Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that as of January 18th, 2022, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Queen’s College students have won the overall outstanding awards for both the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate 2021 and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination 2021.

(Barbados Nation) It will be a General Election like never before today, as Barbadians determine their path of governance for the next five years.

(Reuters) – Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga tomorrow carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a volcanic eruption and tsunami and largely cut off from the outside world.

(Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James said late yesterday that former U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Miss World representative Jeanine Brandt’s recent statements at the Miss World Pageant in Puerto Rico have come under heavy scrutiny from Trinbagonians over her depiction of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Ministry of Health will no longer be issuing discharge certificates for persons who were on home isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 and PCR tests will now be used only for a small category of persons.

Residents of Dartmouth on the Essequibo Coast yesterday protested and lit fires on the main road as they contended that the policeman implicated in the killing of shop owner, Orin Boston should have been charged with murder and not manslaughter.

President Irfaan Ali is scheduled to make a working visit to Paramaribo, Suriname tomorrow to meet with the Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Council and I have learnt with great sadness of the passing of Dr Yesu Persaud.

Two teenaged motorcyclists died after they collided on the Karaudarnau Trail, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine on Monday afternoon.

Dear Editor, When I lived in the Abu Dhabi/Dubai area of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), that country was very clean, very safe, and very rich.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC have been granted leave to appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Guyana Court of Appeal’s ruling that it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the dismissal of the Opposition APNU+AFC’s election petition which challenged the results of the March 2nd 2020 general elections.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says its Central Executive took a decision to withhold support for the government-led cleanup of the city on Saturday and Sunday.

A Guyana Mixed Martial Arts team will depart local shores tomorrow to participate at the prestigious International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Amateur World Championship in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates from January 24th-29th.

Dear Editor, Saturday, 16th January 2022, the front pages of the Kaieteur News, Stabroek News and Guyana Times respectively carried the following headlines: “SWAT member accused of killing Orin Boston, granted bail”; “Cop charged with man-slaughter over Orin Boston killing – widow maintains husband was murdered”; “SWAT Unit member gets $1M bail for killing Essequibo businessman”.

Wärtsilä and Guyana Power and Light (GPL) engineers are close to determining the root cause of the malfunctioning of the newly installed generator sets at the Garden of Eden plant, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar said.

Dear Editor, I was born at ‘N’ Bent Street, Wortmanville, in the city of Georgetown.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, January 18th I went to purchase a learner driver’s package at the Brickdam Police Station as publicly advertised by the Guyana Police Force. 

Fifteen years on, former manager Maurice Arjoon is still engaged in a court battle for severance and other benefits owed by the New Building Society (NBS) which has been found to have wrongfully dismissed him back in 2007.

The trial of Sedley Liver-pool who is accused of killing Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman back in 2015, has been set to commence on Monday January 24th, before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Stephanie Isaacs, in a letter to the Stabroek News under the caption, `The government continues to remain indifferent towards protecting the people from this virus’ got my attention, and I feel compelled to make a response.

Dear Editor, A visionary brain, caring heart and bold mind are now permanently at rest with the passing of Guyana born, internationally acclaimed business leader Yesu Persaud.

With six key positions yet to be addressed along with a work plan for the hosting of the constitutionally overdue Local Government Elections (LGE) and responding to the government’s amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) spent most its meeting yesterday on secondary matters.

(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the brink of facing a leadership challenge, according to reports, after an angry backlash over claims parties were held at his residence during coronavirus lockdowns.

A 23-year-old Region Four man is among five more COVID fatalities.

Dear Editor, The letter to the Editor in Stabroek News by Mervyn Williams, dated January 17, 2022 `There is no functioning National Toshaos Council executive’  is completely distasteful and bears no merit as it relates to the status of Amerindians in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The reports on the horrific fire in the Bronx that claimed the lives of 17 members of the Gambian Muslim families is gut-wrenching.

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday expressed its deepest sympathy at the passing on Monday of businessman Yesu Persaud. 

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors opened an investigation yesterday into a unit of Spanish energy firm Repsol after an oil spill at a local refinery blamed on unusually large waves from the weekend volcano eruption and tsunami in Tonga 10,000 kilometers (6,213 miles) away.

Dear Editor, I have long held the view and still do hold it that, there are certain things that should never be sacrificed, at the altar of personal interests or politics.

From January 27, 2022, Carib-bean Airlines (CAL) will introduce a pre-order meal service, on certain routes, which will give customers more choice and an authentic taste of the Caribbean when they fly.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Indigenous communities in Ecuador yesterday presented hundreds of thousands of signatures to the country’s top court to demand their right to make final decisions on use of ancestral lands they say are threatened by expansion of extractive projects.

Dear Editor, This letter serves to inform all members of the public, who may be interested, that I have formally resigned from the position of Representative of the List for the A New and United Guyana political party.

(Reuters) – Major international airlines rushed yesterday to rejig or cancel flights to the United States on the eve of a 5G wireless rollout that triggered safety concerns, despite two wireless carriers saying they will delay parts of the deployment.

The process for the submission of comments and objections concerning the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Development Project concluded over one month ago but the EPA remains silent as to what the next step will be.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has now expanded its Chess in Schools Programme with the addition of two secondary schools  The Bishops’ High and Anna Regina Secondary, are the latest schools join the  online training programme.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Taiwan has paid for a lobbying contract to promote Guatemala with U.S.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a new administrative building for the Ministry of Agriculture.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad that will face England in the first Betway Series starting this weekend is expected to perform more creditably than the T20 World Cup team once players execute according to the game plan.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons says the side’s One-Day International (ODI) batsmen failed at assessing what was required and operating accordingly, in the just-ended series which they lost to Ireland.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Fully vaccinated fans were from yesterday able to purchase tickets for the first series to be played here since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with Kensington Oval operating at only 50 per cent capacity for the five-match Betway T20 International (T20I) Series between West Indies and England.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies captain Keiron Pollard has put most of the blame for the 2-1 One-Day International (ODI) series defeat to Ireland on the Caribbean side’s batsmen.

In October 2021, the UK Parliament’s Science and Technology and the Health and Social Care Committees issued a scathing report on the initial poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic by scientists and government ministers in the early months of 2020.

PAARL, South Africa, (Reuters) – India captain KL Rahul says South Africa will face a trial by spin in the first two One-Day Internationals of the three-match series starting today that will be played on the slower, lower pitch at Boland Park.

(ICC) South Africa’s Dewald Brevis and England’s Tom Prest played captain’s innings to propel their sides to victory at the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup yesterday.

PAARL, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said they are mulling over whether to select a specialist batsman or all-rounder at number six for the opening one-day international against India today.

Devin Booker poured in a season-high 48 points and the Phoenix Suns were at their best in the final nine minutes while pulling away for a 121-107 win over the host San Antonio Spurs on Monday.

WOKING, England, (Reuters) – Formula One should not assume Lewis Hamilton will stay in the sport after the hurt of missing a record eighth title in controversial circumstances, according to McLaren boss Zak Brown.

(ICC) Pre-tournament favourites Bangladesh and Sri Lanka eased to victory in their respective games on the opening day of the ICC Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022 at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur.

Dear Editor, The exposed steel rods of the damaged culvert should have been repaired or better safety precautions put in place by the, authorities, especially since the public traversed the area daily.