Adrian Mohammed
Adrian Mohammed

T&T plumber pleads guilty to simple larceny

Adrian Mohammed, a 34-year-old Trinidadian plumber with no fixed place of abode in Guyana was arrested on January 6, 2025, and charged yesterday with simple larceny.

Reta Jo Lewis
Reta Jo Lewis

US EXIM Chair to visit

-in aftermath of US$527m loan approval Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis will visit Guyana January 9 – 12, 2025 to highlight the EXIM Board of Directors’ recent approval of US$527 million in financing to support a gas-to-energy project that will double the country’s installed electricity capacity. 

Los Angeles surrounded by out-of-control wildfires; at least 5 dead

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Raging wildfires surrounded Los Angeles yesterday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of homes and stretching firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit, as more than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate.

US determines Sudan’s RSF committed genocide, imposes sanctions on leader

WASHINGTON/NAIROBI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The United States determined yesterday that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and imposed sanctions on the group’s leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.