The city’s two largest garbage disposal contractors have once again announced that they would be withdrawing their services due to City Hall’s inability to pay for the work they have done over the last six months.
A farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied having in his possession almost five pounds of cocaine.
There is a shortage of medication to treat patients with Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB), Public Health Ministry spokesman Terrence Esseboom confirmed yesterday.
At least two of the three ties in the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) component of the recently held local government elections have been resolved.
Legal proceedings instituted against 18 rice farmers who had refused to accept the tripling of the rental fee for land they occupy were yesterday withdrawn by the Hope Coconut Estate Limited during a hearing before the Rice Assessment Committee at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court.
Dellon Gordon, who was sentenced to 83 years in jail for killing his wife, who died after being set on fire, has appealed his conviction.
Popular bars around Georgetown last night closed unusually early and some turned off their music as ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) carried out noise pollution testing after completing a one-day training programme.
Two men were yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after they pleaded guilty to having two firearms and live rounds in their possession.
A second suspect is in custody for the murder of the man killed on Saturday night at Leopold Street, in Georgetown.
An unemployed man was found dead in his home village of Goed Bananen Land, East Canje Berbice yesterday morning.
A father and son were yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of drug trafficking after police said they found just over 10 pounds of ganja at their home.
The governments of Guyana and Aruba yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see direct flights from Georgetown to Aruba soon, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
A Port Kaituma youth was yesterday granted his release on $10,000 bail after denying a charge of robbery with violence.
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Under-standing which formalises their partnership in the sector.
BRUSSELS/LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union have agreed a draft text setting out a close post-Brexit relationship, though wrangling with Spain over control of Gibraltar must still be settled before EU leaders meet on Sunday in order to rubber-stamp the pact.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – A Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday CIA director Gina Haspel signaled to Turkish officials last month that the agency had a recording of a call in which Saudi Arabia’s crown prince gave instructions to “silence” Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee, is pleased with the level of training and quality of the students at the Bina Hill Institute, Annai, Region Nine.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is set to launch, internationally, the recently released report on the state of biodiversity management in the Caribbean.
MADRID/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Spanish premier Pedro Sanchez agreed with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to deepen bilateral political ties on Thursday, at the start of the first official visit by a Spanish leader to the Communist-run country in three decades.
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