Featured in today’s Sunday Style is local designer Akilah Atherley’s new collection, ‘Asparia Rwanda,’ which will be launched on August 4th at the Cliff Anderson tarmac as part of the Fashion Fusion Gospel Edition – I Am Soca Tour.
AFC Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) member Audwin Rutherford has voiced concern about the composition of the region’s team that is continuing negotiations with government for implementation of August 21, 2012 agreement brokered to end unrest in Linden.
An elderly woman was found murdered in her home at South Amelia’s Ward Linden earlier this afternoon and police believe that she was a victim of a robbery gone bad.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed that police are investigating a shooting death which occurred early this morning on Mandela Avenue during a $500 gambling row.
A 29-year-old La Grange, West Bank Demerara resident yesterday died on the spot after the vehicle he was travelling in slammed into a utility pole at Crane Public Road, West Bank Demerara.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Rajendra Singh has told Stabroek News that his contract has not been renewed although he will be returning to the state-owned corporation in another capacity.
Residents of several coastal communities today woke to find their yards and homes under several inches of muddy seawater after windy conditions in the Atlantic propelled 1.5 metre swells, riding on 3.11 metre tides over various sea defence structures.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of nations should get troops ready to invade Syria in order to secure possible stocks of chemical weapons, a senior US senator said today.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s electoral authority said yesterday the opposition created false hopes about a vote audit being prepared after President Nicolas Maduro’s narrow election win, adding that his rival had failed to present compelling proof of foul play.
President Donald Ramotar’s statement that he has not yet seen the two opposition-sponsored bills passed by the National Assembly despite the fact that they were sent to his office over two months ago does not protect him from the requirements of the law, APNU spokesman on Finance Carl Greenidge has said.
DHAKA (Reuters) – Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh on Saturday, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people.
Tupelo, Miss (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor arrested early today was charged with possession of the biological agent ricin and with attempting to use it as a weapon, the US Department of Justice announced.
(Trinidad Express) The police investigation into bribery allegations against former national security minister Jack Warner was submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Thursday afternoon.