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Four laureates including Guyanese entrepreneur Andrew Boyle were inducted by the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, at its first awards ceremony to be staged in Jamaica on Saturday night.

A Guyana Power and Light (GPL) linesman was yesterday morning rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shocked when he came into contact with a live wire in the vicinity of Demico House, Stabroek.

An East Coast Demerara bodywork mechanic was last evening shot during a suspected robbery and is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A serious accident on the Kuru Kururu Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday afternoon has left eight persons hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(Barbados Nation) Following the unnatural death of Guyanese nail technician Onica King, 36, on April 14, David Dacosta King was investigated as a person of interest.

Campaign financing legislation is actively being pursued and is a high priority for the Alliance for Change (AFC),  its Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan says.

Faced with Linden’s youth concerns of the high unemployment rate coupled with the lack of recreational facilities, the not-for-profit organization, Linden Dream Team (LDT) is working towards bringing to the mining town a state-of-the-art facility geared at educating while providing leisure options to youths.

A woman was yesterday morning arrested and is being questioned by the police following a shooting in the vicinity of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, at Thomas Lands and Albert Street.

Teachers are counting on their strength as a voting bloc in upcoming local government elections to convince the governing coalition that it must sign an acceptable wages and salary agreement with the union before the beginning of the new school year.

(WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pledged yesterday to help ZTE Corp “get back into business, fast” after a U.S.

PPP/C Parliamentarian Gillian Persaud-Burton acting on a request from veteran trade unionist Lincoln Lewis has tabled a motion for the re-establishment of a Ministry of Labour.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States threatened yesterday to impose sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran, as the remaining participants in the Iran nuclear accord stiffened their resolve to keep that agreement operational.

In a historic emergency sitting, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ordered that St.

In light of UG’s plans for a more structured parking system on campus, the University of Guyana’s Student Society (UGSS) is advocating for a shuttle system to be considered, to complement any centralized parking.

PAHOA, Hawaii,  (Reuters) – A massive new fissure opened on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, hurling bursts of rock and magma with an ear-piercing screech yesterday as it threatened nearby homes and prompted authorities to order new evacuations.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 43-year-old Carapichaima man was found shot dead and stuffed into the trunk of his silver-coloured Nissan Tiida in Laventille on Saturday.

The Council of the International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) will soon be opening its secretariat at 121 Regent Street, Bourda.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday that Washington would agree to lift sanctions on North Korea if the country agrees to completely dismantle its nuclear weapons program, a move that would create economic prosperity that “will rival” that of South Korea.

A 25-year-old miner was on Friday placed on $50,000 bail for allegedly forging a tint permit.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than 30 members of the University of T&T’s (UTT) academic staff were given letters of termination on Friday, as the financially-plagued institution officially began a retrenchment exercise aimed at saving money.