Hurricane-Battered Puerto Rico Now Officially Open For Tourism

December 18, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_20111" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tourists dancing on the streets enjoying an extremely warm welcome from local performers. Puerto Rico is expecting 85,000 more passengers through January 31, 2018.[/caption] Puerto Rico is open for tourism as it kicks-off its winter season on December 20, and just in...

Guyanese Legislator Suspended From Parliament For Gross Misconduct

December 14, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_20091" align="alignright" width="300"] MP BISHOP JUAN EDGHILL (SEATED) SURROUNDED BY FELLOW OPPOSITION MPS WHO PREVENTED HIS REMOVAL FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY[/caption] Opposition Member of Parliament Bishop Juan Edghill was today suspended for the next four sittings of the National Assembly in Guyana, following “gross...

Shot dead by a soldier’s bullet

December 14, 2017 in Regional

INFANT Soriah Martin did not die from a fall but from a bullet fired by a soldier. The soldier pulled the gun and fired on a man who as holding the child. Both were wounded. The child, who would have turned two next month, was shot in...

Sir Lester sets sight on political retirement

December 13, 2017 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_893" align="alignright" width="300"] Former Prime Minister Lester Bird[/caption] Some two months shy of his eightieth birthday, Sir Lester Bryant Bird has announced that he will be leaving the political scene at the end of his current term as the ravages of old age take their...