CARICOM’s agency for crime and security has advised regional governments of a possible Islamic State threat to the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup in June which will be played in Guyana, other parts of the Caribbean and the United States.
Commentator Christopher Ram has said that the Guyana Government should seek to acquire Hess’ 30% share in the lucrative Stabroek Block which is currently at the centre of a dispute between two American oil majors: ExxonMobil and Chevron.
-cites `alarming’ increase in online attack on media workers
As the Guyana Press Association (GPA) observes World Press Freedom Day 2024 today, it said that the country is facing an environmental crisis.
-Heads of Western missions say in joint statement
Given the environmental crises facing Guyana, journalists must have access to more data and science to accurately report to the public, heads of Western missions here said in a joint statement yesterday to mark World Press Freedom Day today.
As gas delivery for Guyana’s ambitious power project draws closer, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) is gearing up for brief shutdowns of two of its Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platforms.
PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo last week said that it was wrong for one of the party’s councillors on the isle of Wakenaam to link access to a state cash grant with the purchase of tickets for a hotdog sale.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The majority of Haiti’s transition council who had nominated an interim prime minister earlier this week has walked back the decision, exposing the internal turmoil of the group charged with leading the Caribbean nation out of a prolonged crisis.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges yesterday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week.
(Reuters) – In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia.
(Photos from Burna Boy’s official Facebook page)
The long-awaited Burna Boy show has come and gone, leaving satisfied patrons still reminiscing about it.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A lawyer for Donald Trump sought yesterday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in the deal about his cash-for-dirt negotiations with other celebrities.
On Tuesday, Trevon Samuels, 53, a labourer of No. 28 Village West Coast, Berbice appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer to the charge of wounding Jaipaul Narine.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 29, local authorities said last evening, as the state government declared a state of public calamity to handle the dramatic situation.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil declared itself yesterday as free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, and will request World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) to recognize that status as it seeks to open more markets for its meat exports.
Machinery Corporation [MACORP] on Monday announced that nine technicians [eight males and one female] from its 16th Heavy Equipment Maintenance and Electric Power Generation Training programme graduated at MACORP’s Providence location last Friday.
ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of yesterday, the Turkish trade ministry said, citing “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories.