A former laboratory technician attached to the Guyana Gold Board, who was charged earlier this year with stealing $2.1 million in gold from his employer, had the charge against him dismissed yesterday.
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo has begun a series of consultations with civil society groups over the next Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission.
The cost for Demerara Bank Limited’s solar system is $57.3M instead of the $23M that was initially reported on Saturday.
Aggressive behaviour, physical abuse and lack of parental supervision are among the factors which lead youth to crime and violence, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday while calling for the creation of evidence-based initiatives to effectively deal with this problem.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday officially opened the doors to the Seelall Persaud Fitness Centre with the objective of improving the health and well-being of its members.
Sixty young people from across the Commonwealth, including Samantha Sheoprashad from Guyana, have been selected to receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award.
The Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union (GAWU) is disappointed that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) would not be paying the Annual Production Incentive (API) to workers’ this year.
A Sheet Anchor teenager was carjacked on Tuesday around 8 pm in the vicinity of Angoy’s Avenue and police in ‘B’ Division are currently searching for the car, PTT 6559, a new-model, button-start, white Fielder wagon.
A 33-year-old man who operates a Chinese restaurant and bar at Main and Chapel streets, New Amsterdam, was arrested yesterday after he allegedly beat a dog-food vendor with a piece of wood.
Two men were brought before a city magistrate yesterday and remanded to prison after being read separate narcotics charges.
WILMINGTON, Del., (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has several options for disentangling himself from his business empire when he takes office next year, but legal experts say the only way fully to avoid conflicts of interest would be to sell his global holdings.
The Hugh Desmond Hoyte Family Recreational Park in Rose Hall, Berbice was officially opened on Saturday.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – OPEC agreed yesterday its first oil output cuts since 2008 after Saudi Arabia accepted “a big hit” on its production and dropped its demand on arch-rival Iran to slash output.
JOVELLANOS, Cuba, (Reuters) – Feted by cheering Cubans, a funeral cortege carried the ashes of Fidel Castro out of Havana yesterday on a three-day journey to his final resting place in the east of the island where he launched the Cuban Revolution six decades ago.
A 57-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after being read a charge of inflicting bodily harm on another individual.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Youths protesting against austerity measures aimed at restoring fiscal discipline in Brazil burned cars and smashed windows of government buildings with rocks yesterday as lawmakers debated a 20-year cap on federal spending.
The government will continue to offer concessions to gold and diamond miners and intends to work closely with all the stakeholders, while ensuring adherence to declaration, tax, and environmental obligations.
See a detailed review of the 2017 budget by accounting firm Ram and McRae in tomorrow’s edition of Stabroek News.
(Trinidad Guardian) Four-year-old Jenice Figaro, who reportedly died after eating a meal of fries, was in fact beaten to death, an autopsy found yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Philip Morris International , the world’s largest international tobacco company, could eventually stop selling cigarettes, its chief executive told the BBC on Wednesday, as it launched its alternative product IQOS in the UK market.
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