Daily Archive: Friday, May 8, 2020

CARICOM’s human and social development council today said that the delayed CSEC Examinations will be held in July.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases have risen to 94 after an additional 49 tests overnight, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Shamdeo Persaud.

Yesterday, a UK Government-chartered humanitarian flight repatriated 91 British Nationals, their dependents and other eligible persons to London.

(Jamaica Star) A practical joke gone too far caused a St Mary resident, Byron Wilson, to burst into tears after he received a phone call from one of his mischievous friends telling him that he may be a carrier of the novel coronavirus.

In his Europe Day message today,  EU Ambassador Fernando Ponz Cantó made a veiled reference to the ongoing electoral crisis here when he said he would not wish dictatorship on any country including Guyana.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Doctors in hazmat suits ran temperature checks on passengers at Delhi airport and bags were disinfected as the first group of Indians returned home on special flights from Singapore and the Gulf today since a sweeping lockdown was imposed in March.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the novel coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s biggest economy.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Tobago arm of the T&T Police Service’s Child Protection Unit is now investigating an incident in which pornography was flashed on the screen during an online Zoom class being facilitated by a Bishop’s Anstey High School teacher yesterday, forcing an abrupt end to the session.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago nationals stuck in Guyana and Venezuela have been given the green light by National Security Minister Stuart Young to return home.

(Jamaica Star) “It felt like prison.” Those are the exact words of Jermaine who returned to the island yesterday after he was stranded on a cruise ship for 56 days in South Hampton, United Kingdom.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Professor Frederick Hickling, one of Jamaica’s most respected psychiatrists and pioneer of cultural therapy, has died.

(ESPN) West Indies’ current T20I team is better than the one that won the World T20 four years ago in India.

Tournament favourite Pernell Cummings and Jonathan Hutson stormed their way into the semifinal round, following second-leg wins on Wednesday night in the inaugural I-Bet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ E-sports Championship.

After two days, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has managed to completely recount the ballots cast in 65 of the 2339 polling stations which operated on March 2, 2020.

OTTAWA, Canada,  CMC – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football’s (CONCACAF) ‘Hexagonal’ round of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar may have to be scrapped due to the disruption the COVID-19 pandemic has caused in the sport.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies fast bowler Kenny Benjamin says cricket in the Caribbean is suffering from players’ lack of loyalty and commitment, and intervention is required to save the sport.

CARICOM’s trade and economic council on Wednesday approved a strategy for reopening of economies after Heads of Government were told on Tuesday by a working group that the COVID-19 pandemic has been “largely contained” in the region.

The Public Health Ministry yesterday said there were no new cases of COVID-19 recorded from the latest batch of testing done.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – The overwhelming interest shown in the position of head coach of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force should be viewed as a genuine interest in developing the game and not a grab for money, believes West Indies cricket legend Deryck Murray.

Western diplomats representing the US, UK, Canada and the European Union yesterday met with de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Karen Cummings on the elections recount amid repeated warnings to George-town that the process has to be transparent and lead swiftly to the declaration of results.

(Reuters) – Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston has “1932-1970” and “A Man” inscribed on his gravestone, simple words for a boxing great whose complex life was shrouded in mystery despite being in the limelight.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) official Sileena Arjune has been official selected to be a part of the inaugural Adelante Program which falls under the auspices of International Federation of Association Basketball (FIBA) Americas.

Toshao of Baramita Sharmain Rambajue has said that she and a village councillor have been threatened with arrest after insisting that the police adhere to the precautionary measures put in place to protect the community’s residents from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A fuel spill at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Kingston Power Complex that seeped into the Demerara River has led the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to launch an investigation and the two agencies are currently collaborating to determine the cause of the spill.

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to spread locally, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has opted to postpone its constitutionally mandated Ordinary Congress which was scheduled to be staged before May 31st.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – The Barbados Tridents have retained eight players from their 2019 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) winning squad and added a West Indies emerging player to their roster as they prepare for their title defence later this year.

One of twelve youths, who escaped on Tuesday night from the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre remains on the run.

As Banks DIH Limited continues operating amidst the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, it is assuring that all necessary precautionary measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of its employees and customers.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – The Bundesliga season will restart on May 16 after a suspension of more than two months, the German Football League (DFL) said yesterday, becoming the first European league to resume amid the coronavirus epidemic.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The men’s tennis tour has partnered with online learning platform Coursera to help players gain new skills and knowledge, as well as look after their mental health during the COVID-19 shutdown, ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said yesterday.

The Department of Energy (DE) is currently wrapping up the contract details for a seismic study that should begin this year to gather further data to guide the bidding process for Block C, an offshore ultra-deepwater area to the north-east of the lucrative Stabroek block, according to Director Dr.

Dear Editor, In 1983 the Police had a superhit titled, “I’ll be watching you” which is what I believe has come to capture the essences of Guyana’s March 2nd elections.

The current political impasse has stymied the progress of labour talks and an order for Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) to enter into arbitration to resolve a long brewing dispute over wages and salaries.

(Reuters) – Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was used to spending months in isolation preparing for fights but the retired world champion has said one of the ways he stays sane through the coronavirus lockdown is by attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings online.

A Timehri pedal cyclist died on Monday afternoon following a collision with a motorcycle while riding along the Soesdyke Public Road.

Dear Editor, Before we debate shared governance and create false positive solutions, Guyanese have to first accept there are 10 inconvenient truths facing us that we ignore or choose to ignore at our peril.

(Jamaica Gleaner) FORMER NATIONAL footballer Aldrick ‘Allie’ McNab is concerned about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Caribbean’s football development.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Members of Venezuela’s opposition in October negotiated a $213 million deal with a small Florida security company to invade the country and overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, according to a document published by the Washington Post yesterday.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday commissioned two recently acquired drilling rigs, which the company’s management expects to increase the amount of water supplied on the coast and in the hinterland. 

Dear Editor, I must confess I was very gratified to see the number of young people who were lining up early yesterday to spend 11 hours in (relatively) close confinement doing their civic duty in this time of viral political and covid-19 contagion.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Though disappointed that his home franchise chose not to retain him for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, wicketkeeper-batsman Denesh Ramdin is looking forward to proving his worth to his new squad, the St.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Williams will put safety first even though the team is one of several whose survival depends on Formula One starting racing again, deputy principal Claire Williams said.

DETROIT/SACRAMENTO, Calif.,  (Reuters) – Michigan and California, two U.S. manufacturing powerhouses, acted yesterday to allow factories to reopen from coronavirus lockdowns over the next few days, as millions more Americans joined the ranks of workers left jobless by the pandemic.

The United Kingdom yesterday announced new support of five million pounds sterling ($1.29b) to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days, I have witnessed on social media the most vile, wicked, racist and ill- informed comments about the High Commissioner for Canada to Guyana.

(Reuters) – An independent review into UK Athletics (UKA) has identified a “general culture of mistrust” within the organisation and concluded that the sport “is not currently in a good position”, according to a summary of findings released yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) There is now a full-blown crisis in the local petrochemical sector, with four plants shut down in four months and word that more could be taken out of operation as the sector reels under low commodity prices and the high cost of natural gas in T&T.

Following a series of complaints, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday attempted to improve the accommodation for media operatives stationed outside the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC) for the National Recount Exercise.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Black people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British report said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I admire the intent of Kowlasar Misir’s letter “They should prioritize democratic ideals” (SN,May 1,2020), which is a response to my letter “ `Malicious, mischievous and reckless editorial’ (SN April 29).

Dear Editor. From reports gleaned the treatment meted out to reporters covering the national recount is not only shabby and disrespectful but tells the esteem to which this group is held.

In an address to the nation on Monday President David Granger was formal in demeanour and unctuous of tone as he welcomed the announcement of a date for the start of the recount, and called on Guyanese to be patient.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday April 09, 2020 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

The economic fallouts of COVID-19 have already begun to be felt by the people.

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(Trinidad Guardian) The criminal investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its involvement in an alleged breach of data privacy laws in Trinidad and Tobago is now closed.

(Reuters) – Neiman Marcus Group filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, marking one of the highest-profile collapses yet among retailers forced to temporarily close stores in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BERN, (Reuters) – Professional athletes could be particularly vulnerable to falling seriously ill with the new coronavirus, the head of a global union representing them told Reuters yesterday.

A resident of Hogg Street, La Penitence, has expressed concern about constant robberies that occur at the  corner where her house is located.