President David Granger has assured ex-sugar workers that government would be moving to the National Assembly this week to seek supplementary funds to complete severance payments to them.
Combatting the many social ills affecting the Amerindian community of Baramita, in Region One, requires a national effort, according to PAHO/WHO representative to Guyana Dr.
Councillors of the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) from both the PPP/C and the APNU+AFC are uniting to move a no-confidence motion against Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson, as they believe that he is stifling development.
Saying that 14 reported deaths have resulted from mining accidents in Mahdia, in Region Eight, since the start of the year, the Ministry of Natural Resources has defended its recent enforcement operation to ensure compliance with mining safety regulations.
A Sophia resident, who was sentenced in absentia to six years in jail for armed robbery, was among 38 persons arrested during a massive police operation in parts of ‘A’ and ‘C’ divisions early yesterday morning.
Opposition-nominated Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Com-missioner Bibi Shadick has complained that getting information about the Elections Commission Secretariat’s activities is “akin to pulling teeth” and if the right questions are not asked, much remains hidden.
The Ministry of Education is currently probing allegations of sexual predation by a male teacher attached to a secondary school in Region Nine.
During his lunch hour on most work days, Morris Solomon can be found walking around the compound of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) at Mon Repos, on the East Coast of Demerara.
Aleema Nasir has a bleeding heart for others whether it be children, victims of domestic violence or the elderly and for years she has ploughed through the maze of suffering, giving assistance where she can and collaborating with others to bring relief.
Saying that the Johns/Clifton Co-Operative Land Society Limited has forcefully and unlawfully evicted them from their land, a group of 25 Corentyne, Berbice farmers have moved to High Court to reclaim it and for damages in excess of $48 million for their losses and the destruction of property.
Six First Form students, who excelled at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) earlier in the year, are the latest recipients of full scholarships from the Demerara Dis-tillers Limited (DDL) Foundation.
A remanded prisoner is currently a patient in a city hospital after he was allegedly attacked on Friday evening while being housed at the Lusignan Prison.
The police have not yet made any arrests in connection with the murder of 51-year-old miner Kelvin Daly, who was hacked to death near Puruni Landing, in Region Seven, two weeks ago.
Shivanan Brazlon, the Trinidad and Tobago national who died on Wednesday afternoon after she was allegedly struck down while attempting to cross the Industry Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara, died as a result of multiple injuries consistent with a motor vehicle accident, an autopsy has confirmed.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean bishops accused of molesting minors, as he tries to tackle the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandals around the world.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The leadership of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is insisting that there will be no increase in tuition fees to reflect the regional institution’s recent placing among the top five per cent of the world’s best institutions as published by the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the general public that traffic along Sheriff Street, between the Rupert Craig Highway and First Avenue, Subryanville, will be closed today, between 8 am and 4 pm.
BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The future that fast-growing cities in South Asia and Africa choose – cleaner and safer, or dirtier and more dangerous – will be pivotal to efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, scientists said in a key U.N.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today the United States would be “punishing” itself by halting military sales to Saudi Arabia even if it is proven that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul.
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) A 21-year-old woman is due to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate on Monday charged with the manslaughter of her daughter on August 12.
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