A row between two taxi drivers early this morning at the Mocha road entrance on the East Bank of Demerara, left one driver dead and the other one in Police custody. The dead driver has been identified as 42-year-old Quincy Weekes. According to reports, the two men who were friends got into an early morning…
PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali on Tuesday proclaimed that Monday, September 19 would be a national day of mourning in sympathy and solidarity with the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations, on the occasion of the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. On Monday, the long-serving British Monarch…
PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Monday, met with a team from the Guyana Innovation Group and representatives of Dar consultants to discuss the Innovation Village masterplan. According to the group, the Innovation Village will be a geographic area located within Silica City, where digital and innovative leading-edge anchor institutions and companies cluster and connect with…
–President Ali assents to Mental Health Protection and Promotion Act 2022 PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Tuesday, signed the Instrument of Accession for the Treaty Establishing the Regional Security System, making Guyana a member of the regional body. The protocol was first signed in March 2022 while President Ali was in Belize for the 33rd…
FORMER judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and professor, Justice Duke Pollard died on Tuesday in a United States hospital after a brief illness. According to a statement issued by the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall on Facebook, the former judge was 86. “Justice Pollard spent most of his professional…
SARAH Baharally has made the residents of Kabakaburi Mission, Pomeroon River and Maria’s Lodge on the Essequibo Coast proud, after she excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). With the 515 marks she gained, the Suddie Primary School pupil was awarded a place at Queen’s College. Her excellent performance has also placed her…
Anthony Joshua has accepted WBC champion Tyson Fury’s terms for an all-British heavyweight fight on December 3 and is “awaiting a response”, his management company has said. Joshua, 32, was sent an offer by Team Fury, suggesting a 60-40 purse split to the champion and a December fight date. The fight was agreed on Friday…
–initiative to result in the supply of affordable, clean energy to 27,000 households in parts of Essequibo, Linden, Berbice GUYANA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), on Tuesday, signed a US$83.3 million agreement to advance transformative solar power projects under the Guyana Utility Scale Solar Photovoltaic Programme (GUYSOL). The agreement signed by Senior Minister in…
Missed chances by Robert Lewandowski on his return to Bayern Munich proved costly as his Barcelona side lost 2-0 in Germany. Outplayed in the first half, Bayern blew their Spanish opponents away after the break with goals from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane. Hernandez headed in at the near post after 50 minutes, before Sane…
–with swearing in of commissioners A THOROUGH investigation into the protracted March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections will soon get underway, as three commissioners who will preside over the Commission of Inquiry (CoI), were, on Tuesday, sworn in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Those sworn in during a ceremony at the Office of the…
