Daily Archive: Sunday, April 26, 2020

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that likely will push the national unemployment rate to 16% or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound, a White House economic adviser said on Sunday.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases, mainly among its large community of low-paid migrant workers.

MADRID, (Reuters) – On foot and with bicycles, skateboards and scooters, Spanish children went outside at last today, emerging from their homes for the first time after six long weeks of living under one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa on Saturday, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call socialist solidarity and others medical diplomacy.

After spending days in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Frederick Henry has recovered from the highly infectious respiratory disease which he said caused him to experience the most “miserable” days of his life.

A Brazilian dredge owner and a suspected bandit are now dead after an attempted robbery ended in a bloody shootout at a mining camp in the Marudi mining area, in South Rupununi, Region Nine on Friday evening.

A mother of three is now nursing stab wound at a city hospital after being attacked by her common-law husband, who later took his own life in North East La Penitence yesterday afternoon.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaican businessman and former cricket executive, Chris Dehring, believes Cricket West Indies’ delay in renewing its broadcast rights deal will prove a stumbling block when they eventually approach a market reeling from the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A recent survey of local knowledge and attitudes to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has recommended that authorities practice more transparency in their management of the disease so as to build public confidence in the country’s capacity to effectively deal with the pandemic.

He is arguably the greatest professional boxer this country has ever produced and one of the hardest punchers of the fistic game.

Dear Editor, It comes as no surprise to those of us who are waiting for the inevitable to see that the Elections Commission will take another month to conduct a recount and will not publicly broadcast that recount because, according to Commissioner Vincent Alexander, that would be against the law.

In the West Demerara Cricket Association, Mc Gill Super Stars has built a reputation of being one of the most competitive sides around and that is mainly because of brothers, Travis and Troy Persaud.

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday rejected a suggestion by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo that Guyana’s current political crisis is impacting its ability to access international funding to respond to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Secretariat.

Dear Editor, After nearly 8 weeks of delay it is easy to forget what we have achieved electorally and to start to reopen closed issues.

West Indies under – 19 all-rounder Bhaskar Yadram is slowly coming to grips with life after his junior cricketing days as he reflects on his first away stint as a professional cricketer. 

Dear Editor, The current pandemic has brought to the fore some longstanding issues plaguing our education system. 

The closure of this country’s international airports as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has severely affected Ogle Airport Inc.

(Reuters) – Global deaths linked to the coronavirus passed 200,000 yesterday, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters tally.

Guyana’s leading internationally recognised sporting body, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), in an effort to fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,  made a timely donation of protective masks to the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) on Friday.

Dear Editor,  I am addressing these concerns to the APNU+AFC coalition.

Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has commenced weekly flights to eight communities in Region Eight in response to recent calls for assistance to be given to remote communities that have been faced with shortages of food and other supplies due to COVID-19 traffic restrictions.

(Reuters) – New York yesterday began conducting antibody tests for workers at four hospitals hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and will allow local pharmacies to begin collecting samples for diagnostic tests, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba,  (Reuters) – Plans underway to restart the economies of Canadian provinces do not depend on presuming people who become infected with coronavirus develop immunity to it, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday.

On the 24th of April 1992, the now popular Mc Gill Super Stars Sports Club was founded by members of the agricultural village known as Canal Number One located on the West Bank of the Demerara River.

As the COVID-19 death toll rises globally Guyana’s diaspora continues to be hard hit with in excess of 50 deaths linked to the virus having been reported.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Former West Indies leg-spinner, Samuel Badree, believes his spell last season as bowling coach with Indian Premier League franchise, Delhi Capitals, has enhanced his overall status as a coach.

Dear Editor, Justice Claudette Singh’s justifications for rejecting most of the motions put by PPP Commissioners at the last GECOM meeting, are simply incredulous.

(BBC) The government plans to set up the first of a series of regular meetings involving senior medical directors of the major sports this week in a bid to return to action as soon as possible.

FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has declined a request by prominent U.S.

With more than enough time on his hands due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, local musician Gavin Mendonca has managed to complete a punk rock album, which he plans to release for free on his website tomorrow.

Dear Editor, De facto Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, is worried because of the number of deaths in Guyana as a result of COVID-19.

The Miss Earth Guyana Organization is using a kitchen garden project, dubbed “Project Plant,” to get persons to occupy their time while saving money and connecting with the environment during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

WASHINGTON/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted this week at a resort town in the country, according to satellite images reviewed by a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, amid conflicting reports about Kim’s health and whereabouts.

(BBC) Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh says he was motivated by Andrew Flintoff’s sledging and a desire for revenge when he hit six sixes in an over against England in 2007.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Christopher Ram’s letter, `This recount could be just another act in Claudette Singh’s circus’ (Stabroek News 25th April 2020).

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago avoided a calamity because of the painful decisions made over the past three months to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Dear Editor, I am compelled to write this letter in response to a Demerara Waves article under the screaming headline: GECOM`s Alexander plotting to scuttle the recount, use existing declarations- Nandlall.

BERLIN (Reuters) – When he was diagnosed with COVID-19, Andre Bergmann knew exactly where he wanted to be treated: the Bethanien hospital lung clinic in Moers, near his home in northwestern Germany.

Barbadians stuck in Guyana due to COVID-19 travel restrictions currently have to wait until clearance is given for flights to resume, according to Consulate of Barbados Gerry Gouveia.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Ash Barty is finding it tricky to maintain high intensity in training during the shutdown but the women’s world number one is hoping she will be back to her usual self with the flick of a switch when tennis resumes after the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Barbados Nation) Five employees of the National Assistance Board (NAB) have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus over the past week and the Government of Barbados has placed the full staff complement in quarantine.

Dear Editor, The recent fiasco at Uitvlugt which resulted in a 300:1 product conversion ratio may lead to a solution for the industry’s profitability issues.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Whitney Houston is headed back to the big screen in a feature film about the singer’s life that took her to the heights of fame but ended in drug addiction and tragedy.

A call was made last Wednesday for persons living with HIV in Guyana to take extra measures to protect themselves from contracting COVID-19.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Arsenal will re-open their London Colney training ground to their players next week for individual training but the Premier League club will continue to observe social distancing rules amid the coronavirus outbreak, they said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The uncertainty that engulfed the country since the passage of the NCM has since been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and the post-election complications.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coronavirus quarantine has supermodel Naomi Campbell reinventing herself as a talk show host with the new series “No Filter with Naomi.”

City officials are expected to meet with representatives of John Fernandes Limited to finalise plans for the completion of repair works to the Georgetown Municipal Abattoir.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc worldwide, local attorney and photographer Nikhil Ramkarran has turned his skills towards producing facial shields for frontline doctors fighting the disease.

(Barbados Nation) The curfew period has not changed, even though there has been an extension of the public health emergency to June 30.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied over his name, Corona, Australian television networks reported on Thursday.

While we still don’t know when exactly the recount of Guyana’s ten electoral districts will start, the exhausted citizenry has now been told by Gecom that the operation could take at least 25 days, if not longer. 

Introduction As revealed in last week’s column, thankfully the “crazy” oil price war has lasted for about one month.

Dear Editor, I write with the deepest disappointment with Justice Claudette Singh.

The world is currently rife with discussions about the coronavirus pandemic and its effects, even on the living.

No one knows how long this pandemic will last and by now we ought to realise that we are in this for the long haul.

I once read a long article about two remarkable books: “The Poetical Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins,” published by the Clarendon Press in Oxford, and “The Early Poetic Manuscripts and Note-Books of Gerard Manley Hopkins in Facsimile,” published by Garland in New York.

Given that I’m always scribbling notes regarding topics for upcoming columns, I occasionally end up with a number of short bits that don’t add up to a single cell but are still worthwhile fodder. Case

The jury is still out on whether the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will deliver credible election results, notwithstanding the widespread demands of the international community and a broad cross-section of Guyanese.

“This thing really bothering me because dem children just deh home whole day and I not there to see what dem doing.

A woman is in custody after a gun was discovered at a Region Three property where she was present.

A single dad and his two daughters who have been almost homeless have been given a second chance by businessman Sattaur Gafoor, who not only renovated a house for the family but assisted with some furnishings to make it a home.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is defying the coronavirus-led shutdown of global sport by scheduling their Women’s Super League cricket final and streaming it on social media yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have identified the two teenagers who were murdered yesterday morning in Craig Town.

Drama in the time of Coronavirus is a long dark play.