The White House yesterday announced that Nicole D. Theriot, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counselor, currently serving as the Principal Officer in Karachi, Pakistan has been nominated as the new US Ambassador to Guyana.
BALMORAL, Scotland, (Reuters) – Family members rushed to be by the side of Queen Elizabeth after doctors said they were concerned about the health of Britain’s 96-year-old monarch today, saying she should remain under medical supervision.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador reached a preliminary agreement with indigenous groups to declare a temporary moratorium on 16 oil blocks, Energy and Mining Minister Xavier Vera said on Wednesday, a turning point in negotiations aimed at staving off renewed street protests.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s new leader, Liz Truss, capped soaring consumer energy bills for two years today in a package to cushion the economic shock of war in Ukraine that seems likely to cost the country upwards of 100 billion pounds ($115 billion).
(Trinidad Express) The Police Service has launched a new programme to prevent young persons from joining gangs and engaging in violent crimes.
The Guyana National Population and Housing Census was yesterday launched with President Irfaan Ali underscoring the importance of the data that will be collected, as he pleaded with the public to cooperate to ensure a successful exercise.
Just over $11.8 billion in contracts for the construction of the Schoonord, West Bank Demerara to Crane, West Coast Demerara four-lane highway were signed yesterday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.
Police in Region Eight are investigating the death of a 4-year-old child who was discovered in a car at Mahdia on Tuesday morning.
With President Irfaan Ali already expressing his disappointment to Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi over the reneging on the promised 150 fishing licences to Guyanese, he yesterday said that representatives from the two countries will soon meet to discuss the issue.
President Irfaan Ali stated yesterday that once the Regional Security System’s (RSS) review of allegations made by police detective Dion Bascom has been completed and tabled, he will ask the police to share the findings.
Seventeen-year-old Satrupa Persaud of Coffee Grove, Region Two is a rarity because she comes from a single-parent home where her dad is both father and mother.
Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh on Tuesday voted with government-appointed commissioners to release the documents presented by the APNU+AFC coalition during the recount process for the March 2020 polls which it alleged pointed to fraud.
Agronomist Dr Oudho Homenauth passed away on Tuesday at the age of 65.
Dissatisfied with the ruling upholding the appointments of the Chairpersons of both the Police Service Commission and the Inte-grity Commission, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has filed a challenge before the Court of Appeal.
Former Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) broadcaster Prince Maison died last Saturday in Maryland, USA following a period of illness at the age of 77.
Renovations on the dilapidated building of the Santa Rosa Primary School in Region One have not commenced due to the need for the Roman Catholic Bishop to grant permission for the construction.
The ethical recruitment of migrant labour was one of the themes of a workshop hosted on Tuesday at the Marriott Hotel in George-town.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to halt all energy shipments to Europe if Brussels goes ahead with a proposal to cap the price of Russian gas and suggested restricting a U.N.-brokered
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, (Reuters) – The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an indigenous reserve was arrested yesterday but suffered unspecified “medical distress” and died a short time later at a hospital, police said.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has announced its intention to assist those persons who were affected by the storm that ripped through Dazzell Housing Scheme and Bare Root Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Monday.
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