Daily Archive: Friday, July 17, 2020

The statement that follows was issued tonight by former Business Minister and member of the AFC, Dominic Gaskin on his Facebook page.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire will deliver her decision on Monday at 4 pm in the latest challenge seeking to block the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring the winner of the March 2nd polls using the figures of the recount.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab today said that the UK has begun the process for consequences in the event of an illegal swearing in  of  a government here.

After more than a year, a Special Lance Corporal was this morning charged with the unlawful killing of taxi driver Lallbachan Bachan, who was discovered dead in the Suddie Police Station more than a year ago.

The Bar Council of The Bar Association of Guyana today condemned recent attacks on attorneys including Kim Kyte-Thomas, counsel for GECOM Chair Claudette Singh.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned that while he was hoping for the best, the country must also prepare for the worst.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The newest Lotto millionaire is counting his win as a blessing in the nick of time.

A Trinidadian national was among three people who were taken before a magistrate in St George’s, Grenada, yesterday, after they were caught entering the island without following the legal requirement as mandated in the immigration regulations and the new COVID-19 health protocols.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Famous Jamaican actor Clive Duncan has lost his battle with cancer at age 57.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An agitated Dr Christopher Tufton, Jamaica’s minister of health and wellness, went on the offensive on Thursday evening when he bluntly told a reporter who asked if he cheated on his wife that it was “none of your business”.

United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday defended Washington’s move to impose sanctions against persons here acting to derail democracy, while saying that it is driven by the concern that it and over 130 other nations share about the repeated efforts to undermine the will of the people.

A contractor is now dead after being riddled with bullets while at a construction site in D’Urban Street, Lodge.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab yesterday added his voice to the continuing calls for the declaration of the March 2nd elections results using the figures from the pain-staking recount done in the presence of CARICOM scrutineers.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) has expressed concern regarding the use of its Forest and trails to engage in the trafficking of persons.

Anthony Lowe, the demolition worker who was left critical after a Banks DIH building that was being demolished collapsed just over a week ago at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, succumbed yesterday to his injuries.

United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday urged support for GECOM Chairperson Claudette Singh as she condemned the recent personal attacks on Singh.

(Trinidad Express) multi billion dollar oil industry and economy is at risk of being destroyed should the severity of United States sanctions escalate says former Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine.

As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday announced that the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions is going to continue as planned, albeit with some new conditions, such as mandatory mask wearing for all persons in public spaces.

The phased re-opening of the Cheddi Jagan and  Eugene F Correia international airports is now being considered for late August following a recommendation from the Ministry of Public Health, says Abraham Dorris, Manager of Security at the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

The most recent Court challenge in the March 2nd 2020 elections sees attorneys for the applicant arguing that Section 22 of the Election Laws (Amendment)  Act (ELA) is unconstitutional since it grants the Guyana Elections Commission the power to make and amend laws.

The trial of former army Chief of Staff Gary Best, who has been charged with causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley, is due to begin in October.

With the lockdown measures in the Moruca sub-district having been extended by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), the Regional Chairman of Region One Brentnol Ashley says that the government should consider sending relief packages since many persons are still be affected.

The Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine Carl Parker has confirmed that there have been positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) diagnosed in two indigenous communities within the region.

For the better part of the year, so far, Jacklow, Pomeroon farmer, Oscar Richmond, has been watching a ‘new normal’ unfold before him.

Now more than ever, orphanages are in dire need of supplies and they are appealing to the public for donations during this COVID-19 pandemic.

In what is seen in some quarters as an extension of the United States’ ‘friends and foes’ foreign policy posture towards Latin American and Caribbean nations arising out of their respective perceived political postures, companies involved in the business of transporting oil from producing countries to markets across the world are now coming under unmistakable and aggressive pressure to steer clear of doing business with the South American oil giant, Venezuela.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez paid tribute to his players and coach Zinedine Zidane after they wrapped up the La Liga title on Thursday, saying their triumph after the long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic would forever be remembered.

A man accused of attempted murder was granted $200,000 bail on Tuesday by a Georgetown Magistrate.

Dear Editor, These are sad times and it follows that I bring sad news of the passing of two well-known Guyanese artists who have exhibited with the Guyana United Artists (GUA), George Simon, and Osaze.

The suspect in the murder of 19 year-old Barneth McKenzie is to be charged and arraigned before the court, according to advice received by the Guyana Police Force from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Dear Editor, I am very saddened to learn of the death of George Simon.

Just days after the release of its sectorial survey identifying  key elements of the impact of COVID  19 on the country’s manufacturing and services  sectors, the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) has tagged the ongoing post March 2 general elections impasse and what it says is “the absence of a functional government” as impediment to the smooth operation of the business sector to operate. 

LONDON/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, On the 30th June, 2020 I wrote a Public Note to the Board of Directors of publicly traded companies that had postponed/cancelled their Annual General Meetings because of the  COVID-19 Pandemic.

Julian Arthur, who was wanted by the police in relation to attempted mur-der committed on Devlin Garraw-ay on July 1st, 2020, at Union Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice, has since been arrested by police, Commander of Region Five, Yonette Stephens confirmed yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil yesterday passed the 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases mark, with little sign that the rate of increase is slowing as anger grows over President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the outbreak.

Back in March the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) staged a relatively low-key event at its Parika agro-processing facility to mark the ‘birth’ of Hana, its new ‘lightly salted’ packaged plantain chip.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to use this medium to congratulate the West Indies Cricket Team on their recent outstanding defeat of England.

(Reuters) – The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting more than 77,000 new cases as the number of deaths in a 24-hour period rose by nearly 1,000, according to a Reuters tally.

(Barbados Nation) One Caribbean Limited, the St Vincent and the Grenadines-based airline, will soon be operating regular daily flights from Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA).

Despite society’s reliance on the law and its punitive elements to direct behaviour, there are many gaps between our laws and what our culture continues to allow.

It is altogether unnecessary for us to allow much more time to elapse before beginning to look ‘down the road’ in the direction of the likely post-COVID-19 state of the small and micro business sector in the Guyana economy.

(Reuters) – The technology entrepreneur found slain and dismembered in his luxury Manhattan condominium earlier this week died of multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso, the New York City medical examiner said on Thursday.

The caretaker President has rewritten the rule-book for the rigging of elections.

(Reuters) – Paceman Jofra Archer’s breach of bio-secure protocols could have been a “disaster” and ended up costing the board tens of millions of pounds, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) director of cricket Ashley Giles has said.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada’s federal government will give the 13 provinces and territories more than C$19 billion ($14 billion) to help pay for the costs of restarting the economy after several months of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the prime minister said yesterday.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday July 16, 2020 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes ground out patient half-centuries as England battled to 207 for three at the close on day one of the second test against the West Indies at Old Trafford yesterday.

Unfortunate lessons in PNC character-abuse Some of you (“regulars”) will recognize, even appreciate, that it’s not easy for me to avoid local politics altogether these days.

With competitive local football non-existent due to the Covid-19 pandemic, head coach of Pouderoyen FC Travis Bess, disclosed that the current situation has had a tremendous impact on the club’s developmental plans for the 2020/2021 season.

Dear Editor, There is an old African proverb that says, “if you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”