-Pirara Bridge submerged A section of the Kurupukari to Lethem Corridor collapsed yesterday under continuous pressure from a storm surge and traffic between Georgetown and Lethem will be affected, the Ministry of Public Works said last night.
In a recent comprehensive audit conducted by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMSS) has been distinguished as the exemplar institution for Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) in the country.
In its 2022-23 end of biennium report, released earlier this month ahead of the 77th World Health Assembly currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organisation (WHO) observed that there had been a decline in the use of tobacco.
-after application thrown out by High Court The elections fraud case is now finally set to begin in the magistrate’s court at the end of July following the rejection by the High Court of an application by the defence.
-councillors in heated clash over letter The Mayor and City Council’s budget for 2024 is now set for presentation on Monday, June 3rd.
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St. Ignatius, Tucville, and President’s College (PC) earned berths to the round of 16 segment in the Blue Waters Girl’s U-15 Football Championship following triumphs in their respective zonal divisions.
– US group Speed Capital Commission to administer initiative With the aim of qualifying for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, USA, the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport yesterday commissioned an extensive training and vetting procedure for local track and field athletes, which will be supervised by the American group Speed Capital Commission.
Timehri Panthers and Soesdyke Falcons recorded contrasting wins when the East Bank Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued at the National Training Centre, Providence.
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil, (Reuters) – After three days of ferocious rains, Edite de Almeida and her husband fled their flooded home in early May and let loose their humble dairy herd on higher ground.
(Reuters) – British oil major BP BP.L and Trinidad and Tobago’s state energy firm NGC have received a two-year licence from the U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has revoked its invitation for the European Union to send election observers for a presidential contest in July, Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE) said yesterday.
KWAMASHU, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africans voted yesterday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, amid high turnout and with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress may lose its parliamentary majority after 30 years in government.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea’s rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter’s illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas, analysts and officials in South Korea said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s first Black woman lawmaker, Diane Abbott, said today she was dismayed the opposition Labour Party looked set to bar her as an election candidate over comments she made over a year ago about Jews and racism.
