NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is trying to hasten a deal with the United States to buy Predator drone aircraft for military surveillance, one of several defence and nuclear projects the two sides are pursuing in the final months of the Obama administration.
Candacie Marshall, Melissa Naughton and Oladara Christian, who were found guilty in August of fraudulently converting in excess of $48 million from Telecom Solutions Guyana Inc, were yesterday each sentenced to four years in jail.
ABUJA (Reuters) – Two of Nigeria’s 10 presidential jets have been put up for sale as part of a drive to cut costs, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.
The trial of Alvin Dunga, the man accused of killing another by shooting him with a bow and arrow back in 2005 during an argument over stolen gold pieces, began yesterday before Justice Roxane George.
LES CAYES, Haiti/ GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti’s southwest coast with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns yesterday, tearing at trees and rooftops before moving on to Cuba.
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe is losing at least $1 billion annually to corruption, with police and local government officials among the worst offenders, Transparency International said in a report yesterday.
A second person was placed under arrest in connection with the recent murder of the Gangaram cattle farmer and this was confirmed by Commander of ‘B’ Division, Kevin Adonis.
BERLIN (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said yesterday the group would publish about one million documents related to the US election and three governments in coming weeks, but denied the release was aimed at damaging Hillary Clinton.
A no-case submission was made on behalf of attempted murder accused Stafrei Alexander.
HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board in Havana yesterday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over four years was rejected in a shock referendum result.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Manager of the West Indies team on tour of the United Arab Emirates, Joel Garner, has strongly rejected as “misleading” claims of disorganization in the regional side from veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.
The Traffic Chief is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly female pedestrian which occurred about 11:30 h today, on the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, W.C.D,
The Office of the Opposition today lamented what it said was the “immoral” delay by the government in swearing in the members of the Public Procurement Commission.
LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti’s southwest coast with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns on Tuesday, tearing at trees and rooftops before moving out to sea.
Days after they apparently skipped the jurisdiction, embarrassing the authorities, the police this afternoon issued a wanted bulletin for drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his wife, Anjanie.
(Reuters) – Tropical storm Nicole has formed about 525 miles (840 kilometers) northeast of San Juan in Puerto Rico, the U.S.
In an historic decision, the Bid Protest Committee (BPC) has ruled in favour of Puran Brothers Disposal in relation to an appeal by Cevons Waste Management over the award of a $221m one-year contract for the management of the Haags Bosch Landfill site.
The three sugar unions: GAWU, NAACIE and the GLU in a joint statement today expressed disappointment at the content of a meeting they had with GuySuCo on September 29 on the future of the industry.
(Jamaica Observer) The Meteorological Service last evening placed Jamaica on a tropical storm warning, saying that the island is now expected to be outside the range of hurricane-force winds associated with Hurricane Matthew, but likely to experience tropical storm conditions.
LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti’s southwestern peninsula early today, packing 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges that killed at least one person and damaged homes.
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