Daily Archive: Monday, June 8, 2020

Guyana Goldfields Inc today announced phase two of the reduction of its workforce at the Aurora Gold Mines in Region Seven.

The Ministry of Finance today said that yesterday it suffered a burst main, which resulted in severe water damage to documents and equipment in the main building, and the disruption of all phone services.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s supreme court prosecutor has opened an investigation into former King Juan Carlos in connection with a high-speed train contract in Saudi Arabia, piling pressure on a once-popular monarch who abdicated six years ago.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced COVID-19 transmission rates in Europe enough to control its spread and may have averted more than three million deaths, researchers said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – BP will cut about 15% of its workforce in response to the coronavirus crisis and as part of Chief Executive Bernard Looney’s plan to shift the oil and gas major to renewable energy, it said today.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry which is an accredited observer at the National Recount of votes today urged all parties to support the rapid conclusion of the recount process.

(Jamaica Observer) When the Canadian husband and wife pair of Tom and Susan Little arrived here back in March, they had a flight booked to return to Toronto on May 15.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The burnt remains of the three bodies were found at Beach Road, Point Morant, in St Thomas, on Saturday have been identified as that of a female Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier Lexton Clayton, 21; her child, Tyler Taylor, 2; and the child’s father, Kimani Taylor, 28.

(Trinidad Guardian) Religious organisations will now be allowed to open the doors of their worship centres for Corpus Christi on Thursday after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced Government was moving up the previously-announced opening date by one day.

With all of the ballot boxes now recounted after a gruelling 33-day exercise, the unofficial final result shows that the opposition PPP/C will win the presidency and 33 seats in Parliament with the incumbent APNU+AFC securing 31 and the list joining parties of LJP, ANUG and TNM capturing one.

A deciding vote by GECOM Chair Claudette Singh yesterday saw the inclusion of votes from 29 ballot boxes that had been under question, virtually sealing an election victory for the PPP/C and setting the stage for certification of the final result.

With the conclusion of the recount process showing victory for the opposition PPP/C, the incumbent APNU+AFC yesterday claimed that there had been massive fraud and said it was putting GECOM “on notice”  that illegal votes cannot produce a valid result.

By Eion Jardine A funny thing happened in 1964. Two sons of the soil were born months apart with no inclination that they would not only feature in the same sport at which they would both excel but that their paths would cross in the ring and one of them would be the winner.

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) on Thursday  received 1200 care packages/hygiene kits to be distributed to Venezuelan migrants and locals of Region One to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

The decision by the Cricket West Indies selection committee to overlook left arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul from the 25 players travelling to England tomorrow for a three test series continues to ball all and sundry.

 Sports bodies have already begun submitting reworked budgets and plans to Sport Company of TT (SporTT) with optimistic anticipation of a lift on international border restrictions in the near future.

A Fyrish Village, Coren-tyne man died on Saturday afternoon after he lost control of his motorcycle along the Corentyne Highway.

The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital’s COVID-19 testing and treatment facility, which was recently launched, is equipped to care for patients requiring the first two levels of COVID-19 care, according to Dr.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the resumption of football, Calvin ‘Fluman’ Allen, coach of emerging heavyweight the Guyana Police Force (GPF), declared that the motivation for the team is a top three finish in the eventual new season of the GFF Elite League.

While GBTI’s performance saw improvements in 2019 in key areas there was an overall decrease in revenue earning opportunities given the economically challenging environment, according to the Bank’s Executive Director, Richard Isava in his report to shareholders.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Batsman Jermaine Blackwood has welcomed his recall to West Indies colours for the upcoming England tour, and says he has resolved not to make the same mistakes which led to his ouster three years ago.

With a strong willpower to “be the change I want to see in the world,” a youth of Guyanese parentage, spearheaded a massive clean-up exercise in Minneapolis, USA following rioting and looting during protests over George Floyd’s killing.

Dear Editor, Today the world over there is what many are calling a ‘new norm’.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Rookie fast bowler Oshane Thomas says he is thrilled by his call-up for the England tour and hopes it can lay the groundwork for a successful Test career.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases remains at 154 with 11 more persons being tested yesterday for the virus.

Dear Editor, Yesterday, Guyana crossed a major milestone in completing the recount of the votes cast in the March 2, 2020 elections.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris today on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal.

(Trinidad Express) A Canadian man and a Guyanese woman are expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate on Monday charged with trafficking counterfeit cards and possession of card-making equipment, arising out of several weeks of investigations by officers of the Fraud Squad’s ABM Task Force.

Dear Editor, In an attempt to determine the cause of the predicament the country has fallen into post the March 2, 2020 election, it is necessary to return to March 4/5 when, with the exception of Region 4, the ballots of the nine other Regions were completely counted and tabulated without alarm.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A mounting wave of protests demanding police reform after the killing of a black man in Minneapolis swept across the United States yesterday, building on the momentum of huge demonstrations across the country the day before.

Mohammed Ali, LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick… examples of American sportsmen who are more than just athletes.

As part of its measures to safeguard its staff, attorneys and the public against COVID-19, the High Court on Wednesday released updated practice directions that advised, among other things, that all physical hearings before it and the Court of Appeal would remain suspended for the next month unless otherwise necessary.

Dear Editor,    As the future of our country is entangled in a political tug-of-war between the two major political parties, I, the undersigned, wish to reiterate that I have no political priority, regardless of what some people may think.

(BBC) England and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has backed protests taking place across the UK, saying “the only disease right now is the racism that we are fighting”.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of Venezuelans queued up in miles-long lines to try to fill their cars with subsidized gasoline over the weekend, a week after President Nicolas Maduro launched a new dual-price system aimed at easing an acute fuel shortage.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil registered 37,312 total coronavirus deaths while overall cases in the country reached 685,427, according to data from the health ministry yesterday, amid criticism of the government’s handling of the pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) The country’s murder toll has now reached the 200-mark with the shooting death of a man whose body was found in some bushes in Wallerfield in Saturday.

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) representative Dr. William Adu-Krow has stated that now that testing has been done at the state-run Palms Geriatric Home, authorities will have a better handle on the situation there.

True to form, Guyana’s caretaker President since December 21st 2018 has offered his own jaundiced version of the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections.

As this process concludes, it is important for all stakeholders to uphold the integrity of the process and peacefully accept the wishes of the Guyanese population.

(An Open Letter to Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Chair of the Caricom Community and Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Caricom Secretary-General) We, members of the Caribbean community, join with voices raised all over the world to condemn the brutal killing of George Floyd, a 46 year old resident of Minnesota on May 25, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26 year old EMT shot in her home by police in Kentucky on March 13, 2020 and Tony McDade, 38 year old resident of Tallahassee shot by police on May 27 2020. 

Dear Editor, My heart is heavy, and it takes a lot to do that, given where I have been. 

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City will attempt to overturn their two-year UEFA ban from European football when a three-day hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland begins today.