Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 26, 2020

The major banks will be closing at noon on election day, March 2nd  to permit employees to vote.

(Jamaica Observer) A man who was on the police most wanted list in 2017 was acquitted of murder in the Home Circuit yesterday following a no-case submission by his attorneys Peter Champagnie, Queen’s Counsel, and Kemar Robinson.

(Trinidad Guardian) De­spite al­most be­ing in­jured and even killed, mas­quer­ad­er Nat­acha Jones thanked the au­thor­i­ties at the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for the treat­ment she re­ceived on Car­ni­val Tues­day.

(Trinidad Express) Road March King Iwer George is aware of the controversy surrounding a brief interaction with the husband of Trini-born American rapper Nicki Minaj on Carnival Tuesday.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The sudden rise in novel coronavirus cases in Italy, Iran and South Korea is “deeply concerning”, but the virus can still be contained and does not amount to a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said today.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America today, diagnosing a 61-year-old man in Sao Paulo who returned recently from Italy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The strength and commitment of an injured unnamed policeman who was hurt in a two-vehicle smash-up at the intersection of Harbour and Pechon streets yesterday afternoon was the talking point among workers from a nearby furniture store, some of whom witnessed the crash and helped in the rescue effort of the six victims.

Following mounting pressure and a meeting yesterday with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has agreed to increase the number of polling places in several areas for Monday’s general elections.

A man who pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter in the death of his wife was yesterday sentenced to 21 years in prison by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall in the High Court in Berbice.

Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge is threatening a US$1 million lawsuit against former presidential advisor Jan Mangal, unless he retracts statements and issues an apology for what he says are statements that impugn his integrity.

Kemo Evans was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 29 years behind bars after being found guilty by a jury of the 2015 murder of Hamson’s General Store owner Abdool Farouk Ghanie, who was stabbed during a robbery at his home.

The Lady Jaguars sealed their qualification for the knockout round in the CONCACAF Women’s U20 Championship, defeating Puerto Rico 2-1 yesterday at the Felix Sanchez Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic A Cristina Roque own goal in the 54th minute handed Guyana the lead following a scoreless first half interval.

Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc yesterday announced its fourth quarter and full year 2019 production figures showing total output lower than that of 2018.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has found itself again fighting off the ropes after it failed to meet a February 24 deadline to pay for accommodation and meals for a team of eight selected to participate at the Olympic Qualifiers in Argentina. 

The 326 workers that were sacked by RUSAL-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) after the company suspended its operation here have been paid their salaries for February by the government holding company, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

Demerara opened their Guyana Cricket Board/Bel Air Rubis Under-17 Inter-County campaign with a four-wicket win over the Select U15 while Berbice defeated Essequibo by 142 runs yesterday.

Minister within the Ministry of Communities Annette Ferguson has lost her bid to secure an interim injunction to restrain Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and the Guyana Times newspaper from repeating what she says are libellous statements made by the two to damage her character and reputation.

Following his team’s heartbreaking exit from the CONCACAF men’s U20 Qualifying competition, Golden Jaguars head-coach Wayne Dover said yesterday that the campaign was very competitive  adding that  his charges were unlucky to be eliminated from the competition.

SV Ratio FC of Paramaribo, Suriname, defeated Team Guyana 1-0 to level the three-match series 1-1 when the Goodwill International Masters Football Championship continued on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.

An East Coast Demerara businessman who is currently suing the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for wrongful arrest has again been apprehended in another GRA anti-smuggling operation.

Reigning boys U – 21 national champion Elishaba Johnson continued to top his counterparts in that category and copped another under – 21 crown, this time in the annual Forbes Burnham Memorial Table Tennis tournament on Monday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). 

Months after his return to Guyana after serving 10 years in a United States (US)  jail for drug trafficking, Roger Khan was arrested by the police yesterday for the alleged assault of a man.

An Edinburgh youth on Monday succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital to injuries sustained after plunging into a trench on Sunday afternoon. 

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Despite heading into today’s second match of the One-Day International (ODI) series one down, West Indies is not overly worried and will be focused on levelling the series, says batting star Shai Hope.

The rapid spread of the coronavirus in South Korea has prompted the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to postpone the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea scheduled to be held March 22-29. 

-PPP, APNU+AFC grilled on records in office Six of the political parties contesting the March 2nd general and regional elections last Wednesday sought to assure indigenous leaders that they would seek to protect their interests amidst concerns over  what was seen as the “encroachment” of protected areas on traditional lands.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – When Pakistan go up against West Indies in their first match of this year’s Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup today, they plan to make the Caribbean side’s proclivity for hitting big work in their favour.

Dozens of family, friends and Rossignol Butchery employees came together last night during a candlelight vigil held for Cuban national, Ofredis Duarte Campos, who was murdered last Thursday morning in Middle Street, Georgetown, while on his way to work.

Dear Editor, A behaviour of lawless lewdness pervades the society. Over the years it has become normalized and acceptable to the point where it is now a cultural phenomenon.

An Enmore  man now awaits sentencing after being found guilty yesterday of murdering the husband of a woman he had been seeing.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – West Indies vice-captain Anisa Mohammed has called for her batsmen to give more support to the bowlers in today’s Group B clash with Pakistan, after a tight tournament opener against minnows Thailand.

Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) have begun arriving in Guyana to monitor the country’s Regional and General Elections on Monday.

Dear Editor, I write to endorse the comments made by the writer who made an appeal to public officials to uphold the human rights of the residents of Irving Street and Bel Air in his/her letter published on February 25, 2020.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy, died yesterday at the age of 91.

Khris Middleton scored 40 points as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks overcame Bradley Beal’s career-high 55-point performance to earn a 137-134 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday.

Dear Editor, The view being advanced by a leading member of the APNU+AFC coalition that incumbency is an ‘advantage’ in electoral politics should be viewed with concern by all who believe in a free, fair and transparent poll.

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday alerted Americans to begin preparing for the spread of coronavirus in the United States after infections surfaced in several more countries.

A private contractor was yesterday shocked while carrying out works for the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Top batsman David Warner reckons Australia’s Twenty20 team are well on course for World Cup success later in the year as they go into the last game of their three-match T20 series in South Africa yesterday.

Dear Editor, Two Guyanese sons of the soil strutted their stuff at the Commonwealth Secretariat to celebrate the 50th Anniver-sary of Guyana becoming a republic.

NAPLES,  (Reuters) – Antoine Griezmann’s second-half equaliser handed Barcelona a vital away goal and earned them a 1-1 draw at Napoli in their Champions League last-16 first leg meeting yesterday.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A committee in Colombia’s lower house of Congress will investigate allegations by an ex-senator who fled the country that President Ivan Duque participated in vote-buying and sought to have her assassinated, the head of the panel said on Monday.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for repairs to one of the Guyana Defence Force’s Fiberglass vessels along with the docking of a vessel.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – More than a dozen people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi, hospital officials said yesterday, as riots overshadowed U.S.

As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continues to escalate on a daily basis and spread to different countries, it is time to acknowledge, despite the statements otherwise, emanating from the World Health Organisation (WHO),  that the world is facing a pandemic.

Dear Editor, Are we mad?  How long has this been allowed to exist? 

On 16 November 2011,  I said, “Of the major parties, I am left with A Partnership for National Unity, which has adumbrated a position that comes closest to my demands. 

CHARLESTON, S.C.,  (Reuters) – Surging Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders came under withering fire in a boisterous debate in South Carolina yesterday, as rivals attacked the high cost of his ambitious economic agenda and warned he would cost the party the White House and control of Congress.

Although convinced that Change Guyana could have benefitted from an earlier start to its electoral campaign, its leader Robert Badal is optimistic that enough voters will give the party an opportunity to represent their interests in the National Assembly.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs in the one-off test yesterday to register their first victory in this five-day format in 15 months.