Daily Archive: Friday, August 21, 2020

The Guyana Police Force today said in a release that formal reports were received which alleged criminal conduct by Chief Election Officer  Keith Lowenfield, District Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo and others in relation to the March, 2nd, 2020, General and Regional Elections and events subsequent thereto.

The Ministry of Health this afternoon said that a 47-year-old woman has died of COVID-19.

The Police acting on information today went to the Kingelly Sea Dam, West Coast Berbice and found two large transparent bulky plastic parcels among some tombs in the area and three motorcycles bearing registration numbers CK 4203, CK 1363 and CH 7170 along with a green haversack containing one Samsung cellular phone. 

Former president David Granger this afternoon condemned the arrest of former Sports Director Christopher Jones and demanded an immediate investigation into what he dubbed a coordinated political attack.

The director of The Flash has confirmed that Ben Affleck will appear in the film as Batman.

(Jamaica Star) When 69-year old Danny Ellis migrated to the US in 1971, little did he know he had left a child behind.

(Jamaica Star) Latisha greeted the news team with a welcoming smile when THE WEEKEND STAR visited her at her Corporate Area home.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has withdrawn from opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) after not being consulted on the candidates selected as its representatives in the National Assembly and the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

BOULDER CREEK, Calif.,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic today as lightning-sparked firestorms raged across tinder-dry landscapes in and around the greater San Francisco Bay area.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday Turkey discovered its biggest ever natural gas field holding 320 billion cubic metres (11.3 trillion cubic feet) in the Black Sea, and more could be found as the country works to provide it by as soon as 2023.

Pioneering businessman Toolsie Persaud passed away this morning. He was in his early 90s.

(Trinidad Express) TRINIDAD and Tobago yesterday recorded its highest rate of infection for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the Ministry of Health announcing 81 new cases last evening.

(Trinidad Express) As Covid-19-positive ca­ses continue to rise daily by the dozen, homesick Trinidad and Tobago students enrolled in foreign universities are concerned about the availability of departing flights as borders are closed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 98-case jump in COVID-19 cases and a 15th death will concentrate the minds of a COVID-19 Cabinet subcommittee that meets today to review the record one-day jump.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has detained two persons for the alleged operation of a “pyramid” scheme while a newly formed high-level team seeks to adopt a multi-sector approach with a view, of reimbursing monies to the persons who “invested” with The Accelerated Capital Firm Incorporated (ACFI).

Seventy new COVID-19 cases were yesterday recorded in Guyana – the highest daily figure as the Ministry of Health steps up testing.

Burnt remains suspected to be of Canadian citizen, Nicholas Ramkissoon Jaipaul, who was reported missing on Monday, were yesterday morning discovered in Moleson Creek, Upper Corentyne. 

ExxonMobil continues to flare daily 12 million -15 million cubic feet of gas from its offshore oil operations and has not given the EPA any possible cessation dates. 

2020 HERO CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCH REPORT 6 (CPL T20) A fine all-round bowling display yesterday saw Trinbago Knight Riders win the battle of the unbeaten teams and go to the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table.

The International Federation of Association Basketball (FIBA), has officially warned that the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is yet to obtain the mandatory eligibility to participate in any 3×3 National Team Tournaments in 2021.

Prominent neurologist Dr Walter Ramsahoye passed away yesterday and his contributions to the medical fraternity here were hailed by Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony.

Could current events in the oil and gas sector in the hemisphere portend a radical change in the pecking order insofar as oil production is concerned?

Following their affiliation with World Archery Americans (WAA), Archery Guyana has been invited to compete in the Online Archery Cup of the Americas.

Police early this morning arrested former Director of Sports Christopher Jones after breaking into his home and seizing a number of boxes believed to contain barbershop equipment purchased as part of a $4 million government funded project under the Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED).

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill yesterday told residents of Dantzig, Mahaicony that his ministry is seeking to engage a third contractor to fix the breached sea defence in view of the urgency of the situation Edghill yesterday visited the vulnerable Mahaicony stretch of sea defence to gain a firsthand understanding of the residents’ plight and to assess the work done to date.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Lacklustre batting coupled with rain dealt reigning champions Barbados Tridents their first defeat of the Caribbean Premier League, as they went down to St Lucia Zouks by seven wickets under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern here Thursday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England,  (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root says the current group of players have the potential to become the number one test team in the world as he urged his team mates to finish their home summer with a win against Pakistan in the third test at the Rose Bowl today.

As COVID-19-related illness and death rates mount globally against the backdrop of an increasingly desperate search for a cure, the United Nations is reporting that the illegal trade in fake or faulty products associated with either treating or fending off the virus is booming.

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has said that despite their challenges, firefighters could have done better in their response to the Sheriff Street blaze on Wednesday that destroyed three buildings.

WILMINGTON, Del., (Reuters) – Joe Biden vowed to heal a country battered by a deadly pandemic and an economic catastrophe by uniting all Americans, while warning that President Donald Trump would go on stoking hatred and fear if elected to another four-year term.

Natasha David is one of possibly thousands of Guyanese women whose modest entrepreneurial pursuits have been derailed by the gale force winds of the Coronavirus, leaving their lives and their livelihoods in limbo.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic decided to travel to New York for the U.S.

By David Singh, director WWF Guianas and Aiesha Williams, country manager Guyana of WWF Guianas  More than 12,000 km from the Guianas a devastating oil disaster is unfolding on the coastline of the island of Mauritius.

With COVID-19 cases in Region Seven now recorded at over 200, Bartica Mayor Gifford Marshall says that mining should be halted in the hotspots within the region in order to curb transmission, especially since many of the cases in the town originated from gold mining areas.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Emirati organisers of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) are hopeful of at least some fan presence in the stands during the matches, a top official told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Steve Bannon, an architect of Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, was arrested on a yacht yesterday and pleaded not guilty after he was charged with defrauding donors in a scheme to help build the president’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico

While it is clear that hundreds of micro and small businesses across the country and seriously up against it insofar as surviving the serious decline in economic activity occasioned by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, amongst those that the Stabroek Business has engaged, many are demonstrating an astonishing will to keep going.

Dear Editor, I find yesterday’s Stabroek News report that the Guyana EPA will be taking Exxon to court for the failure to pay fines of US$2,600 for 3 small oil spills to be very troubling.

A temporary sluice door has been installed at Grove and Diamond, East Bank Demerara to prevent more flooding from occurring during the current spring tide.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital yesterday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison.

(Field Level Media) Donovan Mitchell is quietly showing that he doesn’t always need to score in bunches to dominate a basketball game.

                                                 Kitco Market Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday August 13th, 2020

A frontline general practitioner who works in Region Eight recently beat COVID-19 and has officially returned to work after weeks of being in isolation.

Dear Editor, Barring any COVID-19 restrictions, schools across Guyana will soon conduct their orientation exercises for their new intake of learners and open their doors for the new academic year.

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson aims to test its experimental coronavirus vaccine in up to 60,000 volunteers in a late-stage trial scheduled to start in September, according https://bit.ly/3iWRuic

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia will pick their best 11 against England during the white-ball tour next month but fringe players can win selection by impressing in intra-squad warmup matches, coach Justin Langer said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting will not allow “Mankading” by his players at this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and will discuss the issue with Ravichandran Ashwin who effected the controversial dismissal in last year’s tournament.

Dear Editor, One paused for some considerable time upon the appropriateness of commenting on the letter  captioned ` Restoring the sugar industry to viability is not impossible’ published in your paper of August 18, 2020, one reason being that the writer has always abstained from what might be considered either a defence, or b) an ad hominem attack.

It is not often that the Guyanese public is given a window into any internal dissension afflicting one of our two major parties, particularly when that party is the PNCR. 

High standards for PPP Comrades now, my own wish list Hello friends I plan to go very easy on your concentration and tolerance today.

Ajana Wilkinson-Iwayemi, a former teacher and air traffic controller, is among Guyanese who lost their lives to COVID-19 in the diaspora earlier this year.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian government has not allowed Médecins Sans Frontières to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID-19 in seven villages of the Terena indigenous tribe in southern Brazil, the medical NGO said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has announced that active COVID-19 cases have crossed 600 with the announcement of 615 new cases.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 876’s trading results showed consideration of $11,902,369 from 109,663 shares traded in 27 transactions as compared to session 875’s trading results which showed consideration of $7,285,038 from 91,295 shares traded in 15 transactions.

We continue to derive a great deal of satisfaction from our ongoing coverage of various small businesses in both the coastal and hinterland regions of Guyana that have been significantly affected by the onset of COVID-19 and some of which are even hesitant to come to concrete conclusions at this stage about the likelihood of their survival.

Within our society, there is a dangerous philosophy that surrounds workers and the things that they are expected to endure.

Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been accused of raping a woman twice in a New York City hotel room in 2013, according to a civil lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Ahead of a court hearing in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the 38-year-old pop star’s lawyer filed documents saying the singer is “strongly opposed to having James (Spears) return as conservator of her person.”