While Indigenous communities in the Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven, who are seeking legal recognition of their rights to traditional and ancestral lands, are still awaiting a High Court ruling, their lawyer says no reason has been given for the delay.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States late yesterday rescinded a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the country by air test negative for COVID-19, a move that follows intense lobbying by airlines and the travel industry.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine sought more help from the West yesterday, pleading for faster deliveries of weapons to hold off better-armed Russian forces and for humanitarian support to combat deadly diseases.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada is suspending random COVID-19 testing at all its airports for the rest of June to ease the long wait times that travelers have encountered in recent weeks, a government statement said yesterday.
Pre-service teachers from Region Two attending the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) on Tuesday received stipends after an almost yearlong wait.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – A Bolivian court found former President Jeanine Anez guilty yesterday of orchestrating a coup that brought her to power during a 2019 political crisis.
Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has said that committees will be set up at every landing site in Region Two to ensure transparency in the distribution of the $150,000 grant promised to fisher folk.
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge yesterday threw out a Biden administration directive narrowing who can be targeted by immigration agents for arrest and deportation, siding with officials in Texas and Louisiana challenging the policy in court.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow leaders from the Western Hemisphere yesterday rolled out a new set of measures to confront the regional migration crisis, seeking to salvage an Americas summit roiled by division.
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has approved the promotion of 248 junior ranks from the Guyana Fire Service and 25 junior ranks from the Guyana Prison Service.
The autopsy conducted on the remains of twenty-eight-year-old Saigon Hopkinson, of Bartica, Region Seven, has revealed that he died from chemical inhalation.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday police should be allowed to investigate him after a former intelligence official accused him of money laundering over millions of dollars allegedly stolen from the president’s farm.
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazilian search teams have found “apparently human” remains in the river where a British journalist was last seen in the Amazon rainforest, police said yesterday, in what may be the biggest break yet for the five-day investigation.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing of US$44 million for the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project.
Guyana’s Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, will be on an official visit to India from 12-16 June 2022, for the launch ceremony of the ocean-going cargo-cum-passenger ferry vessel being built for Guyana by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration will drop pre-departure COVID-19 international air testing requirements effective Sunday at 12:01 a.m.
(Trinidad Express) In full view of passing motorists and pedestrians in San Juan yesterday, a gunman opened fire, killing a 47-year-old mother of two while seriously injuring a man who was next to her.
Following several days of acrimonious exchanges, Prime Minister Mark Phillips and Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday met and several areas were agreed for immediate assistance including more staff for the city to man pumps and fuel aid.