MANILA (Reuters) – Dozens of Philippine government and police officials turned themselves in yesterday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte linked them to the drugs trade, stepping up a war on narcotics that has killed hundreds since he took office in June.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public yesterday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.
The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today flayed the city over the controversial parking meters deal.
The growth in the country’s economy, by 2 percent, in the first half of 2016, has been largely attributed to developments in the mining and quarrying sectors, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan told the media today during the presentation of the country’s mid- year report.
QUETTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the violence-plagued southwestern province of Baluchistan.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public on Monday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.
Logging company Baishanlin owes the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) tens of millions of dollars and has made no effort to pay despite being requested to do so.
While the Bid Protest Committee (BPC) under the Procurement Act has been established, it is yet to start the official review of its first complaint as some procedures have not been made clear to officials at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).
A painter is now dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a bus on the West Bank Public Road early yesterday morning.
Eighteen-year-old Berbice police constable, Sham Kumar Persaud of Chapel Street, New Amsterdam was yesterday discovered by his mother hanging around 03:30 pm in his room.
“It is a very hard thing for European governments which enslaved Africans for over three and half centuries to apologize.
A public scoping meeting will be held on August 22 in Bartica regarding a proposed US$12 million open pit gold mine by Sun and Sand Mining Resources in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni.
More than a week after the residents of Swan, Linden-Soesdyke Highway saw several dwellings demolished and damaged in a violent storm they are still awaiting help to get back on their feet.
Residents of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) are pleading with the authorities to repair their main access bridge as it continues to deteriorate.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Thursday that the search is on for the “ghost” who provided information to this newspaper that Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff was sent on leave over his discovery of a massive fraud.
Gaico Construction Inc on Friday launched an Oil Spill Response Operation at a cost of US$500,000 that would help to free the environment of pollution, as Guyana prepares to drill for oil.
Guyana’s late president Forbes Burnham was the author of social cohesion and of national unity, according to President David Granger who hailed the former Head of State during a wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday to commemorate the 31st anniversary of Burnham’s death.
The High Court has ordered that an Order Nisi of Prohibition be directed to the Public Service Commission to show why a Writ of Prohibition should not be issued against commission member Cecil Seepersaud.
A team from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) will begin a probe into reported pollution of the Waini and Barama Rivers later this month.
A fire of unknown origin gutted the house of Imelda Chesney of Lot 1 Manchester, Corentyne, Berbice yesterday.
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