LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure from her ministers to end the government’s policy of economic austerity as a new poll shows her popularity has slumped, according to the Observer.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Venezuela on Friday to uphold the rule of law and freedom of assembly, and criticised President Nicolas Maduro’s government for moves against the chief state prosecutor.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong’s new leader yesterday with a stark warning that Beijing won’t tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.
The Guyana Water Incorporated today advised residents of Georgetown that during the shift of 23:00hrs (11:00pm) June 30 to 7:00hrs (7:00am), July 1,2017, failure to apply the chemicals at the required dosage to ensure discoloration is removed from the water was due to the negligence of three officers.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top federal said today that he took no pleasure in charging President Michel Temer with corruption, but given the clear indications of graft committed by the leader, there was no alternative.
STRASBOURG, France, (Reuters) – Leaders from the United States, Russia and across Europe paid tribute to Helmut Kohl as the architect of German reunification and a driving force for European integration on Saturday.
Saskia Twahir, of School of the Nations, is this year’s top student at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
There was a sharp rise in the Mathematics performance at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and improvements in the three other subject areas, according to the results released yesterday, but more than 50% of the 13,329 pupils who wrote the exams were still unable to pass three of the four subjects taken.
An elderly security guard was fatally shot last evening during an attack at the Good Luck Chinese Supermarket at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.
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President David Granger, as leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), has appointed Amna Ally to serve as General Secretary of the party with effect from today, following the retirement of long-serving office holder Oscar Clarke.
State Minister Joseph Harmon yesterday insisted that the Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs has given a full explanation for the $500,000 per month cap on housing rentals for ministers from out of town, while maintaining that it is the Parliament Office and not the executive that must deal with the issue.
Three inmates of the New Amsterdam Prison were yesterday jointly charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner and the attempted murder of his brother in an attack at the facility.
Franz Paul, the former police cadet officer charged with shooting the then 15-year-old Alex Griffith in the mouth during a game of Russian roulette, yesterday said his gun went off during a scuffle with the teen over the weapon.
PORTO VELHO, Brazil/GUAYARAMERÍN, Bolivia, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Holding a plastic bottle of toxic mercury with his bare hands on an illegal gold mining barge in the Amazon basin, the 22-year-old miner says he is well aware of the dangers of the job.
Orin Arthur, Steven Prescott, and Uree Varswyk, the three men charged with the murder of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) engineer Trevor Abrams, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.
Attorney Anil Nandlall yesterday said he would move to the courts for an order to quash a search warrant the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has obtained to search his property to locate, among other things, the 15 law reports he is alleged to be unlawfully keeping.
The family of a 10-year-old Linden girl has turned to the public for financial assistance to afford her the opportunity to undergo a lifesaving bone marrow transplant at the Artemis Health Institute in India.
Cabinet has given its no objection to almost $150 million in contracts for the rehabilitation of ferry stellings, including the one at Supenaam, Region Two, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.
Guyana and Brazil this week signed an updated air services agreement to further enhance air connectivity and the operation of air services between the two countries.
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