Unsurprisingly, a number of private sector bodies, including the country’s leading Business Support Organizations (BSOs), last week backed the government’s decision to lift the national curfew put in place following the 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, though whether or not they are prepared stand behind the strictures that are likely to remain in order […]
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The first two completed rounds of the 2022 Caribbean Regional Four-Day Championships would have presented the Desmond Haynes led Selection Panel with much food for thought to chew on in terms of their choices for the West Indies 13-member squad to face England in the forthcoming three-Test series. The series gets underway with the first […]
With Venezuela’s once powerful oil industry now badly fractured largely on account of United States sanctions imposed on the administration of President Nicolas Maduro, Caracas would appear to be looking to China to help restore the industry to global prominence in the shortest possible time. The South American nation depends almost exclusively on its oil […]
Former west Indies U19 player Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffth etched his name in the history books yesterday by becoming the four player to score a triple century in local cricket. Playing for the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) division one finals yesterday, Griffith slammed an even 300 against a team from […]
Rigzone, the international online resource for news on the oil & gas industry reported earlier this week that ExxonMobil has commenced oil recovery from Guyana’s second offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block, Liza Phase 2, a development which it says now brings the country’s overall production capacity to upwards of 340,000 barrels per day, […]
A remarkable triple century from Trevon Griffith along with a big century from Christopher Barnwell placed Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in a position to retain their title in the Georgetown Cricket Association/GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall first-division two-day final against Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC). GCC won the toss and inserted the hosts, DCC to take first […]
Against the backdrop of numerous un-kept promises by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government to ‘put heads together’ to come up with strategies to reduce extra-regional food imports and to move closer to a condition of regional food security, the region as a whole has witnessed an inexorable climb in its food import bill, a […]
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain has been stripped of its Olympic silver medal in the men’s 4x100m relay in Tokyo last August after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld Chijindu Ujah’s anti-doping rule violation yesterday. Ujah has been provisionally suspended since Ostarine and S-23 — both substances prohibited by world anti-doping organisation WADA — […]
Falcon Logistics and Stena Carron Drilling Ltd, on Friday February 14, reaffirmed their commitment to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre (PRRC) through a joint monetary donation of G$8.3 million to the organization. The partnership between the two companies and the local institution commenced in 2019 and to date the Centre has been the recipient of […]
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Opener Rohit Sharma was named India’s test captain today, succeeding Virat Kohli as the team’s leader in all three formats ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka. Kohli, India’s most successful test captain, resigned from the role in a shock move last month after seven years in charge. “Rohit is […]