The names of the legal practitioners chosen to prosecute the alleged criminal offences stemming from the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme remained top secret up to yesterday, and Minister of State Joseph Harmon said this might be because their retainer contracts were still being worked out.
The National Assembly yesterday passed two bills to increase fines for failure to abide by licensing regulations in several areas.
Despite arguments against from the opposition in the National Assembly on Thursday night, the Corporation Tax (Amend-ment) Bill 2016 was passed.
The family of Raul Aaron, one of the four men who died in Wednesday evening’s Linden /Soesdyke Highway crash, has been told by police that he had pulled to the side of the road to allow the vehicle that crashed into him to pass.
Star witness for the prosecution Clebert Reece said yesterday said that no one forced him to tell his story, as he continued his testimony at the trial of Dennis Williams, called ‘Anaconda,’ Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie’ and Roger Simon, called ‘Goat Man,’ who have been indicted for the 2008 massacre at Bartica.
Clarabel Johnson, 24, who was allegedly busted with just over nine pounds of cocaine while trying to get aboard a flight to Antigua, was charged on Thursday with narcotics possession for trafficking and remanded to prison.
The police in Berbice late Thursday evening nabbed Shamar Mohammed Ally, the man who is accused of severely chopping his ex-girlfriend and her mother on Christmas Eve in the Number 70 Village, Corentyne.
The two men detained for questioning in relation to New Year’s Day murders of poultry vendor Desmond Singh and cattle farmer Azrudeen Hussain have been released on station bail, while the police are pursuing a third man.
After two years, students of the St. Cuthbert’s Mission Secondary School will finally be able to use their computer lab following the recent installation of a 6.2kW solar power system at the school.
(Reuters) – The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and who had been wanted for more than a decade by U.S.
A new company, Power Producer and Distribution Inc., has taken over the management of the supply stations of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday Mexico would repay the United States for his planned border wall, a day after news emerged that his transition team was exploring getting the Republican-led Congress to vote to approve the funding.
The police in Berbice yesterday arrested the second suspect in the death of Williamsburg, Corentyne villager Mohan Ball, whose body was discovered in a trench just over a week ago with several marks of violence.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (Reuters) – A gunman believed to be an Iraq war veteran opened fire at a baggage carousel at Fort Lauderdale’s international airport yesterday, killing five people before being taken into custody, officials and witnesses said.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) stands to benefit from $34 million worth of new container scanners, which will be placed at wharves, particularly to assist in drug detection, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Hefty bonuses paid to Ugandan officials who oversaw tax dispute settlements with international oil firms are a sign hydrocarbon discoveries are increasing corruption in the country, government opponents and transparency campaigners said.
RIO DE JANEIRO/ SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Jailed members of Brazil’s most powerful drug gang killed 31 inmates at a penitentiary yesterday, decapitating and cutting out the hearts of most of them, in revenge for a separate prison massacre that left 56 dead this week.
A Sophia family lost its home last evening to a mysterious fire.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (Reuters) – A gunman with a U.S. military identification opened fire at a baggage carousel at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday, killing five people before being taken into custody, officials and witnesses said.
The Board of Directors and Management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc.
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