Daily Archive: Saturday, April 25, 2020

Joseph Harmon is no longer the Director General of Ministry of the Presidency.

It makes sense that Australian director Justin Kurzel would get around to making a film about Ned Kelly, Australia’s most infamous outlaw.

The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP)  today said it has noted reports published in yesterday’s daily newspapers which suggest that foreign partners as well as international financial institutions are unwilling to provide Guyana with financial aid to combat the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) because the country’s electoral process is incomplete.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that there was currently “no evidence” that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection.

(Jamaica Star) The Health Ministry is reporting that Jamaica now has 288 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) The brutal killing of 76-year-old Kitchena Howard of Spring Bank in Portland, Thursday night, has left his 17-year-old granddaughter and residents in the area grief-stricken.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Counsel for the ousted Trinidad and Tobago Football Association executive has hit back at First Citizens Bank’s “aggressive and defensive” response to an email earlier this week, seeking clarification on the alleged changing of signatories on the TTFA accounts.

GECOM yesterday said a recount of ballots in the hotly disputed March 2nd general elections could take at least 25 days and amid continuing fears of rigging, the opposition PPP last night said  it has “grave doubt” whether the process would be credible given the voting by Chair Claudette Singh on several pivotal matters.

President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Frankie Farley is looking to take to sport to new heights once the coronavirus pandemic abates.

Guyana has now recorded an eighth death as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and as the number of positive cases has increased to 73.

The Berbice Cricket Board and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club have begun distributing food hampers to those in need in  the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The mother of an 11-year-old, who has been in quarantine at one of the Ministry of Public Health’s facilities for approximately 40 days, is seeking answers from health authorities over an alleged mix up of the girl’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test results.

President David Granger has placed Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) as part of a restructuring to strengthen the body.

Last year, at the Team World Cup in Tokyo, Japan, president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Thomas Weikert and Chief Executive Officer Steve Dainton, were upbeat about their plans and vision for the sport going forward.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will offer online and paper-based options for 2020 examinations, which it hopes to administer in July with a final timetable expected to be published next week. 

(Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday extended the suspension of the professional game in the country until July 1 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

As businesses in the hospitality sector reel from the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the major hotels here have said that occupancy is relatively low but some are benefitting from stays by workers from the oil and gas industry.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele should have spent this week finalising their preparations for the London Marathon but the two best distance runners in history are instead out alone on the trails of East Africa not knowing when they will race again.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Yesterday’s decision to not award the Dutch league title to Ajax Amsterdam was understandable, said the club’s general manager Edwin van der Sar as the season in the Netherlands was formally brought to a premature close by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dear Editor, I direct this appeal to the Honourable Subject Ministers of the Ministries of Human Services and Ministry of Communities; General Manager of the National Insurance Scheme; Ladies and Gentlemen of the banking and business sector.

The price reductions for fuel announced by the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) earlier this month have not filtered down to Lethem, Region Nine, where gas stations continue to charge prices that are twice that of GuyOil’s.

GENEVA/ZURICH,  (Reuters) – World leaders pledged yesterday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part in the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Players at the Premier League’s top clubs should “stick to their guns” and resist pressure to take pay cuts during the COVID-19 shutdown, ex-Manchester United captain Roy Keane said yesterday.

Dear Editor, If the events surrounding the conclusion of the 2020 elections were not of such consequence, it would be regarded as a circus with GECOM Chairperson Claudette Singh as the circus director.

Orealla’s Toshao Carl Peneux has said permission has been granted for the community to make weekly trips to Corriverton for supplies. 

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement, adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkey plans to resume its soccer Super League matches in mid-June and the games may be played without spectators, state media quoted the head of the clubs’ association as saying yesterday.

The Vice-Chairman of the National Toshaos Council as well as residents of regions One and Two, have voiced concern about the persons in the two regions who are ignoring the nationwide curfew.

Dear Editor, President David Granger has seen his name and his reputation dragged back and forth through the mud.

Self-taught makeup artist Latassie Sealey is known for the looks she creates for her clients.

(Reuters) – Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co said yesterday it would cease most of its operations in Venezuela after the U.S.

(BBC) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has received “multiple offers” from other countries to help complete the domestic season.

A mentally ill resident of Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, has been missing for a week and his family is offering a reward of $100,000 for his safe return.

Dear Editor, I wish not to reiterate the activities that have ensued thus far that have led Guyana to its current political impasse.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government yesterday announced new price controls on food products, the first time it has done so in two years, as the coronavirus outbreak and an acute gasoline shortage cause inflation to accelerate.

An early morning fire, suspected to have been deliberately set, yesterday destroyed a part of a building which once housed a disco at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness I express my deepest regret at the passing of Cde.

(BBC) Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says speculation about transfers for “hundreds of millions of pounds this summer” is ignoring the “realities that face the sport” because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Like many of you, I too have been baking since the Covid-19 lockdown.

Weird dreams, insomnia and anxiety are among the things we have become accustomed to experiencing since the beginning of this pandemic.

(Reuters) – Makers of household cleaners on Friday took the unusual step of urging people not to drink or inject their products, after U.S.

Police have asked the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice on charges against the suspects in the murder of Mahaica fisherman Zahir Ali, who was fatally stabbed on.

A camera crew followed Kobe Bryant in his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2015-16, filming him and teammates in locker rooms on the road and at home, in the training room, at practice and on the team plane, ESPN’s Baxter Holmes reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, At 10:00 hours yesterday, Friday, members of the Guyana Police Force came down Regent Street and shut down stores that were open.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Indigenous tribes in Peru’s Amazon say the government has left them to fend for themselves against the coronavirus, risking “ethnocide by inaction,” according to a letter from natives to the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

As the Ministry of Public Infrastructure awaits funding to execute emergency works on the Content, Mahaicony sea defence, it is looking to deploy a contractor to undertake short-term works at the site.

The old and the young participated in the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown’s virtual hat show last weekend and according to organisers it was a big success.

(Reuters) – Five former directors of La Liga club Osasuna and two ex-Real Betis players have been handed prison sentences after being found guilty on a series of corruption charges, a Spanish court filing showed yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Parliament is extending the state of Public Health Emergency until June 30, 2020. 

Dear Editor, The April 22, 2020 Executive Order from President Trump is of immense interest to those hoping to immigrate to the U.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 51,000 and nearly one in six workers out of a job, Georgia, Oklahoma and several other states took tentative steps at reopening businesses yesterday, despite disapproval from President Donald Trump and medical experts.

Events décor company Innovign Art is offering a virtual paper flower making workshop two Tuesdays teaching fundamental techniques in creating giant paper flowers.

A well-known Bertold Brecht poem begins: “Truly, I live in dark times!

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday urged countries to continue vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent seasonal flu and measles outbreaks.

(Jamaica Observer) China Merchants Port Holdings now has full control of Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), the entity that manages the Port of Kingston under a 30-year concession agreement with the Government of Jamaica.

Dear Editor, It was hoped that the appointment of Justice Claudette Singh as GECOM’s chairman would have satisfied all the criteria envisioned in the statutory purpose of this position.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s new ball pair of James Anderson and Stuart Broad have their eyes on the 2021-22 Ashes series in Australia before they consider retirement, the duo have said.

The opposition PPP/C yesterday express-ed “grave doubt” over the credibility and transparency of the impending national recount of votes from the March 2 polls, after Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh voted against a majority of proposals made by opposition-nominated commissioners that they say were intended to “safeguard” the process.

Children can astonish and inspire us with their insight. When unspoiled by the inevitable afflictions of life, they are a reflection of the divine within all of us.