(Trinidad Guardian) For the period 2006 to 2015 there were 102 fatal accidents which occurred in the workplace and the construction industry was cited as having the highest number of fatalities as it recorded 33 fatal accidents for that period.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Peru’s president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that his government is concerned about what he called the critical economic and social situation in Venezuela, citing shortfalls of food and medicine.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to run for re-election in 2018 and may impose tougher authoritarian rule to curb unrest over the slumping economy, the CIA’s top Russia analyst said yesterday.
A young McDoom fisherman, brought before a city court on three counts of breaking and entering and larceny, was remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to the charges yesterday.
An East Ruimveldt man was yesterday fined after he admitted to stealing a man’s phone because he was financially frustrated.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A killer stepmother screamed obscenities Monday during a hearing where a judge sentenced her to life in prison with no parole for 16 years for the shocking murder of 17-year-old Jamaican teen Melonie Biddersingh.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday expressed regret for sexual abuse by U.N.
An arrest warrant was today issued for self-professed drug lord Barry Dataram and his common-law wife Anjanie Boodnarine after they were a no-show at a hearing scheduled for a ruling on whether they have to lead a defence in their trial for the alleged possession of 284 lbs of cocaine.
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.Keith Mitchell said he resigned as Chairman of Caricom’s sub-committee on cricket governance because he was angered by the behaviour of “a couple of our leaders in the region”.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- While T20 superstar Andre Russell is attempting to dodge a two-year ban from the sport, the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JaDCO) says he violated a whereabouts clause through negligence.
HELSINKI, (Reuters) – Five volleyball players from the Cuban national team were found guilty today of aggravated rape while they were in the country in July for a World League tournament prior to the Rio Olympics.
Smart City Solutions (SCS) is almost ready to roll out its first parking meter in Georgetown; however when the controversial parking platform comes on stream it will not be under the direction of Guyanese Ifa Kamau Cush but Amir Oren, an American.
Former minister of public works Robeson Benn believes that government’s decision against renewing the lease for pilot Khamraj Lall’s hangar at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was not justified or fair and is tantamount to the return to the days of the “expropriation of private property.”
A 17-month-old boy drowned on Sunday after he wandered off while playing in his yard and fell into a trench some 30 feet away from his home.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday lobbied scores of Commonwealth magistrates and judges for their support for Guyana’s efforts to resolve its border controversy with Venezuela via a juridical settlement.
Emphasising that the judiciary is independent from the executive, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Carl Singh yesterday urged judges and magistrates to “firmly but politely resist” political pressure and not allow themselves to fall prey.
Two prisoners escaped yesterday after being put to clean the exterior of the Lusignan Prison compound.
A Bahamian man was yesterday charged with the murder of Guyanese educator Marisha Bowen, who was found dead in her Nassau Village apartment almost two weeks ago.
A Mocha-Arcadia business was robbed yesterday of an undisclosed amount of cash and valuables by armed bandits who pretended to be customers.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says the evidence clearly shows that the water well in the compound of the Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt belongs to the Guyana Water Inc.
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