Daily Archive: Saturday, January 7, 2023

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Hess Corp (HES.N) on Thursday said drilling results expected this month could add a seventh platform in Guyana, which would lift the nascent oil producing nation’s output above the 1.2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day planned.

(Reuters) – Ana Belen Montes, one of the highest-ranking U.S. officials ever proven to have spied for Cuba, has been released from prison early, the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday notified the public that the government’s planned 300 MW natural gas power plant will not require an impact study.

Two more pregnant women, 31-year-old Sandy Ranga, and a 25-year-old, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after being admitted and waiting to give birth.

The government on Wednesday gazetted a series for the orders for the acquisition of lands for the gas pipeline which will run along the West Demerara.

Terminated Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield and Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo, who are both facing elections-related charges, yesterday declined to testify before the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 elections.

A day after they announced a COVID-19 testing requirement for travellers from China, the health authorities here have reversed it.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Special Patrol of Regional Division 4 ‘A’ recovered two high-powered assault weapons and ammunition during an operation on Thursday on Norton Street, Georgetown.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday named two squads for the first of two practice matches ahead of the upcoming regional four-day season.

One day after seven houses were demolished by the Ministry of Housing and Water at the Mocha squatting area, some families are now counting their losses.

A former world champion boxer has scored a win in court after he was sentenced to jail time for punching a Chemist Warehouse security guard multiple times during a dispute about Covid face masks.

Six suspects including the alleged mastermind of the theft of weapons and ammunition from Radar Security and Supplies are currently in police custody and investigators made a breakthrough in the case yesterday following the recovery of two of the stolen weapons.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Players more than the coaches have to take responsibility for West Indies failures on the cricket field, former fast bowler Sir Andy Roberts has suggested.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed’s counter-attacking hundred foiled New Zealand’s bid for a series-clinching victory as the second test between the sides ended in a dramatic draw after an action-packed final day yesterday.

(Reuters) – FTX’s U.S.-based bankruptcy team have agreed to coordinate with liquidators winding down the crypto exchange’s operations in the Bahamas, resolving a dispute that threatened the recovery of what could be billions of dollars in lost funds.

Election-related materials from the March 2, 2020 General Elections including Statements of Poll (SOPs) from all the policing divisions across the country were sent to a WhatsApp group which included the top brass of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

(Reuters) – Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin had his breathing tube removed overnight, the team said yesterday, and a call to team mates from the recovering 24-year-old set off a raucous celebration.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru’s border with Bolivia yesterday as part of anti-government protests, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse them.

Dear Editor, As a resident of the East Bank of Demerara, I would like to highlight the horrendous traffic congestion that occurs daily on the East Bank Public Road from Little Diamond to Grove (heading south) and from Friendship to Diamond (northward bound).

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday signed a contract valued $346.2 million for the reconstruction of the North West Secondary School, Mabaruma, Region One.

LONDON, CMC – Norwich City midfielder Isaac Hayden, whose father is Jamaican, has undergone surgery on a knee injury after accepting criticism of his recent performances at the English second-tier club.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s move this week to block migrants at the U.S.-Mexico

Two contracts for leasing and mining were yesterday signed between the village council of Batavia, in Region Seven, and quarrying company EKAA HRIM Earth Resource Management Inc, under the supervision of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

Dear Editor, On the 31st December 2022, I observed that the Guyana Cricket Board published an epistle on its Facebook page captioned, “GCB satisfied with its 2022 achievements”.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s splintered opposition, which appointed new leadership this week, faces enormous short-term challenges as it chooses a presidential candidate and tries to maintain talks with a less diplomatically isolated government, lawmakers and analysts said.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 49 points and the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 131-114 road win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday.

Residents of Plantation Hope, West Coast Berbice were all smiles yesterday after they  received transports for their lands confirming them as the undisputed owners of the lots which they have been occupying for decades.

Dear Editor, I am referring to the news from earlier this week that President Irfaan Ali bestowed Guyana’s second highest award, the Order of Roraima, on the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr.

NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine yesterday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv.

Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc last week announced that it has welcomed three Sikorsky S-92A helicopters, and two Leonardo AW139 Search and Rescue helicopters to their base at Eugene F.

(Reuters) – Harry Kane said his World Cup penalty miss that condemned England to a quarter-final exit will stay with him for the rest of his life but vowed it will not affect him personally or professionally and has made him hungrier than ever for success.

Dear Editor, My hope is that the President gets it right with his latest word wizardry of “step on the accelerator.” 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden marked the second anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S.

(Reuters) – Kamlesh Patel will step down from his role as Yorkshire County Cricket Club chairman in March, the club said yesterday.

At around 5:15 am yesterday, ranks from the Sparendaam Police Station acted on information received and went to a two-bedroom house at Robert Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara and they found an illegal shotgun and suspected ganja.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education has a significant portion of the budget.

Dear Editor, In early 2021, I wrote to the President, Irfaan Ali, the General Secretary of the PPP, Bharrat Jagdeo, and Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon and Leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Embattled Republican Kevin McCarthy suffered yet another embarrassing defeat – his 14th of the week – as he failed late yesterday to secure the votes needed to lead the U.S.

According to the Ministry of Health, a 75-year-old man from Region Two is the latest COVID-19 fatality.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Heavy rain washed out the third day of the already weather-disrupted third and final test between Australia and South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, While twenty-eight illegal occupiers willingly complied with the request to relocate and accepted compensation, seven were defiant.

(Reuters) – Power was restored in Toronto after multiple outages left large parts of the city in the dark last evening.

The current $1.7 billion electricity subsidy for Linden may soon see a significant decrease when a US$83 million solar photovoltaic project comes on stream, the head of the programme told the Department of Public Information (DPI).

(Reuters) – World number one Carlos Alcaraz will not play in the Australian Open after picking up a right leg muscle injury during pre-season training, the Spaniard said yesterday.

With the global honey market size expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate  of 5.2% from 2022 to 2030, expanding Guyana’s honey industry will be high on the government’s agriculture development agenda for 2023.

There was a story on social media this week about an employee attached to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs who is based in Region 9.

Dear Editor, With respect to my letter published on January 5 captioned “There was a major deficiency in the online channel’s maths delivery strategy,” I wish to inform that the Ministry of Education contacted me via NCERD on January 6 requesting details on my observation.

By May Boeve BERKELEY – This year was a tumultuous one in many ways.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan police yesterday said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the death of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner whose body was found stuffed into a metal box in the west of the country.

ADELAIDE, Australia, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will face the biggest test of his Australian Open preparations in a blockbuster semi-final with former world number one Daniil Medvedev after the Serbian beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 at the Adelaide International 1 yesterday.

The President in his New Year’s Address to the Nation would have us believe that Guyanese are living in the best of all possible worlds.