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President David Granger (right) today, arrived in Haiti to attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President elect of the Republic of Haiti,  Jovenel Moise.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The speaker of Britain’s lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any plans for U.S.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan says it is unfair of the private sector to accuse the government and city of not consulting on the controversial metered parking when there is evidence of efforts to do so.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘E’ Division (Linden/Kwakwani) conducted several raids and stop and searches exercises between February 03 and 04, 2017.

Fresh from its recent discovery of oil at the Payara well site, US firm ExxonMobil is preparing to begin drilling at a new site in the Stabroek Block offshore of Demerara.

A man was fatally stabbed during the wee hours of Sunday after he attempted to rescue an employee of a night club on Lamaha Street who had been attacked by three men.

Indian company, Srinathji Ispat Limited has expressed interest in taking over the entire Skeldon sugar estate following a visit here last month.

A man from Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne last evening severely chopped his ex-wife and her new mate and then consumed a poisonous substance.

Amid a threat by the leading mining organisations to stage a mass protest over new tax measures, the government is aiming to defuse this prospect with the Minister of Finance issuing a lengthy defence of dealings with prospectors and Minister Simona Broomes meeting with miners in the key district of Bartica.

As Barama Company Limited (BCL) continues to downsize its operations, General Manager Mohindra Chand says it will be focusing heavily on value-added production.

For the second consecutive year, 20-year-old  T’shanna Cort of Onderneeming, Essequibo was crowned the junior calypso queen after she captivated the crowd and the judges on Saturday night with her sensational ‘Where the Innocence Gone’ piece at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Alliance For Change (AFC) leaders last Thursday said they were confident that with the help of their coalition partners and overseas members, the party’s $43M elections debt would be reduced considerably.

Detective Sergeant Kamal Pitama, who police allege was offered a $4 million bribe by Sharmila Inderjali and Maryanne Lionel in order to release the accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, on Thursday changed his story after denying that there was a video recording of his encounter with the accused.

Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO), Rupert Hopkinson says six vacancies that were recently filled for the RDC were done by the Public Service Commission (PSC).

President David Granger has expressed condolences on the passing of distinguished Guyanese, Dr Enid Lucille Denbow on February 1, 2017.

A West Ruimveldt man was on Thursday refused bail by a city court after it was told that he tried to rob another man using a screwdriver.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Sunday that ex-president Alejandro Toledo, accused of receiving millions in bribes from embattled construction firm Odebrecht S.A.,

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government could find itself in a battle with some of the island’s judges, who are considering action to push for the payment of outstanding salary increases and emoluments they say have been owed for the past four years.

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romania’s Social Democrat government yesterday anulled a decree that would decriminalise some graft offences, an embarrassing u-turn for the country’s new prime minister in the face of week-long mass protests and international rebuke.