Stanleytown man charged with rape of girl, 12,
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Andrew Bhola

Andrew Bhola, a 25-year-old mason of Lot 42 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was arrested on 2025-2-10 and charged today with the offence of rape of a child under 16 years, committed on a 12-year-old female.

President Irfaan Ali (second from left) and Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan (left) listening to one of the wounded soldiers yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital. (Office of the President photo)

Guyana outraged at attack on soldiers
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-Todd tells Venezuelan envoy Foreign Minister Hugh Todd yesterday told Venezuela’s ambassador here that Guyana is outraged at an attack on Friday by suspected sindicatos across the Cuyuni River which left six Guyanese soldiers nursing wounds. 

MIGA mission at energy conference
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Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Monday met with first ever Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) mission to Guyana which currently attending the Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo 2025.

DDL officials in the warehouse (DDL photo)

DDL in $730m upgrade of barrel ageing capacity
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Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), producers of the world-renowned Demerara Rums, has significantly upgraded its capacity with the construction of a new barrel ageing warehouse at its Plantation Diamond, East Bank Demerara facility.

In this handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb 18, 2025. The desert kingdom hosted US-Russia talks, state media reported on Feb 18. (Photo: SPA via AFP/Handout)

US, Russia forge ahead on peace talks, without Ukraine

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said yesterday it had agreed to hold more talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine after an initial meeting that excluded Kyiv, a departure from Washing-ton’s previous approach that rallied U.S.