Daily Archive: Saturday, August 15, 2020

(Trinidad Express) A worrying increase in Covid-19 coronavirus infections has resulted in a rollback in public health measures to reduce public exposure of risk.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit international cricket today, drawing curtains on an illustrious, trophy-laden career with a cryptic Instagram message.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall today said that Chief Justice Roxane George ruled yesterday in favour of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre over its occupancy of the historic Red House.

Canadian Queen’s Counsel Alison Redford has been hired to review plans for ExxonMobil’s third proposed oil well, Payara.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaica paediatrician has taken on a new role as equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) champion for the division of developmental paediatrics at the University of Toronto’s Department of Paediatrics.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Verley Fraizer will be travelling to Jamaica this weekend for an extended stay.

The PPP/C government yesterday announced that the tender for the marketing of Guyana’s oil is to be reopened and it also said that gas to energy will be a key priority and that local content provisions will be enshrined in law.

A man and a young child were fatally wounded, while four others, including two other children, were injured after a teenager attacked them on Thursday afternoon at Bat Creek, Upper Pomeroon River.

After consulting with stakeholders, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday announced that schools will not be reopened on September 7th for the Christmas term as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

As the country reels from the effects of the five-month political impasse and COVID-19 restrictions, the PPP/C government yesterday said that it is hoping to bring some financial relief with its 2020 budget in early September.

The container of rice in which German authorities found a large amount of cocaine last week originated from a mill in Berbice and the rice board says all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were followed during the processing of the shipment.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is expected to make a decision on whether the criminal charges instituted against Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will be allowed to move forward.

Confident. That was how members of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) felt following discussions with the new Sports Minister, Charles Ramson Jr.,

Minster of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday announced the extension of the current COVID-19 emergency measures as the new government moves to “overhaul” the public health response to the local outbreak.

President of the Guyana Boxing Association, (GBA) Steve Ninvalle held fruitful dialogue with Sports Minister, Charles Ramson Jr.,

Former junior national table tennis player Miguel Wong who is currently in Germany is not allowing the ongoing global pandemic to thwart his table tennis aspirations. 

Guyana Amazon Warriors yesterday confirmed the appointments of Chris Green and Nicholas Pooran as captain and vice-captain respectively for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Despite repeated appeals by the Regional Health Emergency Committee (RHEC) in Region Seven, residents continue to ignore COVID-19 precautionary measures and guidelines that have been instituted for their protection, resulting in the total number of cases reaching 182, according to Regional Health Officer Dr Edward Sagala.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday maintained that Joseph Harmon did not have a “subsisting, valid and enforceable” contract to entitle him to any benefits as a result of his sacking from the government’s employ.

Barbados Tridents’ skipper Jason Holder is wary that the bench strength of his side will be tested more in the 2020 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was yesterday given an operational boost with the handing over to local authorities of a US$5 million mobile container scanner courtesy of the Government of The People’s Republic of China.

Newly appointed Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Chris Green is eager to lead his side to their maiden Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title this year.

Dear Editor, It is exasperating and frightening to see the folly displayed by companies and individuals in their nonchalant approach to Covid-19.

Photographer Richard Doodnauth is making great strides in the local industry despite having only started out in the profession just over a year ago.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday withdrew all 19 fraud charges that it had previously instituted against new president Irfaan Ali as it said it would no longer proceed with them.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A sharp escalation in tensions with the United States has stoked fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in it being shut out of the global dollar system – a devastating prospect once considered far-fetched but now not impossible.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei produced a brilliant display of solo running to break Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record by almost two seconds as athletics returned with a bang at the Monaco Diamond League meeting yesterday.

Dear Editor, Minister Manickchand recently said the government is committed to its cash grant programme – the “Because We Care” project – the PPP initiated in 2014 which issued to parents cash grants of $10,000 per child in the public schools.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that had been bound for Venezuela, disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied U.S.

LISBON, (Reuters) – German champions Bayern Munich utterly humiliated Barcelona with an extraordinary 8-2 demolition job yeesterday that sent them through into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

“Do not tumble the pot.” When my siblings at I were at the age where we were allowed to dish out our own food, directly from the pot or pan, that was the instruction (in retrospect it was more like an admonishment) given by our mother.

Two members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were yesterday charged with the murder of Cecil Sampat, who they allegedly shot after a recent car chase.

Dear Editor, Guyana undoubtedly produced a huge number of electoral and constitutional experts in the past five months.

A Guyanese junior contingent on August 12 participated in a worldwide Under-11 online chess tournament and placed sixth.

The police are probing the murder of a homeless man, whose body was discovered with multiple stab wounds yesterday morning at D’Urban Park, in Georgetown.

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 on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) While the revenues of Massy Holdings Ltd fell in most of the countries identified in its 3rd Quarter (Q3) segment information, the conglomerate’s sales were up in Guyana by approximately $100 million or 13.3 per cent for the nine months ended 30th June, 2020.

Fashion has always offered us an optical dialogue rich with social, economic, and political connotations for those who dare to study it closely and unravel its true meaning.

Dear Editor, In response to two articles that have appeared recently in the daily newspapers, the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic writes to clarify the scope and locations of legal aid services provided by it.

Damian Lillard scored 42 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers escaped with a 134-133 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night near Orlando to clinch the eighth seed in the Western Conference and a berth in the play-in series against the Memphis Grizzlies.

A policeman has been placed under close arrest after hitting and killing a cyclist at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, in an accident yesterday afternoon.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A regional bloc comprised mostly of Latin American nations said yesterday it rejects plans by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold legislative elections without participation by all political parties.

(Barbados Nation) Cheers erupted through the streets of Speightstown, St Peter yesterday, as Barbadians took up every possible vantage point to get a look at the funeral cortège of former Prime Minister, Professor Owen Arthur.

Dear Editor, As your paper reported, Ministers are encountering bloated payrolls under the previous regime for no-show jobs costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually while sugar workers and Amerindians were terminated from productive employment and rice farmers could not get promised prices.

Guyanese have been raving about Jackie ‘Jaxx’ Hanover’s beautiful rendition of “Guyana” since she performed it at the inauguration of the 9th executive president Mohamed Irfaan Ali last Saturday at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia confirmed yesterday next month’s limited-overs tour of England, boosting the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) bid to navigate past a financial crisis brought by the novel coronavirus.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Mexican government has forced the resignation or sidelined more than 1,000 immigration officials over allegations of corruption and other irregularities, a senior official said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia has declared that his country has no position on which party should form the next g overnment in Jamaica.

Herman Ally, who was sentenced to death in 2012 for murder, yesterday had his sentence commuted to 18 years, with the time spent behind bars to be further deducted, after the Court of Appeal upheld his challenge to his conviction on the capital charge.

Dear Editor, The level of discoveries being unearthed at the former Ministry of Communities leave one to wonder whether it was a ministry of government or a Dharm Shala.

Days Like Dese, a GEMS Theatre Production is slated to return to television next Friday with a COVID-themed creation.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited (Republic Bank) yesterday announced that some of its customers’ accounts have been compromised as a result of fraudulent online card payment activity.

Most Guyanese are underpaid. The majority have probably never earned a living wage.

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia has declared that his country has no position on which party should form the next government in Jamaica.

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has confirmed that the recent fire at Chase Academy, located on Parade Street, Kingston, was electrical in origin.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan middle-order batsman Mohammad Rizwan hit a defiant half century on a difficult batting pitch to guide his side past the 200-mark in their first innings and frustrate England in the second test yesterday.

The blast that levelled Beirut’s port on August 4 was not caused, as conspiracy theories have alleged, by a terrorist attack, nor a nuclear device, nor a missile.

Dear Editor, I have always liked history. As a result I find history textbooks, classes and documentaries quite interesting.

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 yesterday.