Daily Archive: Monday, April 27, 2020

(Jamaica Star) In a valiant attempt to save the life of his four-year-old son, a firefighter has been hospitalised after suffering burns to his back and other parts of his body, after fire gutted a house at Mason Hall in Port Maria, St Mary.

GECOM today said that CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has dispatched a letter to the Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) indicating that: 1.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two men are nursing several gunshot wounds under police guard at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) after they were disarmed and shot during a bizarre tussle with a man they abducted Saturday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A major squabble has erupted between two Kingston hospitals over whether the death of a 23-year-old delivering mother was caused by a panicked breakdown in COVID-19 patient protocols by a medical team at the Andrews Memorial Hospital.

An engineer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Saturday succumbed to his injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident on the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina has banned until September ticket sales for commercial flights, according to a decree published today, in a new measure the government said is part of its coronavirus response.

Canadian silver miner Silvercorp Metals Inc is to acquire the Region Seven-based Guyana Goldfields Inc in a CDN$105m deal.

Basketball sensation and national player Stanton Rose Jr., will take his talents to San Antonio, Texas to suit up for the University of St Mary’s in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division. 

A Canal No.1 Polder woman was murdered last night by a man who invaded her home and police have since launch a hunt for the suspect who is known to the community.

The inaugural I-Bet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ e-Sports Championship officially kicked off on Saturday evening, with Marvin Johnson securing a hard-fought win over Akil Harper in the first match of the two legged affair.  Johnson, who is contesting the prestigious event as Liverpool, defeated Harper and his Barcelona outfit 3-2.

The finalised order for the recount of votes at the March 2nd general elections will allow a high-level CARICOM team to submit a report at the end of the process which ”may” be considered by GECOM but up to yesterday there was no word on when it will arrive here.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – West Indies Women have been placing heavy emphasis on personal fitness, even though the novel coronavirus pandemic has ruled out any possibility of on-field action for the foreseeable future.

Legendary West Indies spinner, Lance Gibbs has issued a call for the legends of the game to be incorporated into helping improve West Indies cricket.

The government’s information unit yesterday said that the appointment of an Executive Secretariat for the National Coronavirus Task Force is aimed at speeding up remediation efforts for those affected.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gave the go-ahead yesterday for professional sports teams to start training again in May following the novel coronavirus outbreak but did not set a date for soccer’s top-flight Serie A championship to resume.

Dear Editor, The recent vote by the GECOM Chairperson Ms. Claudette Singh to suppress the Region Four Statements of Poll should be a worrisome development for all persons who are interested in the preservation of democracy in Guyana.  The Statements of Poll are documents which are critical to the transparent transmission of election results from the polling stations to the Elections Commission and their use in the tabulation process, and by extension in arriving at the final election result, is mandated in Article 84 of the Representation of the People Act.  These documents do not belong to any one individual to withhold from the public just because they do not like the information contained therein.  Ms.

I took all the precautions to avoid contracting the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19), so even after I developed symptoms and was hospitalized for one night, I still hoped I did not have it. 

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Attorney General and longtime professor at the University of Guyana, Keith Massiah SC passed away yesterday following a period of illness.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal has said he is very pessimistic about the possibility of tennis returning to normal any time soon because of the new coronavirus pandemic that shut down the sport last month.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating a fuel spill which was discovered yesterday morning at Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) factory at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, Guyana narrow economic base has once again exposed its vulnerability to a combination of domestic and external shocks.

Dear Editor, Guyanese have been intellectually assaulted and psychologically abused for the last 17 months following the defeat of the Granger-led APNU+AFC government by the successful passage of the No Confidence Motion on December 21, 2018 and its  defeat once again at the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.

A Venezuelan family of six, residing at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara is struggling to survive under the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown and are thankful for their kind neighbours. 

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods promised that next month’s made-for-TV match with Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will be an entertaining contest as the quartet try and raise funds for charities involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the mining fraternity is pleased with the current high world market price for gold, some miners say that due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions and other factors they have been unable to maximise production.

PUERTO ORDAZ/MARACAIBO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuelans reported paying above $2 per liter ($7.57 per gallon) for gasoline last week amid fuel shortages, one of the world’s highest rates and a dramatic reversal for an OPEC nation that long boasted of having the world’s cheapest fuel.

(Reuters) – Balls and pitches will need to be sterilised frequently when Spanish soccer returns in order to minimise the chance of players getting infected by the novel coronavirus, a leading doctor in the sport has said.

Dear Editor, I have read the most recent iteration of calls for democracy set out in a letter to the editor by Roy Beepat in the Sunday Stabroek (April 26th, 2020).

Dear Editor, I am a recently turned 18 year old Upper Sixth student of Guyana’s premier secondary institution: Queen’s College.

Accusing its officials of partiality in favour of the incumbent APNU+AFC, commentator Ralph Ramkarran says that GECOM is now the major battlefield for free and fair elections and he chastised its Chair, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh for inaction at key points in the elections process.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to 16% or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound, a White House economic adviser said yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Cricket Association chief, Wilford Heaven, believes any decision to appoint West Indies white-ball specialist, Rovman Powell, captain of Jamaica Tallawahs will augur well for the franchise.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa on Saturday, the latest of more than 20 medical brigades it has sent worldwide to combat the coronavirus pandemic, in what some call socialist solidarity and others medical diplomacy.

Dear Editor, I read with dismay the news of April 23 that the General Secretary of the PNC Reform, Amna Ally had gifted a new butchery building to Jamal and Latchmin Azeez and that this donation was done on behalf of APNU.

A female guard who was working at Massy Products, located at Eccles, East Bank Demerara was on Saturday night held at gunpoint as bandits carried out a robbery at the location.

(Reuters) – The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of U.S.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, CMC – Devwah Whaley, a 22-year-old Bermudian, has been given the chance to realise his dream of playing in America’s National Football League (NFL) after being signed by the Cincinnati Bengals, a franchise that struggled badly last season.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador President Nayib Bukele yesterday authorized the use of “lethal force” by police and military against gang members to crack down on heightened violence amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Dear Editor,  In one swoop in one day two giants were felled. 

The Ministry of Public Health has issued guidelines to family members of persons who died from COVID-19 on the burial or cremation of the bodies of their loved ones.

By Angelique V. Nixon Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based writer, artist, and scholar-activist.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korean officials are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill, emphasising that they have detected no unusual movements in North Korea.

MADRID, (Reuters) – The Spanish soccer season, halted like most major sporting competitions due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, is unlikely to return until the summer, the country’s health minister Salvador Illa said yesterday.

We can no longer exploit the resources of this earth — the trees, the water, and other natural resources — without any care for coming generations.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health & Wellness’ National Surveillance Unit has advised that 45 samples tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Panama reached 5,779 yesterday, a rise of 241 from the previous day, and deaths climbed by six to 165, the health ministry said.

(Trinidad Express) As of  last night, the Trinidad Ministry of Health reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 1525 Number of samples which have tested positive – 116 Number of deaths – 8 Number of persons discharged – 58

Whenever GECOM gets its act together and the recount of the votes from the March 2nd general elections begins at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) it should be clear to all that there will be riggers present hoping to continue their mission for the illegal installation of an APNU+AFC government.