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In a major victory for the GTU, Justice Sandil Kissoon has ruled that their strike over the absence of collective bargaining was legal and justified.

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Explosions echoed over an Iranian city yesterday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made JNJ.N children’s

(Trinidad Guardian) Following the United States’ decision Wednesday to resume sanctions against Venezuela, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley clarified that as it stands, the Dragon gas arrangement is unaffected.

-US$1m mobilisation fee to be paid Government yesterday assured that consumers will pay no increase on their power utility bill, even as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday announced that it was paying the power ship rental company a US$1 million mobilisation fee in addition to around US7.06 cents per kWh (kilowatthour) in monthly charter, operation and maintenance fees.

`…when them give she the injection the child never recovered back’ A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice couple is now mourning the loss of  two children within days at the New Amsterdam Hospital and they are calling for a thorough investigation to be carried out.

In the midst of the inconvenience brought about by the recent spate of blackouts along the coast, the government and opposition are still engaged in a ‘back and forth’ with regard to the Guyana Power and Light Inc’s (GPL) responsibilities.

The fact that the procurement commission found major breaches in the evaluation process but said it could do nothing about the pump station contract awarded to Tepui Inc.,

Police in Regional Division 4 ’A’ are probing an accident on Wednesday night involving a motor lorry that left 36-year-old Nina Williams dead.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of a Venezuelan national called ‘Frankie, at Piyuka Falls, Puruni River.

The Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Immigration Support Services, has welcomed 39 individuals from 13 countries as Guyanese citizens.

Following the recent incident involving Venezuelan students at Queenstown Secondary School, General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Coretta McDonald, and Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain have both shared their perspectives on the issue.

On March 8, 2024, a contract for the construction of the Kwakwani Nursery School in Region # 10 valued at $71,10,738𝟖 was signed between the Government of Guyana through the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and See-Solutions.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, yesterday conducted a follow-up visit to the site of the Stabroek Market Wharf collapse.

– Sukhai tells conference Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, has called on the member countries of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) to renew their commitments to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, noting that although progress has been made globally in advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples, many challenges remain.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late yesterday, citing a U.S.

Danford Thomas called ‘Dennis’, a 29-year-old labourer of Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast, who was charged with rape appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on  April 17, 2024, before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke.

KAIRANA/CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – India began voting today in the world’s largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term in office on the back of growth, welfare, his personal popularity and Hindu nationalism.

OIAPOQUE, Brazil,  (Reuters) – State-run energy firm Petrobras has hit growing resistance from Indigenous groups and government agencies to its premier exploration project, which would open the most promising part of Brazil’s northern coast to oil drilling.

HOUSTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The day after the United States announced it would reimpose costly limits on Venezuela’s oil sector, the South American nation braced for the consequences and its president warned that the “grave error” would also hit U.S.