Daily Archive: Saturday, May 2, 2020

The Carter Center today said that it has so far been unsuccessful in getting permission from the Government of Guyana for an observer to fly into the country on Monday to observe the recount of votes for the March 2nd elections.

The PPP this afternoon flayed APNU+AFC for opposing live streaming and cellphones at the long awaited recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

Commentator Kit Nascimento today condemned a request by APNU+AFC to have cell phones and cameras banned from the recount of votes from March 2 general elections.

The sugar union GAWU today mourned the passing of former PPP/C Minister of Home Affairs Feroze Mohamed.

Digicel today said that more than 2,000 medical professionals engaged on the COVID-19 frontlines have received free 4G data bundles for three months.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a special report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released on Wednesday, Trinidad and Tobago has returned to a watch list of countries for concerns of intellectual property violations due to “a lack of enforcement actions.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Conservative groups advising the White House have issued an array of coronavirus economic reopening plans with a common theme – Americans should go back to work immediately to halt the economic and societal damage from prolonged lockdowns.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia moved to the top of the official test rankings yesterday but coach Justin Langer said the toppled India team still remained the benchmark for them.

It’s been six years since Adrian Barath decided to take a one-year sabbatical from cricket, never to return.

Legendary West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose has encouraged spinner Rahkeem Cornwall to silence critics by achieving success with his own unique style.

With the International Cricket Council continuing plans as scheduled for the 2021 50-over Women’s World Cup, Hayley Matthews reckons West Indies will need to improve and build on form to be competitive.

With another admonition from CARICOM Chairperson Mia Mottley that a legitimate government depends on a transparent recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections, a three-member scrutineer team from the Community touched down here yesterday for a second attempt at resolving the country’s electoral crisis and a long-awaited start date for the process is expected to be set today.

Dear Editor, During this crisis we must all continue to celebrate the importance of our workers and acknowledge the difficulties that they face in today’s environment.

(Reuters) – American sprinter Gabrielle Thomas said yesterday she expected to be cleared of charges by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of failing to make herself available for anti-doping tests.

While Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh has so far maintained that the recount of the votes from the March 2nd polls will not be live streamed, at least two of the contesting political parties plan to ask her today to reconsider.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World sport may have ground to a standstill because of the coronavirus pandemic but 160 athletes will take part in a virtual shot put competition today.

Dear Editor, Please permit a small clarification on  recent stories which suggest  that May 30 is a hard set date for the return of staff and students of  UG to physical face to face mode of instruction.

A West Ruimveldt, Georgetown mother is now dead after she was accidentally shot by a neighbourhood resident, who was firing wildly at a man he had a row with over a stolen bike early yesterday morning.

(Reuters) – England’s Premier League, on hold since March 9 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, will consult with club managers and players over ‘Project Restart’ while the UK government stepped up planning for sports as a whole yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Legal Aid Clinic has been closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, but from next week (beginning 4 May 2020) will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil’s donations to support COVID-19 programmes in Guyana appear to be the first donation of its kind outside America.

(Reuters) – It was a case of back to basics but live tennis returned yesterday with the opening matches at the Tennis Point Exhibition Series event staged near Koblenz in Germany.

De facto Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence yesterday said that Guyana has recorded a 110% increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in just under a month as she criticised citizens for not taking the pandemic seriously.

OUSTON, (Reuters) – Americans in about half of U.S. states, led by Texas and Georgia, began emerging yesterday from home confinement while California and New York held fast to business closures and other restrictions imposed in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) on Tuesday received a deposit of US$4.9 million, representing this country’s first royalty payment from offshore oil production.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T will end up in an International Monetary Fund-supported programme by next year, economist Marla Dukharan has predicted as she said the $15.5 billion deficit being projected by Finance Minister Colm Imbert may just be the tip of the financial iceberg facing the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has backed dashing West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran to make a successful transition to Test cricket.

Dear Editor, On April 3rd, Government announced a massive decrease in fuel prices.

Neville France, the youth who police say broke into the home of Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara resident Tameshwarie Sonilal and stabbed her to death on Sunday night, was charged with the crime and remanded to prison on Thursday.

(BBC) The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed Ian Watmore will take up the role of chairman after a review into his conduct in a previous appointment found “no wrongdoing”.

QUITO, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund has approved a request from Ecuador for emergency financing to fight the coronavirus pandemic, granting a $643 million loan, the Andean country’s economy ministry said yesterday.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp yesterday posted its first quarterly loss in three decades on plunging oil demand and collapsing prices, reporting a $610 million quarterly deficit after a nearly $3 billion inventory writedown.

It was as a freshman alone in his room a decade ago that Leon Labastide penned his first poem, ‘Alone’.

Dear Editor, As Guyanese prepared for the May 11, 2015 election, Murtland ‘Slugger’ Williams, longstanding member of The United Force,  recalled “The PNC’s repeated rigging of elections in the 1960s”, cautioning “Old habits die hard” and urged care in how they exercise their franchise in the upcoming election (TUF member recalls horrors of elections rigging under PNC, The Chronicle, March 20, 2015).

A senior police officer is one of two persons who were left hospitalised on Thursday after a collision along the Johanna Cecelia Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England and Australia must tour Pakistan to facilitate regular international cricket in the South Asian country, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president Kumar Sangakkara has said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – At least 17 prisoners in a Venezuelan jail were killed yesterday as they attempted to escape during a riot, according to a military report seen by Reuters and an opposition lawmaker from the area.

There are certain dishes that are celebratory in nature. They are either made to mark occasions, or are seasonal, as in they are generally made at a particular time of the year for holidays or festivals.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water.

Dear Editor,  The pandemic that we are currently facing has adverse effects on us both financially and mentally.

Following a request to the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), lawyers have been classified as essential workers.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s Serie A league will take part in a constructive dialogue with the government over the possible resumption of the current championship, it said yesterday following a turbulent week and amid continuing uncertainty over whether the season would end.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – With Communist-run Cuba on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Havana’s Revolution Square was eerily empty and gray yesterday for International Workers Day, bereft of the usual parade of thousands of flag-toting Cubans.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden yesterday asked the Senate to find any documents tied to an allegation he sexually assaulted a former aide in 1993, after personally denying the accusation publicly for the first time.

With the pandemic continuing to wreak havoc on our lives and the global economy most of us are trying to become accustomed to the new normal.

Dear Editor, The American and Canadian governments have assisted their citizens to return to their countries due to the shutdown of air travel on 18 March 2020.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World Rugby could announce it’s next boss as early as today with current chairman Bill Beaumont and vice-chairman Agustin Pichot favourites to land the role.

Young Guyanese singer and songwriter Juke Ross yesterday released his newest song, “Atlanta,” in which he addresses the dislocation caused by his move from his homeland.

‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ is an autobiography by the late Maya Angelou describing her early life.

Miss India Worldwide and Mrs India Guyana will be interviewed on their pageantry experience today when Pageant Zone, a programme hosted by the Miss, Mrs, Teen and Mr India Guyana Organization, makes its debut to Guyana and the rest of the world via Facebook and Instagram.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said yesterday, calling it “counterproductive” to have individuals involved in the response testify.

Dear Editor, I got a landline phone call purporting to come from GTT.

(Barbados Nation) Fallout from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is so serious that it is likely to see Barbados suffering its biggest economic contraction since World War II.

As Covid-19 exposes structural flaws in leading democracies and terrifying vulnerabilities elsewhere, it has highlighted a group, comprising hundreds of millions of people, of what might be called an international ‘precariat.’

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