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(Reuters) – US President Donald Trump today called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that had drawn a sharp rebuke from Zelenskiy.
The PNCR/APNU today announced the passing of elder statesman Eusi Kwayana. Known affectionately as the Sage of Buxton, Kwayana passed away today at the age of 101.
interCaribbean today announced that it will be flying between Barbados and the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle every day from now on.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the “Cockroach” youth movement in Delhi today as security forces locked down parts of the capital to thwart a rally demanding the resignation of India’s election chief.
(Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called for elections next year and said there was “more than enough time” to prepare for a vote by July, the Financial Times reported yesterday.
Guyana and Jamaica have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation in tourism and hospitality, including investment, air connectivity, training and sustainable tourism development.
-they may all be owed $510,300 An application for judicial review was filed yesterday in the High Court against the National Insurance Board over its alleged failure, since January 2021, to pay the minimum old-age pension at the lawful rate.
Dear Editor, Please allow me, through the good offices of Kiskadee Watch, to congratulate Judge Navi Pillay, former international judge and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – and my friend – on her richly deserved award of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday rejected claims made by Dorwain Bess, co-founder of VPAC, suggesting that approximately one million pounds of contaminated chicken may be on the local market for purchase and consumption by Guyanese.
Guyana has retained the highest ranking in the United States’ annual assessment of efforts to combat human trafficking, although the latest report records fewer investigations, reduced funding and a sharp fall in the number of identified victims referred to care.
After years of disability caused by haemophilia, 48-year-old Pooran Sookdeo is walking again following what the GPHC says was a complex surgical procedure made possible through international collaboration.
Head of the five-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the MV Barima disaster, Belizean Justice of Appeal Godfrey Phillip Smith has said that the Commission cannot say at present if it will be able to cover the travel costs of all the persons who will be coming to give evidence.
Dear Editor, The daughter of a missing MV Barima passenger told the Commission of Inquiry that she has no confidence in the probe.
Nathan Henry recorded three singles victories across two age groups as the National Junior and Senior Badminton Tournament got underway at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, on Thursday, October 8.
Sixteen teams will chase places in the Courts Optical Pee Wee football quarter-finals today, when the competition’s knockout action unfolds at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue.
The five-member Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy yesterday visited two dry docks on the East Bank Demerara as part of its preliminary investigations into the circumstances surrounding the vessel’s capsizing last July 18.
Three-year-old Keron Atkinson is feared drowned after disappearing in a waterway at Agatash Village, Cuyuni-Mazaruni on Friday.
A management committee will be established to oversee designated truck parking facilities, with fees and operational arrangements to be announced in the coming days, Minister of Housing Collin Croal said yesterday.
Kyle Jonathan Griffith, 24, is being sought by the police in relation to rape. A police bulletin yesterday gave his last known address as 41 Main Street, Anns Grove.
APNU parliamentarian Terrence Campbell has called for urgent action over conditions at a toilet used by Corriverton market vendors and patrons, citing a municipal employee’s complaints about inadequate cleaning supplies, a lack of safety gloves and alleged threats of victimisation.
