Daily Archive: Monday, March 14, 2022

 The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) and Guyana’s engineering fraternity are mourning the loss of  engineer, Dionne Amsterdam, MSc (Eng.),

ROME/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan today raised concerns about China’s alignment with Russia in a seven-hour meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi as Washington warned of the isolation and penalties Beijing will face if it helps Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.

Trudy DeHaarte, 48, a well-known animal rights activist, fatally shot herself at the Brickdam Police Station this morning. 

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said it had begun “hard” talks on a ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees with Russia today, despite the fatal shelling of a residential building in Kyiv.

 VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Russian Patriarch Kirill’s full-throated blessing for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church and unleashed an internal rebellion that experts say is unprecedented.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Squatters have occupied the London mansion suspected of belonging to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who was placed on Britain’s sanctions list last week, unfurling a Ukrainian flag and a banner saying ‘This property has been liberated’.

The Inter-American Development Bank’s rejection of the Guyana Shore Base Inc’s (GYSBI) expansion loan on the ground that new oil and gas operations won’t be funded has serious implications for this country, according to industry officials.

The Government of Guyana will this week lift physical distancing measures having recently recorded low numbers of positive COVID-19 cases and deaths, Director of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Colonel Nazrul Hussain yesterday said.

A deal for the New Demerara Harbour Bridge could soon be reached as government yesterday said that it was anticipating closing negotiations soon.

Around 800 persons were expected to become landowners on Friday during the CH&PA’s first ‘Dream Realised’ Housing Drive for 2022.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Department has conducted thorough investigations of workplace deaths that were reported between 2020 and 2022, according to the department’s head Gweneth King, who has said two employers are before the courts as a result.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) launched its nursery programme under the National Sports Academy initiative yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre and Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,

Civil Society group Article 13 has criticised Chief Election Officer (CEO), Vishnu Persaud over his response to questions on the elections expenses returns from the parties which contested the March 2020 General and Regional polls.

Builders Engineering and Architectural Consultancy on Friday signed a contract with the Government of Guyana for the Construction of a Poultry Rearing and Processing Facility at One Mile, Matarkai, Region One.

Dear Editor, On March 11, 2020 the first COVID-19 death was reported in Guyana. 

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Tuesday met with British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller, and two visiting officials from the United Kingdom,  Nicholas Lea, Deputy Chief Economist of the Foreign Commonwealth and Department Office (FCDO), and Katerina Evzona, Inclusive Growth Team Leader in the Caribbean Development Team (FCDO).

Dear Editor, March 13, 1979 has gone down in world history in general and the Caribbean in particular.

Dear Editor, The recent discussion on soil depletion reminds me of the famine experienced in the western United States in the past.

Police have arrested seven men after they discovered two firearms and four rounds of ammunition in a house at Stevedore Dam, Georgetown following a raid.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that 10 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded.

Dear Editor, Three weeks ago, my boyhood friend, historian and cricket writer Clem Seecharan, alerted me to a newly published book on West Indian cricket titled, “Who Only Cricket Know” – Hutton’s Men in the West Indies 1953/54 by David Woodhouse.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that at approximately 11.15 am yesterday, the L2 and L5 Transmission Lines which link the company’s Golden Grove to Sophia and Sophia to Kingston Substations respectively tripped.

(Reuters) – Bermuda’s aviation regulator said it is suspending certification of all Russian-operated airplanes registered in the British overseas territory due to international sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in a move expected to affect more than 700 planes.

Dear Editor, I am concerned by the menace represented by this man Vladimir Putin, who the more I study him, the more there is recalling of a German leader from 90 years ago. 

Dear Editor, The recent horrific accident at De Willem made me do a little research using the newspapers and I discovered that the following took place within 10 years between the villages of Zeeburg – De Willem November, 2011 – Arjune Rampersaud – was struck down and killed while attempting to cross the road at De Willem.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine stepped up yesterday, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk again after both sides cited progress, even after Russia attacked a base near the Polish border and fighting raged elsewhere.

(Trinidad Guardian) Well known social scientist, Professor Selwyn Ryan, has died.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) has set a public hearing for Tuesday, March 29 on the decision by the EPA not to require an impact study for the proposed new bridge over the Demerara River.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) female hockey outfit finished in eighth position in the 2022 Big Apple International Indoor Hockey Championship in Spring City, Pennsylvania, USA yesterday, after ending with a record of one win and four losses.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd (right) on March 9th received a courtesy call from Jairo Valverde, Resident Representative on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly 20,000 foreign volunteers have signed up to fight in war-torn Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.

(Reuters) – William Hurt, an Oscar-winning actor known for his roles in movies such as “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Broadcast News,” died yesterday at the age of 71, according to Deadline.

By Tony McWatt The Women’s ICC 2022 World Cup, the Antigua-hosted West Indies-England first test and Cricket West Indies’ plans for the creation of a new Emerging Players Academy are the primary topics of interest that would have garnered the attention of Caribbean cricket fans within recent days.

Dear Editor,  With regards to the recently launched National Job Bank which seeks to match employers with prospective employees thereby reducing unemployment and under-employment in Guyana this low cost approach to tackle the problem in Guyana is a good approach. 

Dear Editor, I am submitting this letter to the four dailies because an important principle of journalism is involved.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons says the first test here against England could have been more competitive with a better pitch and he is hoping for a better wicket at Kensington Oval when the next match of the Apex Series kicks off in Barbados on Wednesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has called for improvements ahead of the second Test against England in Barbados next week, stressing the need for West Indies to create more pressure in the field.

Now that the Government has decided to resuscitate the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, it is time to revisit the Project.

NASSAU, (Reuters) – The Bahamas has ordered its financial institutions to halt all transactions with Russian entities that have been put under sanction by Western nations, the country’s financial regulators said in a statement.

By Omar Shahabudin McDoom Omar Shahabudin McDoom was born in London to parents who left Georgetown in the 60s.

While the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) legislation passed by the government remains wholly unacceptable as a result of the enormous powers vested in the President and the Minister of Finance, there was still some interest in whether the PPP/C administration would seek bipartisanship at the level of Parliament which was accorded the right to nominate one of the possible five members of the governing board.

Kevin Durant highlighted a season-high 53-point performance by hitting the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 56.3 seconds remaining as the host Brooklyn Nets edged the New York Knicks 110-107 Sunday afternoon in New York.

ERBIL, Iraq,  (Reuters) – Iran attacked Iraq’s northern city of Erbil yesterday with a dozen ballistic missiles in an unprecedented assault on the capital of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region that appeared to target the United States and its allies.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif., (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka was rattled by a heckler early in her second round match against Veronika Kudermetova on Saturday and never recovered as she fell 6-0 6-4 at Indian Wells.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Expressing concern that grassroots cricket in the region is under threat, Cricket West Indies (CWI) Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams says administrators are desperately trying to regain momentum to preserve and nurture current and future talent.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has created a new Emerging Players Academy, aimed at supporting the development of world-class players from the Caribbean.

The Judiciary of Guyana is mourning the passing of former Chancellor of the Judiciary Cecil Kennard.