Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Ministry of Health today that as of May 31st, 2022, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Through a recently-held fundraiser, First Lady Arya Ali was able to raise just over $13 million to begin the setting up of a business centre for Persons with Disabilities (PWD).

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – A Jamaican legislator is asking the country’s parliament to name reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, an effort that comes amid rising nationalism in English-speaking Caribbean countries that are distancing themselves from their colonial past.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s financial crime-fighting agency wants to question the two most senior members of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, who lead the main opposition Congress party, as it investigates a complaint of money laundering, the party said today.

HANOI, (Reuters) – Vietnam said today it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce and export it.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced government’s intervention to remove several taxes from the mining sector to the value of $1.9b to cushion the rising cost of operations.

The EPA has renewed the Environmental Permit for ExxonMobil’s Liza 1 development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana for five years even as the company continues to commit flaring violations owing to the failed gas compressor onboard the Liza Destiny FPSO. 

Business executive Chandra Gajraj was yesterday named as Chair of the Integrity Commission.

By Aviso Paul The family of 46-year-old Brian Knight who was found hanging in the Leonora Police Station lockups on Monday is calling for a thorough investigation to be launched into the man’s alleged suicide.

(CMC) – Stylish Shai Hope struck an 11th One-Day International hundred to move alongside legends Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Gordon Greenidge and Shiv Chanderpaul, as West Indies made light work of the Netherlands in the opening ODI yesterday.

Noting the need for the expeditious hearing of election petitions, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has set Tuesday July 19th to hear the appeal filed by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC to the Guyana Court of Appeal’s ruling giving itself 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.

Anticipating the President’s intention to name  members of constitutional commissions in the absence of “meaningful consultation”, Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton has signalled that he will challenge the appointments.

Dear Editor, The following relates to the current imbroglio at the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) Ltd.

Police in Regional Division 7 responded to a report yesterday of someone indiscriminately discharging a firearm in Blackwater Backdam, Cuyuni River and  found a high-powered rifle.

Rushing to fix a crater that has developed on Middleton Street, Kitty, Georgetown, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill last night said the ministry has written to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for permission to go to selective tendering.

Dear Editor, On Thursday 26th May, the theatre community was saddened, once more, by the passing of another stalwart in the industry.

Dear Editor, I have elsewhere and again complimented Hon. Minister Dr.

Tenders were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the supply and delivery of six electric vehicle charging stations for the Guyana Energy Agency.

The Farmers Credit Line launched by Demerara Bank Limited was designed with the intention to cycle farmers’ income, aid in the prevention of a food crisis, and support the goals towards achieving food security.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Saturday held its Ordinary Congress at the National Training Centre, at Providence, East Bank Demerara, where it signalled its intent to increase the funding of the Members Financial Assistance Programme (MFAP), following a 25% increase in the FIFA Forward 3.0 funding mechanism.

Dear Editor, How many chains of command does the Guyana Police Force have?

Dear Editor, Please accommodate me within your columns to champion an appeal and make a request on behalf of the citizens of the Demerara-Mahaica Region (Region No 4).

Police Regional Division 4 ‘B’ Commander, Woman Superintendent Denise Griffith yesterday paid tribute to eight-year-old Timothy Kippins, six-year-old Triston Kippins, and one-year-old Zhalia Flue, at the funeral service which was held in the Mocha Community Centre Ground.

The trial of Naresh Baldeo, who is accused of the 2017 killing of Mohabeer Gangadeen is set to commence next Tuesday—June 14th—before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Suddie.

Dear Editor, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed that the China Railway Group Limited (CRGL) which was selected for the contract is unable to finance the construction of the roughly US$1 billion Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk yesterday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

The Regional Women’s Super50 and T20 Blaze, marks its return this month after a two-year hiatus and Guyana Women’s head coach, Julian Moore, is eager to bring home their maiden title.

(Trinidad Guardian) Bandits tunnelled their way into the Republic Bank branch opposite the Couva Police Station over the long weekend.

The final round of the West Indies Championship will bowl off today with three critical clashes in Trinidad and Tobago.

After conducting 1,396 COVID tests, the Ministry of Health yesterday said that 135 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Dear Editor, The Staff and Students of the University of Guyana School of Medicine (UGSM) are deeply saddened by the passing of the late Dr Ramsundar Doobay, Internal Medicine Specialist and former Lecturer in the School of Medicine.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – Bandits killed tens of local vigilantes in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Monday evening after stealing cattle, two security sources and a local official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, From all appearances, it seems the failure to meet, besides grandstanding, perceived disrespect meted out and the promise ‘he must not think I will drop what I am doing and the peoples work’, was simply because the top judicial appointments was not up for discussion. 

Sandip Waste Management Services has partially resumed the collection of garbage in the city with the return to service of one of its trucks.

(Reuters) – American teenager Coco Gauff powered past compatriot Sloane Stephens 7-5 6-2 yesterday to book a French Open semi-final spot in her biggest victory at a Grand Slam.

(Reuters) – Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology from the French sports minister after she said fans with fake tickets and the club’s handling of their supporters were responsible for the trouble that marred Saturday’s Champions League final.

By Charwayne Walker  Haiti’s national football team will engage Guyana’s Golden Jaguars in the Concacaf National League at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora on June 14, 2022.

(CMC) – Former Barbados captain and West Indies leg-spin bowling all-rounder David Holford died on Monday after a lengthy illness. 

(Reuters) – Unseeded Italian Martina Trevisan maintained her impressive form as she surged into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 defeat of Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez yesterday.

(Reuters) – Golfing great Jack Nicklaus said yesterday he only met with the Saudi Arabian organisers of the LIV Golf Invitational Series as a courtesy given he is building a course near the nation’s capital and never had any intention of joining them.

LAKE PALCACOCHA, Peru,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Lawyers working on a groundbreaking climate lawsuit said it had entered a decisive phase after judges from Germany visited a glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes to assess flood risk, which the case links to emissions from European electricity giant RWE.

(Reuters) – Pakistan women’s team captain Bismah Maroof and her family will be accommodated at the Commonwealth Games village in Birmingham, England in July so she can be with her infant daughter during the event, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Talks of an end to Rafael Nadal’s reign proved premature once again as the claycourt king stayed on course for a record-extending men’s 22nd Grand Slam title by beating arch rival Novak Djokovic 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6(4) in a vintage French Open quarter-final clash yesterday.

Drivers who have been commuting to and from Georgetown during rush-hour traffic over the last five years can attest to the worsening nightmare they are confronted with on a daily basis with no apparent end in sight.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – A cyberattack struck Costa Rica’s hospitals and clinics early yesterday morning, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) said, the latest in a string of hacks targeting the Central American country in recent weeks.