As companies from around the world gathered last evening for the inaugural conference hosted by the privately-owned Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA), the United States used the event to underscore the importance of ensuring an independent Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF).
The manufacturing and forestry associations are calling on the government to rescind the 14% VAT on forest products which they say will cause a decline in the already “ailing” industry.
A block maker from Victoria, East Coast Demerara died yesterday morning following an accident on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia yesterday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Former PPP/C Housing Minister Dr Henry Jeffrey says that those who acquired lots at the Pradoville 2 housing scheme got them “for a steal” and he said it was clear that state resources were used by the then “regime and its confederates”.
BELFAST, (Reuters) – Northern Ireland could be set for a fresh election or a return to direct British rule of the province after the two main parties in negotiations to form a new government said yesterday that talks had run their course without success.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) has accepted Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence’s explanation of her role in the $605 million emergency drug procurement for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) which did not comply with the law.
Works have finally started on the sinkhole on the sea wall road at the head of Vlissengen Road, and the surrounding areas are expected to be completed in six months.
(Trinidad Guardian) Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott went to his final resting place amid unwavering praise and admiration of his talent, influence and work yesterday, as mourners bade farewell during the funeral service at the Minor Basilica Cathedral in Castries, Saint Lucia.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexicans who help build U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned border wall would be acting immorally and should be deemed traitors, the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico said yesterday, turning up the heat on a simmering dispute over the project.
(Reuters) – One of three Haitian men who recently sued the former mayor of their village accusing him in Boston federal court of murdering, torturing and burning the homes of his political opponents has died, his attorney said on Saturday.
(Reuters) – Two teenage girls wearing leggings were barred from boarding a United Airlines flight yesterday because they did not meet a dress code for special pass travelers, a company spokesman said amid a furor on social media.
The Zara Group of Companies on Friday launched the first Cyber Security Centre in Georgetown at the recommissioning of the Felix Austin Computer training centre, having provided over 3,000 persons including children and members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with computer training.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC — A muted West Indies displayed little of the bluster that made them World champions, as they slumped to a disappointing six-wicket loss to Pakistan in the opening Twenty20 International of the four-match series here today.
In the wake of a scandal over tainted meat in Brazil, the Government Analyst-Food and Drug (GA-FDD) will be conducting close checks on containers presently at city wharves for any tainted brands.
(Trinidad Guardian) Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott went to his final resting place amid unwavering praise and admiration of his talent, influence and work yesterday, as mourners bade farewell during the funeral service at the Minor Basilica Cathedral in Castries, Saint Lucia.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday called on the government to initiate an independent investigation of what it says is an “illegal, unlicensed” cross-border link between Guy-ana and Suriname being facilitated by its competitor Digicel Guyana.
Epsom is one of the smallest villages in the ancient county of Berbice.
With no clear indication of when the Court of Appeal will resume hearings since it last sat a month ago, several legal minds are concerned and say that the former Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and Chancellor Justice Carl Singh, who retired last month, should take some of the blame for the situation.
The newly dismissed Town Clerk of Linden, Jonellor Bowen, has written to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan challenging her dismissal.
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