Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 11, 2020

GUANGZHOU, China/GENEVA, (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, the country’s senior medical adviser said today, but deaths surpassed 1,000 and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global threat potentially worse than terrorism.

Former Chief of Staff of the GDF, Gary Best who is under investigation over the accident death of cyclist, Jude Bentley says he is suspending his election campaign appearances.

Via his attorney, PPP/C candidate  Charles Ramson Jr has denied that he defamed international cricketer, Chris Gayle.

(Trinidad Express) Michael Maynard, the man who killed his eight-year-old daughter then died by suicide was also an accused rapist out on bail.

Former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board  (GRDB) Peter Ramcharran was today sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of one charge of falsification of account.

GUANGZHOU, China/GENEVA, (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections in China may be over by April, its senior medical adviser said today, but the death toll passed 1,000 and the World Health Organization warned of a “very grave” global threat.

(Trinidad Guardian) Eight-year-old Makeisha May­nard’s life end­ed when she was planassed to death by her fa­ther for a bed­wet­ting in­ci­dent.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican health authorities are reporting that a patient who was being quarantined after returning home from China is now showing a “progression of symptoms” of the Coronavirus.

(Jamaica Star) A man who police confirm was accused of being involved in last Wednesday’s shooting death of taxi operator Karl Senior, was shot and killed by armed men at his home in Duncans, last Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ef­forts are be­ing made to re­turn a whale, which was found strand­ed at La Lune beach in Moru­ga, back out to the sea.

(Trinidad Express) Police were called to the San Fernando hospital on Monday after a newborn baby boy was brought in unresponsive after a home delivery in Debe.

The third draw of crude oil in the Stabroek Block will be lifted early next week after government and ExxonMobil have settled on a value for the oil being extracted from the Liza field and this will go to Guyana.

National volleyball spikers Philana Simpson and Andy Rohoman have been identified to lead the national under – 21 female and male teams respectively in the upcoming Inter-Guianas under – 21 volleyball tournament in Cayenne later this month.

In a unanimous decision, the Guyana Court of Appeal has ruled that there is no residency requirement to bar persons already on the national register of registrants from voting.

Guyanese Manzoor Ali and Duane Peters have been selected to represent the Caribbean Karate Federation (CKF) at the upcoming World Union Karate Federation (WUKF) Championship in Poland.

Former army Chief of Staff Gary Best, who was hospitalised after being held by police over Saturday’s accident that claimed the life of cyclist Jude Bentley was discharged yesterday and has been placed on $100,000 station bail while investigations continue.

Ryan McKinnon and Rajiv Latchana shot their way to season-opening wins in the fifth Guyana Sports Shooting Foundation annual P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants sponsored Pistol Match at the Guyana Defence Force Yarrowkabra Range recently.

Mohanlall Dinnanauth, Ravindra Harry and Maurice Solomon emerged winners of their respective flights in the inaugural Wine Vault pre-Valentine golf tournament Saturday.

A 57-year-old pedal cyclist died after he was reportedly struck by a minibus on Sunday evening along the Planters Hall Public Road, Mahaicony.

Shabika Gajnabi followed up her 152 in the opening round with an unbeaten 90 to lead Rose Hall Town Metro to a 96-run win over New Amsterdam/Canje and win the Berbice Cricket Board/ Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club/ Nand Persaud Company Limited female 50-over competition  Sunday.

Three weeks after a St. Agnes Primary School teacher and three parents were charged with assaulting each other at the school, the charges against the former have been withdrawn.

The Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge is in the books. Here is a recap and some facts following the sixth edition of the CrossFit-style event which was staged on Sunday at the National Park.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, last night robbed a Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) kiosk at the Giftland Mall of an undisclosed amount of cash.

The annual Lennie Shuffler male and female senior volleyball tournaments will serve off at the weekend in observance of the stellar contribution of the former national captain and adminstrator. 

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) views President David Granger’s recent announcement of lands to retrenched sugar workers as an “empty promise,” General Secretary of the union Seepaul Narine says.

Presidential Candidate of A New United Guyana (ANUG), Ralph Ramkarran has said that those who applied for a change of address and did not receive it should be officially informed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of this situation.

A solidarity ride along with a candlelight vigil were observed by cyclists, family and friends of Jude Bentley on Sunday following his untimely death in a fatal accident during early morning training on Saturday on the Rupert Craig Highway.

Stung by their narrow, seven-run defeat to the Jamaica Scorpions in their fourth  round clash when they failed to chase down a below 200-run second innings score the Guyana Jaguars has decided to bolster their batting line up  by including  out-of-favour, West Indies batsman, Shimron Hetmyer.

A 29-year-old labourer and his reputed wife were on Friday remanded to prison after they were charged with the murder of Gopaul Seeram, the Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara man who was beaten to death last Tuesday night.

At the Annual General Meeting of Enterprise Busta Cricket Club recently, Parmanand Dindyal was re-elected to lead the club for the new term.

Recaptured murder accused Terrence Pitt was yesterday sentenced to 12 month in jail after pleading guilty to escaping from police custody.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Colombia’s Wimbledon and U.S. Open doubles champion Robert Farah has escaped a doping ban after an ITF investigation accepted his claim that he ingested a banned steroid through contaminated beef cooked by his mother.

The return of the spring tides is once again threatening the livelihoods of Mahaicony farmers between Dantzig and Fairfield, in Region Five, as they remain exposed to the Atlantic Ocean.

PPP/C Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali on Saturday evening promised to revitalise agriculture in Region Six if he is elected as the next president of Guyana.

Dear Editor, The situation at Kwakwani is not new.  It has only deteriorated over the past several years. 

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand women’s cricket captain Sophie Devine became the first player to pass 50 in five successive Twenty20 internationals yesterday when she scored 105 in her side’s 69-run win over South Africa in Wellington.

LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and James Harden are among the 44 finalists for the 12 spots on the 2020 U.S.

The 2020 edition of the Who’s Who in Guyana Business Directory was launched on Saturday evening at a reception hosted by British High Commissioner Greg Quinn and ActionINVEST Carib-bean Inc (ACI). 

Dear Editor, My visit to Albouystown, an inner city community in Georgetown, last Monday, revealed to me the hopelessness of its residents.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan needed less than 90 minutes yesterday to claim the last four Bangladesh wickets and steamroll the tourists by an innings and 44 runs inside four days in the opening test in Rawalpindi.

A homeless man, who police say went down a “chimney” to steal from a business place, was remanded to prison yesterday to await sentencing on a break and enter and larceny charge.

Dear Editor, Stop this nonsense coalition backers. This garbage of taking any deal with an American oil major because it offers a buffer to Venezuela is just that, garbage.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in mainland China soared past 1,000 today with a record daily rise in fatalities, although the number of new confirmed cases fell.

Bojan Bogdanovic hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Utah Jazz to a 114-113 victory over the host Houston Rockets on Sunday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday emphasized that Article 21.1 of the Purchase Agreement between the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEGPL) defines the tax relationship between the company and its sub-contractors.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – President Nayib Bukele’s use of armed soldiers in El Salvador’s parliament over the weekend has alarmed political foes and rights groups, with growing fears about democratic backsliding in the crime-ravaged Central American nation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The UK government has received a blow to its plans to deport about 50 people to Jamaica after one of two legal actions to try to halt the scheduled flight succeeded.

Dear Editor, Observers not intimately familiar with Guyana’s electoral process may not grasp the disconnection with the Laws of the Land, procedures of GECOM and the actualities that obtain on Election Day.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – West Indies stars Nyeem Young and Jayden Seales have been named in the ICC’s Under-19 World Cup team of the tournament.

The National Tuberculosis Programme (NTBP) has made a major step in efficiently diagnosing Tuberculosis (TB) cases following the establishment of a laboratory in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) compound.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice ramped up its fight against states and municipalities that adopt “sanctuary” policies to protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation, with new lawsuits against the state of New Jersey and King County, Washington.

(Trinidad Express) The bodies found in a vehicle parked on the roadside in Arouca on Sunday have been identified.

Dear Editor, One man is dead, and another stands before Guyana in a spot on which none would wish for even sworn enemies. 

Surrounded by family, friends and well-wishers, Pearl Gravesande celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday at the Archer’s Home, a release from the Ministry of Education said.

Sheria Khalil, the bank teller who was  attacked and stabbed by her reputed husband more than a week ago at Timehri, East Bank Demerara remains hospitalised.

Last month Britain held an Africa investment summit. It was live streamed and hosted by the country’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

KEENE/NASHUA, N.H.,  (Reuters) – A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought yesterday to build on their strength as front-runners in an up-for-grabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – The black comedy “Parasite” is a tale of two South Korean families – the wealthy Parks and the poor Kims – mirroring the deepening inequality in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian prime Minister  Mia Amor Mottley is calling on the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to come up with new strategies for new times. 

Our national track record will show that there exists no innate culture of respect for and serious adherence to environmental laws across the spectrum of communities and workplaces in Guyana.

By Xiao Qiang BERKELEY – In his 2016 book The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century, Norwegian political scientist Stein Ringen describes contemporary China as a “controlocracy,” arguing that its system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than what came before.

Dear Editor, On Sunday I ran a Guyana Election Question time in London despite Storm Ciara.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Pride have stormed to the top of the standings in the Regional Four-Day Championship following their crushing innings win over Leeward Islands in Basseterre on Sunday.