KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir acknowledged receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police detective told a court on Monday at the start of a corruption trial that many Sudanese thought they would never see.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Vigilant nurses at the busy Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine recently accosted a man who posed as a doctor for over a week in the accident and emergency (A&E) department.
(Jamaica Observer) Renowned musical arranger, composer and choirmaster Noel Dexter is being remembered as a gentle giant whose legacy will be the impact of his work on thousands of Jamaicans.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Constable Merrick Nelson said his life was saved because of a swift decision by a woman and her spouse to transport him to the hospital after he sustained serious injuries resulting in a motor vehicle collision along the Spanish Town Road in Kingston on October 19 last year.
Following its recent discovery of oil in commercial quantities offshore Guyana, the United Kingdom-headquartered Tullow Oil will shift operations from its Trinidad base to local shores and plans for its first shore base here are in the pipeline.
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is looking for companies to provide a number of services including operate a food/restaurant/bar concession, a cambio, and sell indigenous products at a kiosk.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is projecting a deficit at the end of this year of $9.5b compared to the figure of $9.8b which was projected at the start of the year.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF), through its Fallen Heroes Foundation, on Friday handed over cheques to the relatives and children of nine officers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the years.
A Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara youth, who was stabbed on Thursday night as he rushed to the aid of two neighbours who were being attacked by a bandit, is recovering but remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Rehabilitation works at Le Repentir cemetery have been stalled due to the heavy rains and an assessment will be done to determine the way forward, Assistant City Engineer Kabila Hollingsworth says.
Minister of State, Dawn Hastings-Williams, yesterday thanked the United States (US) Air Force New Horizons team for building three community centres, one women’s shelter and providing health services to 13, 346 persons during their exercise here from May to August 2019.
A 35-year-old man, who allegedly stole $300,000 worth of articles from a mechanic shop in Charlestown, was on Friday remanded to prison after he failed to give the court a fixed address where he resides.
Denish Nunes, who was charged in June with possession of 60 grammes of cannabis, was on Friday told that he would have to lead his defence in the matter.