Daily Archive: Thursday, June 25, 2020

Elroy Oral Bristol, 25, is wanted by the police in relation to possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking committed on 23rd June, 2020 at Patrick’s Dam Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Counsel for PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday wrote GECOM Chair Claudette Singh asking her to direct Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to withdraw his report to her in which the votes of over 115,000 voters were trashed and in which he purports to declare the incumbent APNU+AFC as the winner of the March 2nd general elections.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said today, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued elsewhere in the country.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Authorities in New Delhi worked to convert a spiritual centre into a huge quarantine facility today as novel coronavirus cases in the Indian capital overtook the financial hub Mumbai for the first time.

(Trinidad Express) Moviegoers will experience the new normal at cinemas today and tomorrow as social distancing and hygiene protocols will be enforced.

(Trinidad Express) A husband and wife are now both dead ­following an accident on Sunday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) George Williams had his first meal in 50 years outside of prison walls on Wednesday after a St Catherine Circuit Court judge upheld a notice of abandonment in his murder case.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Three western Jamaica cops were charged on Tuesday in a sweeping narcotics operation involving high-profile United States law-enforcement agents in two American cities.

Expressing bewilderment that the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield could discard over 115,000 votes, CARICOM Chair Mia Mottley yesterday emphasised that the results of the recount of the March 2nd General Elections are the valid figures and she slammed what she termed “gamesmanship” in the electoral process.

The 21 additional novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases recorded this week in Santa Rosa, Region One, have completely overwhelmed the health system in the indigenous village, leaving health authorities with no option but to erect isolation tents at a sports ground which lacks a water supply system.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams is contending that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) does not have jurisdiction to hear the intended appeal of last week’s ruling by the Guyana Court of Appeal that the words “more votes cast” should be interpreted to mean “more valid votes are cast in relation to the elections held on 2nd March 2020.”

A male resident of Bartica, Region Seven, yesterday tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and was subsequently transferred to an isolation facility in Georgetown as he was displaying symptoms of the respiratory ailment.

If there had been any doubt, it has all been erased by the grotesque report submitted on Tuesday by Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield to GECOM Chair, Justice Ret’d Claudette Singh.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) yesterday urged the suspension of Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield from any further participation in the election process charging that the results of the March 2 elections he presented on Tuesday, which give the APNU+AFC a majority of the votes cast, are “clearly fraudulent…if not criminal.”

Former Golden Jaguars U20 midfielder and Fruta Conquerors talisman Ryan Hackett has declared that his intention is to become an integral cog in the Men’s Senior Programme in the immediate and foreseeable future. 

A 24-year-old father of two is now dead after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a culvert at Blenheim, Leguan in the wee hours of yesterday.

Former Member of Parliament, Barbara Pilgrim; Director of Health, Jevaughn Stephens; and several supporters of APNU+AFC are expected to appear in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of breaching COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings on June 18. 

ESPN columnist Sidharth Monga in an article: titled “Eight domestic giants who never played for their country,” described Barbadian Franklyn Stephenson as – one of the eight who never went on and as being a fearsome proposition with his height, swing and pace. 

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a number of individuals, who are deemed “persons of interest” for allegedly making racially insensitive remarks about others on social media.

Guyana Jaguars all-rounder, Raymon Reifer reckons English conditions are one of the hardest to maneuver.

Caretaker President David Granger yesterday said that members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will benefit from increased training at every level over the next ten years under the ‘Decade of Development’.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Left-arm seamer Raymon Reifer grabbed the attention of tour selectors with a brilliant five-wicket haul while speedster Alzarri Joseph continued to impress, on the second day of the West Indies three-day warm-up match here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran superstar Chris Gayle will play no part in this year’s Caribbean Premier League after abruptly withdrawing from the marquee regional Twenty20 tournament.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has described the recent report submitted by Chief Election Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield as a continuation of the “naked attempts to thwart the will of the people.”

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – St. Lucia Zouks captain Darren Sammy says Chris Gayle has left some big shoes for the franchise to fill, with his sudden decision not to play in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL), and it will be a task to find his replacement.

Even as government continues to function in caretaker mode with the results of the March 2nd elections still to be declared, the state’s holding company, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), continues to pursue investments and even entered into an agreement in relation to energy generation at the Skeldon Estate earlier this month.

The skeletal remains of an unidentified person were discovered in an abandoned building on High and Princes streets, Georgetown earlier this month.

(Reuters) – England’s 30-man training group for the upcoming three-test series against West Indies returned no positive tests for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

A two-year-old child is missing and feared dead after the canoe in which she was travelling capsized in the Kukui River, Region Seven on Tuesday afternoon.

(Reuters) – Days after a handful of the world’s leading tennis players hugged and high-fived on court in front of packed stands and partied together in carefree fashion some – including world number one Novak Djokovic – were struck down by the COVID-19 virus.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The task of building on the huge success of last year’s Women’s World Cup will fall to a region that has never staged it before when Colombia and a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand vie for the 2032 hosting rights in today’s FIFA vote.

Sixteen persons, including six minor children, have been placed in quarantine at a facility in Lethem following the confirmation of two cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Region Nine on Monday.

Dear Editor, Of late there is a deafening silence from the PNC/Coalition leader on the release of the CARICOM report, the filing of the Eslyn David matter, and the subsequent Court of Appeal Order.

Almost three years after being charged with trafficking over 94 kilograms of cocaine on-board a vessel in the Pomeroon River, two Essequibo residents were sentenced and fined for the crime.

Dear Editor, It is disappointing that none other than the sitting head of CARICOM, a Queen’s Counsel in law, choses to make comments sub judice even as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is yet to hear a case brought before it on the recent election.

(Reuters) – Another episode of the Adama Traore-Raul Jimenez show delivered Wolverhampton Wanderers a precious 1-0 win over struggling Bournemouth in the Premier League yesterday.

Seventy-eight tests for the novel coronavirus disease were conducted during the last testing cycle, while three new cases were recorded.

Dear Editor, Prior to the pandemic, I created WhatsApp groups just to connect with friends and family, Google Classroom was merely a concept and ‘Zoom’ meant an American educational TV series I enjoyed watching as a child (I’m a 90s kid).

(Reuters) – The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut yesterday ordered travelers from eight other U.S.

a(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said yesterday it cannot be governed only by the world’s richest countries, returning fire after the United States threatened to pull funding from the agency unless it undertook major reforms.

Dear Editor, The newest submission from CEO Lowenfield went from grotesque to grim. 

Three persons from George-town were arrested on Tues-day and one is now on the run, after they were busted by police with a quantity of cannabis in the vicinity of Sandaka, Canje River.

OAKLAND, Calif., (Reuters) – Facial recognition vendor Rank One Computing said yesterday it would “add legal means” and research other ways to thwart misuse after its software was involved in the first known wrongful arrest based on the technology in the United States.

(Reuters) – Liverpool were back at their lethal best to beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at Anfield yesterday, moving within two points of securing the Premier League title.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England women’s captain Clare Connor will become the first female president of the 233-year-old Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), it was announced at an historic AGM yesterday.

Dear Editor, Recently I read with keen interest an article in the Kaieteur News entitled, `The Execution of Big Six.’

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed Washington’s backing for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Four more residents of the Palms Geriatric Home have recovered from the novel coronavirus, bringing the number of recoveries in the institution to seven, according to a release from the Ministry of Social Protection.

The minibus driver who it was alleged caused a car to run off the La Grange Public Road and into a nearby drain on Sunday is to appear in court on a dangerous driving charge.

(Reuters) – Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has tested negative for COVID-19 a day after the country’s cricket board said he was among seven more players who contracted the disease ahead of their England tour, the player said yesterday.

“…When you want something bad enough to steal//That’s rock bottom//When you feel you’ve have had it up to here//’Cause you mad enough to scream but you sad enough to tear [cry]//That’s rock bottom…” American rapper Eminem’s angst was not political.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) continues to be shocked and outraged at the indecent and illegal actions of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) CEO Keith Lowenfield in producing tabulations that keep changing and are, thus, fraudulent being not in keeping with the recently concluded recount supervised by CARICOM.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S.

On Tuesday, the Chief Election Officer, (CEO), Keith Lowenfield proved he was even more mathematically and morally challenged than the now infamous Clairmont Mingo, when he arbitrarily invalidated without any explanation nearly a quarter of the total votes cast at the March 2, 2020 polls.

If there had been any doubt, it has all been erased by the grotesque report submitted on Tuesday by Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield to GECOM Chair, Justice Ret’d Claudette Singh.

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