Orthopaedic and general surgeons at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital have embarked on a campaign to reduce the backlog of patients requiring hernia surgeries.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge fiercely criticized President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn yesterday for lying to FBI agents in a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and delayed sentencing him until Flynn has finished helping prosecutors.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday that he would take all action “within the rule of law and democracy” to oppose the governments of Venezuela and Cuba.
(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled in favour of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) and Arawak Cement Ltd in their battle with local importer Rock Hard Cement to have tariffs on imported cement remain at 60 per cent, and not five per cent as argued by the company.
Melicia Andrews, the Swan Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway woman who was hospitalised for almost three weeks after she was brutally chopped by her partner following an argument last month, has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Oil prices tumbled more than 5 percent yesterday in heavy trade due to fears of oversupply and deteriorating demand, extending a selloff that has taken major crude benchmarks down more than 30 percent from an October peak.
JAIPUR, India, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite was among the most expensive buys at the Indian Premier League auction here today, after being snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders for US$709 400.
A Stanleytown, New Amsterdam man was this morning discovered with several stab wounds about his body, hours after he was involved in a heated argument with his wife’s brother.
(Jamaica Observer) Sandals Resorts has strongly denied allegations that it was covering up allegations of sexual assault on two American female guests and said it stands ready to “vigorously defend itself in court” against the case that is now a subject of litigation.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A fire raced through a neighbourhood in the Brazilian jungle city of Manaus early today, engulfing at least 600 wooden houses built on stilts due to seasonal floods and sending thousands fleeing from their homes.
With Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo urging government MPs to vote their conscience, a parliamentary showdown on the PPP/C’s motion of no-confidence is set as scheduled for Friday as PM Moses Nagamootoo has rejected a suggestion that it be deferred to early next year.
Attorney James Bond has denied that the Chinese Association of Guyana is offering money to settle a matter where a driver struck two teens at Annandale last week killing one and severely injuring another.
Assuring that the PPP/C’s presidential candidate for the 2020 general elections will be named before year end, the party’s leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that criminal charges will have no impact on the selection process.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Bandele Sankofa’s plans to watch the English Premiere league match between Liverpool and Manchester United on Sunday were cut short by a horrific nightmare for him and his family after he received a call that his niece, Dr.
Approximately 6,000 acres of land in Region Four will be opened soon for development as the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) has developed a concept for residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes, CEO of the organisation, Trevor Benn announced yesterday.
The Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has raised its regional foreign currency rating on the US$30 million long term debt issue of The Pegasus Hotels of Guyana Limited (Pegasus) to CariBBB from CariBBB-.