Daily Archive: Thursday, July 2, 2020

Another COVID-19 patient has succumbed, taking the national death toll to 14.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain has recognised Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s president, the English High Court ruled today, in a case over whether Guaido or Nicolas Maduro should control $1 billion of its gold stored in London.

(Reuters) – A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 113 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake, triggering a wave of mud and water that buried many workers.

 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp’s oil and gas producing and refining businesses will report operating losses in the second quarter, it said in a regulatory filing today, setting the stage for the company to post another quarterly loss this year.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British police said today they had carried out their biggest operation ever, arresting “iconic” figures and smashing thousands of conspiracies including murder plots after infiltrating a communications service used by criminals.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The British government will effectively ditch its air bridge plans and simply end coronavirus quarantine rules for those arriving from 75 countries so that people can go on holiday, the Telegraph newspaper reported.

(Trinidad Express) A WOMAN who cursed a police officer, suggesting he mind his children and not her business, faced a magistrate charged with using obscene language and resisting arrest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has said he is willing to meet with Darren Joseph, the husband of Ornella Greaves despite Joseph’s statements towards him on live television.

(Jamaica Star) Six months after their story was first highlighted, the Jackson family is still in a painful pursuit for answers, seeking the remains of their deceased relative Jimmy Jackson.

(Jamaica Star) Social media darling Tanesha ‘Rose’ Thellwell will be heading to the altar with her on again-off again lover, Ford Spence, on November 2.

After listening to more than six hours of submissions, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday set next Wednesday at 3pm to rule on whether it has jurisdiction to hear the appeal taken before it by PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, challenging the decision of the local Court of Appeal to pronounce on the constitutional meaning of “votes cast” at the March 2 polls.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will support a democratically-elected government, newly-appointed acting Chief Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess yesterday said.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has a new lease on its financial life after receiving a disbursement of a quarter of a billion dollars from the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) under the $30b syndicated bond for the industry.

In the face of mounting pressure to accept the results of the recount which show that he lost the March 2nd  general elections, President David Granger yesterday said that he will not prematurely accept either defeat or a win and will await the official declaration of the Guy-ana Elections Commission (GECOM).

President of Cricket West Indies, Ricky Skerritt has rubbished a call by one of the body’s director to have Head Coach, Phil Simmons sacked for leaving the ‘bubble’.

Guyana has now recorded its 13th death as a result of the novel coronavirus even as three more positive cases were recorded.

Fresh off an unbeaten century in the second warm up match, wicket-keeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva is ready for whatever role is required of him.

(Jamaica Observer) AUDREY Marks, Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States, has announced the reopening of the Offices of the Jamaican embassy in Washington, DC, USA.

There is doubt about who is the top wicket-keeping/batsman in the Caribbean; the title easily goes to Shane Dowrich.

The second phase of Guyana’s reopening process is expected to commence tomorrow even as the nationwide 6am to 6pm curfew will remain in effect.

Following the cancellation of the 2020 U17 Basketball World Cup by the world governing body due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), has confirmed their participation in the International Federation of Association Basketball (FIBA) ‘FIBA U17 Skills Challenges.

The first day of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) was met with complaints of short notice and a student being prohibited from sitting the exam in Santa Rosa.

A sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in recent days has seen the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) delaying the start of Phase Two of the reopening of international airports by a month.

Relieved. That was the feeling of champion cyclist, Jamual John after he returned to Guyanese soil following a truncated stint in the USA.

(Jamaica Observer) In an initiative with the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Community Scholar Inc — a US-based non-profit organisation — is hiring Jamaican teachers to tutor students in the United States online.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary former West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes, the last surviving member of the distinguished Three Ws, died here yesterday following a long illness.

Yesterday’s Eastern Airlines repatriation flight from Miami saw the return of 67 Guyanese following an approval granted by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

By Eion Jardine There are some who believe that Adrian Dodson should not be on my Mount Rushmore list of greatest Guyanese boxers.

Dear Editor It is very plausible that 464,565 Guyanese cast their ballots in 2020.

Despite the rapid rise of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Moruca sub-district, many persons living in the area still believe that the disease is fictitious especially since public awareness about the disease has been limited.

Several families are still coming to grips with last Saturday’s deadly apartment complex fire at Cummings Lodge, in which some lost everything, including loved ones. 

The NBA will not exclude coaches from participating in the season’s resumption near Orlando based solely on their age, coaches union president Rick Carlisle said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Caricom and Gecom Chair Claudette Singh are applauded for standing by the people of Guyana in their struggle for consolidation of electoral democratic gains that were first made in 1992 after the long struggle to win the right to vote in free and fair elections.

A 54-year-old man who was assaulted on Father’s Day with a piece of wood by his former son-in-law, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, June 25, after being placed on life support at the Woodlands Hospital.

(Reuters) – Governors of U.S. states hit hardest by the resurgent coronavirus halted or reversed steps to reopen their economies yesterday, led by California, the nation’s most populous state and a new epicenter of the pandemic.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Major sports events working to get back up and running after the coronavirus crisis are likely to have to do so without cancellation insurance for communicable diseases as insurers remove cover or ramp up the cost.

Dear Editor, On assuming office in 2015, the Granger Administration made it clear that all public servants must take their annual leave.

The Iwokrama International Centre has joined with ExxonMobil Guyana to provide 10 indigenous communities with cleaning and sanitisation materials to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Substitute Andriy Yarmolenko marked a rare West Ham United appearance with a dramatic late goal to earn his side a priceless 3-2 Premier League win over Chelsea yesterday.

Dear Editor, In the dysfunction of Guyana where ‘all parties’ go one day to fight Venezuela, and then another day to fight with each other the oppression of the National Grade Six Assessment continues.

(Trinidad Guardian) As citizens went to sleep on Tuesday night uneasy and unsure of what yesterday’s dawn would bring, the country initially awoke to a sense of calm and quiet.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russians opened the door to Vladimir Putin staying in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for constitutional changes that will allow him to run again for president twice, but critics said the outcome was falsified on an industrial scale.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA) will finally get to trial a new format that will see three teams compete in a single 36-over match on July 18 after winning government approval for the fixture to be played at SuperSport Park in Pretoria.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley hands over the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves at a special meeting tomorrow via video conference.

Dear Editor, It is utterly disgusting to have read the words of caretaker President Granger as per news release, “The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to insist that the elections be decided not just on quantity of votes cast but on the quality of those votes”.

(Trinidad Guardian) After a violent encounter with her former close friend, mother of five Adanna Dick was on her way to the police station to make a report, but she never made it.

A West Coast Berbice man is now on the run after he allegedly shot his girlfriend in the face yesterday morning resulting in her being admitted to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in a serious condition.