In a message to mark fire prevention week which began yesterday, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan disclosed that this year to date 75 buildings have been destroyed by fire and 17 were severely damaged.
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, U.N.
(Trinidad Express) Venezuela, Colombia and Dominican Republic are three of the six major countries from which people are trafficked to Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Even as he declared that T&T is on the brink of the danger zone economically, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday sought to assure the nation that “these are not hopeless times.”
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump may have done just enough in Sunday’s presidential debate to keep his leaky presidential campaign afloat – and that may have put Republicans considering abandoning him in an even tougher position.
Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday condemned the government’s move to compulsorily acquire land belonging to High Commissioner to Canada, Clarissa Riehl and her husband and denied that the former PPP/C administration had initiated this plan.
A fisherman yesterday relived an agonising 29 hours at sea after the boat he was in capsized and he swam for several hours to the shores of Trinidad and Tobago but two other crewmembers, a father and son are still missing.
An East Coast Demerara father of two died on Saturday after a mining pit at Rock Creek, Puruni caved in while he was working in it.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday stated that neither he nor President David Granger offered trade unionist Carvil Duncan monies in return for him resigning from several constitutional offices.
The sunken dredge that was blocking the Mazaruni River for six weeks has finally been shifted enough to allow the free flow of boats.
The man who is being accused of raping a 12- year- old girl and missed his last court date leading to an arrest warrant being issued was captured on Saturday.
Around 1.15 pm yesterday, the police say a twenty-two year old Barbadian national who was an outgoing passenger, destined for Barbados, was arrested by ranks of the Guyana Police Force at the Eugene F.
During an almost four-hour-long discussion of the poor performance in Mathematics recorded in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, Cabinet members agreed that the situation was dire and a plan is needed to address it, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Friday.
Three armed men last night pounced on the Lai Li restaurant located in Portuguese Quarter, Port Mourant, Corentyne and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money and valuables.
Police are searching for a man who reportedly shot the mother of his child on Saturday afternoon at her West Ruimveldt home.
Police have released the suspects who were being questioned over the murder of Tuschen taxi driver Rolun Jodmie.
The trial of former minister in the PPP/C administration Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings, for the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government, has been rescheduled to commence this month.
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim knew a man killed for daring to enter a protected area.
At about 11 pm on Saturday, ranks of the Guyana Police Force conducted a search on a male at Palm Court on Main Street, Georgetown, and found an unlicensed .38 Special Revolver with four matching rounds.
As part of the mandate of the Ministry of Social Cohesion, a Diversity Education and Inclusion Workshop Training of Trainers workshop was launched on Saturday at the Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue, where 15 persons will be trained as part of a core team, which will train over 700 citizens to become social cohesion advocates.
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