Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday handed over a “re-worked” draft of the code of conduct for government officials and Members of Parliament to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who announced that the next move is to seek to incorporate it into the integrity legislation although there is no timeframe for when the process will be completed.
Two former airport workers, who were found guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine hidden in rum to the United States, were yesterday sentenced to four years in jail for the crime as well as a $17 million fine.
In a show of gratitude for their years of dedication in the teaching profession as well as exemplary performance, 50 teachers across the 10 regions of Guyana were yesterday honoured in a ceremony held yesterday at the National Cultural Centre.
A gold miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempting to kill a businesswoman in the interior.
A fire, suspected to have been started by a kerosene stove left unattended, gutted a Meadowbrook, Georgetown home late Sunday evening, leaving three persons, including two brothers with millions in losses.
Peter Moore, the truck driver charged with causing the death of pedestrian Harry Daley on April 30, last year, has been found guilty and sentenced to one year in jail.
Despite filing court proceedings challenging the appointments of the Mayor of Mabaruma and the chairmen of six Neighbourhood Democratic Councils, the PPP yesterday expressed its willingness to restart the negotiation process so as to resolve the situation in the interest of affected residents.
Protocols and draft legislation have been completed for a catch-and-release sport fishing project in the North Rupununi aimed at preserving the Arapaima, while promoting eco-tourism.
A porter attached to the New Amsterdam Hospital was discovered dead, in his yard filled with overgrown grass at an area called ‘the track,’ in the Mayor and Town Council Scheme, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
The deadline for the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CH&PA) Jubilee 50/50 payment plan has been extended to June 2.
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As they struggle to deal with more extreme weather, a range of food crops are generating more of chemical compounds that can cause health problems for people and livestock who eat them, scientists have warned.
Days after 16-year-old waitress Onika Luke was shot to her chin, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said investigators are making efforts to identify the teen’s assailant.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Police in Rio de Janeiro said yesterday they are certain a 16-year-old girl was gang raped earlier this month, but added that it will be hard to prove her allegation that she was assaulted by more than 30 men.
Private garbage collectors providing services to the occupants of the city are still awaiting payments from the Mayor and City Council.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines yesterday became the latest carrier to suspend its operations in Venezuela, blaming “the current complex economic scenario in the region.”
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The director of the Cincinnati Zoo insisted yesterday that a three-foot (one-metre) barrier around the gorilla enclosure was adequate, even though a 4-year-old boy was able to climb over it and fall in, forcing zookeepers to shoot the ape dead after it grabbed him and dragged him around.
Months after materials from the demolished Aurora school went missing, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region 2, Rupert Hopkinson is calling for the case to be reopened since answers are yet to be provided.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect yesterday of reviving a 2002 Arab peace initiative that offers Israel diplomatic recognition from Arab countries in return for a statehood deal with the Palestinians.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Observer) — The opposition yesterday welcomed the review of Jamaica’s membership in the Caribbean Community (Caricom), but warned that the proposed commission should be cautious in its approach to the review.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer is facing pressure to drop his anti-corruption minister, the second top official in his administration accused of trying to derail a sprawling bribery and kickback probe before taking office.
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