Daily Archive: Thursday, September 10, 2020

Guyana now has a total of 1750 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  cases after 47 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed today and three additional deaths have also been recorded bringing the total number of deaths to 51.

Two Corentyne men have been remanded to prison for the murder of Orlando Jonas, who was fatally stabbed last Saturday evening along the Chesey Public Road.

The Police are investigating the murder of Lunisa Peters, age 24 years, unemployed of Lot 97 Supenaam Public Road and formerly of Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast which occurred yesterday at around 11.30 pm at the said address by a male,  age unknown, of Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast.

Members of the Joint Services this morning embarked on a mission to escort persons who were stranded in Region Five and other areas following unrest to their destinations. 

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks, the State Department said today, a move China called a violation of human rights.

(Trinidad Guardian) Officers of the Western Division Emergency Response Patrol (ERP) arrested three robbery suspects this afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tragedy rocked the rural district of Keynsham, St Elizabeth, yesterday after a lightning strike killed a teenager and a farmer under an avocado tree.

Facing a major security crisis just over a month since taking office, President Irfaan Ali announced last evening that he is mobilizing help from the Regional Security System (RSS) of the Caribbean and the UK government to bolster the investigative capacity of the police force as they probe the murders of three teenagers in the village of Cotton Tree as well as the “criminality which led to the disruption of lives along the Region Five corridor.”

A 17-year-old boy, who is the grandson of one of the suspects in custody over the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry, succumbed yesterday after he was found with head injuries and a chop wound along the Number 2 back dam.

A man was yesterday beaten to death in Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice after he opened fired on a group of pro-testers, the police say. 

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government yesterday tabled a $329.5 billion budget for the year 2020  projecting Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth this year within the range of 48.4% to 51.2% but with the country’s overall deficit to  increase to 6.5% of GDP.

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence yesterday called on those protesting the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry to desist from creating carnage.

The unrest in Region Five yesterday escalated with groups of armed persons attacking and robbing road users throughout the region, while reports have emerged of persons stoning and torching a house and a barber shop in two areas. 

The PPP/C government will spend $790m this year to operationalise the $1.6b Infectious Diseases Hospital.

Two days after a doctor attached to the Bartica Regional Hospital told relatives of 78-year-old Samuel Wilson, a former Toshao of the Indigenous community of Batavia in Region Seven that the elderly man was suffering from a “minor problem,” the former Toshao died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that 90 cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded during the past 24 hours.

Pledging that the new PPP/C administration will continue to promote good governance, respect for the constitution and the human rights of all Guyanese, Minister of Public Works Juan Edgill said that the decision by President Irfaan Ali, to establish a Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance indicates the importance that his Government is giving to these areas.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday announced that as a result of an expanded partnership with Eye Care Guyana, 1,500 eyeglasses will be provided to persons in need.

History will be created today when the St Lucia Zouks take on the Trinbago Knight Riders in the grand finale of the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League competition.

Dear Editor, One month ago, the Ali–Jagdeo Government took office, 5 months after a sustained attempt by the APNU+AFC Coalition to steal the March 2 elections, followed by a series of court actions costing tens of millions of dollars.

Delivering the 2020 budget yesterday, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said the PPP/C government will pursue a series of promises for the indigenous peoples including the hiring of 2,000 Community Support Officers (CSOs) and he also said $300m will be spent to spur agricultural activity.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Logo Competition has been reopened after it was found that images in the previously declared winning entry were used without the permission of the owner.

Dear Editor, The vicious and hateful murders of two Afro-Guyanese teenagers has undoubtedly sent shockwaves throughout the country and has shone another light on the state of affairs in our society.

A collaborative effort between the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will now allow for COVID-19+ mothers, who recently gave birth, to be able to see their newborns through technology.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy said yesterday there was a “silent confidence” in the St Lucia Zouks side they could spring an upset in today’s final of the Caribbean Premier League and deny heavy favourites Trinbago Knight Riders their fourth title.

Dear Editor, I grew up in West Berbice at Blairmont Estate which is situated between Rosignol Village in the North and Ithaca Village in the South; the Estate was and still is populated predominantly by Guyanese of Indian descent while the population of the two villages is predominated by Guyanese of African descent; a significant portion of my school-mates were of the latter grouping.

Noting that domestic violence continues to plague society—particularly women and youth, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill in his presentation of the 2020 National Budget yesterday said that 4.5 million Euros ($1b) has been earmarked to address violence against women and girls.

Dear Editor, I refer to Gokarran Sukhdeo’s `Wales Economic Basin can become centre of agriculture revolution in Guyana’ (SN Sep.

BUENOS AIRES/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to run Latin America’s main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in this weekend’s election amid faltering regional opposition to having a U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign advisory firms that it had been targeted by suspected Russian state-backed hackers, according to three people briefed on the matter.

Guyana Amazon Warriors have been unceremoniously booted from the Caribbean Premier League and their captain, Chris Green, is not happy with the team’s performance.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The interim government of Bolivia has referred protests and blockades by opposition supporters this August ahead of the presidential vote in October to the International Criminal Court, the court’s prosecutor said in a statement yesterday.

Dear Editor, Two young Guyanese boys, Joel and Isaiah Henry, 19 and 16 years old, were murdered, brutally attacked by persons yet unknown, their bodies mutilated.

Dear Editor, Two young Guyanese boys, Joel and Isaiah Henry, 19 and 16 years old, were murdered, brutally attacked by persons yet unknown, their bodies mutilated.

Two children at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital had to be medevacked to the Georgetown Public Hospital due to the blockading of the roadway in Region Five on Tuesday evening.

(Reuters) – An unprecedented spate of fierce, wind-driven wildfires in Oregon have all but destroyed five small towns, leaving a potentially high death toll in their wake, the governor said yesterday, as initial casualty reports began to surface.

Describing the Chambers of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Legal Affairs as being “demonstrably dormant” for the past five years under the former APNU+AFC Administration, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, in his presentation of the 2020 National Budget outlined his government’s plan for the Justice Sector which he said contained “a packed legislative agenda.”

Dear Editor, In my letter of 09/06/20 I outlined a new model for the Guyana sugar industry where field operations would be outsourced to outgrowers and commercial sugar cane farmers.

LESBOS, Greece,  (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants were left without shelter yesterday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID-19 could spread the virus.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The governor of Brazil’s São Paulo state said yesterday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd have shown promising results and it may be available to Brazilians as early as December.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – The office of Brazil’s top prosecutor has decided to keep the country’s famed Car Wash anti-corruption task force active through Jan.

Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill yesterday disclosed that some $2.7 billion has been allocated for Culture, Youth and Sports of which $805.3 million is for sports.

The local women’s game is set to receive a timely boost with the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), initiating a Women’s Developmental Programme.

POITIERS, France, (Reuters) – Australian Caleb Ewan claimed his second victory in this year’s Tour de France when he prevailed in a tightly contested sprint to win the 11th stage, a 167.5-km ride from Chatelaillon-Plage yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand women’s cricket captain Sophie Devine says the team’s two-week COVID-19 isolation in Brisbane will give them some rare time together to prepare ahead of their limited overs series with Australia later this month.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Daniil Medvedev continued his march towards a first Grand Slam title yesterday, powering into the U.S.

In her 2018 memoir Educated, Cambridge alumna Tara Westover describes, in haunting detail, growing up without being able to attend school until she was 17 years old.

The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO), an active cricket club in the Georgetown Cricket Association, is the latest sport group to speak out against the killing of Berbice teens Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry. 

Jimmy Butler totaled 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and the fifth-seeded Miami Heat used stingy defense to knock the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks out of the playoffs with a 103-94 Game 5 victory Tuesday night to win its Eastern Conference semifinal series 4-1 at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.

LeBron James scored a team-high 36 points and became the all-time leader in NBA postseason wins as the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 112-102 victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday near Orlando.

Dear Editor, It has come to my attention that the attached photographed building situated in Fourth Avenue, Subryanville is being advertised on social media as executive office space for rental.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has confidence in its preparations and in Japanese government support for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, but said all scenarios would be discussed in the coming weeks amid the ongoing pandemic.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams was forced to dig deep to secure a 4-6 6-3 6-2 U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of yesterday, after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August.

Three members of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team have been selected on the team of the tournament for the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) while a fourth has been named as 12th man.