Premier League here yesterday.

An almost 50% decrease in COVID-19 deaths were reported for the month of November 2021 as compared to October 2021.

Last December, I had the pleasure of reviewing a gift: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, which sits on my bookshelf as one of the best books I have ever read, and I was happy to share it with my readers last year.

Dear Editor, On Nov 12, 2021 the GSPCA received a graphic photo showing a cat (still alive) hanging upside down in front of a gate with a phone #, name and address of the supposed perpetrator of this cruel act.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies discard Sherfane Rutherford has been retained by Peshawar Zalmi ahead of today’s draft for next year’s Pakistan Super League.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that an unvaccinated Region Six woman is the latest COVID-19 fatality.

(Trinidad Guardian) – President Paula-Mae Weekes has called on the newly-appointed Tobago House of Assembly (THA) slate to keep their campaign promises to the people of Tobago.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – The Group of Seven richest democracies on Saturday sought to dissuade Russia from invading Ukraine, putting on a united front to warn of dire consequences for any incursion and urging Moscow to return to the negotiating table.

Just over a month after he was fired in August 2020 from the job he previously held for four years with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport by the incoming government, Allister Klein Collins, 39, opened his own firm to practice as a Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Support for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ruling Conservative Party has plummeted after a series of scandals, with a majority of voters thinking he should now resign, according to a poll published on Saturday.

Dear Editor, With reference to Akola Thompson’s missive titled ‘I believe objective truth to be subjective depending on who is telling the tale’ published on 9th December, why is it so hard for this columnist to defend her statements by providing the evidence?

The Ram and McRae Chartered Accountants and Professional Services firm last Tuesday disbursed a total of $1.5 million to six charitable organisations for the Christmas season.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Homicide officers are probing the murder of Ronald Brown, a father of four who was gunned down near his home on Friday night.

(Reuters) – Nathan Lyon captured a long-awaited 400th test victim and spun Australia to an emphatic nine-wicket victory in the first Ashes test yesterday, with England losing eight wickets in a stunning morning collapse on day four at the Gabba.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to “Vishnu Persaud to be new Chief Election Officer” (Dec 11).

Introduction As I had noted in last week’s column, there are two major analytical observations that flow from my discussions of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled on Saturday that the country must demand proof of vaccination for visitors seeking to enter the country.

On Wednesday December 8, SN published two letters by Professor Tarron Khemraj and Dr Baytoram Ramharack with the following headlines: “We cannot fully explore US strategy towards Jagan without considering how deep Jagan was embedded in the Soviet orbit” and “Soviet style Marxism-Leninism became like a religious conviction for Jagan and led to catastrophic repercussions for the country.”

Giannis Antetokounmpo put on a monster performance while Khris Middleton and Bobby Portis Jr.

There is not a day that passes that I do not read poetry.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister warned on Saturday that time was running out to find a way to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, speaking after meetings with her counterparts from G7 countries.

I migrated to Toronto, Canada, in the early 1960s, dabbled in the music business part time for a while, and then started my own band – the Tradewinds – in the mid-60s and started our own nightclub there, in a venue known as the Bermuda Tavern, which became our home base and a favourite with Caribbean people. In

The United Nations has more themes it wants to highlight than it has days in the year to mark them.

Former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chairman Basil Williams has pulled out of the race to be leader of the party.

There are many moments in Passing when the camera finds Tessa Thompson’s Irene Redfield, a Black woman in 1920s Harlem, in the act of looking.

In last week’s column, I shared three strategies – snacking wisely, watching portion sizes and limiting alcohol intake – to help avoid or minimize gaining too much weight during this holiday season.

When World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the first game of the classical championship match, a 136-move thriller, a colleague called and said, “It is finished.”

Coyote Goes to Toronto        Coyote went to Toronto to become famous.

“I still don’t understand why we pressure ourselves in these times.