LONDON, (Reuters) – People with diabetes should be offered gastric surgery as a standard treatment option which could help control it for years without medication, the world’s leading diabetes groups said.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Venezuela expects to rejoin the global watchdog established to stop trade in conflict diamonds as it seeks to resume diamond exports, its central bank director said yesterday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer said yesterday he would seek constitutional change to limit increases in public spending as part of a series of measures to curb a record fiscal deficit and regain investor confidence.
CAIRO/PARIS, (Reuters) – The EgyptAir jet that disappeared last week did not show technical problems before taking off from Paris, sources within the Egyptian investigation committee said late on Tuesday.
MIAMI, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago’s Jack Warner, the former Vice President of football’s world governing body (FIFA), is being sued for more than US50 million dollars by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF).
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies batting star Chris Gayle will not be returning to Melbourne Renegades for this year’s Big Bash League.
About 2000h. last night, the police say that Cleveland Pyle, 22 years, and Damion Pearce, 24 years, security guards attached to a private security service, were making a night deposit at a Bank at Le Ressouvenir, ECD, when they were attacked by a man armed with a gun.
Rickford Bourne, 71 years, of “B” Field, Sophia, who was allegedly struck to his head by his son during an argument on May 19, 2016, succumbed to his injuries yesterday, the police said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Oil-rich Venezuela, which is faced with a severe food crisis, will soon bring relief to its citizens by purchasing US$50 million in goods from T&T.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and Bank of Guyana Governor Dr Gobind Ganga yesterday insisted that there is no sluggishness in the economy, while saying that the numbers show the economy is doing well and is projected to do even better by year end.
A reduction in the current 16% Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate is not possible before the next budget, according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who says that although the Tax Reform Committee (TRC) has made such a recommendation, government has sought guidance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure that the right decision is made.
Kempton Glenn and Robin Holder, the two men who police say were caught during an escape bid after robbing an Atlantic Ville resident whom they had trailed home from a bank, were yesterday charged and remanded to prison.
The police were yesterday granted an additional 72 hours to keep the husband of Babita Sarjou and his alleged accomplice in custody and her relatives have positively identified her belongings.
Treatment of over five persons with Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS), the rare neurological disorder said to be associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus in some countries, is taxing the resources at George-town Public Hospital Cor-poration (GPHC), according to Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton.
The Mayor and City Council said yesterday that it was working towards seeing Edward B Beharry and Company Limited receive the necessary approvals to launch its Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise.
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday commended the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force for its recent successes in solving crimes and suggested that Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum be promoted.
The Government of Guyana is looking to secure funding from the Islamic Development Bank in a number of areas and is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a country mission team, Minister of Finance Minister Winston Jordan said yesterday.
Harvard-bound Guyanese scholar Kelly Hyles has embarked on a mission to spread motivation to Guyanese students as they carve their own paths to success.
With the help of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a labour force survey that determine the official unemployment rate will begin in January 2017, Chief Statistician Lennox Benjamin says.
The rehabilitation of Carifesta Avenue that will see it upgraded to facilitate more traffic is expected to be finished by the end of July.
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