MAICAO/CUCUTA, Colombia, (Reuters) – The desert wind whipping their faces, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants lugging heavy suitcases and overstuffed backpacks trudge along the road to the Colombian border town of Maicao beneath the blazing sun.
A 46-year-old businessman who was last Friday night rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in an unconscious state after being beaten, succumbed to his injuries about 5 this morning.
Guyana could be losing out by as much as US$108m per year because of its low royalty rate of 2% in the agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary and much more if as expected production rises in the future to as much as 400,000 barrels of oil per day in the Stabroek Block.
Funding of $30 billion (US$150m) is being sought for the sugar industry over the next four years, according to a statement yesterday from government holding company, NICIL and its Special Purpose Unit (SPU) set up to oversee privatisation of GuySuCo’s estates.
Police in ‘F’ Division (Interior Locations) are investigating the deaths of two men who were pulled from the Makari River, Mazaruni, Essequibo yesterday afternoon.
Bandits on Saturday night invaded the Barama Company Limited compound at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara and robbed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Thomas Apun and other staff of their personal items and cash.
By Marcelle Thomas and Bebi Oosman While he is saddened at the blocking of the Corriverton flag-raising ceremony by the police last Thursday evening, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has rebuked town councillors there for what he said was their yielding to political pressure from the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) instead of upholding protocols and conventions.
Business owners along sections of the East Coast Demerara carriageway are upset over the lack of consideration being shown to them by the engineers working on the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project.
A 17-year-old girl who travelled from the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA) at Ogle to Barbados has alleged that she was subjected to a cavity search for drugs at Ogle.
A thirteen-year-old pedal cyclist of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) is currently battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being involved in an accident yesterday afternoon.
Chairman of Region One (Barima-Waini), Brentnol Ashley says the increasing number of Venezuelans is impacting negatively on the border communities and while the region is willing to provide help it also wants to secure the interests of local residents.
Despite objections from the unions at the University of Guyana (UG) over the selection process, Government has announced the composition of the new UG Council.
Thieves on Wednesday stole a Canje Creek logger’s boat and engine after he docked at the New Amsterdam Market Wharf the day before.
Cabinet has given its no-objection to the award of two contracts totalling in excess of $230M for the rehabilitation of the Doctor’s Quarters located at Quamina and Waterloo streets, Georgetown.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing comparisons to North Korea’s ruling dynasty and charges of creating a dictator by a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist.
As the government seeks to increase the number of trained teachers in Region Eight, the Ministry of Education, through the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), on February 21 relaunched the Teachers Upgrading Programme at the Paramakatoi Secondary School, North Pakaraimas.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The National Rifle Association pushed back yesterday against modest proposals by President Donald Trump and other Republicans to change U.S.
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan says that the administration is committed to a policy of regionalism, and of reducing the inequality between conditions on the coastland and those in the hinterland.
VICTORIA, (Reuters) – The island nation of Seychelles designated some of its fragile coastal areas for protection from commercial fishing, oil exploration and development this week in return for a novel deal relieving it of part of its sovereign debt.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Training Centre (GTC) has developed a 120-hours training programme for retrenched sugar workers, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
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