News

(Trinidad Express) Thirty-eight per cent of the murders committed in Trinidad and Tobago for the year thus far have been linked to gang-related activities.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man who has been described as a gang leader, was shot and killed in St James yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 57-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national has won US$5 million (TT$34,046,885) in a Florida lottery.

Commander for Regional Division #8, Senior Superintendent Michael Kingston says that ranks from his Division have managed to recapture a high-profile convicted prisoner who escaped from the Mazuruni Prison more than a year ago.

Partly in response to what it says has been the emerging use and abuse of drugs among youths in and out of school, the Judiciary yesterday launched the first-ever Juvenile Drug Treatment Court (JDTC); opening a dozen simultaneously across the country.

The PPP/C government will be submitting its response to the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) report on the violation of the rights of Isseneru villagers, according to Prime Minister Mark Phillips.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh announced yesterday that the Government has made its first drawdown from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF)  in accordance with the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act 2021.

On the heels of the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases recorded yesterday, Minister of Health, Frank Anthony, is urging the public to resume the wearing of face masks and to continue to take the necessary precautions.

The government yesterday said that when it entered office in August 2020, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) had a “crippling” receivables figure of $13b.

Both the Regional Chair-man and Opposition Member of Parliament for Region 10 have called on the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) to “put in writing”, the promises of relocation for aggrieved Amelia’s Ward squatters as a safeguard.

Two female students were on Monday night robbed at knife-point by a motorcycle gang just after finishing classes at Critchlow Labour College.

After spending six years on remand, Rocky Lalu and Somar Shako have been acquitted of the 2016 New Year’s Day stabbing death of Dewaun Anthony Baksh with whom they were involved in an altercation.

After conducting 743 COVID tests, a total of forty-two cases of the novel Coronavirus were yesterday recorded in the country.

Two men fetching a barrel containing a quantity of marijuana were busted by police patrolling in Meadow Bank, Greater Georgetown and are now currently in police custody assisting with investigations. 

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Monday held the first installment of public consultations on the draft electoral laws A statement yesterday from the Attorney General’s Chambers said that the  engagement dealt specifically with the draft amendments to the Representation of the People Act which were publicly circulated by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, inviting a review and written recommendations.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) saw a 19% jump in loans and advances for 2021 over the preceding year and the services sector saw a major increase.

Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) is accusing the government of sidelining the local leadership in the decision-making process.

A Princes Street man who is paralyzed from the waist down is asking the public to assist him in purchasing an electric wheelchair.

Bids were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of the Ministry of Finance’s new Annex Building at Lot 77 Croal Street. 

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Protesters and a key trade group in Sri Lanka called for a new government to take control of the crisis-hit country on Tuesday while the president asked for calm following clashes that claimed eight lives and prompted his brother to quit as prime minister.