WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has surpassed Republican Donald Trump in a new poll in Iowa, with likely women voters responsible for the turnaround in a state that Trump easily won in 2016 and 2020, according to the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released yesterday.
Emergency repairs to structural damage on the Stanleytown Bridge, West Bank Demerara have begun with a temporary solution projected by this afternoon.
At the 25th General Members Meeting of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on Monday, 28th of October at the Guyana Human Rights Centre two new co-presidents were elected.
(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces are restraining one of Russia’s most powerful offensives since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour, the top commander of Kyiv’s forces said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Two Ohio police officers were indicted by a grand jury in the death of a Black man whom officers restrained with a knee near his neck while he cried “I can’t breathe,” the county prosecutor announced yesterday, in a case that evoked memories of the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Introduction Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo – in one of the government’s most egregiously constitutional violations – announced at his weekly press conference at the PPP/C’s headquarters that the government has no intention to seek parliamentary approval for the already bungled cash payout of oil money to Guyanese at home and abroad.
CALI, Colombia, (Reuters) – Countries at the U.N. COP16 nature talks in Colombia yesterday agreed to how companies in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics should pay for the use of genetic information drawn from biodiversity in their research and development.
(Trinidad Express) PriceSmart, identified in 2015 by former Central Bank governor Jwala Rambarran as the leading user of US dollars in Trinidad and Tobago’s retail and distribution sectors, says that ongoing challenges due to limited US dollar availability in this country have impacted its ability to convert T&T dollars to meet its obligations and support investments.
Woodley Park Vishnu Mandir claimed first place in the large float category at this year’s Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) annual motorcade, held on Wednesday night.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – An Israeli naval force mounted a “special operation” in the northern Lebanese coastal town of Batroun early on Friday and captured one person, a security source said.
Police are investigating an alleged robbery under arms and abduction committed on four Guyanese and six Brazilians, allegedly by unidentifiable males, all wearing masks and carrying firearms.
CALI, Colombia, (Reuters) – Countries at the U.N. COP16 summit on nature yesterday approved a measure to create a permanent body for Indigenous peoples to consult on United Nations decisions about nature conservation.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Kemi Badenoch won a race today to become the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July.
The 2020 elections fraud trial of former staff members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is set to restart under Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday launched an attack on the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Claudette Singh over her decision in relation to two appointments.
Jamie Ghanie appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Guyana Defence force rank Rondel Douglas during a robbery on June 7, 2023, in North Ruimveldt.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) yesterday edged past Wall Street’s third quarter profit estimate, boosted by strong oil output in its first full quarter that includes volumes from U.S.
On Wednesday, the Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Embassy, formalising a partnership that includes the donation of medical equipment valued at US$320,000.
The police yesterday said that there had been 44 fewer road deaths at the start of November this year compared to the same period last year.
The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office in the US state of Oklahoma held a press conference on Thursday to discuss charges against a Guyanese man who is suspected of raping multiple women and teen girls in Tulsa County over an 11-year period.
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