Daily Archive: Thursday, May 2, 2024

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. regulators today gave the go-ahead to Exxon Mobil XOM.N’s

(ICC) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has imposed a five-year period of ineligibility from all cricket on West Indies player Devon Thomas after he accepted breaching seven counts of the anti-corruption codes of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hundreds of helmeted police muscled their way into a central plaza of the University of California at Los Angeles early today to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest camp attacked the previous night by pro-Israel supporters.

 (Reuters) – The death toll from the collapse of an expressway section in China’s Guangdong province that caused vehicles to tumble down a slope has risen to 48, with rescue work hampered by mudslides, state media reported today.

(Trinidad Express) The owner of Crystal Waters Limited was shot and killed last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A global outbreak of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu or avian flu, has prompted the Chief Veterinary Officer to ban the importation of poultry from Miami, Florida via both air and sea.  

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, has deemed the contents of a legal letter sent to him by Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass as “threats” and said he will not be “intimidated” in the course of his duties.

– Lyte urges unions `For too long we have allowed the employers, our government, present and past to treat us like second and third-class citizens.

Declaring that his government is ”deeply rooted” in the working class, President Irfaan Ali yesterday asserted that it had created more 50,000 new jobs since August 2020.

-losses on investments, loans grew significantly For the half-year ended March 31st, 2024, Demerara Bank Limited has registered a 41% increase in after-tax profit compared to the same period last year.

The Lamaha Street expansion project aimed at enhancing connections between Vlissengen Road and Middleton Street in Georgetown, is facing setbacks due to delayed infrastructural works.

-lauds gov’t support for sugar Defending the state’s continuing outlays to the sugar industry, GAWU’s President Seepaul Narine yesterday sounded a note of caution about investments in the general economy.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that his government is examining innovative approaches to foster an economy where more money is placed into the pockets of the working class.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday took possession of a Mercedes Benz crime scene vehicle.

King & Queen Beach Football Speightland will match skills with Hururu in the women’s divisional final, while Young Gunners will take aim at Hi-Flyers in the men’s championship match following respective semifinal wins in the King and Queen Beach Football Championship on Tuesday evening.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon damaged the interior of Trophy Stall at 241 South Road and Bourda Street, two blocks away from the Bourda Market.

KFC Elite League Buxton United’s winless run in the KFC Elite League continued on Tuesday evening as they registered their eighth consecutive defeat, losing 1-4 to Den Amstel at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, Unsafe work practices have left many without their daily bread.

The police yesterday said that two persons sustained burns after fire destroyed a two-storey house at Fyrish on the Corentyne.

The Tucber Park Housing Co-operative Society has been successfully revived  following a visit by the Ministry of Labour’s Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies to Tucber Park, New Amsterdam, on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Finally, vendors doing their illegal vending in front of Demico have been removed.

ASHDOD, Israel, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday he has still not seen a plan for Israel’s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protect civilians, repeating that Washington could not support such an assault.

(CMC) – West Indies “A” grabbed a 2-1 lead in their Twenty20 series against hosts Nepal after opener Johnson Charles carried his bat for a dynamic Player-of-the-Match hundred to set the foundation for a 76-run win yesterday.

As part of its contribution toward a carbon-free society, Scotiabank has announced that it is now accepting grant submissions across its footprint, including Guyana for its Net-Zero Research Fund, a release on Tuesday from Scotiabank Guyana stated.

Dear Editor, Recently, I wrote a letter advocating for amending Guyana’s constitution to introduce conscription, as one measure to counter Venezuela’s persistent claims over Essequibo.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Mounting tensions on U.S. campuses boiled over yesterday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus.

Archery Guyana officially launched its version of the Caribbean Development Archery League (CDAL), which is geared towards providing a platform for local archers to compete remotely in an effort to hone their aptitudes.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Teachers’ Union, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association, the University of Guyana Workers Union, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and its affiliated Unions, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Unions (GAWU) and other Trade Unions under the Federation of Independent Trade Unions (FITUG) should let the Guyanese people know of their observance of the Labour Laws, in particular the Trades Unions’ Act, the Labour Act, and the Trade Union Recognition Act, referred to hereunder,  This year will mark one hundred and three years since the enactment on 18 June 1921 of the Trade Unions Act: Chapter 98:03 – No.

GCB T10 Championship Demerara Hawks and Essequibo Pitbulls recorded contrasting wins when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Championship continued yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Thomas Lands. 

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Public employees in Venezuela will receive $130 per month in bonuses, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday, amid demands by workers for salary increases and months ahead of presidential elections in which Maduro is seeking a third term.

A 26-year-old mother of three, whose two-bedroom home located at Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice was completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon, is seeking assistance from the public to help rebuild.

Dear Editor, I had not long returned from my Bookers Cadetship Programme at the London School of Economics to take up a substantive position as Assistant Personnel Manager, Blairmont Estate, when the exceptional leader of the Booker Group of Companies visited our location.

A man has been arrested after a Port Mourant hot dog vendor reported being dragged by her hair, beaten and robbed.

(Trinidad Guardian) A large group of British American Insurance Company (BAICO) policyholders from several Eastern Caribbean countries will have to wait to learn the fate of their lawsuit over a move by the T&T government to bail out only local financial subsidiaries of CL Financial (CLF).

Dear Editor, The DPP never seems to surprise me. It is so depressing to read her “recommendations”.

Gerald Scotland and Renola Jordan were crowned the men’s and women’s open divisional champions, respectively, when the 2024 Rebel Tennis Club Championship concluded yesterday.

(Reuters) – For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must.

-Teixeira tells Joint Steering Committee The Government of Guyana in its efforts to achieve the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 has called for enhanced cooperation.

Dear Editor, I have always been intrigued by the power of freemasonry in British Guiana/Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) She has reached the remarkable age of 110, yet centenarian Dharmie Deo, affectionately known as Moyo, still does not wear glasses.

Anyone who had business at any of the post offices around the country today, Thursday, May 2, 2024, would have encountered them; throngs of pensioners trying to cash their National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Old Age (OA) vouchers.

Nine teachers who will be part of the schools competing in the Blue Water Shipping U-15 Girl’s Championship successfully completed a FIFA Football for School (F4S) workshop on child safeguarding, which was staged by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

(Reuters) – Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in court yesterday, a week after the state’s highest court threw out his 2020 rape conviction.