Daily Archive: Thursday, July 16, 2020

The National COVID-19 Task Force has announced that Phase 3 of Guyana’s re-opening process will start as scheduled, tomorrow, Friday, July 17th and shall continue until July 31st, 2020, the Department of Public Information said today.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Public Relations Officer Terrence Esseboom this morning confirmed that there has been a 19th coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related death.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus cases in India neared one million today as infection numbers rose in the countryside, pushing authorities to reinstate lockdowns across several states.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England dropped quick Jofra Archer from the second test against West Indies following a breach of the team’s bio-secure protocols, announcing the decision hours before the start of the match at Old Trafford today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain said today that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free trade agreement with the United States and leaking them on social media.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican bobsled team member Lance Corporal Shanwayne Stephens managed to elicit a rare chuckle from Queen Elizabeth II during a video call with members of the armed forces in which they discussed the vital work that continues for the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) at home and overseas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A close relative has reportedly confessed to hiring the hitman who murdered 36-year-old Trelawny resident Tamara Geddes inside her Reserve district bedroom three weeks ago.

-visas to be pulled from those undermining democracy here The United States government yesterday called on the David Granger-led APNU+AFC administration to step aside in recognition of the results of the March 2nd general elections and it also announced visa restrictions for persons “undermining democracy” and those complicit in same.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will commence hearing arguments at 2pm tomorrow and possibly rule on Sunday in the challenge seeking to block the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the winner of the March 2nd polls.

A 74-year-old resident of Camp-bellville Housing Scheme who died as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Sunday suffered from multiple underlying health conditions.

Neighbouring Brazil yesterday upped the ante on the Granger administration by calling for respect of the popular will at the March 2nd general elections in line with the CARICOM supervised recount of votes and the recent ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Guyanese archaeologist and renowned artist Dr George Simon died yesterday after losing his battle with cancer.

An Eastern Airlines aircraft skidded off the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday afternoon, after landing with more than 200 Guyanese who had been stranded in New York.

The police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old miner whose lifeless body was discovered slumped over an ATV at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Mazaruni River, Region Seven.

Two congressmen who President David Granger earlier this year assured that elections would be free and fair, yesterday joined calls that the Guyana Elections Commission issue results in keeping with the 33-day recount, even as they called out the Chief Election Officer for his ploy to subvert the process.

Five new cases of the novel coronavirus were recorded in Guyana on Wednesday with Regions One and Seven recording 110 cases since June 12 according to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday demanded that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) proceed to make a declaration using the recounted results of the General and Regional Elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A group of the world’s top oil companies including Saudi Aramco, China’s CNPC and Exxon Mobil have for the first time set targets to cut their combined greenhouse gas emissions as a proportion of production, as pressure on the sector’s climate stance grows.

Canada yesterday strongly regretted the extended delay in declaring the election results from the March 2nd general elections and says it is prepared to use all “tools at our disposal” to hold accountable those who prevent it.

Growing up in an abusive home and becoming a victim of domestic abuse from just 14 years of age by a man she was forced to marry, Angleha Dhuman of Corentyne, Berbice is now a proud survivor and is enjoying her independence. 

As COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) which is now being severely affected by the outbreak, has now recorded 48 cases.

A miner was on Monday stabbed to death after an altercation with the jilted lover of his girlfriend.

The case file involving the murder of a 19-year-old man from Dazzell Housing Scheme, Enmore, on the East Coast of Demerara has been sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

Dear Editor, It has been over a month since the recount was concluded on June 8th. 

A Lusignan resident was on Sunday last chopped in front his home by a number of Spanish-speaking men.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Some gold, diamond and bauxite mines in the Venezuelan Amazon are largely controlled by criminal gangs who exploit, beat and even kill workers, a United Nations investigation has found.

The Ministry of Communities yesterday donated a $34.8 Million garbage truck to the Georgetown Municipality, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, In a situation that inflicted blows of indecency, our understanding of democracy and human rights, one of our Elders in 1953 stated, and I quote “this confounded nonsense must stop.”

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has praised West Indies Test captain Jason Holder’s “wisdom, maturity and discipline”, one of three sitting political leaders hailing the all-rounder’s leadership of the Caribbean side and celebrating last weekend’s success in the first Test against England.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday again extolled the supposed virtues of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to fight COVID-19, as he said that he again tested positive for the coronavirus, a week after he first announced he had become infected.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Twitter said hackers accessed its internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices including U.S.

Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) has partnered with Mattai’s, The Food Market to facilitate cashless payments through its MMG platform, a release from the company said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reading Aubrey Norton’s statement just after the US announced its visa restrictions on Guyanese governmental officials, enablers and supporters brought back memories of the infamous Taliban spokesperson.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – China’s top representative office in Hong Kong condemned what it called gross interference by the United States in the Asian financial hub, labelling President Donald Trump’s move to end the city’s special status as “gangster logic and bullying”.

Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 2020/2021 Season is slated to officially commence on August 1st 2020.

Dear Editor, It is a good job that Lowenfield was not the scorer at the Test Match in the UK this weekend.

The family of the Number 4 Village pensioner who was hit by a motorcar at Number 6 Village is worried as he is still recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), have presented financial vouchers and hampers respectively to select players after receiving Covid-19 financial relief aid from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – American Airlines said yesterday it is sending 25,000 notices of potential furloughs to frontline workers and warned that demand for air travel is slowing again as COVID-19 cases increase and states re-establish quarantine restrictions.

Dear Editor, Given the high levels of violence currently in the country it is important that we as a nation relook at our approach to law enforcement and the acceptance of deportees within our borders.

Preliminary investigations have found that the fires which gutted three public buildings including the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office in Linden were acts of arson and de facto Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan has since asked for an increase in patrols in every policing division across the country.

BRISTOL, England,  (Reuters) – A sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised in the air has been erected in a stealthy night-time operation in place of a 17th Century English slave trader whose statue was toppled by anti-racism demonstrators in the port city of Bristol.

Yesterday, incumbent President David Granger serenely celebrated his 75th birthday with special invitees including core party loyalists and key Government figures, before his smiling portrait in a huge banner that proclaimed “May God bless you with a life full of health, happiness and love.”

After going one up in the three-Test series against England, West Indies captain, Jason Holder believes in taking things one step at a time as he moves to solve the puzzle of a series win in England for the first time in over three decades.

The Donald Trump administration has backpedalled on its promise to strip visas of students whose classes are moving entirely online for the new school year.

(Reuters) – Twice Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert was suspended for 15 days and two of his horses were disqualified from races they won after testing positive for a banned substance, the Arkansas Racing Commission said yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Top order batsman Usman Khawaja and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis have been named in a preliminary 26-man squad for Australia’s provisional white ball tour of England in September.

On Sunday last, this newspaper reported that ExxonMobil and two of its subcontractors had been fined three times this year – in March, April, and May – for “minor spills of hydraulic fluid in the offshore Stabroek Block”.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Two-time Olympic decathlon gold medallist Ashton Eaton has turned to science and engineering for his post-athletic career but the American former world record holder told Reuters he has found a way to straddle both worlds.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Four times Formula One world champion Alain Prost says he can see Lewis Hamilton stretching his own title tally to an easy eight, judging from the first two races of the season.

(Reuters) – The ball moved enough in last week’s Southampton test between England and West Indies to erase any lingering doubt about swing bowling under cricket’s COVID-19 protocols, manufacturer of the Dukes ball told Reuters.

Dear Editor, I am no legal person not even so trained.

A sixty-eight-year-old man, who is one of Moruca’s earliest recovered COVID-19 cases, has said the stigma he suffered after his diagnosis did more harm than the virus itself.

In strong language, CARICOM Chairman Ralph Gonsalves yesterday said that  the entire world knows that a small clique is trying to hijack Guyana’s elections.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed yesterday it will stage the longest ever Big Bash League (BBL) in 2020/21, despite some players calling for a reduced version of the domestic Twenty20 tournament. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Olivier Giroud was singled out for praise by Chelsea manager Frank Lampard for his contribution since the resumption of the Premier League, after the French international’s winner against Norwich City on Tuesday night.

(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane says he is developing a good understanding with Jose Mourinho and has backed the team to adapt to the manager’s style for next season.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese government adviser, said yesterday.