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Commander for Regional Police Division Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) Senior Superintendent Dion Moore has confirmed that the bodies of the two persons who were missing in an Essequibo River boat mishap have been found.

The bodies are at the Bartica Hospital’s mortuary awaiting postmortems which are scheduled for tomorrow.

The mishap occurred sometime between 18:45h and 19:00h on Saturday in the vicinity of Calf Island, Essequibo River.

The vessel was captained by 34-year-old Jermin Blackman of Two Miles Potaro Road, Bartica, Region Seven. His bowman was 18-year-old Lamuel Allen of Four Miles, Bartica.

In addition to the two boat operators, there were 10 passengers in the vessel at the time of the incident including popular entertainer, Darrel Romeo called ‘Magnum’.

Blackman told investigators that they left Parika Stelling en-route to Bartica and during the journey, the vessel while navigating around a damaged Beacon which is about 100 feet east of Calf Island in the Essequibo River, collided with the beacon.

This resulted in the boat being punctured and beginning to sink. The captain said he attempted to sail to shore but the vessel sunk before reaching shore.

As a result, the passengers began swimming to the shore for safety. Information was circulated and public-spirited persons from Bartica went to the location and assisted in rescuing the survivors.

Upon checking, however, it was discovered that two persons were unaccounted for.

Police say it is unclear at this stage whether all the passengers were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident.

Nevertheless, the survivors were taken to Bartica Regional Hospital to seek medical attention and are being assessed.

Both the Captain and Bowman are in custody assisting with investigations.

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La compañía de manejo y disposición de desperdicios sólidos, EC Waste, anunció que ante el paso del huracán Fiona, las rutas que se encuentran en el Plan de Contingencia se encuentran operando de manera regular.

De igual forma, se informó que en la medida que el clima lo permita, las estaciones de transbordo de San Juan y Caguas, como los Sistema de Relleno Sanitario El Coquí Landfill en Humacao, Ponce Landfill y Salinas Landfill estarán operando de forma normal.

“Ciertamente la seguridad de todos nuestros empleados es prioridad. Reconocemos la importancia que tiene el servicio que ofrecemos a gran parte de la Isla y la relevancia que toma en momentos de emergencia como el que atravesamos en estos momentos”, explicó el director de Salud, Seguridad y Cumplimiento Ambiental de la empresa, Jorge Alexis Meléndez.

Meléndez añadió que “nuestra empresa cuenta con un Plan de Contingencia completo que contempla precisamente diversos escenarios y nos permite operar de manera regular”. La empresa recalcó que continuarán en la calle ofreciendo los servicios en la medida en que las condiciones del tiempo lo permitan, y velando siempre por la seguridad de los empleados. En tanto, la expectativa es que las operaciones se reanuden de manera regular el día de mañana.

“A nuestros empleados que día a día salen a asegurar que se brinde el servicio, extendemos el más sincero agradecimiento por su compromiso. De igual forma, a todos los empleados que se encuentran fuera por razones ajenas a su voluntad, les reiteramos nuestro apoyo”, concluyó Meléndez.

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In keeping with its commitment to provide relief to Guyanese in all sectors, the government today continued the distribution of the $150, 000 cash grant to fisherfolk along the East Coast Demerara.

Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo spearheaded today’s exercise at the Unity Ballfield Centre and the Lusignan Community Centre respectively. The distribution represents an investment of some $75 million dollars with over 1,600 fisherfolk receiving cheques.

The Vice President told the fisherfolk that the government remains committed to providing support to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living.

He made reference the COVID-19 cash grant, the flood relief grant and other measures implemented by the administration over the past two years to support and improve the livelihood of citizens countrywide.

In this regard, the VP noted that while many were looking forward to the grant sooner, government had to verify the list of persons to ensure those in need benefitted, since previously a number of persons were dishonest, resulting in government being reflected in a negative way.

Other issues such as lack of identification documents also delayed the distribution. Fisherfolk in Bee Hive, Golden Grove, Melanie, Unity, Victoria, Liliendaal, Montrose, La Bonne Intention, Friendship and several other areas will be benefitting from the grant.

On Friday last, the Vice President spearheaded the distribution in Region Six, where over 1,600 fisherfolk also benefitted.

Meanwhile, the Vice President encouraged the fisherfolk to invest in other business ventures and to capitalise on the many educational and other opportunities being provided by the government for their development.

He said fisherfolk must be part of the transformation taking place in Guyana.

“You could start small businesses. You got to explore that sort of help with us because that’s what we’re here for, to assist people to make a transition to upgrade themselves, improved their lives, but if you don’t take this step and you complain, sit down at the seaside or a corner shop and only complain, things will pass by you, development will pass by,” VP Jagdeo explained.

Further, Dr Jagdeo disclosed that government will soon be writing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeking assistance with resolving the ongoing issues between Guyanese fishermen and Surinamese authorities.

Dr Jagdeo was accompanied by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall.

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El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, afirmó el domingo que la pandemia del COVID-19 ha terminado, durante una entrevista con el canal de televisión CBS.

“La pandemia ha terminado. Todavía tenemos un problema con el covid-19. Todavía estamos trabajando mucho en ello. Pero la pandemia ha terminado”, aseguró el mandatario, argumentando que ya “nadie usa cubrebocas y todos parecen estar en muy buena forma”.

La declaración de Biden de que la pandemia había terminado sorprendió a varios de sus funcionarios de salud, ya que no fue parte de sus discursos programados antes de la entrevista, dijeron a Politico dos funcionarios de la administración.

Mientras tanto, el director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus, dijo este miércoles a los periodistas que el mundo nunca ha estado “en una posición mejor” para poner fin a la emergencia sanitaria.

“Aún no estamos allí, pero el final está a la vista”, indicó el jefe de la OMS en referencia al momento en que el coronavirus dejaría de propagarse de forma pandémica. 

No obstante, a finales de julio, Biden predicía una “segunda pandemia” y pedía al Congreso fondos para planificar su gestión. “Va a haber otra pandemia. Tenemos que pensar en el futuro”, advirtió. “Necesitamos más dinero. Pero no solo necesitamos más dinero para vacunas para niños […], necesitamos más dinero para planificar la segunda pandemia”, sostuvo el mandatario.

Estados Unidos todavía registra un promedio de alrededor de 391 muertes y 60.831 casos nuevos de la infección por día.

Noticia original de RT en Español. 

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