While making it clear that he is aiming at a “small, muscular Cabinet” with emphasis on economic diplomacy, President David Granger yesterday confirmed that Carl Greenidge has agreed to take up the appointment of Minister of Foreign Affairs, while economist Winston Jordan would be the new Minister of Finance.
A joint initiative started on Sunday by the new government, the Mayor and City Council and private citizens “has as its main goal the desilting of the 11 outfall channels in the city so as to minimize the flooding caused by the May/June rains,” Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said yesterday.
More out of hope than expectation I had decided that I wanted to be among the front runners for an interview with President David Granger.
Four women hockey players were robbed early yesterday morning at Croal and Oronoque streets, Georgetown after returning home from a tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.
Director of Prisons Welton Trotz yesterday confirmed that child killer Ravindra Deo was granted a presidential pardon late last week and is now a free man, even as the child’s parents have expressed dissatisfaction with the move.
Superintendent of Police and forensic analyst Stephen Greaves yesterday testified that he found no traces of gunshot residue on samples taken from the skin of murdered teen Shaquille Grant and his friends, one of whom police had claimed opened fire on them.
Drug trafficking charges were yesterday read to two women who were intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) while trying to board separate flights with cocaine hidden in their luggage last Friday.
A Cuban national was fined yesterday after he admitted to overstaying in Guyana.
Yesterday city schools were mostly filled with the chatter of students engaged in leaning as parents who had keep their children at home last week allowed them to return to school.
The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for Kenton Haynes, Shivsankar Khellawan called ‘Amo’ and Keon Anthony Duncan in relation to trafficking in narcotics.
An armed security guard and two Edward B Beharry Company Ltd salesmen were robbed yesterday at Nonpareil, East Coast Demerara by two gunmen.
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the 2015 General and Regional Elections even as it criticizes all other aspects of the electoral process and calls for electoral reforms.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sent his first tweet from his very own account on Twitter yesterday, quickly amassing a million followers in five hours, the latest of many White House efforts to amplify his message with social media.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US authorities are investigating Venezuela’s powerful parliamentary chief, Diosdado Cabello, and other senior officials for possible cocaine trafficking and money laundering, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A landslide sent mud and water crashing onto homes in a town in Colombia’s northwest mountains on Monday, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens, officials said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of Shi’ite militiamen yesterday prepared to fight Islamic State insurgents who seized the Iraqi provincial capital Ramadi at the weekend in the biggest defeat for government forces in nearly a year.
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The World Bank unveiled plans yesterday to double its investment in public education over the next five years with the main focus on improving the quality of education rather than concentrating on boosting enrollment numbers.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Conditions are favorable for restoring diplomatic relations with the United States, Cuba said yesterday ahead of upcoming talks in Washington.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India’s 1.25 billion people are coming in for sharp criticism, including from within his cabinet.
President David Granger has proposed to designate the Office of the President as the Ministry of the Presidency.
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