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Guyana’s net foreign reserves have fallen below US$600 million for the second time in the last two years.

When the World Beyond Georgetown visited Perseverance on the Essequibo Coast earlier this month, the festival of Phagwah was being celebrated.

A gold dealer is in police custody and several other persons including a former bank manager are wanted for questioning in relation to a recent multi-million-dollar fraud at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), Bartica.

A Number 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice fisherman died yesterday, reportedly by drowning whilst on his way to assist a friend on whose boat there had been an explosion just moments before, at the Number 66 Corentyne wharf.

A ten-year-old girl died yesterday morning, more than one week after she was kicked to her abdomen allegedly by a classmate and her relatives are calling for a thorough investigation into her death.

Any move towards constitutional reform cannot work without the government engaging the political opposition, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran last Friday told a public forum, where he also questioned the administration’s failure to pronounce on the final report handed over by the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR) almost one year ago.

PPP/C Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall yesterday expressed concern that Henry Smith was sworn in as Mayor of Mabaruma despite a pending court ruling on whether or not he should be allowed to take up office.

Despite laying off some 600 workers in three years from five locations, ex-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Alesie Group of Companies Dr Turhane Doerga says three of the mills will be up and running again as the company is working on partnering with local people to take over its management.

A delegation comprising four young Guyanese from various civil society member organizations of the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) last month attended a thematic hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, DC.

After over 30 years in the teaching profession Sharon Smith has put away her chalk and may have erased her last words from the blackboard but education has not heard the last of her and if given the opportunity, she has much more to offer.

The St Francis Community Developers on Thursday commissioned ten green/shade houses and an aquaculture hatchery at its headquarters in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne.

Guyana’s National Protected Areas System (NPAS) is now the beneficiary of $26 million worth of grants from Conservation International-Guyana (CI), which will go towards building the capacity of the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) and the Protected Areas Trust (PAT) to effectively manage the expanding NPAS.

A Brazilian man died on Friday evening in a mining accident at Micobie, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), the Ministry of Natural Resources has said.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday backed calls for the immediate revoking of the parking meters contract, while posing a series of questions to the city and the government on the deal.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s pro-government Supreme Court revoked its takeover of the opposition-led Congress yesterday after it drew international condemnation and protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

MOCOA, Colombia (Reuters) – Flooding and mudslides in the Colombian city of Mocoa sent torrents of water and debris crashing onto houses in the early hours of yesterday morning, killing 254 people, injuring hundreds and sending terrified residents, some in their pajamas, scrambling to evacuate.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) may see a challenge to its list of nominees for its upcoming elections, where incumbent Patrick Yarde and three others are slated to contest for the post of president.

The performance of Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson came under scrutiny on Friday when it inspired both a protest by critics and a counter-protest by supporters.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – A protester was killed in Paraguay and two top government officials were fired after violent clashes overnight sparked by a secret Senate vote for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said yesterday.