Prime Minister Mark Phillips; Ministers of Labour Joseph Hamilton; Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond; and Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues journeyed to Micobie today for a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony for the 12 children from the village who died in a tragic dormitory fire at Mahdia a year ago, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.
(Reuters) – CalPERS, the biggest public pension plan in the United States, said yesterday it would vote against all Exxon Mobil board members at its upcoming annual meeting on May 29, citing the oil major’s legal action against activist investors.
A body suspected to be that of Philistine Franci called ‘PI’, 72-year-old of Karrau Village, Essequibo River was on Sunday recovered in the vicinity of Hubakabra, Karrau Village, Essequibo River.
If there is any veracity in the media reports arising out of the electrocution of nineteen-year-old Bryan Hardial on Friday, who reportedly came into contact with a live wiring on the roof of a house where he had been assigned to do a job – installing gutters – that had nothing to do with electrical wiring – then there is much reason for an immediate and scrupulous probe into the occurrence to determine whether or not safety protocols were afforded the deceased young man to do his job in a safe environment.
-hastily rebuilt homes damaged during storm By Shuntel Glasgow Dissatisfied squatters of Success South, East Coast Demerara are claiming that they were forced to relocate from the lands they had occupied to an undeveloped location further in the backlands that is not served with electricity and water.
The Linden Utility Services Co-operative Society has been restored to active status after a 10-year period of dormancy.
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Guyana’s shores will be graced with the presence of the famous International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup trophy which is set to arrive in the country today at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
As the 2nd edition of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary Basketball League (TBL II) continued on Sunday, the University of Guyana (UG), Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Government Technical institute (GTI) all chalked up wins at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.
-nine records tumble By Michelangelo Jacobus Alexis Williams (Female Intermediate), Duarte Hetsberger (Male Intermediate) and Marlon Wilson (Male Masters Classic) strained, struggled and muscled their way to Best Lifters accolades on Sunday at the Saint Stanislaus Auditorium while nine records were also rewritten at the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting (GAPLF) 2024 Intermediates and Masters Championships.
(Trinidad Guardian) Three former members of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) were charged with misbehaviour in public office last night.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has experienced its largest blazes on record in the first four months of the year, with the environmental workers union yesterday placing partial blame on lower government spending on firefighting.
(Reuters) – Dominican President Luis Abinader, a day after being re-elected for a second term , said yesterday that he will sit down with opposition leaders to discuss a potential fiscal reform.
(Reuters) – There was little warning of the chaos that was about to be unleashed onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter crashed in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial yesterday to dismiss the case before it reaches the jury, arguing the testimony of star witness Michael Cohen was not credible given his criminal record and history of lying.
