Four months after being elected Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) – the main component of APNU+AFC coalition – Aubrey Norton was yesterday elected unopposed to fill the vacancy of Leader of the Opposition and pledged to hold the PPP/C government accountable.
A 19-year-old woman is now dead after the police say she was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend on Tuesday at the Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) apartment they had been sharing.
Despite strong objections from the opposition side of the House, in their rebuttal of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira’s bid to amend the quorum for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the motion was late last night passed with the government using its majority.
A 29-year-old miner was fatally stabbed by his co-worker in the wee hours of yesterday at Reserve Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One.
After weeks of being vacant, two seats on the Opposition side of the National Assembly were yesterday filled after Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence were sworn in as the newest APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs).
The government yesterday tabled the Mental Health Protection and Promotion Bill, which when passed, will effectively replace the Mental Hospital Ordinance Cap.140.
A 22-year-old Linden resident was yesterday placed on $500,000 bail after he was charged in relation to the accident which claimed the life of motorcyclist, Odel Taylor on Sunday.
More than one week after ExxonMobil announced that it is seeking approval for a fifth development at the Uaru+ well, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday said that the application is currently been screened.
MILAN, (Reuters) – Vaccines against COVID-19 have roughly halved the death toll from the disease in Italy, preventing some 150,000 fatalities and 8 million cases last year, the National Health Institute (ISS) estimated yesterday.
The Caricom State with the most appeal cases to date litigated before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Guyana’s contribution to the region’s jurisprudence has been significant in the area of elections disputes and accounts also for the largest number of land cases before the court.
(Reuters) – Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty yesterday to a misdemeanor count of forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018, as part of an agreement with prosecutors that spares the Oscar-winning actor any immediate jail time.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) last month wrote the Government of Guyana regarding the possibility of it (government) taking over ownership of the bridge to reduce tolls but President Irfaan Ali has ruled this out.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Fiji police investigated yesterday the arrival of a luxury vessel owned by a Russian oligarch, questioning its captain about how he brought the boat to the Pacific island nation without customs clearance.
STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI, (Reuters) – Finland will take a decision about whether to apply to join the U.S.-led
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) are currently exploring ways to collaborate.
CEO of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Dane Gobin, and CEO of Instream Energy Systems out of Vancouver, Canada, Dave Dennis, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Sunday for the purpose of providing “reliable, environmentally friendly, low cost hydrokinetic energy to support conservation and sustainable use of Guyana’s natural resources”.
(Reuters) – Russia said last night the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike.
(Trinidad Express) Cabinet has stopped the award of a contract for a national CCTV (closed-circuit television) network in Trinidad and Tobago to Irish-owned telecommunications provider Digicel, and referred the evaluation and its outcome to new Attorney General Reginald Armour.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The man suspected of setting off smoke bombs and spraying gunfire inside a New York City subway car, injuring 23 people, was arrested yesterday on a federal charge of violently attacking a mass transportation system, capping an around-the-clock manhunt.
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