City work not taken to M&CC for approval
Members of the City Council have expressed concern that work being conducted in the city is being developed and implemented without their knowledge or approval.
Members of the City Council have expressed concern that work being conducted in the city is being developed and implemented without their knowledge or approval.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed yesterday to direct their militaries to hold talks to avoid conflict over potential operations in Syria, a US official said.
Come October 1, over 3,000 young people in hinterland communities throughout the country will begin to benefit from training in technical vocations and life skills.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama announced yesterday that more than 50 countries have pledged some 40,000 peacekeepers for possible deployment on United Nations missions, as well as helicopters, medical units and training and equipment to deal with roadside bombs.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Barack Obama and France and Britain’s leaders yesterday, and called for a climate change agenda from upcoming global talks in Paris that helps developing countries with access to finance and technology.
Speedboat operators who ply the Vreed-en-Hoop/ Stabroek route have benefited from a recently-held customer service training programme which outlined their roles in delivering quality service to customers.
LONDON (Reuters) – The first patient has been treated in Britain in a pioneering trial of a new treatment co-developed by Pfizer and derived from embryonic stem cells designed for patients with a condition that can cause blindness.
Six more persons were fined after they admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States can normalize ties only after Washington ends its trade embargo and returns the Guantanamo US naval base to Cuban control, President Raul Castro told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday.
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro will let over 1,500 deported Colombians return to Venezuela and legalize their status, regional bloc UNASUR said yesterday, in a further easing of tensions between the two South American neighbours.
Sookraj Permaul, the bus driver who was charged last year August with causing the death of remigrant cyclist Roy Mendonca, was yesterday sentenced to 54 months in prison after he was found guilty of the crime.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Pope Francis waited until his historic US visit was over to make his most direct comments on the nation’s debate over gay marriage, saying government officials should have the right to refrain from actions that violate their religious beliefs.
A man accused of five counts of armed robbery had the charges against him dismissed on Friday after the virtual complainants failed to show up in a city court.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – It remains undecided whether leaders of Colombia’s Marxist FARC guerrillas sentenced for human rights violations under the country’s new justice accord with the rebels would be allowed to someday enter politics, the head of Bogota’s negotiating team said yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) said yesterday it will create a mission to tackle graft in Honduras, where protestors have been pushing for an anti-corruption body like one that helped bring down the president of neighbouring Guatemala.
With just a matter of hours left before President David Granger addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the Head of State says his objective will be to call on the UN to offer some form of solid protection for small States.
Based on actual and projected performance, the Marriott Hotel is expected to make an operating profit based on cash flows by the end of this year, its special purpose company Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI) said in a statement today.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Phil Simmons was today suspended as West Indies head coach, for criticising the selection process regarding the one-day team for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.
President David Granger says he is confident that a resort to the court to settle the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy will yield a ruling in Guyana’s favour.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Alcoa Inc, which has been hurt by falling prices for aluminum, its core product, said today it would split into two publicly traded entities as its traditional operations and higher-value and automotive businesses were diverging and no longer compatible.
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