Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland today added to the chorus of international voices expressing concern over the delay in finalizing the March 2nd election result and she said that figures presented by the Chief Election Officer different from those of the recount would be “contrary to the fundamental principles which are treasured by the Commonwealth family and are enshrined in our Commonwealth Charter”.

(Trinidad Express) A firefighter who came home and put a beating on a woman over “housework”, will spend the next two months in prison.

(Jamaica Observer) An unofficial burial site the police have linked to the infamous Klansman Gang, which mainly operates in Spanish Town, St Catherine, yesterday yielded the remains of at least two people after investigators revisited a cold case.

(Jamaica Observer) More than 200 Jamaicans stuck in Europe, Asia, and Africa because of border closures resulting from the novel coronavirus pandemic are set to finally return home on Sunday.

CARICOM Chair, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley today slammed the “gamesmanship” surrounding the Guyana elections and expressed bewilderment that  the Chief Election Officer could cancel over 115,000 votes.

The representatives of the US, UK, Canada and the European Union (EU) today expressed concern at the continuing delay in declaring the results of the March 2nd elections and they said that pending the outcome of the current appeal to the CCJ they trust that GECOM will use the figures from the recount.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway is planning a major expansion of oil exploration in the Arctic, despite commitments to tackling global warming and opposition from environmental groups.

 (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 has risen to nearly 10,000 with 133 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, extending a reversal from a steady fall in daily numbers as the country has relaxed its lockdown.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Marquee batsmen Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope struck half-centuries while fast bowler Alzarri Joseph impressed with a four-wicket haul on yesterday’s opening day of the first three-day warm-up match ahead of the opening Test against England.

Following a ruling on Monday by the Appeal Court, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield yesterday submitted to the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) what he claims to be a report of the “valid and credible votes” cast at the March 2 polls.

The West Indies coaching ranks seem to be banking heavily on unleashing a barrage of pace against England for the upcoming three-match Test series against England starting July 8. 

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has issued an order that restrains the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) from declaring the results of the March 2nd polls, following an approach by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to challenge Monday’s ruling by Guyana’s Court of Appeal on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2 polls.

(Jamaica Observer) HANOVER, Jamaica — Two teenagers have been slapped with charges of sacrilege following their arrest in connection with the theft of sound equipment from a church in Dias, Hanover on Sunday, June 21. 

With the government’s move to transfer at least 10 properties to private companies earlier this month coming under scrutiny, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday said that it was simply finalising the sale of some of GuySuCo’s assets to help assist the cash-strapped corporation.

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to thwart the staging of international football, the FIFA Council is set to meet tomorrow via video conference to discuss several pertinent matters, with Agenda Item No.5 being the subject of the Men’s International Calendar.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that a police officer be charged in relation to the death of taxi driver, Lallbachan Bachan, who was discovered dead in the Suddie Police Station lockup almost a year ago but to date no charge has been laid.

When Guyanese Cherry-Ann Fraser returned to Guyana from the 2020 ICC women’s T20 World Cup in Australia earlier this year, she told Stabroek Sports that the experience was an invaluable one.

(Trinidad Express) Roman Catholic Archbishop Jason Gordon attempted to save the life of a drowning man in Blanchisseuse last Friday.

Navindra Jodhan, a Berbice policeman who was hospitalised after an accident just over a week ago, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Attorney-at-law Anthony Pearson has been struck off the list of lawyers authorised to practice in Jamaica after it was found that he failed to return nearly $10 million to a financial institution that had inadvertently deposited the money into his account.

A devastating debut spell of six for 55 against the Leeward Islands Volcanoes at the Providence National Stadium at the start of the West Indies Championships catapulted Nial Smith to being one of the top names among fast bowlers in Guyana.

Water from the Atlantic Ocean has once again inundated Mahaicony farmlands at Dantzig, East Coast Demerara following high tides and small breaches in the sea defence.

(Trinidad Express) A teenage girl found dead in an abandoned house in Long Circular, St James, on Monday, had been playing with a loaded gun with a friend when it discharged, hitting her once in the abdomen.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies  (CWI) is taking full advantage of the unique opportunity to utilize the Sandals Tour of England 2020 as a high performance environment for the playing and reserve squad as well as preparation to retain the coveted Wisden Trophy #raisethebat Test Series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Seven more Pakistan players have tested positive for COVID-19 after being screened ahead of their tour of England, taking the total to 10, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The foremost objective of macro-economic policy is to obtain sustainable economic growth in the context of price stability and a viable external account.

(Jamacia Observer) ONE man is in police custody following the stabbing death of up-and-coming dancehall deejay Glamma Don in St Mary on Monday.

A family of eight is now homeless after a fire completely destroyed their Duncan Street, Campbell-ville home late last evening.

President David Granger, once very vocal about the role of CARICOM in the National Recount has been silent on the report submitted last week by the three-person scrutinizing team which observed the process.

Dear Editor, I write in response to Christopher Ram’s letter captioned `A movement once famous for its values and Rodneyite principles is now deeply involved in attempt to rig 2020 elections’ which appeared in Stabroek News’ (SN) Saturday June 13, 2020 edition.

(Trinidad Express) A woman who had been detained for the fatal stabbing of a man at Cunupia man early Monday had been released from police custody.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Tim Paine has been disappointed to see support staff lose their jobs as part of cost-cutting measures during the coronavirus crisis but says there is opportunity in the challenges brought on by the pandemic.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, days after he hosted a number of players in the Adria Tour exhibition tournament in the Balkan region.

Dear Editor, From the day I witnessed Clairmont Mingo’s fraudulent tabulation of the District 4 balloted votes and the obvious endorsement of this naked attempt to rig the Elections in favour of APNU+AFC by Keith Lowenfield, I decided to add my voice to the demand that democracy prevail in our country.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Latin America’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 100,000 yesterday, according to a Reuters tally, with few signs of the outbreak easing in a region marked by crowded cities and high poverty levels.

KINGSTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – A massive plume of Saharan dust has shrouded swathes of the Caribbean, turning blue skies into a milky-brown haze and sparking health warnings across the region as air quality fell to unhealthy levels.

While declaring that the March 2nd election “has gone on long enough”, the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday called for the process to be “brought to an end, based on the results of the national recount.”

Dear Editor, The GAWU refers to an article titled `NIS denies cutting benefits to sugar workers’ which appeared in the June 21, 2020 Stabroek News wherein the NIS’ Public Relations Officer (PRO) , Ms Dianne Lewis has clarified that the Scheme hasn’t suspended benefits to sugar workers from the beginning of this year.

(Reuters) – England paceman Jofra Archer says he has fully recovered from a right elbow injury sustained earlier this year and hopes to play in all three tests against the West Indies next month.

(Trinidad Express) A MAN who blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for him stealing electrical wire from a school, has been sentenced to time in prison.

Guyana’s National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday announced that Guyana’s borders with neighbouring Brazil and Suriname will remain closed until further notice even as two more repatriation flights were approved.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Former Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel “Toto” Constant was taken into police custody immediately upon his arrival in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday after his deportation from the United States.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy ship navigated near the Venezuelan coast yesterday in what the U.S.

Christopher Pollard, the teenager who was seriously injured in Sunday’s hit-and-run accident along the Enmore, East Coast Deme-rara Public Road which claimed the life of his elder brother remains hospitalised.

Dear Editor, There are still a number of Guyanese   professionals  with excellent legal brains despite the brain drain and the passing of a number of legal luminaries.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s test tour of Bangladesh has been postponed due to health and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said yesterday.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court heard an appeal yesterday from Nigerian farmers and fishermen seeking to pursue claims against oil major Royal Dutch Shell over spills in the Niger Delta.

‘Constitutions are seldom made by the will of men. Time makes them.

Dear Editor, I respond to the unfortunate death of a young woman in the Pomeroon as per story carried in the Guyana Chronicle on June 20, 2020.

(Trinidad Express) THE WIFE of missing Freeport ‘ph’ taxi driver Barry Ramsook said she will not give in to rumours that a burnt corpse discovered in a vehicle on Monday night was her husband.

Early in the morning of June 4, 1989, Chinese troops rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and crushed a rising tide of students’ protests which had begun a few weeks earlier in mid-April.

One more COVID-19 case was reported yesterday, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

(Reuters) – British long-distance runner Luke Traynor has been handed a two-year suspension from all sport for a doping violation, the UK Anti-Doping agency (UKAD) said yesterday.