AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A European Commission plan to publicly reveal tax and financial data of large companies raised concerns among many European Union finance ministers who yesterday advised caution after the Panama Paper leaks.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Longer prison sentences for non-violent criminals and crowded prisons are hurting the American economy more than they are helping it, economists in U.S.
Hailing the Paris Agreement on climate change as the “most ambitious” international environmental pact in modern history, President David Granger yesterday said Guyana will play its part by bringing two million hectares of forest under conservation, among other steps.
A Mahaicony septuagenarian is now dead after being battered to death and police say her son, at whose hands she reportedly suffered years of abuse, has confessed to the crime.
The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has written to President David Granger complaining about interference by ministers and others in the work of the state media and it singled out Minister of Information and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Director of Public Information Imran Khan.
Guyana is set to benefit from £53.2 million (around $16 billion) in grant resources from the United Kingdom under its newly established United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday.
According to Udistair Holligan, who was the Task Force Commander at the Georgetown Prison on March 3rd, the situation on the ground went from a controlled to an uncontrollable environment in a matter of 20 minutes after the takedown of one of the suspected ringleaders of the unrest.
The capacity of the justice system is being expanded with the construction of a building to house four new courtrooms in the compound of the Supreme Court.
The woman who was arrested for allegedly making death threats against President David Granger on Facebook will be charged under the Racial Hostility Act.
Two men, including the driver who allegedly ran over businessman Mahendra Persaud after he was shot, are in custody, as the police continue to hunt for two others.
The three persons arrested in connection with Thursday’s discovery of cocaine in a quantity of plywood, which was being prepared for shipment to the US, remain in custody.
A new well was on Wednesday commissioned by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) at Culvert City, in Region Nine, as efforts continue to offer relief to drought affected communities.
Local health care providers involved in the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) are expected to partake in cross country campaigns targeting defaulters and hard to reach populations as observances for World Vaccine week begin today.
Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan and a team from City Hall on Thursday afternoon visited vendors along the Merriman Mall, between Orange Walk and Cummings Streets, who are affected by flooding in front of their stalls.