Daily Archive: Saturday, February 8, 2020

The National Sports Commission today said it was deeply saddened by the news of the passing of national cyclist and sports philanthropist Jude Bentley.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has issued a spring tide warning effective from today to February 13.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The head of a United Kingdom (UK) pressure group is urging the Andrew Holness administration to deny landing rights to a charter flight from Britain with 50 Jamaicans to be deported to the island next Tuesday, after one of the detainees attempted to end his life.

(Trinidad Express) A man who was employed as a watchman at a church has been sentenced to time in prison after he stole from $40,000 and jewellery from an office on the property.

(Jamaica Observer) The Government, accepting professional advice, will not be repatriating Jamaicans from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the deadly novel coronavirus.

(Trinidad Express) A widower has been jailed after he was found drunk and driving in the wrong direction along the Solomon Hochoy Highway.

With questions still lingering about the academic bona fides of PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, two citizens have moved to the High Court for disclosure, while arguing that they are entitled to know the qualifications of the presidential hopeful as with any other, before deciding to vote for a particular candidate.

Ballot papers and statements of polls for the March 2nd general and regional elections arrived in Guyana just after 6 am yesterday on an Atlas Air (747-400) N475MC cargo aircraft.

Several police ranks, including a senior officer, are now the subject of an internal probe after being accused of collecting millions of dollars to prevent the laying of charges over the discovery of a sub-machine gun and a quantity of ammunition at a city business place last year.

Following the coronavirus outbreak, local authorities are currently monitoring 13 persons who have returned to Guyana from China and a few others are expected to arrive in the country this weekend, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) Dr Karen Gordon-Campbell has said.

After a freeze on wage increases since 2015, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) yesterday announced that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) had approved “pay increases” for sugar workers and that it was studying the development before making a decision on acceptance.

The Guyana Jaguars and the Jamaica Scorpions were locked in a tense battle for outright honours at the close of the second day of their West Indies Championship fourth round encounter at the Providence National Stadium ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, The striking workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) are in a fight of immense proportion and acknowledge they need support from all Guyanese regardless of geographic location, political or religious persuasion; from civic society and those in and out of government. 

Fitness fans get ready, the Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge returns to the National Park’s tarmac tomorrow.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams has refuted claims made by attorney Anil Nandlall that he has called for the postponement of the March 2nd general and regional elections during a court hearing on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I am appalled at the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr Basil Williams, leading a pack of Cabinet Ministers and other Government officials, in their failure to obey the laws of Guyana.

The cream of the nation’s cyclists will renew their rivalry today and tomorrow in back-to-back events sponsored by R&R International.

The laidback approach to resolving industrial issues between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and majority Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) is an illustration of the Department of Labour’s “incompetence”, General Secretary of the union Lincoln Lewis has said.

For close to 30 years now, Kenneth Nelson has been taking unwanted pieces of wood and turning them into magnificent sculptures.

Dear Editor, The granting of approval blindly for the  erecting of a monument on Parade Ground, with none other than the Minister with responsibility for Sports; Hon.

Residents of Leguan are calling for the immediate replacement of barnacle-infested planks used for the upgrading of the Leguan Ferry Stelling.

The eighth Milo Secondary Schools football competition was launched yesterday at the Beepat Headquarters, Dennis Street.

Chicken Breast. It is my least favourite part of the bird.

Dear Editor, I respond to an article published in the Friday February 7, 2020 edition of the Kaieteur News headlined `Standoff escalates at RUSAL, workers chase Edghill, Phillips, defy Police, block Berbice river.’

The finalist of the second Trophy Stall and Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) Under-19 Inter club 50 overs cricket tournament are Scottsburg United and No 73 Young Warriors.

International accounting firm BDO officially launched its operations in Guyana on Thursday evening during which it was highlighted that it will be manned by an all Guyanese staff.

Dear Editor, I ask everybody in the media and this society if Minister Khemraj Ramjattan can do his job to uphold law and order, what about Minister Amna Ally, the senior Minister of Social Protection, and Minister Keith Scott, who is the political head of the Department of Labour?

Cricket West Indies Director of Cricket (DOC) Jimmy Adams along with the administration’s first ever Coach Education Manager, Chris Brabazon Thursday  concluded a one-day seminar with local coaches.

I have never really been interested in any sort of sport or sporting event.

The coronation of a new champion will occur this evening at the Christianburg hardcourt when Swag Entertainment lock horns with Quiet Storm in the grand final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden championship.

APNU+AFC supporters were on Thursday night urged to maintain the peace on elections day as the governing coalition aims to deliver free, fair and credible elections and secure an overwhelming victory.

A Corentyne farmer and a labourer were yesterday charged with the murder of fellow resident Parmanand Lakeram, whose body was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds last week, following a claimed dispute centred on a stolen cow.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Reuters) – A major cruise line on Friday took the extraordinary step of banning citizens of China regardless of when they were last there, while there was sorrow and anger over the coronavirus death of a doctor from Wuhan who had been reprimanded for sounding an early warning about the disease.

BENONI, South Africa, CMC – West Indies finished fifth at the ICC Under-19 World Cup after persistent rain wrecked a difficult run chase against Australia and forced a no-result in their playoff match here yesterday.

Jubilee Jazz will for part of the 50th Republic Anniversary celebration with the complements of GEMS Theatre Productions and Dream Team Productions in collaboration with the Government of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I have been following the story on the Chateau Margot Chimney and while I am away on study leave, I would like to unofficially inform that the Chateau Margot Chimney  is  one of the areas identified in GuySuCo’s Cultural Heritage (Sugar) Tourism (CHST) programme for development as a Heritage Park.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment investigation: Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland.

The Miss India Worldwide Guyana is accepting applications for the Miss India Worldwide Guyana, Miss Teen India Worldwide Guyana, and Mrs India Guyana and Guyanese women of Indian descent are invited to apply.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over 15 years af­ter Mala Mo­hammed, the wife of busi­ness­man Khalid “Un­cle Khalid” Mo­hammed was ex­e­cut­ed at her home, two men ac­cused of the crime have walked free.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Jason Mohammed and Yannick Ottley struck centuries to put Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in command of their fourth round match against Windward Islands Volcanoes.

Dear Editor, The sound of a siren on the Mayor’s vehicle is now a constant feature in the city.

West Demerara’s Taffin Khan had amassed 4½ points by Wednesday evening and took the sole lead in the National Qualifiers Chess Tournament, which is currently being played at the National Stadium, Providence.

A construction worker was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with murdering a drinking companion, whose body was found floating in a New Amsterdam canal last week.

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India has extended the detention of four political leaders in Kashmir who had been held by authorities since August to quell dissent after the central government stripped the region of its autonomy, two senior officials said yesterday.

Seon David, who police say shot and killed a Linden man after a row over a card game, has been charged with murder and remanded to prison.

Dear Editor, The abuse of state resources for political activity continues in Region #5 I wish to draw to the Auditor General of Guyana’s attention that on February 2, 2020 an enclosed truck, plate number GWW 4353 that belongs to the Regional Democratic Council Region #5 Health Department was transporting alcohol and other items for a PNCR fund raising event in Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice.

It is known that tensions can run high during the run up to our country’s national elections and Signature Productions, in an attempt to ease them, will next Friday evening stage its inaugural “RED” production, a parody of Romeo and Juliet.

More than a month after a suspect was charged with the murder of Kyle Chase, the South Ruimveldt resident who was stabbed to death late last year during an altercation with his girlfriend’s former partner, the police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a second man.

On July 14th, 1789, the first day of the French Revolution, Louis XVI’s diary entry was the single word: “rien” because he had shot nothing in his daily hunt.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Aggressive deforestation is starting earlier this year in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, environmental enforcement agents say, with government data yesterday showing destruction doubling in January compared with a year ago.

Last Update: 606.16                           Movement: 0.15% Current Update: 607.05                     YTD Movement 0.17% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.15% during the first period of trading in February 2020.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil’s indigenous people have endured a week of “attacks” as a former missionary was appointed to manage the country’s uncontacted forest tribes and a push to open protected land for development moved ahead, indigenous campaigners said.

(Jamaica Observer)  “Guyana is a real opportunity,” according to Keith Duncan, co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC).

Dear Editor, Elders of Queenstown and Bel Air Park tremble with fear as February 23, 2020 approaches, because every year, the local government, police, and organizers of Mashramani allow big companies to set up massive speakers, more than one storey high, in their neighbourhood, less than 20 feet from the nearest homes — speakers that blast forth excessively loud music for up to 20 hours, causing the elders’ chests to vibrate dangerously, leaving them deaf and discombobulated for days, rocking their old wooden homes like a level 4 earthquake, knocking pictures off walls and ornament off of tables and shelves, and creating a physical stress that medical experts have proven leads to strokes and infarctions (heart attacks).

Lindener Quincy Lacon who goes by stage name ‘Ego’ is set to turn the heat up at tomorrow night’s Senior Calypso Semifinal in Bartica, with his new song “We Are the Guardians”.

No one should be afraid to openly support the political party of their choice.