Daily Archive: Thursday, October 1, 2020

More than a year after its executive council mandated industrial action in the Health Sector, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has delivered yet another ultimatum to the Minister of Health.

The Ministry of Health says that as of 6 pm today, one other person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Catherine woman has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after her three-year-old son was seen in a viral video smoking and drinking what appeared to be alcohol.

Businessman Peter Ramsaroop will be the new investment czar, sources close to the government say.

(Reuters) – For most of the past three years, up-and-coming Kenyan R&B artist Raymond Georges Ndungu Jane slept under a bridge at the edge of Nairobi’s Uhuru Park.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have called for an end to “structural racism”, saying it holds back young people of colour, in their latest foray into politically sensitive issues usually avoided by the British royal family.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram yesterday revealed that the Ministry of Health’s goal of increasing testing for COVID-19 is being hampered because people are continuing to refuse swabbing for the virus “in a lot of instances.”

The Irfaan Ali-led PPP/C government yesterday inked the licence agreement for ExxonMobil’s US$9 billion Payara project in the Stabroek Block,  its first major oil & gas agreement since it took office on August 2. 

Twenty-nine companies on Tuesday responded to government’s retender for Request for Proposals (RFPs) to market Guyana’s share of oil from the Liza Destiny FPSO, and while ExxonMobil again did not submit a proposal, its partner in the Stabroek Block – Hess – was one of eight new companies vying to win the contract.

Talking up the benefits of the United States’ corporate investment portfolio, United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch has said that oil major ExxonMobil operates in line with its international standards, which Guyana should prioritise in all investments after doing its due diligence.

By Readawne Henery Police yesterday fired pellets and tear gas in a bid to remove squatters in the vicinity of  Success, East Coast Demerara who have overrun lands belonging to the sugar corporation, GuySuCo.

The Opposition APNU+AFC yesterday charged that the government has no strategy to tackle COVID-19 in Guyana and has referred to its management of the pandemic as appalling.

After managing to elude the police for almost five years, a 49-year-old man who is accused of murdering taxi driver Colin Clarke in 2015 was apprehended in Mahdia, Region Eight on Monday.

DERBY, England, CMC – Fast bowler Shakera Selman sent down consecutive no-balls off the last two balls of the game to hand England Women an anticlimactic three-wicket victory in a five-over affair, as West Indies slumped to their third consecutive series whitewash in Twenty20 Internationals here yesterday.

Following the confirmation of Guatemala as Guyana’s first round opponent in the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers, former captain Christopher Nurse is of the opinion that the Golden Jaguars possess the quality to overcome the challenge of the Central American outfit.

In wake of the recent unrest at the Lusignan Prison, inmates have raised a number of concerns—among them overcrowding at the penal facility which they say has become unbearable and frustrating.

With West Indies Women completing their five-match T20I series versus England, Interim Head Coach Andre Coley is looking towards the positives amid a forgettable tour.

Several bills lowering fees and another removing corporation tax on private health care in line with the 2020 budget were approved in the National Assembly on Tuesday.

With the official grades for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results coming out recently a number of junior cricketers showed that balancing sports and education is possible.

Four months after Terry Danraj died in a motor vehicle accident at La Penitence, the truck driver involved in the accident has been charged with vehicular manslaughter.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has been forced to cancel the remainder of its 2020 activities due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, however the body’s aim is to make an early start to next season. 

A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, hire car driver, was arrested on Tuesday evening after he torched the house he once occupied with his partner and her daughter, which was located in Reliance, East Canje Berbice. 

Dear Editor, I note that 8,000 residents from Region 1 (Barima-Waini) benefitted from the $25,000 per household COVID-19 cash relief (“Eight thousand Region One households benefit from $25,000 grant,” SN, 30 September 2020).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United earned their second win over Brighton & Hove Albion in five days as they booked a place in the League Cup quarter-finals with a 3-0 win at the Amex Stadium yesterday.

A 26-year-old police constable stationed at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), Eve Leary was on Tuesday night held at gunpoint and robbed of his XR motorcycle.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government has shown its commitment to health workers in tangible ways in the COVID 19- fight.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Around midnight on February 23, Eulalio Bravo, a marine electrician, was dozing in his rack aboard the San Ramon, an oil tanker anchored off the coast of Venezuela.

The young guns – Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Varun Chakravarthy – starred as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their second successive win in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by runs in Dubai yesterday.

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – American Airlines and United Airlines, two of the largest U.S.

Dear Editor, There is no question about the highly published mood of reformation obtaining over the past several weeks, albeit not all of which is realisable.

Dear Editor, After years of resisting every single suggestion from various individuals, both in and out of Guyana, I have finally decided to run for President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, in 2025.

(Reuters) – England batsmen Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Dom Sibley have all been awarded central contracts for the 2020-21 test season, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement yesterday.

The Good Life Supermarket at Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was burgled on Sunday evening for the second time in three months.  

BRASILIA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On Guató indigenous land, in Brazil’s western state of Matto Grosso do Sul, drought-worsened fires this year have burned through 90% of the tribe’s 11,000 hectares of territory, incinerating the crops and native plants they depend on.

Two more persons have died as a result of COVID-19 in Guyana while 48 new positive cases have been recorded.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive slammed Poland and Hungary yesterday for failing to live up to core democratic standards, giving ammunition to those in the bloc pushing to shut them out from funding unless they beef up freedom of media and courts.

Dear Editor, Some months ago I was walking around the city with my camera and it was during the early days of Covid-19.

LONDON, (Reuters) – An unfamiliar course, poor weather and the absence of 750,000 cheering fans suggest a world record is unlikely in Sunday’s London Marathon but long-standing rivals Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele could still produce a race for the ages.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Serena Williams’ search for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title will extend into another year after an Achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the French Open yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali says that forensic evidence obtained by the police in the murders of teenaged cousins Isiah and Joel Henry has been sent to St.

Dear Editor, After working for 38 years at GuySuCo, in both field and factory, and now retired, it pains me to see the state of the estates that were closed down by the previous government.

ROME,  (Reuters) – The Vatican said yesterday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with Pope Francis, and accused the Secretary of State of trying to drag the Catholic Church into the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) On June 26 of this year, murdered mother of two Reshma Kanchan shared this message on her Facebook page.

During his presentation on the 2020 National Budget, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony claimed that the former APNU+AFC Govern-ment did not test samples from deceased persons who displayed COVID-19 symptoms.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Oscar-winning film directors James Cameron, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese joined forces with movie theater owners yesterday in an appeal for financial help, saying they feared for the future of the industry.

(Reuters) – West Indies coach Phil Simmons says he hopes England will tour the Caribbean in the future as a token of gratitude for his team’s visit to the United Kingdom this year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leroy Chacon was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was found guilty of committing a sexual offence on the body of a woman at a mortuary.

(Barbados Nation) The Pan American Health Organisation Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, Dr Yitades Gebre, is urging ministries of health and other sectors to scale up efforts to prevent severe outbreaks of dengue fever in the region.

Dear Editor, It is posited that recent moves against one of the key players of alleged electoral fraud is aimed at  deeming that person tainted in upcoming petition cases.

(Jamaica Star) Diana Barrett raised her hands and muttered a small prayer as tears ran down her cheeks yesterday in front of her home in Cockburn Gardens, St Andrew.