Story and photos by Jannelle Williams As The World Beyond Georgetown made its way to the Berbice Bridge access road which intersects the village, 19-year-old Darren Stuart was seen plying his trade, selling chips and other homemade snacks to passersby.
An elderly woman died after her house caught fire yesterday morning trapping her inside.
Cash smuggler Khemraj Lall is facing the forfeiture of US$7.5m, several properties and aircraft.
Regan Rodrigues was charged with the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing based on the advice of the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which returned the case file to the police prior to the man’s arraignment.
State broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN) has requested emergency funding from the government, according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman.
Almost €1.8 million in European Union (EU) funding for the proposed Kato Hydropower Project expired in February.
With Chile’s establishment of a resident embassy in Georgetown, more opportunities are expected to be available for dialogue and cooperation between the two countries, deputy-director of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile Patricio Powell says.
Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says he will seek Cabinet’s position on polygraph testing after receiving complaints by employees of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA).
A Chinese businessman was shot last evening when bandits attacked his supermarket at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara.
Attorney General Basil Williams, while remaining adamant that government cannot stand the cost of the increased tuition fees for Guyanese law students at the Hugh Wooding Law School, on Thursday said that it will now seek to approach the Council of Legal Education in an attempt to have the issue resolved.
A hospital patient and a second person were injured when the ambulance in which they were being transported was involved in an accident with another vehicle at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara yesterday.
Policing in Berbice is being boosted with the deployment of ranks of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit to the division, the Guyana Police Force announced yesterday.
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Aeshwar Deonarine has promised to repay some $27.8M which he had transferred from the PetroCaribe fund to his personal bank account.
(Barbados Nation) Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart met today with Jorge Arreaza, Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rival Republican presidential candidates piled on Donald Trump yesterday for his caustic remarks about a female debate moderator, and the billionaire celebrity candidate backpedalled in an effort to keep his campaign from unraveling.
KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and US special forces in Kabul have killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death.
TAIPEI/YILAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – A powerful typhoon battered Taiwan yesterday with strong wind and torrential rain, cutting power to 3.62 million households as the death toll rose to six.
At about 1815h. yesterday, the police say that a motor lorry with a load of lumber and four persons seated on top of the lumber toppled while descending a hill along the Upper Demerara trail.
Investigations are being conducted by the police into a fire that occurred at about 0950h.
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