Daily Archive: Saturday, July 25, 2020

 (Reuters) – Regis Philbin, a familiar face to TV viewers as an energetic and funny talk and game show host who logged more hours in front of the camera than anyone else in the history of U.S.

The Guyana Court of Appeal is to rule on Thursday, July 30th  at 11 am in the appeal brought by Misenga Jones against the use of the votes from the recount of the March 2nd elections as the basis for the declaration of the result.

Noting that more than four months have elapsed since the general elections and a result is still to be declared, India today said that it looks forward to the early conclusion of the electoral process and that the outcome will be respected by all parties.

(Jamaica Observer) MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says citizens who refuse to wear masks in public could soon face prosecution under the Disaster Risk Management Act.

The Guyana Court of Appeals’ proceedings in the Misenga Jones v The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) continues with oral submissions.

(Jamaica Observer) A Clarendon man has been charged in connection with the 2019 murder of British national, 17-year-old Stefica Smith, who resided in Four Paths in the parish.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bogue Heights community on the outskirts of Montego Bay, St James, was plunged into mourning on Wednesday afternoon when a popular accountant was shot and killed by armed men when he made a valiant attempt to stop them from abducting his daughter.

(Jamaica Star) Scores of Jamaicans have been reportedly making requests to join the Montego Bay-based Zion Society spiritual group, in hopes of attaining spells that grant them great wealth and health.

At long last.  The four boxers who were stranded in Cuba for the past 126 days are finally back on Guyana’s soil. 

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Several dozen protesters in masks gathered in front of Japan’s National Stadium yesterday, the day the Olympic Games should have begun, to protest against holding them next year given the danger of the novel coronavirus.

Counsel for Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh has asked the Appeal Court to dismiss the challenge to the national recount of votes from the March 2nd polls being mounted by Misenga Jones and Attorney General Basil Williams, saying the grounds cited lack merit.

(ESPN) The 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between September 19 and November 10 in the UAE.

Lawyers for the opposition PPP/C are maintaining that issues raised by Misenga Jones in her challenge to the recount of the March 2 polls can only be dealt with by way of an elections petition and as a result have urged the Court of Appeal to “respectfully step aside” and allow the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to finalise the results.  

As promised, Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC has filed a cross appeal in the challenge to the Chief Justice’s ruling on the elections recount, citing the same grounds listed by the applicant, Misenga Jones.

MANCHESTER, England,  CMC – West Indies struck early blows but England quickly consolidated through half-centuries from Ollie Pope, Rory Burns and Jos Buttler, to gain a crucial foothold in the decisive third Test at Old Trafford here yesterday.

Conservationist Annette Arjoon-Martins says that satellite imagery from Skytruth, an environmental group, shows that ExxonMobil was flaring gas at its offshore operations when it said it wasn’t but the company has denied the claim.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – West Indies are confident of recovering after England gained the initiative on the opening day of the third and final test, said opener Kraigg Brathwaite as he defended his captain’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss at Old Trafford yesterday.

Australian mining company Troy Resources has complained to President David Granger about criticisms levelled against it by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director Dr Vincent Adams, which it has dubbed excessive and unfair—claims Adams has dismissed as seemingly personal and intimidatory.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – England batsmen Ollie Pope said he was relieved to be nearing a century in the third and deciding test against the West Indies after failing with the bat earlier in the series.

(Reuters) – Liverpool’s Premier League title winning captain Jordan Henderson was named England’s Footballer of the Year on Friday in the annual vote of the Football Writers’ Association (FWA).

Dear Editor, The Liberty and Justice Party is renewing its call for the dismissal of Mr Keith Lowenfield on grounds previously stated.

KUALA LUMPUR/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs will pay $3.9 billion to settle Malaysia’s criminal probe over the U.S.

Embattled Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield was yesterday formally read private criminal charges alleging that he engaged in fraud and misconduct in his handling of the results of the March 2nd elections and he was granted his release on a total of $450,000 bail.

Dear Editor, The New Movement (TNM) is not open to dialogue with the PNC (APNU/AFC).

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber offered to resign yesterday after a court concluded he covered up a meeting with FIFA head Gianni Infantino and lied to supervisors while his office investigated corruption surrounding soccer’s governing body.

BEIJING/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – China yesterday ordered the United States to close its consulate in Chengdu in response to a U.S.

The three new parties that are expected to share a seat in the next Parliament have rejected overtures from the incumbent APNU+AFC for “dialogue” on the way forward for Guyana, calling its posture insincere.

(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors yesterday unveiled charges against 18 Portland, Oregon protesters ranging from assaulting police to arson and trespassing, a day after the Trump administration expanded the deployment of tactical police to Seattle.

The body of the late president of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), Komal Chand returned to Guyana yesterday on a flight from Cuba.

Dear Editor, The latest developments between the USA and China to many echo the beginning of a cold war if not a warm one.

(Reuters) – Manchester United have endured a difficult Premier League season but sealing third place with a win over Leicester City tomorrow will be further evidence of the team’s potential, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – The final-day drama in England’s second-tier Championship involved several clubs making late escapes from the threat of relegation but despite the tears of joy and pain, there may yet be a final twist to the season.

Guyana on Friday recorded its 20th COVID-19 fatality along with one new case.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Norwegian government representatives plan to visit Venezuela again, the South American country’s political opposition said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was interesting to learn that some senior members of the APNU coalition have finally acknowledged that the Recount Numbers are legitimate in keeping with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the Chief Justice of Guyana ruling that GECOM must make the declaration using the recount votes.

For years Yolanda Marshall kept her talent hidden in an exercise book, but fortunately it did not remain there.

(Reuters) – Every successful team needs a special talent and England pace bowler Jofra Archer has the ‘X-factor’, former West Indies Twenty20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite has said.

Dear Editor, I am looking around. I ask myself. Where I am?

Navindra Samaroo, the youth who was fatally shot at Middle Road, La Penitence on Thursday, died due to internal haemorrhaging, an autopsy has found.

(Reuters) – The United States recorded more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 for the fourth straight day yesterday but a top White House advisor on the pandemic said she saw signs that the worst could be past in hard-hit southern and western states.

(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday released the fixtures for its 2020 season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, with counties set to play a one-off red-ball competition for the Bob Willis Trophy starting on Aug.

(Reuters) – Oil major Chevron Corp expects to reduce the dominance of white males in company management during cost-cutting this year, upping the share of senior level jobs held by women and ethnic minorities to 44% from 38% last year, the company said in a statement.

In observance of its tenth anniversary, the Guyana Photographers Face-book Group has hosted a number of activities to commemorate the milestone and will also be releasing a series of photography-themed magazines in Guyana next month.

A porter died on Tuesday while another was left injured after they jumped from a tractor which toppled while descending a hill along the Arawai Trail, Mazaruni River.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Argentina plans to put into orbit a satellite with new precision technology in the coming days, to monitor felling of its native forests round the clock and accurately measure forest carbon stocks in a bid to help curb climate change, scientists said.

Dear Editor,  To casually, flimsily and callously dismiss a serious concern as coalition business speaks volumes of the level of arrogance on full display. 

Several Christmases ago, I wanted a twist to the glaze I was going to put on baked ham, so I decided to add some mango achar to my homemade guava jam.

I am craving a form of escapism. Pre-Covid, we lived with so much excess that it was exhausting for me and a lot of the people I knew.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa, who worked to end conflict in East Africa during and after his decade in power from 1995, died on Friday while being treated for an undisclosed illness, the presidency said.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Three members of the South African women’s cricket team tested positive for the COVID-19 virus ahead of assembling for a training camp to prepare of a proposed tour of England.

The driver who was involved in the accident that claimed the life of grass cutter Wayne James on Tuesday evening has been released on station bail.

Dear Editor, I have been trying to think of a metaphor for the Election farrago.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lawyers for Venezuela’s central bank (BCV) said yesterday they have won the right to appeal a ruling by the English High Court which recognised Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s president.

The ongoing crackdown in Portland, Oregon – enforced by unidentified federal agents in camouflage and tactical gear – has produced scenes more reminiscent of democratic resistance in a banana republic rather than a protest in an American city.

The demonization of religious and spiritual practices has a long history.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan joined thousands of worshippers at Hagia Sophia yesterday for the first prayers there since he declared the monument, revered by Christians and Muslims for almost 1,500 years, a mosque once again. 

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are currently in pursuit of two persons they have identified as main suspects in the recent chopping of a Lusignan resident.

(Barbados Nation) The statute of Lord Horatio Nelson is to be moved from Heroes Square.

Dear Editor, It is apparent that someone, most likely a troll, is attempting to link my name to a social media posting that seeks to besmirch the good name and character of Justice (Retd.)

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil registered an additional 1,156 deaths attributable to the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours and another 55,891 confirmed cases, the health ministry said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk is aiming to become the first man to run under 43 seconds in the 400 metres as he works his way back from almost three years on the sidelines with injury.