File for DPP on Five Corner shootings, ruckus

Following the hair-raising firing of guns at Five Corner, Linden on December 29, a file has been prepared for advice from the Chamber of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

EPA grants Canadian mining company Interim Environmental Permit

-for Oko West Gold project Canada-based mining company, G Mining Ventures Corporation (GMIN), says it has received an Interim Environmental Permit (IEP) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submissions (jointly, ESIA), made in November 2024 for the corporation’s Oko West Gold project.

A photo from the meeting (Housing Ministry photo)
A photo from the meeting (Housing Ministry photo)

Ministers in meeting on GWI projects

Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal and Susan Rodrigues, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday sat down with Public Works Ministers Juan Edghill and Minister in the Ministry  Deodat Indar to discuss key aspects of upcoming projects spearheaded by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

Sherwin Evans
Sherwin Evans

River View vendor charged with firearm, ammo possession

Sherwin Evans, a 38-year-old vendor of River View, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with two counts of firearm and ammunition possession.

New Zealand clinch ODI series despite Theekshana hat-trick

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana bowled a hat-trick in vain yesterday as New Zealand clinched the three-match series with a game to spare with a 113-run victory in a rain-shortened second one-day international in Hamilton.

Trump will not rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland

PALM BEACH, Florida, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused yesterday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the Nov.

Tens of thousands flee as wildfires tear through Los Angeles area

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – More than 30,000 people evacuated their homes as a wildfire ripped through an upscale coastal area of Los Angeles on Tuesday and into Wednesday, with Hollywood celebrities among those fleeing by car and on foot as flames engulfed homes and set hillsides ablaze.