Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 14, 2020

As part of the ongoing negotiations between Government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) regarding disaffected health workers, the union is restating that all health workers be classified as ‘Frontline Workers’ and be paid a risk allowance.

The Deeds and Commercial Registry Authority yesterday said that it has taken note of an “ill-informed, reckless and malicious post being circulated on social media which sought to convey that a large number of staff of the Registry contracted COVID-19”.

PRAGUE/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European countries have begun to close schools and cancel surgeries, going well beyond curbs on social life, as overwhelmed authorities face their nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence right before the onset of winter.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that could provide immunity, the head of MI5 said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Police Constable has appeared virtually before a Port-of-Spain magistrate charged with shooting with intent to murder.

(Trinidad Express) Just hours after she was reported missing by her mother, the body of 23-year-old Tenil Cupid was found in Santa Flora on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago spent over TT$2 billion on the importation of cereals, fruits and vegetables last year, says Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon.

When Kaydia Levien felt a lump in her right breast earlier this year, she initially thought it was pre menstrual syndrome.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has dismantled the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) and terminated the services of its 42 employees including its Director Dr Clive Thomas and Deputy Director Aubrey Heath-Retemyer.

Facilitating access to cheap electricity was among key issues for possible assistance when head of America’s development bank, Adam Boehler and a team of investment officials met yesterday with Guyana’s private sector.

An Albouystown teen was fatally stabbed yesterday morning after an altercation with three older boys at his workplace.

Ganga Kishna and Avishkar Bissoon were yesterday morning  freed of murder charges which alleged that they had had set fire to a Robb Street building, killing a father and his two young daughters.

The High Court has set next Thursday—October 22nd for the case management conference (CMC)  for the hearing of the election petitions filed by the main Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) challenging the results of the March 2nd polls.

Lance Corporal Kester Bowen, the soldier seen in a now viral video assaulting a police officer at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), pleaded guilty to three traffic charges and was fined on Monday.

Passengers subjected to a second PCR COVID-19 test after arriving in Guyana are no longer required to wait at the airport for their COVID-19 test results but are asked to isolate themselves after arriving at their final destination until they receive their results.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that Guyana has recorded an additional 44 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Suriname’s Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin is due here today on an official visit.

A Chinese national is nursing a gunshot wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital following a robbery at the Egou Supermarket at Melanie Damishana last evening.

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence was yesterday arrested and placed on $100,000 station bail by the Criminal Investigation Department.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for COVID-19, Portugal’s Football Federation said in a statement on its website yesterday.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr. in his quest to interact with most, if not all of the local sport associations, came one step closer to his goal when he met with the executives of the Lusignan Golf Club last Saturday.

Allan Sim is likely to know his fate tomorrow when a jury deliberates on the case against him for the alleged murder of hospital ambulance dispatcher Melissa Skeete.

Former Guyana under-17 batsman, Matthew Nandu cashed in on a purple patch to score over 1000 runs across three leagues in Canada this season.

A Banks DIH Limited truck driver was on Monday charged with causing the death of Ravindra Arjune, who recently succumbed following injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle accident along the Trafalgar, West Coast Berbice (WCB) Public Road.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday urged the newly appointed Board of Directors of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri to embark on initiatives that will transform and modernise the services of the facility.

Today’s inductee into Stabroek Sports’ Boxing’s Hall-of-Fame is none other than the late Andrew`Sixhead’ Lewis.

Following a meeting of the Committee of Selection on September 15, the 12th Parliament has 14 fully constituted committees which will be responsible for various sectors.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) returned to winning ways after they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 20 runs in Match 29 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The final of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) remains on course to be held in June next year despite the disruption caused to the qualifying process by the COVID-19 pandemic, cricket’s governing body told Reuters  yesterday.

Ministry officials have assured that measures to prevent the spread of the dengue fever in Guyana are being taken even as there are outbreaks in other parts of the Caribbean region.

In an effort to continue his personal coaching development, Junior Hercules, head-coach of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Men’s Senior Team will feature in a Virtual Training Seminar, which will be hosted by USA Basketball.

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The G20 group of major economies is poised to extend a multi-billion-dollar debt freeze for the world’s poorest countries to help them weather the coronavirus crisis, and may adopt a common approach to dealing with longer-term debt restructurings.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that it will be hosting meetings with the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) to discuss strategies to ensure children are engaging during at-home learning.

Dear Editor, Over the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to visit the Skeldon, Rose Hall and Enmore estates as efforts are being made to resuscitate operations there.

Residents of the Success Squatting Area are refusing to budge even as the area is being flooded by NICIL in a bid to dislodge them so as to facilitate planting in the abandoned sugar cane fields.

(Reuters) – AB de Villiers showed India the way to deal with Australia’s pace attack ahead of their tour Down Under by flaying Pat Cummins in Monday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match, prompting his Bangalore captain Virat Kohli to dub him ‘superman’.

(Reuters) – Apple Inc yesterday launched its next-generation iPhone 12, with faster 5G connectivity that the California company hopes will spur consumers to trade in their old phones and keep its sales booming through the end of the year.

Dear Editor, Over the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to visit the Skeldon, Rose Hall and Enmore estates as efforts are being made to resuscitate operations there.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday held discussions with the Emir of Qatar,  Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and aid to the COVID-19 fight here is on the agenda.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A beach volleyball player who was hauled in front of sporting authorities for publicly criticising Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has escaped with a warning.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, said yesterday she gave no commitments to the White House on how she would rule on Obamacare or election-related cases and declined to say if she believed landmark rulings legalizing abortion and gay marriage were properly decided.

Dear Editor,  The controversial two percent royalty on our crude oil production seems to be written in stone and no change to this particular aspect of the contract is on the immediate horizon.  

The Trinidad and Tobago High Court of Justice delivered a blow to FIFA yesterday when it denied football’s world governing body’s application challenging the jurisdiction of the court to adjudicate the dispute between the parties.

The Ministry of Education yesterday received 35 tablets from Demerara Bank Limited and Amazon Supply to be given to students in need.

Dear Editor, I write to acknowledge Mr Ravi Dev’s response to my letter asking him for his opinion on the Indian Ethnic Security Dilemma (IESD). 

(Reuters) – U.S. voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the Nov.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The World Bank said its executive board yesterday approved  $12 billion in new funding for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments for their citizens.

A family of three whose house was completely destroyed by an electrical fire in September recently  received a donation of $3.2m from the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG). 

Dear Editor, The former PS is still a member of staff. 

Dear Editor, I refer to the SN article of October 12, captioned, “GTT Pinktober campaign touches GPH cancer patients.” 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Pride have finally gotten their hands on the Headley/Weekes Trophy for capturing this year’s Cricket West Indies first class tournament.

(Reuters) – The Giro d’Italia was on the brink of cancellation yesterday after five teams were hit by COVID-19 cases on the first rest day, with two of them pulling out of the three-week grand tour 12 days before the finish in Milan.

(Reuters) – Some suspects accused of trying to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer also discussed whether they should shoot her in the head and contemplated abducting Virginia Governor Ralph Northam as well, an FBI agent testified yesterday.

(Reuters) – County teams will compete for two first-class trophies in the 2021 season with the County Championship to resume with a group stage format followed by a five-day final for the Bob Willis Trophy, the country’s cricket board (ECB) announced yesterday.

A man is now in a critical condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was struck and dragged by a speeding funeral van along the Devonshire Castle Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast on Monday afternoon.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Russia was behind a cyber attack launched against the Norwegian parliament in August, the Norwegian foreign minister said yesterday, an accusation Russia denies.

Houston is scheduled to interview former Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy for their coaching vacancy today, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

When seventeen prisoners lost their lives in a fire at the Camp Street prison in March 2016, it occurred to me that society had failed in its duty of care to the prison population and I was not surprised when a few weeks ago, prisoners at the Lusignan prison were protesting their conditions in this era of the COVID-19.

The passing of the American singer and songwriter Johnny Nash last week no doubt evoked bittersweet memories of another era for the older generation of Guyanese.

Dear Editor, Since the world has become aware of COVID-19, we all witnessed its devastating effects.

The beleaguered catfish industry worth an estimated $1.8 billion may soon get a new lease on life if, as the Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha hopes, the government is successful in having the ban on exports to the US removed.

URACHICHE, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – In the Venezuelan town of Urachiche, long a bastion of support for President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling Socialist Party, a radio station broadcast messages in September calling for a protest over decaying public services and chronic fuel shortages.