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A Whim, Corentyne family is pleading with the Region Six authorities for assistance after their pet monkey and dog were attacked and killed by a swarm of Africanized bees on Sunday last.

Opposition Member of Parliament Priya Manickchand yesterday called on the APNU+AFC government to listen to the reactions of the people and withdraw the proposed 2017 budget, which she deemed shocking and unconscionable.

Two of the representatives of Indigenous peoples in the National Assembly yesterday clashed over just what the 2017 national budget would mean for their constituents.

Journalists were reminded of their right to report the facts and their responsibility to be balanced in their reporting, when the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO) hosted its annual Media Awards for Excellence in Health Journalism on Saturday last.

Minibus operators plying the Main Street/Hospital and South Georgetown routes are back at the Stabroek Market Square conducting their operations.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against the three men accused of throwing a grenade outside of the Kaieteur News newspaper.

LA PARADA, Colombia (Reuters) – Women from crisis-hit Venezuela are crossing the border in droves and selling their hair in a Colombian border town in order to afford scarce basic necessities such as food, diapers or medicines.

Despite not receiving justice after he was beaten and robbed almost a month ago, Boodram Manie says he has given up on the perpetrators being brought to justice.

(Jamaica Observer) – Two names have already emerged as potential leaders of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) following Sunday’s emotional announcement by Portia Simpson Miller of her intention to step down as president of the party.

The Grove Seventh Day Adventist Church on Sunday hosted its annual party for senior citizens from villages between Golden Grove and Prospect, on the East Bank Demerara.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil has pledged restore an area of degraded land larger than Romania by planting trees and introducing farming methods kinder to the environment – the biggest commitment of its kind ever made by a single country, according to advocacy groups.

This Christmas 50 lucky customers shopping $49,999 and over from December 1st to 31st will be chosen for Courts’ mega grocery promotion.

The European Union (EU) and the Georgetown Mayor and City Council have signed a contract that will facilitate a study for a Comprehensive Restoration and Sustainable Conservation Management Plan for the historic City Hall, a release from the EU said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) This year’s murder toll has now surpassed last year’s figure and is expected to continue its trend after another bloody weekend.

After six years and an investment of over $1.3B to date, the Santa Fe mega farm in Region 9 is waiting on government’s go ahead for an additional 20,000 acres of land to begin cattle rearing in early 2017, thus completing the first phase of the project.

Around 700,000 ounces of gold could be produced next year, according to Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman.

Guyana has registered its concern to the Secretary General of UNASUR, Dr Ernesto Samper Pizano, over a press release on the organization’s website that reported the terms of the internal political dialogue between the Venezuelan government and the opposition in which the claim to this country’s Essequibo was restated.

Despite several attempts by Stabroek News, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission  (GGMC) has remained mum about reported damage to riverbanks by miners.

Shelly Thompson, who is now an amputee after her leg was crushed during a smash-up on Saturday morning along the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara, is recovering in hospital and her family is seeking justice.

On the last day of his visit, First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday hosted Prince Harry of Wales at a reception on the Lawns of State House where he had the opportunity to interact with teenage mothers and victims of human trafficking.