Daily Archive: Thursday, April 30, 2020

The Government of Guyana has extended the emergency measures related to COVID-19 for one month.

De facto Minister of Public Health,  Volda Lawrence, today confirmed the ninth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19.

(Jamaica Gleaner) “Mi foot dead! Mi foot dead!” were the reported cries of a 16-year-old schoolboy to his cousin after he was allegedly attacked by a group of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers in his Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, community on Sunday.

(Jamaica Star) A trip for revelling and ‘palancing’ in Trinidad and Tobago turned into one of distress for a Jamaican mother as she is currently stuck in the twin-island republic due to the novel coronavirus that has been lashing the country, causing all ports to be closed.

An explosion this morning at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Camp Stephenson Base, Timehri has left three soldiers dead and two injured.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is proposing to slash by half the penalties of 80,000 unpaid traffic tickets that are before the courts.

(Trinidad Express) Nine people were detained by police on Monday night for gathering in a group that exceeded five.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is worried by the community spread of the new coronavirus in a significant number of West African countries, the regional head of the organization said today.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday at about 8.30 pm  recaptured one of the recent Lusignan Prison escapees in the cane fields aback of  Beterverwagting Sideline Dam, ECD.,

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, who starred in celebrated movies such as “Bobby” and “Mera Naam Joker” made by the Bollywood film industry, died on Thursday after a two-year battle with leukemia, his family said.

The bodies of the four men who were flung overboard on Tuesday evening after a ganja-carrying boat collided with theirs in the Upper Berbice River were recovered yesterday. 

No pronouncements have been made yet relating to West Indies hosting New Zealand and South Africa in the near future.

Forty-one persons were tested yesterday for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) – the highest daily figure – even as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representative to Guyana called again for the ramping up of testing in the country.

An extra hour has been cleared for the daily recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections but the CARICOM Secretariat is still to advise the Guyana Elections Commission on when its team is to arrive.

Isaiah Layne has a very relaxed and unassuming demeanor but the southpaw talent certainly doesn’t lack ambition. 

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying a masked man in the pictures below who is suspected of stealing batteries from traffic lights.

Former West Indies wicketkeeper, Jeffrey Dujon reckons he would not have handled the grievances between Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan in the manner in which it unfolded.

West Indies all-rounder, Hayley Matthews, has issued a call for more regional women’s cricket as a means of boosting development.

The British Airways charter flight that on Tuesday brought in offshore oil and gas workers was delayed here for several hours because of the failure to pay the necessary Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax and was only allowed to leave after ExxonMobil gave an undertaking to pay the outstanding monies.

Guyana has moved up in the press freedom rankings for the third straight year, moving to 49th out of the 180 countries listed on 2020 World Press Freedom Index even as the Reporters without Borders (RSF) assessment has deemed the upcoming decade a “decisive” one for journalism. 

Guyana Football Federation Referee Coordinator Winston Manjet, praised the decision of CONCACAF via its Refereeing Department, to launch the CONCACAF Center of Refereeing Excellence (CCRC), building on its initial Programme of Referee Excellence (PORE) initiative.

ExxonMobil and its partners here have pledged more than $60 million to local organisations to support COVID-19 programmes that are in need of funding.

A miner died on Tuesday morning after the mining pit where he was working caved in.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has announced that the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 season will be his last with the Jamaica Tallawahs as he accused the franchise’s ownership of poor communication, and also sought to distance himself from the release of Chris Gayle from the team.

Amidst the uncertainty caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the attendant measures to combat it, a number of catered events such as weddings and birthday parties have been cancelled or postponed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – The Jamaica Tallawahs Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise yesterday insisted that the decision to drop Chris Gayle ahead of the 2020 season was just “business and cricketing reasoning”, contrary to what the T20 specialist has alleged.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Ben Stokes considers Steve Smith a “genius” but does not think the Australian’s intense batting approach will work for him.

As the use of the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as treatment for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), local health authorities are in talks on using different methods in treating patients with the virus including the use of plasma.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – UEFA’s chief medical official says it is “definitely possible” to plan a restart of European soccer leagues despite the Dutch and French ending their seasons and Italy’s sports minister raising the prospect of a similar fate for Serie A.

A man who breached the curfew which is in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was yesterday sentenced to one hour of standing and displaying a curfew notice.

Dear Editor, It distresses me every time I make a trip to Guyana to visit my parents’ graves in the Le Repentir Cemetery in the capital city Georgetown.

(Reuters) – The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) warned yesterday that recurrent outbreaks of COVID-19 will make staging events more unpredictable while athletes will have to meet rigorous medical standards before returning to training.

GTT says its customers can now apply for new SIM cards or replacements via the company’s online platform and have it delivered to their home or office through Hero Cart or Onecart delivery.

MANAUS, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves.

Dear Editor, April is observed around the world as Autism awareness month.

(Reuters) – British police want to be able to cancel the football season if fans do not respect social-distancing guidelines once matches return after a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain’s highest-ranking football police officer has said.

(Reuters) – The top U.S. infectious disease official said Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug remdesivir will become the standard of care for COVID-19 after early clinical trial results on Wednesday showed it helped patients recover more quickly from the illness caused by the coronavirus.

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is in urgent need of all blood types.

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your newspaper to express my profound disappointment in the performance of the Guyana Elections Commission Chair, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh.

The Salvation Army Men’s Rehabilitation Centre is restricting visitors to adhere to the COVID-19 precautionary measures.

SINGAPORE/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s Zijin Mining has warned Papua New Guinea that its failure to renew the lease of a gold mine it jointly owns with Barrick Gold Corp there could damage bilateral relations.

Georgia freshman guard Anthony Edwards heads the list of 163 U.S.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said yesterday, in an effort protect the world’s largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department, the Treasury Department and the U.S.

The police are on the hunt for one person as they continue to probe the one-week-old robbery of the Emperor Mineral Trading in Bartica.

Dear Editor, Two headlined articles recently published in the daily newspapers caught my attention.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has said he would like another shot at managing the team within the next decade so he can try again to lead them to a trophy.

(Reuters) – About two dozen migrants deported from the United States on a flight to Colombia last month have since tested positive for the coronavirus, two people familiar with the matter said, adding to worries U.S.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia will offer individuals who leave crime gangs and rebel dissident groups legal benefits including reduced sentences in an effort to weaken illegal armed groups, the Andean country’s high peace commissioner said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former England defender Trevor Cherry has died aged 72, his former club Leeds United said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Attention is drawn to the letter of Charles Ramson, Commissioner of Information (Stabroek News 29th April- ‘Refusal of Chief Election Officer to hand over SoPs is violation of law’).

As the two-month mark since the holding of general and regional elections approaches with no properly announced result and the recount of votes scrutinised by a Caricom team still to begin, there are a few, no, several things that are immediately apparent.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A large crowd of Venezuelan migrants held up traffic on a Bogota highway yesterday, demanding to be allowed to leave Colombia and return to Venezuela, as Colombia’s coronavirus lockdown has crippled their ability to earn to living.

We played endless outdoor games as lithe children in South Georgetown, running around in the setting sunshine with our bare hands blackened from hours of slicing worn bicycle tyres into jagged joined lengths for Chinese jump rope and skipping.

Isiah Thomas calls the Dream Team omission the biggest hole on his basketball resume and insists he should have been part of the 1992 United States Olympic gold-medal roster.