Following the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) loss in last year’s May 11 general elections, some of its former ministers have moved to new pastures outside the country while others remain here though not representing the party in the National Assembly.
The suspect in the New Year’s Day murder at Crabwood Creek turned himself in yesterday to the police.
The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has begun a programme to boost the quality of service provided to customers of Bartica, Region 7.
Junior Minister of Natural Resources Simona Broomes’ holding of mining lands have raised questions of whether there is any conflict of interest with the government’s draft code of conduct for ministers or the course of action should such a situation arise.
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A plunge in the oil price to 12-year lows during Russia’s New Year and Orthodox Christmas break means the country returns to work today with its economic recovery and once-mighty savings war chest on the line.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea yesterday, a show of force following North Korea’s nuclear test last week.
Former President Donald Ramotar says that freedoms enjoyed by Guyanese are being curtailed under the David Granger administration and he is questioning the role of the army in several operations.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China guided its yuan currency sharply stronger for a second straight session last night local time in a move that might calm concerns about a competitive devaluation, but only added to market confusion as to Beijing’s ultimate policy intent.
Three men who were charged with robbery were freed on Friday after their accuser opted against offering evidence against them.
The body of a man was found in a trench early yesterday morning on the East Coast Highway.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A secretive meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman in a jungle hideout late last year helped Mexico’s government catch the world’s most wanted drug lord, sources said.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Gene sequencing company Illumina Inc is going after the next big advance in cancer detection, working to develop a universal blood test to identify early-stage cancers in people with no symptoms of the disease.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday denounced the rape of a woman by five men at a Brooklyn playground, pledging police would work to swiftly apprehend the suspects in “this vicious crime.”
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – With Powerball’s jackpot now at $1.3 billion and likely to surge higher by Wednesday’s drawing, the U.S.
Guyana Revenue Authority Chairman, Rawle Lucas has reprimanded the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for erroneously stating that GRA employees had conducted a search and seizure of equipment at the premises of Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A secretive meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman in a jungle hideout late last year helped Mexico’s government catch the world’s most wanted drug lord, sources said.
It is almost certain that the decomposed body found on Friday afternoon at Berbice is that of missing British teen Dominic Bernard, after his god brother and another man who were captured by police confessed to killing him.
An elderly Bush Lot businessman and his wife were chopped to death during the wee hours of yesterday morning and one of the four persons held by police has since confessed to his involvement the crime.
The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday called on the government to mount an independent inquiry into the bungled surveillance operation that resulted in the deaths of an army intelligence officer and two civilians, while saying that an explanation is needed for the use of military officers in such activities.
The dead man in the yacht that was spotted almost a week ago about 200 miles off Guyana’s Coast has been identified as French national Mocbel Robert Lois Bozier, 70, who was found with a single gunshot wound to the face that is believed to have been self-inflicted.
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