(Reuters) – Montana’s top court ruled on Wednesday the state’s constitution guarantees a right to a stable climate and invalidates laws barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions when permitting fossil-fuel projects.
– increasing taxes on tobacco and alcohol, restricting unhealthy food marketing seen as priorities Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing threat to Caribbean states that needs to be urgently addressed.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The main suspect in the gruesome murder of veteran court reporter Barbara Gayle has been captured.
(Reuters) – The U.S. reported its first severe human case of bird flu yesterday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock.
A West Coast Demerara family of six had their lifelong dreams realised when, yesterday, they received the keys to their new home.
St Lucian Prime Minister Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, yesterday announced that in addition to their monthly salary payments, public sector workers will each receive a one-off $500 bonus from the Government.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union countries yesterday approved a year’s delay to the bloc’s anti-deforestation law, confirming the postponement of the world-first green policy, the Council of the EU said in a statement.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, upheld yesterday former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling.
Digicel customers can now top-up their devices using the Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) platform.
(Trinidad Express) Barrackpore contractor was shot dead at a friend’s house before daybreak on Tuesday morning.
(Reuters) – Thousands of Amazon.com <AMZN.O> workers will walk off the job today at 6 a.m.
Peruvian news agency Andina today reported that Lima is to set up an embassy in Guyana for the first time ever.
GTU President Mark Lyte today told Stabroek News that he had been suspended by the union’s General Council over the controversial deal struck between teachers and the government in August this year.
(Trinidad Express) On December 8, a passenger plane over Port of Spain descending into the Piarco International Airport, came within six metres (20 feet) of unmanned drone.
SANTOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Helena Monteiro da Costa’s father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S.
Noah Beaton, the suspect in Monday’s gruesome murder of Ridley Joseph, Toshao of Tassarene, in Region Seven has confessed to the act.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced a special one-off cash grant of $35,000 for all persons with permanent disabilities who are on the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Disability Register.
The first cohort of 365 persons has completed the One Guyana Digital Programme, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
A family in Little Abary in Region Five is grappling with the aftermath of a 20-lb Massy gas bottle explosion that rocked their home early yesterday morning, leaving them without basic utilities and seeking answers from the supplier.
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