Vehicles seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are disposed of in a “fair and consistent manner,” Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia said yesterday as he dismissed allegations that such vehicles were fraudulently transferred to persons sympathetic to the government.
Board Chairman Leslie Sobers yesterday maintained that the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) did not willfully deny Guyana Publications Incorporated (GPI), the publisher of the Stabroek News and Sunday Stabroek, a radio licence, while noting that the company only became fully compliant in October last year, by which time all the primary zone frequencies were already allocated.
Guyana has for the third consecutive year maintained its Tier 1 ranking in the latest United States State Department report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), which recognises its sustained efforts while also noting shortcomings in protection and shelter outside the capital and the lack of a standard operating procedure for protecting foreign victims.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S.
BASRA, Iraq/BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Just weeks ago, U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq’s oil output at its southern fields, a milestone in the company’s ambitions to expand in the country.
Morvin Maikoo, a youth who was granted time to repay a man he stole from but failed to follow through and then absented himself from court, was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.
Michael Sookraj, who admitted to trying to obtain a passport by pretending to be his brother, was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail after he told a city court that he was desperate to go back to his motherless child, who resides in Curacao.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators blockaded police headquarters yesterday as Asia’s leading financial centre braced itself for a third weekend of mass protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday imposed sanctions on four high-ranking Nicaraguan government officials for allegedly preventing their country’s citizens from exercising fundamental freedoms.
TAPACHULA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Millions of new trees will soon begin sprouting in El Salvador thanks to a programme funded by the Mexican government that aims to help impoverished communities that often create fertile ground for fleeing migrants.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that five men who attacked a teenager at a bull-running festival were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, concluding a case that sparked mass protests across Spain over chauvinism and sexual abuse.
Shamar Harvey, 21, who is charged with the murder of Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, yesterday learned that he had been found fit to stand trial.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – A massive fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc’s oil refinery yesterday damaged the largest U.S.
The police are seeking the assistance of the public to find an Angoy’s Avenue, Berbice resident, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Carl McDonald, who was chopped to death a short distance away from his home on Boxing Day last year.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said yesterday they would not cooperate with federal authorities.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said today they would not cooperate with federal authorities.
The 2019 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results are to be announced on July 3rd, the Ministry of Education announced today.
Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd today said that some of its VISA debit card customers had been hit by fraud as a result of what is known as a “Brute-Force” attack.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today he had aborted a military strike on Iran because such a response to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) The hurricane forecast for 2019 is just as bad as the forecast of 2018 and with nine to 15 named storms expected to form in the Atlantic this year, officials from the Commonwealth of Dominica wants the rest of the Caribbean to prepare.
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