PARIS, (Reuters) – France votes today in the first round of a presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election hopes.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that Mexico does not accept the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a video message released to coincide with a global event in support of Ukrainian victims of the conflict.
Region Two Chairperson Vilma De Silva on Friday called on Essequibo residents to use the day to reunite and iron out their indifferences for the betterment of the region.
(Barbados Nation) Stressing that crimes against tourists have far-reaching consequences for Barbados’ economy, a judge slapped the gun-toting burglar, whose shot crippled a Canadian visitor in a botched burglary, and his cutlasswielding accomplice, with 31 years in jail yesterday.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a confidence vote in parliament today, the speaker of the lower house said, following desertions from coalition partners who blame him for a deteriorating economy and failure to deliver on his campaign promises.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine is ready for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said today, a day after a missile attack in the east that officials said killed more than 50 civilians trying to evacuate.
LAGOS,(Reuters) – Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in a month, the federal ministry of power said today, leaving the parts of the country it serves, including capital Abuja and Africa’s biggest city Lagos, without power.
(Reuters) – The first all-private team of astronauts ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS) arrived safely at the orbiting research platform today to begin a week-long science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight.
Assuring that Guyana will commit the necessary resources to ensure that CARICOM’s ’25 by 2025’ food import reduction is achieved, President Irfaan Ali yesterday called on all politicians in the region to join the effort.
A police investigation was conducted into the allegation that attorney Nirvan Singh assaulted and hurled racial insults to Woman Police Constable Shawnette Bollers and the case file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Anthony Persaud, the youth who last month pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder, admitting that he had stabbed another man to the abdomen with a pair of scissors, has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Even as he reiterated Guyana’s condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the current war, President Irfaan Ali yesterday defended Guyana’s abstention vote on the United Nations resolution to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council for gross excesses in Ukraine, saying the country awaits findings of the United Nations investigations.
Government has tabled a motion to amend the Standing Orders to require that there be five members present, including at least two from the ruling party, for there to be a quorum of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
In order for the vision of ‘One Guyana’ to be achieved, religious bodies must play an integral role in building the foundation, according to President Irfaan Ali.
Weeks after the decision by the board of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) not to renew the contract of Head of the Safety Programme Col (Ret’d) Cargill Kyte came to light, Board Chairman Javed Shadick has related that Kyte has been rehired as an Airworthiness Inspector.
While government believes that the three years hosting of the Caribbean Premiere League (CPL) finals here will generate economic activity for locals as it showcases this country to the world, President Irfaan Ali on Friday said that a dollar amount on state subsidy has not yet been determined.
Two persons were taken into police custody on Thursday following the discovery of 6.015 kilogrammes of cannabis in a vehicle in which they were in as well as at their Enterprise Gardens, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.