Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Health and Emergency Committee, Region Ten this afternoon confirmed its second positive case of COVID-19 in the region.

(Trinidad Express) Police mounted a search for four gunmen who killed a man in San Fernando on Monday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Within “a week or two”, the Jamaican Government will have to accept dozens of deportees from the United States (US).

West Indies female all-rounder, Shabika Gajnabi, is confident she will dominate if and when Cricket West Indies’ Women’s Super50 tournament plays.

The plan by Rickey Skerritt, President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), to involve regional governments in the grassroots development of cricket has received approval from a CWI affiliate.

Georgetown Cricket Club’s Devon Lord, like many who enjoy the gentleman’s game locally, dreams of one day earning his maiden Guyana Jaguars cap.

World number one Rory McIlroy has said that staging the Masters in November may boost his quest to win a career Grand Slam.

As sportsmen and sportswomen across the globe continue to create innovative measures to train indoors during the covid19 pandemic, Olympic-bound cyclist Nicholas Paul has been able to adjust his intense training schedule within the confines of his home in south Trinidad.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A decision to invest in cricket nets at his home has paid dividends for West Indies marquee left-hander, Darren Bravo, especially with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic having halted competitive cricket in the Caribbean.

The Chicago Bulls fired longtime general manager Gar Forman yesterday, the same day they made official the hiring of Arturas Karnisovas as executive vice president of basketball operations.

Beds and military field gurneys   were on Sunday set up at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall having been selected as one of the facilities to quarantine and treat COVID-19 patients.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Seven Northeastern U.S. states and three on the West Coast formed regional pacts yesterday aimed at coordinating a gradual reopening of their economies without a resurgence of coronavirus infections just as the outbreak appeared to be starting to wane.

(Reuters) – European champions Portugal will donate half of their prize money for qualifying for the now-postponed Euro 2020 championships to support amateur football amid the coronavirus outbreak, the team said yesterday.

Suraj Veersammy, the suspect in the murder of the woman whose battered body was stuffed in a barrel which was found partially submerged in a trench at R and S Street, Belvedere, Corentyne, on Saturday last, has confessed to the crime, police sources say. 

(Reuters) – If you are Laura Wilkinson, a 42-year-old mother making your return to competitive diving after under-going spinal fusion surgery, a year delay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is not a bad thing — it’s a gift.

(Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator yesterday charged a former banker at a subsidiary of a U.S.

The police have launched a probe into the shooting death of a Wismar, Linden man last evening.

The 2020 NFL Draft will be presented by both ESPN and NFL Network on April 23-25, the league announced yesterday.

SINGAPORE/LONDON, (Reuters) – The minimal impact on oil prices from a global deal for record output cuts showed that oil producers have a mountain to climb if they are to restore market balance as the coronavirus shreds demand and sends stockpiles soaring, industry watchers said.

A 40-year-old labourer succumbed at a city hospital early yesterday morning, hours after he was stabbed after he attempted to settle a quarrel over loud music between his wife and her sister and huband at Enmore, East Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Forty-two residents of a Virginia nursing home near Richmond have died from the COVID-19 disease pandemic in one of the worst clusters of the new coronavirus in the United States, and officials expect more deaths to come.

A 20-year-old motorcyclist yesterday died after he collided with a lamp post while riding in Bartica.

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert downplayed that he and teammate Donovan Mitchell are feuding after a report last week that said the relationship between the two All-Stars was not “salvageable.”

Former West Indies youth captain Zaheer Ali believes more details should have been given in the TT Cricket Board’s (TTCB) Red Force head coach vacancy advertisement.

Hours after he was arrested for brutally beating his ex-partner more than a month ago at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD), Brian Hutchins escaped from police custody.

Dear Editor, Many of the world’s oil producers have recently agreed to cut back oil production by 10 million barrels a day.

(Reuters) – Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky won a hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday, beating a conservative incumbent in state elections marred by court challenges and worries about health risks from the coronavirus pandemic.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released yesterday.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday about 9 am on  the  No.

Dear Editor, I write about our sad loss of Engineer J P Lewis, my fellow 1963 DEMBA scholar, to COVID-19 a few days ago.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he liked leading health expert Anthony Fauci and did not intend to fire him after Fauci said in an interview that earlier mitigation efforts against the coronavirus outbreak could have saved more lives.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The reverse sweep has long been a high-yield shot in Eoin Morgan’s batting repertoire and England’s limited-overs captain says having Lord’s as his home ground early on in his career helped him develop the skill.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The second positive COVID-19 case at a Portmore call centre and the ordering of staff to self-quarantine have triggered more concern that business process outsourcing (BPO) companies – characterised by high-density office arrangements – may be incubators for the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Italian Football Federation hopes that players can be tested for coronavirus at the start of May in preparation for the season to restart.

Dear Editor, In a rare Facebook post, Mrs. Sandra Granger, First Lady, declared that “The People’s victory must not be stolen.

A D’Andrade Street, Newtown, Kitty family was displaced yesterday morning after a fire, suspected to have been caused by a kerosene stove, gutted their home.

(Reuters) – Offshore oil and gas drilling operations in the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are providing emergency funds to developing and low-income countries across the world to strengthen their efforts to battle the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Dear Editor, I empathize with the contending impulses related by Ian McDonald in his pre-birthday piece in Sunday Stabroek of April 12: “Everything is interesting.”

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Senator Bernie Sanders day endorsed his longtime rival former Vice President Joe Biden, a move aimed at unifying a Democratic Party long fractured along moderate and liberal lines ahead of the election match-up against President Donald Trump.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Stumper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s international career could be in jeopardy if this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) succumbs to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian government has banned non-indigenous people from entering tribal lands to stop the spread of coronavirus in their villages and will distribute masks, gloves, test kits and food to their communities, officials said yesterday.

Major renovation is continuing on the  former Ocean View Hotel which has been designated as one of the facilities to treat and quarantine patients diagnosed with the coronavirus as authorities here brace for a surge in cases.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C and its Leader Bharrat Jagdeo have succeeded in creating doubts and suspicion in the minds of sections of the population on any and every measure that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) proposes to and has taken, to resolve the current election crisis.

Members of the public yesterday heeded the calls to stay home for Easter to contain the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

By Sireesha Bobbili and Ruth Rodney Sireesha Bobbili and Ruth Rodney were UN Women consultants who developed the qualitative research component of the Women’s Health and Life Experiences Survey in Guyana.

(Reuters) – Lucky Strike cigarette maker British American Tobacco is under criminal investigation by U.S.

Police have arrested five persons in connection with last Friday’s home invasion at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD) during which a businessman and his family were robbed of over $1 million in cash and gold jewellery.

We’d also like to commend Guyana’s High Court for clearing the way for a nationwide recount of that country’s recent national elections as well.

Opportunistic crimes are crimes that derive from particular sets of circumstances that, on account of their arrival,   might create windows of opportunity for their perpetration.

(Barbados Nation) One more Barbadian has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

(Reuters) – Former Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli has been given the all-clear from doctors following a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, the Premier League club said yesterday.

Three masked bandits, one armed with a gun and the others armed with a cutlass each, pounced on a Blairmont family on Sunday evening and escaped with  cash and jewellery.