RAFAH, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) – Militant group Hamas today agreed to a ceasefire proposal in the seven-month-old war with Israel in Gaza, hours after the Israeli military told residents to evacuate some parts of Rafah, which has been sheltering more than a million displaced people.
A man who was arrested on a complaint of domestic violence on May 5th was found hanging today in his cell at the Lethem Police Station.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had voted to erase Marxism-Leninism and Socialism from its Constitution during the recent 32nd Congress.
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced the ideal sowing period for the second crop of 2024.
The Linden Town Week Business Exposition got underway yesterday with support from the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA). In this photograph a visitor points to one of the GTA’s brochure while being supported by a staff member. (GTA photo)
The report by the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC) on Guyana’s Access to Information Act of 2011 underlines again the shortcomings of this piece of legislation which was meant to be a critical adjunct to transparency in government but which has barely functioned.
Pensioners queuing at the Bourda and East La Penitence post offices last week lamented the ordeal they faced while collecting their pensions and disability payments.
Part 74 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Riverview, Georgetown about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.
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KFC Elite League – GDF leads standings due to superior goal difference Defending champion and undefeated league leader, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and second-place outfit Slingerz FC battled to a scoreless draw in their final matches of round one in the KFC Elite League on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.
– defeats Joshi in a marathon battle Jessica Callender emerged triumphant in a successful defence of her women’s title after a four-hour-long battle yesterday with 13-year-old Aditi Joshi, who finished as the runner-up at the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) 2024 National Women’s Championship.
The Ravens and Pacesetters recorded comfortable wins when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) U-23 Men’s League continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
(Trinidad Guardian)Tobago investigators have identified the body found over a precipice in Mt St George as 32-year-old Shellon Walters-Joseph, of Mt Marie, Scarborough.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old boss, the popular ex-leader Ricardo Martinelli, who buttressed his campaign despite being holed up in Nicaragua’s embassy.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast for when he could be discharged.
ROME,(Reuters) – Italy’s Defence Minister said on Monday economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – As the Democratic minority leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries’ influence is normally limited.
JERUSALEM/DOHA (Reuters) – Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations on Sunday, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters.
