Новости за 08.04.2024

Jonathan Majors has been sentenced to probation after he was found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, British choreographer Grace Jabbari. The US actor, dropped by Marvel after his conviction, must now complete a 52-week domestic violence intervention programme. He avoided up to a year in jail after being convicted of third-degree assault and second-degree harassment last year. Majors must […]

The Premier League has warned of the “unintended consequences” of football regulation in an advert taken out on a major political news website. The Football Governance Bill was introduced by Parliament last month. A second reading will take place shortly after the Easter break, with preparatory work already under way to ensure the regulator is […]

Come Today, the Lester Vaughan School will allow fourth and fifth form students to restart in-person classes. It had been forced into conducting online classes for most of the last month due to ongoing environmental concerns. The green light for students, teachers and staff to be back on the Cane Garden, St Thomas compound was […]

A 51-year-old Guyanese national fell to his death while working on a construction site this morning. Police said the incident occurred at Apes Hill, St James about 8:20a.m. It was reported that two men fell from a 30-40 foot high scaffolding while doing construction work on a building located at lot C4 Apes Hill. The […]

GEORGETOWN, April 8 (Reuters) – Guyana’s efforts to use its natural gas resources to fuel a power plant that would slash the South American nation’s energy costs have snagged on construction delays and threaten to curtail the rising oil hotspot’s revenue this year by about $1 billion. The $1.9 billion gas-to-power project, Guyana’s biggest effort to […]

BARBADOS-BASED financial institutions that are not banks will be under increased monitoring by the Financial Services Commission (FSC). FSC chairman Oliver Jordan expects this to enable the institution to be increasingly nimble and responsive with its regulation. He gave the update during the 2024 Barbados Risk and Insurance Management conference, which was held at Hilton Barbados […]

GENERAL SECRETARY of Unity Workers’ Union (UWU), Caswell Franklyn, is giving the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) a bit more time before he and his members step up industrial action. Franklyn, who has been fighting to have UWU recognised by BRA, staged three forms of protests over the past two months aimed at putting pressure on […]

Airline regulators in the US have begun an investigation after an engine cowling on a Boeing 737-800 fell off during take-off and struck a wing flap. The Southwest Airlines flight returned safely to Denver International airport at about 08:15 local time (15:15 GMT) after originally departing to Houston. The aircraft had 135 passengers and six […]

The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue its mosquito eradication efforts next week in St Michael and Christ Church.  Fogging will commence on Monday, April 8, in the following St Michael districts – Field Road, Factory Avenue, Parkinson Field, Rock Avenue, Rock Close, Wildey Road, Wildey Garden, Terrace Road, […]