Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 29, 2020

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidadian stranded in the United States was left heartbroken after he was not allowed to perform the last rites for his deceased father.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to cancel your hosting on the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in the wake of a surge of Covid-19 cases.

(Jamaica Observer) Two American women who were arrested at the Sangster International Airport in St James on Friday, July 24 in relation to the seizure of more than a million dollars worth of cocaine are booked to appear in the St James Parish Court on Friday, July 31.

Private criminal charges of misconduct in public office have been filed against Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh, for what complainants  are alleging is her disregard to have heeded advice that the recount of votes of the March 2nd elections was unlawful.

(Jamaica Star) Pictures posted on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook by persons who should be in home quarantine will be used as evidence in cases where people have been deemed to be breaching COVID-19 rules.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections today after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about U.S.

(Trinidad Express) On Tuesday night, as a letter circulated on social media announcing the school’s temporary closure because a pupil had contact with a positive Covid-19 virus patient, NPTA Public Relations Officer Sharmila Raheem told Express the matter is to be investigated.

A police officer stationed at Riverside Plaza in Port-of Spain and her sister, who works in the finance department of the T&T Police Service, have tested positive for COVID-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 29-year-old Arouca man will appear before an Arima magistrate today charged with attempting to extort $80,000 and harassment of United National Congress Toco/Sangre Grande candidate Nabila Greene.

(Jamaica Star) Lance, a 28-year-old resident of Ramsay Road along Maxfield Avenue, spent 30 minutes trying to kick off a padlocked gate and a bolted door to save his neighbour’s two-year-old son from a burning house on Sunday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A brazen daylight robbery of the Jamaica National Bank Money Shop in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, on Tuesday has raised concern among the police that they can’t distinguish hoodlums from law-abiding citizens observing coronavirus protocols.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Yet another Jamaican has tasted success in politics in the United States.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will have to fire Keith Lowenfield and appoint someone to perform the duties of Chief Election Officer (CEO) if the Guyana Court of Appeal upholds the recount result tomorrow.

The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has received another disbursement of funds through the Ministry of Finance that will enable it to pay its staff for this month.

President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger were on Monday tested for COVID-19.

Seven new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded yesterday, increasing Guyana’s current active cases to 195.

With two investigations said to have found gold mining company Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI) liable in the death of geologist Ryan Taylor at its Karouni mine site, his mother, June Taylor, is mulling legal action against the company.

A miner was yesterday sentenced to 13 years behind bars for the murder of Daniel George, who was stabbed during an argument over cigarettes at a Mazaruni River landing in 2018.

A man is now in custody in connection with the murder of a young marketing agent which took place in broad daylight on July 23 in Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown.

A Kato miner has been sentenced to nine years in jail for a fatal Boxing Day stabbing that he committed almost five years ago.

Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock believes removing gold mining as an essential service would help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Region Nine and he says recent cases in the North Rupununi have originated from a mining area in Region Eight.

Thieves broke and entered a building which houses the Roman Catholic Church on Friday after which they lit a number of small fires before carting off several items.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a drop in demand earlier this year forced poultry farmers to cut their production, which has resulted in a shortage.

The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who is accused of taking a bribe of $100,000 to make a statutory rape charge disappear was placed under close arrest late Monday afternoon.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Another stunning batting collapse sent West Indies to their heaviest-ever Test defeat at Old Trafford in terms of runs as they conceded the three-match series, 2-1, to end their all too brief hold on the coveted Wisden Trophy here yesterday.

A lone male was seen breaking the windows of the Guyana Human Rights Centre (GHRC) on Hadfield St and Austin Place during the wee hours of Sunday shortly before fire was seen coming from the building.

The Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) more than a decade long tradition of hosting its annual Diamond Mineral Water International hockey tournament may be in jeopardy due to the ongoing global pandemic.

Magistrate Alisha George yesterday adjourned the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against the five men charged with the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian Latchman, until November when more evidence is expected to be available.

With the advent of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) sweeping the world, some cricket boards have taken the bold step to reintroduce the game under new restrictions with the West Indies and England christening the first international series since.

The just concluded virtual Referees Assistance Programme (RAP), the first to be hosted utilising the online platform, has been deemed a major success by the participants.

Deo Mohan Persaud, an overseas-based Guyanese real estate investor, lost his fight to the novel coronavirus in May at the St.

Following the announcement of Guyana’s return to the international circuit with the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, the Golden Jaguars will also commence their second campaign in League-B of the CONCACAF Nations League in June 2022 during the 2022/2023 cycle.

Health Officials in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) are refuting the claims of misconduct made by the family of the second COVID-19 fatality which occurred at the Bartica Regional Hospital.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia’s former leader, Najib Razak, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 12 years in jail yesterday in the first trial over a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB that stretched to the Gulf states and Hollywood.

(Reuters) – Playing on a single site away from fans in a quarantine setting, teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) face plenty of unknowns as the league restarts its season this week.

Residents of Linden, who were affected by the rapid erosion following torrential downpours over the weekend have joined forces with the authorities and are assisting in the rehabilitation of foundations of the homes and roadways which were severely eroded.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Hollywood star power fueling the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers makes them the favorites to win the Western Conference and hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy when the novel coronavirus-hit NBA season crowns its champion in Orlando, analysts said.

The Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) is reminding all persons slaughtering cows for Eid-ul-Adha that the carcasses must be examined and certified by officers of the Municipal Abattoir.

(Reuters) – Five U.S. states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths yesterday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health officials said Latinos made up more than half its cases.

Dear Editor, On July 22, 2020, Stabroek News carried a letter titled `State of economy is likely to worsen more than casually projected’, in which the author conjures Guyana’s economy being in distress at the end of the first quarter, a situation he blames on alleged poor management and policy.

Cassandra Boucher, the former policewoman who was found guilty of dousing her now ex-boyfriend with a corrosive substance, was yesterday sentenced to one year behind bars.

(Barbados Nation) Government will move this week to reduce travel taxes, says Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.

LONDON  (Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – UEFA’s claim that Manchester City “disguised equity funding” from their owners was “unsubstantiated” but the club showed “blatant disregard” to the Financial Fair Play investigation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the Caribbean is a poorer place following the passing of the former Prime Minister Owen Arthur.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said yesterday, triple the group’s earlier estimates.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Stuart Broad says he still feels fresh and is keen to reprise his heroics against West Indies when England return to the test arena next week for a three-match series against Pakistan.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s suspended athletics federation (RusAF) has asked World Athletics to postpone a decision on potential fresh sanctions or even expulsion.

Dear Editor, The passing of Rt Hon Owen Seymour Arthur, former Prime Minister of Barbados will be marked with great sadness by his beloved Barbados, the CARICOM and Greater Caribbean Region, the Commonwealth, United Nations and many of the Global South.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez came off the bench to score an impressive solo goal and complete a 2-0 win over Napoli which kept his side second in Serie A yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please accept my profound gratitude for being able to absorb the two articles published in the Sunday Stabroek of 26 July.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Curtis Campher received his maiden call-up to the Ireland senior side yesterday as they named a 14-man squad for tomorrow’s first one-day international against world champions England in Southampton.

On my assessment, given its legal context, President David Granger’s statement that he will accept nothing less than the counting of the broadly defined ‘valid votes’ of the March 2020 elections to arrive at a winner threatens to take the elections quarrel to another constitutional/unconstitutional level.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The former boss of Mexican state oil firm Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, told a court yesterday he was innocent of corruption charges and said he would denounce those responsible for his alleged crimes, in a case that could seriously embarrass Mexico’s previous rulers.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has said the inaugural Lanka Premier League Twenty 20 tournament will be held from Aug.

(Reuters) – Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and fast bowler Wahab Riaz have made the cut in Pakistan’s 20-man squad for the three-test series against England starting next week, the country’s cricket board (PCB) has said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Scientists have succeeded in reviving microbes retrieved from sediment deep under the seafloor in the heart of the South Pacific that had survived in a dormant state for 101.5 million years in research illustrating the resiliency of life on Earth.

In a recent interview with Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace, American President Donald Trump hinted that he might not accept a loss in the upcoming November elections as he will claim that it was rigged.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia batsman David Warner has said travel restrictions and biosecurity controls due to COVID-19 means cricketers will have to spend more time away from their families and may cause him to re-think his international commitments.