Articles published on Tuesday, April 26, 2022
A shutdown of GPL’s Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) occurred today after contractors working in the Diamond Housing Scheme damaged the 69 kVA transmission line.
High commissioner of India in Guyana Dr KJ Srinivasa and Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Todd (left) interacted today with the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (right) on the sidelines of ORF’s “Raisina dialogue” in New Delhi.
ExxonMobil this afternoon announced three new discoveries offshore Guyana and said it has increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today insisted that a range of vital issues outside of constitutional appointments have to be raised whenever he meets with President Irfaan Ali.
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany/KYIV, (Reuters) – The United States and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for Ukraine during a meeting today at a German air base, brushing off a threat from Moscow that their support for Kyiv could lead to nuclear war.
(Reuters) – A New York judge yesterday held former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for not producing documents subpoenaed in the state attorney general’s civil probe of his business practices, and ordered Trump to be fined $10,000 per day until he complies.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – A U.N. report today called for urgent action to avert a “sand crisis,” including a ban on beach extraction as demand surges to 50 billion tonnes a year amid population growth and urbanisation.
(Trinidad Express) The Government rejected the suggestion that Pegasus software should be bought, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said yesterday.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday ordered that a criminal investigation be launched into the actions of Dannie Ramdolar, a former Civil Engineer at the Ministry of Public Security after he yesterday attempted to justify the full payment for a contract signed in December 2018 before all of the works were completed.
The bundling by oil contractors of hazardous and non-hazardous waste management into a single contract has put Guyanese companies at a significant disadvantage as they do not currently have the capacity to handle the former and the Local Content Secretariat (LCS) is addressing the matter.
A 62-year-old mechanic died and several others were injured following an accident along the #58 Mabura trail, Region Ten yesterday.
Autopsies conducted yesterday failed to establish the cause of death of Richie Hansraj and Justin Teixeira, the two men whose lifeless bodies were discovered in a vehicle in the Marriott hotel parking lot, Kingston on Saturday morning.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday signed a five-year Memorandum of Agree-ment (MoA) which is aimed at improving the overall quality of service being provided to members of the public.
In the aftermath of capturing the WBC International super flyweight title on Saturday night, Elton Dharry is ready for another shot at bringing Guyana its next world title.
On May 9th, Leonard Fredericks and Keimo Corbin will be sentenced for killing two men in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear war that it said it wanted to reduce and warned that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where battles raged in the east.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers welcomed news that billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, was purchasing Twitter Inc TWTR.N,
Twenty-six-year-old Nicklous Singh of Abram Zuil, Region Two was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – U.S. State Department officials held their first high-level talks with the Brazilian government since 2019 yesterday, reinforcing ties between the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies despite their differences over the Ukraine war.
A month after the government removed the excise tax on fuel there has been no further decrease in prices following an initial drop.
Heavyweights Sparta Boss, Gold is Money, and Back Circle fashioned easy wins when the 4th edition of the Magnum Independence Futsal Cup kicked off on Sunday at the National Park tarmac.
HELSINKI, (Reuters) – Finland and Sweden will together express their wish to join NATO in May, tabloid newspapers Iltalehti in Finland and Expressen in Sweden reported yesterday, citing sources close to the matter.
Dear Editor, When I retired from the University of Guyana (UG) in 2003, a 3rd year chemistry student was capable of testing for cyanide in a few minutes with common (not esoteric) laboratory chemicals.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday said that teachers no longer need a “release” to pursue their degree in education at the University of Guyana as classes will be held outside of school hours.
(Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown on the corporate flagpole outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting a furious backlash from Houston-based employees.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was jailed for life without parole yesterday after he was convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe’s top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.
Dear Editor Top Cop, Clifton Hicken, in his maiden speech after being appointed Acting Commissioner of Police, boasted that the Guyana Police Force has a new Strategic Management Plan 2022 – 2026.
Monedderlust sealed their berth to the final in the 592 ‘Skills for Cash’ 7-aside Knockout football competition, defeating fierce rival Rosignol United 2-1 Sunday at the Rosignol Community ground, West Coast Berbice.
The Flying Ace cycling club-organised Arokium Memorial road race is set to pedal off Sunday when the country’s premier wheelsmen take to the roadways of Berbice.
Residents of Kaibarupai, Region Eight will soon be able to enjoy first-time access to potable water through a new Water Supply System.
April (Reuters) – The first all-private astronaut team ever flown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast yesterday, concluding a two-week science mission hailed as a landmark in commercialized human spaceflight.
The national men’s rugby team bounced back from losing their first two games to finish on a positive note, winning their final three match ups in this year’s Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Qualifiers which was staged during the weekend in The Bahamas.
Dear Editor, For years and decades under different governments, we have heard about ‘political’ appointments and the fate of such public servants when there is a change of the political guard.
The trial of Rocky Lalu and Somar Shako who are accused of the 2016 New Year’s Day killing of Dewaun Anthony Baksh, is set to commence this morning at 9 before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.
Local firms waiting to register for oil and gas contracts will soon be able to do so as Director of the Local Content Secretariat (LCS) Martin Pertab says that the agency’s online portal is 95% completed and will soon be launched.
Dear Editor, With reference the Kaieteur News publication dated Sunday April 24, 2022, captioned, “GNBS issues warning to Eureka lab over inconsistent lab tests” the Guy-ana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) would like to categorically state that it did not issue such a warning to Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc.
An impressive spell of fast bowling from Ariel Tilku ensured La Bonne Intention Cricket Club continued their winning ways with a 10-wicket win over Industry in the East Coast Cricket Board/ Navin Hanso 50-over first-division tournament on Sunday.
After being closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public schools fully reopened their doors yesterday.
Dear Editor, So the Prime Minister stated at the launching of the International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana 2023, that “the Government’s commitment to use the proceeds from the oil and gas industry is to develop and improve the lives of all Guyanese.”
By Tony McWatt As almost everyone connected with the sport in even the remotest manner would have heard by now, West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating the circumstances of a ‘mystery’ double murder of a young couple who resided along the North Coast Road, close to the pillars on the way to Maracas Bay.
Four new COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday. The new cases came after 305 COVID tests were conducted.
(Reuters) – Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma called on his team’s batsmen to step up their game after Sunday’s 36-run defeat by the Lucknow Super Giants stretched their winless run in the Indian Premier League to eight matches.
(Trinidad Guardian) Grandmother Sita Jagessar, who was murdered at her Debe home last Tuesday, was beaten and strangled.
Dear Editor, I am delighted that we acknowledge Black History Month in February and observe Amerindian Heritage Month in September.
It would be by no means surprising if the populace, by now, has given up altogether on the likelihood of our arrival at a juncture, any time soon, when elected government and political opposition, both of which have constitutionally designated roles to play in the governance process, will understand that it is not a matter of whether or not, given their diametrically opposed political positions, they would probably prefer not to have to sit down with each other, but rather, a matter of their obligation, at intervals, to do so.
Bidders won the specially arranged Dewars dominoes competition defeating Big Landing and Cats Sunday evening outside Speedy’s Juice Depot on the Wisroc/Amelia’s Ward Cark Park.
By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.
IMOLA, Italy, (Reuters) – Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has promised to protect Lewis Hamilton after the seven times Formula One world champion struggled through Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
(Reuters) – Former South Africa director of cricket Graeme Smith has been cleared of racism allegations by two independent arbitrators, the country’s cricket board (CSA) said on Sunday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Dillian Whyte believes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury got away with an illegal push during their title fight on Saturday and has demanded a rematch after suffering a sixth-round technical knockout at Wembley Stadium.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli was out on the first ball for the second straight match as his lean patch continued in the Indian Premier League on Saturday during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore’s humiliating defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
MUMBAI, India, CMC – Veteran former West Indies all-rounder, Dwayne Bravo, claimed two wickets but Chennai Super Kings’ bid to kick-start their campaign fell flat with a 11-run defeat to Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.
At around 10.30 am on Sunday at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, an 18-year-old inmate was found with 92 grammes of cannabis (marijuana) hidden in his underwear, the police said in a release yesterday.
Dear Editor, Friends were recently reminiscing about the attempted rigging of the March 2020 elections.
