A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that Donalesa Parks, the East Canje, Berbice woman who was found dead and wrapped in a garbage bag in a drain along the Corentyne Highway on Thursday, died from strangulation.
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana, one of West Africa’s largest economies, will hold formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package, the government said yesterday, after hundreds took to the streets to protest against mounting hardship.
Unanimously convicted and now awaiting sentencing, Ronald Armstrong on Thursday heard from the impact statement of the woman he raped at gun-point the struggle she has endured to move forward with her life.
An 88-year-old woman of Region Four, Demerara-Mahaica, who succumbed on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, has been added to the country’s list of COVID-19 fatalities.
BANJUL, (Reuters) – Gambia has banned timber exports and permanently revoked all timber export licenses in an effort to combat illegal logging, the government said in a statement on yesterday.
The entire Pomeroon-Supenaam Region was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening after the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Caterpillar generating units experienced a “communication breakdown,” which led to a reset of the system at Anna Regina.
ExxonMobil Guyana is seeking suppliers that can construct the planned Guyana Technical Training College in Port Mourant, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s grain exports plunged 43% year-on-year to 1.41 million tonnes in June, the agriculture ministry said yesterday, highlighting the damage being inflicted on a key sector of the economy by Russia’s invasion.
The Anna Regina Municipality in Region Two on Wednesday morning signed contracts for 11 projects worth a total of $18 million and which are geared towards the enhancement of the township.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon said yesterday.
Two secondary schools have each been given US$1,000 after their students won a G-Boats Guyana contest to name two tugboats which are currently being built to provide support to the oil and gas sector in Guyana.
PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan indigenous leader who was an opponent of armed groups and illegal mining was shot dead yesterday in the Amazonas state capital, a non-governmental organization and three people with knowledge of the case said.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – General Luis Alberto Rodriguez Lopez-Calleja, one of Cuba’s most powerful men, died yesterday of a heart attack, state media reported, leaving a critical hole in the political and economic leadership of the communist-run island.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Two U.S. investment funds yesterday said they formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm to pursue oil and gas exploration and production projects in the U.S.-sanctioned
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s environment ministry said yesterday it rejected a key environmental permit for a solar power plant that German automaker Audi has proposed to build near its factory in the central Mexican state of Puebla.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Dutch central bank (DNB) today apologized for its role in the 19th century slave trade and said it would fund projects to raise awareness of slavery and to mitigate the effects it still has on people.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N today signaled earnings from its oil and gas output will rise as much as US$3.3 billion in the second quarter.