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Rodrigues-Birkett says UN Charter, international law would guide her as Secretary General

Guyana’s candidate for United Nations Secretary General, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, says the UN Charter and international law would guide her decisions if…

1 minute ago · Staff Reporter

INFRASTRUCTURE

Minister Engages Woolford Avenue Vendors on Way Forward Following Infrastructure Upgrades

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Honourable Priya Manickchand alongside Permanent Secretary Miguel Choo-Kang today met with vendors operating along Woolford…

1 hour ago · Staff Reporter

ENVIRONMENT

Guyana’s passport ranks 11th in CARICOM, 55th globally

Guyana’s passport ranks 11th among the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states and 55th globally, according to the latest Henley Passport…

4 hours ago · Staff Reporter

WORLD

Maduro Sends “Small Gift of Love and Hope” Amid Political Uncertainty in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has shared a message of gratitude, faith and hope with his supporters, describing a collection of photographs as…

7 hours ago · Staff Reporter

INFRASTRUCTURE

Government to relocate over 1,000 squatters

The Government has identified more than 1,000 squatters who will have to be relocated, even as it continues efforts to regularise thousands…

8 hours ago · Staff Reporter

INFRASTRUCTURE

Gov’t turns to prefabricated, modular homes to deliver 40,000-house target

The Government is turning to prefabricated and modular construction as it moves to deliver its ambitious target of 40,000 houses, with the…

9 hours ago · Staff Reporter

TRAGEDY

Wife seeks justice after Corriverton man dies in road accident

The family of a 53-year-old cane harvester is seeking answers after he died shortly after being involved in a road accident on…

9 hours ago · Staff Reporter

CRIME

Appeal Court substitutes manslaughter conviction, slashes killer’s 56-year sentence to 15

The Court of Appeal has overturned the murder conviction of 55-year-old Foster Gravesande, replacing it with a conviction for manslaughter by reason…

2 days ago · Staff Reporter

CRIME

Vryheid’s Lust teen on $600,000 bail over fatal crash

An 18-year-old Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident has been granted $600,000 bail after being charged over a road accident that…

2 days ago · Staff Reporter

BUSINESS

Govt to fund Model Village programme through national budget

The government intends to finance its Model Village programme through successive national budgets as it works to eventually introduce the initiative in…

3 days ago · Staff Reporter