Following widespread complaints, the Ministry of Public Works today said it will try to restore traffic over the Strathspey Bridge, East Coast Railway Embankment in 48 hours.
(Reuters) – On Thursday night, Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing stood astride a jeep, touring columns of saluting soldiers as fighter jets shot flares and helicopters buzzed overhead in an annual display of military might in the capital, Naypyitaw.
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Scores of people in Malaysia were being treated in hospitals today after a huge fire broke out at a gas pipeline operated by state energy giant Petronas, showering flaming debris from the sky and shattering windows.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Two Kenyan police officers in Haiti have been seriously injured in clashes with gangs over the past week, three officers told Reuters, adding to the mission’s growing list of casualties as it comes under increasingly frequent attack.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United Oil & Gas Plc, UOG, says it has secured a two-year extension to its Walton-Morant licence to explore for oil offshore Jamaica.
-talks to continue A deadline for a coalition deal between the PNCR and the AFC expired at midnight last night with no resolution to the impasse over who should be the presidential candidate.
Residents along the East Bank of Demerara now have easier access to justice following the inauguration yesterday of the new Friendship Magistrate’s Court.
-Lyte and Cambridge reinstated Presidential candidate of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Coretta McDonald, has won the right to contest the union’s presidency following a High Court ruling last Friday.
-concerned over temporary fixes East Coast commuters yesterday expressed dismay with the dislocation caused by the collapsed Strathspey, East Coast Demerara bridge and one noted that the hurried repairs done just in August last year had not lasted long under the weight of heavy trucks.
The U.S. Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2025 mission, in collaboration with Guyana’s Ministry of Health, yesterday began a two-week medical engagement in five locations in Guyana.
The Mayor and City Council has rejected the contention of Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Sonia Parag that it cannot on its own waive interest on outstanding property taxes owed by city property owners.
While dismissing an action filed against ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead project, a High Court judge has however recognised that Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) have to encompass indirect emissions of greenhouse gases.
Months after a similar charge was dismissed, former Finance Minister Winston Jordan was yesterday back in court charged with misconduct in public office before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has said that the planned Sheriff Street to Mahaica road project will not cripple businesses.
-others arrested A Fort Ordnance, New Amsterdam man jumped through a window on Friday during a police search for drugs and others from the household were arrested.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union Cooperative Credit Union Society Limited has agreed to distribute $5.5m to its members.
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, at about 10:02 am, Police ranks were on mobile patrol at Mai Mai Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, when they observed a white and green motorcycle (CP 430) heading in the opposite direction, with the motorcyclist behaving suspiciously.
-prosecution cites prevalence of armed robberies against Chinese Joshua Craig, 20, and Navin Camacho, 34, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court jointly charged with robbery under arms.
PARIS, (Reuters) – A French court yesterday barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election after she was convicted of embezzlement, in a seismic ruling that could fuel global tensions over judicial efforts to police politics.
CARICOM’s Director, Economic Policy and Development says the community is updating its tax treaty to align it with international standards and rules. A press release yesterday from the CARICOM Secretariat said among the areas were tax and other financial crimes, and transforming tax administration, among other subjects.
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