News

A family from Aishalton Village, Region Nine is seeking the public’s assistance to raise funds in order to transport the body of a relative who died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) yesterday said that it will be meeting members of the mining community on Thursday September 7, 2017.

Today,  the building which housed the Astor Cinema is likely to be completely demolished.

A taxi driver was yesterday granted bail after he denied being in possession of six grammes of the prohibited drug crystal meth.

A city magistrate yesterday remanded a clothes vendor to prison after he was accused of having in his possession less than a pound of cannabis.

The Feasibility Study and Design for the new Demerara River Bridge has been completed and it confirms that the proposed location of Houston to Versailles was the best option.

The two businessmen who were held for questioning in relation to the discovery of the illegal airstrip and aircraft found earlier this month close to Santa Fe, Region Nine have been released from police custody.

Frederick Flatts, former senior civil engineer in the Agriculture Sector Development Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, on Tuesday testified that he never received payment certificates from Hanniel Madramootoo for works that were done on the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) building.

Accused of committing three separate robberies of items totaling $3.5 million, a mason was remanded to prison for the crimes, which also left one complainant injured.

After denying being in possession of both a firearm and several rounds of ammunition found during the search of a minibus, a miner was yesterday remanded to prison on the charges.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis openly differed with his commander in chief over North Korea yesterday, the latest example of a once-rare public display of disagreement by top U.S.

Two Argentine experts in conservation and restoration of art will be visiting Guyana between the 2nd and 9th of September to examine damaged works at the National Gallery and to recommend the way forward.

Residents of Mabaruma, Region One will soon have their own power company called the Mabaruma Power and Light (MPL) and a metering system for regularised consumption of electricity by the end of the year.

LAKE CHARLES, La./HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeast Texas into Louisiana yesterday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping Houston with record rains and flooding that killed at least 35 people and drove tens of thousands from their homes.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) said earnest efforts are being made to offload Monymusk Sugar Estate to a new operator.

(Trinidad Express) Former Attorney General, Anand Ramlogan, was yesterday charged with misbehaviour in public office and obstruction of justice arising from allegations contained in a report made by David West to the Commissioner of Police, on January 28th, 2015.

Eleven successful National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) awardees received bursaries from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).

NEW DELHI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Criminalising marital rape could “destabilise” marriages and make men vulnerable to harassment by their wives, said India’s government in response to a plea in the capital’s high court.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A fraud trial against the brother and son of Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales began yesterday amid a scandal touched off by the president’s attempt to expel the leader of a U.N.-backed

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – An investigation by South African police of the alleged use of public funds to pay for a Gupta family wedding is part of a broader investigation of influence-peddling, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.