Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 13, 2020

(Trinidad Express) A prisoner was found hanging in a cell at the Penal Police Station on Monday night.

(Trinidad Express) Ten people were arrested this afternoon for breaching the Public Health Ordinance Regulations when they were found bathing in the waters off Bayside Towers in Cocorite.

Speaking on behalf of CARICOM, Barbados’ Ambassador to the  OAS Noel Lynch today declared that CARICOM takes its scrutineering role in the recount of votes from the March 2nd elections seriously and that every vote must count.

Saying that he had never before seen such a transparent attempt to alter the result of an election, the Head of the OAS observer mission to the March 2 polls here, Bruce Golding today told the OAS Permanent Council that the recount has shown clear examples of the inflation of APNU+AFC figures by the District Four Returning Officer  and a reduction of numbers for the opposition PPP/C.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British researchers will study the genes of thousands of ill COVID-19 patients to try to crack one of the most puzzling riddles of the novel coronavirus: why does it kill some people but give others not even a mild headache?

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – As Hollywood tries to figure out how to resume production of movies and TV shows in the coronavirus era, one sector may be better prepared than others to deal with the challenges.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba, laboring under a six-decade U.S. embargo, is betting a biotech sector begun by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro can give the Caribbean island an edge in a global race to find effective treatments for the new coronavirus.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Student pilot Mark Daniel Scott’s death has been described as a major loss for young aspiring Jamaican aviators.

(Trinidad Express) She calls it a miracle and he felt “divine intervention” was at work.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Several Jamaicans who are stranded in Barbados due to COVID-19 have lambasted the Government for not doing enough to rescue them from starvation and homelessness in a foreign country.

Seven of Guyana’s ten administrative regions have now recorded positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A man who tested positive in Lethem for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was yesterday caught in Brazil after he escaped from an isolation facility and crossed the border, raising concerns about the dangers of continued illegal travelling between the two countries despite the closure of the Guyana/Brazil border.

Yesterday, the National Recount completed its seventh day by processing 48 ballot boxes taking the one-week total to 311 or 13% of the 2,339 boxes generated on polling day.

A fire gutted two buildings, including one that housed five families, opposite the Bartica Police Station on Monday night and an investigation is currently underway into its origins.

Following a review of the recount process, the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) yesterday decided to approach the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) for advice on increasing both the number of work stations and the working hours for the National Recount.

A fire, suspected to be the result of arson, has destroyed a building that housed a library and an ICT hub in the Bush Lot Community Centre Ground, Region Five.

An 18-year-old motorcyclist is now dead and his pillion rider has been hospitalised after they collided with a minibus along the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road on Saturday morning.

Dustani Barrow, Business Development and Marketing Coordinator of gaming enterprise iBet Supreme, says that the recent E-Sports Championship, the iBet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ tournament, was a success.

The eleven-year-old girl who had been quarantined for a total of fifty-seven days was yesterday discharged from a holding facility following two negative COVID-19 tests in a row.

Electrifying opener, Chandrapaul Hemraj, is ecstatic about representing the Guyana Amazon Warriors in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – The important qualifier West Indies Women were scheduled to compete in, to secure a place in next year’s World Cup in New Zealand, has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Guyana has announced the first in a series of public lectures which form part of the selection process for the next Vice Chancellor.

Although her toddler was found to have exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 before his death, grieving mother Nolene Williams has said no test for the virus was done afterward.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) boss Ricky Skerritt says Chris Gayle will likely be penalized by the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for his public tirade against his former Jamaica Tallawahs franchise and its assistant coach Ramnaresh Sarwan.

In light of COVID-19 cases being recorded at the Palms Geriatric Home, the Ministry of Public Health is taking active measures to safeguard residents at other vulnerable homes through screening and testing of both their staff and residents.

Dear Editor, As we sail serenely along in the daily routines in this lost town and now lost year, some information came to me late Monday evening, which indicated that we may have the potential for more troubles on our hands than we care to know. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – At least 20,000 people have died in care homes in England and Wales as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters calculations based on official data.

The National Basketball Players Association is informally polling players to gauge where they stand on restarting the season, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported yesterday.

As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, it has so far had a large negative economic impact with further disruptions to come unless it is brought completely under control.

Dear Editor, There are 2,339 ballot boxes to be counted. Approximately 93 boxes (2339/25) must be processed per day to complete the recount in 25 days.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – In a major showdown over presidential powers, U.S.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Amazon Warriors have retained top players from their 2019 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) squad for this year’s season which is set to start in August unless the COVID-19 pandemic forces it to be rescheduled or cancelled.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) subsidiary, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), has announced that it will make donations over a three-month period to support the Health Emergency Operating Centre’s (HEOC) emergency hotline.

Dear Editor, The de facto coalition never seems to be out of the woods where controversy is concerned.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said in an April cabinet meeting that he needed to change Rio de Janeiro’s chief of the federal police to protect family members under investigation, a person with knowledge of a video of the meeting told Reuters.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen is concerned about England’s test bowling resources when the long-serving pace duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad call time on their careers, the former captain has told Reuters.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos called yesterday for a corruption case against her to be dropped, accusing Angolan authorities of using forged documents including a bogus passport to get courts to seize her assets.

Dear Editor, Ian McDonald’s Sunday column entitled ‘Something rotten in the State’ can be seen as an attempt to examine and fathom the mind of a scorned ex-soldier.

Over two months since ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Artillery Unit were injured in the fireworks explosion at the Coast Guard Wharf, the families of two of the victims are still awaiting the findings from the Board of Inquiry (BOI) set up to investigate the accident.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Spin bowler Adam Zampa has joined calls for a review of Australia’s wickets, saying the country’s drop-in pitches are driving slow bowlers out of first class cricket.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has announced that 12 children are the winners of its Annual Early Savers Prize Drawing.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British investor Legal & General said yesterday it would vote against re-electing the chair of Exxon Mobil at a shareholder meeting on May 27, saying the U.S.

Dear Editor, After a long break, that seems like eternity, with no cricket in sight because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems at last that we might be able to see the West Indies-England three-match test series in England soon.

(Reuters) – China Central Television (CCTV) will continue to not show National Basketball Association (NBA) games in the country, state media outlet Global Times has said, citing a statement from the state broadcaster.

Over the last week of the recount process, APNU+AFC has published a document claiming that the March 2020 elections process has been marred by  ‘clear and unmistakable patterns of irregularities, discrepancies and worse’, e.g.

(Reuters) – The Norwegian central bank yesterday excluded four Canadian oil and gas companies from its $1-trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, for producing too much greenhouse gas emissions, its first use of carbon emissions as a criterion to blacklist firms.

Dear Editor, Some two and one half months after elections it is time for the flags, billboards tacked  onto posts, advertising boards, placards, posters, banners and other parties’ campaign paraphernalia to be taken down and disposed of.

As life continues to unfold here in Guyana, a discombobulating feeling of blurred timelines appears to be encompassing our daily lives.

(Trinidad Express) The Government relief programmes to offset the negative impact of COVID-19 is expected to cost the country six billion dollars.

Heavy rain yesterday flooded parts of the city and the East Coast among other parts of the country.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not rush into a decision about their upcoming tour of England amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Chief Executive Wasim Khan has said.