THE global economy — already struggling with war in Ukraine and the stagflation risks it’s fanning — is bracing for greater disruption as China scrambles to contain its worst outbreak of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Since Wuhan two years ago, China has had relative success in minimizing disruption by bringing virus cases quickly under control. Now,…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
THREE years after Bourda Market vendor Troy Ramalho was shot dead during a robbery, the alleged getaway driver has admitted committing the gruesome crime. George Paton, called ‘Tallman’, formerly of ‘BB’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was arraigned for murder before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Demerara High Court on Tuesday, but opted to plead guilty…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
TWO persons have lost their lives after the car they were travelling in crashed into a truck along the Number One Village Public Road, Region Six. The victims have been identified as the driver of the car, 20-year-old Latchman Sukhan of Lot 333 Ankerville, Port Mourant, and passenger, Yujisteer Puran, 26, of Lot 50 D…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
AS part of the government’s manifesto commitment to provide improved primary healthcare services across the country, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) drafted a package of over 200 essential health services. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, and PAHO/WHO Representative to Guyana, Dr. Luis Codina, along with…
Report and Photography by Akeem Greene in Barbados akeem@newsroom.gy Not often in recent years, well frankly, well more than two decades, that you associate West Indies being favourites in Test cricket, more so against a team ranked way above them. An astonishing fact of history made them favourites against England prior to the first Test…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
After Russia invaded Ukraine, global oil prices experienced a dramatic spike. Just over a week ago, Brent crude leaped above $139 per barrel. Analysts warned prices could touch $185, then $200 as traders shunned Russian oil, pushing inflation even higher and adding huge strain to the global economy. But there’s been a rapid reversal since then. Brent…
