Georgetown became the heart of global environmental diplomacy yesterday as Guyana hosted the inaugural Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) Summit, bringing together heads of state, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, private sector stakeholders, scientists and conservationists in an effort to reframe biodiversity as both a development and economic priority.
-Justice Cummings-Edwards has proceeded on leave The President can go ahead and appoint an Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and Acting Chief Justice (CJ) in Justices Roxane George and Navindra Singh, respectively, as the July 18 time frame he gave to Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton for an opinion, was not responded to, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in a release yesterday reiterated that the corporation is governed by its own internal operational policies and not by any political or electoral agenda and as such rejects the insinuation that the recent transfer of an Albion Estate Field Superintendent to Uitvlugt Estate this decision was politically motivated or related to his personal affiliations.
After being on the run for almost two years, on the suspicion of murder, 25-year-old Nicholas Johnson, turned himself in at the Springlands Police Station, on Wednesday morning, accompanied by his lawyer.
Just when decent citizens thought that the depravity in Guyana could not possibly get any worse, it spiralled.
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(Trinidad Express) Two former players are calling for Cricket West Indies to become more cricket-oriented in the make-up of its directors.
– lawyers say he was unlawfully transferred The Attorney General’s Chambers has denied the contention by Attorney Dexter Todd that the police forces of Guyana and Suriname kidnapped Guyanese businessman Raymond David, co-owner of Sweet Elegance, and transported him to Suriname.
VILLA BAVIERA, (Reuters) – Chile plans to expropriate a settlement founded by a German cult leader where torture took place during former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s military regime as the government takes another step to shine a light on a dark period of the past.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ highest court yesterday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change.
