While commending the APNU+AFC administration for accepting its “caretaker status” as a result of its defeat on last December’s confidence vote, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday urged that the constitutional requirement of elections within three months be followed in order to ensure a “fully functional” government.
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday rejected President David Granger’s insistence on his selected candidates being included on Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo’s final list of nominees for the post Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson, calling it a misinterpretation of the judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
(Trinidad Guardian) Two young lovers died in a car accident in Williamsville yesterday morning.
For Imam Baksh, it all began in the library of his Affiance, Essequibo Coast home, where he engrossed himself in countless books, told his peers stories and later began writing his own.
Around 4,000 residents of the North and Central Rupununi Districts, of Region Nine, are expected to benefit from a soon-to-be constructed bypass road, for which a $200 million contract has been signed.
A 25-year-old fisherman is dead and his brother is now hospitalised at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after they were attacked by three men on Thursday night at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain yesterday denounced the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act,” rejecting Tehran’s explanation that it had seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.
A father of four, of Met-en-Meerzorg, West Coast Demerara, died on Friday after he came into contact with live electrical wires.
MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A gay man in the tiny Caribbean nation of Dominica filed a legal claim challenging its laws that ban gay sex and punish same-sex relations with prison terms and psychiatric confinement, a Canada-based rights group said on Friday.
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama yesterday became the first Central American nation to ban single-use plastic bags to try to curb pollution on its beaches and help tackle what the United Nations has identified as one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
Around 100 pieces of striking artwork by children and teens were on display on Friday following the conclusion of a two-week art workshop, which was held at the Carifesta Sports Complex.
(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s murder toll now stands at 294 after four more were recorded between Thursday night and Friday night.
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, which is up from 811 million in the previous year and underscores the immense challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Zero Hunger by 2030, according to a new edition of the annual The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, which was released last Monday.
President David Granger has departed Guyana for Cuba for a scheduled evaluation following treatment for cancer earlier this year.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Entertainer Keshan was shot and killed in Old Harbour, St Catherine early Saturday, the police have confirmed.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Joe Biden, a former U.S. vice president and Democratic presidential candidate, compared Republican President Donald Trump yesterday to the late George Wallace, a prominent supporter of racial segregation.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today wrote President David Granger requesting that he and his Cabinet resign forthwith in accordance with the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) decision of June 18 in the no confidence motion case and the consequential orders of July 12.
(Jamaica Observer) Shantol Gordon, the girlfriend of reputed gang leader Uchence Wilson, yesterday denied transporting guns for the gang in her newborn baby’s bag while carrying the child as a cover.
(Jamaica Observer) Koffee made her debut on American late-night television talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night.
President David Granger, this morning, departed Guyana for Cuba for a scheduled evaluation, following treatment for cancer earlier this year.
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