Following numerous complaints about malpractices connected to state contracts, government has begun reviewing the procurement system and has warned that sting operations will be conducted countrywide and anyone found guilty will face consequences for their actions.
A 32-year-old taxi driver is now hospitalized in a serious condition after he was doused with a substance and set ablaze allegedly by his child’s mother during an argument over missing money from his wallet on Wednesday.
The Suriname fishing licences are back in the news again with President Irfaan Ali telling a public meeting in Crabwood Creek last week that he was “dissatisfied with the situation.”
On Wednesday, the battered body of a Corentyne welder was discovered in his car along the Auchlyne Dam and one person has since confessed to murdering the man who he accused of having a relationship with his wife.
A book detailing the wildlife as well as the people of the Rupununi in Region Nine has been released by the Sustain-able Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme.
The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.
Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition Silver Bullets ensured that a new champion will be crowned in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition, as they defeated titleholder Swag Entertainment 1-0 in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday evening at the Christianburg hard-court.
(CMC) – ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup co-hosts West Indies drew first blood in their warm-up series against South Africa with a 28-run win yesterday in Jamaica after Player-of-the-Match batting from their interim captain Brandon King and steady bowling from left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie set them up.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police shot and killed four men in St Augustine yesterday morning.
(Trinidad Express) The brother-in-law of Deborah Gopaul has been charged with her murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) Kidnapped victim Anisha Hosein-Singh has been released by her kidnappers.
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Ken-yan President William Ruto to the White House on Thursday for a state visit, pledging new partnerships on technology, security and debt relief to the leader of one of Afri-ca’s strongest democracies.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate finance and budget committees today launched an investigation into presidential candidate Donald Trump’s reported offer to roll back a slew of environmental regulations in exchange for US$1 billion in campaign contributions.
BEIJING/TAIPEI, (Reuters) – A furious China launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan today in what it said was a response to “separatist acts”, sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te.
