South Ruimveldt woman charged over ammo found at home
A mining assistant was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged in a city court with being in possession of 69 rounds of ammunition that were found at her home.
A mining assistant was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged in a city court with being in possession of 69 rounds of ammunition that were found at her home.
The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Wesley Carlos Payne, who is on trial for the alleged rape of a nurse at the Wismar Hospital in Linden.
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has made an estimated $667,000 from the metered parking project, according to Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan.
In a bid to improve Region 9 miners’ livelihoods, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, will be considering opening new mining lands in the Rupununi.
A simulated armed robbery, in which hostages were also taken, was conducted yesterday to test the effectiveness of the response by various agencies, including the Joint Services, to port facility emergencies.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday launched Harmony Village on the Main Street Avenue and declared that Guyana’s diversity is its beauty and the strength of the nation.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A group of 14 nations yesterday urged Venezuela to hold elections and release political prisoners, in a joint statement that kept open the option of seeking to suspend the South American country from the Organization of American States.
Cabinet has approved a Board of Directors for the government-controlled Power Producers and Dis-tributors Incorpora-ted, which is responsible for providing operations and maintenance services for the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will withdraw troops from Colombia’s side of the two countries’ border, after his soldiers set up camp in the neighbouring country, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The attacker who plowed a car through a throng of pedestrians and then stabbed a policeman outside Britain’s parliament was named yesterday as Khalid Masood, a British-born man who was once investigated by MI5 intelligence officers over concerns about violent extremism.
Two local government councillors were detained and subsequently released on bail after being questioned by the police in relation to an alleged fraud at the Mahaicony Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS).
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A single mom tells Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, on live television that she cannot afford to adequately feed her four kids, and he quickly changes the subject to joke about her foreign-sounding name, Joandry Smith.
(Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives believe Sharlene Somai was killed by someone she knew and maybe even loved.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Republican head of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee apologized yesterday for the way he handled sensitive allegations about U.S.
Beepats, which is the authorised distributor of Brunswick Tuna has welcomed a decision by the authorities to crack down on a product which appeared to be an imitation.
DAKAR, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An inexpensive, heat-proof vaccine could mark a turning point in expanding resistance to the diarrhoea-causing rotavirus infection across sub-Saharan Africa, medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – Three Haitian nationals sued the former mayor of their rural village yesterday, accusing him in Boston federal court of murdering, torturing and burning the homes of his political opponents.
President David Granger, on Tuesday, was paid a visit by a group of primary school students from Paruima Village in Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven.
Government’s suspension of the Metered Parking By-laws has led to Parking Meter Company Smart City Solution (SCS) firing 60 parking wardens with immediate effect.
The Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan in his deliberative judgement has taken a decision to revoke the appointment of Jonellor Bowen, who served as Town Clerk of the Linden Mayor and Town Council, a release from the ministry said today.
The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.
Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.