The Ministry of Public Health today sounded an alert over the Ebola Virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which the World Health Organisation has deemed a public health emergency of international concern.
(Trinidad Guardian) A daring robbery at a San Fernando bar Saturday was short-lived for a bandit who was killed during a shootout with police.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in New Zealand today against a proposed housing development on land seen as sacred to the indigenous Māori people, despite efforts by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to calm the dispute.
(Trinidad Express) Akini “Dole Chadee” Adams masterminded the murders of the seven fishermen in the Gulf of Paria on Monday night.
(Trinidad Express) On her 65th birthday, Merle Singh-Subero was killed by a bullet to the head.
(Trinidad Guardian) A high court judge who has been a fierce critic of Chief Justice Ivor Archie is challenging his decision to transfer her to head the Judiciary’s new Family Court in Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) The military precision involved in the killing of Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres, his wife and two henchmen and the made for movie getaway prompted questions from citizens whether this was the answer to the out-of-control gang violence which left a trail of bodies in the first seven months of the year.
The movements of citizens in and around the city can now be monitored following the activation of a Huawei-built Safe City Command Centre for the CCTV Surveillance system, a component of the US$36 million National Broadband Expansion Project (NBEP).
President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ended weeks of deadlock, leading to the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh SC as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), thereby clearing a key hurdle on the path towards the holding of general elections.
Lenox Shuman, Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, has filed an action against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Attorney General to challenge the validity of the order signed by former Chairman James Patterson for the conduct of the national house-to-house registration exercise.
A one-party government is not an ideal model for Guyana and People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Vice-Chairman Dr George Norton yesterday said that there is no reason why the party would want to contest another election singly again.
PPP supporters yesterday once again took to the streets in front of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) offices in various parts of the country, calling for elections and for the cancellation of the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise.
Local manufacturers’ rejection of a 40 per cent tax on refined sugar imported into the region reflects a limited understanding of market requirements, according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which says that its planned white sugar product will meet the standards required by the manufacturers.
Three men, who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it intercepted during a drug deal at Parika after trading almost five pounds of cocaine, were yesterday all remanded to prison on a joint charge of possession of cocaine for trafficking.
A man was yesterday sentenced to two months in jail after he admitted to assaulting two minibus operators after an argument erupted when he refused to pay his fare.
After six years, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) programme is coming to an end.
WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he agreed to drop the threat of economic sanctions against Guatemala after the country said it would implement new measures aimed at reducing U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico
SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – The resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor after mass protests has sparked a succession battle, and a Washington corporate lawyer not directly linked to the current, scandal-plagued administration could emerge as the winner.
In a renewed bid to secure the over US$2 million owed to it by government for road construction works, Trinidad engineering and construction company Dipcon, is challenging the presidential respite granted to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who was liable to be held in criminal contempt for non-payment.
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