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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Congress will not support U.S. military intervention in Venezuela despite comments hinting at such involvement by President Donald Trump, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said today.
The Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) has been found guilty of “price fixing” by the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) and five of its members have been ordered to pay $3.8 million each.
Another statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ended yesterday without a decision on the likely date of General and Regional elections.
A Guyanese-born businessman, who is listed as one of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) most wanted, was arrested here on Monday for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Warning that the country is on a path towards “ethnic confrontation” in the aftermath of the vote on the no-confidence motion against the government, the Guyana Human Rights Association yesterday called for an agreement by the two major political parties to stop fuelling ethnic insecurity.
The University of Guyana Workers’ Union (UGWU) and University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) held a picketing exercise yesterday outside of the Turkeyen Campus office of the Vice-Chancellor to press for a forensic audit after they were told by the administration that there are no available funds to grant any increases in wages and salaries.
A teen was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of a farmer at Koriabo Village, North West District.
Ronald Khan, the miner who filed a claim at the High Court for a quantity of diamonds which were lodged with police after a robbery but later disappeared, was on Monday awarded $5 million by Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln.
A man was yesterday charged with violating a restraining order against him that was granted to his wife.
The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) last week appealed the decision made by Magistrate Faith McGusty to give bar owner and pawnbroker Freeman Fordyce a four-year suspended sentence after finding him guilty of the illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition, Communications Officer Liz Rahaman on Monday confirmed.
In the face of allegations of procurement breaches in the award of contracts for training programmes, Guyana’s Small Business Bureau remains mum, saying that it will eventually issue a statement on the matter.
The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) says that it has remedied the voltage problem it has been encountering in Berbice, which should see the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) being able to resume a normal water supply to residents.
A number of workers attached to the Qualfon call centre at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara have been laid off for the year thus far and more are expected to be let go in the coming days.
Several witnesses took the stand yesterday as the trial of Kumey Bourne, who is accused of murdering his elderly father, commenced before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.
A special capacity building workshop for government organisations and private companies that will have to submit data for the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI) was held yesterday and GY-EITI Secretariat head Dr.
The financial management of City Hall has been revamped with the addition of two new committees to five which have over the years controlled the operations of the council.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has told the Carter Center that it is concerned about the lack of “common understanding” of Article 106(7) which deals with how government should continue to “function” until an election is held.
Natasha Sobers, the Wales resident who was critically injured over a week ago following an accident that claimed the life of her boyfriend, Trevon Butters, along Princes Street, in Georgetown, remains hospitalised, Traffic Chief Linden Isles has said.
Banks DIH recently launched their online ordering service where customers can order items from Demico Qik Serv and Idiho.
Multi-million-dollar bids for the rehabilitation and construction of urban roads across the country dominated tender openings yesterday.
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