Daily Archive: Sunday, February 6, 2022

(Trinidad Guardian) A 14-year-old boy is among four people shot dead in Diego Martin.

(Trinidad Guardian) As a single and independent mother, Katherine Akum Lum was living her best life.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died today and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning.

When Robeena Zaman recently earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work, it was much more than an academic accomplishment.

When COVID-19 hit the United States, New York City was considered the epicentre of the disease.

Following his ousting from the post of Country Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI), Dr Rudy Jadoopat on Saturday accused the PPP/C government of making attempts to control the body in violation of the international standard guiding its operations. 

As ExxonMobil prepares for the commissioning of the Liza Unity FPSO at the end of this month, government is exploring cutting out the ‘middleman’ and directly selling its oil share from that project and one option is India.

When Raveena Taraman launched her online arts and crafts business near the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, she did so with a practical goal in mind—to offset the cost of her tuition as a medical student.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips has said that the PPP/C government is prepared to work with the new Leader of the Opposition but only if its legitimacy is recognised.

Mudwata, still defiantly profane and homophobic, is back, daring the authorities to find him and ridiculing their arrest of Keron Bruce.

Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh spent more than two hours on Friday night closing the debate on the 2022 national budget, where he focused heavily on the shortcomings of the APNU+AFC coalition during its time in government.

At eighty eight years of age one must expect to factor attendance at funerals into one’s monthly (weekly?)

Introduction In an earlier column, January 16, I had intimated that this ongoing series of columns, which I have been pursuing could well turn out to be, frankly, an overly ambitious task.

Indian High Commissioner Dr KJ Srinivasa has said that a large quantity of rice was imported from India during 2021 by local businessmen in order to meet export commitments.

By Stanley Greaves Looking for one thing you discover others. My latest discoveries were three bottles, one filled with a collection of assorted buttons, another with small coloured glass marbles and a third smaller one with special prized rock marbles.

The Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed one more COVID-19 death and a total of 296 more infections.

Ovid Williams, a miner who police say fatally chopped another man to death last Sunday, has been charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Dear Editor,  In both the print media and on social media there have been discussions that we are witnessing the tail end of the coronavirus. 

Sundance 2022 has offered a wealth of different kinds of stories and themes, particularly the female-centred films which have been some of the better options at the festival this year.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the past year and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen yesterday by Reuters.

(ICC) India beat England by four wickets yesterday to win their fifth ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) on Friday said three of its five generators at its 46.5 MW Garden of Eden power plant have been returned to supplying the national grid, after the facility was shut down last month over fears of a possible explosion.

TORONTO/OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, faced disruptions yesterday as protests against vaccine mandates spread from the capital of Ottawa, raising fears of clashes with counter protesters.

Dear Editor, During her budget debate presentation, the Minister of Amerindian Affairs had at her disposal, all of the records of the Amerindian Land Titling Project and cannot claim ignorance of its work and achievements.

Just because you may not yet have followed through with your New Year’s resolution to start getting fit in January, doesn’t mean that you should wait until 2023.

Gavin Singh, president of the Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF), has hailed the 2022 budget allocation for sport as revolutionary saying it would create a platform for the local development of the sport.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) was yesterday forced to postpone its return to cricket weekend due to rain.

The body of Wakenaam businessman Lakeram Kuber, who went missing after a boat mishap in the Essequibo River on Thursday evening, has been found.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said yesterday that she wants Prince Charles’ wife Camilla to be styled Queen Consort when he becomes king, cementing her place at the heart of the royal family after once being judged an outsider.

Dear Editor It is the month of February—Black History Month. This month is set aside by African Americans to observe the contributions of Black peoples to America and by extension the African diaspora.

By Kuo Li (This is the edited text of a public lecture delivered at the celebration of Chinese New Year and Spring Festival 2022 at the University of Guyana.

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) There was much that we were intending to cover in this our sixth article for 2022.

(Trinidad Express) – Even as he noted that instances of corruption were widespread in Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday “the time has come to stop pretending that the angel Gabriel will come down and save us from ourselves”.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has registered 1,308 new COVID-19 deaths over the last 24 hours and 197,442 new cases, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

Justino DaSilva, a promising Guyanese chess player, scored a total of five points in a five-minute online blitz tournament between Guyana and Suriname recently.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday said that the alleged rapist of a 17-year-old girl has been arrested following the report of the attack.

Dear Editor, Your editorial of Saturday Feb 5, 2022 was most useful, for it enables the ordinary Guyanese to plot a way forward out of the current high cost of living.

(Trinidad Guardian) – A worker was shot dead after he tried to escape during a robbery at a jewellery store on High Street, San Fernando, yesterday.

West Indies and India will face each other today in the first One Day International at Ahmedabad in what Kieron Pollard describes as a level playing field.

There have been a number of criticisms about the recently launched ‘Atlantic Readers’ by the Ministry of Education. 

“My story starts with fibroids and I wouldn’t forget the gynaecologist who for almost ten years told me that I was infertile, and I would never be able to have a baby.”

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s environmental inspector, responding to fuel supply shortages, yesterday authorized temporary resumption of hydrocarbon loading and unloading operations at sea at a refinery owned by Spain’s Repsol which had been halted during a probe of a major oil spill.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to editorial “Partygate” – a comment on the Prime Minister’s office (and himself) flouting of Covid protocol in the UK.

Last Update: 1,161.429                            Movement: 1.061% Current Update: 1,173.751                      YTD Movement: 14.090%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index increased 1.061% during the final period of trading in January 2022.

The Guyana Water Incorporated on Friday said checks on the distribution network in the Lusignan area on the East Coast of Demerara have shown that residents are enjoying significantly improved level of service following the recent completion of a new well which is serving Lusignan, Annandale West, Good Hope Public Road and Courbane Park, East Coast Demerara. 

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) has reduced the freight charges for trucks transporting sand to East Berbice.