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The gathering at the forum (GINA photo)

Anti-corruption forum being held for MPs

A three-day anti-corruption forum for parliamentarians yesterday opened at the Marriott Hotel, where guests from the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) hope to impart knowledge to local counterparts on dealing with corruption, standards in public office and parliamentary codes of conduct.

Protesters walk up Sixth Avenue following President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

What the Trump protesters had to say

By Zoisa Fraser in New York Hundreds of angry young people congregated in front of Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday night to protest the election of Donald Trump as the new US president, forcing dozens of policemen to descend on the area with barricades to ensure there was peace and order and raising fears of unrest in the coming days.

Vincent Adams to address 50th UG Convocation

Guyanese Dr Vincent Adams, Deputy Field Manager in the US Department of Energy, is expected to deliver the keynote address at the 50th Convocation of the University of Guyana (UG), Turkeyen campus, on November 12, 2016, a release from the University of Guyana said.

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