With the administration of United States President Joe Biden still showing no sign of a major change in policy in the matter of Washington’s sanctions that continue to significantly compromise the volumes of Venezuela’s oil exports, the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro continues to slip the strictures by seeking new ways of both boosting the country’s oil production and its oil sales in an effort to restart the country’s beleaguered economy.
(Reuters) – A Swiss court has rejected world soccer body FIFA’s bid to revive a criminal probe against its former president, Sepp Blatter, over a 2005 deal with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to sell World Cup broadcasting rights.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Federal workers and onsite contractors will have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or wear masks, practice social distancing and submit to regular testing under sweeping new guidelines the White House announced today.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says it is working to identify what led to a fire this morning at Lot 136, Fifth Street Alberttown, Georgetown which resulted in the deaths of foreign nationals 25-year-old Maria Lina Texidor Alonso and 44-year-old Maria Alejandra Patiño Benjamin.
VALLETTA, (Reuters) – An independent inquiry into the car bomb murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia found today that the state had to bear responsibility after creating a “culture of impunity”.
(Trinidad Guardian) TORONTO—An Ontario man trying to bury his mother in Trinidad and Tobago says he’s devastated after he flew to the island only to be turned around and forced to fly home because his vaccine mix is not approved in that country.
One week after she was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), a 26-year-old first- time mother gave birth to the country’s third set of triplets to be delivered at the facility over the past six years.
An investment of US$200 to US$600 million has been proposed for the nearly 1,000-acre Best Village, West Bank of Demerara, oil and gas shore base development, a project summary by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states.
The two captains of the boats which crashed in the Mazaruni River back in 2013 claiming the lives of 10 persons, blamed each other for the collision when they led their respective defences yesterday.
The events that preceded her being shot by an intoxicated Karl Singh, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine, have left 25-year-old Gladys Benedict unsure if Singh had fired the gun intentionally.
`We got to be more skilled, we got to be more confident and we got to be more courageous’
Saying that the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has to be “capable, aware, trained and engaged” in addressing its existing challenges, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said that efforts are underway to boost the capacity and capability of the organisation including enhanced public awareness and prevention measures.
A University of Guyana student was on Tuesday charged with causing the death of Kenneth Smith, who was struck down while on his way to purchase a lottery ticket at De Willem, West Coast Demerara.
With the repaired flash gas compressor system re-installed on the Liza Destiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform, oil production has returned to normal, Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation, Greg Hill has said.
Arguing that the President is immune from suit, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has filed an application asking the High Court to exclude President Irfaan Ali who has been listed as a respondent in the action brought by the Police Service Commission (PSC) regarding the annual promotion of police officers.
Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Construction of the Bamia/Amelia’s Ward Primary School in Region Ten.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill and Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Anand Persaud on Tuesday recommissioned McDougal and Owen Streets in Kitty, Georgetown.
Some 15,000 second doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have arrived in Guyana for the month of July allowing the Ministry of Health (MoH) to continue with its inoculation drive.
Dear Editor,
First, I would like to commend and encourage the government and all who are facing the tremendous challenge of getting the population vaccinated.
The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) is getting ready to host the second leg of exhibition matches come Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation John Hess yesterday reiterated that Guyana is key to the Company’s long-term strategy with multiple phases of low cost oil developments to come online during the next several years.
Former Essequibo youth captain, Ameer Singh smashed a record 202 not out yesterday in the New York Police Department Under-19 T20 tournament and in the process seeing the Dragons to a 331-run win over Alliance XI.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old Guyanese woman has been fined TT$15,000 for evading immigration officers at the Piarco International Airport with the alleged assistance of a security guard.
Dear Editor,
I refer to a news article published on July 25, 2021 on Demerara Waves “Diaspora stakeholder complains to President about slothfulness, discourtesy on investment webinars.”
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Persistent rain ruined Pakistan’s hotly anticipated run chase, forcing the abandonment of the opening Twenty International against West Indies here yesterday.
Dear Editor,
I reject the comments attributed to Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill at the commissioning of the new Owen and Mc Dougal Streets in Campbellville, Georgetown.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Simone Biles withdrew from the individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday, a day after she shocked the world by pulling out of the team event.
(Reuters) – Former England captain Michael Vaughan has called for Australian authorities to relax stringent pandemic entry regulations to allow players’ families to travel to the country or else delay the upcoming Ashes series by a year.
Dear Editor,
The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) wishes to commend the Government of Guyana for the efforts made to procure COVID-19 vaccines in a competitive environment thus ensuring all eligible Guyanese can receive their jabs.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Pedro Castillo yesterday said Peru’s colonial wounds still ran deep and he would seek to heal them, while promising economic stability in his inaugural speech as president.
(Trinidad Guardian) In what must be a major disappointment for the Government and a sure blow to the country’s economic prospects, bpTT has told the Dr Keith Rowley administration that going forward it should expect much lower than forecasted natural gas production, with the shortfall being as high as 15 per cent this year and over ten per cent until 2024.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is not President Vladimir Putin’s “cashier” nor did he buy Chelsea FC as a vehicle to corrupt the West, his lawyer told England’s High Court in a defamation hearing over a book about Putin’s Russia.
Police are investigating an alleged attempt to commit a felony on a 63-year-old male of Number Sixty-Three Village, Corentyne on July 16th by four masked men who were armed.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Dhananjaya de Silva shone with the bat as Sri Lanka beat India by four wickets in the second Twenty20 international in Colombo yesterday to level the three-match series.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s methane leak rate from oil and gas operations is twice as high as that of the world’s top oil producer, the United States, a group of researchers found in a report due to be released this week.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 43-year-old man maintained his innocence even after being convicted of murdering two teenage boys in Tobago, almost 12 years ago.
SAITAMA, Japan, (Reuters) – The United States got back on track yesterday in their quest for a fourth consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with a 54-point blowout win over Iran, while France defeated the Czech Republic to keep their impressive Games start going.
On Sunday last, as part of its ongoing UK Child Abuse Inquiry series, the Guardian newspaper published the chilling account of celebrated English judge Lord Patrick Devlin’s insidious and horrific sexual, physical and psychological abuse of his daughter Clare, which began before she was seven years old in the 1940s and continued for well over a decade.
Dear Editor,
In your edition dated 18th July, 2021, in an article titled “Heart and Sustainability”, Miss Annette Jaundoo is quoted as referring to persons of the LGBTQ community as living “at risk lives”.
Since the 30-day supply of Core Five dietary supplements is sold out at a cut price of US$124 online, I am offered an alternative selection that will help me “take control” of my “unique female health needs.”
