WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is “gravely concerned” by reports of excessive force used by Uganda’s security forces against lawmakers and journalists in the northwestern town of Arua, a State Department official said yesterday after the country’s opposition called on Washington to suspend military support to Kampala.
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) In the three-and-a-half years since Canada introduced its Express Entry immigration application system, close to 1,500 Jamaicans have left the island’s shores for that North American country, with the number expected to increase in the face of subsequent changes to the qualifying criteria.
(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) FOUR days after she was kidnapped, Palmiste mother of three Natalie Pollonais was rescued by police.
HOLDEN BEACH, N.C., (Reuters) – Florence, the most powerful storm to menace the U.S.
Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday on the Corentyne public road involving a Guyana Fire Service Tender and a pedestrian.
A West Ruimveldt handyman is suspected to have perished in a fire which was allegedly set to his house around midnight last night by his allegedly abusive partner.
At about 10.45 pm yesterday, the police say that an East Coast Demerara Mobile Patrol which was commanded by a Subordinate Officer, observed the suspicious movements of a motorcar on the Railway Embankment and subsequently intercepted same at La Bonne Intention.
(JAMAICA GLEANER) Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has made public his distaste for modern dancehall music, which he describes as lacking in substance.
(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) The body of a worker employed at the Embassy of El Salvador was yesterday found in an agricultural area in Cunupia.
Tapping into the emerging oil and gas sector, gold magnate Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed has made a big investment in a storage facility at Mc Doom on the East Bank of Demerara which is expected to serve ExxonMobil’s current offshore works.
The alleged theft of $639M from the Public Service Ministry, which resulted in the former subject minister Jennifer Westford and her aide being criminally charged, should have been investigated by both the Office of the Auditor General and the Accountant General, according to member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Juan Edghill, who says that the absence of this element raises questions.
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI) will be looking carefully at the Green Paper on the proposed Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) as it has found a lot of “leakages from the start to end”, its President Deodat Indar says.
President David Granger says that government’s national plan to tackle excessive alcohol consumption is being pioneered by the Ministry of Public Health and particular focus will be placed on schools.
Foulis residents have been left in a state of shock by the stabbing to death of a youth allegedly by his father and alcohol has been cited as a factor in the father’s behaviour.
Representations will be made for there to be an increase in bus fares for those travelling to and around Berbice, Linden, Bartica and Lethem, Head of the United Minibus Union (UMU) Eon Andrews said.
In another sign of deepening ties with Guyana, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has made grant funding available to the Palms Geriatric Home.
(Reuters) – Leslie Moonves, the top executive at CBS Corp since 2006 and a major figure at the broadcast network and media company for more than two decades, resigned yesterday amid a new wave of allegations against him of sexual assault and harassment.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s foreign minister accused the United States of seeking an intervention and supporting military conspiracies, following a report U.S.
Guyana-born Chief Justice of Belize, Kenneth Benjamin who has been nominated by President David Granger to be the substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary, on Friday declined to say whether he is still interested in the position.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson launched a two-pronged attack on Britain’s government yesterday, criticising suggestions it may increase taxes to fund services and its management of a high-speed rail project.
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