BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian gathered strength today as it barreled west toward Barbados, where residents stocked up on food to hunker down for an onslaught of heavy wind and rain.
The expected start of trial proceedings stemming from the fraud charges against former Minister of Housing Mohamed Irfaan Ali were again delayed today as his lawyer signalled that he would be filing another application at the Court of Appeal for a stay.
BIARRITZ, France, (Reuters) – Brazilian women should be ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Macron’s wife on Facebook.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two teenagers are in police custody after they killed and injured close relatives in what police officers have described as horrific and brutal attacks.
A Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD) mother of three was fatally stabbed while she was sleeping, allegedly by the father of her children and police have since launched a manhunt for the attacker.
The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) has taken the principals of Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) to court and is asking the company to pay a differential on the price it paid for the old Sanata Textiles Complex and what SARA believes is its market value.
More than a week after a note verbale was sent, demanding the withdrawal of untrue statements that a British military base was being built on an Essequibo River island to train Venezuelan refugees to destabilise the Nicholas Maduro government, Moscow has not retracted the claim.
With first oil months away, government has assured that its “fit for purpose” local content policy will be completed before then and has promised “considerable focus” on capacity development.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will assist 25 Linden families with materials to reconstruct the roofs of their homes which were damaged in a severe storm on Friday.
Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) is lamenting the poisoning of the major waterways in Guyana by mining and the concomitant reduction of the country’s freshwater resources.
It is up to Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh to say when elections can be held and government will follow her recommendation even if an October date is given, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said on Saturday.
The mother who is accused of allowing strangers to sexually exploit her two teenage daughters is soon likely to face charges, according to the head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA), Ann Greene.
(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on Barbadians to be their brother’s keeper as preparations take place for the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian.
The Caribbean Voice (TCV) is set to take part in an annual anti-violence candlelight vigil on World Suicide Prevention day, September 10th, to play their part in the prevention of suicide under the theme “Work Together to Prevent Suicide.”
Residents and drivers traversing Mahaica are now able to make use of the Lima Bridge, located in Jonestown, Mahaica, after the bridge was left incomplete for months.
BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest.
(Trinidad Express) A pregnant woman was chopped to death in an attack at her home at Chin Chin Road, Las Lomas No.
BIARRITZ, France, (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister made a flying visit for talks with host France at the G7 summit yesterday, as Paris ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, a dramatic diplomatic move that the White House said had surprised them.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The St Mary police made a massive ganja seizure on Friday evening after raiding premises in the Boscobel area in the parish.
Two hundred and thirty minibus drivers and conductors from the routes plied in Regions 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 communities along with Region 3 taxi drivers have benefitted from training which focussed on the areas of hospitality, first aid, tyre & fire safety, life & vehicle insurance, and defensive driving.
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