The government is slated to meet this week with China Harbour Engineer-ing Corporation (CHEC), the contractors for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project to resolve a US$46 million contract dispute.
Chile is urging respect for existing treaties including those related to territory and Santiago is not in favour of third parties’ involvement in issues such as the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy unless this is explicitly requested by both States.
A family at Kastev, Meten-Meer-Zorg suffered $2M in losses when bandits broke into their house between 10 and 11:30 pm on Saturday and stole local and foreign currency and gold jewellery.
Australian gold mining company, Troy Resources Guyana Inc says that by the end of its first three years, Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would have seen an 8.7% increase as a result of its activities.
President David Granger on Saturday announced that his administration will be increasing the annual subvention given to the Shaheed’s Boys and Girls Orphanages.
Relatives of a Mocha Arcadia man who was shot to his thigh in Tucville on July 14 are devastated after he succumbed to his injuries on Friday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said yesterday the army had been forced to give up areas in order to hold onto more important ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the military faced a manpower shortage.
“I’m still waiting for the time when we have a woman Commissioner of Police and a woman Chief of Staff of the army,” First Lady Sandra Granger said to resounding applause as she delivered the feature address at the second annual Women of Mission International (WOMI) conference at the Egbert Benjamin Centre, Linden, on Friday.
LONDON, (Thom-son Reuters Foundation) – Breaking the culture of impunity for militant groups such as Islamic State which use rape as a weapon of war is the priority for Britain’s new special representative on preventing sexual violence in conflict.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A senior British lord quit his post yesterday and will face a police investigation after a tabloid newspaper released a video showing him semi-naked and snorting white powder through a banknote while partying with two women.
Yesterday, the Guyana Police Force conducted a Medical Outreach on the West Coast of Berbice which formed part of activities in observance of the Force’s 176th Anniversary.
KUWAIT, (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister called yesterday for a united front among Middle Eastern nations to fight militancy, in his first regional trip since Iran reached an agreement with world powers on the country’s nuclear programme – an agreement that raised fears among its Gulf Arab neighbours.
In the July 25th edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Guyana still hoping for regional consensus on Commonwealth SG candidate’, it was erroneously reported that Ronald Sanders was no longer in contention for the post.
(Trinidad Express) Sections of St Vincent Street were blocked off by police yesterday in anticipation of the appearance of 11 men at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court to answer charges for the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.
(Trinidad Express) The National Carnival Commission (NCC) intends to award over $1 million in prizes and incentives to mas bands and steelbands for creativity in Carnival 2016.