WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a plug yesterday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to a group of 2,400 investors looking at locating business in the United States, saying the deal would help boost the global economy.
Thirty-one young adults have successfully completed Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited’s eighth Youth Link Apprenticeship programme.
The Ministry of Communities is prepared to provide each Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) with a $4 million subvention to assist in the execution of their capital works initiatives provided that they are able to submit an appropriate work programme, Minister Ronald Bulkan says.
A gang of five bandits rampaged through Budhan Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam, on Sunday, during the wee hours of the morning and two of the alleged perpetrators have been since arrested.
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Refugees worldwide will be able to take more than 1,000 online university courses for free as part of an effort to provide education and skills training under a US-based programme launched yesterday as part of World Refugee Day.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will have to raise taxes to fund its conflict with Marxist rebels if a possible peace deal falls through, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday, in comments roundly criticized by the opposition.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is concerned about what is taking place in the sugar industry and the impact it is having on the lives of thousands of workers and their dependents.
CARACAS (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside Venezuela’s central bank yesterday, wounding two guards before he was shot dead by security officers, according to two sources, in the latest violent episode to shake the country.
YULIN, China (Reuters) – China’s southern city of Yulin geared up yesterday for its upcoming dog meat festival despite widespread opposition from activists calling for an end to the slaughter and eating of the animals.
Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green said at a press conference this morning that the city will be going ahead with the parking meters project which will come on stream from September 1.
The Marriott Hotel is making itself marketable as government prepares to sell it in two years’ time with outfitting of an Entertainment Complex and Casino set to begin soon even as other works such as correcting defects are ongoing.
A 15-year-old school boy is now hospitalised after he was shot in his head during a daring daylight robbery at the Green Ice taxi service base at South Ruimveldt yesterday.
Having missed several deadlines, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has committed to having the long-awaited Local Government Commission operational by early July.
Shemar Wilson, a suspect in the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News office earlier this month, was a reserve member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Chief of Staff of the GDF Mark Phillips confirmed yesterday.
The Chinese investors who were supposed to arrive in the country last month to conduct due diligence for the takeover of controversial logging company Baishanlin have not come, several officials have said.
A woman is feared dead after a boat capsized on Saturday afternoon in the Puruni River, Region 7.
Proposals for constitutional reform should come from the people following widespread consultations, President David Granger has reiterated though he has not given a timeline as to when he expects this to be accomplished.
ROME, (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was trounced by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in local elections in Rome and Turin yesterday, clouding his chances of winning a do-or-die referendum in October.
Constant clashes between the Office of the Regional Chairman of Region One (Barima/Waini) and the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Leslie Wilburg, may see the REO facing a no-confidence motion.
A fire yesterday morning gutted the recently renovated Friendship, East Bank Demerara home of a restaurateur leaving millions in losses.
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