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The People's National Party (PNP) is calling for a “high-level” probe into Wednesday night's reported break-in at investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), where at least five laptop computers were stolen. The...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopter that went down on Wednesday was spotted Thursday morning and a rescue team was being inserted into the mountainous and forested area, the defence force said in a statement....
A laptop used by the chief financial officer at Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) was among five such computers reportedly stolen last night from the investment firm's Hope Road offices, The Gleaner has learnt. A probe is under way...
Thieves last night ransacked the Hope Road offices of Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), the investment firm at the centre of a $5 billion fraud probe. Head of the St Andrew Central police Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth says an...
GENEVA, CMC – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Caribbean and other countries to increase taxes on alcohol and sugary sweetened beverages (SSBs). In releasing new data earlier this week, the WHO said that a low global...
CARICOM Heads of Government will meet on Friday to discuss the Guyana-Venezuela dispute over the Essequibo region. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who informed that he will be attending the meeting, said the Government firmly believes in the...
LAS VEGAS (AP) —The gunman in Wednesday's shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was a professor who had unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told...
After taking a 1-0 lead into the second leg of the 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, Suriname-based club SV Robinhood became the toast of Caribbean football, defeating Cavalier SC 2-0 (3-0 aggregate) inside the National Stadium tonight. Robinhood got...
The Public Health Department is urging operators of food establishments to adhere to the provisions of their licence, such as ensuring that staff members possess food handlers' permits, maintaining clean facilities, and having running water and...
A St Catherine man who allegedly physically assaulted a councillor in the St Catherine Municipal Corporation was remanded for psychiatric evaluation on Wednesday. The accused, Kemar Edwards, is charged with assault occasioning bodily harm. When he...
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman sued the hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs on Wednesday, claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17. The woman, whose name wasn't disclosed...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release. Fujimori, 85, was serving a 25-year...
Delroy Rodney, the 47-year-old taxi operator of Belmont, Westmoreland, who is accused of causing death by dangerous driving, was further remanded until December 12, when he appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on Wednesday. Senior...
Motorists will pay less for gas and diesel when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for $168.29 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $3.06 to sell for $...
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday received a donation of medical equipment valued at US $500,000 from the Chinese Government. The equipment will be distributed to health facilities across the island, with the majority of it going to...
LAS VEGAS (AP) —Police said a suspect was found dead Wednesday after officers responded to an active shooter and reports of multiple victims at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Las Vegas sheriff later said there was no further threat...
Water Square in Falmouth will be without a fountain and the promised statue of sprint icon Usain Bolt for another Christmas. Mayor Collen Gager announced in April that officers from the Jamaica Defence Force would be working to construct a...
Popular jerk restaurant 'Jungle Fiah' in St Catherine can no longer use that name to advertise its business as a Supreme Court order has barred its operator or agents from using any names that are visually or aurally similar to 'Jungle...
Jean-Ann Panton, the lone accused in the multibillion-dollar fraud investigation at Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), was today further remanded until May 27 next year. The former SSL client relationship manager is facing a 22-count indictment...
The police in Portmore, St Catherine have charged both a racehorse exercise rider who disarmed a licensed firearm holder and shot him, after the businessman used his weapon to assault the rider during an argument while at the Caymanas racetrack on...
