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Friday August 4, 2022

59-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES OF OVERDOSE AT THE CHEDDI JAGAN DENTAL SCHOOL.

-$6 BILLION BEING DISBURSED AS: GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT ITS $30,000 CASH GRANT TO SCHOOL CHILDREN COUNTRYWIDE

GGDMA CALLS UPON TRUCK OPERATORS AND TRUCKING SERVICES TO STOP OVERLOADING THEIR TRUCKS.

THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CLIMATE ACTION

Guyana Post Thursday August 04, 2022

59-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES OF OVERDOSE AT THE CHEDDI JAGAN DENTAL SCHOOL.

59-year-old Cheryl Anthony of Tiger Bay Georgetown, Guyana would have celebrated her 60th birthday last Thursday but that didn’t happen.

Improper dental and health care of the Cheddi Jagan International Dental School is being blamed.

Cheryl who lived with her husband, Mr. Joseph

Anthony, went to the dental school located on Carmichael Street last Tuesday to do an extraction.

The woman’s husband, who is a security guard, returned home Tuesday morning from his night shift to find his wife dressed and ready to go to the dental school. He offered her a drop at about

8 hours.

Joseph said he told his wife to contact him after the extraction.

The man returned home and never received a call from his wife. He decided to make contact with her at around 9 hours but she failed to answer. He figured that she was probably still in the process of the

extraction.

A few minutes later, Joseph received a call from the dental school stating that his wife was vomiting and that he needed to be there immediately.

When he arrived he said he saw his wife in the washroom sitting and one of the dentists was there sopping her head with Limacol.

His wife shouted for him by his call name “Mark” and begged him to come pray with her as she was not feeling too well at that time. The man said that from his wife’s facial expression he knew that something was wrong.

Joseph said his wife told him that her throat was feeling dry and she wanted something to drink. He sent to buy a drink and she had only took two sips.

He asked the dentist what took place and she could not have given a direct response. The

ambulance was called and arrived shortly after.

The medic told him that his wife’s blood pressure and blood sugar went up.

The man was told that the blood pressure cuff was not working at the dental school.

Usually the woman has heart problems and also suffers from high blood pressure her husband explained to 9newsbreak.

She does checks ups at the Georgetown Public hospital clinic where she receives medications every other month.

The husband stated that her last visit at the GPHC clinic was just in June.

At the time of the extraction the woman was on medication but that could not have caused any harm with her being injected with the anesthetic, according to the staff at the dental school.

The woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public

Hospital.

When she arrived at the Emergency Room at GPHC, she was unconscious. The nurses started to massage her heart. The woman started to froth but her body was not responding to any of the treatments.

A few minutes later, 59-year-old Ms. Cheryl Anthony succumbed. A post mortem was done on July 28th found that she died from a heart attack.

This was due to an overdose of anesthetic with which the woman was injected for the extraction by a now training dentist at the Cheddi Jagan Dental School.

The woman’s husband stated that he was told that this is now the fourth person to die by overdose of anesthetic at the Dental school.

Cheryl’s husband and relatives call for justice.

Fatal accident leaves three dead on SoesdykeTeen killed at Mabaruma Waterfront Linden Highway

Police in Regional Division #1 are reporting the murder of 18-year-old labourer Jude Christino which occurred on Wednesday (2022-08-03) at Kumaka Water Front, Mabaruma, North West District.

Enquiries revealed that about 02:00 hrs, the victim and two males were seen arguing. As the victim tried to run away, both males gave chase and started to beat him.

An eyewitness told police that one of the men then pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim to his neck, causing him info@guyanapostonline.com

to stumble and fall. Both assailants then escaped in an eastern direction, leaving the victim lying motionless.

Police were summoned and the victim was escorted to the Mabaruma Regional Hospital where he was examined

by Doctor Pierre who pronounced him dead on arrival. The body was placed in the hospital mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.

Two persons have been arrested and are in custody assisting with investigations.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal incident which occurred on Wednesday (2022-0803) about 23:30hrs on the Kuru Kuru Soesdyke/ Linden Highway involving motor lorry GNN 4083 which was being driven by 47-yearold Shawn Lim of Hyde Park, Timehri EBD. Three porters who were on the motor lorry perished. They are Michael Edwards (age unknown)

of Timehri Base Road EBD, Wilfred Phillips (age unknown) and Aloysius Squad (age unknown) both of Pomeroon River, Essequibo.

According to the police the motor lorry was proceeding north along the western side of Kuru Kuru Highway when the driver alleged that he saw something run across the road from east to west in front of him.

He said that he pulled left to avoid a collision

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and lost control of the motor lorry. The left wheel collided to the raised edge of the road causing the vehicle to turn turtle several times down a ditch on the western side of the road.

As a result, the three men who were all seated on top of some utility poles in the tray of the lorry were all pinned at the bottom of the vehicle.

They were assisted by the police and publicspirited citizens and rushed to the Diamond

Diagnostic Centre in an unconscious condition where they were pronounced them dead on arrival. The bodies were then escorted to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home for storage - awaiting post mortem examination.

A breathalyzer test conducted on the driver of the motor lorry returned zero readings. He is in custody pending further enquiries.

Guyana Post Thursday August 04, 2022

$80 MILLION EARMARKED FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF PIGEON ISLAND - PRESIDENT ALI

President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali

Dr Irfaan Ali assured that the development, progress and advancement of every community across the country are paramount.

The Head of State made this assurance while addressing residents during a community outreach in Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara today.

Priority issues raised by residents, included the completion of the regularization process, road networks in the community as well as improvements of the drainage network.

“I want to say to you today that we are

setting aside $80M for infrastructure development and upliftment of Pigeon Island. As I speak to you, the advertisements are out in the newspaper for the construction of new roads in the new area that is being regularized.”

He said too that the community members with the technical skills will be involved in the works to allow them to assume some level of responsibility and for them to be part of the developmental process.

In addressing requests for work to be carried out on the community’s road, President Ali said

that within 72 hours, designs will be ready for the concrete resurfacing of it.

“The government, the engineers and the community will work together.”

The President also said that residents will be included in the community employment programme, which will be extended along the East Coast. The Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, are to return to the community to meet

with residents to identify those eligible and how they will benefit.

In addition, with the consensus from the residents, the community playfield will also be developed to allow for recreational activities.

“We want to get all of these projects in Pigeon Island completed before the end of the year.”

The Head of State emphasized that his Government has one narrative and one agenda: to unite the citizens under the ‘One Guyana’ banner and bring prosperity to all. This transformative plan, he added, is well underway.

“Today Pigeon Island is a community surrounded by the fastest development growth our country has ever seen.”

He reminded the gathering that when Government invests in communities, the net value of the area increases.

“That is an important point because every time we invest in these communities, we invest in your net worth, we invest in your family’s net value.”

President Ali said that often times this aspect of the investments in development is overlooked. In this regard, he urged the residents to work together for the advancement of their community.

“Today, has been the hallmark of this Government. We are here to listen to you we are here to listen to your ideas, to listen to some of your issues, but also to some of your thoughts on how we have been progressing and what you would like to see continue.

“So members of this community, we are with you, you are with us…

Let us join hands together to continue on this path to development and advance the best possible life for the people of this community and all across Guyana.”

Following his brief address, the President and the cabinet ministers listened to several concerns raised, including enhanced security, an additional access road, and improved access to water and electricity.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs; Anil Nandlall; Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha; Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall; Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar; Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues; other government officials and technical staff from the various ministries were also at the event.

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-$6 BILLION BEING DISBURSED AS: GOVERNMENT ROLLS OUT ITS $30,000 CASH GRANT TO SCHOOL CHILDREN COUNTRYWIDE

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh info@guyanapostonline.com

told students of Queen’s College on Camp Street (prior to handing over ‘Because We Care’ cash grants) that there has

never a better time in the entire history of Guyana to be a young person than the current period.

The Minister was

leading the roll out of the cash grant which commenced on Tuesday.

He explained that young people now have vast opportunities as Guyana is undergoing a remarkable transformation, with a rapidly c h a n g i n g economy.

This change is not only due to oil and gas, but also due to major development in several other sectors

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and with the country’s economy being the fastest growing in the world.

“You have the privilege of being young at the best time in the history of our country,” Dr. Singh told students at the school which he also attended during his Secondary School years.

He advised them to “seize that privilege and the opportunities that it brings and convert it in not only achieving greatness in terms of personal success but also in playing your part in achieving greater success

in terms of your family, the community in which you belong and for the country for which you are a part.”

“You are the future of Guyana. Your successes will determine the success of our country. You are literally the Guyana of tomorrow. I encourage you to do all you possibly can to ensure that future is as bright as it could possibly be.

“We, your government, will play our part to all we can to ensure the realization of this bright future. This cash grant

Thursday August 4, 2022

-$6 BILLION BEING DISBURSED AS: GOVERNMENT ROLLS...

represents one part of our commitment to ensuring you realize that vast potential.”

The Senior Finance Minister also emphasized that Government’s commitment is to ensure that it creates the necessary conditions for today’s generation of young Guyanese to have

a good quality education.

He added that the cash grant disbursement would go a long way in meeting the critical needs of students in order for them to purchase stationery, uniforms and other school supplies.

The total countrywide disbursement will place $ 6 Billion into the hands of

parents of these children.

Dr. Singh reminded that while the $30,000 cash grants would assist parents in ensuring that their children have access to a good education, items purchased alone would not enable them to have this good quality education.

Parents and teachers

should work together consistently as a whole and do all they can to ensure that children attend school regularly, do their homework as well as complete all assignments.

The Senior Finance Minister added that Government would continue to assist in all the areas it is required to, such

as construction of schools, the provision of text books and other school supplies and in ensuring that quality teachers are placed at each school.

In 2021, Government disbursed a total of $3.3 Billion in ‘Because We Care” cash grants to public school students countrywide. The cash

grants were also extended to students attending private schools where each child received $19,000 amounting to a total of $284.8 million. This amount was increased to $30,000 this year

that his house was on fire.

He arrived to find his home engulfed in flames. The Linden Fire Service was summoned, arrived and immediately extinguished the fire.

Investigations are underway.

On Tuesday about 19:45 hours motorcar #PNN 2435 driven by 63-year-old Ian Clarke of Lot 473 Section ‘B’ Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, struck 40-yearold pedestrian Ricardo Narine of lot 3 Pay Office Street, Enterprise, ECD on the Good Hope Public Road, ECD. The motorcar was proceeding east along the northern drive lane of Good Hope Public Road,

East Coast Demerara.

The driver said that the pedestrian who was clad in dark clothing walked across the road from north to south into the path of his vehicle.

He said that he applied his brakes but despite his effort, the front of his motor vehicle struck the pedestrian causing him to fall on to the roadway where he received injuries to his head and about his body.

The pedestrian was picked up in an unconscious state by the EMTs and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where his condition is listed his condition as stable.

A breathalyzer test conducted on the driver of the motorcar returned readings of .095 and.099 micrograms of alcohol respectively.

Further investigations are underway

Fire destroys Linden property Man struck down on Good Hope Public Road

Police in Regional Division #10 are reporting a fire of unknown origin that completely destroyed the home of 63-year-old farmer, Collins Joseph, at Lot 164 B One Mile Extension, Wismar Linden. The fire occurred about 18:30hrs on Wednesday.

The victim claims that about 16:30hrs, he had just finished cooking.

He secured his premises using all available safety measures and went to his daughter’s home at Blueberry Hill, Wismar Linden. While there, he received a call from his neighbour informing him

GGDMA CALLS UPON TRUCK OPERATORS AND TRUCKING SERVICES TO STOP OVERLOADING THEIR TRUCKS. This is critical especially in the rainy season.

“When the roads become deplorable there is more downtime and hence increased cost to miners and other hinterland road users, who now have to pay double to have their fuel and other supplies delivered to their camps.

“Additionally, many of our miners’ trucks and other equipment are “We call upon being severely damaged and cargo services are upon the service providers critical to the success of to make a concerted effort truck operators and due to these deplorable to further improve their trucking services to stop roads. This once again mining operations. overloading their trucks.

The GGDMA is calling overall service.

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puts additional financial pressure on the miner as unnecessary maintenance cost.”

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association [GGDMA] is calling on the Government of Guyana to enforce the established Road Users Agreement which stipulates and monitors the weight restrictions for trucks/vehicles transporting fuel and other supplies at key points such as Linden and Bartica.

The GGDMA is of the

view that some trucking services are damaging the roads, due to the excessive weights above what is stipulated in the road users’ agreement, in the interior that has to be used by miners.

“We also call on the Government to enforce the Road Users Agreement which is fully supported by the GGDMA to encourage a culture of responsible use of interior roads.”

Wednesday August 3, 2022

THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CLIMATE ACTION

Dr Ajay Mathur For effective climate action, the world faces enormous challenges but also has concomitant opportunities.

It is estimated that meeting global clean energy goals will require $1 trillion in new investments per year by 2030 and a cumulative investment of about $30 trillion by 2050.

These investments are required for rapid, immediate and sustained change in energy systems.

The current solutions for creating a sustainable energy system are renewables and storage solutions, in which solar is likely to account for 60% of the mix. Moving towards clean energy is also, fortunately, the path of opportunity.

From 1850 to about now, manmade actions injected 2.48 trillion tons of greenhouse gasses into the planet’s atmosphere.

About 42 billion tons every year continue to be added. If the world is to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we cannot exceed 314 billion tons of GHG emissions.

At the current rate of energy usage mix, we would blow through in less than eight years. A 2-degrees scenario gives us a 25-year window.

This is the challenge. info@guyanapostonline.com

Given the low baseline of today and the ambitious targets for the future, the world holds humongous market potential for clean energy solutions, especially in solar energy. Today, installed solar capacity stands at around 800 GW. International Solar Alliance (ISA) along with Bloomberg have estimated that even if the capacity were quadrupled to 3.2 TW cumulatively by 2030, it would not be a fast enough growth to put the world on a path to netzero CO2 emissions by 2050.

Already, solar power has reached cost parity in many parts of the world and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) is working towards making solar power a political priority for nations and leaders across the world.

Since its establishment in 2015, ISA is scaling up efforts to implement its existing pipeline for solar projects, share knowledge, and build capacity across the solar value chain.

These efforts are especially focused in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) so that they can act as a trigger for technology advancement and policy change, and

also help in the creation of financial and human capacity.

Latin America & Carribean (LAC) has one of the most dynamic renewable energy markets with more than a quarter of its primary energy coming from renewables, twice the global average. The total installed solar capacity in the region is about 20 GW, and it is expected that 16.5 GW of PV capacity will be added across LAC in 2022.

Countries in the region are working to create more enabling policy and regulatory environments, which has resulted in a cuttingedge concentrated-solar generation.

For example, Chile is poised to replace fossil power with solar-thermal, which has positioned it as an energy exporter. Guyana receives some of the best solar insolation, with an average of 12 hours of daylight, all year round, which makes it best suited to be a ‘Solar State’, as President David Granger had said at ISA’s Solar Summit some years ago.

Its plans and investments in solarpowered street lights, solar farms, and agricultural equipment will be transformative.

Despite Covid, and

the consequent supply chain challenges, the solar sector saw nearly 191 GW of new capacity additions, driven to a large extent by policies, laws, and regulations that encourage investments in the sector.

Yet, there hasn’t been a uniform deployment of solar technologies across the world. Countries and regions with high technical potential for the adoption of renewable energy have not led in the race of renewable adoption.

In many parts of the world, solar energy projects have been inhibited by a lack of affordable financing options, which is locking out market potential.

There is an urgent need to de-risk these markets for solar energy deployment so that financing costs could be lowered, and investments could flow in.

In all of ISA’s activities, risk reduction is the unifying theme: whether it is for reduction of risk to investors or reduction in policy risk due to new policies, or to users due to vulnerabilities of international fuel prices and to climate impacts.

The focus is to have innovative financial and risk mitigation instruments to cover residual risks perceived by investors and enable a pipeline of bankable

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projects.

With the c h a n g i n g geopolitical scenario affecting the climate conversation, the impact on solar capacity addition needs to be safeguarded.

In addition to the existing challenges of inadequate grid capacity, lack of creditworthy power off-takers, timeconsuming permits and approvals, and difficulty in accessing low-cost funds, the new vulnerabilities may exacerbate the climate change challenges.

Concerted and renewed efforts will be needed along with investments in the deployment of solar power projects to achieve energy security and decarbonization.

To get back to where we started – the challenge and the opportunity: global GDP from $84.7 trillion in 2020 has to grow to a forecasted $205 trillion in 2050, while rapidly cutting the consumption of fossil fuel to 1970 levels, when the global GDP was $18 trillion.

Investors from over 450 firms globally committed to deploying $130 trillion to build the economy of tomorrow, over 500 entities have signed the Carbon Neutral Now pledge.

The regional committee of the Latin American and Caribbean countries of the International Solar Alliance has the opportunity to step up efforts to ensure the people have access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

The region, including Andean peaks, mighty river basins and lowlying islands, has been experiencing extreme hydro-meteorological.

The intensity of

hurricanes have increased, plus drought and unusual fire season have led to agricultural losses and displacement.

Half of the region is covered by forests, which represents about 57 percent of the world’s remaining primary forests. It stores an estimated 104 gigatons of carbon. Fires and deforestation are now threatening one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, with far-reaching and long-lasting repercussions.

The United Nations General Assembly recently declared that everyone on the planet has a right to a healthy environment.

Solar enhances the human right to a clean environment, apart from enabling electricity access, reducing fuel imports, and producing no CO2 emissions.

As we face the climate crisis, the pathway should be clear: a global investment of dramatic scale to fuel a solar revolution, thereby offering the world its single best chance at building a new, secure, affordable, and clean energy future.

Governments will need to prioritise solar and invest in new projects, as it checks off all the boxes that nations consider in energy and sustainability planning: cost, ability to scale, net socioeconomic and sustainability impact, and resilience against future events.

Solar provides the action to the framework of the triple bottom line, the triple helix for change, which is People, Planet and Profit. It presents a generational opportunity to help build a greener and more just economy, one where we develop whole new industries in the pursuit of giving the next generation a planet worth calling home.

Dr Ajay Mathur is the Director General, International Solar Alliance

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