Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Amid growing and deadly violence on the West Coast of Berbice, President Irfaan Ali tonight announced that he was mobilizing help from the Regional Security System and the UK government to aid the investigative capacity of the police force.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Prettipaul Hargobin, age 34 years, of Block BI Bath Settlement, WCB which occurred about 15:45 hrs today 2020-09-09 at Bath Settlement Public Road, WCB.

The Guyana Police Force today noted the continued attack on Law and Order on the West Coast Berbice and the recent murder of Haresh Singh, age 17, in the Backdam of No.

A 17-year-old boy, who is the grandson of one of the suspects in custody over the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry, died today after he was found with head injuries and chop wounds along the Number 2 backdam.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill presents Guyana’s 2020 National Budget.

(Reuters) – Coronavirus deaths in the United States were approaching 190,000 today along with a spike in new cases in the U.S.

PHNOM PENH,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A high-ranking Cambodian police official has been sacked over sexual misconduct at work in a landmark case in the Southeast Asian nation but will not be prosecution to “protect the dignity” of the women involved, a police official said.

(Jamaica Star) Retailers and shopkeepers across the island are reportedly rationing chicken due to a shortage of poultry meat in the market place.

Seven persons are now in custody and police are searching for three others in connection with the gruesome murders of teenage cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry. 

Fifty-three new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday along with yet another fatality.

Dear Editor, People are now saying VP Jagdeo is a sell-out to ExxonMobil. 

A three-member team from the government led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with family members of Isaiah and Joel Henry who were murdered over the weekend.

Due to the local delays in processing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) samples, the Ministry of Health will be approaching the Brazilian government to discuss whether laboratories in the neighbouring country can undertake testing, Region Nine Chair-man Bryan Allicock has revealed.

Dear Editor, We often jadedly assume that those clutching the reins of power will only glibly address the very real and exacting challenges facing the average citizen, on any average day.

An inspired St Lucia Zouks skittled perennial finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors for the second lowest team total in Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) history and blazed to victory in just 27 balls to complete one of the most dominant performances in T20 history.

Dear Editor, The memorial piece entitled Mr. Toolsie Persaud: “Pioneering Guyana’s Development” was a wonderful collage of a beautiful man’s life in summary!

Police Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday said that protests along the West Berbice are inhibiting investigations into the gruesome murders over the weekend of Isaiah and Joel Henry.

Autopsies performed today on the bodies of Isaiah and Joel Henry, the teenaged cousins who were murdered over the weekend at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, confirmed that they both died from haemorrhage and shock due to multiple wounds.

(Reuters) – Australia avoided a series whitewash as they survived a mid-innings wobble to beat England by five wickets in the third T20 international and regain their top-ranking in the sport’s shortest format yesterday.

Dear Editor, I was happy to read the article and interview with our diaspora folks in NY `Academics in NY diaspora want gov’t to concentrate on poverty, COVID, jobs for youths, oil transparency’ SN September 7th’.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) two weeks ago conducted its first Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm (AAA) repair surgery.

Captain of the undefeated Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR), Kieron Pollard is confident his team can go all the way and win the Caribbean Premier League.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Health has been working assiduously to resolve the issues with the Covid-19 Hospital, securing increased testing capacity and turnaround, access to vaccine and improved therapeutics for the treatment of persons infected with Covid-19.

As the Ministry of Education weighs suggestions on the sitting of next year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), it is set to collaborate with the Health Ministry to analyse the preparedness of schools for a physical reopening.

West Indies women’s team all-rounder, Hayley Matthews, is banking on their five-match T20I series against England Women this month in England to gain momentum and show that women’s cricket is ready to be reintroduced.

Hundreds of persons yesterday assembled at the Square of the Revolution in Georgetown as a show of solidarity for the families of cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry, who were found dead at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The full tragedy, if not travesty of our situation in Guyana came to me starkly.

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc yesterday said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in a study participant.

Today, when the long-delayed National Budget 2020 is presented to the National Assembly it will be done in the absence of the main opposition APNU+AFC.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States expanded its sanctions related to Lebanon yesterday, blacklisting two former government ministers it accused of enabling Hezbollah and warning that more actions targeting the Iran-backed Shi’ite group were coming.

Dear Editor, All of us at Help & Shelter extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of Joel Henry and Isaiah Henry and condemn in the strongest possible terms the horrific, brutal and senseless murders and of these two young men.

Dear Editor The Stabroek Redevelopment Project was presented as one which would fulfil and surpass the need for a developmental project that would preserve Stabroek Market making this venerable market and its environs vastly attractive to both Guyanese and visitors, an admirable improvement to be proud of.

CGX Energy Inc. and its partner Frontera Energy Corporation on Monday donated $10M to Government’s COVID-19 emergency response plan which Minister of Health Dr.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Belarusian authorities drove prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova to the border with Ukraine yesterday, a day after she was snatched from the street in Minsk, but she tore up her passport so they could not force her to cross, two of her allies said.

Dear Editor,  I note that the First Lady has joined a seawall clean-up and this must be a step in the right direction. 

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo rattled home a superb first-half free kick to become only the second male player to score 100 international goals as Portugal outclassed 10-man Sweden 2-0 in their Nations League A Group 3 game yesterday.

The competitive consequence for the sporting landscape due to the Covid-19 situation continued yesterday, as regional confederation, CONCACAF following discussions with world governing body FIFA, has opted to shelf the World Cup Qualifiers until March 2021.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka’s sharp serving and superior return game helped her past American Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-4 and into the semi-finals of the U.S.

Former Guyana first-class batsman Gajanand Sigh was in full flow on Monday and stroked a majestic century to guide Strikers to an empathetic 160-run win over Pakistan First CC in the final of the NYC T20 Blast competition. 

Gifted left-handed opening batsman Trevon Griffith pulled the curtains down on his stint in the United States with a critical all-round showing to guide New Jersey Blackcaps to championship glory in the just concluded Ispace T20 championship at the weekend in Weston Road 1.

Centuries from Matthew Nandu and Roy Singh ensured Kaieteur Cricket Club a 105-run win over Canadian Eagles in the Brampton Etobicoke and District Cricket League Premier Division Saturday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has made a timely financial contribution to footballer Shennel Daniels of Fruta Conquerors who departed local shores yesterday ahead of her athletic scholarship to Bryant and Stratton College in the United States of America.

LONDON, CMC, – Highly-rated teenager Josh de Caires, the great-grandson of a former West Indies Test player and son of an ex-England captain, has signed a three-year contract with English county side Middlesex.

Television viewers of last Sunday’s Formula One (F1) Italian Grand Prix were fortunate to bear witness to the very rare event of the double changing of the guard in a discipline.

Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund will not be used to bankroll the $330 billion emergency budget, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has said that the supporting legislation would have to be amended to strengthen accountability and transparency.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has lost her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) to set aside a 2019 Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruling that female athletes with high natural testosterone levels must take medication to reduce it.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Unbeaten Trinbago Knight Riders swept into tomorrow’s final of the Caribbean Premier League after ruthlessly disposing of an erratic Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets in the first semi-final here yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Sergio Barrera Ruiz, a 52-year-old pediatrician from Jujuy in the north of Argentina, sees a local health crisis looming as the coronavirus pandemic ripples out from Buenos Aires, the capital, and grips the country’s less well-equipped provinces.

One of the advantages of the parliamentary aspect of Guyana’s semi-presidential political system is that it could foster consensus in ethnically divided and conflict-ridden situations (Lijphart, Arend (1984) ‘Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in Twenty- One Countries,’ Yale University Press).

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir today confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.