Daily Archive: Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today said that a joint patrol comprising ranks of the GDF and the Guyana Police Force came under fire yesterday from the Venezuelan shore during a routine joint patrol om the Cuyuni River.

The Ministry of Education – Guyana is registering vehemently with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), its dissatisfaction with the apparent poor grading of students at the 2020 CSEC and CAPE examinations.

 (Reuters) – Britain is planning to host clinical trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, the Financial Times reported yesterday, citing people involved in the project.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – President Alexander Lukashenko is not the legitimate president of Belarus, the European Union said on Thursday, saying his abrupt swearing-in on Wednesday went directly against the will of the people.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Christopher and Andrea Jacobs were eagerly anticipating celebrating son Kristophe’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination results at the family home in Sydenham Gardens, just outside Spanish Town, on Tuesday evening.

 (Reuters) – Former Australia cricketer Dean Jones, regarded as one of the finest batsmen of his generation, died from cardiac arrest today aged 59, Indian broadcaster Star India said, prompting tributes from the prime minister and fellow players.

(Trinidad Express) Police officers across three divisions were last evening searching for the men who abducted 67-year-old businesswoman Mary Ali early yesterday morning.

President Irfaan Ali has vowed that there will be a revamped electoral machinery so that there is never a repeat of the long delays for elections results or blatant attempts to rig, experiences that he says he shudders to remember.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday called for unity when he attended a private viewing of the body of Haresh Singh at Persaud’s Funeral Home in New Amsterdam hours before he was taken home and then to the Number Three backdam where he was finally laid to rest. 

High Court criminal trials are set to recommence on October 6th when the final of the assizes for this year is also expected to be declared open.

Ninety-eight new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed by the Ministry of Health yesterday in addition to one new death.

As COVID-19 cases and deaths surge here, Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc (EML), is expected to commence novel coronavirus PCR testing by this weekend according to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMA) Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle.

Addressing the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, President Irfaan Ali made a strong defence of multilateralism in addressing questions surrounding Guyana’s territorial integrity, climate change and the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

DERBY, England, CMC – Captain Stafanie Taylor surpassed 3 000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals but West Indies Women had little else to celebrate as they slumped to a 47-run defeat to England Women here yesterday.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has rejected claims from APNU+AFC MP Roysdale Forde that a Statement of Excess for monies spent since the dissolution of Parliament last year should have already been tabled in the National Assembly.

While the nation’s boxers are forced to sit out due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is not resting on its laurels. 

The US$5m COVID-19 loan application to the World Bank by the APNU+AFC government was not approved and had to be resubmitted by the PPP/C administration when it took office, sources say.

President of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Orin Ferrier has  declared that it would be financially difficult especially in his jurisdiction, for the sport to resume given the economic setback suffered locally due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday said that old age pension payments for October 2020 will begin on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at all post offices countrywide.

Rohit Sharma led from the front as Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 49 runs and secured their first win of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) THE Ministry of Education, in the wake of complaints from students and parents regarding perceived irregularities in the just-released Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, says it is investigating the concerns.

(BBC) When I, my West Indies team-mates, my opponents and the match officials take a knee to recognise the Black Lives Matter movement before our Twenty20 internationals against England I will feel both proud and privileged.

Autopsies performed on Winston Herbert and Earl Graham, the two inmates who were fatally wounded after they attempted to escape from the Lusignan Prison on Saturday revealed that they were both shot in the chest.

Five years after being sentenced to a combined 202 years for the gruesome murder of 16-year-old Queen’s College (QC) student Neesa Gopaul, her mother Bibi Sharima-Gopaul and her former lover Jarvis Small will on October 1st make their first appearance before the Court of Appeal.

Dear Editor, The number of COVID-19 cases in Guyana is increasing alarmingly.

A Survivor’s Advocacy Programme for domestic violence victims is to be launched before the end of the quarter.

Dear Editor, On social media, one can find many speeches by members of parliament debating the 2020 budget for Guyana.

A resident of East Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, was on Tuesday arrested and charged with possession of a quantity of narcotics suspected to be cannabis.

LOUISVILLE, Ken-tucky, (Reuters) – Two police officers were shot and wounded late yesterday in Louisville, Kentucky, during protests ignited by a grand jury decision that civil rights activists decried as a miscarriage of justice in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.

Dear Editor, The staff of the Guyana Forestry Commission would like to place on record their heartfelt appreciation to the Minister of Natural Resources, Hon.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada has entered a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday, warning that the country was on the brink of a surge if people did not follow public health guidelines.

Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the story of Anitha Qualis, a mother of four who was remanded and will be sentenced for trafficking 503 grams (17.74 ounces, a little more than 1 lb) of ganja as reported in the local media.

A hunt is underway for remanded prisoner Leroy Graham, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Nurses attached to the Linden Hospital Complex yesterday staged a demonstration outside of the hospital to demand a COVID-19 risk allowance and more personal protective equipment (PPE).

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton is one win away from matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time record 91 and the Mercedes Formula One driver will be favourite to get the job done in Russia on Sunday.

The majority of the TT Football Association (TTFA) members voted on Tuesday to end United TTFA’s court action against FIFA.

(Reuters) – The NBA’s long-standing engagement in China continues to have a “net positive” impact on the mutual understanding between the United States and the Communist nation, Commissioner Adam Silver told CNN on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe Cricket have received government permission for a six-match limited overs tour of Pakistan in November, officials confirmed yesterday.

The local table-tennis fraternity will continue to wait for clearance from the Ministry of Health and, by extension, the Government, in order to resume action.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams’ latest quest to make history begins when the curtain rises on the French Open at Roland Garros next week.

(Reuters) – Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament with an ankle injury and will be replaced by West Indies’ Jason Holder, the franchise said yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The governor of Brazil’s São Paulo state, João Doria, said yesterday the state is likely to start to immunize its population with China’s Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 in mid-December, pending regulatory approval.

In many societies, a gift of jewellery is an expression of love and sometimes a form of commitment.

Dear Editor, Reference to `Ali says gov’t forced to start from scratch to revamp decimated sugar estates’ that was carried in your September 23 edition, and in particular the excerpt “Everything has been destroyed.