NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Donald Trump yesterday seeking clarity on campaign statements by the president-elect that rattled the Tokyo government, later telling reporters he was confident Trump was a “trustworthy leader.”
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The leaders of Mexico and Canada will hold talks this weekend on the potential impact that a Donald Trump presidency could have on the NAFTA trade pact, a source close to the matter said yesterday.
Following countrywide consultations, the Ministry of Social Cohesion says safety and security, economic equity and harmonious ethnic relations have emerged as the major preoccupations of the public and therefore the issues most likely to hamper social cohesion.
A man was remanded to prison yesterday after a court heard that he was caught on camera breaking into a businesswoman’s car and stealing over half a million dollars in items.
MERIAN MINE, Suriname, (Reuters) – Suriname President Desi Bouterse and Newmont Mining Corp Chief Executive Gary Goldberg inaugurated the open-pit Merian gold mine on Thursday, which is expected to give a boost to the small, economically struggling South American country.
Based on intensive intelligence gathering, yesterday ranks of the Guyana Police Force conducted a search on a taxi driver of Tuschen, EBE, and his motor vehicle at the Brickdam Police Station.
The female suspect who was arrested in connection with the robbery under arms committed at the home of Clement Rohee, MP on 2016-11-09, was today charged with two counts of robbery under arms.
Queen’s College students today used their lunch period to protest the construction of a canteen which will cover a section of the land presently used for agriculture at the School.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police believe a father, his firstborn child and the father’s employee were killed at Reid Lane, D’Abadie, on Tuesday night, because they failed to attend a funeral or show any support to grieving relatives of three people killed in the community two weeks ago.
In the wake of the resignation of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally, the PPP has already started its selection of nominees for his replacement and is calling on President David Granger to formalize the process soon.
The suspected bandit who was killed in a shootout with police at Vryheid Village, West Canje Berbice on Tuesday, has been identified by his mother as Rondell Marks, also known as ‘Romel Hoppie’ and ‘Blackie’, 34, of Suddie Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast.
A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara businessman and his employee were yesterday afternoon robbed of $2.5M, moments after they had visited a city bank and were waiting on the traffic light in front of the Ministry of Finance on Main Street.
A Land of Canaan mother of three is the country’s latest maternal death, after giving birth last Tuesday evening in the Maternity Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
A summary of a 2013 market study embodying proposals for a land transport link and deep-water port connecting Guyana and Brazil suggests that such a project here is feasible.
A fire completely destroyed a D’ Edward Village, West Coast Berbice home on Tuesday night, leaving six persons homeless and the homeowners believe it was deliberately set.
Exxon Mobil, in collaboration with its partners Nexen Energy and Hess Corporation, officially gave notice yesterday of its find of commercial quantities of oil in the area via a letter to the Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman at the Ministry’s boardroom, Brickdam.
Retired Assistant Superintendent of Police Lewis Goulding may have been saved from being a victim of the Bartica massacre by a woman who stopped him on the street as he was heading there on the night of the incident that left 12 persons dead.
An application was yesterday made by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to forfeit the sum of $9 million from convicted drug lord Barry Dataram and his co-accused.
Seven persons were held for questioning on Tuesday by detectives of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from Georgetown, who are working to determine how Faiyaz Narinedatt of Number 70 Village, Corentyne was killed.
Ministers of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence and Keith Scott are of the view that the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI)/RUSAL has disrespected the Government of Guyana through its failure to attend a meeting to address pressing labour issues.
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