Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan will join a team of traffic and transportation practitioners from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Guyana Police Force on a week-long transportation study tour, which will take place in Mexico and Colombia from next week.
The effects of the storage of toxic chemicals in close proximity to city public health workers and near the city’s nursery school, day care, and health centre received the attention of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday at its statutory meeting.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday said that crisis-wrought Venezuela should be suspended from the regional diplomatic body if it does not hold general elections “as quickly as possible.”
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, while chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp, used an alias for emails with employees and board members because his primary account was jammed with too many messages, the oil company said yesterday.
Bids in the millions of US dollars were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Sheriff Street – Mandela Avenue Roadway Enhancement Project under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.
Puruni miners on March 11 took part in a training workshop by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) where environmental issues were at the forefront.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes on more than $150 million in income in 2005, the White House said yesterday, responding to an MSNBC report that the network had obtained two pages of the returns.
BENGHAZI, Libya, (Reuters) – East Libyan forces said they had regained control yesterday of the major oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Es Sider from a rival faction that seized them earlier this month and were pursuing their opponents into the desert.
The Alliance For Change has made undisclosed monetary donations to four persons who suffered significant losses in a recent conflagration in Kitty, Georgetown.
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) in collaboration with the Viraat Sabhaa Guyana held its first Phagwah Mela ‘Rang Barse’ at the Helena No.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top public prosecutor asked the Supreme Court to open 83 new investigations into senior politicians yesterday, reportedly including five ministers and leading lawmakers, in a dramatic escalation of a graft probe threatening the government.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Ltd is saddled with a US$270,000 monthly bill for breaking its lease on two 767 jets that are now flying for Air Canada.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors summoned ousted leader Park Geun-hye yesterday for questioning next week about a corruption scandal that led to her dismissal as president, the prosecutors’ office said.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday called charges “false” that he tried to block an ongoing investigation of the biggest graft scandal in Brazil’s history, which helped end the 13-year rule of his leftist Workers Party.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has agreed to a support package of more than US$430 million for Trinidad & Tobago to be distributed over five years under a new country strategy for the twin-island republic launched last week.
Officials from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday met with local suppliers of stone and other items to facilitate a link between them and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Modernisation Project.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos yesterday acknowledged that funds were illegally obtained during his 2010 election campaign and asked the nation’s forgiveness for the “shameful” act.
VINA DEL MAR, Chile, (Reuters) – The Latin American free trade area known as the Pacific Alliance has agreed a new category of “associate member,” it said yesterday, as it seeks to increase its reach and show it is serious about its message of fighting protectionist trends.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Ltd is saddled with a US$270,000 monthly bill for breaking its lease on two 767 jets that are now flying for Air Canada.
A ship reportedly destined for Venezuela on Wednesday last sank just off the Essequibo Coast after it encountered problems.
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