Daily Archive: Monday, May 11, 2020

(Jamaica Observer) Things are looking up for a young Jamaican who has been living on the streets of Argentina in dire poverty for some four months after he was evicted from his hotel and subsequently robbed of his documents and belongings.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health advises the public of reports received concerning the sale, in local markets, of fresh ginger, which has been contaminated with the pesticide Methomyl.

Guyana Goldfields Inc is to sever between 200 to 300 employees as it faces a range of challenges including financing, regulatory approval of a mining plan and the impact of COVID-19, sources say.

The Carter Center remains interested in observing the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections and will be following up with the authorities here on requests that were submitted last week.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) used one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft for a cargo only charter service between Guyana and Cuba, on Friday 8 May 2020, for the first time in the airline’s history.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean officials scrambled today to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the capital Seoul.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A new surge in coronavirus cases took Russia’s tally past those in Italy and Britain today, making it the third highest in the world just hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to issue an update on the situation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Doubles vendors warn that the price of doubles may well be going up in the next week.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It should have been another typical Mother’s Day celebration on Sunday for 62-year-old Charmaine Henry and her family.

“Come on and support the Normalisation Committee, it happened to us also and now we are better off.”

It’s inevitable in sports that not everyone who plays at the junior level will automatically go on to gain a place in the senior set up. 

In an effort to continue his coaching development, head-coach of the Guyana Men’s Senior Basketball team Junior Hercules will take part in an online coaching clinic held under the umbrella of the World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC).

As the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club/ Berbice Cricket Board novel coronavirus relief programme picks up steam, over 500 hampers have been distributed.

Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has written a letter to the Chairman of the COVID-19 Task Force, Moses Nagamoottoo, seeking his intervention for the safe return of the four boxers stranded in Cuba for almost two months.

In what marks a major shift of its position on the March 2nd general elections, the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday alleged that  “clear and unmistakable patterns of irregularities, discrepancies and worse have emerged” following day five of the national recount of votes.

The number of persons with COVID-19 surged by seven overnight to 104.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins believes test cricket will be much the poorer if using spit and sweat to help shine the ball is banned without some form of replacement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq has been hit with a six-year ban after he accepted four charges of breaching their Anti-Corruption Code, the country’s cricket board (ACB) said yesterday.

With no major hiccups, ballots from a total of 51 boxes were recounted yesterday on day five of the  national recount from the March 2 General and Regional Elections.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The resumption of sport will lift morale for people around the world during the COVID-19 crisis and cricketers owe it to fans to play behind closed doors if that hastens the process, former England captain Kevin Pietersen has told Reuters.

An 11-year-old girl remains in quarantine for COVID-19 after several positive tests but her family is hoping she could be discharged soon.

(BBC) The Premier League is set for a decisive few days in establishing whether it is possible to resume and complete the current season.

A quarrel over a cellular phone on Saturday night resulted in a thirty-three-year-old man of Friendship, East Bank Demerara being stabbed to death and police have launched a search for the suspect.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder Rayad Emrit has conceded he will be “restricted” but dismissed talk of retirement, despite applying for the vacant post of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force head coach.

With the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) placing New York (NY) hospitals under severe stress, Guyanese siblings, Dr.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The coronavirus lockdown will not end yet, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday, urging people to “stay alert” to the risks as he outlined plans to begin slowly easing measures that have closed much of the economy for seven weeks.

Dear Editor, In the journey that has been Guyana’s Elections 2020, there has been a relentless (conscious and exhaustingly constant) gaslighting of the public: certain individuals have embarked on a stratagem to cause intelligent, decent and fair-minded people to question their own observations, memory and judgement.

The United States has reiterated that it has no interest in any political party here and just wants a government which is elected credibly and reflects the will of this country’s citizenry, Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs at the US State Department, Katherine Dueholm says.

(Trinidad Guardian) The political battle between Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar seems to be heading for the courts as Persad-Bissessar has given instructions to her lawyers to initiate legal action against the Prime Minister for statements he made about her during a news conference on Friday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Playing against India behind closed doors in the much-anticipated test series at the end of the year might end up being an advantage for the home side, according to Australia batsman Usman Khawaja.

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus forcing schools to close, online teaching poses challenges for both public and private institutions. 

(Reuters) – Avianca Holdings, Latin America’s second-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy yesterday, after failing to meet a bond payment deadline, while its pleas for coronavirus aid from Colombia’s government have so far been unsuccessful.

Dear Editor, Memo to APNU. Democracy is not a game, a sport.

(Trinidad Guardian) Businesses are hurting badly because of COVID-19 and the government is just not doing enough to help them, the American Chamber of Commerce of T&T has said.

  Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant will not play if the NBA restarts the season, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported yesterday.

The youngest brother of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo plans to skip college and play professionally in Europe to prepare for the NBA.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control.

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley said that his country’s Chief Elections Officer did not return to be a part of the CARICOM scrutineer team for Guyana’s General and Regional Elections recount because of local court accusations that the CARICOM team had originally been there illegally.

Dear Editor, Recently I wrote an article on the 300+ Club.

(Barbados Nation) SOL Caribbean axed 47 employees here at the end of March, but maintains it is committed to Barbados and cites the BDS$9.2 million it plans to invest this year and the BDS$37.4 million over the past three years as proof.

According to a most recent report on climate change, if global warming continues unchecked, by the year 2070 – just 50 years from now – the heat will be such that up to three billion people – almost 40 percent of the current world’s population – will be adversely affected by ‘warmer than conditions deemed suitable for human life to flourish’. This

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will triple its value added tax rate and suspend a cost of living allowance for state employees, the kingdom’s finance minister said today, seeking to shore up finances hit hard by low oil prices and a coronavirus-driven slowdown.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka cricket captain Dimuth Karunaratne lauded the impact of new coach Mickey Arthur yesterday and said his side must target a top-four spot in the world rankings for both the test and 50-over formats.

At the end of day five of the national recount of votes from the March 2nd General and Regional Elections, 207 of 2,339 ballot boxes had been recounted.

By Dr John Deep Ford Dr. John Deep Ford is Ambassador of Guyana to the World Trade Organization and Food and Agricultural Organization  The COVID pandemic has once again exposed the vulnerability of the CARICOM region’s food security.

German’s Soup is moving its Brooklyn, New York store to a bigger and more convenient location in mid-June 2020.

(Trinidad Express) About 3,000 employees of Prestige Holdings are going back to work from today.

Dear Editor, The present focus is on Covid-19 and the delay in the results of the March 2nd, 2020, General and Regional elections.