LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” shattered box office records with an estimated $517 million in worldwide ticket sales through yesterday, a staggering debut that re-established the celebrated space saga as a global phenomenon under Walt Disney Co.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s key ally in Congress is certain it can head off an impeachment threat, but in return the party demands a radical change of policy course to pull the economy out of its deepest downturn in 25 years.
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A judge in Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais has frozen the Brazilian assets of mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale SA after determining their joint venture Samarco was unable to pay for damage caused by the bursting of a dam at its mine last month.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The United States (US) Embassy in Kingston has confirmed that Jamaicans spent US$25 million (approximately J$3 billion) this year in application fees for visas to enter that country.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Employees at a Pepsi-Cola Venezuela plant have been freed by the government, which had detained them for halting operations for lack of raw materials, Empresas Polar, owner of the local Pepsi division, said late yesterday.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – One person was killed and at least 36 were injured on Sunday night when a motorist drove onto a crowded sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip, near the hotel and casino where the Miss Universe pageant was being held, officials said.
The public is being notified that a 24-hour National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) has been activated through the Civil Defence Commission (CDC).
The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) says that the minimum rate for Old Age and Invalidity pensions will be increased from $21,352 to $25,000 per month from January 1st, 2016.
During yesterday, mini-bus driver Jermaine Barrow succumbed to his injuries at the GPHC, the police say.
About 0015h today, shopkeeper Lebert Thomas, 50 years, of Melanie Damishana, ECD, was parking his motor vehicle in his yard when he was confronted by two men, one of whom shot him to his abdomen, after which they escaped, the police said.
A 31-year-old security guard was knocked down and killed when an angry nightclub patron ploughed into him, a colleague and two police officers yesterday morning.
In the coming days, 11 incarcerated mothers will be reunited with their families, President David Granger announced on Friday, while reiterating that this is part of government’s efforts to give those convicted for non-violent offences a second chance.
Photos by Joanna Dhanraj Success was nearly not had in locating Good Success on the East Bank Demerara.
Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has reached an agreement with the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) for lowered tolls and will be signing a contract with the company in the coming week.
A 49-year-old Guyanese man who migrated to United States several years ago died on Friday last shortly after he was found near a social club in New Jersey with a gunshot wound.
Amid a doubling of drunk driving cases and increasing concern at the effects of alcohol abuse, President David Granger has promised action in the long term to deal with the scourge.
Miss Guyana Lisa Punch placed in the top ten in the final of the Miss World competition, which concluded yesterday in Sanya, China and saw Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna winning.
While keeping only the word ‘Tower’ the new owners of the former Hotel Tower are continuing renovations and hope that when it opens shortly, the new name and investment would be enough to resuscitate the entity and erase negative business connotations.
A fire, believed to have been started by a child who was playing with matches, gutted a North Ruimveldt home around midday yesterday leaving three persons homeless.
The National Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that will enable the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to access the banking data of citizens, even as government rejected proposals from the PPP that would require that customers be given prior notice of any attempt to access their financial information.
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