Daily Archive: Monday, August 3, 2020

Congratulating Irfaan Ali on his election as President, the US-based Carter Center today urged the new government to reach across the divide and move swiftly on electoral and constitutional reforms.

President Irfaan Ali this morning met with the Heads of the Departments of the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP).

(Jamaica Star) “Me talk to him. If you cyah hear you must feel.”

BUENOS AIRES/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A battle is brewing for control of Latin America’s main development bank.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned today that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long.

On June 11, 1963, at the height of civil rights unrest in the United States not unlike what it is experiencing today, then President John F Kennedy uttered the following words in an announcement calling for nationwide participation in addressing what he described as the moral crisis: “In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.”

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland today congratulated President Irfaan Ali on his swearing in yesterday and reaffirmed the group’s commitment to support the people of Guyana in the strengthening of democratic and inclusive governance.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Marcia Edwards of Crooked River, Clarendon, has a sense of regret that she never pressed her husband, Earl, not to take that final trek to the United States to work at Gebbers Farms.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A coma can leave both patient and despairing family in the dark.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six reputed members of what the police call “a very big and dangerous” criminal network were killed in an alleged fierce fight with the security forces shortly after midnight Saturday, disrupting the Bushman Gang’s reign of terror in central Jamaica.

Three persons succumbed to injuries sustained during a late night accident along the Whim, Corentyne Public Road yesterday.

Exactly five months after voters went to the polls and the rolling back of blatant efforts to rig the March 2nd general elections in favour of APNU+AFC, the PPP/C’s presidential candidate Irfaan Ali was dramatically sworn in yesterday as Guyana’s 9th President.

As the sweat soaked Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen wrapped up his final sparring session on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York, he barked at his coach, “I’m in the best shape of my life!”

In one of his last official acts before demitting office, President David Granger yesterday recognised the declaration by the Chair of GECOM, Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh of the recount results which showed a victory for the opposition PPP/C at the March 2nd polls and he also signalled that an election petition was in the offing.

Former Golden Jaguars captain and aspiring tactician Christopher Nurse says that it is imperative that the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) provide a pathway and platform for the many former national stalwarts to serve the national programme.

Guyana yesterday saw an alarming rise in new coronavirus cases by 44 with 38 of these in Region Nine.

A taxi driver is dead and five others were injured following a shooting at a Garnett Street nightclub yesterday morning.

Former West Indies fast bowler, Kenny Benjamin said the 2-1 series win by England over West Indies was expected.

A bandit was shot and killed last night after he and his accomplice invaded a Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara home.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Teams and officials are set to start arriving here Monday for the Caribbean Premier League scheduled to bowl off later this month but Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has assured the country that the staging of the Twenty20 franchise tournament will not pose a risk to public health amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Doodkumar Sookraj, Guyana’s 21st COVID-19 fatality was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) at the time of his passing on Thursday.

LONDON, CMC – Former Test pacer Fidel Edwards will not represent Hampshire in the revamped English domestic championship which bowled off here Saturday, following a mutual decision by both parties.

The envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union yesterday congratulated Irfaan Ali on his swearing in as the President of Guyana and said they looked forward to “meaningful progress on constitutional reform and reconciliation”.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England’s Stuart Broad said he considered retiring after being omitted for last month’s series opener against West Indies at Southampton.

The body of a twenty-two-year-old man was yesterday morning found at the Crane Housing Scheme ball field entrance after leaving home to graze his sheep.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the U.S.

Dear Editor, In a dramatic development which saw the restoration of constitutional order five months to the day after the March 2 elections, Dr Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate of the PPP/C, was declared as President by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and sworn in by the Chancellor of the Judiciary as the ninth President of Guyana.

(Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow is keen to return to England’s test squad and also wants to help the team retain their 50-overs World Cup title in 2023, the 30-year-old has said.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – This year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place, subject to government clearances, between Sept.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek Block was described as, “an extraordinary world-class asset” in a recent investor conference call by John Hess.

Businesses in Parika are reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic having had to close for more than three months.

Acting Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael Kozak yesterday congratulated President Irfaan Ali on his swearing in.

Dear Editor, England came from behind and scored an impressive 2 – 1 victory over the West Indies to regain the Wisden Trophy after the West Indies had slaughtered them in the first of three test matches played between the two teams in England.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – More than 9,500 runners competing in Moscow’s annual half-marathon yesterday wore masks and gloves in the starting area, had their temperature checked and were told to observe social distancing rules because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After months of wrangling over the results of the recount of votes from March 2nd and a slew of court cases, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh yesterday declared the PPP/C to be the winner of the controversy-ridden polls in the absence of the three government-appointed commissioners who had left in protest.

SILVERSTONE, England, CMC – Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton won his third straight race and a record seventh at Silverstone but was forced to drag his Mercedes across the line after picking up a puncture on the final lap, in a dramatic finish to an otherwise uneventful contest here yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Carrier interCaribbean Airways is expected to touch down in Barbados tomorrow, joining several other airlines picking up the slack as the regionally-owned LIAT remains grounded with financial woes.

Dear Editor,  Congratulations Irfaan Ali on becoming President of Guyana. I know that you are in the partying mood but you need to hit the ground running and deliver on that 50,000 jobs-creation promise as nothing less will do.

(Reuters) – U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday after a two-month voyage that was NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican security forces yesterday captured Jose Antonio Yepez, a notorious drug gang leader and fuel thief blamed for fanning a sharp surge in violence that has severely tested the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

(Trinidad Express) The Office of the Prime Minister (Gender and Child Affairs) and the Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago are currently working with the Management and Staff of the St.

Diamond Insurance is opening its newest location at the Giftland Mall today. 

Dear Editor,  The Iron Lady sings and Guyana can breathe again. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder took control early to beat the Utah Jazz 110-94 on Saturday near Orlando in their first game of the NBA’s restart.

Dear Editor, The Liberty and Justice Party congratulates President, Dr. Irfaan Ali and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic on their victory at the 2 March 2020 elections.

(Reuters) – Manchester City struggle to prevent the best teams from scoring against them and their central defenders could be targeted in Friday’s Champions League clash against Spanish champions Real Madrid, former England skipper Wayne Rooney said.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) yesterday congratulated  Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali on his appointment as the 9th Executive President of  Guyana.

BUENOS AIRES/ASUNCION/BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Argentina broke past 200,000 COVID-19 cases yesterday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected region towards a combined 5 million cases.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – The Florida coast looked set to avoid major damage late yesterday with Tropical Storm Isaias keeping offshore as it rumbles north, although it could strengthen to a hurricane by the time it reaches the Carolinas on Monday packing heavy winds and rain.

The Granger administration and its allies continue to defy the will of the Guyanese people by refusing to accept the vote count.

(Reuters) – South Africa’s Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk tested positive for COVID-19 in Italy last week, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

By Melanie J. Newton Melanie J. Newton is an Associate Professor of History and the former Director of the Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Toronto.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s main opposition parties yesterday pledged to boycott legislative elections scheduled for Dec.

(Reuters) – Venerable U.S. retailer Lord & Taylor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, becoming the latest in a growing list of storied names to do so amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has crippled the retail sector.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is extremely pleased to congratulate His Excellency Dr.