Articles published on Tuesday, July 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce new federal measures aimed at the climate crisis tomorrow during a trip to Massachusetts, but will stop short of declaring a climate emergency, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak held onto his lead in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister yesterday as another hopeful was knocked out, leaving four candidates in an increasingly bitter contest to replace Boris Johnson.
OAKLAND, (Reuters) – Truck drivers choked traffic at the Oakland, California, seaport yesterday protesting a state law that makes it harder for independent contractors to transport goods and could limit labor at the state’s already clogged seaports, threatening to worsen the nation’s pandemic-fueled supply chain jams.
MATANZAS, Cuba, (Reuters) – A tanker carrying some 700,000 barrels of Russian fuel oil is delivering its cargo at a Cuban terminal, Refinitiv Eikon vessel tracking data showed, a move to ease the fuel scarcity that has forced power cuts and rationing in the island.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro invited the diplomatic corps yesterday to hear his charges that Brazil’s election system was open to fraud ahead of October elections in which he is trailing in a bid for a second term.
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Firefighters in southwestern France battled today to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature as a heatwave rising from the south settled over western Europe.
Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) has clinched an 11-year extension contract with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an ExxonMobil affiliate for the provision of shore base management and operations services, a release from GYSBI yesterday said.
The first phase of works to construct the 13-storey Pasha Global Hotel in Georgetown is officially underway.
In excess of 1500 participants are set to be a part of the historic Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission (NSC) annual ‘Teach Them Young’ swim camp which commenced yesterday at the National Aquatic Centre.
EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Legendary Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said she remained highly motivated and “hungry to do more” after claiming an historic fifth 100 metres World title at age 35 here Sunday night.
Clearly overwhelmed by emotion and moved to tears, Jones Raymond spoke of what he described to be a harrowing experience he was made to endure in prison on remand for close to a decade.
The shooting to death of three Lindeners during the July 18, 2012 protests against the then government’s proposed electricity hike for the mining town will remain forever etched in the memory of loved ones and fellow demonstrators.
Team coach Jeremy Bascom feels Aliyah Abrams has to bring out the warrior quality in her personality when she bids to reach the women’s 400 metres finals at the World Athletics Championships here in Eugene, Oregon.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has parted ways with long-serving Lady Jaguars head coach Dr Ivan Joseph, following a four-year stint at the helm of the programme.
Arguing that their health and community are at significant risk in the event of escaped hazardous radioactive waste, residents of Houston on the East Bank of Demerara are challenging the waiver of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) granted to Schlumberger-Guyana Inc.
Tickets for the HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2022 Guyana leg will officially go on sale from today at the home of the Guyana Amazon Warriors at 233 Camp Street, Georgetown.
A 23-year-old construction worker who allegedly stabbed 19-year-old Chrisgaichan Narine during a scuffle last week was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran has expressed relief after scoring his first One-Day International half century in 12 months, but regretted the innings did not result in a change of fortunes for his embattled side.
The body of a woman who was reported missing in Mahdia, Region 8 (Potaro-Sipuruni) was found a day after her disappearance with metal objects in her abdomen.
A decade after it was brought to the attention of the authorities that Tasserene’s only source of water is being polluted by mining activities, the issue is yet to be solved.
Commissioner of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Clifton Hicken (Ag) officially commissioned the enhanced Back Circle Recreational Square on Sunday.
Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni K. Singh yesterday visited the Guyana Manganese Inc.
Guyana Amazon Warriors left-hander, Chandrapaul Hemraj is priming up for the Caribbean Premier League with his second consecutive century in the Minor League Cricket currently playing in the United States of America.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes announced his shock retirement from one-day cricket yesterday citing the “unsustainable” rigour of playing all three formats of the game.
Dear Editor, Recently a post from the Guyana Police Force on social media caught my attention.
Two weeks of intense training for 54 persons who will function as Area Coordinators during the upcoming 2022 Population and Housing Census has commenced, the Bureau of Statistics said in a press release yesterday.
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Reigning world champion Noah Lyles showed he is no mood to give up his 200 metres crown after setting a red-hot pace to win his heat yesterday.
Dear Editor, Government’s decision to bring back the Annual International Building Expo is to be welcomed.
With Monkey Pox being detected in some CARICOM countries, Guyana continues to monitor for any outbreak by providing the necessary training for medical officials.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Dinesh Chandimal smashed his second half-century of the match to put Sri Lanka in the box seat in the opening test against Pakistan in Galle yesterday.
A 25-year-old goldsmith of Charity Housing Scheme in Region Two died yesterday morning after he lost control of his motor car on the Devonshire Castle Public Road.
Dear Editor, This is 2022, and discrimination against Indians and their cultural traditions still thrives in Guyana, in the Caribbean, in many jobs, institutions, organisations and events such as the upcoming 22nd annual Guyana Folk Festival, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Carifesta ’72 under the theme, “Carifesta@50: Reflections and Legacies.”
Police on Sunday seized three motorcycles and a quantity of suspected cannabis during a raid at a suspected ‘fowl fighting ring’ at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
Dear Editor, GuySuCo notes the malicious dissemination of incorrect information by the Village Voice online media platform via their Facebook page on Sunday 17th July, 2022 and rejects this reckless attempt to misrepresent the truth.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Opening Ceremony of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles will be held on July 14 and the Games will conclude on July 30, games organizer LA28 announced yesterday.
Twenty-eight-year-old Nigel Clarke, a taxi driver of ‘C’ Field Sophia, Squatting Area, Georgetown, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where the charge of being in possession of ammunition when he was not the holder of a firearm licence was read to him.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – If India wrapped Hardik Pandya up in cotton wool while he recovered from a back surgery, that investment is now paying off with the all-rounder proving his worth on their limited-overs tour of England.
Dear Editor, Often classified among the minority, the Caribbean woman has always been perceived as the subordinate, and our roles traditional: homemakers.
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas underlined her status as queen of the triple jump yesterday after the Olympic champion jumped 15.47 metres to win a third straight world title.
Following protests against his government’s policies Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi yesterday cancelled a planned trip to Paraguay where he was expected to participate in the Mercosur summit, according to the waterkant.net
A 59-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region 4 succumbed to the COVID-19 virus yesterday.
Dear Editor, Barbados recently announced several measures to cushion the effects of the global rise in the cost of living and as expected the opportunistic opposition politicians in Guyana are using it as a rallying cry against the PPP/C government.
It took President Irfaan Ali no time at all to respond, directly, to the reported protestations of some Amerindian leaders and groups over what they appeared to feel was an improper government intervention in the conduct of the closing session of this year’s National Toshaos Conference (NTC).
MATANZAS, Cuba, (Reuters) – A tanker carrying some 700,000 barrels of Russian fuel oil is delivering its cargo at a Cuban terminal, Refinitiv Eikon vessel tracking data showed, a move to ease the fuel scarcity that has forced power cuts and rationing in the island.
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali surged past Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia to win 3,000 metres steeplechase gold in a flawless performance at the World Championships yesterday.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Lee Kuan Yew and Forbes Burnham became Premiers in their respective countries around the same time in the early-1960s.
Dear Editor, Serious protests in neighbouring Suriname over a number of grievances, (didn’t know this was happening) with a failed attempt to enter the grounds of the Office of the President.
