The government has committed to making a decision about the future of the sugar industry before the end of December as pressure mounts on it to take steps to preserve jobs on estates while at the same time reducing subventions to the heavily indebted and loss-making GuySuCo.
High incidences of postpartum haemorrhaging and gestational hypertension were yesterday cited as the primary reasons for maternal deaths in Guyana.
After being told that the court registry could not locate the case file for the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into a murder charge for which he is serving as special prosecutor, attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday voiced his concerns over the “strange things” that have occurred in the case.
A Trinidadian national was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with incurring over $300,000 in debts at two different hotels.
An arrest warrant was yesterday issued for Shawn Hinds after he was a no-show at the continuation of his trial for allegedly dousing newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon with faeces.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, (Reuters) – Turkish authorities arrested the leaders of the country’s main pro-Kurdish opposition party in a terrorism investigation yesterday, drawing strong international condemnation of a widening crackdown on dissent under President Tayyip Erdogan.
Guyana-born UK resident Gina Miller, co-founder of an investment management company, has made headlines after successfully leading a lawsuit that calls for members of Parliament to have a vote on Britain’s exit from the European Union.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 5 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday, keeping her advantage in a national survey while races tighten in several swing states.
Eight teams turned out yesterday to vie in Guyana’s first hackathon, a 48-hour non-stop coding competition, hosted by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications under the theme, “Code til yuh drop.”
AL-HOCEIMA, Morocco, (Reuters) – Thousands of chanting, flag-waving Moroccans protested in a northern city yesterday, keeping up pressure on authorities a week after a fishmonger was crushed to death in a garbage truck in a confrontation with police.
By Zoisa Fraser in Ohio* Both the Republican and Democratic parties have expressed confidence about winning the key swing state of Ohio, with the latter saying that it wants a landslide victory so that a message can be sent that a person like Donald Trump is not fit to be president.
The dismissal of a simple larceny charge against former Director of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. employers maintained a strong pace of hiring in October and boosted wages for workers, which could effectively seal the case for a December interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve.
President David Granger says he would like to see fewer guns in the hands of private citizens.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two former associates of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were convicted yesterday for their roles in the “Bridgegate” lane closure scandal, following a six-week trial that served to further tarnish the Republican’s damaged reputation.
Cabinet has approved the immediate implementation of several proposals presented by Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman to reform the Guyana Gold Board, State Minister Joseph Harmon announced on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Vatican-convened talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition are the last, best chance to find a peaceful solution to the country’s political impasse, U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil will allow investors to return concessions for road, railroad, port and airport projects that have not taken off in an effort to attract fresh private investment to modernize decrepit infrastructure, a government source said yesterday.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charges against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade at Kaieteur News, continued yesterday with evidence being given by a police witness and the network administrator for the company.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – African states launched a bid at the United Nations yesterday to halt the work of the first U.N.
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