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Devotees at a memorial service held for Prakash Gossai at the Broek en Waterland Mandir.

Devotees remember Prakash Gossai

The Indian Arrival Committee in collaboration with the Broek en Waterland Mandir, Mahaica held a special service two Sundays ago to pay tribute to the late Hindu priest Shri Prakash Gossai.

G20 parts ways in search of lasting recovery

TORONTO, (Reuters) – World leaders agreed yesterday  to take different paths for cutting budget deficits and making  their banking systems safer, a reflection of the uneven and  fragile economic recovery in many countries.

After bloodshed, Kyrgyzstan backs new constitution

BISHKEK/OSH, (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s leader said yesterday the country had voted to create Central Asia’s first  parliamentary democracy, in a landmark referendum only two weeks  after an explosion of ethnic bloodshed killed hundreds.

World Bank office incurs Finance Minister’s wrath

The World Bank Guyana office should reconsider its priorities, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh says, accusing the Bank’s staff of having “one of the largest appetites for publicity and self-promotion” and seeking to increase their “creature comforts” by relocating to “a grand former colonial residence opposite one of the city’s most fashionable cafés”.

Alex moves into Gulf of Mexico, ports close

CAMPECHE, Mexico, (Reuters) – Tropical depression  Alex moved into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, prompting the  closure of two key Mexican oil ports and was likely to regain  storm status today, the U.S.

Winners and losers at the G20 summit

TORONTO, (Reuters) – The Group of 20 ended a summit  on Sunday saying its top priority was strengthening the shaky  economic recovery and pledging to clean up debt-burdened public  finances without stunting growth.

Mark Benschop

Independent Party ready to take over City Hall – Benschop

– join opposition coalition for national elections Leader of the Independent Party, Mark Benschop has defined his political strategy as building a new grassroots movement across the country which will charge into the next general elections either with a combined opposition and or as a single party keen on securing parliamentary seats.

‘Come clean on Synergy contract’-opposition urges gov’t

By Mark McGowan Opposition parties are calling for the government to come clean regarding the award of the US$15.4 million contract to Synergy Holdings for phase one of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHEP), saying greater transparency is needed because taxpayers’ money is involved.

Union urges Nadir to convene talks with bauxite company

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) is urging Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir to convene talks between the union and the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), in keeping with a recent commitment he made to the global union federation, ICEM.

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