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President David Granger on Friday called for an action plan for the Corentyne, which he said has the potential to afford its residents a good life.

Prosecutor Shellon Jupiter on Friday responded to closing arguments made by the attorney for Carvil Duncan, the former Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Guyana suffers from a “consensus crisis”, and constitutional and institutional reforms, while necessary, are likely insufficient without trust-building to generate increased consensus, a recent USAID-funded report says.

Government is satisfied that logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) has commenced “value added initiatives” and it has disclosed that the company is looking to ramp up lumber production.

A cane harvester was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the murder of Sheniza Mohamed, his teenage ex-girlfriend, at Rosignol, West Coast Berbice during the month of January last year.

Two men are in police custody after they robbed two persons with a pair of shears and were subsequently arrested with the stolen items in their possession.

A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said.

A Leonora miner was on Friday granted bail after he denied wounding allegations that were read to him by a city magistrate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior aide to US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump signaled a possible shift in his hardline immigration policies on Sunday, saying his plans to deport 11 million people who are in the country illegally were under review.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Chileans took to the streets throughout the country on Sunday, seeking to increase pressure on the government to throw out Chile’s private pension system in favour of one that would provide better retirement benefits.

There are indications of significant change in tackling challenges to democratic governance in Guyana by the APNU+AFC government, but there are also reasons for concern, according to a USAID-funded report which has warned that time is of the essence and urged constitutional reform.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Reggae music blared from a house and a few young men sat under a tree chatting, otherwise Airy Hall on the Essequibo Coast seemed super quiet.

In the face of a threat by the city’s two major garbage collection services to suspend their operations over hundreds of millions owed to them, City Hall has pulled their contracts for some wards in the capital that it hopes to clean on its own.

An unidentified man who allegedly attacked a police officer after he was approached about his disorderly behaviour was shot and killed by police on Friday night outside the Georgetown Prison at Camp and D’Urban streets.

A two car-smash-up on along the Mahaicony Public Road, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon has left one child dead and five persons injured.

Former President Donald Ramotar has rushed to the defence of his predecessor and current opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo on his New York statements on discrimination against Indo-Guyanese, which the APNU+AFC government has described as race-baiting.

Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Khan has refused to comment on a recent audit into the operations of the hospital that has recommended that he be sanctioned for allegedly cheating the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of over $1.4 million in income tax.

Lack of diversification has left the economy of Region Six grappling with the ramifications of mainly relying on rice and sugar for its survival.

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Five is looking to have a special needs school set up in the region, so as to cater for the numerous persons living with disabilities.

When was the last time you visited a doctor? A week, a month, maybe a year ago?