Daily Archive: Friday, July 3, 2020

CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin La Rocque today said that he had every confidence in the work produced by the observer team at the recount of votes at Guyana’s March 2nd general elections.

New CARICOM Chairman, Ralph Gonsalves today defended Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley from what he said were “vulgar and unwarranted” attacks over her role in trying to preserve democracy in Guyana.

(Jamaica Star) A suspect has surrendered to the police in connection with the stabbing death of a man on Lawrence Drive in St Andrew on Wednesday night.

Outgoing CARICOM Chair, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley today expressed her concern that Guyana’s elections “confusion” is still to be resolved as of July 3rd and cited the need to await the ruling on Wednesday of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today held a special meeting for the hand over the Chairmanship from Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, to Ralph Gonsalves of St.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator here Mikiko Tanaka today urged political leaders and their supporters to refrain from acts that could incite hostility and violence as the country awaits an elections-related ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice on Wednesday.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Two former presidents of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, have been banned from leaving the country while under investigation for money laundering in separate corruption cases, government authorities said on Thursday.

BOA VISTA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Leaders of an isolated indigenous Yanomami community in Brazil have complained that a military mission to protect them from the coronavirus brought greater risk of infection to their people through contact with outsiders including journalists.

Amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the interior, the government today announced the shutting down of mining at Aranka/Arangoy Landing in Region Seven and special measures for that area and Moruca in Region One.

On June 13, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, told the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that “instances of voter impersonation” have affected the standard of the March 2 Polls and used this and other alleged anomalies to invalidate approximately 25% of the ballots cast but an interview from 2015 shows the same Lowenfield contending that impersonation “is just not possible”.

(CWI) Phil Simmons is back on the job. The West Indies head coach returned to the field with his players yesterday after his mandatory quarantine and COVID-19 tests.

A Bartica miner is one of the two COVID-19 fatalities that have been recorded in a matter of days as Guyana prepares to begin the second phase of the rollback of emergency measures that were announced to curb the spread of the virus. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Windies fast bowler, now pundit, Michael Holding, has commented on whether cricketers should use their platform to speak up on racial injustice.

Michael Caesar, also known as ‘’Capone,’ 36, who is currently serving sentences for his role in the Lusignan and Bartica massacres, was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter and armed robbery.

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that a manslaughter charge be instituted against the Officer in Charge of the Suddie Police Station, who is accused of being responsible for the death of taxi driver Lallbachan Bachan but action has yet to be taken.

Following the unfortunate  loss of his scholarship at Eastern Florida State College due to the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Golden Jaguar international Curtez Kellman, says that he has received another full scholarship offer from Daytona State College.

Dr. Derron Moonsammy, the doctor-in-charge at the Kumaka District Hospital in Moruca, is one of the over 70 persons to have contracted the coronavirus in the sub-district and is currently in isolation.

Junior Hercules, head-coach of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Association (GABF) Senior Men’s team has revealed that the recently hosted sessions in the ongoing World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) Online Clinic, focused on developing offensive and defensive strategies which can be utilised over a long-term period.

A resident of Culvert City in Lethem on Wednesday tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region to Five.

MANCHESTER, England,  CMC – Speedster Shannon Gabriel has forced his way into the West Indies squad for the three-Test series against England starting next Wednesday.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James and Deputy Commissioner Maxine Graham have not proceeded on their accumulated leave ahead of their respective retirements as they have had to oversee already planned operations for the general and regional elections, President David Granger has said.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Iconic former captain Sir Clive Lloyd has praised late West Indies batting great, Sir Everton Weekes, as “an absolutely wonderful human” who had been a “hero” to generations of cricketers.

Even as the coffee manufacturer, Amy’s Pomeroon Foods Inc (APFI) continues, along with other local agro-processors, to feel the economic squeeze associated with a weak domestic market, and latterly, the wider economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the company’s chief executive officer, Louis Holder, has outlined to this newspaper a series of measures which he believes can grow local businesses and “keep Guyanese employed and the economy resilient.”

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood finally tasted form in a breezy knock but captain Jason Holder will enter next week’s first Test short of a significant score after failing again on yesterday’s final day of the four-day ‘inter-squad’ warm-up match.

Two weeks after the disappearance of a police constable, his mother Charlene Jordan is yet to receive answers from members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) about her son’s disappearance.

Better known for her contribution to the local fashion industry over the years, Guyanese businesswoman Sonia Noel, along with women from other countries in the region and the USA, will ‘stage’ a virtual event from Tuesday, July 7 to Sunday July, 10 as part of the launch of two collections of writings, namely, “Women Across Borders: Fulfilling Purpose With A Mission” and “Rising From the Ashes”, which were compiled and published in 2018 and 2019, respectively. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England will join West Indies in wearing a “Black Lives Matter” logo on their shirts during the three-match test series, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

A driver of West Coast Berbice (WCB) was placed on $575,000 bail on Tuesday after being slapped with four traffic charges including causing death by dangerous driving of 16 year-old Sheldon Major, of 76 Enmore North,  East Coast Demerara, on June 22.

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

Andrea Seechun is not one of those women for whom being a farmer means managing an enterprise from behind a desk, balancing the books, and not knowing one end of a hoe from the other.

(Reuters) – Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton expects Formula One drivers to be united against racism at Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, and that could mean taking a knee before the start.

While the rest of the country has been caught up with the coronavirus pandemic, residents of Masakenari in Region Nine have been silently suffering from the  lack of food and basic items, the Toshao there has revealed.

Dear Editor, Caricom has a rotating chairmanship in which the Heads of State of each country have the opportunity to head the Regional Body for a six months period.

Against the backdrop of loss of markets and general economic downturn confronting various sectors of the global economy, information technology industry specialists are reporting a strong link between the advent of COVID-19 and a significant increase in the global demand for personal computers (PCs).

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure wishes to respond to an article published by Guyana Times on Monday, June 29, 2020 under the headline, `Linden roads in a deplorable state due to heavy downpours.’

Sacked workers of Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), a subsidiary of Russian Aluminum (RUSAL) continue to hold firm to their position that the company needs to resolve a long-running dispute over wages and salaries.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Cricket Australia said yesterday it has dropped the British-made Dukes ball from its 2020/21 Sheffield Shield season and will use only the Kookaburra to encourage more spin bowling on home pitches.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil registered 1,252 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 61,884, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.

Three small business owners in the agro-processing sector have told the Stabroek Business that official support for struggling small and micro businesses has to go beyond the grants currently being offered by the state-run Small Business Bureau (SBB) since these are unlikely to make a significant impact on the survival of enterprises that are now on the brink of total collapse.

A Brazilian miner died on Tuesday after a 200-pound-plus rock crushed him to death while he was working at Puruni Mines in Region Seven.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Up to 60% of the usual capacity will be allowed inside the Roland Garros grounds for the 2020 edition of the French Open amid the COVID-19 crisis, organisers said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I put pen to paper as during the last five months, the yard and surroundings of an associate of mine at Lot 8C Ogle Front, East Coast Demerara, remain flooded, due to a broken water pipe outside her premises.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Colombians have taken to social media and online petitioning to demand that seven soldiers charged with the sexual assault of an indigenous child receive maximum prison sentences, voicing outrage and concern that justice will not be delivered.

(Reuters) – More than three dozen U.S. states were seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters tally yesterday and the nation set a new record with more than 51,000 infections in a single day as a fresh wave of the pandemic spread across the nation.

Universally regarded as a uniquely important cog in the global wheel of environmental preservation the Amazon rainforest would appear to be again coming under the assertive scrutiny of environment watchers over what is believed to be a fresh surge of abuse of the area emanating from Brazil.

Guyana has now recorded 14 deaths as a result of COVID-19 even as the number of positive cases rose to 250.  

(Field Level Media) In the first eight days of the testing, 25 players have tested positive for the coronavirus, the NBA announced on Thursday.

Dear Editor, The lull in election letters as we move towards the election defeat staring the APNU+AFC+WPA, allows me the opportunity to react to the responses to my letter of June 13, 2020 edition of SN, `A movement once famous for its values and Rodneyite principles is now deeply involved in attempts to rig the 2020 elections’.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S.

Dear Editor, The cases heard this week were well prepared by the parties involved and do present some interesting follow-up discussions.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday July 2, 2020

(Reuters) – England all-rounder Sam Curran is self isolating in his room at the Ageas Bowl after undergoing a COVID-19 test, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

A Charlestown businessman was shot twice and robbed of $200,000 after four men invaded his premises on Wednesday afternoon.

Dear Editor, Forgiving people is an act of love. All is forgiven David Granger.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gangsters be warned: this is a war you will not win.

We are entering the second full weekend since a significant resumption of trading in the city following the advent of the COVID-19-driven virtually complete shutdown of business in the capital.

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Across the US of A, Black Lives Matter protests are still being maintained against the violent policing systems that target Black people.

– Another long-lasting generational wedge? As one with a little hands-on knowledge – (not “expertise?”)

(Reuters) – Doc Redman collected seven birdies in his last eight holes to grab a share of the first-round lead with Scott Stallings and Kevin Kisner at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit on Thursday.

GABORONE,  (Reuters) – Botswana is investigating a growing number of unexplained deaths of elephants, having confirmed 275 had died, up from 154 two weeks ago, the government said yesterday.

Anyone who thought the de facto President was just a puppet on a string whom diehard party elements along with former military personnel were just manipulating, was forced to revise that judgement on Monday when the caretaker head of state emerged from behind the curtain  and revealed himself as the puppet-master.

Autopsies done on Wednesday have confirmed that the three persons who died in the Cummings Lodge apartment complex fire last Saturday succumbed to smoke inhalation.