SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was recovering in an intensive care unit yesterday, doctors said, after being rushed to a Sao Paulo hospital for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October.
(Jamaica Gleaner) An Integrity Commission investigation has found that a company linked to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his business partner Norman Brown built an apartment complex in St Andrew with more rooms than allowed, breaching the law.
The Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT) National Training Project for Youth Empowerment programmes recently held its graduation ceremony for 196 participants at the Essequibo Technical Institute in Region Two.
(JIS) Jamaica is now ranked number one in the Caribbean for the collection of plastic bottles for recycling, says Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda.
Former US Congresswoman Jackie Speier who survived an attack in 1978 that killed congressman Leo Ryan prior to the mass suicide in Jonestown disagrees with the plan to turn the north west area into a tourist attraction.
DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Syria’s new interim leader announced yesterday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad three days ago.
(Reuters) – At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered various forms of torture and other “crimes against humanity” at the hands of the government over the past seven years, a human rights NGO said yesterday.
The provision of health services in Guyana was bolstered with the graduation of 148 students from the New Amsterdam School of Nursing, situated in Region Six – East Berbice-Corentyne.
ALTOONA, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) – Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with murder in the shooting of a top UnitedHealth executive, briefly struggled with officers and angrily shouted while being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, as a clearer picture of his motives began to emerge a day after his arrest ended a massive manhunt.
Denellon Emanuel, also known as ‘Thug Life’, was acquitted of attempted murder and wounding charges by a 12-member jury yesterday at the High Court in Demerara.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian and Italian authorities said they launched two joint operations yesterday aimed at dismantling a transnational plot to transport cocaine from South America to Europe using cargo ships or airplanes.
Police have arrested a Venezuelan man who drove off with a woman’s vehicle at around 7.30 pm on Monday before crashing the vehicle at Soesdyke a short time later.
TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time yesterday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A federal congressman was assassinated late on Monday in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said yesterday she was worried that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to levy broad import tariffs could derail progress in quelling inflation and raise costs for households and businesses.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he was convinced he would return from Spain to his country in time to be sworn in as president on Jan.
President Irfaan Ali today announced that the government will be signing a two-year agreement with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) which includes a retroactive 10% salary increase for 2024, as well as an 8% increase for 2025.
TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time today in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.
SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was rushed to Sao Paulo overnight for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October and he will remain in hospital for a couple more days, the government said today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Consultant in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Dr Joel Teelucksingh, is raising concerns about increased respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, including coughs, colds, flu, norovirus and potentially, COVID-19.
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