Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Nineteen new ministers were this afternoon appointed by President Irfaan Ali and the crucial portfolio of natural resources has gone to Vickram Bharrat.

(Trinidad Guardian) While his father worked nearby, a four-year-old toddler, left in the care of his grandmother, fell into a swimming pool in Rio Claro and drowned on Sunday.

President Irfaan  Ali will be swearing in members of his Cabinet, today at 3 pm at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, according to a notice from the Ministry of the Presidency.

(Jamaica Star) Jeffery Bowen is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a drowning boy from a crocodile-infested water canal in Bridgeport, Portmore, St Catherine, last Friday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The blast that killed more than 70 people and injured 4,000 in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday was felt as far as the Republic of Cyprus and is being described as an “atomic bomb”.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda’s crumbling public hospitals, doctors’ strikes and corruption scandals make its success in the fight against the new coronavirus all the more unlikely.

AYODHYA, India,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of India’s most bloody communal violence.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 100 people, an official source familiar with the findings said.

(Trinidad Express) A man was stabbed to death during an altercation with another man at the home of a woman early Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has alleged the UNC is distributing truckloads of stoves, fridges and microwave ovens in the South and East and he told supporters to take them all and then vote for the PNM.

Eight local players along with Assistant Coach, Rayon Griffith departed Guyana for Trinidad and Tobago on Monday night.

Former West Indies cricketer, Philo Wallace, is calling for a critical assessment of the West Indies management team following their 2-1 defeat at the hands of England recently.

The Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) and NexGen Golf Academy have entered into an agreement that will provide for the expansion of golf training and practice in Georgetown at the Woolford Avenue location.

Twenty-five junior cricketers drawn from six clubs on Saturday became the first recipients of cricket gear from the Basil Butcher Cricket Development Programme.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) will field the first parliamentary representative for the seat awarded to its joint list with those of The New Movement (TNM) and A New and United Guyana (ANUG) after the March 2nd elections although the amount of time each party will serve during the 12th Parliament is still being worked out.

Dr Frank Anthony has been tipped to be Minister of Health and to lead the fight against the novel coronavirus under the PPP/C government, even as a new task force is being established to deal with measures to eliminate the spread of the virus here, sources say.

Golden Jaguars U20 Captain and former Fruta Conquerors winger Nicholas MacArthur has  confirmed his transfer to Elite League rival Santos FC following the conclusion of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) June-July Transfer Period.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) captain Orwain Sandy was yesterday handed a life sentence for the slaying of his partner Reona Payne, whom he shot more than a dozen times back in 2018.

Junior Hercules, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) National 3×3 Coordinator, has officially earned his FIBA 3×3 certification following the successful completion of the Central American and Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CONCENCABA) Virtual 3×3 Workshop Platform.

Junior National Lawn Tennis Champion Heimraj Resaul, who is currently in the United States as a student-athlete, was recently presented with two prestigious awards for both his academic and athletic performances there. 

A father of five was crushed to death yesterday morning following an accident on the East Coast Demerara Public Road at Montrose.

A seventy-nine-year-old Beterverwagting resident yesterday became Guyana’s 22nd confirmed COVID-19 death.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Ireland’s Paul Stirling and captain Andy Balbirnie struck superb centuries as the tourists chased down a daunting target of 329 to stun world champions England with a seven-wicket win in the third and final One-Day International at the Rose Bowl yesterday.

Maintaining that APNU+AFC won the March 2nd elections and that alleged irregularities unearthed during the recount of the ballots cast are unacceptable, former Public Health Minister and PNCR Chairperson Volda Lawrence has called on coalition supporters to remain calm and peaceful and not to be “provoked” by the actions of others.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – A powerful blast in port warehouses near central Beirut storing highly explosive material killed 78 people, injured nearly 4,000 and sent seismic shockwaves that shattered windows, smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital.

(Reuters) – Pakistan will have to hit the ground running if they are to have any chance against England in their three-test series which starts today, coach Misbah-ul-Haq said.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s Supreme Court placed former President Alvaro Uribe under house arrest in a unanimous decision yesterday while a fraud and witness tampering case continues.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced support for the unprecedented United States nomination of a candidate to head the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – the controversial Trump Administration official, Mauricio Claver-Carone.

Dear Editor,  I offer sincere congratulations to the joinder parties – ANUG, LJP and TNM on their attainment of one seat in Parliament.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A confident Brooks Koepka said yesterday he had ironed out the kinks that hindered his game earlier this year and added that he will claim a third consecutive PGA Championship this week if he plays at the level he is capable of.

A day after she alleged that she was threatened at her home, former government minister Simona Broomes was yesterday faced with allegations that she and her driver/bodyguard threatened and assaulted one of two men they confronted in the aftermath.

Dear Editor, The circus is over. A tortured nation can breathe a sigh of relief.

(Reuters) – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday dismissed allegations from a players’ body that its international cricketers have not been paid all their prize money.   

WASHINGTON/LONDON  (Reuters) – Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is seeking protection from creditors in the United States under Chapter 15 of the U.S.

Luka Doncic capped a 34-point, 20-rebound, 12-assist triple-double with a basket inside to break a tie with 1:57 remaining in overtime yesterday afternoon as the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the Sacramento Kings for a 114-110 victory.

Dear Editor, A new President was sworn in on Sunday, August 2, 2020 after half of a year of stress, strain and the vagaries of our judiciary.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least four people yesterday as it made its way up the U.S.

An early morning fire yesterday damaged Chase Academy, located on Parade Street, Kingston.

LONDON/BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina has reached an agreement with creditors to restructure around $65 billion in sovereign debt, breaking a deadlock in talks that will help the country climb out of default and banish fears of a damaging and protracted legal standoff.

Dear Editor, The election crisis is over and a new government is in place.

LONDON, CMC – As expected, Cricket Australia has scrapped a three-match Twenty20 series with West Indies scheduled for October.

Region One is now COVID-19 free after the last of the remaining patients were discharged from isolation facilities earlier this week.

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored a career-high 26 points and hit two clutch 3-pointers down the stretch to help the visiting Brooklyn Nets pull out a 119-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks yesterday near Orlando.

Dear Editor, Away from the dirty business of Guyanese politics, I am sad to report the deaths of two of my favourite cousins – Elaine Smith and Peter Vyfhuis.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp told employees it would begin suspending the employer match to retirement savings plans beginning in early October, said sources who received a message from the company yesterday.

One new death and 23 new COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health.

Here we go again, a change from one ethnic government to the next, and we expect better results when, by its very nature,  such a transfer of power does not have the potential to deliver national unity and equitable social progress. 

(Reuters) – Brentford stand to earn some 160 million pounds ($209.28 million) in additional revenue over three years if they defeat Fulham in today’s Championship play-off final and secure a return to the Premier League, Deloitte have said.

Dear Editor, I want to stay on an even keel today and for the foreseeable future. 

A Linden family of seven lost their home in a fire that occurred on Saturday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil reported 51,603 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,154 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said yesterday.

As the West Indies cricket team wing their way back home to the Caribbean, no doubt they are a saddened but wiser bunch, with their luggage slightly lighter, albeit for having lost the Wisden Trophy.

The Palms Geriatric Home continues to be guided by the protocols issued by the Ministry of Public Health to ensure the safety of its staff and residents from COVID-19.

The Citizenship Initiative (TCI) last night expressed concern regarding recent media reports that several members of the Ministry of the Presidency have been asked to resign.