The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is notifying the general public about the circulation of a fake/counterfeit brand of Daflon (micronized purified flavonoid fraction) on the local market.
The city’s proposed new garbage collection schedules for private contractors Cevons Waste Management Inc and Puran Brothers Disposal Services will be delivered to the companies today, acting Town Clerk Sharon-Harry Munroe assured last night.
“Sharky”, the suspect who was apprehended by the police after allegedly robbing a wash bay operator in Georgetown is also being questioned in relation to the 2017 murder of French Guiana-based clothing vendor, Purcell Moore.
Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader Raphael Trotman yesterday said he is trying to confirm the party’s parliamentarians who have dual citizenship and said that those persons cannot be publicly named without the party’s consent.
The police in Berbice are on the hunt for two suspects in relation to the Bushlot, Corentyne robbery which left two farmers dead last Wednesday evening.
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday conferred the Public Service Award of Excellence to the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) for effectively facilitating the work of the business community by exhibiting the highest standard of service.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, only days after warning he may take an alternative path if the United States does not ease sanctions and pressure on his isolated country.
Following a security assessment surrounding the departure of Charrandass Persaud through the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA), the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has suspended the issuing of protocol passes until the system is further reviewed.
No witness statements have been served as yet to the defence in relation to the 19 conspiracy to defraud charges that have been filed against former PPP/C Minister of Housing Mohamed Irfaan Ali.
FORTALEZA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Criminal gangs on a rampage in northeast Brazil are posing an early security test for new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, highlighting the challenge he faces in quelling drug-related violence and halting a record wave of murders in the country.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Nongovernmental organizations working in Brazil will have their public funding rigidly controlled, President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday, as part of increased oversight of their activities by his new right-wing administration.
NANTUCKET, Mass., (Reuters) – Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey stood impassively in a Nantucket courtroom yesterday before pleading not guilty to sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man at an island bar over two years ago, a charge his lawyer dismissed as “patently false.”
The police are currently seeking legal advice in connection with the murder of Toshao Solomon Lewis who was beheaded last Tuesday after intervening in a domestic dispute involving his daughter, Divisional Commander Kevin Adonis says.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim unexpectedly resigned yesterday, more than three years before his term ends in 2022, amid differences with the Trump administration over climate change and the need for more development resources.
The ‘Home of Benevolence for all races’, the Dharm Shala, on Christmas Day hosted its annual Christmas luncheon, which saw more than 90 guests in attendance.