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Courts Guyana Inc on Tuesday presented six lucky mothers with gift certificates valued $50,000 each, redeemable at Kings Jewellery World, in its Shiny Mother’s Day promotions draw held on May 18.
Sharon Howell, the woman who was stabbed and beaten to her head mercilessly by her partner on Sunday, has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, giving her family hope about her condition.
Diplomats and other officials from the foreign ministries of 11 Caricom states met with representatives from the Caricom Secretariat and other agencies for a workshop aimed at developing a regional position for the upcoming Diplomatic Conference to negotiate a legally binding global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations.
EZjet Air Services has announces the opening of its Head Office at 23 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Unit 204.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is starting observances for World Environment Day 2012 with a Green Walk on Sunday at the National Park.
Newly-accredited Japanese Ambassador to Guyana Yoshimasa Tezuka said his country is looking forward to strengthening relations with Guyana, after he presented his letters of credence to President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President last Wednesday.
Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud says Repsol’s exploratory drilling operation at the Jaguar –1 well will reach its target soon and only then would the company know whether or not the well is viable and whether recoveries can be made.
The Sophia man hit to the head with a piece of wood on Tuesday evening is recovering in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
(Trinidad Guardian) Three of the four men—including two media workers—charged with a slew of offences arising from a robbery in Arouca one week ago were granted bail yesterday during their third court appearance.
(Jamaica Observer) Air Jamaica’s J$131-billion mountain of debt is not to blame for Caribbean Airlines’ (CAL’s) current troubles.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Complant, the Chinese firm which last year bought the Frome, Bernard Lodge and Monymusk sugar estates from the Government, has been the beneficiary of massive tax waivers.
About 01:30 hrs today, police say that Nankishore Arjune was robbed of his AT 192 motor car, jewellery, a cell phone and $15,000 by three men one of whom was armed with a gun at Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
(WICB) Leicester, England – The selection committee of the West Indies Cricket Board advised today that off-spinner Sunil Narine will replace injured fast bowler Kemar Roach in the West Indies’ Test squad on their tour of the United Kingdom.
V G Siddhartha, owner of the Coffee Day group which controls 1.82 million acres of forest in Guyana through one of its subsidiaries has said that a processing centre for logs will be set up here but the main facility will be in India.
(WICB) Leicester, England – Fast bowler Kemar Roach has been ruled out of the remainder of the West Indies’ tour of the United Kingdom.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled today WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, leaving the Australian with few legal options after an 18-month legal battle.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years today for helping Sierra Leonean rebels commit what a court in The Hague called some of the worst war crimes in history.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Judges in the December murder trial have been pressured from several sides, including the government, to declare the Public Prosecutor’s Office ineligible to rule on the validity of the Amnesty Act.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Estranged West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has not ruled out making himself available for the third Test of West Indies’ ill-fated tour of England but says a meeting with the West Indies Cricket Board on Sunday will take priority.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Ministry of Transport (TCT) has stricter rules in the pipeline for public transport.
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