Daily Archive: Saturday, January 8, 2022

The Ministry of Health today said that 1016 new COVID-19 cases have been reported over the last 24 hours.

 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has paused some of its cruise operations amid rising numbers of COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant.

 (Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives have charged a third man in connection with a 2020 quadruple homicide.

The PNCR yesterday threw down the gauntlet to its partners in APNU+AFC, insisting that its new Head Aubrey Norton should become the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament but there was immediate resistance to this call which threatens an embarrassing public showdown that can also drag in former President David Granger.

Two months after government announced that a contractor has been selected for the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge, negotiations are still ongoing, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said yesterday.

Inspectors attached to the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) were yesterday assaulted while attempting to seize substandard electrical fittings from a West Coast Demerara hardware store.

Two unvaccinated persons are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was revealed yesterday by the Ministry of Health in a press release which noted that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus increased to 1,066.

Autopsies on Nicholas Low-a-Chee and Elizabeth Sasha Low-a-Chee, the couple discovered dead in their Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home earlier this week confirmed that they both died as a result of gunshot injuries to their heads.

A Venezuelan national was yesterday charged with the murder of a man he reportedly bludgeoned during an argument over raw gold at Arau mountaintop, Cuyuni River, Region Seven. 

While Tulsieram Sookdeo also known as ‘Naresh’ of Bonasika, Essequibo River is still coming to grips with losing his wife and a child after his house at Bonsika Creek collapsed Thursday last, he has made efforts to move  his two remaining children.

Even though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is yet to state its position on the granting of the environmental permit for ExxonMobil’s Yellow-tail development project, the Government is forging ahead with preparations for the offshore development.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies stroke-maker, Ramnaresh Sarwan, was yesterday named as the last West Indies men’s selector, joining new chairman Desmond Haynes and head coach Phil Simmons in a new-look panel which will serve for the next two-and-a-half years.

Centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Tevin Imlach as well as a five-wicket haul from Antony Adams stole the spotlight on the third day of the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ Best versus Best Four-Day match at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

The prominent attorney, who is accused of offering a witness in a murder case a “large” sum of money to have her alter her statement was contacted by the police and has since denied the allegation.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton has justified the actions of  Opposition Parliamentarians after their attempt to seize  the Speaker’s Mace in an effort to derail the passage of the Natural Resource Fund Bill on December 29.

Five females from Guyana were named as part of a 23-member squad announced by Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday to take part in a medical and fitness camp in Barbados from tomorrow until January 9 to 14.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is seeking the assistance of the public in locating a Wortmanville, Georgetown resident who is wanted for the offence of bigamy.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow scored England’s first century of the series as the tourists staged a fightback after a torrid start to the third day of the fourth Ashes test yesterday, but Australia remained in command with a lead of 158 at the close of play.

The son of 78-year-old hit-and-run victim, Veronica Lewis, is calling on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to do more so that justice can be served for his deceased mother.

A Berbice man has been charged over the killing of Deon Delph almost four years after the fatal stabbing occurred at Buxton.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Consistency will be the key aim for West Indies when they face Ireland in the first of three One-Day Internationals at Sabina Park starting here today.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was joined in Australian immigration detention by Czech women’s player Renata Voracova yesterday in a row over COVID-19 vaccines that could scupper the Serbian’s shot at a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam.

ExxonMobil Guyana yesterday confirmed that eight rotational staff on board the Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently isolated.

Almost 850 new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday with the Health Minister stating that younger persons are most affected.

Dear Editor, Guyana is experiencing a surge in infections that some are attributing to Omicron. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Gifted seamer Jayden Seales believes pressure will be inescapable at the young stage of his international career but has backed himself to confront the challenges, as he prepares to make his white-ball debut for West Indies.

Dear Editor Kindly publish this brief letter as a matter of urgency. 

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has announced that 21 of the 25 core homes under construction on the West Bank of Demerara are between 50-100% completed.

RJ Barrett banked a 3-pointer at the buzzer Thursday night to cap a historic comeback by the host New York Knicks, who overcame a 25-point deficit to stun the Boston Celtics 108-105.

Dear Editor, I was disheartened after reading the following statement from President Ali, on January 6, 2022, regarding the closure of schools given the critical surge of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Guyana.

While COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony has said that medical personnel here are capable of differentiating the flu from the novel coronavirus.

(Reuters) – The Sri Lanka cricket board (SLC) has lifted the one-year ban from international matches imposed on Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella.

(Reuters) – Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah have been short-listed for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award, soccer’s world governing body said yesterday.

The Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, has blamed City Engineer, Colvern Venture and his department for an insouciant attitude towards their work which resulted in the incompletion of tasks for the year 2021.

ALMATY,  (Reuters) – Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan’s main city yesterday after days of violence, and the Russian-backed president said he had ordered his troops to shoot to kill to put down a countrywide uprising.

Dear Editor, Schools should not have been opened while Covid-19 is on the increase.

After taking note of reports regarding a difference of opinion between the Guyana Power & Light Inc (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial & Industrial Employees (NAACIE) over an increase in wages and salaries, the Ministry of Labour held a conciliation meeting with both parties on Thursday.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Women’s Open purse will nearly double this year to $10 million from $5.5 million in 2021, the highest amount in women’s golf, the USGA announced yesterday.

(Reuters) – A Georgia judge sentenced Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael yesterday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for what he called the “chilling” 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their mostly white neighbourhood in the southern U.S.

Dear Editor, We have a problem situation on our hands with these COVID-19 surges. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in “Lilies of the Field,” and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement, has died at age 94, an official from the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former world number one Naomi Osaka reached the semi-finals of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 WTA event yesterday by beating German Andrea Petkovic, while twice Grand Slam champion Simona Halep battled past sixth seed Viktorija Golubic.

(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan.

Dear Editor, I write to acknowledge Mr. Ravi Dev’s letter published in the January 6th edition of the Stabroek News, captioned, “Ogunseye must say if he believes all Guyanese have transcended their ethnic affinities”.

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the toddler, whose decomposed body was found in a canal at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD) last Friday was inconclusive.

The curse of greed seems to be surging ahead as if astride the wings of the galloping Greek mythical horse, Pegasus, despite a worldwide pandemic.

(Reuters) BARACK OBAMA, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: “Through his groundbreaking roles and singular talent, Sidney Poitier epitomized dignity and grace, revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together.

The year 2021 has ended but the ending of a year does not signal the disappearance of the challenges we grappled with the previous 12 months.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the fifth and final Ashes test against England with coach Justin Langer expecting the 30-year-old to be back in action in the one-day home series against New Zealand later this month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago has crossed 3,000 COVID-19 fatalities since the start of the pandemic with over 1,000 deaths reported in the last 45 days.

LOUISVILLE, Colo., (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting the scene of Colorado’s most destructive wildfire on record, said yesterday the rare winter blaze marked the latest “code red” reminder of an ominously changing climate he hopes to confront with his renewable energy agenda.

Dear Editor, The NRF bill was a step in the correct direction, but it is far from complete.