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MADRID, (Reuters) – Inhabitants of a small Spanish town voted yesterday for the region of Catalonia to secede from Spain in a poll which, though symbolic, adds to pressure on the minority Spanish government as it struggles to combat recession.
The partly burnt body of a visually impaired elderly North Ruimveldt man was yesterday morning discovered in his home, minutes after his neighbours put out a fire in his kitchen where he was reportedly cooking at the time.
– Sattaur denies ever meeting lawyer Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur has called former Roger Khan attorney Robert Simels a “blatant liar” saying he never met him at any time.
Saying there is need to widen the participation of citizens in national decision-making, former leader of the Reform group Stanley Ming has disclosed plans for a national conversation to seek consensus on the future of the country.
– say officers starving them, prison filthy Three of the five men remanded to prison on Friday over the kidnapping of a Mahaicony rice farmer and his employee were treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday for various injuries.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is still unable to meet its financial obligations to the two companies contracted to collect garbage in the city, thus resulting in them continuing to withhold their services.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is assuring consumers on the West Coast Demerara that the frequent power outages being experienced will be remedied by Thursday of this week as the company is making several interventions to return the situation to normal.
To stem corrupt practices in the customs department and the complicity of the business community in fuelling the problem, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur has proposed working on a joint strategy with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
President Bharrat Jagdeo accepted letters of credence from the new Brazilian and Cuban envoys to Guyana at a simple ceremony hosted in the credentials room at the Office of the President last week.
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that his administration is “very committed” to launching an investigation into allegations made in the US during the Robert Simels trial, but it would be done by the police.
President Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that the leadership provided by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally is lacking and that was the point he wanted to make in the scathing attack on the commission chairman in an Office of the President (OP) release earlier this week.
Several measures, including setting up crisis hotlines for people burdened with problems and teaching coping strategies to students in schools, were outlined during a recent two-day regional workshop on suicide prevention.
The legal row over levy proceedings at Clico (Guyana) which involved the removal and subsequent return of four company vehicles deepened last week when AH & L Kissoon sued the Attorney General over his interference in the case.
Controversial Jamaican artiste Mavado has apologised for his previous performance here in which his lyrics were offensive, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.
The Bishops’ High School is celebrating an overall percentage pass of 98.1% at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) exams this year.
Two police officers were rushed to the public hospital yesterday nursing injuries after the motorcycle they were travelling on crashed into the rear of a minibus at Prince’s Street.
The man who reportedly set fire to a Sophia house on Friday, weeks after he was thrown out of the property is still on the run and the police have been provided with information on his possible whereabouts.
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China decried a US decision to impose added duty on Chinese-made tyres, saying the move sent a dangerous protectionist signal before a G20 summit and could stoke reactions impeding global recovery.
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe welcomed the first top-level European Union delegation to visit Zimbabwe in seven years with “open arms” yesterday and said talks on implementing a power-sharing deal went well.
The Ministry of Education is inviting private schools to register and the relevant forms will be available from Monday.
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