Expressing concern over the persistence of unsafe practices carried out by mining firms, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced that it would launched a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the latest mining death.
Amazon Caribbean (Amcar) took its canned Wild Acai Hearts of Palm and other products to the Natural Products Expo in Baltimore, USA recently, where it was the only company representing not just Guyana, but the entire Caribbean.
Carl Braithwaite, who police say stabbed a nine-year-old boy during an attack in the city, was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail for the crime.
Mahase Gangadin, who was charged in April with fraudulently converting over $500,000 in items entrusted to him, was yesterday found guilty of the offence.
Howard De Santos, the young minibus driver who was charged last year with causing the death of his uncle, was yesterday acquitted after a city court held that there was no case made out against him by the prosecution.
The relatives of the two missing fishermen are not satisfied at the pace of the police’s investigation and are calling on all of the authorities to assist them.
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement fired ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, and the United States said a failed missile attack from Houthi-controlled areas targeted one of its warships, two days after an apparent Saudi-led air strike killed 140 Yemenis.
The mother of two who was shot by her partner on Saturday last, remains in the hospital and is slowly recuperating.
BOGOTA/CARACAS (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and second-biggest rebel group announced yesterday they will start formal peace talks on October 27 in a boost for President Juan Manuel Santos after the rejection of his deal with the larger FARC guerrilla group.
A worker attached to the Skeldon Estate lost his life yesterday afternoon after a swarm of Africanised bees attacked him at the backdam where he was working.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Top European Union and NATO officials called yesterday for continued dialogue with Moscow, while maintaining pressure on Russia over its actions in Ukraine and its support for Syria’s bombardment of civilians in Aleppo.
Hundreds turned up on Sunday for the Pink Ribbon Walk in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which was supported for the second year by the Nestle Svelty brand.
The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into a Berbice school following allegations that a teacher was using drugs and encouraging students to do the same by saying “It is okay to take a pull”.
JUBA (Reuters) – Rebels attacked trucks carrying civilians in South Sudan, killing 21 people, the government said, as violence between rival forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his former vice president risks dragging the country back into civil war.
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May criticised Britain’s finance industry for failing to promote and retain women yesterday as the government revealed that some of the biggest players have committed to having at least 30 per cent in senior roles by 2021.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Corruption charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva piled up yesterday as prosecutors accused him and Marcelo Odebrecht, ex-CEO of engineering group Odebrecht SA, in an alleged bribery scheme related to contracts in Angola.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents pushed government forces and their allies out of two villages in Hama province yesterday, regaining some areas recently lost, rebel officials and a monitoring group reported.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A “massive response” is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S.
Fire has erupted again at the Gafoor’s complex at Houston on the East Bank Demerara.
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