-Edghill says not contractor’s fault By Marcelle Thomas The new Demerara Harbour Bridge is now projected to be completed at the end of the first quarter of next year instead of December this year, with Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, contending that it was not the fault of the contractor.
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania jury ordered ExxonMobil to pay US$725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed toxic chemicals in the company’s gasoline and solvents caused his cancer, according to attorneys for the plaintiff.
Ten families from the community of Warapoka in Region One yesterday received keys to their brand-new elevated timber houses, through the government’s Hinterland Housing Programme.
The PPP lives in what it perceives to be a binary local universe: there is the party and there is the opposition.
– a book review by Christopher Ram Part 4 Introduction Chapter 17 is titled Campaign and Elections and reports on the immediate action required to hold the elections following the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice that the no confidence motion (NCM) in December 2018 was properly passed, the Government had fallen, and elections had to be held.
Mohamed Inshan last week appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of the offence of possession of 2.264 kgs of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
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Bartica Secondary won the Region #7 playoff, defeating Three Miles Secondary 3-0 in a three-match series when the Blue Water Shipping Girl’s U-15 Football Championship continued yesterday.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) demolished the Potaro Strikers 9-0 when the Guyana Football Federation Women’s Division One League continued yesterday at the Rivers View ground.
– Former national coach Hasan Mohamed a signatory By Michelangelo Jacobus Ahead of what many fans and cyclists deem as the most prestigious event on Guyana’s local calendar, trouble seems to be brewing as more than 30 cyclists from the various clubs have signed on to a petition to stop the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) from altering the route of Independence 3-Stage race first leg.
(Jamaica Gleaner) More trouble is brewing involving the will of late business mogul Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, after the Sandals hotel group delayed a final cash payment of more than J$6 billion to a group of mostly elderly beneficiaries.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, the local civil defense government body said today, up from 136 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment, including CCTV cameras and wireless routers used by the criminal element to monitor law enforcement agents, have been discovered illegally mounted on utility poles in the North Central Division (NCD).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, saying Israel lacked a “credible plan” to protect some 1.4 million civilians sheltering there.
NAHRIN, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than 1,600, authorities said today, as villagers buried their dead and aid agencies warned of widening havoc.
MALMO, Sweden, (Reuters) – Switzerland yesterday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition.
