The Bank of Guyana (BOG) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) reached an agreement yesterday that will allow the bank’s employees to park around the periphery of the Church Street and Avenue of the Republic building.
The opposition’s interpretation of the constitutional criteria for nominees to fill the vacancy of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) and the supporting case law will be carefully examined before another meeting is held on the issue, according to Attorney-General Basil Williams SC.
A report, ‘GNIC pays $148M outstanding debt to NICIL, published in the February 8th, 2017 edition of Stabroek News incorrectly stated that GNIC has so far paid $148M to NICIL.
A Nigerian man, accused of attempting to defraud two stores of items totaling over $1 million, was yesterday remanded to prison.
A bill intended to improve the welfare of animals in Guyana was yesterday sent for further consideration by a parliamentary select committee.
Faisal Moore, who was implicated by a co-accused as the shooter in the death of Glen Xavier during a robbery, had told police that it was another man, whom he only identified as “Burnham,” who was responsible for the murder, according to a caution statement admitted into evidence at his trial yesterday.
The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) is making progress with its investigation into the allocation of lands at ‘Pradoville 2’ to cabinet members of the former administration and their close associates, financial investigations expert Dr Sam Sittlington said on Wednesday.
An Agricola, East Bank Demerara family of five lost its home to a fire yesterday afternoon.
The University of Guyana (UG) will host its inaugural Diaspora Engagement Conference from July 23-28, 2017 under the theme ‘Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement’.
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump suffered a legal blow yesterday when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a temporary travel ban he had ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has broken the ice with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter that said he looked forward to working with him to develop relations, although the pair haven’t spoken directly since Trump took office.
A fire on Tuesday evening gutted a Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara (EBD) apartment building leaving four persons homeless and millions in losses.
BERAGAMA, Sri Lanka, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – T hese days, Vimalabudhi Thero, head monk at the Beragama village Buddhist temple, is consumed more by worldly concerns than matters of the soul.
The proprietors of True Value Pharmacy at Charity, Essequibo Coast are counting their losses after their business place was broken into on Wednesday night.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India said yesterday it had applied to Britain to extradite Vijay Mallya to face trial after the liquor and aviation tycoon was charged with conspiracy and fraud over a loan to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines.
VITORIA, Brazil, (Reuters) – More than 100 people have been reported killed during a six-day strike by police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, as hundreds of troops patrolled streets attempting to keep order with schools and businesses closed and public transport frozen.
Tahseen Sayed Khan is the new Country Director for Caribbean countries, the World Bank announced yesterday.
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Eight countries have joined an initiative to raise millions of dollars to replace shortfalls caused by President Donald Trump’s ban on U.S.-funded
As part of Vice-Chancellor (VC) Ivelaw Griffith’s efforts to stimulate and support research and scholarship at the University of Guyana (UG), the VC’S Research Fund was recently established with $1 million from private fundraising and the UG Press is to be established as an imprint of Ian Randle Publishers (IRP).
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has delayed and canceled crude deliveries to commercial partners in recent months, according to documents seen by Reuters, a further sign of the steady production decline of the country’s top export.
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