HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is reviving a network of state-run “love motels” in Havana where couples can rent rooms by the hour as the communist government seeks to “diversify options for love,” the official trade union weekly Trabajadores said yesterday.
The police today confirmed that planned searches of the premises of former Attorney General Anil Nandlall were abandoned last week after he became aware of the search warrants.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition plans to organize an unofficial referendum later this month on President Nicolas Maduro’s controversial plan to rewrite the constitution via a special new congress, opposition sources said on Monday.
The Hague, (Reuters) – Costa Rica asked the highest U.N. court today to establish its maritime boundaries with Nicaragua once and for all to end repeated border disputes with its Central American neighbour.
Former Presidents Donald Ramotar and Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disputed the $348B sum the European Union (EU) said it has pumped into the sugar sector here from 2006-2013.
As government strategises to combat flooding on the coast, a new pump and sluice will soon be built at Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara, two pumping stations have been promised by the European Union (EU) and aid is being sought for six mobile pumps.
Three days of constant rain at night has left several villages in the Region 9, Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo area flooded, forcing the evacuation of some residents.
(Barbados Nation) The two men who were discovered dead at Prerogative House, Prerogative, St George, appear to have been chopped.
Private criminal charges have been filed against ministerial advisor Mervyn Williams for alleged damage to property and using insulting language stemming from a dispute over property.
The police have prepared charges against two men who are suspected of beating Kumar ‘Radika’ Persaud to death after he refused to move from a Bartica beach where the suspects were alleged to have been involved in a sexual act with a female.
The Biennial General Meeting of the National Community Policing Executive (NCPE) saw problems being highlighted by members, including internal strife involving the ministry-appointed liaison officers, and that the NCPE has not had access to their bank account for the past two years.
While questions have been raised about the viability of the plantain chip factory that has been completed at Leguan, plantain farmers are excited about the venture and say they are willing to invest more in order to be able to provide an adequate supply.
Bent on receiving severance payments and not taking up jobs at Uitvlugt, cane-cutters and cane transport operators of the Wales estate may lose their jobs if they miss two consecutive crops.
The Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA) and the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) have agreed to collaborate with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) through its Energy Sub-Committee, on all matters pertaining to the oil and gas sector.
Police ranks in Region One on Friday night arrested a forty-four-year-old miner/businessman of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara with two and a half dozen rounds of live 9mm ammunition.
President David Granger said that as Guyana works to develop a more socially cohesive society, it looks forward to sharing experiences with Canada, a country that can serve as a model of diversity and inclusion and which is known for its openness to immigrants.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and three allies accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism have agreed to a request by Kuwait to extend by 48 hours Sunday’s deadline for Doha to comply, according to a joint statement on Saudi state news agency SPA.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., (Reuters) – President Donald Trump stepped up his feud with the media on Sunday by tweeting a mock video of himself tackling and repeatedly striking a man with a CNN logo super-imposed in place of his head, followed by a logo saying “Fraud News Network.”
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro raised the country’s minimum wage by half yesterday to just over $12.50 per month at the black market exchange rate.
Four persons are in custody and police are searching for two more as investigations into the fatal shooting of a Sophia guard continues.
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