Guyana makes National Geographic’s 2014 ‘Best of the World’ travel list
In what is likely the local tourism industry’s biggest endorsement to date, Guyana is among 21 destinations on National Geographic Traveler magazine’s 2014 ‘Best of the World’.
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In what is likely the local tourism industry’s biggest endorsement to date, Guyana is among 21 destinations on National Geographic Traveler magazine’s 2014 ‘Best of the World’.
Venezuelan airline CONVIASA will make its inaugural flight to Guyana today, marking the commencement of a weekly service.
The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) suffered a number of outages yesterday when high winds accompanying the heavy downpours caused overhead electrical wires in the city to touch one another, causing damage to transmission equipment.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj is dismissing at-home criticism by farmers of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see Trinidadian farmers utilising land in Guyana as baseless and politically motivated.
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) reaffirmed its opposition to beating children in local schools when it appeared before a parliamentary select committee this week to press for the government to comply with the United Nations children’s rights standards on corporal punishment.
The Government Technical Institute (GTI) turned out 394 new graduates at its 62nd graduation ceremony on Thursday evening, marking a decline in the school’s pass rate.
A Lindener became a millionaire yesterday after he participated in the “Become a millionaire only at Courts” promotion.
Corriverton fisherman Mulshankar Sukharan was on Wednesday sentenced to spend the next 12 years in jail for the fatal stabbing of another man, which the judge said was provoked.
Parents whose children attend the overcrowded Tuschen Primary School on the East Bank of Essequibo are complaining that grade two children are crammed into one classroom and teachers are almost always absent but school official deny the claims.
A mother of three is now hospitalised after she was set on fire by her brother following a dispute over a pair of shoes on Thursday.
A Blairmont resident was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of narcotics trafficking after police intercepted a bag containing over 2 kilogrammes of cannabis during its transport to Georgetown and then organised a sting to catch the owner.
Typhon Sampson, the boyfriend of the court clerk accused of stealing $3M from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly tried to sneak a cell phone to her at the East La Penitence Police Station.
A supervisor of the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary/Agricultural-Development-Authority (MMA/ADA) was yesterday charged with causing the death of a labourer through dangerous driving.
A West Berbice woman who spoke out against her 69-year-old father over suspicions that he was sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl was arrested after he made false allegations against her.
Stabroek News regrets that in our edition yesterday the final line of a letter and the name of the signatory were omitted.
A mural painting exercise will be hosted today along the Georgetown Seawall to observe Universal Children’s Day, which was celebrated on Wednesday.
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Four citizens of Guyana and one Ghanaian pleaded guilty today to charges related to the seizure of a ship carrying tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine, a senior legal official said.
Venezuela’s CONVIASA Airline will be operating a non-commercial inaugural flight into the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri tomorrow, to signal the beginning of their once weekly commercial flight on the Puerto Ordaz/Georgetown route.
A Partnership for National Unity today warned the government of the prospect of a renewed economic blockade by Venezuela against Guyana.
Chartered accounting firm Ram & McRae says the most significant impact from yesterday’s ruling by the CFATF on Guyana’s anti-laundering laws will be on time sensitive transactions as more questions will be raised about the source and destination of funds.
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