Articles published on Friday, December 24, 2021
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,000 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant created greater uncertainty and misery for holiday travelers.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Officials in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian are facing punishment after a COVID-19 outbreak led to the lockdown of its 13 million residents, authorities said on Friday, as the number of new cases declined.
With the 30-day period for objecting to the EPA’s decision not to require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge having ended on Wednesday, geologist Simone Mangal-Joly has submitted that the agency lacks adequate information to arrive at such a conclusion.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was forced to modify its annual production target of 97,420 tonnes of sugar after floods from earlier this year battered its cultivation and it managed only 57,995 tonnes.
The Ministry of Health may have possibly committed a criminal offence when it authorized a payment of $7.956 million for works at the Diamond Drug Bond on the same day that the contract was signed, the Auditor General’s report for 2020 states.
This year, the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recorded the lowest rate of serious crime and highest cocaine seizures in the last ten years.
It was night of red cards in Linden, as defending champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) defeated Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) All-Stars 3-0 on Wednesday evening in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship.
Recent media reports seen by the Stabroek Business indicate that EXXON Mobil, the lead player in Guyana’s oil exploration and recovery pursuits have been ‘talking up’ what one report describes as the company’s “astronomical oil exploration success offshore Guyana.”
The Ministerial Tender Board (MTB) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has been accused of splitting 33 transactions in an effort to avoid the contracts going to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for adjudication, the Auditor General’s report for the financial year of 2020 found.
As Guyana continues its COVID-19 vaccination programme, health authorities have reported that over 10,000 COVID-19 booster shots have been administered to date.
There is much that the Government of Guyana, the country’s banking sector, and its Business Support Organizations can learn from the recently announced JM$60 million Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) investment in the development of sixty enterprises in the country’s micro, small and medium-sized (MSME) sector.
Dear Editor, Warmest Season’s Greetings to you and all at SN.
CGX Energy Inc, the holder of multiple oil and gas exploration licences in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, is seeking more funding for its drilling pursuits at the Kawa-1 exploration well, where, it says, more protracted operations are expected to push costs up.
A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man was denied bail after being charged with trafficking over $113 million worth of cocaine.
Police are on the hunt for two bandits who shot and robbed a Linden taxi driver of more than $300,000 in gold jewellery shortly after he arrived home on Tuesday night.
Dear Editor, The Region Three Police Commander, Errol Watts, rightly emphasized that “The Guyana Police Force will ensure that we robustly enforce all laws with respect to the use of squibs and firecrackers around this time, so that our animals and people can be safer throughout this holiday period and beyond.
In keeping with the push toward renewable energy, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is embarking on an energy project at its headquarters in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
Dear Editor, 1. The recent vexatious utterances of GT Mayor Ubraj Narine against the Minister of Local Government reflects a deeper, more complicated real time crisis that has manifested, specifically within the ecosocial consumer reach of the MOMS (municipal open market system).
One might have thought that the pandemic would serve to realise a measure of restraint.
Two Linden men are wanted by the police for allegedly trafficking a quantity of narcotics in Linden more than three months ago.
The International Karate Organization’s (IKO) Academy of Guyana staged its second grading examinations since its local establishment, with Georgetown and Linden conducting their maiden grading exercise which was attended by more than 70 students.
Dear Editor, Now that the PNC Party internal election is over, it is my hope Mr.
This is the second year of celebrating Christmas during the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), which caused many lives to be disrupted.
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – It took accountant Anibal Pirela six days of travel and $7,000 to reach Austin, Texas from Maracaibo, the capital of Venezuela’s once-flourishing western oil state of Zulia.
By Dr Terrence Blackman On December 16, 2021, a Local Content bill was tabled in Parliament to integrate Guyanese into the country’s emerging oil & gas industry.
APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Ganesh Mahipaul on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Mark Phillips on how computers could be procured prior to the approval of the supplementary provision by the House.
(Reuters) – United Airlines and Delta Air Lines yesterday said they had each canceled dozens of Christmas Eve flights, as the spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant takes a toll on its flight crews and other workers.
By now, the government in Maputo should have been counting with keen anticipation the remaining period before what is currently the world’s single largest energy development investment, the French oil major Total’s US$20 billion natural gas development project in the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique, bears fruit.
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, last year, purchased several tractors and trailers for Amerindian Villages and Communities.
The agricultural pursuits of Evelyn Daniel and her partner, Aaron Stevens, in Region Nine cry out for a measure of official support to enhance their already proven capacity to make a difference to residents of St.
Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the reconstruction of the Moblissa Bridge which attracted two bidders.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese and U.S. armed forces have drawn up a draft plan for a joint operation for a possible Taiwan emergency, Japan’s Kyodo news agency said on Thursday, citing unnamed Japanese government sources, amid increased tensions between the island and China.
Dear Editor, The President serves up a daily dish of fantasies of his new Guyana… new highways, bridges and even a Silica City with a golf course and designer shopping mall.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after news broke that Rizanne Roach-Lucas, 26, who was six months pregnant, was found shot dead in her car at Todd’s Road in Talparo, close friends are crying out for justice.
UN News – School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according to a UN-backed report issued.
Two men were yesterday arraigned at two Magistrate’s Courts to answer to possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charges.
Dear Editor, I took a stroll down Main Street’s avenue on Wednesday midday commencing from the junction of Middle and Main Streets all the way down to Bank of Guyana, hoping to catch the sights of the Christmas Village.
(Reuters) – A Minnesota jury yesterday found former police officer Kimberly Potter guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop when she mistakenly fired her handgun instead of her Taser.
Guyanese national basketball players, Akeem Crandon and Israel Yaw, incurred their third consecutive loss, as ASA College went down to Suffolk Community College on Wednesday December 16th.
(Trinidad Guardian) PC Anderson Bernard and PC Lester Jones both passed away from complications due to COVID-19 yesterday.
(Reuters) – The sole thicknesses for all athletic shoes in track and field events will be simplified to a stack height of 20mm from Nov.
(Reuters) – Brazilian soccer great Pele has been discharged, Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital said yesterday, and will spend Christmas at home after months of medical issues following an operation to remove a colon tumor.
(Reuters) – Former England spinner Monty Panesar believes Chris Silverwood could face being replaced as coach if he does not get his decision-making right ahead of the third Ashes test against Australia starting on Sunday.
No one was unduly surprised to pick up the newspaper on Monday morning and discover that Mr Aubrey Norton had won the PNCR leadership contest by a landslide.
(Reuters) – The Premier League’s unique tradition of playing on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day should not change but it must allow five substitutions to protect players amid a grueling schedule, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Former England captain Paul Collingwood will stand in as head coach for England’s five-match Twenty20 International series against West Indies next month, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Fast bowler Duanne Olivier is expected to return to the South Africa line-up as the home side challenge visiting India in the first match of a three game series in the ICC World Test Championship at Centurion Park starting on Sunday.
(Reuters) – West Indies batting great Brian Lara and former South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn have joined the revamped coaching staff of the Indian Premier League’s Sunrisers Hyderabad, the franchise said yesterday.
(Reuters) – A fight between Jake Paul and Conor McGregor would make “ridiculous” money, former UFC fighter Dan Hardy has told Reuters in the wake of Paul’s stunning one-punch knockout of former MMA fighter Tyrone Woodley in Florida last weekend.
(CMC) – West Indies rookie Test star Jayden Seales tasted success in his first ever overseas franchise tournament, when Jaffna Kings trounced Galle Gladiators by 23 runs to win the Lanka Premier League title yesterday.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s second career triple-double — 27 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds — led the host Oklahoma City Thunder to a 108-94 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.
(Reuters) – Dawid Malan says England have not given up on winning the Ashes even if he admits they will need a much improved performance in the third test in Melbourne from Sunday to get themselves back in the series.
Whenever conversations surrounding masculinity arise, one is often prompted to ask what is meant by it.
Why death heralds his Birth I’ll voluntarily plead guilty to my personal post-seventy cynicism, with creeping indifference, regarding this still-somewhat-endearing “season” of Christmas.
Dear Editor, Nation, imagine everyone in Guyana died – all 800,000 of us!
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Two more COVID-19 deaths were yesterday reported along with 32 new cases According to the Ministry of Health, the country’s total fatalities increased to 1,042.
(Reuters) – Four people were injured when a fire erupted yesterday at Exxon’s complex in Baytown, Texas, one of the largest refining and petrochemical facilities in the United States.
With a directness that would not have escaped the attention of governments in the region, Caribbean Development Bank President Dr.
