-four in critical condition By Subhana Shiwmangal Five persons died at Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday after a head-on collision involving two cars and four others are in critical condition.
Thirty-eight Coast Guard ranks have completed rigorous training at the Coast Guard Training School.
On Friday May 3, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) welcomed the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (proposed by the United States of America and adopted by consensus) inviting the FAO, in collaboration with the other UN agencies, to facilitate the implementation and observance of the International Year of the Woman Farmer.
An alleged knife-wielding bandit was yesterday granted $120,000 bail by Magistrate Clive Nurse after he pleaded not guilty to robbing another man of one Samsung cellular phone valued at $50,000 and $100,000 in cash.
Five persons perished this morning in a crash at Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
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GCB T10 Blast By Michaelangelo Jacobus Better known for his exploits with the ball, all-rounder Junior Sinclair yesterday turned in a match-winning knock of 36 as an opener to help his side, the Demerara Pitbulls, successfully chase down the Essequibo Jaguars’ total of 96 with two wickets and three balls to spare, to be crowned the champions of the inaugural Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast.
The Golden Jaguars lost the opening fixture in their two-match international friendly series against hosts Trinidad and Tobago, going down 1-2 to the ‘Soca Warriors’ last evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain. Guyana’s starting XI comprised Jamaine Cumberbatch, Daniel Wilson, Leo Lovell, Jeremy Garrett, Darron Niles, Stephon McDonald, Kelsey Benjamin, Curtez Kellman, Ryan Hackett, Quincy Adams, and Amos Ramsay.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 36-year-old bank worker was ambushed and shot several times yesterday afternoon as she arrived home from work.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two brothers were shot and killed while playing a game of dominoes at a shop in the community of Burnt Savannah in Westmoreland on Saturday night.
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert this Sunday with the risk of water rising once more to record levels.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors yesterday that the Republican presidential candidate personally approved a hush money payment to bury a porn star’s story of a sexual encounter before it could derail his 2016 campaign.
PARIS, (Reuters) – France won a record 15 billion euros ($16.17 billion) in foreign investment pledges today, allowing President Emmanuel Macron to bask in the limelight with global CEOs and forget about strained public finances and weak polls for a while.
HYDERABAD/SRINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – India voted today in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious divisions.
