CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government expects oil exports to finance 63% of its national budget in 2023, a document seen by Reuters showed, a slightly higher proportion than this year, as U.S
Romano Fiedtkou, 27, an unemployed man of Lot 91 Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, was remanded on Monday on a ‘Break and Enter and Larceny’ charge committed on the shop of Abiola Lewis.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former U.S. lawmaker David Rivera was arrested yesterday on charges of conspiring to launder money and to illegally act as an agent of the Venezuelan government, according to a U.S.
Police are investigating the death, allegedly by electrocution, of 32-year-old Sorajanie Hansraj and her 39-year-old husband Prahalad Jagnarine, which occurred between 7 last evening and 6 this morning at Success Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara.
New Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain has advised heads of schools and practical instruction centres that they no longer need to provide general schemes of work.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans have been urged to temper their appetite for foreign-produced essential oils and to invest in local production to tap a global industry valued at US$8.8 billion and which is expected to exceed US$15 billion by 2027.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russia had destroyed homes in the south and knocked out power in the north in a new round of missile attacks today as the West tried to limit Moscow’s ability to finance its invasion by imposing a price cap on Russian seaborne oil.
In the face of a number of collisions by vessels with the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) which have left taxpayers footing hundreds of millions of dollars in repairs, the government has signalled a revamping of the country’s maritime laws to ensure adequate compensation.
Permanent Secretary of the Public Works Ministry, Vladim Persaud yesterday signed a contract with Modern Construction and Trucking Services for the emergency construction of an improved ‘B’ Field Sophia Bridge (Blacka Bridge).
Five days before President David Granger acceded to the GECOM declaration that his coalition had lost the 2020 General Elections, the US White House had told the Private Sector Commission (PSC) it was preparing to institute economic sanctions against persons here, according to National Security Advisor and former PSC Chairman Gerry Gouveia.
President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said that the Government will continue to roll out programmes to benefit all children, including those from children’s homes.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Protesters in Iran called yesterday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggered months of protests had been shut down.
Two south Georgetown communities have been awarded contracts totalling $165m for the cleaning and desilting of drains along with the rehabilitation of bridges and roads.
(Trinidad Express) “Baffling” was how police described a double murder that took place in Chaguanas sometime between Saturday night and yesterday morning.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the ship repair and dry-docking facility operated by Guyana Port Inc at Supply, East Bank Demerara requires no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians to be patient and strong in resisting the rigours of winter, as officials pressed ahead with efforts to restore power and other services knocked out by Russian air strikes.