The preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against Subryanville hotelier Erwin Bacchus, continued yesterday with eyewitness testimony, including that of the handyman who was present at the scene.
MAPASTEPEC, Mexico/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Central American migrants clustered for the night yesterday in a southern Mexico town after advancing on their trek toward the United States, despite Mexico’s vows to hinder their progress under pressure from the Trump administration.
Contrary to a report in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, the Attorney General’s Chambers was represented during an in-chamber hearing on Tuesday before acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC in the challenge mounted by former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington who have been charged with misconduct in public office.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Deep Blue Cable Limited, the start-up enterprise planning to create a new fibre-optic ring across the region, says it will partner with Digicel Group on a multi-government contract in the Caribbean.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Asian shares dived yesterday as hundreds of billions of dollars haemorrhaged from global markets after a rout in tech stocks inflicted the largest daily decline on Wall Street since 2011, wiping out all its gains for the year.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said today it has noted with concern the appearance of a fake Facebook page mirroring that of the agency’s official page that is being bandied around social media.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general sued Exxon Mobil Corp today, alleging that the world’s largest oil company for years misled investors about the risks of climate change regulations on its business.
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan today said that the delay in the payment of members of the joint services is not a result of unavailable finances, but rather the submission of inaccurate information.
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) THERE was chaos yesterday in Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, after approximately two hours of heavy rain turned several roads in into waterways and leaving hundreds of motorists stranded for hours.
(Trinidad Guardian) Pim, pom, pi, di, pom, pom…The ‘Bass Man’ is gone!
After spending a combined 64 years on death row for two separate murders, Noel Thomas and Muntaz Ali yesterday walked out the Lusignan Prison freed men after being granted parole.
Justice Navindra Singh yesterday dismissed the court action filed by a candidate for the PPP, who had sought to void the listing of 50 names, including his, as official nominators of rival AFC candidates in the Whim/Bloomfield, Corentyne area.
The contractor for the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project is expected to meet with the police soon to discuss possible remedies that can aid in easing the daily traffic congestion during peak hours, Traffic Chief Linden Isles says.
A collaboration between the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and Operation Walk Maryland, saw 47 persons benefiting from much needed joint replacement surgery over the weekend.
Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green on Monday, at the city council’s final statutory meeting before local government elections, expressed concern about city constabulary officers extorting money from vendors.
A Diamond, East Bank Demerara, home owner who lives abroad, says she has had to stay in the country longer than planned as a result of the creeping deterioration of her house due to the nearby natural gas well that was recently capped.
The absence of Attorney General Basil Williams or any other lawyer from his chambers yesterday stalled the hearing of the challenge mounted by his predecessor Anil Nandlall to the misconduct charges levelled against former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington.
A Craig youth who allegedly tried to beat a man to death with a bicycle bar was yesterday committed to stand trial.
Teron Halley, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank who drowned on Monday evening in the Rupununi reportedly suffered cramps in the water which caused him to drown.
A man accused of robbing three persons at the Kingston seawall was jailed for 18 months after he admitted to one charge while denying two other charges.
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