The start of the trial of the accused in the 2008 Bartica massacre has been put on hold pending the outcome of a motion which the State has to refile for the matter to be transferred from the jurisdiction of the County of Essequibo to Demerara.
A second suspect was yesterday detained by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali, who was found bound and gagged in her home on Monday morning following a suspected robbery.
A group of farmers of Philippi Village, Corentyne, in Region Six, is calling on regional authorities to begin immediate work on the stop off and koker in the village.
An Eccles man was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail by a city court after he denied using his premises to distribute cocaine.
Members of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) expect the long-in-the-works Guyana Inter-Religious Television (GIRTV) Station to serve as a tool to foster social cohesion while nurturing a tolerance for different cultures.
Chairman Vickram Bharrat of the Diamond/Grove Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is refuting claims that his council is underperforming.
Two suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of Wayne Jackson Wharton, who was fatally shot last Wednesday evening on the West Front Road, have been released.
Following questioning by police, a co-worker of gold miner Abraham Mohammed Khan, who was found buried in a shallow grave at Bartica after a reported robbery, has been released on station bail.
Former president Bharrat Jagdeo said he is justified in the decisions he made in the granting of broadcast licences, especially the radio licence he gave to his own party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
While the contract between Barama Company Limited and the Government of Guyana is expected to be renewed by the end of the week, a source says that the company’s operations will be scaled back and it will likely have to lay off more workers.
A petition to change the law which classifies hemp as an illegal substance was presented to the National Assembly last Thursday.
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, (Reuters) – Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the jihadists’ stronghold.
Drivers are complaining about the use of off-road LED lights on vehicles and acting Traffic Chief Jairam Ramlakhan says that the Traffic Department is working towards reducing their use.
Seventy per cent of the participants in the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) programme across the country have received their stipends, according to the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs.
WASHINGTON/GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama lacerated Donald Trump yesterday over his repeated assertions that the Nov.
Coconut farmers and other interested persons would have an opportunity to learn about the Red Palm Mite disease at the coconut Festival, GINA said.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit yesterday accusing Norway of violating its pledges under a global agreement to combat climate change by letting energy firms explore for oil and gas in the Arctic Barents Sea.
Just over one week after Ann’s Grove resident Keon Wilson died in a mining pit collapse at Rock Creek, Puruni, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best was yesterday sworn in to lead the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into his death.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft has successfully docked with China’s Tiangong 2 space lab, and two astronauts have entered the lab, China’s official news agency Xinhua said yesterday.
Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation and construction of the Kaikan Airstrip, Region 7.
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