The Ministry of Home Affairs – Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons says it has taken note of recent reports circulating on social media concerning alleged incidents of Human Trafficking.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will not renew a temporary license set to expire on Thursday that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, a State Department spokesperson said, unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York prosecutors asked a judge at the start of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial today to fine him and remind him he could go to jail for violating a gag order that bars him from interfering with potential witnesses.
A consular team from the US Embassy will be in New Amsterdam on Wednesday, April 24.
TBILISI, (Reuters) – Georgian lawmakers came to blows in parliament today as ruling party legislators looked set to advance a controversial bill on “foreign agents” that has been criticised by Western countries and sparked protests at home.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Half of the world’s 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World Bank said in a report on Monday.The
(Trinidad Express) Three houses, six vehicles and a pet dog were lost in a fire in Freeport that police and fire officers were told was initiated by a resident burning trash yesterday.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian aluminium giant Rusal 0486.HKRUAL.MM said today that new sanctions on Russian metals introduced by the United States and Britain will have no impact on its ability to supply aluminium to world markets.
The Ministry of Education has pledged to treat the matter of a Venezuelan student from Queenstown Secondary School, who was beaten by some of her schoolmates, as “urgent and serious”.
A 38-year-old man died after he lost control of the car he was driving, which collided with a utility pole at Number 36 Village, Corentyne Berbice.
Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Manage-ment Committee Head Kesh Nandlall said that yesterday morning’s power outage was caused by a “technical issue”.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the proposed Plasma Rock Resort project is exempt from the requirement to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) has indicated that the parents of the six-year-old who was disqualified from the Calypso segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition have no desire to pursue the matter further.
Well-known businessman Hareshnarine ‘Chiney’ Sugrim, owner of Guyana Tractor and Equipment (Guytrac) and the Classic Hotel in Berbice and who was acquitted of money laundering charges in the United States in 2016, died yesterday.
Two juveniles were arrested after they along with others allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl of Port Kaituma, North West District, Region One.
The management of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) is expected to appear before the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services on May 8, having been summoned, according to the committee’s Chairperson Shurwayne Holder.
Community members from Cummings Lodge, Industry, and Better Hope, on the East Coast of Demerara, recently attended meetings hosted by the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, to receive updates on the progress of the East Coast Demerara Highway and Orange Nassau road development projects.
Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Bareroot, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.
The University of Guyana (UG) recently hosted its annual awards and prize-giving ceremony at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre, on its Turkeyen Campus, to honour outstanding performers across various fields within the faculty, with over 100 students who have secured a GPA [Grade Point Average] of 3.7 and above earning a place on the prestigious Dean’s Honour Roll, a UG release stated yesterday.
Police in Regional Division 10 seized 18 grammes of cannabis, a 9 MM firearm and 11 matching rounds along with a camouflage shirt at two separate residences in Half Mile, Wismar, Linden during a raid on Friday.
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