UNITED NATIONS/PORT-AU-PRINCE, 2 (Reuters) – Haiti’s capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the U.N.
Sophia labourer Alvin Griffith, 22, was fatally shot last night after two men tried to relieve him of his motorcycle.
A 14-year-old Belladrum Secondary School student was killed yesterday afternoon after she reportedly ran into the path of an oncoming car on the Number 41 Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced on his Facebook page that the 115 Defiant monohull patrol vessel, designed and built by American company Metal Shark, had arrived in Guyana to join the Guyana Defence Force’s fleet. Metal Shark last year had said that the vessel was designed by its in-house engineering team and built at the company’s Franklin, Louisiana production facility. It was acquired via direct purchase and will join eight other Metal Shark vessels currently in service with the GDF. (President Irfaan Ali’s Facebook page photo)
Can it possibly be the case that the historic constitutional reforms of over two decades ago conceived of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) that would be toothless?
Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.
Over 250 exhibitors were facilitated at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s “We Lift 4” women-owned business exhibition at the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday and yesterday.
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– Allicock victorious on pro debut A large crowd of boxing fans were treated to a dominant display of clinical boxing as US-based Guyanese boxer Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry administered a third-round knockout of his opponent Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques en route to lifting the WBA Super Flyweight Gold belt.
Milo Secondary Schools Football Former champion Chase Academy, Waramuri, President’s College, and Dolphin earned semifinal berths following quarterfinal wins yesterday in the Milo Secondary Schools Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
Vishok Persaud took the South Dakota Circuit by storm yesterday, securing two first-place finishes and a second to unofficially go top of the Group 4 class after the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Circuit Racing Series.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office and national police said today they have recaptured a well-known alleged leader of the Los Lobos gang – Fabricio Colon Pico Suarez – who escaped from prison in January.
(Trinidad Guardian) Approximately 50,000 barrels of liquid waste have been extracted from Tobago’s coastline between Scarborough and Cove in clean-up operations after the February 7 oil spill from the capsized barge there—and clean-up continues.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has won significant voter support for a raft of security measures he says will help him fight sharply increased crime, a quick vote tally by the national electoral council showed on Sunday.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea fired “several” short-range ballistic missiles today toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, drawing a swift condemnation from Seoul, which called it a grave threat to stability on the Korean peninsula.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The head of Israeli military intelligence has resigned after accepting responsibility for the failures that allowed the devastating Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged today to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks, telling the upper house of parliament he will force the new legislation through despite its opposition.
