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NAREI recently took its farmers’ field school to cassava and sweet potato farmers in Parika, East Bank Essequibo, as part of the Agricultural Diversification Project (ADP).

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will propose allowing parents to deduct spending on childcare from their income taxes in a speech today meant to challenge the economic policies of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a campaign aide said.

(Reuters) – Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott yesterday accused the federal government of lagging in providing assistance to combat the spread of the Zika virus in a Miami-area neighbourhood, the site of the first U.S.

The security guard who was involved in an accident at Houston on Saturday morning is currently in a stable condition and recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mudslides triggered by intense rainfall in eastern Mexico killed 38 people during the weekend as saturated hillsides collapsed onto modest homes in the wake of now-dissipated Tropical Storm Earl.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON – The United States Embassy in Kingston has confirmed that all interview dates for nonimmigrant visas have been exhausted for the rest of the year.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Havana yesterday blamed Washington for a surge of Cubans trying to reach the United States by land and sea, accusing the Obama administration of encouraging illegal and unsafe immigration.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia said on Friday it was suspending funding for relief group World Vision’s operations in the Palestinian Territories after allegations its Gaza representative funnelled millions of dollars to the Islamist militant group Hamas.

(Trinidad Express) Starting next week, the Port of Spain City Corporation will begin its drive to combat flooding in the capital by cleaning the city’s underground drains.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Another day of Olympic sports played out before empty seats led to an admission from organisers that only Friday’s Opening Ceremony has so far sold out.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by nine wickets, in the Final of the Caribbean Premier League at Warner Park here Sunday night.

The controversial container fee has been reduced to $5,000 from $25,000 on an interim basis following a meeting between the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC − Darren Sammy’s apparent axing as West Indies Twenty20 captain has sparked outrage among West Indies cricket fans across the Caribbean, with several taking to online social media platform, Facebook, to express disgust and to call for a boycott of the upcoming third Test against India starting here Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Why exactly are they going to Isis? That’s the question Government is giving priority attention to, along with ongoing moves to tighten overall security, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon has said.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are at loggerheads over the recent reinstatement of Michael Khan as the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green has said that it is her administration’s intention to work towards fulfilling the recommendations of the central government with regard to the controversial parking meter contract between the city and Smart City Solutions Inc (SCS).

A man was admitted to the hospital on Friday evening after he was shot to the abdomen by a police officer, who was responding to a report of domestic violence at Itaballi Check Point.

Lesbian teen Michelle (not her real name) says all she wants is to be allowed to live her life free of hate and discrimination and not be constantly labelled as “mentally unstable.”

Police have found a gun that is believed to be the one with which 17-year-old Andel Daniels accidentally shot himself.

A mental assessment conducted on staff at three state-run child care facilities found troubling issues, including the inability of more than half of the caregivers to define the term abuse and the use of lashes as the main form of punishment.