GEORGETOWN, (AFP) - A political standoff is brewing in Guyana, where President Donald Ramotar has suspended parliament to ward off a no-confidence vote against him -- with his opponents calling him a dictator. Ramotar, who took office in late 2011 in the former British colony bordering...
HAVANA (AP) — A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease, according to state media. Dr Felix Baez Sarria is being treated by British doctors in Africa but he will be transferred to...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Superintendent of Police Nuffield Burnette said lawmen do not have a shoot-to-kill policy with regards to their actions toward convicts or accused persons who escape lawful custody. Following Saturday’s deadly shooting of convicted robber Trevor Jacobs Jr, by police, a number of...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Students attending the Antigua Grammar School (AGS) will miss regular classes for a second day, today, after they were sent home early yesterday morning due to an infestation of fleas on the school’s compound. The school’s principal, Myrna Isaac, told OBSERVER media...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The mother of prison escapee Trevor Jacobs Jr, who was killed by police officers on Saturday, said the killing of her son was unjustified. “Murderers dem be fuh put seven bullet inna me pickney. Nobody call me and say nutten cuz mussa...