Daily Archive: Monday, September 28, 2020

(Jamaica Star) According to her grandaunt, Lorna Davidson, seven-year-old Bianca ‘Heaven’ Spence wanted to become a nurse.

(Jamaica Star) For the second time in a matter of days, policemen have been attacked while trying to get persons to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols.

A team from  the RSS arrived here today for the probe of three murders on the West Coast Berbice that convulsed the region earlier this month.

A key programme to eliminate violence against women was launched by CARICOM last Tuesday.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Kevin Baynes, 34, of Namrad Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara which occurred on September 26, 2020, at Big Creek Backdam, North West District.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Michelle Henry looked with bewilderment at her house a day after her eight-year-old daughter was found inside hanging from a clothes line in Commodore, St Catherine, on Sunday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Kay Maragh is hoping that she will be the first woman, person of colour, and Caribbean immigrant to be elected mayor of Palm Bay in Florida.

MOSCOW/BERLIN,  (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning, her spokesman said today.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – U.N. rights experts asked Nigeria today to release a 22-year-old singer who was condemned to death over an allegedly blasphemous song, and said the sentence broke international law.

(Trinidad Express) IT was a soldier, not a policeman. And an investigation will be launched to determine whether the member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) committed any criminal act following the release of video footage showing an officer secretly pocketing an envelope during a raid in La Horquetta last week where $22 million in cash was seized from Drugs Sou Sou (DSS).

While government is forging ahead with plans for the reopening of three of four shuttered sugar estates, it cannot solely sustain the sector and is calling on private investors to partner with it.

Interested builders of the new bridge across the Demerara River have up to December 4th to submit expressions of interest (EOI) for a four-lane high-span structure that could be as high as the Marriott Hotel or higher and while likely to be pricey there is no word yet from the government on the projected cost of the facility.

Absolute heist! Rajasthan Royals (RR) put up a sensational show with the bat and created a record for the highest successful run-chase in the Indian Premier League history as they beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by four wickets in the ninth match of the Dream11 IPL 2020 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

To enhance the search and rescue capacity in Guyana, local aircraft owners are calling on government to make it mandatory that all aircraft be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) tracking systems.

The Rose Hall town Youth (RHTYSC) and it’s 10 cricket teams have already distributed close to 6000 food hampers to residents in the ancient county of Berbice.

Saturday’s detention by police of Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and the prospect of a new criminal charge are intended to have Lowenfield classified as a  “tainted” witness in relation to any testimony he might give before an election petition.

Vice President (Ag) of the East Coast Cricket Committee (ECCC) Lalta Gainda has taken umbrage with Bisoondial Singh for comments he made in a recent Stabroek Sport article.

Two more women were yesterday confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to have died from  COVID-19  bringing the total number of fatalities to 78.

By Rudi Webster Concentration is a mental skill that can be learned and improved.

A 22-year-old man died last night after the car he was driving crashed into a canter along the Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

—Says Vurlon Mills   With the Concacaf Gold Cup draw penciled for today, former Golden Jaguars international and emerging coach Vurlon Mills, says traditional rival and Caribbean giant Trinidad and Tobago would be the ideal first round opponent  for the preliminary section.

A fifty-two-year-old businessman is now a patient at a city hospital where he is nursing a gunshot wound to the neck following a shooting at his Roxanne Burnham Gardens residence.

Julian Edmonds, Coach of the Running Brave Athletic Club, says that he would endorse the shifting of the Nationals Schools Championship to the first quarter of the year instead of the traditional year-end fixture.

‘Relief’ and ‘enthusiasm’ are words that can be used to describe the feelings of two of the forty-nine repatriated Guyanese who returned from Suriname on Monday after much anticipation.

LeBron James had 38 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to their first NBA finals in a decade with a 117-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Saturday near Orlando.

Dear Editor, On September 23, 2020, I had the most horrifying experience in the Ultrasound Department of Eureka Medical Laboratory on Thomas Street, Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the Russian Grand Prix for Mercedes yesterday after team mate and Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton was penalised for infringements before the race had even started.

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has issued a public warning over land in the vicinity of Eccles on the East Bank that persons are attempting to sell/sublease.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, after years of reporting heavy losses from his business enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income, the New York Times reported yesterday, citing tax-return data.

Dear Editor, It is the norm that when governments change hands there will be reorganization, replacement of key personnel and changes in policies.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley was arrested Saturday and is being held without bail on felony weapons and drug charges in Minneapolis, according to police records.

Ninety-two families of Gordon Table, a farming community in the Mahaicony Creek will soon have access to potable water.

YEREVAN/BAKU,  (Reuters) – At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed yesterday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016, reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets.

An 85-year-old woman is currently a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after she was struck down by a speeding car yesterday afternoon while attempting to cross the La Grange Public Road on the West Bank of Demerara.

Dear Editor, The major newspapers have warned them. The major newspapers dedicate lots of newspaper space daily to educate the nation about oil.

(Reuters) – England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan hailed rising India batsman Shubman Gill after the young opener’s unbeaten 70 helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday for their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download at 11:59 p.m.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that around 30% of those employed in the tourism sector have lost their jobs and another 36% had been furloughed or placed on unpaid leave as a result of the fallout from COVID-19. 

Dear Editor, I had the opportunity to attend a webinar, Wednesday September 23, 2020 co-hosted by the American Educator Research Association (AERA) and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), titled Education Research Worldwide in a COVID and Post COVID World.

In last week’s article, we sought to explain the Government’s budgetary process for the benefit of those who are not familiar with it.

By Ryan Cecil Jobson and Matthew Quest Ryan Cecil Jobson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.

LISBON/JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Mozambique has asked the European Union for support in tackling a wave of militant attacks in the country’s north by rebels with links to Islamic State, a conflict that has raised fears for stability and security in southern Africa.The

(Reuters) – The decision to sanction a major league match in Brazil yesterday even though half the members of one club had coronavirus has highlighted the difficulties of sport’s return in a nation where the pandemic is still not under control.

The announcement by the High Court that it is preparing to have criminal trials resume on October 6th when the final assizes for the year is expected to be declared open must be welcomed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After prayer and consultation with her constituency, Lisa Hanna today made her intention to contend for president of the People’s National Party (PNP) official. 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The largest city in Brazil’s Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain a fresh surge of coronavirus cases, a trend that may dash theories that Manaus was one of the world’s first places to reach collective, or herd, immunity.