PM Phillips pays tribute to Owen Arthur
Prime Minister Mark Phillips has paid tribute to the late Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur.
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Prime Minister Mark Phillips has paid tribute to the late Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal today that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that U.S.
Minister of Public Affairs, within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy, has appointed Michella Abraham-Ali as acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 0f the National Communications Network (NCN).
LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A British court said on Tuesday that a police force’s use of facial recognition to hunt for suspects was unlawful, in a ruling that privacy campaigners hailed as a “major victory” in their fight against the surveillance technology.
WELLINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be traced to imported freight.
Three persons died this evening in an accident on the Le Ressouvenir Public Road, East Coast Demerara involving a motor lorry and a motor car, the police said.
Cinemas at Giftland are reopening on Friday after being closed for months over COVID-19.
Samples have been collected from President Irfaan Ali and other Cabinet members for COVID-19 testing, following the confirmation that Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd has contracted the virus.
President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Hugh Todd is COVID-19 positive after coming into contact with someone who was infected.
Richardo Mitchell Aka “Cardo”, 31, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Winston Robertson on August 10, 2020 at Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
Consumers who have complaints against the bankrupt LIAT airline are being urged to submit their claims by August 15.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The British government has become embroiled in an unlikely row with ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s over its approach to migrants arriving by boat from France, after the brand criticised ministers’ increasingly bellicose rhetoric.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – There were no human pyramids in Mumbai’s Janmashtami festival celebrating Lord Krishna today, which normally attracts thousands onto the streets, due to a surge in coronavirus in India, with more than 60,000 cases reported in 24 hours.
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn said today that Guyana’s five-month wait for an elections declaration and the blatant attempt to fix the results was one he had never seen in his 25-year career as a diplomat.
A West Bank Berbice man succumbed at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital this morning after he sustained a gunshot injury on Monday evening in a domestic dispute involving a couple.
(Reuters) – Around the world, politicians, drugmakers and regulators offer contradictory outlooks on when a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hard times are ahead for the next two years.
Authorities in the German port city of Hamburg have found over €300 million worth of cocaine in a cargo ship container from Guyana containing rice.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess.
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