UVALDE, Texas, (Reuters) – Investigators in Texas yesterday sought to determine how critical mistakes were made in the response to the deadly Uvalde school shooting, including why nearly 20 officers remained outside a classroom as children placed panicked 911 calls for help.
All employees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) who are members of the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers Union (GPTWU) will see a hike of 6 per cent in their wages and salaries effective from January 2023 unto 2025, along with further training for technicians in the company.
(Trinidad Guardian) – The Ministry of Health has recorded 6 additional COVID related death.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranian police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse another night of protests over a deadly building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan that officials are blaming on corruption and lax safety, Fars news agency and reports on social media said.
CANU Officers today conducted an operation at the Demerara Shipping Limited, Lombard Street, Georgetown, that resulted in the discovery of a bag containing several parcels of suspected cocaine inside a container.
President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, officially commissioned the Brown’s Pond Catchment in St Philip, Barbados today.
A meeting was summoned this morning by the Commissioner of Police (acting) Clifton Hicken, in the Commissioner’s Conference Room at Force Headquarters, Eve Leary to deal with the breach of security and subsequent discharge of gunshots at the ‘Baderation’ dancehall concert held at the National Park last night.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries.
(Reuters) – Ukraine has started receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United States, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said today, saying the arms would bolster forces fighting Russia’s invasion.
(Trinidad Express) A police officer was granted $200,000 bail by Justice of the Peace, Stephen Young after he was charged with two counts of misbehaviour in public office today.
The decomposing body of a 41-year-old teacher was found at her home at Crane, West Coast Demerara on Friday afternoon and the police have launched a search for her husband in connection with her death.
Police are on the hunt for a lone gunman who shot and killed a Ministry of Health driver at his Sophia home on Thursday night in the presence of two of his children.
Representations have been repeatedly made at both the regional and national levels for the deplorable access road to Barnwell North, on the East Bank of Demerara to be rehabilitated but to no avail, according to Chairman of the Mocha Arcadia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Randolph Adams.
Detecting what the Court considers a material disputed fact, Justice Navindra Singh has asked all the parties in the challenge to the passage of the controversial Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill to submit a statement of agreed facts.
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Friday said that the BA.2 subvariant of the COVID-19 Omicron variant is suspected to be in Guyana.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that a total of $275 million worth of fertilizer will be allocated to farmers in Region Two.
President Irfaan Ali has assured that Guyana will not abandon the judicial path it has undertaken to resolve the ongoing border controversy with Venezuela.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has said that the country needs to take tangible steps to forge racial harmony and eliminate discrimination.
Several communities in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) have been severely affected by flooding after recent rainfall and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said it is ready to help the region and others parts of the country.
Following a seizure, a businessman collapsed and subsequently died at a gas station on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) on Thursday.
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