As part of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) efforts to strengthen police-community relations, Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, yesterday visited Onderneeming Sandpit on the Essequibo Coast, in Region Two, where scores of residents turned out to air the issues affecting their community, a GPF release stated.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is “apocalyptic” as Israel pursues a military offensive against Hamas militants in the area, top United Nations officials warned yesterday.
On October 24, 2024, the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital achieved a significant milestone by adding thyroidectomy to its list of surgical services.
GABORONE, (Reuters) – Botswana’s voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger over economic stagnation linked to a decline in the diamond trade by handing victory to opposition presidential candidate Duma Boko.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian President Luis Arce accused followers of his former mentor-turned-rival, Evo Morales, of being behind an armed takeover of military posts and holding soldiers hostage on Friday, ramping up tensions in the already restive Andean nation.
A summary of a study on copyright laws here with special emphasis on trade in the creative industries sector, which was commissioned earlier this year was presented by a World Trade Center Georgetown (WTCG), Guyana delegation as it wrapped up its participation in the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) members forum in New York this week.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – PepsiCo PEP.O won the dismissal of New York’s lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, for bringing the case.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Petrochemical firm Braskem and 19 people were formally accused by Brazil’s police following an investigation into sinking ground in the city of Maceio related to salt mining activities, according to the police and documents seen by Reuters.
The Oscar Joseph District Hospital (OJDH) in Charity, Region Two, will soon offer X-ray services to persons seeking medical attention.
PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) – Mauritius’ communications regulator ordered all internet service providers to suspend access to social media platforms on Friday until Nov.
CALI, Colombia, (Reuters) – Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador are suffering an increasing number of threats and sometimes deadly attacks amid spiraling violence in the country, activists said during U.N.
(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert has said he will look ” very carefully” into regulating access to forex distributed by private commercial banks.
A Chinese businesswoman operating a restaurant at Reliance, Essequibo Coast, was robbed by armed bandits on Diwali night.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Remittances sent to Mexico recorded their largest annual drop in eleven years in September, down 4.6% from the same month in 2023, according to data released yesterday by Mexico’s central bank.
GABORONE, (Reuters) – Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat today after a shock election result that saw his Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) lose by a landslide after 58 years in power.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N today beat Wall Street’s third quarter profit estimate, boosted by strong oil output in its first full quarter that includes volumes from U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is on board with Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s approved four per cent wage increase offer to pilots, but the union representing them isn’t ready to fly with all of the proposal just yet.
(Trinidad Guardian) A father and son were killed, and another son was fighting for his life at hospital last night, after gunmen attacked the relatives in Valencia on Wednesday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly says there is no policy barring children from wearing clothing other than their school uniform to attend functions at their schools.
The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in Guyana is facing turmoil.
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