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A row between the Linden Mayor and Town Council and a man who constructed a washroom at the Wisroc car park has been settled.

Public and private sector stakeholders on Tuesday engaged in consultations on institutional strengthening of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the need for adequate financing was raised.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Foreign Minister Jose Serra labeled the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency a “nightmare” and urged all Americans to vote for Democratic contender Hillary Clinton.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities over the weekend admonished the opposition-run National Assembly for reinstating three lawmakers banned over fraud accusations, heightening the power conflict in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.

Selina Ramotar, the woman who was stabbed several times by the father of her child, has been discharged from the hospital, a city court was told on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) The pace of Government borrowing has surged exponentially, according to Central Bank reports and interviews with academics and bankers.

Thirty-five students were on Friday presented with certificates of participation after completing a one-week Annual Children’s Heritage Awareness Pro-gramme that was conducted by the National Trust of Guyana.

(Reuters) – A gunman killed a woman and seriously wounded three others in Austin early yesterday when he shot into a crowd as people streamed out of nightclubs in the Texas capital’s downtown area, police said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies were facing a pivotal third day of the second Test against India after opener Lokesh Rahul struck his third Test century to help the tourists tighten their grip on the contest at Sabina Park here Sunday.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is proposing the following five persons to compose the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC): Emily Dodson, Carol Corbin, Sukrishnalall Pasha, Ivor B.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is cracking down on business operators as it moves to ensure compliance with tax regulations, Value Added Tax (VAT) in particular.

Officials from Long Jiang Forest Industries Group are expected in Guyana next month for a ‘fact-finding mission’ as it seeks to fully take over the operations of logging firm Baishanlin whose operations have ground to a halt.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Just about 500 people live in Huis T’ Dieren, a bright and beautiful little village on the Esse-quibo Coast.

The economy was sluggish throughout the first of the year, according to Chairman of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Robin Stoby.

A young couple who recently moved into their home at Lot 139 Gangaram Village, East Canje and took over a grocery shop, is now fearful after bandits early yesterday morning held a gun to their four-year-old daughter and threatened abduction, while robbing them.

No Guyanese envoy will remain head of the same mission for more than three years, according to President David Granger.

Following complaints by the residents of Linden that sand and loam were being removed illegally from the region, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman on Wednesday stated that the Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission (GGMC) was not doing enough to monitor movement of the two materials as “people are literally trucking them away.”

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) last Thursday ordered that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) pay $5.7 million in damages to a pedal cyclist who was struck down by a company-owned truck in 1997, resulting in him sustaining serious injuries and loss of income.

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian lawmakers voted yesterday to dismiss Prime Minister Habib Essid from office during a no-confidence ballot in parliament, clearing the way for a new government that must push through delayed economic reforms.

Human rights activism might be the more politically correct term to describe Joel Simpson’s fight against injustices across society and in his heart that is what he does, but to be called a gay rights activist helps him to shine a light on one of the most marginalized and at times even self-loathed group in our country.