Daily Archive: Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) today said that the COVID-19 threat posed to this country from Brazil requires more robust action and it also called for the removal of mining and all mining-related activities from the list of ‘Essential Services’.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Over a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S.

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, an agency which approves medicines for the European Union said today.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Johnny Grave believes salary cuts could be a possibility if there is no live cricket in the near future.

(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says the proposed laws in the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2019, will ensure the tint on vehicles is properly handled and not via Licensing officer’s whim and fancy.

Day eight of the national recount process concluded yesterday with another 56 ballot boxes being processed – the highest number to be completed in a day since the process started – bringing the total number of boxes counted so far to 367 of the 2,339.

National hockey skipper, Robert France, is one of Guyana’s finest journeymen and his contributions to the sport are worthy of recognition. 

Saying that he “has never seen a more transparent effort to alter the results of an election,” Head of the OAS observer mission to Guyana’s March 2nd elections, Bruce Golding, yesterday reported that the ongoing recount process has exposed glaring instances where the figures presented by Returning Officer of Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, were clearly fiddled.

Following his first day in the World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) virtual coaching seminar, National Senior Men’s Head-coach Junior Andrew Hercules revealed that the conference is extremely thorough and informative.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) officials are still hopeful South Africa’s tour of the West Indies will come off later this year, even as they announced yesterday the Proteas’ upcoming Women’s and ‘A’ Team series have been put on hold.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and a number of his colleagues have written President David Granger commending the start of the vote-recount process for Guyana’s disputed March 2nd Presidential election and urging him to permit additional observers to the process.

Barbados Ambassador Noel Lynch yesterday told the Permanent Council of the OAS that irregularities in the March 2nd general elections occurred in the count of votes and not in the system and he vowed that CARICOM will see the ongoing recount through to a credible conclusion as it will not abide the erosion of democracy in the community.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia Zouks have named eight regional players on their squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), and captain Darren Sammy says he is confident that marquee player Chris Gayle, who publicly blasted his former franchise in a controversial rant, will be focused and motivated when the season starts.

(Jamaica Observer) JAMAICAN health authorities are bracing for a spike in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases locally, following yesterday’s arrival of more than 200 stranded Jamaicans from the United States and Canada at Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston.

Several indigenous communities in Region Nine will be on complete lockdown allowing only persons transporting food supplies to enter and leave their communities after contact tracing revealed that the region’s first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient visited a number of communities in the North and South Rupununi.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is focused on developing the sport and its players and not politics, president Randy Harris has insisted amid questions about the regional body’s hands-off approach to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) battle with FIFA.

(Reuters) – The novel coronavirus shutdown has allowed cricketers to recharge their batteries and could help prolong their careers by a few years, England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler said.

Devon Beckles, the owner of Bolo and Sons Enterprise, blames the Guyana Fire Service for not containing the fire which gutted his store and another building in Bartica on Monday night.

Canadian-based gold producer, Guyana Goldfields Inc says it’s no longer considering the buy-out offer of fellow Canada-based gold producer, Gran Colombia Gold Corp.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Pakistan named Babar Azam as their new captain in one-day internationals, putting the elegant batsman in charge of both their limited-overs teams after a stellar year with the bat.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Clarendon egg farmer slaughtered and buried 12,000 layer chickens on Tuesday to cut his losses as a result of the dramatic slump in egg prices and sales, which he attributes to the agriculture ministry’s intervention to ease a surplus by subsidising costs.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil registered a record number of new cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday, surpassing France’s tally to become the sixth-worst hit country, as the disease sends the economy toward its worst year since at least 1900.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has taken to the virtual platform Zoom to implement virtual cricket development sessions for its cricketers in Georgetown during the current lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Forty-one persons have now recovered from COVID-19 in Guyana even as no new positive cases of the disease were recorded yesterday.

Dear Editor, As an ex-soldier, I strongly condemn the way in which our young brothers are losing their lives in the army.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Singer Rihanna scored a new record yesterday when she was named as the only female entertainer to feature in the top 10 of Britain’s wealthiest musicians.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – In order for West Indies’ female cricketers to bet better prepared for competition, improve their performance and get bigger salaries, the women’s game needs to attract more investment, says Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt.

Four additional persons from the Palms Geriatric Home have tested positive for the virus which now brings the total number of infected at the institution to five.

(Reuters) – Two-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is using the novel coronavirus shutdown as one of self reflection to try and overcome her crippling shyness.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days, I have read articles in this newspaper, the Barbados Advocate and other regional periodicals on the pain of transitioning to ‘Online Learning’ and the unresolved challenges of this new reality.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday described as not acceptable a warning given by top U.S.

The Ministry of Communities has reported that a fire occurred  at the Lusignan landfill site on the East Coast Demerara yesterday.

(Reuters) – England speedster Jofra Archer says piping in music or crowd noise would help cricketers get used to playing in empty venues during the COVID-19 pandemic but the experience will show just how crucial fans are to the game.

Dear Editor,  Last Saturday, I went to Kissoon’s Furniture Store Industrial Site, Ruimveldt to purchase and uplift some items that I needed.

The COVID-19 three-day testing and screening activity by the Ministry of Public Health, was deemed a success, as feedback indicated that persons were showing concern by coming out to be screened.

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Canada and the United States appear likely to extend a ban on non-essential travel until June 21 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a Canadian government source and a top U.S.

(Reuters) – Former-world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson continued to tease boxing fans about a possible return to the ring by posting another training video on Instagram on Monday that ended with the message, “I’m back”.

Dear Editor, The political dysfunction in Guyana is adding enough stress to responding to Covid-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) The United States Embassy has said that Government violated the 73-year-old Rio Treaty when Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez landed in the country.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund is excluding some of the world’s biggest commodities firms from its portfolio for their use and production of coal, including Glencore and Anglo American.

The Iwokrama International Centre, custodian of 371,000 hectares of Guyana’s rainforest, is alarmed at the spate of illegal activities in its forest.

“I have never seen a more transparent effort to alter the result of an election.”

Dear Editor, As a 17-year-old Lower Sixth student of Queen’s College, Guyana, I have noted with avid interest and slight disbelief the occurrences of the recent few months, in particular the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in this regard. 

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Member of Parliament (MP) for South West St Catherine Everald Warmington says no infrastructure in Jamaica should be named after any politicians.

It is now approximately 136 days since the first official public report was issued to the world about a novel coronavirus that was causing debilitating illness and death.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The English Football Association’s appeal against world soccer body FIFA in relation to a 2019 Chelsea transfer ban and fine will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on June 26.

Many communities in Georgetown are currently experiencing flooding brought on by the seasonal May/June rains.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba, labouring 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.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) was last evening called to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) at Liliendaal where the national vote recount is being conducted following reports of a “burning smell” at the location.