Daily Archive: Thursday, July 23, 2020

Bandits this afternoon shot and killed a 23- year-old resident of Middle Road, La Penitence during a suspected robbery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The bloody reign of Delano ‘Prekeh Boy’ Wilmot as one of Jamaica’s most feared gangsters came to an abrupt end in Amity district, St James, when he was killed in an early morning gunfight with a police-military team.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An attack by allegedly gay men on a worker at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital on Monday has prompted a review of the security arrangements at the facility.

Opposition-appointed GECOM commissioners: Sase Gunraj, Bibi Shadick and Robeson Benn today deplored mounting attacks on GECOM Chair Claudette Singh.

Amid continuing signs that APNU+AFC will not accept a declaration by GECOM of the results based on the national recount, PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo today said that President David Granger and the riggers supporting him are living in a fool’s world if they believe they will get away with that.

WENCHANG, China,  (Reuters) – China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars today in its first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space and a display of its technological prowess and ambition.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than two dozen local police officers are currently under watch by the T&T Police Service Professional Standards Bureau having been implicated in an intrinsic human trafficking ring operating between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

The COVID-19 Task Force of Region Nine is very concerned with residents’ lax attitude to the coronavirus disease pandemic.

An excavator operator was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail after he was charged with setting fire to two public buildings on the Essequibo Coast more than a week ago.

Two Molotov cocktails were thrown in the vicinity of the Suriname Embassy early yesterday morning.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will hear arguments on Saturday morning at 10, in the appeal filed by Tucville resident Misenga Jones, who is challenging the High Court’s decision upholding the validity of the national recount of votes from the March 2 polls.

Eleven new cases of the novel coronavirus were recorded yesterday as a record 150 persons were tested between Tuesday and yesterday.

Dear Editor, If it weren’t for the tragic situation facing our country one would have howled with laughter at the comical yet duplicitous performances of the two Guyana de facto Ministers before the OAS Permanent Council on July 21, 2020.

A 53-year-old grass cutter died on Tuesday afternoon after he was reportedly hit by a motor car along the Melanie Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

LIVERPOOL, England,  (Reuters) – Champions Liverpool geared up to lift the Premier League trophy with a 5-3 win over Chelsea in a goal feast at Anfield yesterday to ensure they went an entire league season unbeaten at home.

Dear Editor, I am replying to a letter entitled `Pulse of the nation has deserted PNCR’ in the July 20, 2020 edition of SN by Harry N Nawbatt which was in reply to mine of July 18, 2020.

A 24-year-old Linden resident is wanted by the police in connection with the murder of gold miner Teo James, who was stabbed to death more than a week ago during an altercation.

MANCHESTER,  (Reuters) – Jofra Archer received racist abuse on social media after breaching biosecurity protocols and being dropped by England and said he was struggling for motivation ahead of the third test against the West Indies tomorrow.

MANCHESTER,  (Reuters) – England’s most successful bowler James Anderson feels he and Stuart Broad should be paired together to lead the bid for a series win in the decisive test against the West Indies.

Dear Editor, In his letter in the SN of July 21, 2020, Tarron Khemraj wrote; “One columnist wrote us off as being dishonest when we mentioned how difficult it is to measure ethnic distribution of income and wealth.” 

A resident of Katuru in the South Central Rupununi district who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is currently being tracked by Region Nine officials after he escaped from health officials shortly after learning that he had the disease.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Tokyo Olympics organisers are preparing to host the Games next year even if the global coronavirus pandemic hasn’t eased substantially, organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto told Reuters yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has reported cases of fraudulent food-handling certificates found among vendors and businesses within the city, during their routine visits.

Dear Editor, The institutions and freedoms of a democratic society are being abused and set against the nation in an attempted resurrection of the Forbes Burnham doctrine of Manifest Destiny.

Two construction workers were injured while demolishing a workshed at the newly constructed Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday morning.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – No player is indispensable and Pakistan will pick Mohammad Amir against England only if the bowler is “up to the mark”, bowling coach Waqar Younis has said.

Dear Editor, The lengths and depths that the APNU+AFC has gone and is willing to go to illegally hold on to power are no longer surprising.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – China plans to provide a $1 billion loan to make its coronavirus vaccine accessible for countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, the Mexican foreign ministry said yesterday.

The mother of Nursing Assistant Schenise Apple believes that the investigation surrounding her death was at a standstill for months and was only recently fast-tracked after a new detective took over the case.

With less than eight days remaining in the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Transfer Window, Calvin ‘Fluman’ Allen, coach of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), has confirmed the acquisition of several high profile players from Elite League rival and national champion Fruta Conquerors.

Dear Editor, Permit me to share some old lessons on lying as taught by my long deceased parents.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States gave China 72 hours to close its consulate in Houston amid accusations of spying, marking a dramatic deterioration in relations between the world’s two biggest economies.

 (TT Loop News) A Chaguanas man has been held for the murder of Guyanese national Meshach Yoel Mentore, also known as Joel.

Heading into the third and final Test with the series level 1-1, West Indies assistant coach, Roddy Estwick views tomorrow’s game as a final with England.

Dear Editor, I have followed the numerous cases that have engaged the courts in Guyana and the CCJ in Trinidad, since the one dealing with the No Confidence Motion, the appointment of Patterson, et al.

(Reuters) – U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1,100 for a second day in a row yesterday, including a record one-day rise in fatalities in Alabama, California, Nevada and Texas, according to a Reuters tally.

Boxers Keevin Allicock, Abiola Jackman and Mark Crawford along with three officials have been nominated for AIBA awards by the local association.

A 67-year-old West Ruimveldt woman was yesterday held at gunpoint while her assailant bit her wedding band off of her finger and relieved her of her other gold jewellery she was wearing at the time before making his escape.

Dear Editor, For a while now I wanted to publicly recognize the courageous act of Mr.

SANTIAGO/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil and Argentina registered daily records for confirmed coronavirus cases yesterday, pushing the total number of cases in Latin America past 4 million and underlining the difficulty the region faces in controlling the pandemic.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) is refuting media reports which claim that a stretch of road in Lima Sands, Region Two that was purportedly constructed by the ministry has deteriorated.

Dear Editor,  The PNC-led APNU+AFC have behavioural problems. They are misbehaving pretending that they have power.

Cricket West Indies [CWI] is exploring the prospects of hosting South Africa in September with Barbados being one of the frontrunners to host the tour.

GOIANIA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Aritana Yawalapiti, one of Brazil’s most influential indigenous leaders, arrived at a hospital in the central city of Goiânia early yesterday to be treated at an intensive care unit for COVID-19, after an arduous journey over rural roads with a dwindling supply of oxygen.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Early in his budding career as a professional swimmer, Olympic hopeful Michael Gunning faced a regular putdown in the pool from snide schoolmates: “Black people don’t swim.”

Since 2002, the Paris Plages event in France has been offering Parisians and visitors free summertime beachside recreation along the Seine River.

More than 140 days after Guyana’s elections, the losing regime and its disingenuous leader remain defiantly in power, with yet another brazen legal attempt underway to thwart democracy and further delay the formal declaration of the winner. 

(Barbados nation) The chairmen of two statutory organisations were promoted to the Ministerial Cabinet in changes announced by Prime Minister Mia Mottley in an address to the nation from Ilaro Court last evening.

Guyana is expected to experience thunderstorms between tomorrow night and Saturday morning as Tropical Storm Gonzalo moves its way north of the country into the Atlantic as a possible hurricane.

(The Weather Channel) Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and could impact parts of the Windward Islands this weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) Highland “Dobby” Dobson, whose laid-back vocal style earned him hit songs in the pre-ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, died yesterday at age 78 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

(Trinidad Express) (Ministry of Health statement) Within the last 24 hours Trinidad and Tobago has been faced with two confirmed cases of COVID-19 that are pending investigation, case #139 and #141.

Dear Editor, It tells the level of desperation the caretaker government has sunk  to when its members would see it fit and proper to twist and falsify facts to suit their shallow narrative at no less a forum than the OAS.

(Jamaica Star) A St Catherine woman who broke a leg after she fell in an open manhole in Old Harbour is urging the Government to move quickly and cover these holes before other persons get hurt.