Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Articles published on Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Teachers to strike February 5th – McDonald

By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday announced that teachers will be taking industrial action come February 5 until a favourable response is obtained from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the other relevant authorities, regarding salary increases and non-salary benefits, among other pending issues.

Work underway on Guyana’s gas-to-energy project

Activists pushing to stop US support for gas projects overseas

Buoyed by a victory that has seen the US deciding to pause approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new projects, climate activists are now aiming at overseas projects that Washington may support and this could possibly impact on Guyana’s project which is awaiting a financing decision from the US Ex-Im bank.

Maria Corina Machado

US begins reimposing sanctions on Venezuela, oil may come next

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The U.S. yesterday began reinstating sanctions on Venezuela and a Biden administration source said a roll-back of restrictions on the oil industry could be allowed to expire, after the South American country’s top court upheld a ban  blocking the candidacy of the leading opposition  hopeful in presidential elections.

Shamar Joseph returned with figures of 7/68 in 11.5 overs to bowl Australia out for 207.© AFP

Joseph destined for fast bowling greatness

By Orin Davidson If his debut performance was startlingly brilliant, Shamar Joseph’s follow-up display was mind- boggling in Australia last weekend.  In demolishing the home team’s  second innings to help secure  that long-sought Test match  victory for West Indies Down Under,  the young Guyanese fast bowler proved  his first game exploits were far from flash-in-the-pan flukes.

Mi Cape Town captain Kieron Pollard.

Pollard fireworks fail to lift Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard produced an explosive knock but it went in vain as his MI Cape Town slumped to their sixth defeat in eight games, with a emphatic ten-wicket loss to Joburg Super Kings.