Moruca man charged with labourer’s murder
A Moruca resident was yesterday charged with the murder of Timmol Harris, whose body was pulled from a canal on the East Bank of Essequibo last Tuesday morning.
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A Moruca resident was yesterday charged with the murder of Timmol Harris, whose body was pulled from a canal on the East Bank of Essequibo last Tuesday morning.
A number of local frontline health care providers are to take part in a virtual training focused on mental health and psychosocial support.
The trial of Danion Welcome, the driver involved in the accident that claimed the life of seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin on June 1st, 2019 at Agricola Public Road, is scheduled to begin this Wednesday.
When the former government took the decision to close GuySuCo’s Skeldon Estate in 2017, like a lot of other people brothers Anand and Prakash Singh learned about it in the news.
The National Toshaos’ Council Conference will not be held this year as a result of to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The trial of Les Charles Critchlow for the 2016 murder of his brother-in-law Terrence Adams commenced yesterday morning before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and a jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall M.P. yesterday met with members of the Guyana Hemp Asso-ciation which is seeking the Government’s support in cultivating hemp on a plantation scale in Guyana.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has discontinued the 2017 charges previously instituted against now-Attorney General Anil Nandlall over his alleged theft of law reports valued in excess of $2 million.
Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon has once again criticized the PPP/C government for failing to make public the accords signed with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The Ministry of Health today said that three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
Former Chief Executive Officer of NICIL, Winston Brassington will head government’s Gas-to- Shore Task Force (GSTF); a body that will report on the most viable options for the project, anticipated to start next year, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has deferred the opening of the US$100M Pegasus Hotel expansion projects from December of this year to May of 2021 but hotelier Robert Badal is confident that the entity “will hold its own” and be the inspiration needed for local investors.
Following concerns here and across the region about this year’s results, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) yesterday announced that an Independent Review Team had found its testing, marking and grading during the 2020 Examination cycle to be “technically sound and quality assured”.
With the Christmas season fast approaching, many retail merchants specialising in household décor and furnishings have already begun to showcase their products but they anticipate reduced sales due to the pandemic.
Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels on Saturday disclosed that pri-soners at the Lusignan penitentiary attempted to kill two fellow inmates on Friday but were thwarted.
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) yesterday said that it will be presenting its annual Diwali motorcade in virtual format this year because of the COVID-19 restrictions – a first in 46 years.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday prepared the Graham’s Hall Primary School as a shelter for displaced squatters from Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Two men were on Friday charged with the murder of sixteen-year-old Albouystown youth, Jumal Park when they appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse.
Guyana was not listed among the 12 Caribbean states to benefit from the European Union’s down payment for 1 million doses of the expected COVID-19 vaccines as it is already among 92 economies eligible to have their participation covered under another mechanism, Minister of Health Dr.
Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal on Friday declared the two day “Dream Realised” title distribution exercise a success with 350 titles distributed and over 600 new applications processed.
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