Articles published on Monday, June 29, 2020
President David Granger has approved the appointment of Colonel Godfrey Bess to perform the functions of Chief of Staff as Brigadier Patrick West proceeds on pre-retirement leave, the Ministry of the Presidency has announced.
A building being used by the Department of Health, Region One at Mabaruma was destroyed by fire this morning, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle.
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) today called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to fulfill its constitutionally mandated duty and declare the winner of the 2020 election as soon as the Caribbean Court of Justice has made its ruling on a case to be heard on Wednesday.
KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Gunmen armed with grenades attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in the city of Karachi today in a bid to take hostages, killing two guards and a policeman before security forces killed all four of the attackers, security officials said.
PARIS, (Reuters) – A French court today sentenced former Prime Minister Francois Fillon to five years in jail, three of them suspended, for embezzling public funds in a scandal that wrecked his 2017 run for president.
UN Resident Coordinator here, Mikiko Tanaka said recently a credible end to the elections here is urgent for an elected government and parliament to cater for the needs of the people.
(Trinidad Guardian) The family of one of the three men shot dead by police in Second Caledonia, Morvant on Saturday, is calling for an investigation into the killing.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular Montego Bay dancehall entertainer Rygin King was shot and seriously injured during a gun attack in Struie district, Westmoreland, on Sunday while a woman, identified as his girlfriend, was killed.
MANCHESTER, England – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed that Head Coach, Phil Simmons, is in short-term self-isolation after he recently attended the funeral of his father-in-law, who had passed away prior to the team’s recent assembly in Manchester.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema produced an audacious back-heeled assist for Casemiro to score as they beat Espanyol 1-0 away yesterday to capitalise on Barcelona’s slip-up a day earlier and move two points clear at the top of La Liga.
Plans are on stream to restart the cycling season perhaps some time next month with Time Trial events.
Emerging national center-half Raphael Edwards says it is important for local footballers to feature in the national setup as it will serve as an inspiration for the next generation of homebred talent.
On the eve of their second and final warm up match ahead of their three-Test series against England, some West Indies players are keen to show that they can fill the void left by Darren Bravo, Keemo Paul and Shimron Hetmyer.
A Port Mourant family of five who recently lost their home to fire along with over 1000 families have benefited from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) COVID-19 relief programme, a release from the two organisations stated.
(SportsMax) West Indies fast bowling great Andy Roberts believes Shimron Hetmyer erred when deciding to forego the West Indies tour of England.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original diagnosis.
(Reuters) – Ben Stokes would have no trouble stepping into the role of England captain if Joe Root were to miss the first test of their three-match series against West Indies, fast bowler Stuart Broad said yesterday.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Jason Holder wants racism to be treated as seriously as doping and match-fixing in cricket, the 28-year-old has said.
The Cummings Lodge fire that claimed the lives of a family of three on Saturday also left 28 persons homeless.
Dear Editor, Guyana is at a place of much uncertainty, far more uncomfortable from that of ‘cricket glorious’.
A Guyanese monk who was attached to a Catholic monastery in Trinidad has been accused by three women of repeatedly raping them when they were children, one from seven years old.
(Reuters) – Manchester City will give newly crowned Premier League champions Liverpool a guard of honour when the teams meet at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday, manager Pep Guardiola has said.
Dear Editor, I wrote this more than a week ago but held it, pending the current GECOM farce.
SYDNEY/BEIJING, (Reuters) – The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people yesterday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave.
Introduction Following hours of chaos on March 13th, District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo bawled out a second fraudulent declaration for Demerara-Mahaica even though earlier that day Chief Justice Roxane George had issued specific instructions on the use of Statements of Poll (SoPs) which he failed to comply with.
SHEFFIELD, England, (Reuters) – Substitute Daniel Ceballos fired Arsenal into the FA Cup semi-finals with a stoppage-time goal that sealed a 2-1 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane yesterday.
Dear Editor, A recent IMF report highlights the low expected growth of the traditional sectors in the economy, with negative growth most likely as GuySuCo continues to stumble.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A pair of bogeys on the back nine and a rain delay were not enough to derail Dustin Johnson, who shot 19 under par to win the Travelers Championship by one stroke in Cromwell, Connecticut yesterday.
Dear Editor, Yesterday’s Sunday Edition of the Guyana Chronicle’s, lead headline loudly screams, `Dr.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being urged to implement a carbon tax on the crude oil currently being extracted in the offshore Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) which could earn Guyana billions annually.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp filed for Chapter 11 yesterday, becoming the largest U.S.
Hundreds of Guyanese continue to flout the national COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings despite a rise in the number of local cases being recorded.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil recorded 30,476 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 552 additional deaths, the Health Ministry said yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Women’s cricket needs better marketing and investment to grow, and not “dubious” innovations like a shorter pitch or smaller boundaries, said India pace bowler Shikha Pandey on Twitter.
Dear Editor, Today marks one hundred and nineteen days during which Guyanese have been waiting the results of the General and Regional elections of March 2.
(Reuters) – Dan Evans beat Kyle Edmund in the final of the Battle of the Brits exhibition tournament yesterday.
(Reuters) – Mississippi lawmakers have voted to remove a symbol of the pro-slavery Confederacy from the Deep South state’s flag, the latest symbol of racism to come down amid outrage at the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minnesota.
Describing Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield as a “runaway train” in light of his recent actions, Presidential Candidate of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Ralph Ramkarran says that Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh will sooner or later have to take a stand.
Dear Editor, I hear of the many massive frauds that monopolized our elections, as detected in the concluded recount process.
Dear Editor, I have seen a press release from Keith Lowenfield who currently occupies the position of Chief Election Officer and one must wonder who advises him when he purports to issue such statements.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s bustling capital was once seen as a relative oasis in the country’s raging drug war, but a shocking military-style assassination attempt on the city’s police chief offers proof at least one gang is unafraid to shatter the peace.
The Nelson Mandela-founded global peace and human rights non-profit organization, The Elders has also joined the call for a swift electoral declaration based on the national recount results.
Three days after announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19, Sacramento Kings forward Jabari Parker was spotted playing tennis in Chicago without a mask, after reportedly going out to a restaurant recently.
Dear Editor, I think some Guyanese are confusing the Black Empowerment Movement with a blatant power grab by the PNC-led APNU+AFC.
The Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) has condemned the “offensive, personalised and abusive” remarks being levelled against the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley on social media and in the press.
As the end game draws closer in these torturous elections, the role of the caretaker President Mr Granger in this malign campaign to thwart the will of the people becomes clearer and clearer.
The Commonwealth Charter recognises the inalienable right of individuals to participate in democratic processes, in particular through free and fair elections in shaping the society in which they live and for this right to be protected and respected.
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Berthony Clermont shares a two-room flat without running water with 10 relatives in the Haitian capital’s Cite Soleil slum, so when he fell ill with the novel coronavirus, they all did.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday said he was never briefed about Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Juventus are set to sign Brazil international Arthur Melo from Barcelona after the midfielder agreed a five-year contract with the Italian champions and passed a medical, according to Spanish media reports yesterday.
