The sum of $1.7 billion in supplementary funding was yesterday approved by Parliament’s Committee of Supply to offset additional costs that were incurred by the Linden Electricity Company Inc as a result of the increase in fuel prices.
A man has filed a civil suit against the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) who he is accusing of misclassifying two Toyota Tundra pickups imported, as passenger vehicles and not vehicles for transporting goods.
ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is seeking a supplier to provide local insurance for the Yellowtail and Gas to Energy projects in Guyana.
Tomorrow, the Guyana Court of Appeal will deliver its ruling on whether it will reduce a 70-year sentence imposed on Rajesh Guyadeen, who had been convicted of the 2003 murder of Nandram Manohar, or whether it will altogether set aside the conviction/and or order a new trial.
Additional funds requested for the hosting of the 2022 National Toshaos Conference (NTC) and the Amerindian Heritage Month were yesterday approved by Parliament’s Committee of Supply.
(Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing dropped the need for people to show negative COVID tests to enter supermarkets and offices yesterday, the latest in an easing of curbs across the country following last month’s historic protests.
Chavez Watson, a 30-year-old fisherman of Anna Cathe-rina, West Coast Demerara was arrested on Monday at approximately 4.30 pm over a gun and ammunition.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russia destroyed homes in the southeast and knocked out power in many areas with a new volley of missiles yesterday, while Moscow said Ukrainian drones had attacked two air bases deep inside Russia hundreds of miles from front lines.
Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton is pushing to have the local aeronautical engineering school registered with the Board of Industrial Training as an Apprentice Master training institution.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling party said it would tell its lawmakers to reject a report that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of cash in his farm, giving him a lifeline as he faced the biggest scandal of his career.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – At least 34 people died when a landslide buried a bus in northwestern Colombia on Sunday, the government disaster agency said on Monday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday invited Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to visit the White House, which may happen after he takes office on Jan.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Canada’s government said it would freeze any local assets of three high-profile Haitian businessmen accused of supporting the country’s armed gangs, the latest measure targeting those linked to the Caribbean nation’s criminal groups.
Parliament’s Committee of Supply yesterday approved the sum of $750 million in supplementary funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct urgent drainage works in six regions.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – Drivers in Austria guilty of extreme speeding will have their cars seized and auctioned off, the government said yesterday, seeking to deter “boy racers” by threatening to take away their prize possession.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration will expand deportation relief and access to work permits for Haitians who are already in the United States, the U.S.
A twenty-seven-year-old gas station pump attendant is calling on the police to continue to search for the man who hit him in his head and dealt him several chops on October 30th.
(Reuters) – Michael Avenatti, the already imprisoned lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in litigation against Donald Trump, was sentenced yesterday to another 14 years in prison after he admitted to cheating four other clients, including a paraplegic, out of millions of dollars.
Mohammed Ramzan Shaheed for whom a wanted bulletin was last week issued in relation to the murder of an 85-year-old Bushlot, West Coast Berbice woman has since been arrested.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A leading rights group yesterday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could seriously undermine electoral authorities’ independence, putting free and fair elections at risk.