Five perish in Long Creek crash
Five persons perished this morning in a crash at Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
Relative to questions from the media regarding the sexual assault allegations against former minister Nigel Dharamlall, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has indicated that a formal report was made by the complainant to Police at the Cove and John Police Station.
The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has questioned the silence of the Guyana Police Force on the matter of whether a new complaint has been lodged against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall.
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service Dr Ashni Singh has presented Notification of Receipts to the National Assembly of all petroleum revenues paid into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) during the period 1st January 2024 to 28th March 2024, pursuant to Section 33 (2) of the NRF Act 2021.
Regional Police Division #9 Senior Superintendent, Raphael Rose and his admin team treated mothers within the division to breakfast at the Lethem Police Station.
Last week on his Facebook page, attorney at law Darren Wade queried the presence of Education Ministry Permanent Secretary, Shannielle Hoosein-Outar at the just concluded PPP Congress.
As part of efforts to reduce the high rates of crime and violence which are fuelled by illicit firearms trafficking, the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) recently hosted a meeting at its headquarters in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where the matter was discussed at length, an IMPACS release stated recently.
Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Rasville and Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.
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Queen’s College (QC) was crowned the north zone champion of the Georgetown division in the Blue Waters Girl’s U-15 Football Championship on Saturday at the National Training Centre, Providence.
– GCF National Championship Qualifiers After two rounds on Saturday in the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) 2024 National Open Championship Qualifiers, FIDE Master (FM) Anthony Drayton and National Women’s Championship runner-up, 13-year-old prodigy Aditi Joshi, were among the leaders from a field of 42 participants.
Ravens and Kobras secured hard-fought victories when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) U-23 League continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two brothers were shot and killed while playing a game of dominoes at a shop in the community of Burnt Savannah in Westmoreland on Saturday night.
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert this Sunday with the risk of water rising once more to record levels.
TORONTO (Reuters) – A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India.
PARIS, (Reuters) – France won a record 15 billion euros ($16.17 billion) in foreign investment pledges today, allowing President Emmanuel Macron to bask in the limelight with global CEOs and forget about strained public finances and weak polls for a while.
HYDERABAD/SRINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – India voted today in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious divisions.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said.