The man who shipped shrimp which was intercepted in New York last week with US$12M ($2.4B) worth of cocaine concealed inside yesterday turned himself over to local law enforcement authorities saying that he wants to clear his name.
Attorney Murseline Bacchus, one of the lawyers representing former president Bharrat Jagdeo in the private criminal charge against him, yesterday filed a notice of motion to prevent the magistrate proceeding with the hearing of the matter.
The APNU+AFC government yesterday named the members of the Commission to inquire into the troubled sugar industry and said it is expected to work closely with the Interim Management Team of GuySuCo over a three- month period commencing July 1, 2015.
Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan yesterday described the Haags Bosch sanitary landfill at Eccles, East Bank Demerara as a disaster and “environmental time bomb” declaring that BK International has failed in in its management of the site and government wants it gone.
The Rice Producers Association (RPA) yesterday flayed Minister of State, Joseph Harmon over his claim that the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) was culpable over the depleted PetroCaribe fund from which rice farmers have to be paid.
Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield last evening denied a claim by the PPP/C that the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) had rejected its lists of names to serve in the administrative regions, stating that the party knew the commission’s offices were closed and arrangements were made for the lists to be submitted today.
Scotiabank yesterday donated US$14,000 to the Tina Insanally Foundation (TIF) with the aim of helping the non-profit organization to continue using music to change the lives of children.
Some residents of Bartica are objecting to Gordon Bradford being returned to the position of Chairman of Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) and are calling on the ruling coalition to support someone else, but Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said he is unaware of any dissatisfaction by citizens to Bradford retaining that position.
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday announced that the security’s sector US$4M assistance from China will be re-adjusted to suit new priorities.
A North West man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court accused of a break and enter and larceny, assaulting police officers and resisting arrest.
Two men were sentenced yesterday to five years in prison, one of them in absentia, after they were found guilty of armed robbery.
The police have completed their probe into the recently unearthed scheme to transfer several vehicles owned and used by the Ministry of Public Service into the names of individuals including the former minister Dr.
The body of 47-year-old farmer Orton Benjamin of Grant Recess, Lower Pomeroon River was yesterday discovered in the wee hours of the morning by his relatives who had been searching for him since Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the U.S.
Anthony De Paul Hope denied yesterday, when cross-examination by the prosecution continued, that he had concocted the story of his aunt leaving the William Street house in the company of a male companion to remove the suspicion from himself and co-accused Ralph Tyndall.
ATHENS/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called a referendum on austerity demands from foreign creditors yesterday, rejecting an “ultimatum” from lenders and putting a deal that could determine Greece’s future in Europe to a risky popular vote.
SOUSSE, Tunisia, (Reuters) – A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a rifle he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 39 people including Britons, Germans and Belgians as they lounged at the beach in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
A man was sentenced to prison yesterday after being found guilty of armed robbery.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who helped restore stability after an economic crash in 1998 and shifted the focus of foreign policy away from the West, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.
BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent are crossing into Haiti each day from the Dominican Republic, fearing possible deportation, and Haiti’s prime minister said the influx was causing a humanitarian crisis.
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