RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Brazilian police said Thursday they took two people into custody on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an operation to ensure security during the Olympic Games in Rio. Five other people were detained pending charges and two were questioned before being...
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A pipeline explosion at a power station in China killed at least 21 people and injured five more yesterday, the official Xinhua news service reported. Three people were seriously injured and were being treated in hospital, reports said. The blast, which Xinhua...
THE West Kingston police were up until late yesterday hunting a handcart man for questioning in relation to the fatal stabbing of a vendor at Coronation Market, downtown Kingston, earlier in the day. Twenty-seven-year-old Alvin Brown died after being stabbed at approximately 7:00 am by the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Five Venezuelans were ordered deported on Wednesday, after pleading guilty to entering the country illegally last month. When they appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, Julio Fuguro, Carona Guataran, Maria Couplan,Yola Sanchez and Lana parina Esequar were all...
Chief Immigration Officer Annette Mark has acknowledged that her department is aware that some visitors to the island are using marriages of convenience to bypass the nation’s immigration laws. This was among several concerns on immigration policies which were raised, Tuesday, by attorney-at-law Leon Chaku Symister. “One...