Former Georgetown Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan has assured his constituents that his new post as a Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Business will in no way stifle his advocacy at the council.
MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – Iraqi forces began storming the Islamic State-held Old City of Mosul yesterday, in an assault they hope will be the last in the eight-month-old campaign to seize the militants’ stronghold.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Selectors have named an unchanged 13-man West Indies squad to face India in the opening doubleheader of the five-match one-day series starting here next Friday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir shone as Pakistan defied the odds to overwhelm arch-rivals India by 180 runs and pull off a major upset in the Champions Trophy final at The Oval today.
A proposal by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to limit the number of subjects students can sit at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination may have found favour with the Guyana Teachers Union but former Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that it is ill thought out and dumb.
Situated on the East Coast Demerara, Clonbrook us the village between Ann’s Grove and Bee Hive.
Insisting that he has done nothing wrong, PPP/C Member of Parliament Dharamkumar Seeraj yesterday said the revocation of his US visa has left him confused and questioning its timing.
Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on a Triumph, East Coast Demerara family on Friday evening, which saw an exchange of gunfire between a police patrol and the bandits, who managed to escape.
Police yesterday arrested a 63-year-old man after he was found in his camp in the Cuyuni River with an illegal gun and ammunition by ranks who were investigating a report of threats made against him.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) was yesterday morning able to contain a potentially disastrous fire at the Buddy’s building, Sheriff Street caused by the electrical malfunction of a generator.
The inability of LIAT to pay its airport service fees over the past few months has caused the Eugene F Correia (EFC) International Airport at Ogle to move to collect its fees directly from passengers travelling with the Antigua-based airline.
The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU), over the last few weeks, has forwarded more than a dozen files, including one on Pradoville 2, to police legal advisor, retired judge Claudette Singh but to date none have been returned.
A meeting held yesterday between President David Granger and executive members of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) sought to reaffirm that the system of communications among parties will be reinforced and remains strong, the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) said.
Beverly Pile still remembers the day as if it were yesterday.
The newly appointed Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has a keen interest in improving public confidence in lawyers and the legal profession, according to GBA President Kamal Ramkarran, who said that finding ways to strengthen the powers of the Legal Practitioners Committee (LPC) to impose stiffer disciplinary action, will be explored.
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has a role in ensuring that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) and procuring entities adhere to guidelines of the Standard Bidding Document that performance bonds’ requirements are met and other documents are produced before a contract is awarded.
“The information provided by the Protected Areas Commission [PAC] showed clearly what the violations were that were taking place in that area and it was… the analysis of that information and the intelligence that was provided that allowed for the operation to be mounted and dismounted,” Minister of State Joe Harmon said.
LONDON (Reuters) – At least 58 people are feared to have died in the fire that engulfed a London tower block this week, police said yesterday, as Prime Minister Theresa May admitted that the response from the authorities had not been good enough.
Teachers in Region Five will be paid their full salaries for the months of June, July and August even if they decide to travel outside of the country during that period.
Days after the story of Bibi Shameela’s struggles of providing for her three grandsons who lost their mother to a brutal domestic violence attack was published in this newspaper, officials from the Ministry of Social Protection contacted her, made a home visit and she is now awaiting further information.
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