MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply in a debate on Thursday night over their support for President Barack Obama, with Sanders accusing Clinton of “a low blow” after she compared him to Republicans.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court approved President Nicolas Maduro’s “economic emergency” decree on Thursday, setting up a showdown after the Venezuelan Congress rejected the measure last month.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed yesterday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court said yesterday that opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, will have to face trial in a case involving the alleged misuse of party funds, but exempted them from appearing in court.
MUNICH/AMMAN, (Reuters) – Major powers agreed yesterday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with bombing in support of its ally President Bashar al-Assad, who vowed to fight until he regained full control of the country.
(Jamaica Observer) Owners of UC Rusal have signed an agreement with a Chinese firm for the purchase of Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART), a bauxite mining and alumina processing plant located at Nain, St Elizabeth, in the south of Jamaica.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies have been struck by the late withdrawals of leading players Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, dealing yet another blow to the embattled Twenty20 World Cup squad.
The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says that Chief Executive, GWI, Dr.
The Police yesterday said that serious crime was down 6% in January this year compared to the same period last year.
MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply in a debate last night over their support for President Barack Obama, with Sanders accusing Clinton of “a low blow” after she compared him to Republicans.
(Photos by Samantha James) Three persons on their way to their farm died following a horrific collision between a car and their motorcycle at Annai, North Rupununi, yesterday morning, leaving residents of the indigenous community in shock and mourning.
Saying that the former PPP/C government allocated all of the country’s productive forests prior to demitting office, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced plans to review the process.
A 16-year-old Skeldon High School boy was killed last evening after the minibus he was travelling in was involved in an accident at Bengal Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.
Accused Leon Duncan was yesterday afternoon found not guilty of the murder of Imtiaz Roopnarine at the Cool Square Hotel.
In the face of continued criticism of government’s decision to close the Wales sugar estate, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder on Wednesday defended the move as the beginning of a process to resuscitate the industry and he assured that plans would be put in place to cushion the impact.
Government plans to resuscitate the botched fibre optic cable project that was started under the former administration and Telecoms Minister Cathy Hughes says $100M will be spent to upgrade the link between Georgetown and Linden.
PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall yesterday dubbed government’s expectation that the proposed national budget for this year would stimulate growth “courageous,” while criticising what he called an overreliance on taxation.
Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge announced yesterday that he would be complaining to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council about a speech by his Venezuelan counterpart at the UN Headquarters in which she sought to claim her country’s ownership of Essequibo.
When the reconstruction of the Umana Yana is completed, it will once again stand as testimony to the craftsmanship of the Wai Wai people of the Deep South Rupununi, whose youth have been entrusted with recreating the monument.
There were no indications of any problems before the explosion on board a cargo ship that was docked at the Guyana National Ship-ping Company (GNSC) Wharf on Wednesday afternoon, according to engineer Shane Walker.
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