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President Irfaan Ali yesterday alerted the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) to threats by Venezuela over Guyana’s auctioning of offshore oil blocks and called on Caracas to adhere to its obligations under the UN Charter.
Chairman of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and Executive Member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Daniel Seeram is to be charged with assaulting his wife, the police say.
Cordel Eastman, 31, a miner of Lot 27 Guyhoc Park, Tucville, George-town; Grimmon Rodrigues, 55, (address not stated); Curren Taylor, 29, of Cooper Street, Albouys-town, Georgetown; and Clinton Gobin, appeared yesterday at the George-town Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where they were charged with armed robbery.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has written to the driver who crashed into the Eccles roundabout on September 15 demanding that he pay $2.1m for the repairs or face legal action.
As complaints continue to pour in regarding the condition of the Grove Public Road, the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, yesterday announced that the Grove bypass road currently under construction is slated for light traffic.
The 30 eco-lodges at Diamond, East Bank Demerara that were scheduled to be completed in time for the local leg of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2023 will be finished at a later date, due to significant changes in foundation works along with new management.
The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that MV Barima will be sailing to Port Kaituma, Region One today, Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 13:00 hrs.
Police from the Timehri Station yesterday morning intercepted a vehicle with 100 lbs of suspected ganja after a chase and one man in is custody but the driver escaped.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday rejected what it said were erroneous claims made by the law firm Hughes, Fields & Stoby that one of their clients, Samantha Singh, was maliciously arrested by the Police in relation to allegations of fraudulent conversion of funds.
A blue Noah motor vehicle (# PC 7428) owned and driven by Dinesh Chotkoe, a 45-year-old Hymac Driver of Letterhoutstraat 461 Nickerie, Suriname, was destroyed by fire yesterday at about 8.30 am at Lancaster Village in Corentyne, Berbice.
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn and Deputy Police Commissioner ‘Operations’, Ravindradat Budhram are currently attending the 2023 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang) (GPSCFL), which began on September 19 in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province.
Exxon Mobil Corp. is lobbying the Biden administration to allow hydrogen produced from natural gas to qualify for some of the most lucrative subsidies available in the President’s climate law, pushing for billions of dollars in tax credits.
Members of the Guyana Police Force last evening conducted an intelligence-led operation at Grove Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara, during which they recovered an AK-47 assault rifle with a magazine and arrested two men.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Dallas, Florida and New York will host matches of next year’s T20 World Cup, which the United States will co-host with West Indies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.
As a scandal grows over the surreptitious attempt to cut disputed ExxonMobil costs, chartered accountant and attorney Christopher Ram has flayed the Ministry of Natural Resources for stating that the GRA is the competent authority to lead petroleum audits.
By Joseph Allen Residents along the Grove/ Diamond Public Road continue to complain about the deplorable state of the road and are calling on the authorities to intervene.
Twenty-five-year-old Akeem Dazzel, a miner, of Lot 27 Guyhoc, Tucville, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with the capital offence of murder.
A Westminster, West Bank Demerara motorcyclist died at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an accident on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) yesterday morning.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday commissioned the Doodnauth Hetram block at Queen’s College.
Guyana yesterday rejected Venezuela’s objections to this country’s auction on September 12 of offshore blocks for the purposes of oil exploration.
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