Photos by Keno George
Gafoors yesterday began redeploying hundreds of workers who were affected by the fire that devastated the company’s Houston Complex on Monday, leaving billions of damage in its wake.
A 71-year-old woman of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo has died following a severe beating on Monday from her husband who is in custody as police await the result of a post-mortem examination.
One of the two men accused of raping and murdering nine-year-old Sade Stoby was yesterday acquitted of the charge, while his co-accused was found guilty.
Two Guyanese men were on Saturday arraigned in a Brooklyn, New York Federal Court on suspicion of smuggling some 20 kilograms of cocaine that was stashed in frozen fish, which was shipped to Miami via Suriname and later transported to New York.
The Rupununi Essence Luxury Facial Cleanser, developed by the Makushi Research Unit (MRU), Medicine from Trees and other groups, in collaboration with the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) was launched on Monday.
A woman and the two men who police say helped her rob a friend were yesterday each sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of the crime.
With only six months left before he was due for release from prison, a convict was yesterday told he would have to serve an additional three years after a city court found him guilty of wounding another inmate.
One day after the local distributor International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd told Stabroek News that it had begun a voluntary recall of Lailac Infant Milk, the product is still on the shelves of most supermarkets.
President of the National Air Transport Association (NATA) Annette Arjoon-Martins has welcomed the planned review of the operations of the Eugene F Correia International Airport, which the group is eagerly awaiting.
Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance compound and there was one bid for a key power project from a South Korean company.
Three men, suspected to have stolen a bag containing a gun, ammunition and a quantity of money from a car parked outside Juice Power on Middle Street, Georgetown, were yesterday granted bail after making an appearance before a city court.
Chief Sea and River Defence Officer Kevin Samad says works will be done to prevent a recurrence of the overtopping that occurred at Helena Number Two, Mahaica over the weekend, which resulted in the flooding of the yards of several residents.
Human rights activist Mark Benschop on Monday staged a one-man protest outside the Department of Public Service building where the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal Camp Street Prison unrest came to a close.
Construction for most of the booths for GuyExpo was still underway on Monday but Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin said he was pleased with the progress, while noting that the work was on schedule.