LONDON, (Reuters) – Black people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British report said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The criminal investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its involvement in an alleged breach of data privacy laws in Trinidad and Tobago is now closed.
(Reuters) – Neiman Marcus Group filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, marking one of the highest-profile collapses yet among retailers forced to temporarily close stores in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A resident of Hogg Street, La Penitence, has expressed concern about constant robberies that occur at the corner where her house is located.
The long-awaited recount of the votes from the March 2 General and Regional Elections in Guyana continues on the second day.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Black people and those of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnicity have a significantly higher chance of dying from COVID-19 than white people, even when adjusting for deprivation, the British statistics office said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Millions more Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, suggesting layoffs broadened from consumer-facing industries to other segments of the economy and could remain elevated even as many parts of the country start to reopen.
Only 25 ballot boxes from a total of 2,339 were counted on day one of the long-awaited recount of votes from the March 2 General and Regional Elections and after a late start yesterday, various hiccups and getting used to the procedures, today will give a clearer picture of whether the projection of 25 days for completion will have to be drastically revised.
No additional case of COVID-19 was recorded yesterday but new information has disclosed that the country’s tenth COVID-19 fatality was only tested for the virus subsequent to passing away at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The Police have launched a search for seven youths who along with five others assaulted two police officers before escaping the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre.
Six of the country’s latest confirmed COVID-19 cases, who include a one-year-old and a 12-year-old, are residents of Linden, in Region Ten, which has been grappling with a refusal by many residents to abide by the national curfew and distancing measures in place to stem the spread of the virus.
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday morning made the decision to temporarily close the Stabroek Market gates after patrons refused to abide by COVID-19 safety regulations.
Galton Ivelaw Lyte, 87, better known as Archie Lyte, formerly of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, is among the Guyanese migrants who have succumbed to the deadly novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States.
Contending that a March 2nd article published by this newspaper misrepresented a dispute between owner of RNK Investments Inc.,
The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) on Monday announced that it has been confirmed that it has retained its Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™) Certification for Forest Management for the Iwokrama Forest.
The UK Daily Mail yesterday said that a 44-year-old man has been charged with the murder of the niece of singer Eddy Grant.
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) on May 4th signed an agreement to develop an industry database as well as enhance training and capacity building initiatives for its members in the tourism sector.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving U.S.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Michael Forrester, one of the 115 Jamaicans who were stranded in the United Kingdom and arrived aboard a TUI charter flight yesterday, revealed that his main reason for leaving his homeland was to tend to his elderly mother.
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is now using special software to keep track of the public procurement system and the methods used by entities to conduct their procurement activities.
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