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Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday commissioned the 0.7 MW Moco Moco Hydropower Plant.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday signed a Climate Resilient Debt Clause (CRDC) Agreement with the World Bank along with an agreement for the activation of the World Bank’s Rapid Response Option (RRO).  

-amid ongoing road construction By Khamisi Slowe Residents of North and South Ruimveldt were plunged into darkness on Thursday night when multiple utility poles along a section of Aubrey Barker Road collapsed, cutting off  electricity and water services.

The owner of Cyril’s Transportation Service (CTS) Muishankar ‘Sunil’ Persaud, was last week arrested by police after he opened fire on one of his vehicles assigned to transport an ExxonMobil executive.

A fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon damaged the interior of Magic City, a  night club located on Garnett Street, Georgetown.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday defended his $1.8 million monthly salary following Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s charge of hypocrisy over the recent increase granted to public servants.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva posted an Instagram video yesterday where he can be seen walking for the first time since being rushed to a hospital earlier this week, providing visual evidence of a delicate recovery.

The Government of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) with its sale of carbon credits based on  its stewardship of its forests was referenced at an IMF forum as a mechanism for vulnerable regional states to fund critical energy transition initiatives.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  yesterday ruled in favour of a woman in Belize in relation to the division of assets with a man she had been in a common law relationship with.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) in a release on Thursday, announced the election of Mario Hastings of Kako Village, Upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven as its new president, during the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday, at the Mirage Banquet Hall in Georgetown.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve charges over advice it provided Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of its addictive painkiller OxyContin, the U.S.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cubans still reeling from months of hours-long blackouts now have a new problem on their hands: fuel shortages.

The Bishops’ High School (BHS) has earned the recognition of being a model institution for the implementation and delivery of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) programme by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), a Ministry of Education (MoE) release announced on Thursday.  

(Reuters) – The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group UNH.N

(Jamaica Gleaner) Five barrels shipped from the United States, labelled groceries and clothing, were found to contain assembled guns, some designer (Gucci) plated, and firearm accessories to further assemble at least 39 pistols along with approximately 2,800 ammunition, at a wharf in Kingston.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – A defiant South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a second impeachment vote today over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that shocked the country, split his party and imperilled his presidency half way through his term.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman Nigel Hughes yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to recall the certificate issued to Dr.

The Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 11, 2024 and elected Guyana’s Peter Ramsaroop as its President.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s antitrust watchdog Cofece ruled that the local unit of U.S.-based

PARIS, (Reuters) – New French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said yesterday he faced a “Himalaya” of a challenge to tackle France’s deficit, with opponents’ lukewarm reactions to his appointment underlining the difficulty of the job he faces.