Horror in rural Haiti as Hurricane Matthew death toll surges to 842
Haiti (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew’s trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those viewing the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to...
USAID provides initial US$1.5 million for the Caribbean in wake of Hurricane Matthew
Washington DC, CMC – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be providing an initial US$1.5 million to assist Caribbean countries affected...
Man who was married to his wife for 91 years dies at 110
Reprinted from Daily Mail
A great-grandfather who was married to his wife for 91 years after an arranged marriage in 1925 has died at the...
Out of words to describe the win – Faf du Plessis
It was hard to work out which captain was more stunned after South Africa's incredible win over Australia in Durban.
But it was left to...
Storm exodus – Nearly 2 million urged to flee as Hurricane Matthew barrels towards...
MELBOURNE BEACH, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, and nearly two million people along the coast were urged...
Hurricane Matthew kills 39 as Haiti death toll rises
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 39 people, the death toll in struggling Haiti alone rising to 35, local officials said,...
Portugal’s Antonio Guterres set to be UN secretary general
(BBC) - Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next UN secretary general, UN diplomats say.
Mr Guterres, 66, was the...
Tiny machines win chemistry Nobel prize
(BBC) The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world's smallest machines.
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard...
Hurricane Matthew: Evacuations begin in Florida as deadly storm nears
(CNN) Hurricane Matthew likely won't strike the US for another day -- but after seeing its deadly, devastating impact on Haiti, authorities are urging residents to...
‘It’s a total disaster’ …Hurricane Matthew lashes Haiti
(CNN) Hurricane Matthew pounded western Haiti Tuesday, packing powerful winds and heavy rain as it crossed the country.
“The river has overflowed all around us,”...
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Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest
Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...
QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students
An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College.
According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...
Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja
A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...
Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision
A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York.
Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...
Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M
Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...
2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge
A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...
8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA
The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...
T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana
claims importer returned goods to DDL
The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...
Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum
…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable
The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...
Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes
Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...