WE are now in the new year of 2022. The new year from all appearances is pregnant with new hopes and opportunities, especially in the context of our new status as a significant player on the international petroleum stage. According to market projections, oil prices are expected to remain fairly stable in 2022, which means…

Dear Editor, SUBSEQUENT to the recent ruling of the Court of Appeal by a majority of two judges of a three-member bench, finding that they had jurisdiction to determine the correctness or otherwise, of a decision of the chief justice in the matter of an election petition, there have been trenchant criticisms of the majority…

Dear Editor, THE recent despicable and repugnant behaviour of PNC/APNU+AFC Members of Parliament in the National Assembly leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of Guyanese and much to be desired. Such undesirables breathe contempt in the face of rationality and certainly points to the inherent and derived interpretation of some PNC/R parliamentary representatives. The…

THE Ministry of Natural Resources is set to open the door for Guyanese businesses and individuals looking to gain easier access to the oil and gas sector, through the creation of two registers at its Local Content Secretariat, which is set to come onstream later this month. This is according to subject minster, Vickram Bharrat,…

DESPITE inclement weather and threats of flooding, rice farmers across the country have managed to move ahead with sowing their fields for the first rice crop of the year. National sowing projections for the year stands at an overall target of 227,240 acres, with more than 129,784 acres already sown, representing a percentage of over…

TREVOR Phillips has been given a knighthood for his services to equality and human rights in the New Year Honours. Phillips, the youngest of 10 children, was born in London to Guyanese parents, who emigrated from the then British Guiana in 1950. He spent his childhood in British Guiana and while there, he studied at…

TWENTY-FIVE births were recorded at the various public hospitals on New Year’s Day and, as is customary, First Lady Arya Ali, visited the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) maternity ward and distributed hampers to mothers. In a message published on her official Facebook page on Saturday, the First Lady, who is a mother herself, expressed…

OF all the financial incentives given to Guyanese over the past 16 months, government has expended in excess of $7.5 billion on the distribution of the COVID-19 cash grants alone. Once completed, this programme is expected to see each household in Guyana benefiting from a one-off grant valued at $25,000. In his official New Year’s…

(BBC) – A man has been arrested after a large fire severely damaged the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town. The suspect, who is not a parliamentary employee, will appear in court on Tuesday, facing charges of arson, housebreaking and theft, police said. Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the…

Cricket West Indies (CWI) president, Ricky Skerritt, insists the organisation will find some appropriate way to honour legendary batsman Chris Gayle after the player was left out of the team’s T20 squad for Ireland and England. Shortly after the team’s unceremonious exit from the World Cup, the hard-hitting left-hander had let on that the reason…