Daily Archive: Saturday, March 14, 2020

A second case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was today confirmed in Guyana, while the results of another suspected case is yet to be disclosed.

(Trinidad Express) Gasparillo mother Chandramatie Sammy-Rojan had purchased vitamins to boost her daughter’s immune system against COVID-19 and was walking back to her family’s home when she was gunned down on Thursday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Scores of angry residents from the communities of Wakefield and Friendship in Trelawny, took to the streets on Saturday morning to protest the shooting death of an elderly woman.

Hearing at Diamond/Grove court on application for a recount of Region Four and to challenge last night’s declaration of Region Four results.

  President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo have agreed to a CARICOM supervised recount of the votes cast at the March 2 general and regional elections.

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has taken a coronavirus test but said on Saturday that his temperature was “totally normal”, and his administration extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life.

(Barbados Nation) A man succumbed to injuries hours after reporting to police that he was beaten by a group of men.

(Jamaica Observer) THE Government of Jamaica has increased the number of countries on which there is restricted travel from eight to nine in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.

A Rosignol robbery last night left a 78-year-old man dead and two others injured.

(Trinidad Guardian) With her husband terminally ill, Gasparillo mother Chandramatee Sammy-Rojan was shot dead in a suspected hit by a relative who may now seek to inherit her home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Villagers of Fullerton Village, Cedros are concerned following the deaths of several animals within three days in the community.

The Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four Clairmont Mingo has declared results for his voting district after a process roundly rejected by other contesting parties and observers except the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition, which stands to be declared the winner of the March 2 polls should they be certified.

With one case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) having been confirmed in Guyana, more test kits are on the way even as the Ministry of Education (MoE) has ordered schools shut for two weeks from Monday as a precautionary measure.

The daughter of the woman who died from the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation recently displayed mild symptoms of the disease while she was in New York but was still allowed to travel here by the state’s Health Department.

Alliance For Change (AFC) executive Dominic Gaskin yesterday said he was not “sufficiently convinced” that the polling results purportedly declared by the Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four last accurately reflected the statements of poll (SOPs) from the 879 polling stations.

Tenacious spells from Kemar Roach and Jason Holder routed Guyana Jaguars for 55 yesterday at Providence while Kraigg Brathwaite carried his bat through the second innings as the Barbados Pride set the Jaguars a target of 330 heading into day three.

The envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union Delegation and Canada yesterday warned that the swearing in of any president on the basis of flawed results could lead to Guyana’s isolation.

Twenty20-year-old all-rounder, Kevin Sinclair, is optimistic about learning a lot from his stint with the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League later this year.

A 10-wicket match haul from Guyanese pacer, Demetri Cameron, spurred Cosmos Sports Club to a 31-run win over Sancho St.

Supporters of the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday harassed representatives of rival political parties, observer groups and members of the media as they stood behind the security barriers outside Guy-ana Elections Commission (GECOM) offices.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Anderson Phillip’s telling all-round effort and Jyd Goolie’s maiden first class hundred deflated Windward Islands Volcanoes and put Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on course for their second straight win of the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

Saying that it has no faith in the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) use of Statements of Poll (SOPs) for the tabulation of Region Four votes, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called for a recount of all ballots for the electoral district.

The Organization of American States (OAS) Election Observation Mission yesterday withdrew from the country saying that the tabulation process for Region Four was not transparent and it has warned that the legitimacy of any government installed in these circumstances will be open to question.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Officials here have estimated losses from the decision to scrap this year’s Secondary Schools Athletics Championship due to the outbreak of the coronavirus at nearly $40 million (US$296 186).

On the heels of the withdrawal of the Organization of American States (OAS) electoral observer mission over concerns about the lack of transparency in the Region Four vote count, the missions from the Commonwealth, the European Union and The Carter Center yesterday expressed grave concern about the process being used to determine the March 2 election results for Region Four.

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who apologized for acting carelessly before being diagnosed with coronavirus on Wednesday, will not be fined or suspended by the NBA, according to a report yesterday by Yahoo Sports.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland yesterday warned that if the voter tabulation for Region Four was not completed in accordance with Wednesday’s ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, it would constitute a “serious violation of the fundamental political values of the Commonwealth”.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to refer to an Editorial titled `Truth’ in your publication on Monday March 9, 2020.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Enigmatic Jermaine Blackwood was on the verge of a maiden career double hundred following a majestic career-best unbeaten century as Jamaica Scorpions set aside several recent worrying batting failures, to dominate Leeward Islands Hurricanes on the second day here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have to ask without waiting a moment longer: are we really ready to respond effectively and deal with the coronavirus issue that is now here? 

LONDON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Golf’s jewel in the crown The Masters and English soccer’s Premier League joined the lengthening list of elite sporting events to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic yesterday.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire yesterday emphasised that in the tabulation of votes for Region Four, the Statements of Poll (SOPs) must be displayed for all observing the process to see.

The two women who were responsible for the distribution of a sex tape that went viral on social media in January were yesterday each sentenced to three years in jail and fined $5 million after admitting to the crime.

For the last six years, promoter and music producer Jahmai Charles has been trying to create a platform for Guyanese artistes, most recently for the members of the Frass Friday team he founded.

Dear Editor, I am anticipating: the sky will not fall when the true results of voting in District (Region) 4 are declared.

CAPE TOWN – Defending champions Australia came from behind to beat West Indies by three wickets in a tense match at the Bishops Diocesan Ground in Rondebosch.

Dear Editor, It must be obvious to everybody, except the most deluded, that the APNU+AFC coalition did not win the election held on 2nd March.

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A 27-year-old lumberjack is now dead while another is injured after they were struck by a falling tree at Kumung-Kumung Backdam, Puruni on Thursday afternoon.

The focus for CARIFTA Games 2021 will now shift to host, Guyana, since this year’s event which was scheduled to be held in Bermuda has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Dear Editor, To retain my lucidity in the present situation in Guyana, I constantly seek minute moments of hope.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African middle distance athlete Caster Semenya is aiming to run in the 200 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing over a distance that would allow her to avoid World Athletics regulations limiting her testosterone levels.

Last year when supermodel Naomi Campbell shared her tips for travelling, which included sanitizing her entire plane seat, most people were slightly alarmed with the drastic levels she went to in order to ensure her safety.

Enmore labourer Errol Khan was yesterday morning handed a life sentence for the May 2, 2014 murder of a man with whose wife he had a relationship.

WASHINGTON/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump declared a U.S. national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus yesterday, opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that has infected more than 138,000 people worldwide and left over 5,000 dead.

Dear Editor, Cari come and cari gone and what was substantially achieved?

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared all of Jamaica a disaster area amid the coronavirus. 

A Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident is wanted by the police in connection with the murder of a gold miner, Akeem Caesar, who was fatally shot more than a week ago.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – If the coronavirus crisis lasts another two or three months, it could force carriers to collapse and spark more consolidation in the beleaguered airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief told Reuters yesterday.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – CONCACAF has moved to immediately suspend all its competitions for the next 30 days, just 24 hours after halting the Champions League due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

In preparation for the third Visions Exhibition, submissions of photographs of any genre are being accepted between now and April 17.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has  confirmed that the 2021 Gold Cup Playoff Qualifiers against Barbados this month has been suspended by CONCACAF due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (NCoV-19).

A minibus conductor was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment for unlawfully and malicious wounding a woman on whom he poured hot water.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago, advises of the country’s second confirmed case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who made the company one of the world’s most valuable technology firms, stepped down from the board yesterday  to focus on philanthropic works related to global health, education and climate change.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my concern with the corona face masks to be used for our own safety and one which the bandits may have.

To celebrate its first anniversary, Vivaanta Ayurvedic Spa and Hair Salon is offering one lucky person a spa day.

Due to the closing of all public schools by the Ministry of Education because of the looming threat of the novel coronavirus (NCoV-19), the Petra Organization has opted to suspend the Milo u18 Secondary School Football Championship indefinitely.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – In January, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed a major victory: congress lawmakers elected his favored candidate as National Assembly leader, putting the increasingly authoritarian nation’s last independent institution within his grasp.

Given the outpouring of revulsion yesterday from the Western countries and local and international observer groups about the deceptions unremittingly employed by Returning Officer for Region Four Clairmont Mingo in his second attempt at tabulation, there is no more space for denial of the fact that the March 2 general elections are being rigged before our eyes and in the crudest way.

The police are currently seeking legal advice in relation to the alleged assault of APNU+AFC activist Vivian Henry, Divisional Commander of Region Two Crystal Robinson has confirmed.

The fashion show dubbed ‘Fashionista’ that was slated for at the Umana Yana has been postponed to April 11.

Dear Editor, “You are like salt for the whole human race.