Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 2, 2020

(Jamaica Gleaner) A standoff between the security forces and robbers in Junction, St Elizabeth at a Ready Cash outlet has ended.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A popular hairdresser of Falmouth, Trelawny died as a result of injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle collision involving a truck and the car in which she was a passenger this morning.

Former Harbour Master Stephen Thomas has been appointed as the new Director General of the Maritime Administration Department, according to a release today from the Ministry of Public Works.

The Ministry of Housing and Water today announced the appointment of Sherwyn Greaves as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

President Irfaan Ali yesterday asserted that the work of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) won’t be affected by the abrupt sending on leave of its Executive Director, Dr Vincent Adams and while he declined to provide reasons for the move he hinted at Adams’ political affiliation.

The Police say they are investigating a hit and run fatal accident which occurred at about  9.40 pm  yesterday on  La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara involving a motor vehicle, make, number and driver unknown and pedestrian Imran Abdul, age 25,  a mason, of Lot 24 Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara.

(Jamaica Star) Jamaica recorded three more COVID-19 deaths last night, bringing the total to 24.

(Jamaica Star) Farmer Nadine Christian said she was swindled out of 83 pounds of chicken by a man pretending to be a restaurant owner.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his re-election campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to anti-racism protests, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six men including two Venezuelan nationals have been remanded into custody after appearing in court for murdering a Chinese businessman during a botched robbery, late last month.

A catastrophic top-order display saw the Barbados Tridents capitulate to 92 all out in the face of an impressive bowling and fielding performance from the Guyana Amazon Warriors, who eased home with 20 balls to spare to pick up their fourth win of the season and go clear in third place on the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 table last evening.

Elite League outfit and traditional Georgetown heavyweight Santos Football Club has acquired the services of four players pending  confirmation by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), following the conclusion of the latter’s 2020/2021 Pre-Season Transfer Window.

Former PPP/C Minister Manzoor Nadir was yesterday declared Speaker of the 12th Parliament but it was the election of Lenox Shuman as his Deputy which triggered consternation in the opposition ranks leading APNU+AFC to boycott the proceedings that followed.

The 2020 Caribbean Premier League has unearthed a number of local talents who have swept the tournament by storm.

While still claiming that the ruling PPP/C government is fraudulent, Joseph Harmon minutes after he was elected Opposition Leader said that he hopes to provide the quality of leadership that is needed at this time for the people of Guyana.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – New Zealander Colin Munro stroked his second half-century of the tournament as Trinagbo Knight Riders posted a franchise record seventh straight win after brushing aside Jamaica Tallawahs by 19 runs here yesterday.

The newly convened National Assembly yesterday approved in excess of $11.2 billion as budgetary allocations for 16 constitutional agencies.

The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Guyana is now 43 following the passing of two other persons last evening.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at the U.S.

Dear Editor, My heart goes out to those defrauded in the “Ponzi Scheme” fraud. 

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Mohammad Hafeez scored a scintillating unbeaten 86 as Pakistan held their nerve to defeat England by five runs in the third and final Twenty20 International at Old Trafford yesterday to tie the series 1-1.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has arrested Duarte Hetsberger, the Personal Assistant to the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told East Canje, Berbice  residents that the process to restart operations at sugar estates which were closed by the previous government has already begun except for the Wales Estate where the factory was dismantled. 

(Trinidad Guardian) The large oil cargo on a damaged Venezuelan tanker in the Gulf of Paria, miles off Cedros will be transferred to a contracted vessel, but local groups want to know exactly when.

Dear Editor, Once again Homestretch Avenue has gobbled up the life of another Guyanese, this time as in the past, a young man who still has much to offer us, though all lives are equally precious.

(Reuters) – Lionel Messi is unlikely to change his mind about leaving Barcelona, the club’s presidential candidate Victor Font has said.

Dear Editor, Government should be giving preference for the solar solution.

ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France, (Reuters) – Slovenian Primoz Roglic showed no ill effects of his crash earlier this month as he prevailed in the first mountain-top finish of this year’s Tour de France on the fourth stage, a 160.5-km ride from Sisteron yesterday.

Ponzi scheme couple, Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ishmael, have been slapped with an additional 12 charges of conspiracy to commit a felony.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House yesterday pushed back on concerns expressed by the World Health Organization (WHO) after a U.S.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Angry national team players have called on members of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) board to put “politics and self-interest” aside or face the collapse of the professional game in the country.

Dear Editor Please be good enough to provide some small space to: justly offer congratulations to GAWU’s articulate representation of its role in the sugar industry and the indicators given of its contribution to its future sweetness.

The family of James Downer, who had contracted the novel coronavirus prior to his passing last Friday are unsure whether the seventy-three-year-old man  contracted the virus during his recent travel to the interior or while he was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Dear Editor, The great scientist and humanist Albert Einstein warned humanity that “the world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything”.

A number of COVID-19 patients were yesterday afternoon moved into the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, formerly the Ocean View Hotel, as the Ministry of Health finalised plans to adequately house COVID-19 patients at the facility.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said an investigation was under way into alleged “thugs” who boarded a plane seeking to cause damage last week during his Republican Party convention, but U.S.

National and Caribbean champion Priyanna Ramdhani returned to badminton action in an unusual fashion, competing in her living room rather than the court during the Pan Am Home Cup 2020 on Monday last. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told Berbicians that the New Amsterdam Public Hospital will be investigated and persons will be held accountable following harrowing stories from patients about their experience there. 

Dear Editor, I write this letter reluctantly since I had decided not to engage any actions or messages taken by the present PPP/C government until its “honeymoon” 100 days are over.

(Reuters) – Antibody levels against the novel coronavirus rose and then held steady for up to four months in more than 90% of recovered COVID-19 patients in Iceland, according to a study published yesterday.

ISTANBUL/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Two high-profile Venezuelan opposition leaders are in talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro to participate in the upcoming legislative elections despite a planned boycott, a Turkish official involved in the talks said yesterday.

BERN, (Reuters) – Europe’s national teams will emerge from a 10-month hiatus as the second edition of the UEFA Nations League kicks off this week, still under the shadow the COVID-19 pandemic which brought football to a standstill earlier this year.

Dear Editor, My parents and people were right.  Damn right, you got that straight!  

A Craig vendor was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Kishan Persaud, who died following a fatal chopping on Saturday.

FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – Getting a coronavirus vaccine from manufacturing sites to parts of the developing world supply will be an immense challenge, given the need to store some vials at temperatures as low as minus 80 Celsius (-112 Fahrenheit), Deutsche Post warned yesterday.

Jimmy Butler hit three consecutive hoops down the stretch to cap a postseason career-high, 40-point performance Monday night as the fifth-seeded Miami Heat stunned the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks 115-104 in the opener of their Eastern Conference semifinal series in the NBA bubble near Orlando.

(Trinidad Express) The Covid-19 death toll continues to rise with five more deaths recorded yesterday.

The Guyana Prison Service has received medical and sanitation supplies from the CARICOM security agency, IMPACS to help protect prisoners from the COVID-19 virus.

Dear Editor, The (re)appointment of a one-time CEO of the water company is not a progressive step for the company.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the T&T Police Service does not intend to go on a rampage ticketing children eight years and over who are not wearing face masks in public to protect against the COVId-19 virus.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Pupils returned to school throughout much of Cuba yesterday after more than five months, although not in Havana where restrictions including a curfew went into effect due to a surge in coronavirus infections.

Chris Paul scored a team-high 28 points and carried the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday near Orlando, forcing a decisive seventh game in the teams’ Western Conference first-round playoff series.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s top corruption-busting team of federal prosecutors will quit the task force that dismantled the country’s biggest graft network and jailed a former president for taking bribes, the team announced yesterday.

Not for the first time, a week ago a senior Alliance for Change (AFC) member left the party, claiming that ‘over the years I have been at loggerheads with the executive.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to severely impact the way we conduct our daily lives, with nightly 12-hour curfews and other restrictions, Reuters reported on Monday that e-commerce giant, Amazon.com

Dear Editor, I refer to Chris Persaud’s letter, `The lesson is that Hindu Organizations should stay away from political affiliation’ (Stabroek News, 1 Sept.

A 34-year-old gold miner is currently in stable condition at the Port Kaituma District Hospital following a shooting incident at Chi-Chi Backdam, North West District.

(Trinidad Guardian) Outspoken judge and lay minister Frank Seepersad says there is a race relations crisis in T&T which needs to be addressed urgently.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born British doctor and civil rights pioneer Dr Harold Moody is being revered by Google Doodle today. 

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s foreign ministry yesterday accused Chinese troops of taking “provocative actions” on the disputed Himalayan mountain border while commanders from both sides were holding talks on Monday to defuse tensions between the Asian giants.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World Rugby said yesterday it would allocate $2.5 million among rugby Sevens nations that have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics to cope with further disruptions to the global sevens calendar due to the novel coronavirus.

SÃO PAULO/GENT– When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Brazil’s economy, the country’s per capita income was already in steady decline.

(Trinidad Express) THE MOTHER of the Venezuelan teenager who was brutally attacked and left for dead in a gravel road in Debe last month has asked for continued prayer and support for her daughter.