(Jamaica Observer) TORONTO, CANADA — In what seemed an unprecedented operation, the entire plane load of passengers on Air Canada flight AC 1803 from Kingston, Jamaica, had every piece of their luggage searched and some items confiscated by customs agents at Pearson Toronto International Airport here in Canada.
A well-known Guyhoc Park, East La Penitence mechanic was shot and killed in the wee hours of yesterday morning during a scuffle with two gunmen, who invaded his home in what appeared to be an attempted robbery.
Following opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo’s request that Cabinet immediately resign in keeping with the constitutional provisions triggered by the passage of the no-confidence motion against government, President David Granger has said that Attorney General Basil Williams is handling it.
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has ordered the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Attorney General’s (AG’s) Chambers, to pay any and all salaries that were withheld from former Deputy Solicitor-General Prithima Kissoon, after finding that there was no legal basis for the sanction.
Welcoming the impending appointment of Justice Claudette Singh as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has urged that the major political parties support her, even if her positions on how to proceed towards constitutionally-due elections are not in line with theirs.
The selection of Justice Claudette Singh as the new chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been welcomed by the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC).
A study commissioned by Caribbean sugar producers has recommended a region-wide approach to producing white sugar and urged the enforcement of a tax on most sweeteners imported into the region even as domestic producers highlight extensive tax evasion by importers.
Three years after embarking on a journey in his vehicle from his home in Queensland, Australia, Ronald Hof arrived in Guyana last Wednesday.
Inclement weather is being blamed for some of the power outages experienced in the city and some parts of the coastland yesterday.
The police have been advised to charge a suspect with the fatal shooting of Sophia gold miner Terry Ault, who was killed last Sunday during a confrontation at a pool party.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said yesterday it would help Honduras create 20,000 jobs this year and support its coffee farmers as the two countries seek to curb migration to the United States that has created tensions with U.S.
Persistent rainfall has once again made sections of the Linden to Lethem trail a nightmare for motorists.
Following the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Public Health Ministry yesterday said that it is imperative that measures advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) be adopted in order to safeguard all travellers as well as the country’s ports of entry.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic yesterday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning up his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S.
The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) yesterday expressed astonishment at the Stabroek News’ editorial of July 26th, 2019 – titled ‘Temporising’ – which it said made “numerous odious and malicious assertions.”
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town yesterday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend.
Members of the diplomatic community were on Friday given a tour of several city operations by Mayor Ubraj Narine.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow yesterday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power.
Female entrepreneurs have been able to get a better understanding of business management while gaining confidence and support through an empowerment project designed to help small business owners.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello yesterday predicted U.S.
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