MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – A Nigerian teenager kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been rescued, the first of more than 200 girls seized in a raid on their school in Chibok town to return from captivity in the insurgents’ forest lair, officials said yesterday.
The Commonwealth Ministerial Committee on Belize, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, Senator Maxine McClean, and comprising Barbados, Canada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nigeria and Tanzania, as well as Belize and United Kingdom as observers, met on Monday to discuss the recent events taking place in the Adjacency Zone between Belize and Guatemala.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors have named Kieron Pollard in a 14-man squad for next month’s Tri-Nations Series, ending the Trinidadian all-rounder’s near two-year exile from the regional squad.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it recovered $114m from an anti-smuggling crackdown between January and April this year.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) has launched a major effort to recover thousands of dollars in land taxes owed to the state.
The five teens accused of killing retired Professor Pariedeau ‘Perry’ Mars during a robbery were yesterday arraigned for his murder in a city court, amidst a heightened police presence to ensure order.
Attorneys for controversial Chinese logging firm Baishanlin have written to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seeking the return of vehicles seized in April and have accused Georgetown of breaching treaty obligations with China.
Recently recaptured murder accused Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander is expected to be charged soon with a second murder—that of his accomplice who was found floating in the Demerara River, one day after they both escaped from the Mackenzie Police Station.
The High Court trial for the 2013 murder of former footballer Jamal Fernandes came to an unexpected end last Friday when the accused Kurt Clarke pleaded guilty to the crime.
The newly-renovated Tower Suites has been fully booked for the ‘jubilee season,’ according to Operations Manager Chandrika Hemraj.
The return home for the golden jubilee independence celebrations has so far been testing for some Guyanese travellers, who are angry at the LIAT airline for what they describe as an unreasonably long delay in the arrival of their luggage.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has announced plans to establish incremental scales and performance-based bonuses for public servants.
Lloyd Sadloo, who was found with drugs following a car chase by police late last year, was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail after a city court found him guilty of the possession of 1.5kg of cannabis for trafficking.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is still not sure when its congress will be held as it has to go through a process before the Central Committee makes the final decision, General Secretary Clement Rohee said on Monday.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in partnership with other stakeholders, has developed a mass casualty plan to ensure citizens’ safety during the 50th Independence anniversary celebrations at D’Urban Park, GINA said.
A 60-year-old man was on Monday charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, who he is accused of fatally stabbing during a heated argument.
Harrylall Motilall, the businessman who was charged almost two years ago with discharging a loaded firearm at officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), was on Monday sentenced in absentia to four years in jail after he was found guilty of the crime.
Another armed robbery charge was read on Monday against miner Godfrey Lynch, who is now accused of stealing over $13,000,000 in cash and jewellery.
A Diamond man was on Monday remanded to prison after he was accused of having over 400 grammes of cannabis for trafficking.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has written to the Chairman of Region Two, Devanand Ramdatt advising that it will on Fridav 20th May 2016 hold a Public Outreach Programme in Region 2, Pomeroon/Essequibo Coast and lslands and seeking the use of the regional boardroom for this.
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