The Public Health Ministry is working to ensure that free radiation treatment is provided to cancer patients across the country, according to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.
Tenders were yesterday opened for the rehabilitation or construction of a number of access roads, including those at Hauraruni, St Cuthbert’s Mission and Kuru Kuru.
Most of the residents of West Coast Demerara villages that were flooded on Sunday after the overtopping of sea defences due to spring tides have not experienced any recurrence, which they credit to the prompt response to the situation by the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) and other authorities.
Three months after being deemed fit to stand trial, Shamar Harvey, who is charged with the murder of Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, was yesterday given a date for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge.
(Jamaica Observer) Louie Rankin’s Jamaica manager, Lexxi, has confirmed that the dancehall deejay/actor died Monday evening as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash in Canada.
Residents of Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice, were flooded on Sunday after the expected high tide. However,
The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has drawn attention to the lack of “independent scrutineers” in Guyana’s electoral process.
Six persons from West Coast Berbice are now homeless after a relative allegedly set their house on fire yesterday afternoon.
President David Granger has once again committed to using revenue earned from oil and gas to improve Guyana’s education sector.
Minister of State, Dawn Hastings Williams yesterday presented 85 food hampers to residents of flood-affected Zeelugt and visited Anna Catherina and Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara to do some further assessment of the flood related damage.
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says the 50th anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is a worthy celebration but the threat to the Scheme’s viability overshadowed the occasion.
(Trinidad Guardian) Three men from east Port-of-Spain have been denied bail after appearing in court on gang charges.
(Trinidad Express) There have been no arrests for the murder of Richard Chan-Attong, 43 who was abducted from his Belmont home on September 16 and found dead in Santa Cruz days later.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s armed forces and police reaffirmed allegiance to President Martin Vizcarra late yesterday after his move to close Congress prompted dozens of dismissed lawmakers to pledge loyalty to vice president in a deepening political standoff.
A Covent Garden man has been fined $15,000 after a city court heard he was seen jumping the fence at Stabroek Market after the market had closed.
BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police in the Dominican Republic have rescued dozens of women from forced sex work in bars and nightclubs across the Caribbean island in its biggest anti-trafficking operation this year, authorities said yesterday.
Two young men accused of robbery offences were released on bail yesterday after they denied the allegations.
SEOUL/TOKYO, (Reuters) – North Korea fired at least one missile off its east coast today that South Korea said may have been launched from a submarine, a day after it announced the resumption of talks with the United States aimed at ending its nuclear programme.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador, one of the smallest members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said yesterday it will leave the 14-nation bloc from Jan.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate approved the main text of a pension reform bill in a first-round vote yesterday, clearing another key hurdle for the government’s bid to narrow its massive budget gap.
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