GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations today criticised President Nicolas Maduro’s government for curtailing the powers of the chief state prosecutor and called on it to uphold the rule of law and freedom of assembly in Venezuela amid a clampdown on protesters.
A diversified economy is the number one priority for the country and the APNU+AFC government does not want a private sector that is laid back and looking to it for all fundamental and innovative changes, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says.
Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs has gone mum on the issue of ministerial housing rentals while the country’s chief financial officer, Finance Minister Winston Jordan refuses to explain who approved the expenditure.
The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was yesterday notified that former Finance Minister Dr.
The breakdown of a pump at Albion has been blamed for the continued flooding of the Fyrish/Chesney, Corentyne area after recent heavy rainfall and Agriculture Minister Noel Holder has intervened to bring relief to residents.
Former Guyana Rice Develoment Board (GRDB) employee Peter Ramcharran is no fugitive from the law or a criminal, his Canada-based attorney Kaisree Chatarpaul said yesterday while noting that he intends to fight all attempts to have his client returned to Guyana for trial.
Two Number 46 Village, Corentyne shop owners were attacked and robbed yesterday by two men armed with a shotgun and a knife.
As sugar prices continue to plummet on the world market and the local industry remains in a dire state, the European Union (EU) says that funds it has been using to help the sector will be depleted in two months and there is no more to be had.
The planned hike by the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) in its processing fee per ounce of gold has been put on hold, pending a meeting between the board, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Ministry of Natural Resources.
After a year, the family of Elvin Ceres is still awaiting the results of a DNA test to confirm his death so the remains believed to be his can be buried.
Iqwaz Arakhan, the businessman who was charged last month with obtaining $14.5 million in credit through fraud, had all the charges against him dismissed yesterday after the complainant opted to offer no evidence.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has terminated the services of 15 more workers, according to head of the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (PTWU) Harold Shepherd, who says the company breached a court order requiring that it meaningfully consult with the union before proceeding.
Aruba Airlines is to fly here from July, DPI/GINA reported yesterday.
The first guiding principle of the recently gazetted Integrity Commission (Amend-ment of Code of Conduct) Order 2017 states that a person in public life shall be accountable to the public for his or her decisions and actions and “shall submit himself or herself to scrutiny and criticism.”
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday commenced a Community Outreach programme for residents in ‘sugar dependent’ areas at the Wales Community Centre but agitated workers were not convinced that they should travel to the Uitvlugt estate and pressed for their severance pay.
Residents of Salem, East Bank Essequibo, are still waiting on authorities to fix a broken koker door that collapsed a week ago following a spring tide.
The 15 Haitian nationals detained in Guyana last month have been released from police custody and granted one-month extensions of their stay.
The Morabisi Lithium and Tantalum Project’s first phase has been completed and deemed a success, says Greenpower Energy Limited Company, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gerard King.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutors’ office said yesterday that it is calling in the former head of the National Guard for questioning about “serious and systematic” human rights violations during the recent wave of anti-government protests.
VATICAN CITY/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A top adviser to Pope Francis was charged with multiple historical sex crimes in his native Australia yesterday, bringing a worldwide abuse scandal to the heart of the Vatican.
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