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The outgoing Chinese Medical Brigade and their successors with government officials and representatives of the Chinese embassy. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)
 
The outgoing Chinese Medical Brigade and their successors with government officials and representatives of the Chinese embassy. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)  

President welcomes 12th Chinese Medical Brigade

President David Granger last evening attended a reception to bid farewell to the 11th batch of the Chinese Medical Brigade and welcomed their replacement; a 16-member team of medical professionals, who arrived in Guyana two days ago, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

The government teams with members of the Joint Services
The government teams with members of the Joint Services

PM visits police floating base at Waini

Members of the Guyana Police Force stationed aboard the M.B. Tamakay, the $100m floating command base at the mouth of the Waini River, North West District were on Saturday paid a courtesy call by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who led a team of government officials on a tour of the vessel.

Criticism of parking meters deal mounts

Amid an increasing outcry over a clandestine contract for parking meters in the city, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan yesterday said that a more competitive process to select the contractor for the project should have been undertaken even as he pointed out that the city would be making a major investment.

The packets of marijuana

Huge ganja bust at wharf

Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday afternoon unearthed 1,275 pounds of marijuana which was hidden in a container that had recently arrived from Jamaica.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam (right of centre with glasses) was bombarded with questions from irate parents during the meeting held yesterday to discuss the temporary closure of the Brickdam Secondary School.  (Keno George photo)

Ministry shuts Brickdam Secondary

Chaos broke out yesterday afternoon at the St Stanislaus College as irate parents of students of the Brickdam Secondary School objected to the Ministry of Education’s decision to shut down the institution and relocate the students and teachers to different schools around the city.

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