Daily Archive: Monday, March 30, 2020

Magistrate Renita Singh this morning discharged the murder charge against Marcus Brian Bisram at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

(Jamaica Observer) Attorney-At-Law Bert Samuels believes that some fines on Jamaica’s books do not reflect the current reality.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The COVID-19 pandemic came into the firing line of a self-confessed “puss” – a woman who admitted to her own sleight-of-hand exploits – as she bemoaned the murder of her stepson, a reputed robber and housebreaker, on March 23.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have nabbed a man they allege is the mastermind behind a viral hoax voice note claiming Westmoreland was being placed under a lockdown because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

(Jamaica Star) The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said it fears an increase in electricity theft due to the economic downturn brought on by the new conoravirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) Since the arrival of COVID-19 on our shores, there has been a steady rise in the sales of sex toys locally, culminating in a massive climax last week, sex therapist Giriraj “Dr Raj” Ramnanan has revealed.

(Trinidad Express) The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Officer says the two latest COVID-19-positive victims appear to be the first cases of ‘local spread’.

 (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic and resulting plunge in crude prices will result in a leaner, stronger oil industry but raise the risk of shortages further down the line, Goldman Sachs analysts said today.

WUHAN, China,  (Reuters) – China reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international travellers reined in the number of imported cases, while policymakers turned their efforts to healing the world’s second-largest economy.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Manolis Glezos, a prominent Greek whose act of defiance against Nazi occupation during World War Two was a rallying cry for the country’s resistance movement, died on Monday, authorities said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Staff at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre in St Ann’s have been temporarily laid off with no pay effective April 1 as the closure of borders in light of COVID-19 pandemic has hit the hotel industry.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley put the country on a war-footing against COVID-19 as he delivered a message from his residence hours before the start of new measures to curb the spread of the virus that has already claimed three lives locally.

Beverage giant Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) recorded another “very successful” year in 2019 with revenue topping $22.403 billion and profit after tax standing at $3.485 billion, both increasing over 2018.

Caribbean Medical Supplies Inc (CMSI) yesterday denied allegations that it has supplied expired HIV test kits to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) though Country Manager Devendra Rampersaud acknowledged being charged in court.

The Guyana Oil Company Limited (Guyoil) yesterday said that there is a sufficient supply of fuel in the country to meet domestic demand contrary to rumours circulating of a possible fuel shortage.

“Stay Home” measures are being implemented in Bartica, Region Seven, in an effort to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) has put in place stronger measures to reduce the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

With airports across the world shut down due to the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, several Guyanese cricketers are left stranded in Trinidad and Tobago.

Despite a promise by the Ministry of Public Health to provide daily updates on the situation in Guyana with regards to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, there was none yesterday.

The Department of Energy (DE) has seen a flurry of questions since it advertised a request for expressions of interest (EOIs) for a marketer for Guyana’s oil last month and the agency has announced that it had for a second time extended the deadline for submissions.

With the spread of the Covid-19 virus increasing locally, Adrian Giddings, secretary of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), has confirmed that the current situation has thwarted all the entity’s developmental plans.

The New Building Society (NBS) recorded a profit of $1.026 billion last year, a 14.6% decline from 2018’s figure of $1.201 billion.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The WBO super middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders apologised yesterday for a video in which he advised men how to hit their female partners during the coronavirus lockdown.

(Reuters) – Four years after being inspired by watching compatriot Justin Rose claim gold at the Rio Olympics, Bronte Law had all but secured a spot on the British golf team before the 2020 Tokyo Games were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A labourer who is accused of fatally beating 48-year-old Leron Ault during an argument last week has been arrested and has since confessed to the crime.

MINSK/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – With professional soccer at a virtual standstill around the globe, fans in need of their weekly fix are turning to the Belarusian Premier League to fill the void as it carries on with matches despite the coronavirus outbreak.

A 22-year-old man has been hospitalised after being stabbed when he attempted to rob a construction worker of three fake gold chains at the Stabroek bus park yesterday.

(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane said yesterday that he could leave the Premier League club if the team does not progress in the right direction as he wants to win trophies “sooner rather than later”.

Following a release from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) regarding a proposed strategy change for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) 2020 examinations, some students shared their uncertainty as to how this would affect their grades and preparedness for the exams.

(Reuters) – Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan says it would only be “fair” for rivals Liverpool to be awarded the English Premier League trophy if the season cannot be completed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Guyana-linked Corrie family says it has developed an organic hand sanitiser in Barbados to meet the surging demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Demerara Bank Limited has instituted several measures to bring relief to customers in light of the socio-economic impact of the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

A gripping Candidates chess tournament to find a challenger for World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Sweden has been halted just at the halfway stage owing to the coronavirus pandemeic.

(Reuters) – Canada has put its doping control testing programme on hold until further notice in response to government directives intended to minimize the risk of exposure and spread of the coronavirus, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) said.

The mandatory curfew instituted in Region Ten on Saturday saw residents and business owners fully complying, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday. 

Dear Editor, I pen this letter out of desperation. The coronavirus COVID-19 has brought some of the most powerful countries in the world to their knees.

Two men accused of breaking and entering a woman’s house and stealing a quantity of jewellery amounting to $154,000, have been placed on remand.

(BBC) British boxer Anthony Yarde says his father has died after contracting coronavirus.

Dear Editor, I read with dismay and complete disbelief a media report from the online Guyana Newsroom, in which the PPP Presidential candidate Irfaan Ali announced (from PPP headquarters) a supposedly national committee to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana.

A 25-year-old East La Penitence man was on Friday shot by police ranks after he reportedly fired at a police patrol.

Dear Editor, I am writing about the current political stand-off in my beloved country Guyana.

Former NBA guard O.J. Mayo will play in China when play resumes in that country following a stoppage for the coronavirus.

Former Knicks guard and New York native Stephon Marbury has lined up 10 million N95 masks to be delivered from the place he currently calls home — China — to his hometown to help medical personnel battling the coronavirus.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), which is one of the entities represented on Guyana’s National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), has made provisions for items to be delivered to persons under institutional quarantine.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro visited a market area just outside the Brazilian capital yesterday to press home his case for keeping Latin America’s largest economy ticking instead of locking down activities to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Dear Editor, Henry B Jeffrey is no stranger to the political landscape of our belittered homeland, having canvassed and served the emergent regimes of discredited Burnhamism and, with equal valiance, benevolent Jaganism.

Dear Editor,   I refer to a letter published in Stabroek News dated Friday, March 26, 2020, under the penmanship of Charles S.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber has been taken to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus and is currently in a “critical period”, his wife said late on Saturday.

A security guard was on Friday arraigned before the court on two separate charges of assault and discharging a firearm.

WASHINGTON/ LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by mid-April after a top medical adviser said more than 100,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak.

(Trinidad Guardian)  “If you hear of a plague in a land, then do not go into it.

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) has estimated its total gold reserves at 2.24 million ounces and an estimated total gold contained in Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources (inclusive of Mineral Reserves) of 3.82 million ounces and is betting heavily on its proposed underground mine.

Australian gold miner Troy Resources has accepted responsibility and has agreed to pay the $1 million fine for the recent fuel spill at its Karouni, Region Eight worksite.

(Trinidad Express) As of yesterday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following:  Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 525  Number of samples which have tested positive -78 Number of deaths – 3 Number of persons discharged = 1 The Ministry of Health provides the following update: • Two additional positive cases have been confirmed.

Dear Editor, After hearing of the first person to die of the coronavirus locally, I started posting various jokes about it, even though I know it’s a serious situation we’re in.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s government will “inevitably” extend beyond April 3 the containment measures it had approved to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the regional affairs minister said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness yesterday, as the economic and human toll from his 21-day nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a lack of adequate planning ahead of the decision.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has instituted measures at its branches that will give priority to NIS pension payments.

WUHAN, China,  (Reuters) – A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had “basically been stopped”, a senior health official said yesterday, while eased travel curbs may also add to domestic risks.

Guyana-born Jermin King recently defeated Javier Alejandro Sahagun in Mexico. King won via a TKO in the super middleweight bout over six rounds at the Arena San Martin de las Flores, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.

(Barbados Nation) The growing uncertainty and widespread damage being inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing one of Barbados’ oldest companies, Courtesy Garage Ltd to reduce its payroll.

Dear Editor,  The extremely loud music played daily by the owners of a Carwash Bay in David Street, Kitty, less than a dozen house lots from Queen Street going to the East, continues unabated.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Authorities in the Russian capital announced a partial lockdown, ordering residents to stay at home from today in their toughest move yet to slow the spread of coronavirus after the number of official cases in Moscow passed the 1,000 mark.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man and a woman were found shot dead in a car yesterday morning when an anonymous caller alerted police in the wee hours of the day to rapid gunfire in the Cunupia area.

You, Mr President, are a Churchman, you believe in God the Supreme, the Creator and Destroyer and those who would delude themselves that they would live forever, must realize that when that day comes, you can’t take a single thing with you – you come in this world with nothing and you leave with nothing and all that is left is what you have done for the people on earth. 

It should now be clear to all except the most blinkered and those who refuse to see that there can be no swearing in of a new President on the basis of the twice-doctored results for District Four from the March 2nd general elections.

A Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice business as of last evening remained under water after a drain was blocked with red sand and other items from the construction of a butcher shop nearby. 

New York Knicks owner James Dolan has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Dear Editor,  In the similar manner adopted with the threat to revoke observer accreditation passes, now the lecture to the international community on sovereignty. 

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

The Linden Town Council in collaboration with the Linden Fire Station yesterday sanitised the Mackenzie Market area, which includes Republic Avenue and the Mackenzie Municipal Market.