Articles published on Friday, May 5, 2023
ExxonMobil today said it was reviewing Wednesday’s court decision by Justice Sandil Kissoon which found the company in breach of its insurance obligations for its first oil project Liza 1, a decision that can have major ramifications for it.
US Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cubans rallied on Havana’s Malecon waterfront boulevard to celebrate International Worker’s Day today, five days after the planned May 1 event was called off due to foul weather and a fuel crisis that has crippled public transport on the island.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Judiciary has condemned a controversial statement made by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds alleging that criminals have friends within that fraternity.
DUBONA, Serbia, (Reuters) – Police arrested a suspect today after eight people were killed and 14 wounded in Serbia’s second mass shooting in two days in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a “terrorist attack” as the government approved tough new gun controls.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives faced steep losses in local election results today, undermining the British prime minister’s efforts to revive their fortunes and emboldening the opposition Labour Party ahead of a national vote expected next year.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 today more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases.
A 46-year-old woman was yesterday found dead in a room at Alpha Hotel, Lot 2 Public Road Ogle, East Coast Demerara with 13 stab wounds and a slashed neck.
Former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr Vincent Adams yesterday slammed the government’s intention to file an appeal against Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling that the EPA failed to enforce the liability clause in the permits issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said yesterday that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) had filed court action to block the local government elections slated for June 12, after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) failed to address the charges of fraud APNU made about the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) nomination lists.
A cattle farmer was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Bloomfield blockmaker whose remains were discovered in two shallow graves at Number 55 Village, Corentyne in October, 2017.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday filed a Notice of Appeal seeking an order to set aside Justice Gino Persaud’s March 24 ruling, which stated that President Irfaan Ali acted unlawfully in the suspension of members of the former Police Service Commission (PSC).
A motorcyclist died yesterday after crashing into the rear of a stationary lorry at Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Having earned a reputation as one of the standout services of its kind across coastal Guyana, the Mocha/Arcadia Farmers Market may well be facing the likelihood of ‘going under,’ the Farmers’ challenges associated with drainage and irrigation, plus the distracting standoff with government over the relocation issues facing some residents of the community, having brought the usually well-supported event to a halt.
A man who pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny has been sentenced to six months behind bars.
Bent Street and Kitty recorded convincing victories when the ‘One Guyana’ National Futsal Championship continued on Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Guyana’s hinterland is now a step closer to enjoying the benefits of reliable high-speed broadband internet courtesy of two local communications companies, as a result of the recent launch of a communications satellite.
It may well be that the atmosphere that obtains at Wakapau in the Pomeroon River has not only ‘preserved’ Aileen Charles, but has also imbued her with an appetite for pursuits which ‘lesser’ women, indeed, lesser persons, would shy away from.
If the originally stated purpose of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) was simply to provide training in “craft skills” there can be no question than that the institution that had once been identified with academic failures and school dropouts has long ‘slipped its (original) moorings” to occupy what is now widely regarded as a critical space on the local training landscape.
The absence of a united labour movement has stymied the gains of the working class, President Irfaan Ali said as he described the division as “sad.”
Two time defending champion Swag Entertainment, Universal Ballers, Anybody Got It, and Speightland earned semi-final berths following quarter-final wins in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship on Wednesday evening at the Amelia Ward/Wisroc Car Park.
A self-employed man has been charged with larceny after allegedly stealing a gold chain.
Consistent with the widely held view that relatively poor countries that find themselves sitting, often unexpectedly, on significant volumes of oil almost often slide into a condition of graft and corruption, the Venezuelan government would now appear to have officially embraced that truism, its National Assembly recently moving to unanimously approve a piece of legislation known as the Asset Forfeiture Act (AFA), which allows the authorities to confiscate assets obtained by corruption and use them to finance social programmes infrastructure and public services.
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Pepsi Brand, has once again thrown its financial support behind the Petra Organization coordinated ExxonMobil Boys and Girls U14 Football Championship, which is penciled to start on May 13th.
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) recently presented assistance to the Guyana National Rifle Association to help offset expenses at the West Indies Full Bore Shooting Championship.
Authors Suneeta Kaimal, Susannah Fitzgerald, Matthieu Salomon Corruption has plagued many resource-rich countries for decades, yet a constellation of crises requires renewed focus on the fight against corruption in 2023.
Cyril’s Transportation Service (CTS) has upgraded its communication system by embracing the cutting-edge communication device, Hubbcat RugGear RG360, powered by Digicel.
Dear Editor, Justice Kissoon’s decision in the Judicial Review/Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) case is the most damning decision against the EPA on the same side with Exxon/Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) against the people of Guyana.
In a region where government and the trade union movement are in a condition of extreme unfriendliness or, as the saying goes at ‘daggers’ drawn’, the administration of Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member country’s labour movement would appear to have taken a step in the direction of an enhanced understanding between government and trade unions with the signing on May day, this year, of what has been described A Declaration of Missions, Barbados.
West Demerara defeated Diamond by 12 runs to clinch the Farfan & Mendes Ltd Secondary Schools Knockout Tape-ball Cricket Championship, which was hosted on May 1st at the Durban Park Tarmac.
A Pomeroon miner was arrested on Tuesday after he was found in possession of an unlicensed shotgun and cartridges believed to be live.
Dear Editor, It was fascinating to see the Government of Guyana’s ‘pink-washing’ in their propaganda for World Press Freedom Day 2023.
With the consolidation of arrangements that seek to ensure that the maritime regime in the Caribbean is robust enough to meet regional challenges, going forward, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has disclosed that it will be undertaking the financing of consultancy services associated with a study that seeks to explore options for the creation of a maritime cargo service among Barbados, Grenada, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.
Two men were on Wednesday held in two different Essequibo communities with quantities of a substance suspected to be cannabis and are in police custody pending charges.
Prized pugilists, Keevin ‘Lightning’ Allicock and Desmond Amsterdam will both take the ring today at the ongoing International Boxing Association (IBA) Men’s World Boxing Championships at the Humo Arena in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to my letter dated April 23, 2023, where I expressed my concern about the non-availability of my NIS payment.
(Reuters) A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U.S.
A 27-year-old minibus driver was on Wednesday granted $500,000 bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman after he was slapped with an indictable charge of rape of a minor.
With considerations that have to do with both food security and the profitability of the industry in mind, Guyana’s potentially lucrative seabob industry will benefit from a collaborative initiative (under the so-called FISH4ACP programme,) in support of the realization of an enhanced regime of safe and healthy work practices along the seabob value chain.
The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will stage its U23 3×3 Championship tomorrow at the Retrieve Hard-court from 16:00hrs.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Sons of former Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman denied U.S.
Dear Editor, In the light of new hospitals opened and to be built, it is suggested that the Attorney General remind his colleague Minister of Health of the Private Hospitals Act and its relevance to the current expansion of these services.
KYIV (Reuters) – Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday evening, the fourth assault in as many days subjecting residents to spasms of gunfire and explosions, and at least one drone was shot down.
A Beehive family of four lost their home on Wednesday evening in a fire that also damaged the walls of two nearby houses before it was successfully controlled.
LONDON (Reuters) – Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens of others it said were owned by Palestinian firms connected to the Islamist Hamas group, documents released by the country’s counter-terror authorities show.
Dear Editor, The daily outcry for the Home Affairs PS to come clean is much to ado about nothing.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Credit Suisse repurchased Ecuadorean sovereign notes worth $1.6 billion in face value, the country’s bankers said on Thursday, freeing cash for conservation of the unique Galapagos Islands in the biggest debt-for-nature swap ever struck.
American born Guyanese Anish Ramlall, 17, has signed for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II outfit St.
Tomorrow Charles III will be crowned king in Westminster Abbey in accordance with rites some of which date back many hundreds of years.
Promising to advance US interests here, while reducing Guyana’s dependence on China if appointed, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Ambassador to Guyana Nicole Theriot also said that the administration stands with this country and supports the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award it has with Venezuela.
Kevin Grant, a 24-year-old resident of Lot 895 4th Field Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was charged yesterday with armed robbery when he appeared at the Diamond/Grove Magistrates Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce.
Dear Editor, We just celebrated World Press Freedom Day 2023 and this week opened the workers’ Labour Day event and Friday we will observe Indian Arrival Day.
(Reuters) – Napoli won their third Serie A title, and their first in 33 years, yesterday after a 1-1 draw at Udinese gave the Naples side an unassailable lead in the standings.
Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 4, 2023
(Trinidad express) The police service will continue to partner with international cyber experts to identify the source of last week’s e-mail bomb threat.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1017’s trading results showed consideration of $19,441,232 from 53,219 shares traded in 40 transactions as compared to session 1016’s trading results, which showed consideration $7,429,277 from 17,652 shares traded in 26 transactions.
Visit any of the high-profile supermarkets in Guyana these days and you are almost certain to find their Chillers stuffed with pleasingly presented packages of vegetables, transformed by the manner in which they are turned out, designed to catch the eye of the shopper who might well be inclined to opt for dropping well-presented vegetables into their shopping carts as a kind of try out exercise.
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday she is considering expelling a Chinese diplomat after a 2021 intelligence report said the official had sought to track down a Canadian lawmaker’s family in Hong Kong to intimidate them.
