LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian individuals and entities today, using a new law to catch up with the European Union and United States in targeting people accused of propping up Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Indian court today upheld a ban on wearing of the hijab in classrooms in the southern state of Karnataka, a ruling that could set a precedent for the rest of the country which has a big Muslim minority.
A Corentyne taxi driver and a friend are now dead after he lost control of his car during a street race and crashed into a paddy truck at Borlam Turn, Corentyne, on Tuesday morning.
President Irfaan Ali on Monday approved an announced rollback of COVID-19 restrictions on social activities and distancing, while also making the wearing of masks in public spaces optional.
The wedding celebrations of an East Coast Demerara (ECD) family came to a tragic end early yesterday morning when the brother of the bride was fatally stabbed during a confrontation with a group of uninvited guests.
A vast swathe of mangroves has been cleared from the eastern bank of the Berbice River adjacent to Crab Island to facilitate the development and construction of Guyana’s first deep water port by Canadian owned CGX Energy Inc.
A well-known animal rights activist fatally shot herself yesterday at the Brickdam Police Station, in Georgetown, a short while after a domestic dispute.
A new state-of-the-art $30 million infectious diseases building to accommodate tuberculosis and HIV patients was on Monday afternoon commissioned at the Suddie Public Hospital, in Region Two.
A $42 million water distribution system was commissioned in Jawalla, in the Upper-Mazaruni on Sunday, enabling access by some 600 residents to potable water for the first time, the Department of Public Informa-tion (DPI) has reported.
Over 2,000 persons living in the riverain communities in the Upper and Lower Pomeroon River, in Region Two, are expected to have better access to quality dental services with the redeployment of the rehabilitated ‘Lady Janet’ dental boat.
The Health Ministry on Monday confirmed that a 75-year-old man from Region Four, who was partially vaccinated, was the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality.
Stating that “lives are at risk,” the Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its decision to not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the storage of radioactive sources to be used in the oil & gas industry.
Convicted John Caesar, who is currently serving a life sentence, was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $2.5 million after he was admitted to being in possession of a quantity of narcotics at the Mazaruni prison.
(Reuters) – Peru’s Congress yesterday approved the start of impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Castillo over allegations of corruption after failing to gather enough votes in a previous attempt in December.
Richard Anthony, 37, who is accused of killing his drunken younger brother after an argument in Alberttown, Georgetown, was on Monday charged with manslaughter.
A Customs Officer is now in police custody after he shot and injured two horse-cart operators at Kersaint Park, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday afternoon.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who took office last week, said yesterday his government would balance plans to expand the Andean country’s social programme, while being fiscally responsible, a message likely aimed at the domestic business community and global investors.
(Reuters) – A London tribunal yesterday ruled that a 2018 Bermuda law that bans same-sex marriage in the British overseas territory is constitutional, a departure from the broad trend towards legalisation of gay marriage in the West.
LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – The United States warned China after “intense” talks yesterday against helping Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine, while an anti-war protester interrupted Russian state TV news in an extraordinary act of dissent.
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Alex Williams, who was fatally chopped during the wee hours of Sunday morning along the Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice Public Road.
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