LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday as tight global supply outweighed worries that fuel demand would be hit by a possible recession and fresh COVID-19 curbs in China. Brent crude futures rose 94 cents, or 0.9%, to $123.21 a barrel at 1029 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose…
AS expected, boycotts over the Biden administration’s invitation list dominated the Ninth Summit of the Organization of the Americas (OAS) in Los Angeles. However, several Caricom leaders who attended very successfully and effectively used the summit as a platform from which to challenge the unilateral decision of the US to exclude the leaders of Cuba,…
A Post Mortem Examination (PME) conducted on the body of 23-year-old Quindon Bacchus found that he died from multiple gunshot wounds. The autopsy was conducted on June 13 by government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh at the Memorial Gardens Mortuary, Police Headquarters noted in a press release on Monday. “The body was handed over to the…
Beyond the Jubilee… WHEN President, Dr. Irfaan Ali visited the UK in April for a Guyana Investment Conference and addressed the Caribbean Council’s House of Lords Reception, the Ukraine War was just two months old and the effects had not yet quite started to affect global food and energy costs like today. But by then,…
The Government of Cuba has granted approval to Suriname Fly All Ways Airlines to fly a non-stop route, Georgetown/Havana/Georgetown, with effect from June 15, 2022. Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba, Halim Majeed (right) and Fly All Ways rep. Hoeblal Ravind examine the approval document. (Photo: Facebook/June 13, 2022) According to a press release from the Embassy…
THREE Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employees and a police constable were on Monday hauled before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, accused of forging a driver’s licence for a minibus conductor. Reguel Jack, of Unity Place, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown; Akeem Martin, of Old Road, Den Amstel; Ruth Williams of Sera Lodge, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara; and Police…
Jonny Bairstow’s astonishing century led England to a stunning win in the second Test against New Zealand which sealed a series victory. On a breathless final day at Trent Bridge, Bairstow made the second-fastest century by an England batter in Test cricket as the hosts strolled to what should have been a challenging target of…
–Parents emphasise importance of pediatric Pfizer vaccine as rollout commences in Region 6 AIDEN Drepaul, a seven-year-old Grade 2 pupil of the New Market Primary School, was the first child in Region 6 to receive the pediatric Pfizer vaccine when the Ministry of Heath launched its vaccination campaign in the region on Monday. The lad…
The father of a fourth-form student of the Skeldon Line Path Secondary school in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is calling for an increase in security guards after his child was beaten twice within a month during a fight at the school. Lennos Lyken, a 48-year-old carpenter, told the News Room that his daughter was beaten…
THE Government of Cuba has approved Suriname Fly All Ways Airlines to fly a non-stop route, Georgetown/Havana/Georgetown, from June 15, 2022. This new arrangement will see Fly All Ways flying once a week, every Saturday morning, from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to the Jose Marti International Airport and returning the same day, in…
