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American Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will continue to appeal orders to leave the country although they are still to determine a way forward and the opposition PNCR yesterday condemned the government over its handling of the matter.
By Tiffny Rhodius Family, friends and peers yesterday paid tribute to the late Czerina Ali, who was remembered as an enduring vocalist who pushed on despite her years and failing health.
Government has signed two contracts with a US firm to build capacity within the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA)and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), which among other things, will see the lawmen being trained in modern policing techniques.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament approved most of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet ministers, including the first woman, yesterday, bolstering the hardline president as he deals with an international dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The Canadian government is going to court to try to overturn a controversial decision to grant refugee status to a white South African who said he suffered racist attacks at home, an official said yesterday.
-were dressed in women’s garb Four armed bandits pounced on a family at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice around 7:30 last evening as they were returning from the mosque and terrorized and robbed them of $800,000 in cash and jewellery.
Following calls made by passengers and other concerned persons for the North West ferry, MV Kimbia to be replaced, the Ministry of Public Works and Communications on Wednesday announced that with assistance from the Chinese Government, it is working to acquire two news vessels.
EL MIRADOR, Guatemala, (Reuters) – One of Guatemala’s greatest ancient Mayan cities may have died out in a bloody battle atop a huge pyramid between a royal family and invaders from hundreds of miles away, archeologists say.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Erika weakened to a tropical depression in the northeast Caribbean yesterday but still threatened Puerto Rico and neighboring islands with heavy rainfall, the U.S.
-suspect in custody A Wismar man is nursing a gunshot wound to his buttocks following an altercation with a man who reportedly shot him after residents apprehended his friend who had stolen a gold chain from a woman.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Americans with relatives in Cuba can send them unlimited cash and visit the island as long and often as they would like under new rules that fissured a nearly five-decade trade embargo yesterday.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton granted a man and woman bail when they appeared before her on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being caught with a utensil used to smoke cocaine.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A British court has issued an arrest warrant for a Russian mobile phone tycoon wanted in Moscow on charges of kidnapping and blackmail, a source connected to British law enforcement agencies told Reuters yesterday.
More than five weeks after two suspects in the arson attack on the Ministry of Health mysteriously disappeared from the Providence Police station lock-ups, the men remain on the run.
Digicel Guyana customers will now be able to talk to each other as well as Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) mobile and landline subscribers for just $10 a minute from the very first minute; the lowest price ever offered.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it would cut more than $30 million in aid to Honduras in an effort to pressure the de facto government to step down and allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and hiding her in a squalid backyard compound for 18 years was arrested in 1972 for raping a 14-year-old girl, but never faced prosecution because the victim refused to testify in court, police said yesterday.
…at Geneva meeting Guyana is calling for the development of a multi-sector global framework for climate services that will support agreements on mitigating and adapting to climate change and contribute towards programmes centred on environmental sustainability and development.
LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Security forces clashed with opposition supporters in Gabon’s capital yesterday after Ali Ben Bongo, son of long-time ruler Omar Bongo, was declared the winner of a disputed presidential election.
The University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology will be better positioned to expose engineering students to more hands-on experience following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the university and the Machinery Corporation of Guyana Ltd (MACORP).
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