Articles published on Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Oil & Gas Exxon insurance contract sets US$500m limit for any one incident: The Government has published a contract of insurance for ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) which will raise further questions about coverage for a potential oil spill and other matters.
(Reuters) – CalPERS, the biggest public pension plan in the United States, said yesterday it would vote against all Exxon Mobil board members at its upcoming annual meeting on May 29, citing the oil major’s legal action against activist investors.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips; Ministers of Labour Joseph Hamilton; Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond; and Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues journeyed to Micobie today for a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony for the 12 children from the village who died in a tragic dormitory fire at Mahdia a year ago, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.
Yesterday at his Brickdam Headquarters, the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony met with PAHO International Consultant, Dr Roberto Tapia to discuss a human resources staffing analysis for the new Maternal and Paediatric Hospital being constructed in Ogle.
(Reuters) – There was little warning of the chaos that was about to be unleashed onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – A group of small island states including Antigua and Barbuda and The Bahamas secured a win on climate change in an international court today as they seek to combat rising sea levels.
(Trinidad Guardian) Three former members of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) were charged with misbehaviour in public office last night.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter crashed in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said yesterday.
-ministry insists that strike ends so that conciliation can go forward The third day of conciliation between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour again ended in a stalemate yesterday, with no progress made.
Guyana’s shores will be graced with the presence of the famous International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup trophy which is set to arrive in the country today at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
By Jean La Rose, Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) Today, May 21, 2024, marks the first anniversary of one of the most tragic days in Guyana’s history.
Dear Editor, I am writing to propose the implementation of a commuter congestion tax for those traveling into George-town from Greater Georgetown and other areas across the country.
Dear Editor, With reference to the letter titled ‘Pushing Spanish in schools is counterproductive to Guyana’s current security challenges’ (SN, 16/052024), I disagree with the arguments put forward by the writer, Mr.
With the release yesterday of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s written judgment declaring the strike action by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to have been legal and justified, it is expected that government will now move forward with filing an appeal as it has vowed.
As the 2nd edition of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary Basketball League (TBL II) continued on Sunday, the University of Guyana (UG), Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Government Technical institute (GTI) all chalked up wins at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.
Dear Editor, The Working People’s Alliance views with much concern Venezuela’s renewed aggression towards Guyana.
-in meeting with international verifiersIndigenous leaders of the Upper Mazaruni earlier this month expressed their dissatisfaction to an international carbon credits verifier that the government here had not respected their rights to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) on the matter.
-nine records tumble By Michelangelo Jacobus Alexis Williams (Female Intermediate), Duarte Hetsberger (Male Intermediate) and Marlon Wilson (Male Masters Classic) strained, struggled and muscled their way to Best Lifters accolades on Sunday at the Saint Stanislaus Auditorium while nine records were also rewritten at the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting (GAPLF) 2024 Intermediates and Masters Championships.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Brandon King said it was a dream come true to lead West Indies – even on an interim basis – and it was extra-special because he will be doing it on home soil.
Dear Editor, I have noted the unsurprising resort to personal attacks and ludicrous innuendos against me by the Guyana Press Association (GPA) in response to my letter in which I detailed the gross lack of financial accountability and the frontal violations to the constitution of the GPA by the current management council.
Thirty-five-year-old Rawle Thornhill, appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, , CMC – Organisers announced yesterday that Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) matches will form part of a double header with West Indies men’s internationals this year.
The Guyana Government has made its second withdrawal from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) for this year – US$300m.
A body suspected to be that of Philistine Franci called ‘PI’, 72-year-old of Karrau Village, Essequibo River was on Sunday recovered in the vicinity of Hubakabra, Karrau Village, Essequibo River.
Dear Editor, Here we go again, another woman is victimized, seeks justice and the former President, now Vice President and General Secretary of the PPP, says he and the party’s main decision makers will not seek to discipline neither distance itself from the now disgraced Dharmlall.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Former West Indies head coach Phil Simmons said one of the things to which he will be most looking forward while working with Papua New Guinea during the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup will be returning to his native Trinidad & Tobago.
Dear Editor, It was plugged at the conclusion of this year’s Energy Conference held at the prestigious Marriott Hotel that the Conference had outgrown the venue.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said on Monday he had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.
The Guyana Police Force [GPF] says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 48-year-old pedestrian who it is suspected ran into the path of a motor lorry on the Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Sunday at around 19:50 hrs.
(Field Level Media) Based on past performance, it’s unlikely that generating good offense will be a problem for either team when the Indiana Pacers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.
Dear Editor, We have crowned the “lying champion” in a man named Freddie Kissoon.
-hastily rebuilt homes damaged during storm By Shuntel Glasgow Dissatisfied squatters of Success South, East Coast Demerara are claiming that they were forced to relocate from the lands they had occupied to an undeveloped location further in the backlands that is not served with electricity and water.
Kuru Kuru ‘A’ were crowned champions of the second edition of the PPP-sponsored Soesdyke/ Timehri Highway Cluster Futsal Championship on Sunday amid light showers of rain.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial yesterday to dismiss the case before it reaches the jury, arguing the testimony of star witness Michael Cohen was not credible given his criminal record and history of lying.
Dear Editor, Given the escalation in the conflict with Venezuela, we must as a nation urgently establish a National Security Council (NSC) to ensure that the current threat is given the appropriate attention necessary.
The Linden Utility Services Co-operative Society has been restored to active status after a 10-year period of dormancy.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk has been added to Australia’s T20 World Cup squad as one of two reserve players after his dominant performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has experienced its largest blazes on record in the first four months of the year, with the environmental workers union yesterday placing partial blame on lower government spending on firefighting.
Dear Editor, Guyanese has had a very difficult period of blackouts recently in most areas.
President Irfaan Ali last Thursday revealed that he will soon be meeting with investors to discuss the Berbice River Bridge with the idea of reducing the risk and burden and to allow residents to be in a better place altogether.
On Sunday, members of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) gathered at the Golden Grove/Haslington Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Boardroom to conduct their elections.
(Reuters) – Dominican President Luis Abinader, a day after being re-elected for a second term , said yesterday that he will sit down with opposition leaders to discuss a potential fiscal reform.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is barred from running for parliament in this month’s election, the country’s top court ruled on Monday, a judgment that could influence the outcome and trigger unrest from Zuma’s supporters.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) will become the first-ever naming partner of the WTA’s rankings, the two organisations announced yesterday, as part of a multi-year partnership.
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 126 Introduction The Official Gazette of 11 May 2023 published two documents – a Guarantee and Indemnity Agreement dated 9th June 2023 (GIA) and a Contract of Insurance effective 1st.
The Guyana Police Force [GPF] is currently investigating what it says is a hit-and-run accident on the Railway Embankment Road, Georgetown, in the vicinity of the Sheriff Street Roundabout where a 30-year-old motorcyclist suffered injuries after he was struck by a pickup.
Dear Editor, Guyana’s Consul General to New York, Ambassador Michael Brotherson praised Guyana government’s visionary path of ‘sustainable and equitable development for all Guyanese,’ in his uplifting speech at the Flag Raising Ceremony in the Town of Hempstead, Long Island on May 17, 2024, on the observance of Guyana’s 58th Independence Anniversary.
LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission yesterday to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a U.S.
The Supreme Court of Judicature two Mondays ago unveiled an additional wing for the Guyana Court of Appeal in Kingston.
COMALCALCO, Mexico, (Reuters) – Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from trees in Mexico’s southeastern tropical forests in recent weeks amid a nationwide drought and heat waves that have sent temperatures soaring across much of the country.
If there is any veracity in the media reports arising out of the electrocution of nineteen-year-old Bryan Hardial on Friday, who reportedly came into contact with a live wiring on the roof of a house where he had been assigned to do a job – installing gutters – that had nothing to do with electrical wiring – then there is much reason for an immediate and scrupulous probe into the occurrence to determine whether or not safety protocols were afforded the deceased young man to do his job in a safe environment.
