Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The PPP today objected to an aspect of the recount process that would leave the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield in sole possession of the Statements of Recount (SoR) for some period.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) today said it has taken note of a publication on social media which suggests that a local air operator allegedly piloted an aircraft with passengers from Trinidad to Guyana without the relevant approval on Monday May 4, 2020.

Containers with ballot boxes are being transported today from the Kingston Headquarters of the Guyana Elections Commission to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Liliendaal in preparation for the long-awaited start of the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

MASERU,  (Reuters) – Hours before she was shot dead on the outskirts of the capital, Lesotho’s former first lady, Lipolelo Thabane, made a surprising decision.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s government began distributing free bread to hundreds of thousands of people across the country this week as supplies have been disrupted during the coronavirus shutdown and prices have soared, officials and experts said.

Nine weeks after Guyanese cast their ballots at the General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has finalized and published an Order which governs the national recount scheduled to begin tomorrow.

The Department of Energy (DE) yesterday said that the delay in the approval process for Exxon’s third well project is due both to unresolved issues surrounding its development plan and Guyana’s current political crisis.

The Government of Guyana yesterday maintained complete silence in the face of mounting local and international pressure to facilitate the return of observers from the Carter Center for the National Recount scheduled to begin tomorrow.

Not many athletes elevate to the stature of representing their country in one sport, much less two.

Guyana has now confirmed 92 cases of COVID-19 as the release of test results resumed yesterday after a two-day lull.

Due to the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic forcing a shutdown of cricket in the Caribbean and the world at large, tournaments have been rescheduled or in some cases, even cancelled.

The Department of Energy (DE) has proposed a list of experts to help evaluate prospective marketers for Guyana’s oil as the current pool of National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) evaluators lack the required expertise in the area.

 For many athletes, the gym is more than just a place to lift weights, it is an escape from life’s many challenges, its therapy sessions lathered in sweat.

President David Granger has welcomed the announcement from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that the total national recount will begin on May 6 and urged Guyanese to remain patient as the recount is conducted. 

Dear Editor, One hopes that the matter is being actively discussed by the management of the National Insurance Scheme and by the decision-makers to whom they report.

(Trinidad Guardian) The rescue of a 22-year-old Guyanese woman, who was allegedly imprisoned by her possessive husband, may leave a family torn apart. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Safety, not sport, must be the most important factor if the Caribbean Premier League comes off as planned later this year, says Colin Borde.

One week prior to his 80th birthday,  a former Del Casa restaurant and bar manager lost his fight with COVID-19 in a New York Hospital. 

(Jamaica Star) The loved ones of William Montgomery Holmes, an elder of the Nyabinghi Order, are chanting fire after the 78-year-old’s beard was shaved while he was admitted at Linstead Hospital late last month.

Dear Editor, The observations, experiences, and reports keep piling up and further confirming what went before.

(Trinidad Express) Thirty Trinidad and Tobago nationals currently in Guyana are now calling on Government to respond to their requests to be allowed home.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Women’s cricket risks losing momentum after the launch of The Hundred competition was postponed until next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, former England captain Charlotte Edwards said.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne wants to enhance his power-hitting ability in one-day internationals as he seeks to establish himself as an all-format player, the 25-year-old said yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force Traffic Department yesterday advised that from today the Railway Embankment between UG Road and Conversation Tree will be closed to vehicles to facilitate arrangements for the recount of votes from the March 2nd General Elections at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

Dear Editor, The de facto Government of Guyana’s decision to refuse, thus far, to grant permission to the Carter Center, a duly accredited International Observer Team, to complete its observation of the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections in Guyana has catapulted this nation to international ignominy.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Indigenous leaders in Brazil have asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has committed to playing for his country in all three formats of the game in the 2020/21 season, a boost for a test side that lacks experience and depth in the batting lineup.

Taxpayers will fork out $64 million to pay for accommodation and food for 330 Jamaicans stranded overseas by the COVID-19 pandemic who will arrive back home this week.

As investigators continue to probe the execution-style killing of Linden clothes vendor, Glenroy Chapman, one suspect remains in custody, Commander of Region 10 Hugh Winter said.

Dear Editor,  I must start off by saying I generally do not read the Guyana Chronicle unless someone sends me a news item.  Such

Deputy Chief Education Officer (Administration) of the Ministry of Education Ingrid Trotman yesterday said that the ministry would be meeting today to discuss matters relating to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams and safety for the candidates sitting them.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A number of expectant mothers are expressing fear as their delivery dates draw nearer due to the tragic sequence of events which resulted in the death of 23-year-old first-time mom Jodian Fearon over a week ago.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. women’s national soccer team co-captains Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe said they were shocked after their team’s claims for equal pay were dismissed by a court.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities said eight people involved in a “mercenary incursion” were detained yesterday along the country’s coast, adding the suspects were part of a U.S.-backed

Dear Editor, Barack Obama once said that “there’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter.”

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance Colm Imbert says the Government has already monetised its shareholding in Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) and Angostura Holdings Limited (AHL) to provide funding to Government through the issue of National Investment Fund (NIF) Bonds.

(BBC) A number of Premier League club doctors have raised a range of concerns with league bosses over plans to resume the season, BBC Sport has learned.

A 29-year-old Guyanese living in North Carolina (NC) died on Sunday evening following a horrific motorcycle crash, the police in Davidson County, NC confirmed.

Dear Editor, From its pronouncements on the recount, the coalition expects two outcomes: (i) confirmation of its electoral victory, and (ii) exposure of PPP rigging in the districts the PPP won.

As a consequence of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has implemented a series of new measures including an alphabetized system for the distribution of pensions.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – New Zealand and Australia could soon open their borders to each other, creating what they call a “Trans-Tasman bubble” as they look to restart their economies after getting their novel coronavirus outbreaks under control.

(Trinidad Express) A Barrackpore man has captured a nighttime video showing vampire bats feeding on the blood of chickens roosting on a tree in his back yard.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s fragile post-election calm in 2006 to 2015 has been revisited by the tumultuous discord of the post 1997 and 2001 elections. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed, researchers said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) wishes to offer clarity to some of the contentions advanced by Ms Gillian Burton-Persaud in her letter titled `Trade Union leaders seem to have gone into self- isolation’ which appeared in the May 01, 2020 Stabroek News.

Sasenarine Bisnauth, one of the four prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Prison two Mondays ago has since been recaptured and he is expected to face an additional charge.

(Reuters) – The Spanish soccer association (RFEF) has said it will grant the request of Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad to reschedule the postponed Copa del Rey final for when the coronavirus is no longer a threat so the match can be played with spectators.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich yesterday disputed the need to set up a new hospital to fight the coronavirus pandemic in hard-hit Manaus, even as the city’s hospitals are overwhelmed and officials have resorted to burying COVID-19 victims in mass graves.

Dear Editor, I noted that Mr. Lincoln Lewis, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress sought to engage me in a letter in the Stabroek News of April 26  `An unjustified and sweeping attack on the GECOM Chair’.

By  William A. Haseltine CAMBRIDGE – Like surfers looking out for the next big breaker before the first one has passed, epidemiologists and public-health officials in the United States are bracing themselves for a fresh surge of COVID-19 infections later this year.

(Reuters) – Egyptian Youssef Hossam has been banned from tennis for life after being found guilty of multiple match-fixing and other corruption offences, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said yesterday.

A family is now seeking answers about the death of a mother of three who succumbed following a collision at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo last Wednesday night.

What might the shape of post COVID-19 economic recovery look like?

There are communities all across coastal Guyana whose ‘beating hearts’ are carefully concealed from the outside   except outsiders are welcomed in.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Defense Ministry issued a relatively rare statement yesterday, saying the armed forces are dedicated to their constitutional mission and democracy and that violence against members of the press is not acceptable.

(Reuters) – Hundreds of Asian giant hornets, an invasive, predatory insect dubbed the “murder hornet,” have turned up in Washington state near the Canadian border, where they pose a threat to humans and the beekeeping industry, state agriculture officials said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two firefighters who were among 18 people nabbed by the police at a party on Saturday in breach of the nightly COVID curfew have been suspended with further disciplinary action in the works.