With Deputy Regional Executive Officer of Region 3 Ameena Marlyne Hinds behind bars in the US for allegedly attempting to smuggle 3 lbs of cocaine into that country, a vacancy for her position has now been created and the Ministry Communities is expected to make that appointment as the long awaited Local Government Commission (LGC) is yet to be established.
The fourth South Rupununi Safari is scheduled to start today and continues up to the 29th.
Following a meeting with incoming Secretary General (SG) of the United Nations, António Guterres, Guyana was told that he was satisfied with the process the incumbent Ban Ki-moon is undertaking pertaining to the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.
A city magistrate on Tuesday set dates for the commencement of trials in relation to Anjanie Boodnarine, the reputed wife of convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram, who is facing charges of forgery, fleeing the jurisdiction and leaving the country illegally.
The Parliamentary opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) views the implementation of parking meters in the city as an indirect tax and as an added burden to the consumers.
Junior Communities Minister Valerie Patterson on Tuesday defended government’s move to replace turn-key homes with condominiums and duplexes, saying that not only has multi-unit housing been tried and tested during the former PNC government but that it caters for the development of urban communities in a modern Guyana.
Nineteen students of the Sophia Training Centre on Tuesday graduated from catering and entrepreneurship programmes, the initiative being part of Cuso International’s move to reintroduce the 4-H club to Guyana.
More than 60 young people will benefit from training at the newly launched Bertram Collins College of the Public Service as part of efforts to improve the public service, GINA said.
MV Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair, is scheduled to dock at the La Penitence wharf next month.
St. Stanislaus College last Friday held its annual graduation and prize giving ceremony, where its recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) graduates were awarded.
The trial of Mark Thompson, who is accused of murdering Brazilian miner Jose Rodriguez De Oliveira is underway before Justice James Bovell-Drakes, and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic with little foreign policy experience, to be the next U.S.
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) patrols have been deployed to Port Kaituma as investigations continue into claims made earlier this month of a mysterious aircraft hovering over that area.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A loner obsessed with Nazis and extreme right-wing ideology was sentenced yesterday to spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering lawmaker Jo Cox in a frenzied street attack that stunned Britain a week before the European Union referendum.
A teenager who was charged with armed robbery two weeks ago was yesterday sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for the crime.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency with less support from black and Hispanic voters than any president in at least 40 years, a Reuters review of polling data shows, highlighting deep national divisions that have fueled incidents of racial and political confrontation.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said yesterday talks with the government were “frozen” after officials failed to attend meetings, throwing cold water on Vatican-brokered attempts to bridge the country’s deep political crisis.
A Day of Activities will be hosted at Novar Beach on November 27, 2016.
MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines’ police chief broke down before a Senate inquiry yesterday and vowed to stand by President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs, after a narcotics kingpin testified to entrenched police involvement in the illicit trade.
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian engineering conglomerate Odebrecht SA has agreed to plea bargains and a massive leniency deal under which it would pay around 7 billion reais ($2.1 billion) in fines for its role in Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal, a person familiar with the matter said.
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