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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.

Country Director of the ExxonMobil Corporation Jeff Simons on Wednesday indicated that there would be greater involvement of locals in its operations as the company moves forward.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s intelligence service said yesterday that the computer networks of 20 organizations, including state agencies and defence companies, have been infected with spyware in what it described as a targeted and coordinated attack.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – More than 500 people rallied in Canada’s capital yesterday to protest the death of a mentally ill black man following an arrest, marching against what they see as race-based police brutality in a country that prides itself for being tolerant.

Some of Bartica’s major roads are slated to be repaired and Mayor Gifford Marshall says the Town Council will be looking towards limiting their use by heavy-duty vehicles.

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday condemned the “devastating wave of terrorism” and war that has hit the world and urged a huge crowd of young people not to be indifferent to the suffering of others.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of John Fernandes Limited stevedore Orin Morris revealed that he died as a result of blunt trauma to the head.

The University of Guyana Medical School (UGMS) is “on stream” to being reaccredited, according to Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dr.

It has been a little more than three months since Mohamed and Jamilla Munir were burnt to death in their Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo home, and their eldest child fears the family will never get answers since their killers are still roaming the streets freely.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Voters in the Japanese capital head to the polls today and could elect their first woman governor, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city’s preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

A two-vehicle smash-up, involving a Toyota Raum and a water delivery Canter truck yesterday morning at Sheriff Street has left four persons, including a toddler, injured.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Queen Sirikit, 83, has been treated for pneumonia at a hospital in Bangkok and is recovering, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement yesterday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The state prosecutor’s office in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan said yesterday that nine people were found dead near Pemex pipelines in the municipality of Cuitzeo.

A 32-year-old resident of Good Intent, West Bank Demerara is trying desperately to locate his motorcar that was stolen from in front of his home between last Sunday night and Monday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Five men were murdered in four separate incidents over a 13-hour period starting from Friday night.

For the first half of the year, more than 61,000 new passports have been issued, which represents a sizeable increase compared to the figure for the same period last year, according to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica Observer — The police have reported that six people were arrested in connection with the seizure of 470 pounds of ganja in Black River, St Elizabeth on Friday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The United Nation Human Rights High Commission has called on Australia to give compensation to children abused in prison, after footage emerged of mistreatment.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – India, replying to West Indies’ 196 all out, were 126 for one in their first innings at the close on the opening day of the second Test against India at Sabina Park here Saturday.

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