-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.
LAGOS, (Reuters) – ExxonMobil XOM.N is not renewing a 33-year-old lease on its expansive offices in Lagos’s upscale Lekki district which expires tomorrow, three sources inside the company told Reuters, as it looks to scale down operations in Nigeria.
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.
On Tuesday 28th May, 2024, Shafeek Latiff and Naresh Totaram appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where they were found guilty in relation to the charge of trafficking in narcotics to wit 42.844 kg of cannabis.
The Ministry of Health’s (MOH’s) Chronic Diseases Unit yesterday handed over to the Eccles Health Centre a quantity of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) supplies to support smoking cessation efforts.
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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.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police have charged Canadian YouTuber Chris Must List with sedition, a day after he was taken into custody by officers of the Special Investigation Unit in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
(Barbados Nation) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is gearing up to introduce a new electronically driven information system within the next few months at its Accident & Emergency Department (A& E) which could lead to significantly reduced wait times at this island’s largest medical health facility.
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.
MIDRAND, South Africa, (Reuters) – The African National Congress looked set today to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, as partial election results suggested it would need a partner to stay in power – a first in South Africa’s post-apartheid history.
PARIS, (Reuters) – France could soon send military trainers to Ukraine despite the concerns of some allies and criticism by Russia, and may announce its decision next week during a visit by the Ukrainian president, three diplomatic sources said.
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions under their control, two reports assessing the conflict said today.
