LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru has created a temporary visa that will allow thousands of Venezuelans to work and study in the country, part of a migratory policy that aims to “build bridges” and “not walls,” the Andean nation’s interior ministry said.
A team from the Mayor and City Council “unlawfully” removed several signs from the access road and compound of the Giftland Mall, the company said yesterday.
The government will review and consider all proposals put forward by the opposition PPP/C, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) to determine the way forward for the beleaguered Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Vice President and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday.
Police have arrested a suspect in the recent Kane-ville Housing Scheme arson that claimed the life of an eight-month-old baby boy and destroyed the home of ten persons.
A bus driver, who was charged with causing the death of a farmer by dangerous driving, was yesterday sentenced to 56 months in prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman after she found him guilty of the crime.
The Cheddi Jagan Research Committee Inc. was yesterday granted 14 days to file an affidavit in answer to an application made by Attorney General Basil Williams, who is seeking to amend the Consent Order under which he had undertaken not to remove items from the premises of Red House.
(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Edmund Dillon admits he was “not comfortable with the results so far with regard to the murder rate,” and he wants police officers to “get out of the police station,” telling officers “your presence is what will act as a deterrent.”
A reversal of U.S. transparency requirements for the natural resources industry would ease the requirement for American oil companies such as ExxonMobil to disclose information on transactions with foreign governments such as Guyana.
After public outcry over the short distance of the 2017 Mashramani route, which would have seen revelers moving off from the Stabroek Market Square and marching to the D’Urban Park, an extension of the route of the parade has been announced.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of visas were revoked under U.S.
SEATTLE/BOSTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge in Seattle yesterday put a nationwide block on U.S.
Jevon Patterson and Romel Buttery, the two men who were charged with corruptly obtaining cash from Stabroek News photographer Keno George for the return of his stolen camera, were yesterday acquitted by a city court.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Leon Johnson stroked his second successive half-century as Guyana Jaguars won their third straight with an easy six-wicket triumph over Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners here Friday night.
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is deeply concerned about the escalating impasse between the Mayor and City Council and citizens regarding the implementation of parking meters “without appropriate consultation and transparent procurement”.
The Private Sector Commission today called on the Government to intervene in the current impasse between the citizens of Georgetown and the Mayor and City Council over the controversial parking meters which it says has virtually crippled retail business in the city.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said it read with consternation the pronouncements of the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon as these relate to the introduction of stricter regulations and closer monitoring of the foreign exchange market in Guyana.
What was intended to be a silent, apolitical protest by members of the Movement Against Parking Meters, turned into a politicized, verbal war on the side of those in support of the project, who initiated a counter-protest.
A forensic audit of the Guyana Office for Investment by Nigel Hinds has found numerous problems and said that after over twenty years of operations the agency has failed to fulfil its mandate and the organisation is plagued with poor governance, mismanagement, no strategic plan, an absence of Standard Operating Procedures for the various departments of Go-Invest and no policy for Investment Agreements.
LUANDA, (Reuters) – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed on Friday he will not run in this year’s presidential election, calling an end to 38 years as head of state, but he will retain control of the powerful ruling party.
Mark Royden Williams, called `Smallie,’ and Dennis Williams, called `Anaconda,’ were last night sentenced to death after being convicted on seven of the twelve counts of murder in the February 17, 2008 Bartica massacre.
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