Daily Archive: Saturday, March 30, 2024

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized

Yesterday, ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard conducted a joint operation at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, where they intercepted a go-fast vessel with two occupants.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the Guyana Fire Service is actively combatting multiple grass fires throughout the country, which are causing poor visibility due to a combination of ground fog and smoke.

LARNACA, Cyprus  (Reuters) – A second shipment of aid carrying almost 400 tons of food for Gaza left Cyprus’s Larnaca port today, a Reuters witness said.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Indonesian firefighters were struggling to put out a massive fire that broke out today at a military ammunition facility just outside the capital, causing a series of explosions and sending clouds of smoke into the night sky.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) today cited malicious damage to several hydrants throughout Georgetown and says it is actively addressing the issue.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  has hailed the late Justice Désirée Bernard – a member of its inaugural bench in 2005 – as a pioneering jurist.

A Leopold Street man has been held following the robbery of an East Coast Demerara supermarket yesterday which saw police in a shootout with two suspects on a motorbike.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (right), along with Minister of Home Affairs,  Robeson Benn (left), were on site last evening at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Control Centre in Sophia for a briefing  on yesterday’s service interruption to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System.

On Wednesday, 27th March, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill visited the families of the three young girls who died by drowning in Massara Village, North Rupununi.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuban Roman Catholics held public processions across the Communist-run country yesterday to mark Good Friday, but there was at least one exception in Havana where 150 of the faithful were relegated to the church parking lot.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors raided the home of President Dina Boluarte late yesterday as part of inquiries into possible illicit enrichment and failure to declare ownership of luxury watches.