Daily Archive: Friday, August 14, 2020

Former Minister of Business and AFC Executive Dominic Gaskin discusses the pre and post March 2nd event, his future in politics and the relationship with his father-in-law and former President David Granger, among other issues.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited today said it has detected fraudulent online payment card activity and that affected customers will be reimbursed for amounts proven to have been illegally taken.

The current COVID-19 Emergency Measures will be updated and extended until August 31st, the Minister of Health Dr.

Two police officers were today charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Cecil Sampat, the John Fernandes Limited worker who was fatally shot following a chase in city last month.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today said that schools will not be reopened on September 7th 2020 for the Christmas term as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

The 19 fraud charges previously levelled against President Irfaan Ali over the sale of state lands in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme were this morning withdrawn by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A court in Luanda sentenced the son of former Angolan president Eduardo Dos Santos to five years in prison over a $500 million corruption case, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain called on Venezuela today to establish a transitional government and swiftly hold free presidential elections, due to the impact of COVID-19 on the country.

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Health officials in Australia’s most populous state made “unjustifiable” and “inexcusable” mistakes which allowed cruise ship passengers with COVID-19 to disembark in central Sydney, an inquiry said today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. officials will unveil a major economic investment program with the Colombian government next week as Washington expands its drive to yank supply chains out of China and bring them closer to home, a senior White House official said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The medical fraternity in St Mary has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Yakeev Morris, an intern at the Annotto Bay Hospital, on Wednesday.

Former Minister of State Joseph Harmon was yesterday formally fired from his position of Director General in the Ministry of the Presidency by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, even as he awaited word on a request for 42 days leave.

The PPP/C government is mulling moving the location of the proposed new Demerara River crossing as the current Houston location has seen increased shore-based oil & gas activities that may pose possible traffic congestion for commuters in the future.

The results of PCR tests received last night show that President Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister Mark Phillips and the Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo along with other members of the cabinet have tested negative for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Plans are proceeding for the imminent staging of a high-profile Webinar designed to bring stakeholders in the agriculture and agro processing sectors together to attempt to chart the way forward against Covid-19-related challenges currently facing the two sectors, President of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) Shyam Nokta has told the Stabroek Business.

After recording 24 cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the village council of Batavia, in Region Seven, has decided to lock down the community in order to stop the spread of the virus within the area.

The protective strictures that have compulsorily arisen out of the onset of the coronavirus may have put a squeeze on mainstream trading through the accustomed outlets, whether these be conventional shops and supermarkets or traditional municipal market vending.

The deeply disturbing consequences of the onset of COVID-19 can hardly be compensated for by anything short of some ‘miracle’ serum that can erase this plague from the planet in the shortest possible time.

By Readawne Henery Two more victims of the fatal accident at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara Public Road on Wednesday evening were yesterday identified.

As COVID-19 persists, small and micro businesses in Guyana continue to be particularly vulnerable to the impacts its effects.

Guyana now has 420 active COVID-19 cases which accounts for 66.5% of the total confirmed cases recorded to date.

As Latin America and the Caribbean continue to peer tentatively into the coronavirus dark tunnel of uncertainty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has hit the region with more gloomy news regarding its projected economic performance in the period ahead.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Gerry Gouveia yesterday announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

In recognition of International Youth Day (IYD) 2020, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is calling on the newly installed PPP/C Government to show its sincerity for youth by acting in its first year in office to safeguard especially marginalised youths.

(Trinidad Guardian) United National Congress (UNC) leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has condemned what she calls the “reckless comments” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has made in relation to her party’s call for recounts in five constituencies.

The Stabroek Business had met the two long-standing Charlestown Secondary School friends, Donella Long and Mariah Baker, late last year when their then thriving Professional Waiter Service enterprise with the catchy trading name of The Balance was establishing itself as a classy waiter service. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Barbados Cricket Association president, Conde Riley, said yesterday the local governing body had established a “high-powered” committee to examine the recommendations put forward recently by the Independent Task Force for Corporate Governance Reform.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement’s (PNM) Faris Al-Rawi has announced that he is the elected representative for San Fernando West following a recount exercise that ended Thursday night.

Dear Editor, The cases of COVID-19 in Guyana are increasing each day at an alarming rate.

The Government of India plans to continue to offer training in India for Guyanese in legislative, parliamentary and electoral management and other areas and has also raised the possibility of the deployment of legal experts at the Attorney General’s Chambers.

It would probably take a great deal of persuasion, even in an era when there are far fewer workplace gender barriers than had been the case a decade or two ago, to cause one to believe that a modern plywood manufacturing company, the largest such enterprise in the Caribbean, has placed its operating reins in the hands of a woman.

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced yesterday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers have collaborated with independent non-profit body, the International Centre for Sport Security, to tackle corruption in the upcoming tournament bowling off here next Tuesday.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica— Controversial Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal has been extradited to the United States to face terrorism-related charges.

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United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch and UK High Commissioner Greg Quinn have tested negative for COVID-19 They undertook the tests after coming into contact with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Dear Editor, If one reads and interprets correctly, there appears to be an inordinate rush to terminate ‘contracts’ of those senior public servants identified (however hastily) as ‘Political appointees’.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he was blocking Democrats’ effort to include funds for the U.S.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, hitting the earliest benchmark of a J-named storm on record, another sign the Atlantic hurricane season is more active than usual, forecasters said.

Rapid test kits that were recently donated to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will not be used to make a diagnosis or identify a person infected with COVID-19, according to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr.

Dear Editor, As a recovered COVID-19 patient, there seems to be a new and welcome wave in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed five members of his own family to cabinet and ministerial roles following his resounding parliamentary election win earlier this month.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico, having hit over half a million official coronavirus cases and 55,000 deaths as the pandemic rages across Latin America, will help produce a vaccine that could be distributed in the region next year, authorities said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Granger deliver ten commandments Widdout any help from Moses.

Head physician at the Kumaka District Hospital in Moruca, Dr Derron Moonsammy was recently  discharged from isolation where he had been for more than a month after contracting the coronavirus back in June.

Battered as we are; hundreds of thousands of our countrymen in optional voluntary overseas exile; and with decades of our development delayed and denied primarily through political selfishness, do we dare to hope during this beginning of another People’s Progressive Party (PPP) national tenure?

(Reuters) – Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google yesterday removed popular video game “Fortnite” from their app stores for violating the companies’ in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging the two companies’ rules.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest fatality rate in Latin America, according to health ministry data yesterday, as the government struggles to contain a recent surge of infections.

Previous PPP/C administrations had an odious reputation where Georgetown was concerned, since citizens felt the city was being penalised for political reasons.

The fact that last week’s first meeting between Presidents Ali and Santokhi has come this early in both their tenures is the best possible beginning for bilateral relations between Guyana and Suriname under two new political administrations.

At one point in our history, sugar served as the crown jewel of Guyana’s industries.

Dear Editor, A good life perspective: put seven thousand workers, their families and communities on the breadline, then dole out allegedly, half a million dollars monthly in salary, perks and other benefits to one of your own.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 875’s trading results showed consideration of $7,285,038 from 91,295 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 874’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,827,276 from 14,130 shares traded in 12 transactions.

With the aim of improving and developing the scope of the discipline, the Board of Archery Guyana conducted a successful two-hour Zoom Meeting with the World Archery Americas (WAA) on Saturday August 8th.

Christopher Nurse, former captain of the Golden Jaguars Senior Team, says that Guyana has the ability and overall capacity to produce a noteworthy campaign at the impending 2022 FIFA World Qualifiers slated for the month of October.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan opener Abid Ali scored a half-century but England’s seam bowlers used the muggy conditions to their advantage to restrict the tourists to 126 for five at the close of a rain-hit opening day of the second test at the Rose Bowl yesterday.