Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 8, 2020

(Trinidad Express) POLICE had to be called to the Bayside Towers gated community in Cocorite on Sunday to break up a poolside birthday party attended by more than 40 young people.

(CPL T20) An inspired St Lucia Zouks skittled perennial finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors for the second lowest team total in Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) history and blazed to victory in just 27 balls to complete one of the most dominant performances in T20 history.

An 84-year-old man from Cuyuni/Mazaruni is the 48th known fatality from COVID-19.

President Irfaan Ali today said that the seeking of justice for the murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry cannot be associated with criminality.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 16-year-old boy is expected to appear before a Magistrate virtually today, charged with the murder of Kowsil Ramkhelawan.

(Trinidad Express) A 28-year-old labourer of La Brea Trace, Siparia, was denied bail when he appeared before Magistrate Aden Stroude at the Siparaia First Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with rape and kidnapping.

(Jamaica Gleaner) DNA samples taken from six persons of interest and close associates of murdered American model Desiree Gibbon have not led to the arrest or identity of the New Yorker’s killer three years after her death.

NEW DELHI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – India and China have accused each other of firing in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of military tension between the nuclear-armed nations.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – There will be no studio audience, no group dances, no sky box where the celebrities and their partners congregate.

ExxonMobil has made its 18th offshore oil discovery at the Redtail-1 exploration well, the government announced this morning.

Ahead of tomorrow’s emergency budget presentation, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced a slew of relief measures, including a $25,000 per household cash transfer to cushion the effects of COVID-19.

Five persons were in police custody yesterday in con-nection with the gruesome murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry of Number Three Village, West Coast Ber-bice and protests over the killings continued in Regions Five and Six and saw the police firing off pellets and tear gas at Hopetown to clear the road.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday assured the families of the two boys murdered over the weekend at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice that he will work with law enforcement to ensure that the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Ill-timed bets on rising demand have Exxon Mobil Corp facing a shortfall of about $48 billion through 2021, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street estimates, a situation that will require the top U.S.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that $5 billion will be injected into the beleaguered  Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as the new PPP/C government moves to deliver on its campaign promise of reopening three of the sugar estates that were shuttered under the former APNU+AFC-led government.

The monstrous murders of cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry over the weekend must be rapidly investigated by the police  and the perpetrators brought swiftly to justice.

Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife Ateeka Ishmael, who are accused of defrauding thousands of Guyanese through an alleged Ponzi scheme, were yesterday faced with 14 additional charges.

Guyana has recorded another COVID-19 death as well as 92 more confirmed cases as over 350 test results have been returned from the Carib-bean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), which is assisting the country in clearing its testing backlog.

-but says independent probe needed for justice While calling on police to do a thorough investigation, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday said that an independent investigation would be needed in order to ensure that justice is served in the murders of West Coast Berbice teenagers Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors will battle the St. Lucia Zouks in the second semifinal of the Caribbean Premier League today from 17.30 hours.

Guyana Amazon Warriors batsman, Sherfane Rutherford, has not been left in the dark as he has garnered support from his teammates.

Some $7 billion in the upcoming 2020 national budget has been earmarked for COVID-19 assistance nationwide, according to President Irfaan Ali, who says that government is moving to improve the country’s response to the pandemic.

Minister of Sport Charles Ramson Jr., has commended the work of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), following visits to the National Training Centre, Providence, and Tiger Bay last Saturday respectively.

The COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) can cater for more than 14 patients, hospital spokesperson Chelauna Providence has said.

Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton scored a game-high 36 points and hit a pair of free throws with 2.2 seconds left in overtime as the Bucks staved off elimination and delivered a 118-115 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Sunday near Orlando.

A farmer was yesterday charged with the murder of Ovid Chester, a 52-year-old market labourer who was stabbed to death after he allegedly conned the accused out of a net that he promised to sell.

Chris Green and his men are expected to make light work of the St Lucia Zouks today when the two sides meet in the second semifinal of this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Dear Editor, I condemn the senseless and gruesome murder of two teenage boys – Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry, in West Coast Berbice.

Dwayne Castello, known as ‘Top Cat,’ was on Friday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of marketing agent Navindra Samaroo, who was fatally shot at Middle Road, La Penitence just over a month and a half ago Castello, 27, of East Ruimveldt, made his appearance before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in Georgetown to answer the charge.

LeBron James and Anthony Davis combined for 62 points and 21 rebounds, and the Lakers needed to hold off the fourth-seeded Rockets’ second-half rally to win 117-109 Sunday night to even their Western Conference semifinals series 1-1 at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.

The police are investigating the murder of a miner whose body was found wrapped in a hammock beside a tree at Puruni, Region 7.

Dear Editor, In a letter published on March 10, 2020, I requested in the most neutral language possible investigation and documentation of reports in the media of incidents at various places on March 6, 2020. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Third seed Serena Williams advanced to the U.S.

Dear Editor, The murder of the two young boys has sent shockwaves around the nation and in the diaspora.

1. Reversal of VAT on electricity and water 2. Removal of VAT and duties on machinery and equipment to allow for recapitalization.

The Lusignan Golf Club has condemned the brutal murder of two teenagers in Berbice.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday launched a brand new campaign, titled “Together we rise!”

Dear Editor, In Stabroek News of 2020.09.07, under the bold headline, `APNU+AFC has not said how much of US$18m signing bonus spent on border controversy fees’, Hon Anil Nandlall, the incumbent Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, is quoted as saying “I don’t know if any other sums were paid, as there were no parliamentary sitting for over one year and one half and monies were being spent unlawfully, without any parliamentary approval.”

(Reuters) – England batsman Dawid Malan hopes he can continue to make the most of his limited opportunities to cement his place in their Twenty20 side, the 33-year-old said yesterday.

Another supervised retraction of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) will be undertaken today to allow a much needed fuel shipment to pass even as the authorities ponder ways to enable heavy trucks to cross the river.

Dear Editor, As the highway between Linden and Lethem takes centre stage given the expressed Brazilian re-committal to its completion, it caused me to revisit a published letter in September 2006. 

Guyana’s Priyanna Ramdhani was yesterday defeated in the semi-final of the Pan Am Home Cup online Badminton tournament by Canadian Brittany Tam 2-3.

Dear Editor, Some may say that when one is dead the body no longer matters, so its final “resting place” shouldn’t.

In an effort to ensure justice for juveniles in detention while preventing the spread of COVID-19 UNICEF has donated to the Ministry of Home Affairs Skype recording units and other equipment to be installed at the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre, New Amsterdam Prison, Camp Street and Lusignan Prisons to allow the remote hearing of cases and connections with the courts, including the Children’s Court, and other facilities deemed necessary for the promotion of telehealth to persons in detention.

The NBA yesterday fined Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley $25,000 for verbal abuse of a game official.

How well prepared is the Caribbean to respond to the politically led emergence of ‘vaccine nationalism’, an approach likely to see countries with advanced bio-pharma facilities initially restrict the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine?

The University of Guyana (UG) has announced its acquisition of 14 new phone lines which will take calls from 10: 00 hrs to 22:00 hrs (Sunday to Sunday) and receive WhatsApp messages and chat messages 24 hours a day.

Yesterday, September 7, should have been the first day back at school for the nation’s school-age children to commence the start of the Christmas Term.

Dear Editor, Instead of appealing to residents for peace and calm in the aftermath of the heinous murders of the teens it seems stoking and inciting and promoting strife is the preferred message for some.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday opened a five-day training programme for Ensigns of the Guyana Defence Force at its Timehri Storage Facility.