Daily Archive: Monday, October 3, 2022

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Shimron Hetmyer has been replaced in the West Indies squad for this month’s Twenty20 World Cup after missing an already rescheduled flight to Australia today.

A 19-year-old student of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) died this afternoon, days after he was attacked and brutally beaten by a group of men in the vicinity of the Route 45 bus park.

The Ministry of Health’s Chronic Diseases Unit will soon roll out a Tobacco Cessation Clinic at various health centres across the country.

(Trinidad Express) The mother of nine-month-old Salileen Ramsaroop has been charged with manslaughter.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – An estimated 120,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico today, two weeks after Hurricane Fiona caused an island-wide outage for its 3.3 million people.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The second round of Brazil’s presidential election campaign kicked off today after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro outperformed polling and robbed leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of outright victory in the first round of voting.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River today, threatening to encircle thousands of Russian troops.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced today into a humiliating U-turn after less than a month in power, reversing a cut to the highest rate of income tax that helped spark turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party.

MALANG, Indonesia,  (Reuters) – A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia has killed 125 people and injured more than 320 after police used tear gas to quell a pitch invasion, authorities said yesterday, in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters.

(Argus Media)  US President Joe Biden and his deputies are trading barbs with ExxonMobil and other refiners over what the administration sees as inflated gasoline prices caused by insufficient domestic inventories.

GUYOIL yesterday lowered fuel prices in accordance with a government announcement and this immediately saw vehicles queuing up as commuters sought relief from the rise in the cost of living.

Longstanding trade unionist and PPP stalwart Philomena Sahoye-Shury who passed away yesterday has left behind an indomitable footprint in the fight for workers’ rights and benefits, GAWU President Seepaul Narine said last night.

Two Chinese firms among the five being evaluated for the tender to build the natural gas-fired power plant at Wales have publicly disputed that they were ever blacklisted by the World Bank for procurement violations.

The Ministry of Public Works’ Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD), in collaboration with Mobile Money Guyana (MMG+) launched Guyana’s first online ticket booking system for water transport on Saturday.

The Transport and Habours Department (T&HD) is advising the public that the MV Kimbia is scheduled to depart for Region One on October 6th 2022, from the Goods Wharf Georgetown for Kumaka, north west.

In observance of World Heart Day 2022, the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Chronic Diseases Unit launched the HEARTS Technical Packages on  September 29, at the Lethem Regional Hospital in Region Nine A release from the Ministry of Health said that the objective of the package is to better assist health care professionals in the prevention and early detection of cardiovascular diseases and hypertension within the primary health care system.

Traditional giant Topp XX mauled Blueberry Hill 7-0  when the Upper Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

A miner who died in Region Seven on September 17 when a tree fell on him had only been employed for two weeks and had no safety training.

The Caribbean Premier league was born in 2013 and in its inaugural year, the Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors to win the final.

Albion Cricket Club and Port Mourant Cricket Club will clash in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Kevin Sinclair Under-17 finals following yesterday’s semi-finals.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported one new case of COVID-19 and its daily dashboard showed that there have been 70,001 recoveries from the virus.

Calwyn Croal, who is accused of shooting a Linden businessman after a misunderstanding between the two, was charged with attempted murder on Thursday.

Africo Selman, the Advisor to the Minister of Education is currently in Japan to participate in the 19th Science and Technology Forum as well as the 19th Science and Technology Ministers’ Roundtable, October 1, 2022, to October 4, 2022.

West Indies women’s captain, Hayley Matthews is calling for the batters to get more runs on the board if they are to salvage a series win over New Zealand Women.

High employee turnout and good weather have been credited for the Uitvlugt Estate exceeding its weekly production target by 4%.

Dear Editor, Every day on reading the highlights in our Guyanese media I become sick of the incessant call to renegotiate the oil contract with Exxon.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Hayley Matthews’s all-round enterprise went to waste as West Indies Women slid to a five-wicket defeat to New Zealand Women to fall behind in the five-match series.

A father and his teenaged son are now in custody following the fatal stabbing of a 29-year-old Canal No.

Dear Editor, It was announced by the responsible ministry that distribution of  Old Age Pension Books for 2023 will commence in August, but this did not happen, nor did it happen in September.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Sergio Perez’s Singapore Grand Prix victory was ‘world class’ and his best drive yet in Formula One, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said yesterday.

Amelia’s Ward Panthers, and newcomer Golden Star played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Upper Demerara Football Association leg of the Namilco Championship resumed at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden yesterday.

Dear Editor, I deliberated as to whether I should, and tormented myself before writing this now.

To recognize businesses which commit and adhere to the Consumer Affairs Act (CAA), the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) has launched its inaugural National Compliance Award Programme.  

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said yesterday, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s hopes of winning outright.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Kenyan Amos Kipruto won his first London Marathon title yesterday and Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw stormed to victory in the women’s race ahead of last year’s winner Joyciline Jepkosgei.

Dear Editor, I tip my head to SN’s October 1st editorial captioned `A filthy business.’ 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti yesterday said at least seven people have died of cholera in a surprise return of the disease that comes as the nation is paralyzed by a gang blockade that has triggered shortages of fuel and clean drinking water.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday morning made an impromptu visit to Coomacka, Region Ten where he engaged residents and committed to rehabilitating the Community Centre there.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Latin America today to reassert Washington’s commitment to the region and meet with three new leftist leaders, amid concerns that neglect of the hemisphere has let China make economic inroads.

JODHPUR, India, CMC – Former West Indies off-spinner Ashley Nurse lashed a thrilling unbeaten half-century as India Capitals staged a daring run chase to beat Bhilwara Kings by four wickets in the Legends League here yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Phones of at least three human rights investigators in Mexico were infected with Pegasus during the term of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador despite his government’s assertions that it would stop using the controversial spyware, a report yesterday found.

Forty-four ranks from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) and thirty Emergency Medical technicians (EMTs) graduated on Friday after successfully completing nine weeks of rigorous training.

Dear Editor, The countries of Central America and the Caribbean all registered declines in their Human Development Index scores in the 2021-2022 issue of the Human Development Report, except for Guyana and Nicaragua.

As part of the week of activities to celebrate World Maritime Day 2022, the Maritime Administration Department Guyana distributed life vests/ jackets to speed boat operators at the Parika Stelling.

Dear Editor, I am actually fed up of Ali’s antics. There is nothing presidential about him.

According to media reports,  subsidiaries and/or affiliates of  Chinese companies competing to build Guyana’s natural gas power plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara, have been blacklisted for fraudulent practices in relation to the award of contracts funded by World Bank.

On November 8, 2021, a $346m contract was awarded to St8ment Investment Inc for the construction of a primary school at Bamia, Linden.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis for the first time directly begged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying yesterday that the crisis was risking a nuclear escalation with uncontrollable global consequences.

By Melinda Janki Melinda Janki is an international lawyer and an attorney-at-law in Guyana In 2016, Raphael Trotman,  the Minister responsible for petroleum signed a Petroleum Agreement with three oil companies – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd.(Esso),

(Reuters) – India beat South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring Twenty20 international in Guwahati yesterday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series as David Miller and Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 174-run stand was in vain.