A Guyana Police Force Special Constable remains under close arrest as investigations continue into the robbery of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara on Thursday.
A man was on Thursday evening taken into police custody after he allegedly set his Strathspey, East Coast Demerara house on fire, forcing his wife and children to find new lodgings.
Nine persons, including three women, have been arrested after police found a quantity of ammunition and ecstasy pills during a search of an apartment building at Rasville, Georgetown, yesterday morning.
Despite being allocated $5.8B in 2016, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) was only able to spend 12% of the money, a report from the agency says.
The Ministry of Communities spent 2016 focused on rebuilding the system of regional and local administration to ensure community participation in governance, according to the ministry’s end-of-year report, which explains that the move was aimed at advancing efficiency and effectiveness by empowering local democratic organs and preparing them for aspects of decentralised government services.
While the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) claims that there were no cases of animal death as a result of the recent flooded savannah in Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, the cattle farmers remain adamant that there were losses.
(Reuters) – International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, according to a document seen by Reuters.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico must be ready to respond immediately with its own tax measures if the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump imposes a border tax, the economy minister said on Friday, warning such protectionism may trigger a global recession.
DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzanian President said yesterday the “days were numbered” for newspapers deemed to incite dissent, comments that will add to opposition concern that his government is further narrowing the space for public criticism.
New Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence on Wednesday visited the ministry’s Material Management Unit (MMU) and its Central Supply Unit (CSU) to get a scope of their functions and she has identified areas that need improvement.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The fallout from the sex scandal rocking the Moravian Church in Jamaica worsened on Thursday when two of the most powerful members of the church administration stepped aside.
In an effort to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in the minds of young pupils, the Enterprise Youth Development Group recently hosted a session on entrepreneurship and the use of social media for students of the Enterprise Primary School and Enterprise Community High School.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced independence hero Mahatma Gandhi as the 2017 face of the government’s traditional handloom and cotton industry, triggering criticism on Friday.
(Trinidad Express) RBC Royal Bank is looking to merge branches in west and south Trinidad and as a result will be cutting jobs.
The management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) is apologising to commuters for the extended opening of the bridge yesterday, GINA said, attributing this to work that was needed to prevent a section of the structure from collapsing.
Work will begin in the first quarter of this year to install Public Internet Access Points (PIAPs) at public buildings, GINA said today.
Police during a search, early this morning of several apartments in Rasville, Georgetown, detained nine persons inclusive of three females, after they found sixteen live rounds of different calibres of ammunition and one hundred and eighty ecstasy pills.
(Trinidad Express) RBC Royal Bank is looking to merge branches in west and south Trinidad and as a result will be cutting jobs.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said he would propose to President David Granger that they jointly approach the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to interpret the constitutional requirements for the appointment of a Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) chairperson.
Using his country’s experience as a model, former Minister of Energy of Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine yesterday urged that Guyana establish a national oil and gas company to manage its huge oil find but that it be insulated from political interference.
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