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After visiting Central Mackenzie, the World Beyond Georgetown continued on to Speightland, which is just past the old Aluminium Factory.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro was yesterday hailed as a friend to Guyana by local political leaders, who said he would be remembered as an inspiration for his revolutionary commitment and generosity as a leader.

Members of an extended family of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) are traumatized and in a state of shock after they were beaten and robbed yesterday morning when armed bandits invaded their home.

Demerara Bank Ltd’s Head Office and Corporate Banking Branch on Camp Street is now fully powered by solar energy.

Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan says he is ready to contest for the post of Mayor if called upon by his party to do so.

Calling the D’Urban Park project a “monumental scandal and cover-up,” PPP/C member Gail Teixeira yesterday said that her party will continue to probe until all the outstanding questions are answered.

In an attempt to get the monkey that is the previous council’s debt off its back the Linden Town Council has applied to the Ministry of Communities for a bailout of $200 million.

The recommendations made by Director of The Fraud Company Dr Sam Sittlington to improve the functioning of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) have been implemented.

Residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District are frustrated over the damage to their crops wreaked by cows that are allowed to stray all over the community and graze at will.

Conceived with the goal of empowering youths who are in trouble with the law, Enhanced Potential to Inspire Change (EPIC)–Guyana, a recently formed non-governmental organization (NGO) is resolute in its efforts to advocate for the reform of juvenile justice system.

Eight local companies and personalities were recognised for their work in the development of the tourism industry on Friday evening, when the Ministry of Business in collaboration with the Guyana Tourism Authority hosted the ninth annual Tourism Awards and Dinner at the Guyana Marriott Hotel.

With the first anniversary of the death of Joy Thomas approaching, her grieving grandmother takes comfort in knowing that the woman accused of trafficking her is behind bars and she is calling on the authorities to ensure that the victim in the case remains safe.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Fidel  Castro, the Cuban revolutionary who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, died on Friday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling socialists mourned former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, while opposition hardliners exulted over the death of a man they called a dictator who helped wreck their economy and whose country for years had an easy ride with subsidized oil.

The family of an 18-year-old girl, who has been missing since Wednesday, is pleading for her safe return home.

(Reuters) The son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro turned his back on a life of privilege to lead a left-wing revolution in Cuba that endured for decades and was shaped by his political cunning, keen sense of destiny and boundless ego.

The PPP today expressed deep sadness at the passing yesterday of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

As the Republic of Cuba begins its nine-day period of national mourning for their former leader, Fidel Castro, who died last evening, President David Granger, today, extended condolences to the people of Cuba, the Ministry of the Presidency said today in a statement.

MOSCOW/CARACAS, (Reuters) – World leaders paid tribute on Saturday to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States, but in death just as in life he divided opinion, and critics labelled him a “tyrant”.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S.