Daily Archive: Saturday, June 27, 2020

Three persons are now dead after a fire of unknown origin destroyed a Cummings Lodge apartment building this evening. 

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield calling on him to withdraw his report to GECOM which discards over 115,000 votes and purports to award victory to APNU+AFC.

(Trinidad Express) Heavy rainfall, accompanied by high speed wind, toppled trees and caused flash flooding in parts of Trinidad on Saturday morning.

(Trinidad Express) A member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot dead in Morvant this morning.

BLANTYRE, (Reuters) – Malawi President Peter Mutharika, facing likely defeat when the result of this week’s presidential election is announced, said today there had been voting irregularities including violence and intimidation against his party’s election monitors.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield yesterday defended his decision to invalidate the votes of over 115,000 citizens that were cast at the March 2nd polls by saying that he has acted lawfully, which the main opposition later said was “simply an untruth.”

American, Joshua Franco unanimously defeated Andrew Moloney on Wednesday night to lift the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Flyweight world title.

In the face of mounting regional and international pressure to concede, the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday voiced its support for the report submitted by Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield that claims it won the March 2 polls after he discarded over 115,000 votes.

The outgoing chair of CARICOM, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday firmly stood by her position in relation to Guyana’s protracted elections, saying to her detractors here that “The truth hurts”.

Former Australia Women’s Cricket Team Captain Belinda Clark is calling for more investment into women’s cricket.

Dickwon Nigel Adams, the boyfriend of the pregnant Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, teenager whose body was fished out of the Berbice River last week, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with her murder.   

Former World Cup-winning West Indies skipper, Clive Lloyd, said that the the batsmen will need to focus for long periods if they are to beat England at home in the upcoming three-Test series.

LUBBOCK, Texas,  (Reuters) – The United States recorded at least 40,870 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, bringing the total number of Americans to who have tested positive to at least 2.475 million.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has sought to give the assurance that there is nothing to worry about as far as the fitness of captain Jason Holder is concerned, and he will be ready for the Wisden Test series beginning next month.

The ND&S Furniture Store and its factory, located at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara (ECD), were destroyed on Thursday evening in what authorities are calling a “suspicious” fire, which has left millions of dollars in losses and more than two dozen employees jobless.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s team will arrive in England tomorrow before entering a two-week quarantine period ahead of their tour, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan is grounding 262 airline pilots suspected of dodging their exams following inquiries into their qualifications, the aviation minister said yesterday in a move that has caused global concern.

Guyana yesterday recorded 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus, now spreading through the smaller towns of Brazil’s interior, risks returning to major cities in a so-called “boomerang effect,” as a lack of specialized medical treatment forces patients into larger urban centers.

An investigation by the Guyana Fire Service has found that the fire which destroyed the Barrack Street, Kingston home of 81-year-old Dhaniram Harcharan was electrical in origin.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Zak Crawley says it feels “slightly odd” to be vying with Kent team mate Joe Denly for the number three spot in the order for the upcoming series against West Indies.

Dear Editor, The Court of Appeal recently returned a ruling to the effect that the term “more votes cast“ in Article 177(2) of our Constitution shall be construed to mean ”more valid votes cast“.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tennis’s flagship team events the Davis Cup and Fed Cup Finals have been postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said yesterday.

Two persons, including the driver allegedly responsible for Sunday’s hit-and-run accident along the Enmore, East Coast Demerara Public Road, which claimed the life of a teenager, have been arrested by the police.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong, but he did not name any of those targeted.

Dear Mr. Lowenfield, I write you as a fellow Guyanese directly and publicly in the interest of our nation, in the name of justice and democracy for all of our people.

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said yesterday it will start labeling newsworthy content that violates the social media company’s policies, and label all posts and ads about voting with links to authoritative information, including those from politicians.

Three men, who were allegedly busted with over 200 pounds of cannabis in vicinity of Sandaka, Canje River, where yesterday released on $350, 000 bail each after they were charged with possession of the illegal substance for trafficking.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton condemned Bernie Ecclestone for “ignorant” comments about racism after the sport had distanced itself from the 89-year-old former supremo.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday just announced that from July 1, there will be no more curfew restrictions in Barbados.

Dear Editor, On April 3, 2020 (SN, Letters… “The Granger-led coalition…”) I noted that the incumbent APNU+AFC will not voluntarily demit office.

First year CAPE student Beyonca Makayda Clarke writes poetry in which she targets social and trending issues, some of which she has personally experienced and conquered.

Nineteen companies have been shortlisted from 34 that last April expressed interest in marketing Guyana’s share of oil from the Exxon-operated Liza Destiny FPSO in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, for a period of one year.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico City’s chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early yesterday that he quickly blamed on one of Mexico’s most powerful drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

(Trinidad Express) A 52-year-old woman and her 46-year-old boyfriend have been charged with the murder of her sister, Geeta Newman.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic is the latest to announce he has tested positive for COVID-19 following the ill-fated Adria Tour organised by Novak Djokovic.

It’s a frustrating and emotional time in Guyana isn’t it? The past couple of weeks have been especially exasperating.

Dear Editor, Mr. Keith Lowenfield, the Chief Election Officer, has been notoriously delinquent and culpable in executing his job responsibilities and should be replaced urgently.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A “fired up” Nathan Coulter-Nile is looking for an opportunity in this summer’s One-Day Cup to prove Western Australia (WA) wrong after they opted not to renew the right-arm quick’s contract earlier this week.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian President Ivan Duque yesterday called Venezuela a public health “time bomb,” and said the lack of reliable information about the status of its neighbour’s coronavirus outbreak was a worry as his administration tries to control its own infections.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has suspended personal use of the controversial insignia of the Order of St Michael and St George.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s rejection of a deal with China over the detention of two Canadians has lent a significant twist to the extradition battle over Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

2020 has been a year full of surprises, some being more unpleasant than others.

A group of United States (US) senators yesterday urged President David Granger to honour the will of the Guyanese people and concede.

Dear Editor, I refer to your excellent editorial of June 23, 2020.

Has Guyana reverted to the status of a colony? Within the last few months, it is not the first or second time I have asked this question.

Charmaine Blackman hit the ball out of the ground for six again at her second virtual concert, that made for an entertaining and enjoyable Father’s Day.