KIGALI, (Reuters) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame announced yesterday his intention to seek a third term in 2017, confirming a decision that was widely expected following the approval of constitutional changes that could allow him to stay in office for years to come.
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said yesterday it had sent two reports to the attorney-general’s office about its probes into the transfer of huge sums of money into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts and the affairs of state fund 1MDB.
LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The Texas teenager derided for his “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case won a weeks-long in delay in extradition from Mexico, while his mother was in a Los Angeles jail on Thursday after being deported.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government’s intention to split and utilise a portion of the multi-billion Heritage and Stabilsation Fund is a cause for concern to the Opposition.
(Reuters) – Wall Street dropped yesterday, leaving the S&P 500 marginally lower for a year marked by record highs as well as a major selloff.
The Ministry of the Presidency today announced a Cabinet reshuffle and the creation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Telecommunications to be headed by Raphael Trotman and Catherine Hughes respectively.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyana left-hander Shimron Hetmyer has been appointed captain of the West Indies Under-19 squad which will do battle in the ICC Youth World Cup starting next month in Bangladesh.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government’s intention to split and utilise a portion of the multi-billion Heritage and Stabilsation Fund is a cause for concern to the Opposition.
A head-on collision last night on Carifesta Avenue claimed the lives of three persons including a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) sergeant and his wife.
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the sugar industry has said that the beleaguered Guyana Sugar Corporation should aim for full privatisation within three years while also noting that there have already been formal and informal expressions of interest in it.
Following a marathon debate in the House, government last night used its majority to pass the anti-terrorism bill with the opposition abstaining from the vote after raising a number of questions about the “draconian” bill including the inclusion of the death penalty for 14 offences.
Relatives of Trevon April who was shot and killed in a Route 32 minibus on the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Monday said they confirmed his death after reading an article published in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday reported that there had been a small percentage increase in serious crime as compared to last year but that as the year ends today those numbers are down from a high at the beginning of the year.
A teen was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the murder of a Bare Root man on Sunday.
Two Bourda Market vendors accused of stealing more than $2 million in milk, cheese and other groceries, were yesterday granted $75,000 bail each by a city court.
North Road man Hilbert ‘Junior’ Benneth died after losing control of his bike on Tuesday afternoon.
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) reached an agreement on December 29, 2015 for the emoluments and benefits for employees represented by the GPSU for the year 2015.
As investigations into the case where Bel Air Park resident, Nicholas Coates was shot to his knee during a home invasion continue, the police yesterday made their second arrest.
President David Granger and senior APNU+AFC figures yesterday committed to making the governing coalition work and a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the alliance will continue at the March 18 Local Government Elections (LGE).
The Guyana Police Force has received the audit report on the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) from government and has begun investigations to determine if any criminality was involved in the management of the controversial state holding company.
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