The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Saturday rolled out its US$25 million ‘Blaze’ high speed internet at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, calling it “the fastest internet [service] Guyana has ever seen.”
Police are on the hunt for two men who robbed a pensioner during the wee hours of Sunday morning at her home in Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
A Laing Avenue man is now a remanded prisoner after he was faced with three charges, including shooting at another man.
The Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (PTWU) is considering taking the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to court again after the company laid off another 15 workers last month, in breach of a court agreement.
BANGKOK/KHON KAEN (Reuters) – As the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over an extravagant rice subsidy programme winds to a close, her rural supporters are resisting attempts by the ruling junta to silence her family’s political machine.
A driver was yesterday placed on bail after he denied stealing equipment from a gold mining company in the interior.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition called yesterday for a national shutdown against President Nicolas Maduro in a major escalation of protests against a leftist government it accuses of flouting the people’s will.
Frank Thompson, the former Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who was recorded verbally abusing a junior rank, was yesterday given a date for the commencement of this trial.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate’s healthcare overhaul appeared to be in serious trouble yesterday after two more Republicans said they opposed a revised version of the bill.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI yesterday warned parents of privacy and safety risks from children’s toys connected to the internet.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Construc-tion of a power plant on the Teles Pires River in Brazil was paralyzed by protesting members of the Munduruku tribe, a leader of the movement told Reuters yesterday, adding to tensions over land conflicts in South America’s largest country.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor’s office called yesterday for the detention of eight security personnel who savagely attacked a man with Asperger’s syndrome near an anti-government protest.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to take “strong and swift economic actions” if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with plans to create a super-legislature known as a Constituent Assembly in a July 30 vote.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The region’s stars are now likely to return to international cricket after Cricket West Indies today announced a temporary player amnesty, the first step towards scrapping the contentious eligibility rule.
The court this afternoon ruled that former New Building Society (NBS) Chief Executive Officer Maurice Arjoon was wrongfully dismissed ten years ago, and is entitled to all benefits owing to him from the NBS.
The police, acting on information, this afternoon apprehended accused Trinidadian drug trafficker Cornelius Thomas, one of the six inmates who escaped from the Georgetown Prison on July 9.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Labour’s hands are tied in bringing a resolution to the ongoing strike action taken by Caribbean Airlines pilots.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Energized by a massive vote against President Nicolas Maduro in an unofficial plebiscite, Venezuela’s opposition mulled today how to escalate protests and block a new congress it fears may enshrine Socialist Party hegemony.
The body of a man is at a West Demerara funeral parlour after he was found last night with a single gunshot wound to the head.
One week after the Camp Street Prison fire and jail-break which saw six prisoners escaping, joint services operations continued yesterday in Region 4 in search of the suspected criminal masterminds Mark Royden Williams, Uree Varswyck and the other escapees.
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