Daily Archive: Monday, August 31, 2020

Amid the sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 deaths and cases, the government today announced the reimposition of a 6 pm to 6 am curfew from tomorrow.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 08:00hrs today on Homestretch Avenue in the vicinity of the CANU Headquarters, involving motor car PYY 7942 driven by a 27-year-old Prison Officer, and motor X-Trail PWW 4425 driven by a 22-year-old male of Eccles, East Bank Demerara resulting in the death of Prince Cox, 38, a Chief Prison Officer of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.

Traffic is presently at a standstill in Region Five as protesters have remained on the main access road starting fires and blocking the road with tree branches and pieces of wood in their call for District Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, to be released from police custody.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) says that as of 10:00 am today, two other persons have died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Opposition APNU+AFC this morning filed its elections petition challenging the results of the March 2nd General and Regional elections—a national recount of ballots from which saw the PPP/C emerging victorious.

District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo was this morning placed on $150,000 bail on each of four charges of misconduct in public office pertaining to the March 2nd general elections.

(Jamaica Observer) Young Jasmine Keeling was always smiling. She was such a cheerful child that her neighbours in the Burke Road, Old Harbour community of St Catherine called her Smiley.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Twice a day, New Delhi health worker Kamal Kumari receives a flurry of WhatsApp messages from coronavirus patients, containing either a two-digit reading from a tiny medical device or a photo of its glowing display.

KIGALI,  (Reuters) – Rwanda said today it had detained Paul Rusesabagina – the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide – on terrorism charges and paraded him in front of media in handcuffs.

A man has been held following the fatal chopping on Saturday of 29-year-old seaman Kishan Persaud at Busby Dam, Craig, East Bank Demerara.

Guyana Amazon Warriors 153/3 (Pooran 100*, Taylor 25*, King 14; Jaggesar 2/33, Joseph 1/24) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 150/5 (da Silva 59, Ramdin 37*, Dunk 19; Green 2/31, Sinclair 1/9, Shepherd 1/13) by 7 wickets  Nicholas Pooran yesterday smashed the first hundred of Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020, the third fastest in the tournament’s history at just 45 balls, and the first of his T20 career, to rescue the Guyana Amazon Warriors from another shaky start with the bat and make a mockery of what looked like a competitive St Kitts & Nevis Patriots total.

A maiden T20 century from Nicholas Pooran kept the hopes alive for the Guyana Amazon Warriors to reach the semi-finals in the Caribbean Premier League and has left the team in admiration.

Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) Infor-mation Technology (IT) Officer, Enrique Livan was yesterday charged with fraud, even as his lawyer Eusi Anderson condemned the Guyana Police Force’s actions which he said included an attempt to coerce an admission to the crime while also violating his client’s constitutional right to an attorney.

Guyana’s archers continued their encouraging showing in the qualification round of the World Archery Americas’ Online Archery Cup of the Americas competition.

Four persons are recorded to have died within a matter of 19 hours from COVID-19 bringing the death toll to 39.

Former Guyana under-17 batsman, Marvan Prashad is currently trapped in the United States due to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic.

Protests continued yesterday at Belladrum, West Coast Berbice  over the detention of District 4 Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) last evening called on those culpable to clear the roadway or it would “use all lawful means” to do so.

National left-handed duo  of Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffith and Assad Fudadin were among the top run-getters in the recently concluded Big 3 T20 tournament which was contested in the United States of America. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday promised to “aggressively explore” options to improve the circumstances of the residents of the depressed community of Tiger Bay in the west of the capital.

Almost two weeks after they were tested for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the family of the late Wilfred James, who succumbed to the disease earlier this month, are still awaiting their tests results despite being promised that they would receive it within five days.

NICE, France, (Reuters) – A year after capturing French hearts, Julian Alaphilippe claimed the Tour de France yellow jersey again when he kept his composure to win the second stage yesterday.

The St Lucia Zouks smashed the record for the lowest total ever defended in Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), as Kesrick Williams and the spinners strangled an anxious Barbados Tridents batting lineup to leave Jason Holder’s men reeling.

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you would publish my letter so that the relevant authorities in Guyana could be made aware of what is taking place here at St.

(Reuters) – Youth channel MTV dedicated its Video Music Awards show on Sunday to Chadwick Boseman, calling the “Black Panther” star, whose death last week at age 43 shocked fans around the world, a “true hero.”

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Political pressure is growing in Brazil to disband a high-profile team of anti-corruption prosecutors that has put dozens of former executives and politicians behind bars, despite its strong popular support and hundreds of cases still pending.

The Woodlands Hospital has begun providing a rapid test for COVID-19 to the public.

The acting Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Althea Padmore says a certificate from Ashworth College, the validity of which has been questioned, had not been part of her application for a position at the agency and she says  she is endeavouring to have allegations about the certificate answered and will make public her findings.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Glenn Phillips’s unbeaten half-century and Carlos Brathwaite’s three-wicket haul powered Jamaica Tallawahs to a critical 37-run victory over luckless St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League here Saturday.

Dear Editor, We receive statistics every day about how many new positive cases we have of the Covid-19 virus.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African president Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before the governing African National Congress party’s integrity commission over controversial campaign donations, the deputy secretary of the ruling party said yesterday.

Dear Editor, About 2 – 3 weeks ago my friend Harry McD called me and uttered these words: … “men kill men as men kill men to prop the government…”, and asked if I could place those words.

A Berbice mother is seeking an investigation after her newborn was discharged from the New Amsterdam Public Hospital with a gaping hole on his hand due to a suspected burn from a defective intravenous line which she was never made aware of. 

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton took another step towards a record-equalling seventh Formula One title yesterday with a dominant lights-to-flag victory in the Belgian Grand Prix.

(Reuters) – Fishermen battled yesterday to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon near the site of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier which struck a coral reef.

Almost 50% of Guyana’s recorded COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic even as Guyana’s effective reproductive rate as it relates to the spread of the virus has increased.

With less than 41 days before the commencement of the CONCACAF World Qualifiers, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is unable to finalize a timeline for the commencement of training for the Golden Jaguars programme due to the lack of clearance from the Covid-19 Task Force.

Dear Editor, Each individual or group has a vote and a right to determine that vote based on their needs and perspective and this includes the right to freedom of association. 

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 600,000 yesterday as deaths from the virus approach 19,400, ahead of the end to more than five months of lockdown.

Dear Editor, During the afternoon of 26th August, 2020 I was at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary interviewing and taking instructions from a client that I was retained to defend.

By Thomas Harding Thomas Harding is writing a book about the 1823 Demerara rebellion.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Friday said the Government will continue to support the work programme of STEM Guyana which has been heavily involved in promoting the science of robotics among young people.

Some 28 trillion tonnes of ice have disappeared from Earth’s surface since 1994, according to researchers from Edinburgh University, University of Leeds and University College London.

Anthony Davis scored 43 points and LeBron James added 36 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 131-122 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night near Orlando to win the Western Conference first-round series in five games.

In sending the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Vincent Adams on immediate leave of 126 days without explanation, the one-month-old PPP/C administration has effectively decapitated the Agency while it is in the midst of making major decisions on various aspects of the oil and gas industry and in other sectors.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil registered 566 additional coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours and 16,158 new cases, the Health Ministry said last evening.

(Trinidad Express) A Moruga mother is demanding an investigation into the shooting death of her son allegedly by an off-duty police officer on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) COVID-positive pregnant women treated at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex Women’s Hospital have given birth to babies who are negative for the virus.