Pregnant mom granted bail, caretaker remanded on ganja charge
A pregnant woman and a caretaker were yesterday brought before a city court to answer a charge of having 6 pounds of cannabis in their possession.
A pregnant woman and a caretaker were yesterday brought before a city court to answer a charge of having 6 pounds of cannabis in their possession.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said on Thursday that government is ready to transform the sugar industry but said consensus is needed on the new direction.
Another statutory meeting was disrupted on Thursday as APNU+AFC councillors of Region Five continue to call for an apology from Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal over the alleged snub of President David Granger.
Residents of Moraikobai, affected by recent flooding, will receive aid in the form of food hampers through the Ministry of the Presidency from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), a release from GINA said yesterday.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday met with representatives from several ministries and government agencies to broach a multi-stakeholder approach towards a developmental plan for the Mocha Arcadia Com-munity on the East Bank of Demerara.
Commissioners from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), nominated by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) are peeved that services cannot be provided in six Local Authority Areas (LAA) because run-off elections have not been held.
Facing a broiling controversy here over plans for parking meters, Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green yesterday met with municipal officials in Panama.
A fraud accused who ingested a poisonous substance on Wednesday in a holding cell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts succumbed on Thursday evening at a medical institution.
Repeat scammer Gopaul Tiwari was yesterday slapped with another fraud charge after it was alleged that he conned a woman out of $5.4 million.
A Canal Number One resident yesterday pleaded guilty to falsifying his passport application and was fined $70,000 by the Chief Magistrate.
The alumni of the Berbice High School (BHS), in celebration of its 100th year of establishment, will commemorate this milestone with a week of activities with the aim to “train and build a cohesive society.”
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Some Republican senators tried yesterday to craft a compromise bill to impose limited gun restrictions in the face of pressure from Democrats and public rage over the Orlando mass shooting, the deadliest in modern U.S.
ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – From pulpits in Orlando and beyond, church leaders are reckoning with religious views often hostile to homosexuality after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub, with some wondering if they are contributing to breeding contempt.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Environment Ministry fined mining company Samarco 142 million reais ($41.6 million) for damage to three protected areas resulting from a tailings dam burst in November, the ministry said yesterday.
A 52-year-old man was yesterday granted $500,000 bail after being charged before a city magistrate with unlawful wounding.
FALLUJA/BAGHDAD, Iraq, (Reuters) – Iraqi forces yesterday entered the centre of Falluja, the Iraqi city longest held by Islamic State, nearly four weeks after the start of a U.S.-backed
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be meeting with US authorities to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for oil spills as part of its preparedness and response effort in the event of a disaster, GINA said.
(Reuters) – British police said yesterday they had charged a man in the slaying of lawmaker Jo Cox, and said the suspect appeared to have acted alone.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a US$80 million drawdown for Jamaica after considering the 11th and 12th review of its economic reform programme.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he accepted the United States was probably still the world’s sole superpower and he was ready to work with whoever won the presidency, but didn’t want to be told how to live by Americans.
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