Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 29, 2024

 (Reuters) – British oil major BP BP.L and Trinidad and Tobago’s state energy firm NGC have received a two-year licence from the U.S.

Mayor of Linden, Sharma Solomon today lashed back at the government over flooding in the town yesterday. 

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea’s rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter’s illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas, analysts and officials in South Korea said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s first Black woman lawmaker, Diane Abbott, said today she was dismayed the opposition Labour Party looked set to bar her as an election candidate over comments she made over a year ago about Jews and racism.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin had appointed Alexei Dyumin, an aide and former bodyguard, as secretary of the State Council, an advisory body to the Russian head of state.

 (Reuters) – Australia will be aiming to become the first team to possess all three of cricket’s global titles at the same time, but a bigger success will be if the T20 World Cup next month can help the game crack a lucrative market in the United States.

-PM sees negligence by town council Heavy rain over the last two days has swamped large parts of Region 10 and sections of Region Nine and Five and the Ministry of Public Works has mobilized resources to ease flooding.

The Guyana Police Force  last evening said that  Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist Kidackie Amsterdam has been arrested over the alleged inciting of the murder of President Irfaan Ali and other government officials.

Newcomer Back Circle B won the ‘Settlement of All Arguments’ street-ball championship, defeating Taliban 2-1 on penalty kicks in the final on Sunday evening at the Mocha Community’s Centre ground tarmac.

By Abigail Headley Emotions ran high yesterday as residents of Mocha/Arcadia expressed their concerns to visiting US Congressman Jonathan Jackson over injustices they said they have been facing at the hands of the government.

Linden Technical Institute (LTI), the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), and the University of Guyana (UG) registered hard-fought wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary League continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Fifty-year-old Fitzroy Holligan, also known as `Fishy’, of Lot 34 Queen Street Cummingsburg, appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of taxi driver Eon Holder.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Zone – Bullets seal final’s berth before cancellation Persistent rainfall forced the cancellation of the second semifinal, third place playoff, and final in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition on Monday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac, as Silver Bullets earned a berth to the final which is now set for Saturday prior to the abandonment.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, Guyana came onto the international scene as one of the fastest-growing economies in the developing world due to its oil and petroleum discovery.

GuySuCo’s Port Mourant Training School has been temporarily closed after a dengue outbreak which has left at least two students hospitalized.

The Golden Jaguars fell to their second defeat in as many matches on their two-week training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, as they lost to Caixas FC 0-2 yesterday during a practice match.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force has spoken on the Nigel Dharamlall affair, as alleged, and it is over. 

Guyana’s Keevin ‘Lightning’ Allicock’s push for qualification to a second Olympic Games was dashed by Turkey’s Batuhan Ciftci in their five-round 57kg encounter yesterday in the Road to Paris Qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand.

The remaining Constitution Reform and Law Reform commissions members were yesterday sworn in by President  Irfaan Ali at the Office of the President.

Dear Editor, Our supporters and Guyanese in general at home and abroad need to hear from us in simple language.

A woman has given birth to a girl after surgery at the GPHC on her blocked fallopian tubes allowed her to conceive.

Demetri Love and Safirah Sumner got off to perfect starts when the Kraft Mac and Cheese Junior Squash Championship commenced last night at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts on Camp Street.

Dear Editor, A few days ago I went to visit the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology situated at 61 Main Street, Georgetown to do some research.

The Canefield family who lost two children days apart last month protested outside the New Amsterdam Public Hospital last week calling for answers from the authorities over pathology tests.

Dear Editor, I was fascinated by the Guyana Independence Order 1966, available on Legislation.gov.uk,

(Reuters) – Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure as climate change brings more severe weather events, according to a United Nations report on Tuesday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has revoked its invitation for the European Union to send election observers for a presidential contest in July, Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The last minute impediment fired, just as the elections fraud cases were set to properly begin in the magistrate court, has been dismissed by the High Court, paving the way for the cases to begin. 

An investigation into a non-fatal industrial accident that occurred on Friday, May 24, 2024, at the National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara, is currently being done by the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council yesterday tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who briefly led the country over a decade ago, to return to the role as the Caribbean nation works to restore stability and take back control from violent gangs.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israel’s military denied striking a tent camp west of Rafah yesterday after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in an area Israel has designated a civilian evacuation zone.

Editor, All viable thriving democracies need a vibrant opposition …er opposing all along the way all the time.

Over the time of its lengthy existence, Main Street in Georgetown has served as the location of many iconic edifices, which have had, and in some instances still have, significant bearing on the course of our history.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic shrugged off doubts about the state of his game with a confident 6-4 7-6(3) 6-4 defeat of Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the French Open first round yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York prosecutor told jurors that the hush money payment at the heart of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was an attempt to “hoodwink the American voter” during the 2016 election, as lawyers made their closing arguments on Tuesday.

…Energy Minister refers to global shift away from hydrocarbons (Trinidad Guardian) T&T has received six bids on four blocks from BP, Shell and EOG Resources in the 2023 shallow water auction to explore for oil and gas.

Thirty-year-old Cuban national, Lyon Sanchez Santy and 44-year-old Shazim Khan both appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag), Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with larceny.