Residents of Victoria say that they are surprised by the scope of repair works the Ministry of Public Infrastructure is carrying out on their main access road and are encouraging other communities to “stand up for their rights” as a result.
The laboratories of the Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc. have received a boost by becoming the first in Guyana and South America to receive the ISO 15189:2012 accreditation from the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).
Two armed bandits on Thursday evening attacked a Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara supermarket and carted off over $400,000 in cash and valuables.
Members of a Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara (ECD) family lost their home and business on Thursday morning to a fire, which is believed to have been set by a child playing with matches.
In considering the fresh application made by SleepIn International Hotel and Casino Inc for a casino licence, the Gaming Authority has asked that the company and its directors submit income tax returns for a seven-year period.
A woman was yesterday afternoon robbed at her Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara home, moments after she returned from the bank.
The community of Linden remains a focal point for the Joint Services as they continue to work to recapture prison escapees Mark Royden Williams, Cobena Stephens and Paul Goriah, according to acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine.
Discrimination, systemic inequality and injustice are the themes being explored in the first ever Guyana-Brazil Human Rights Film Festival, which opened on Thursday at the Brazil-Guyana Cultural Centre.
With funding through the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF), Dog Point, in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni, has acquired two boats to be used as income generators for community development.
As the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) waits on a decision from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure on salvaging the sunken MV Torani, a contractor has been retained to keep the vessel from floating away.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – The mayor of Puerto Rico’s hurricane-battered capital spoke yesterday of thirsty children drinking from creeks.
An enforcement officer attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was taken into police custody yesterday after he allegedly fired off several shots early yesterday morning in public view while drinking at a bar in Sandy Babb Street, Kitty.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cubans said they were both heartbroken and enraged by the United States’ decision yesterday to stop processing visas at its embassy in Havana that would further tear at the seams of families already divided by the Florida Straits.
Residents of Mocha Arcadia are pleading with the relevant authorities to have the main access bridge to their village repaired urgently.
Respect for law and order has returned to Dominica, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said last night in an address to his people and he announced the imminent visit by the UN Secretary General to the hurricane-stricken island and its plan to become a climate resilient country.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United States surprised a meeting of the World Trade Organization yesterday with an interpretation of dispute settlement rules some said was a bid to boost President Donald Trump’s plans to reform the global body.
Police have been granted an extension to further detain five men who are being questioned in connection with the murder of Fazal Shaheed and the wounding of two of his brothers during a robbery at Freeman Street, East La Penitence on Sunday.
Two men were each sentenced to nine months in jail yesterday by a city magistrate after they pleaded guilty to larceny charges.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned under pressure from President Donald Trump yesterday in an uproar over Price’s use of costly private charter planes for government business.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda asked the United States today to settle a decade-old trade dispute to help the Caribbean country pay the $250 million cost of recovery from Hurricane Irma, which “completely decimated” the island of Barbuda.
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