BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warned yesterday that her conservative opponents were trampling on Brazil’s democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of 13 years of leftist rule.
The Guyana Police Force’s ‘B’ Division last Saturday honoured ranks and civil society partners for their efforts in helping to make the division safer.
Ahead of a General Council meeting scheduled for September 2, members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) are being invited to share their views on the increase in wages and salaries being offered by the Government of Guyana (GoG).
A week since reclaiming responsibility for garbage collection within several city wards, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is trying to iron out hiccups in its operations, while residents are trying to adjust.
BEIRUT/KARKAMIS, Turkey, (Reuters) – Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria yesterday and drew a rebuke from NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State.
MANILA, (Reuters) – A Philippines senator who is leading an inquiry into the spate of killings unleashed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ has vowed to press on despite bizarre accusations and insults raining on her from the country’s leader.
The delayed furnishing of a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) well in ‘E’ Field, Sophia, has left residents in the area without an adequate water supply for several months, forcing some to use water from nearby trenches for domestic purposes.
Twenty health sector specialists are participating in a four-day training course in the Hospital Safety Index and Green Economy Checklist Course.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government yesterday dismissed the head of federal police, Enrique Galindo, after a recent report that detailed grave human rights abuses by officers serving under him.
AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Lucy, one of the best known ancestors of humans to ever roam the earth, may have died after a fall from a tree, University of Texas researchers said on Monday after studying her 3.18-million-year-old fossilized remains.
BELO HORIZONTE/ RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The deadly collapse of a tailings dam at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, last November was caused by drainage and design issues, a report into Brazil’s worst-ever environmental disaster showed yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) There is yet another negative report pointed at Bar-bados’ immigration officers at the Grantley Adams International Airport.
(Reuters) – New Jersey researchers said yesterday they had identified perhaps the first strain of E.
Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Phillip Viveirous, 41 years, a farmer of Adventure Village, Linden Highway, whose dismembered corpse was discovered on the Adventure Road on Linden Highway, about 05:40h.
(Trinidad Guardian) The worst fears of Rosemarie Blackburn’s two adult children were realised yesterday when they heard a single gunshot in their home and within seconds discovered their mother dead lying on the bathroom floor of their Trincity home.
Embattled Public Health Minister Dr George Norton yesterday beat out two competitors to retain his position as Vice-Chairman of the People’s National Congress alongside Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.
Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan says his party supports embattled Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton and believes that the nation should trust its leaders’ decision on the pharmaceutical bond contract.
A man is now dead and several were injured after the driver of a bus lost control and slammed into a utility pole on Saturday night on Regent Street.
A businessman was robbed of $2M yesterday at gunpoint as he was about to make a deposit at the Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited branch in Rose Hall, Corentyne.
The bodies of the two children who drowned on Thursday night following the Aruka River hit and run have been recovered and their parents are pleading with the authorities to find the persons responsible.
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