Daily Archive: Saturday, September 26, 2020

President Irfaan Ali and a team today visited Nandy Park on the East Bank which is the proposed site for the new bridge across the Demerara River.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The nude body of Anglican priest Father Larius Lewis was found in the rectory in Chapelton, Clarendon, on Friday.

Two men have died taking the total COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 76.

The GPHC today rapped the public service union for the illicit protest action yesterday by nurses and other health care workers.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today notified the general public that investigations in relation to allegations of criminal conduct by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and others during the post-March 2, 2020 elections incidents are continuing.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Three popular Bollywood actresses were questioned today in a drug probe that has sent shockwaves through India’s film industry, already hurt by COVID-19 lockdowns.

Saying it was satisfied with the marking of test scripts for this year’s exams, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) yesterday maintained it would only conduct grade reviews that are requested through its official process or via a Ministry of Education.

The National Assembly last evening completed its consideration of the 2020 Budget Estimates and passed the $329.4 billion Appropriation Bill.

Two more COVID-19 positive patients died yesterday and a total of 130 more cases were confirmed, while Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony admitted that better enforcement of the emergency measures in place, including the national curfew, is needed to curb the spread of the virus.

Scores of Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) workers yesterday joined their counterparts from the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WRDH) and the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) by staging a protest to demand salary increases and better working conditions for all frontline workers.

The appointment of the members of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the naming of a new Director of Sport should be done within a month.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may have far reaching effects on cricket regionally, however,  Cricket West Indies Vice-President, Dr Kishore Shallow is of the belief that cricket may resume in the region no sooner than next year.

Calling the 2020 emergency budget a “colossal disappointment,” Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday knocked the PPP/C government’s refusal to increase the salaries of public servants while saying that the administration is engaging in wasteful spending.

photos by Bebi Oosman After being closed for almost three years, the Rose Hall Estate yesterday began humming back to life with the hiring of 105 workers and operations are underway to restart some field operations.

Long-serving national cricket administrator Bisoondial Singh has expressed eagerness to see the cricket impasse in Guyana   come to an end following the revelation that the Cricket Administration Act has been restored, paving the way for the completion of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) elections. 

A 65-year-old Den Amstel man is now in police custody for allegedly killed his younger brother after a drinking session at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday night.

West Indies Women lead selector, Ann Brown-John, believes there is a “slight advantage” England women have over the Caribbean unit as the five-match T20I series continues.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump plans to announce conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett today as his Supreme Court nominee, two sources said yesterday, as he moves to shift it further to the right and sets up a heated Senate confirmation fight with Democrats 5-1/2 weeks before the U.S.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana is failing to institute measures to enforce social restrictions to curtail the spread of COVID-19  virus.

Former cyclist and benefactor of the sport, Wilbert Benjamin who met an untimely demise on September 15, will be laid to rest tomorrow.

A recent survey has found that local farmers have seen a loss of income of up to 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, who says while the prospects for the rest of the year do not look good, there is room to reposition the agriculture sector, including through wresting local and regional markets dominated by imports.

Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Competitions Committee Shaun Massiah is adamant that the city’s association can manage the return of cricket action which is stalled by the COVID – 19 pandemic if it receives the green light from the authorities.

Dear Editor, A feature noticeable in almost every period and place, seems to be statements and actions by community and national leaders, inconsistent with their own best interest and certainly not contributory to the well-being and integrity of the group they represent.

Those who successfully complete online courses under the government’s Work-force Recovery Initiative will be issued certificates by the Ministry of Education (MoE) that will be recognised by both private and public sector employers following the signing of a key agreement yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The world’s nations must do all they can to understand the origins of COVID-19, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, comments that could worsen tensions with China.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in response to the misunderstood claims against Queen’s College’s agenda with respect to the release of the 2020 CXC results.

Since moving to Guyana from Venezuela four years ago, 26-year-old makeup artist and hairstylist Miguel Ram has been creating quite the buzz through his work.

DERBY, England, CMC – West Indies head coach, Andre Coley, has given the assurance that all-rounder Deandra Dottin’s return to bowling will be carefully managed in an attempt to ensure she is at peak fitness, before resuming her usual work rate.

Over 150 witnesses are expected to testify at the trial of District Four Re-turning Officer Clairmont Mingo, who is accused of seeking to falsify the results of the March 2nd elections.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority said it won an arbitration ruling yesterday for $265 million to be returned to it from the consortium that built a third set of locks for the key transoceanic waterway.

Dear Editor, With the talk of “Constitutional Change” once more floating about in the public sphere to address our political challenges, the Sept 6 passing of Swami Keshavananda Bharati  brought to mind his seminal contribution to constitutional law in India and the Commonwealth.

Prison authorities are not investigating how the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) entered the Lusignan Prison, where more than one hundred inmates were infected.

Short, square, and fat, Cardaba bananas are known in Barbados and much of the Eastern Caribbean as buffit.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Some of Bollywood’s biggest actors are being questioned in a widening drug probe by federal agencies that has sent shockwaves through India’s beleaguered film industry and dominated prime time news headlines.

Delhi Capitals (DC) sealed their second successive win in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as they beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 44 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes over mail ballots, building on his criticism of a method that could be used by half of U.S.

Dear Editor, We are dismayed to note the persistence of the paid parking lot run by the Mayor and City Council, Georgetown, next door to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on East Street.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s Navy yesterday was carefully watching a fleet of around 250 Chinese fishing vessels that had sailed just outside the Andean country’s waters, angering the domestic fishing industry and sparking a Twitter war between Washington and Beijing.

(Trinidad Guardian) He is 65-years-old, diabetic and has US$4 left to his name.

Shame is unpleasant and uncomfortable. It can fill you with so much humiliation that sometimes if feels better to just ignore the incident that has caused it.

A bid to break up a row between two men on Thursday has landed a policeman in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) with multiple stab wounds.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada’s left-leaning opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) yesterday said it would back Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a confidence vote to be held in coming weeks, averting the threat of a fall election.

When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Senate Republicans blocked president Obama from installing his successor as a matter of high principle. 

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Salvadoran military files from the time of a 1981 massacre of 1,000 people during the country’s civil war have been mostly destroyed, said El Salvador’s president, who vowed to make the few surviving documents public in an effort to bring justice in the case.

Dear Editor, The price of power is already proving to be extremely costly for Guyana. 

“Mamba! Remember the Black Mamba” is Guyanese singer, Courtney Noel’s latest release.

For weeks residents of ‘A’ Field Sophia have been without water.

A day after world governing body for football FIFA sanctioned TT, suspending it from international football, United TTFA sought to withdraw its withdrawal of its lawsuit against the FIFA.

TT Football Association (TTFA) normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad says there may be a glimmer of hope, as there may be a possibility TT can compete in the 2021 Gold Cup.

Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap is turning his training center near Atlanta into a center for early voting.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s one-off test against Afghanistan and one-day series against New Zealand have been postponed to the 2021-22 season due to scheduling “complexity” during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday Australia were to play their first home test against Afghanistan in Perth from Nov.

(Jamaica Star) Abysenya Gordon is just seven years old, and to the amazement of her family, is spelling words most adults cannot even pronounce.