The options being considered by the government and the proposals by the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union (GAWU) on the future of the sugar industry will form the basis of a White Paper.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal environmental agency, Ibama, launched yesterday a centralized database to track timber from source to sale, a vital step in the fight against illegal logging in the Amazon.
HAMBURG, (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister accused Berlin yesterday of exerting systematic pressure on Turkish citizens in Germany and hampering campaigns in support of President Tayyip Erdogan’s bid for new powers in a referendum next month.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Guatemalan capital yesterday to demand the resignation of President Jimmy Morales, whose popularity has dropped since his brother and elder son were caught up in a graft investigation.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday endorsed Republican legislation to replace the Obamacare healthcare law but the measure faced a rebellion by conservative groups and lawmakers, complicating its chances for passage in the U.S.
Million-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of facilities for the Mahdia Radio Station, in Mahdia, under the Office of the Prime Minister.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panamanian former dictator, CIA spy and convicted cocaine trafficker Manuel Noriega was in a coma yesterday after suffering a hemorrhage from an operation to remove a benign brain tumor, representatives for the 83-year-old said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee said yesterday he had seen no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s allegation he was wiretapped by then-President Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential campaign.
HOUSTON/CALGARY, (Reuters) – Doug Lucas stood outside a Houston energy conference early one morning last month handing out resumes and hoping to catch the eye of oil executives with a hand-written sign advertising “Petroleum Eng.
KUALA LUMPUR/ SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country yesterday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question three men hiding in the North Korean embassy.
A jury on Monday convicted a career criminal for gunning down US-based Guyanese cop Randolph Holder and he now faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.
(Reuters) – Attorneys for a Mexican immigrant in Seattle, who has permission to work in the United States, are hoping to convince a federal judge to hear a challenge to his immigration arrest and bypass U.S.
The Government of Guyana today rejected allegations of a political vendetta in relation to the probe of the Special Organised Crime Unit which saw former President Bharrat Jagdeo and the former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, among others, being detained and questioned.
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo and former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon were this afternoon arrested in connection with the Pradoville 2 probe.
The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce has called for the State Assets Recovery Bill to be sent to a select committee of Parliament and the business group has also expressed concern about plans to close the Skeldon and Rose Hall estates.
– requests interviews be done at other locations
The questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of former PPP/C cabinet members and close affiliates, who were allocated land at ‘Pradoville 2,’ may be delayed after a request was made for the interviews to be conducted at a location other than the agency’s Camp Street headquarters.
Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday denied an application for temporary orders to halt the enforcement of metered parking in the city, pending the court’s review of the contract between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS).
Mahendra Ramsuchit and Robhina Basdeoram, who were charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) two years ago, were yesterday found guilty of narcotics trafficking, while a former ministerial aide, who was charged with aiding and abetting them, was found not guilty.