Daily Archive: Monday, May 25, 2020

GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj this evening said that 82 ballot boxes were recounted today from the March 2nd general elections.

An 11th death as a result of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was disclosed today and the Department of Public Information identified the victim as fifty-nine-year-old Vincent Torres of the Moruca Sub Region in Barima-Waini.

The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) of the University of Guyana today said that UG is not demanding tuition fees from students at this time.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India today posted its biggest single-day jump in cases of COVID-19, overtaking Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations, even as the government allowed domestic air travel to restart.

(Jamaica Gleaner) On the heels of last weekend’s titanic clash between dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer that captured the attention of international fans, media outlets, and industry players, there is a push for the two to be reissued with United States visas to promote Jamaican music and culture.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young says over 300 nationals stuck on a ship off Barbados will be allowed to come home if the cruise ship company agrees to quarantine them at sea off Trinidad and Tobago.

The article “Guyana reaps rich rewards for investment,” which was published on the website of the world governing body, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Thursday May 21st, has ignited a fierce debate on the actualities of an often contentious programme – the Lady Jaguars.

ExxonMobil’s flaring of over nine billion  cubic feet of natural gas could have been avoided had a proposed  gas-to-shore pipeline project been implemented but it was stalled because a plan to determine the best location was rejected by government officials as some wanted to handpick a site, former Petroleum Advisor Jan Mangal says.

Shocking video of doctors kicking down the door of a room of a COVID-19 patient at the Isolation Unit at the Diamond Hospital was made public yesterday with patients expressing frustration that despite concerns continually being raised, the authorities continue to pay little heed and take minimal action.

By Eion Jardine Terrence Alli can be described as the greatest Guyanese boxer never to win a world title.

With six counting days left in its original 25-day schedule, GECOM has recounted only 48% of the ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections prompting deepening concerns about what it will do to expedite the process.

With over 300 confirmed Guyanese stranded overseas during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, four cricketers stranded in Trinidad and Tobago are expected to be reunited with their families at home.

Dear Editor, David Granger’s “Ministry of the Presidency” has demanded of me and the media that has published my letter of May 22nd,  an apology for what they claim are “several untruths and numerous inaccuracies” I wrongly believed, from a picture showing Claudette Singh sitting at Granger’s side that was carried in the same report of his Press Conference, that Ms.

Eight more persons have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Health revealed yesterday.

(Sportsmax) Tony Astaphan, Attorney-at-Law for former Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave Cameron, has taken exception to the appearance of what he termed a diminished sense of ‘collective responsibility’, considering some of the accusations levelled against his client in the recent audit report.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder says he is happy to see ace fast bowler Shannon Gabriel back to fitness and ready to return to international cricket if the proposed upcoming series in England takes place. 

Dear Editor, The COVID-19 pandemic and life, in general, has been challenging recently for many of us.

Two women died over the weekend after being involved in vehicular accidents on the West Coast of Demerara and East Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, Having observed the varying perspectives put forward by the political parties as to what the National Recount exercise entails the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has the responsibility to ensure the society is knowledgeable of events as they unfold. The

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, says he is “increasingly confident” the Test tour of England will come off, noting that a final decision will likely be made at Thursday’s meeting of CWI’s board.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied yesterday to protest against Beijing’s plan to impose national security laws on the city.

Law enforcement officers on the Corentyne yesterday apprehended a murder suspect who had been on the run for almost four years.

The Banks DIH Group registered an unaudited profit before taxation of $3.48b for the six-month period ended March 31, 2020  compared to $2.98b in the preceding corresponding period, a rise of 16.7%.

Dear Editor, Now that we are recounting the ballots and will soon be swearing in a President; let’s discuss our future as a part of our ‘Dream Guyana Campaign’.

(Trinidad Newsday) Sport personalities Mervyn Dillon and Brian Lewis have thrown their hats into the political arena.

(Reuters) – British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has authorised a bailout plan to rescue companies that are seen as strategically important, with the Treasury saying it may step in to support crucial businesses on a “last resort” basis after other options run out.

Dear Editor,  The invitation to present evidence in keeping with ‘who asserts must prove’ has to be time bound.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies batsman Sunil Ambris smashed an unbeaten half-century to power Salt Pond Brokers to a 25-run win over La Soufriere Hikers in the ninth match of the T10 Vincy Premier League here yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The lead vessel of a five-tanker flotilla carrying fuel supplied by Iran to gasoline-thirsty Venezuela neared one of state-run PDVSA’s ports as President Nicolas Maduro thanked Tehran yesterday.

With a number of indigenous communities restricting travel to  prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some like Micobie and Bonasika are struggling to come to grips with the changed circumstances.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Soccer players will be able to tackle in close-contact training, and boxers spar with partners, in the next step towards Britain’s elite athletes returning to live sport after the COVID-19 lockdown, guidance published yesterday said.

Dear Editor, Attention is directed to a news article titled, `Coalition provides proof of dead person voting,’ in the Chronicle (5/20).

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The White House yesterday said it was restricting travel from Brazil to the United States, two days after the South American nation became the world’s No.

Joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Rubis Guyana Inc is  providing transportation for frontline workers and has also contributed more than $2M as part of its several initiatives aimed at providing relief to persons in need and to ongoing efforts of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) .

By Faizal Deen Faizal Deen was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He immigrated as a child to Ottawa, Canada in 1977.

The U.S. Treasury Department last Friday imposed sanctions against the head of the Nicaraguan army and the country’s finance minister because of the Ortega regime’s increasing tendency towards authoritarianism and more specifically its ‘continued violations of basic human rights, blatant corruption, and widespread violence against the Nicaraguan people’.

As the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections crawls along it must not be forgotten that what should have been an orderly process with a result within two or three days was obscenely overturned by the Returning Officer for District Four, Clairmont Mingo when he introduced numbers from a spreadsheet which were pure fiction.

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) is advising that domestic online sales are subject to the same in-person sale requirements of the Consumer Affairs Act.

Dear Editor,  As the APNU+AFC folks are busy digging around in graveyards looking for jumbies, David Hinds is feeding flies to the faithful, trying to save face.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance told a Swiss newspaper, forecasting a long road from there to broad availability.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Up to 60 English lower league soccer clubs could go out of business if the sport fails to plan for the impact of COVID-19 beyond the current season, Huddersfield Town owner Phil Hodgkinson said on Sunday.