HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – China signed a deal with Sri Lanka late last year to further develop the strategic port of Hambantota and build a huge industrial zone nearby, a key part of Beijing’s ambitions to create a modern-day “Silk Road” across Asia.
Justice Abdullahi Zuru, a national of Nigeria, has been appointed as a consultant in the Parliamentary Drafting Division of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Brazil and Latin America are recording lower numbers of Zika infections than last year, but all countries must remain vigilant against the virus which can cause birth defects, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday urged Senate Republicans to “go nuclear” and impose a rule change to force a simple majority vote on confirmation if Democrats block his U.S.
The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department yesterday issued a stern warning to fast food outlets to desist from importing products which are expired or have very little shelf life remaining.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Wednesday, filling a key spot on the Republican’s national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive officer’s ties to Russia.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says that North-West District commuters are expected to benefit from significantly shortened travel time when the MV Barima returns to operation in about two weeks following more than a year of rehabilitation.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S.
A movement against the implementation of parking meters in Georgetown is calling for citizens to starve Smart City Solutions (SCS) out of the market.
A trip with friends to the canal at Hague Backdam went horribly wrong on Sunday, when a 17-year-old business student of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara lost his life, reportedly by drowning.
Former Chairman of the Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig has rejected the findings of the Board of Inquiry that cleared board members Anthony Vieira and Vic Insanally of allegations of misconduct, while saying that there are records to show they acted outside of their mandate.
Owners of properties listed in a notice from the Mayor and City Council have begun to come forward and payment plans for property rates owed are currently being worked out says Debra Lewis, the council’s spokeswoman.
Bandits robbed an East Coast Demerara (ECD) businesswoman of $6 million around noon yesterday, shortly after she left the Republic Bank Water Street branch.
Five armed bandits escaped with a quantity of gold jewellery and an undisclosed amount of cash following a daring robbery around midday yesterday at a De Willem, West Coast Demerara goldsmith’s workshop and home.
Orpheus Johnson, the accused in the murder of Nandy Park miner Travis Rudder, flew into a fit of anger and cursed at the magistrate yesterday after he was committed to stand trial for the crime.
Guyanese students entering the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in September 2017 will be asked to pay an increase in tuition of more than TT$4,000.
Charged in 2015 with fatally beating his elderly, bedridden father with a piece of wood, Ali Mohamed was yesterday sent to the National Psychiatric Hospital at Berbice until he is deemed fit to stand trial.
Kenkassie Lynch, the suspect in the murder of mechanic Terrence Lanferman, who was gunned down at his Mocha home two years ago, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.
Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, the welders charged with killing a man and his two young daughters after setting their Robb and King streets home on fire, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.
PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall has written to Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams SC urging that he appoint a Governing Board for the Deeds and Commercial registries, while saying that its absence they are encountering “innumerable administrative problems” that are affecting their functioning.
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