Barbers and cosmetolgists who are practising within the environs of the market areas and open spaces in the city would not be allowed to continue to do so, unless they are registered with the Mayor and City Council, Georgetown’s Mayor Patrica Chase-Green has warned.
NEAR MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces yesterday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing from three directions into eastern districts where the battle has been deadlocked for nearly a month.
President David Granger today ordered that the lease of Red House to the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Incorporated be revoked.
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today called for the urgent restarting of the Amaila Falls Hydropower project and he accused the government of misrepresenting the Norconsult report which was intended to be a facts-based assessment of the project to guide Guyana and Norway.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police yesterday swooped down on street vendors in downtown Port-of-Spain in search of unlicensed fireworks retailers and illegal scratch bombs.
A long-awaited, independent study of the contentious Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has given it a positive review but the government yesterday signalled its continuing opposition and used some of the findings by Norconsult to bolster its case.
A hairdresser at the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital was stabbed to death yesterday morning in the compound of the facility by her estranged husband who later turned himself into the police.
The third suspect police allege was involved in the murder of Orin David, the taxi driver who was gunned down on August 1, was yesterday charged with the crime.
The woman whose hand was severed by her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, said that her attacker was obsessed with her and she had obtained a restraining order in January after an attempted abduction.
During the wee hours of yesterday morning, bandits broke into the Hardware Emporium General Store located on Church Street, Georgetown and carted off a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash.
A Brazilian was early yesterday morning lured to his mining camp located at Chinese Creek Backdam, Mazaruni River where he was attacked and chopped to death by a group of five men.
Justice Roxane George on December 16, ruled that the last Will and Testament of Yusuf Mongroo, the owner of the Horseshoe Racing Service at the time of his death on August 15, 2010, was valid.
Because of the heavy rainfall swelling the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC), the Hope Canal on the East Coast has been opened since last Thursday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration plans to announce today a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S.
Mabaruma farmer was yesterday granted $170,000 bail by a city magistrate, for allegedly trafficking two grammes of cocaine on Christmas Day.
An Alberttown resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied robbing a police officer of a gold band.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Roughly one person is being lynched in crisis-ridden Venezuela every three days as frustrated residents take revenge on suspected criminals, a monitoring group said yesterday.
A 30-year-old miner was yesterday read four charges, three counts of robbery where he allegedly stole a total of $435,000 in items and one count of making use of threatening behaviour.
The government today released the final report on the feasibility of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project and the project now appears to be off the table as a number of risks have been pointed out by the author, Norconsult.
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