Articles published on Thursday, October 19, 2023
(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N is considering joining a U.N.-led initiative that would require disclosing more details of its global methane output, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a decision one said was inspired by its deal for U.S.
A security guard, 21, is in custody after an armed robbery at a Success restaurant saw the victim chasing him down in a car and retrieving his stolen firearm.
Eight 9mm pistols and 11.2 pounds of cannabis sativa were found by law enforcement officials in a barrel posted into the country, the police said today in a release.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel pounded Gaza with more air strikes today, as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak followed U.S.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – G7 countries will this week discuss four plans to ban Russian diamonds from G7 markets from Jan.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – The Taliban administration wants to formally join Chinese President Xi Jinping’s huge ‘Belt and Road’ infrastructure initiative and will send a technical team to China for talks, Afghanistan’s acting commerce minister said today.
VALENCIA/MARACAY, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado, the front-runner in a primary set for Sunday, has traveled the crisis-hit country in her signature jeans, white t-shirt and sneakers with her slogan “until the end”, despite a ban on her holding office.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Five people jailed in Venezuela, including two opposition leaders, were released yesterday, the opposition’s chief negotiator with President Nicolas Maduro’s government said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday said that regional security, poverty, climate change and strengthening relations with the Caribbean will be at the forefront at the ongoing inaugural Canada-CARICOM summit in Ottawa where a raft of new aid was announced.
Two of Guyana’s five-member boxing team will be in action this morning as boxing at the Pan Am games in Santiago, Chile gets underway.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$90 million loan to contribute to human capital development in Guyana and six new primary schools are to be built.
As it remains vigilant of increased personnel and exercises on the Venezuelan side of the border and having alerted CARICOM and other nations of this development, the Government of Guyana says that Caracas has explained that the troops were geared at curbing illegal mining in that country.
By Michaelangelo Jacobus In the build up to the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) international circuit racing event, the E-Net sponsored ‘Caribbean Clash-of-Champions’ event billed for November 5 at the South Dakota Circuit, the entity is promising a spectacle never before seen on Guyana’s shores.
The annual Randolp `Duckie’ Singh Memorial cycle road race is set for October 28 and is expected to attract fierce competition from the nation’s top cyclists.
Nine years after being arrested and charged—and after facing two trials—Malcolm Culley, has been freed of the allegation that he had murdered elderly Albouystown businesswoman, Sumintra Dinool.
TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that a deadly blast at a Gaza Strip hospital appeared to be from “an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group,” and he pledged support to Israelis and humanitarian assistance to suffering Palestinians.
Saying that it would end up costing taxpayers millions, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Ganesh Mahipaul, has launched a scathing attack on the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, for his decision to terminate a pump station contract at Black Bush Polder on the Corentyne.
Dear Editor, Please permit me space to respond to Mr. Jagdeo’s continued attack on me.
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday oversaw the signing of contracts for the construction of 287 community roads in Region Six totalling $8.8 billion.
Dear Editor, On October 19, 1983, the Grenada Revolution, which was victorious on March 13, 1979, suffered a very fatal blow.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan sought more time to bolster his faltering bid for the top job in the U.S.
(Reuters) – The president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said yesterday he is “fairly hopeful” developed nations will meet a 14-year-old pledge to provide $100 billion annually to mitigate the impacts of climate change beginning this year.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has confirmed that the ministry will be investigating the case of a teacher who was seen in a video hitting a student over the socks he had worn.
(Reuters) – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley urged Canada yesterday to help Caribbean countries reinforce their security by helping with coastal patrols as the region deals with worsening gun violence.
Dear Editor, A few days ago a worker of the Demerara Harbour Bridge [DHB] wrote to your newspaper about the challenges we workers are facing.
(Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government has sent a dozen Catholic priests previously “processed” by judicial authorities in the Central American nation to Rome, following negotiations with the Vatican, according to an official statement on Wednesday.
West Indies all-rounder, Kevin Sinclair churned out a match-defining performance as Guyana Harpy Eagles opened their Regional Super50 campaign with a 10-wicket win over Windward Islands Volcanoes on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration yesterday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector in response to a 2024 election deal reached between the Venezuelan government and the country’s opposition.
The Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has criticised the Stabroek News editorial dated October 16, 2023 captioned `Chaos in infrastructure projects’.
Dear Editor, This is a call for the government of Guyana to immediately suspend all diplomatic and economic ties with Israel in light of its current and ongoing violence against the people of Palestine.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazil congressional probe into the Jan. 8 insurrection by thousands of Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters yesterday recommended that the far-right former president and some of his closest allies be charged with an attempted coup d’état and other crimes.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against decoupling from China as he opened the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum in Beijing yesterday, criticizing Western efforts to reduce dependence on the Chinese economy.
In a commanding display, Leeward Islands Hurricanes outclassed the defending champions, Jamaica Scorpions, securing an emphatic eight-wicket triumph at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in the CG United Regional Super50 competition yesterday.
A Williamsburg businessman died yesterday morning after he was struck in his head by a man who broke into his supermarket.
Dear Editor, International law, including the UN Charter, prohibits a State from acquiring territory by force.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Rare footage was shown yesterday of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing accompanied by officers carrying the so-called nuclear briefcase which can be used to order a nuclear strike.
Collis Goodluck, a 21-year-old of Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, who was charged with the offence of escaping from lawful custody on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at Charity Police Station, was on Monday charged and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the offence.
Dear Editor, The game is rigged, the ambitions, egos, lust for power, and arrogance of some men, cloud their good sense and the result is war, destruction, loss of innocent lives, and much profit for those hiding behind the emperor’s clothes in there haven, pulling the strings of their elected puppets.
(Reuters) – Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 death of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, admitted to killing her on a beach on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a confession he made in pleading guilty yesterday to charges of extorting the victim’s mother.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The Secretary-General of Haiti’s High Transition Council (HCT), Anthony Virginie Saint-Pierre, has been kidnapped according to the head of the committee which has been tasked with creating a roadmap for elections which have been penciled in for next year.
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian attacks overnight and yesterday killed at least 10 civilians in Ukraine, while senior Ukrainian military officials said their troops had made some headway in counteroffensive operations in the southern theatre.
The NBA All-Star Game could return to an East vs. West format, commissioner Adam Silver said yesterday.
Based on the available data that over half of its population over 15 years old drink more than the recommended amount of alcohol, Canada, earlier this week, released its first ever clinical guideline for treating high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD).
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil forward Neymar will be sidelined for several months as he requires surgery after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee during their World Cup qualifier against Uruguay on Tuesday, the Brazilian FA said.
Expressing a desire to spend the holidays at home with family, Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi confirmed earlier reports that he will not go out on loan this winter to an overseas club.
TT’s Aaron Wilson shows extreme focus during his silver medal performance at a table tennis tournament in Copenhagen, Denmark, recently.
PUNE, India, (Reuters) – In-form India do not fancy becoming one of the victims of an upset in the 50-overs World Cup and have decided against rotating their bowlers in today’s match against Bangladesh.
By Carl Bildt .ABU DHABI – Gaza is now at risk of sinking into a new hell.
2025 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program – Your Guide to Applying Many people are interested in immigrating to the United States but do not have a qualifying family member or employer to sponsor them.
Disgruntled Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden was missing from practice yesterday, continuing his time away from the team as he awaits a trade, multiple outlets reported.
(Reuters) – Jenni Hermoso was yesterday included in coach Montse Tome’s Spain squad for the first time since the team’s Women’s World Cup victory in August when former Spanish FA (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales kissed her on the lips during the presentation ceremony.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand brought Afghanistan back down to earth with a 149-run victory yesterday to stretch their winning streak in the 50-overs World Cup.
The Police yesterday said that on Tuesday at Mango Landing Crossing in Region #8 a lorry plunged into the river after a reported brakes failure.
Dear Editor, We must pursue peace to lead society toward development and prosperity.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago can now make cash payments to Vene¬zuela for the natural gas extracted from the Dragon field, Energy Minister Stuart Young has announced.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A federal appeals court has overturned an injunction suspending the license for Canadian firm Brazil Potash Corp to build Latin America’s largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest.
Christopher Collette, a 32-year-old glass technician of Plantation Providence, EBD, was arrested last week and charged yesterday with ‘Obtaining Money by False Pretence’.
