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“Each child should be treated with love, respect and dignity,” declared Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry at the annual luncheon held each year at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), a release from her ministry said yesterday.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Three El Salvadoran priests have been found guilty of sexual abuse against minors at a Vatican ecclesiastical trial and suspended from their priestly duties, San Salvador’s Catholic Church announced yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Security forces have arrested more than 300 people during protests and lootings over the elimination of Venezuela’s largest currency bill, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.

ROME, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries most dependent on agriculture are also at high risk of experiencing changes in climate over the next 30 years and face the biggest costs in dealing with the effects of extreme weather, according to a global climate index published on Monday.

Residents of Moruca, Region One on Saturday received 37 streetlights from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

LOS ANGELES,  (Variety.com) – “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” sold out multiplexes around the country and brought fanboys and fangirls out in force over the weekend.

Passengers travelling on Dynamic Airways are stranded both here and in New York.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by a relative in Barataria on Friday.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is preparing to return to power at the next elections and will use the time between now and then to fix the things that led to it becoming the opposition and appeal to disaffected APNU supporters.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Wauna is a tiny village in the North West District, home to just a couple hundred people.

Ranks from the Guyana Police Force Major Crimes Unit have made a major breakthrough in their investigation into the murders of Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo farmers, Mohamed and Jamilla Munir, who were burnt to death eight months ago when bandits broke into their home.

Just two weeks after going public with a restructuring plan, Nigel’s Supermarket seems poised for a holiday turnaround and its owner Nigel Johnson attributed it to “overwhelming support” from the public.

More than a month after the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) promised that there would be fewer power outages, the opposite has been occurring and there has been no explanation from the company.

Malla Mohabir is on a mission to gain legal guardianship of her grandson who lost his mother earlier this year allegedly at the hands of his father.

Newly elected Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Lionel Jaikarran has vowed that come April 1, 2017 the only thing that will change about him is his seat at the horseshoe table.

Venezuela is celebrating the United Nations’ decision to continue the Good Offices process for another year to settle its border controversy with Guyana and has made it clear that it does not favour the matter reaching the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

While the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) recognizes that something needs to be done to secure the returns on its investment in the Berbice Bridge, it is right now placing its faith in the three directors representing it on the Bridge’s board, as well as the terms of its contract with the entity.

A large amount of prohibited items was yesterday found in the Georgetown Prison during a search by Joint Services ranks, just over a month after a similar operation conducted there hauled in a record number of similar articles.

A labourer succumbed to his injuries early Friday morning, less than two days after he was crushed by a metal silo while working at the Shameer’s Poultry Farm located on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

Nearly 100 police officers from ‘A’ Division were on Friday recognised for their hard work and dedication throughout the year, at their Annual Christmas Luncheon and Award Ceremony, where Com-missioner of Police Seelall Persaud also offered the division the sum of $400,000.