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NGC, Shell sign agreement on early phases of Manatee project

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis Thursday 6 January 2022 NGC president Mark Loquan in a statement Wednesday announced an agreement with Shell for the early phases of the Manatee project. – Photo courtesy NGC NGC has signed a heads of agreement with Shell to start the pre-front end engineering design phase for the processing of Manatee gas […]

Sarwan appointed to selection panels

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former West Indies stroke-maker, Ramnaresh Sarwan, was Friday named as the last West Indies men’s selector, joining new chairman Desmond Haynes and head coach Phil Simmons in a new-look panel which will serve for the next two-and-a-half years. A former West Indies captain who played 87 Tests and 181 One-Day Internationals […]

Lady Jaguars’ Vincent lands four-year scholarship to US College

Lady Jaguars international Annalisa Vincent has become the first indigenous Guyanese football player to secure an athletic scholarship, signing a four-year scholarship with Graceland University. According to a press release, the scholarship was facilitated by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and its affiliate, the International Supporters Group (ISG). Vincent, who hails from the Moruca sub-division […]

Guyana, Jamaica public service salary hike ‘engagements’ proceed on different tracks

In marked contrast to the protestations of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) over what it said were government-imposed wages and salary increases that were devoid of consultations with the union, Jamaica is reporting that more than thirty of the country’s trade unions representing Public Servants have accepted the government’s four per cent salary increase […]

Oscar winner Sidney Poitier transformed how black people were portrayed on screen | Entertainment

NEW YORK (AP): Few movie stars, black or white, had such an influence both on and off the screen as Sidney Poitier. Before Poitier, no black actor had a sustained career as a lead performer, and rarely was one permitted a break from the stereotypes of bug-eyed servants and grinning entertainers. The groundbreaking actor and […]

Xtra Foods ‘heroes’ captures people’s choice supermarket chain award

Business Ria Chaitram 5 Hrs Ago Rajiv Diptee, president, Supermarket Association of TT, from left, looks on after presenting the 2021 people’s choice supermarket chain awards to Xtra Foods marketing manager Daniel Austin, and Julien Landeau, manager, Xtra Foods Endeavour, Chaguanas at the branch on Saturday. – Photo by Lincoln Holder Despite the challenges supermarkets […]