Regional Health Officer (RHO), Region Seven, Dr Edward Sagala told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the region has not recorded any maternal or neonatal deaths for the past three years, a press release from GINA stated.
Attorney Keisha Chase’s trial over causing the death of a pedestrian by dangerous driving, remains on hold pending a High Court ruling.
A Stabroek News reporter was assaulted by a prisoner yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, while taking video footage of a murder suspect.
With growing complaints of reduced spending and a seemingly sluggish economy, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Vishnu Doerga says that significant growth in the economy cannot happen overnight and urged patience.
The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against Leon Lindo, who is charged with conspiracy to murder late businessman Mohamed Khan, continued on Tuesday with the evidence of the secretary of attorney Nigel Hughes.
Brigadier (rtd) Edward Collins was yesterday sworn in as the sole commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the circumstances under which a foreign aircraft, which was discovered near the village of Yupukari in Region Nine two weeks ago, landed in this country.
As pressure builds for action, Crown Mining Supplies has consulted with a professional salvager to retrieve their sunken dredge at Piremap Falls, Mazaruni River, while MARAD says that a date cannot be set as to when the river will be cleared.
By Leonardo Vivas Any candid observer visiting Venezuela five years ago could hardly anticipate what the country has become under Nicolas Maduro’s government.
The Bank of Montreal yesterday made a presentation to stakeholder ministers and members of the subcommittee on oil and gas on the likely financial impacts of the oil and gas industry.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Congress yesterday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept.
A man who was caught on CCTV footage breaking and entering a trading store was yesterday jailed when he appeared before the chief magistrate.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Matthew brought flooding and felled trees to islands in the eastern Caribbean yesterday and forecasters said the 13th cyclone of the 2016 Atlantic season would reach hurricane force later this week.
Treated well, tourism has an extraordinary contribution to make to regional growth; treated badly it has the capacity to damage economies and reduce government revenues.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he is hopeful for improved relations with the United States, a day after meeting U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – California State Treasurer John Chiang yesterday announced a sweeping suspension of business relationships with Wells Fargo & Co as punishment for the company’s defrauding of customers.
(Trinidad Guardian) Despite knowing that he could be shot dead, Krishna Maharaj sacrificed his life for his family when he coaxed a gunman into leaving their home together so his wife could have a chance to escape.
EL CAJON, Calif., (Reuters) – Protesters yelled “murder” and demanded yesterday a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Southern California, just as racially charged anger over two similar incidents during the past two weeks had begun to subside.
A Route 48 minibus plunged into a trench along Homestretch Avenue yesterday afternoon to avoid colliding with a motor car which reportedly made a sudden turn.
CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) – A 14-year-old South Carolina boy shot and killed his father then drove to an elementary school playground where he wounded two children and a teacher with a handgun before being tackled by a firefighter who held him for police, authorities said yesterday.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Nearly one-third of Argentina’s population lives in poverty, the government said yesterday in the first official poverty data published in three years, underscoring the difficulty of reaching President Mauricio Macri’s “zero poverty” goal.
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