The first guiding principle of the recently gazetted Integrity Commission (Amend-ment of Code of Conduct) Order 2017 states that a person in public life shall be accountable to the public for his or her decisions and actions and “shall submit himself or herself to scrutiny and criticism.”
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday commenced a Community Outreach programme for residents in ‘sugar dependent’ areas at the Wales Community Centre but agitated workers were not convinced that they should travel to the Uitvlugt estate and pressed for their severance pay.
Residents of Salem, East Bank Essequibo, are still waiting on authorities to fix a broken koker door that collapsed a week ago following a spring tide.
The 15 Haitian nationals detained in Guyana last month have been released from police custody and granted one-month extensions of their stay.
The Morabisi Lithium and Tantalum Project’s first phase has been completed and deemed a success, says Greenpower Energy Limited Company, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gerard King.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutors’ office said yesterday that it is calling in the former head of the National Guard for questioning about “serious and systematic” human rights violations during the recent wave of anti-government protests.
VATICAN CITY/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A top adviser to Pope Francis was charged with multiple historical sex crimes in his native Australia yesterday, bringing a worldwide abuse scandal to the heart of the Vatican.
Troy Griffith, a taxi driver charged with breaking into his cousin’s barbershop and stealing $530,000 in items, was on Wednesday granted his release on bail after denying the crime.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities issued arrest warrants yesterday for 95 police officers in Rio de Janeiro state who they say have sold arms and tipped off drug gangs to future operations, in the largest such effort yet to root out corrupt officers.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reversed a decision late yesterday as its revised travel ban took effect and said fiancés would be considered close family members and therefore allowed to travel to the United States.
(Trinidad Express) San Fernando businessman Gregory Laing has been freed. A ransom was paid in exchange for his life.
The Hydrometeorological service through the National Weather Watch Centre at Timehri is seeking to have the weather and climate information disseminated in a timely and accurate manner, with various methods of communication being considered, according to Chief Hydrometeoro-logical Officer, Dr.
MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq, (Reuters) – After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops yesterday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State’s de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group’s self-styled caliphate at an end.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is advising all those individuals who have leased and other facilities from the council to ensure that they settle their accounts for those leases with the City Treasury.
(Barbados Nation) Millions of dollars in funds are being left untouched as Caribbean agencies spend months haggling over minor details or, like the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), are not proactive.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – An international arbitration court yesterday handed Slovenia victory in a long-standing maritime dispute with Croatia, granting it direct access to international waters in the Adriatic Sea.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The former live-in helper for Dr Peter Vogel along with her boyfriend have been found guilty of the 2007 murder of the university lecturer.
Drug and alcohol abuse by school children loitering at minibus parks in the city was among the issues raised by members of the public when they interfaced with ‘A’ Division Commander Marlon Chapman on Tuesday.
VICTORIA, British Columbia, (Reuters) – British Columbia’s Liberal government was defeated yesterday in a non-confidence vote, as expected, paving the way for the left-leaning New Democrats to rule the Western Canadian province for the first time in 16 years.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Bills backed by US President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigrants passed the US House of Representatives on Thursday, drawing criticism from immigration activists and others who called them a threat to civil liberties.
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