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While Guyana is on track to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and AIDS in another year, Minister of Public Health Dr.

Guyana has been urged to take the lead in the fight against stigma and discrimination in the Caribbean region by amending its Prevention of Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity and health status.

Fearing an outbreak of gastroenteritis following the death of two babies, a couple, whose seven-month-old contracted vomiting and diarrhoea, wasted no time in air-dashing her out of Wax Creek, Upper Mazaruni in Region Seven.

Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry has issued an apology for any “inconvenience, embarrassment or distress” caused by the opposition PPP/C’s walk out of the jubilee flag-raising event on Wednesday night over what it said was inadequate seating for its members.

A Cumberland, East Canje businessman was pounced on during the wee hours of Friday morning and robbed of approximately $1 million in phone cards.

As the investigation into Monday’s alleged staged robbery outside the Demerara Bank branch at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara continues, the police were yesterday granted more time by the High Court to keep the three suspects in custody.

HIROSHIMA, Japan,  (Reuters) – Barack Obama yesterday became the first incumbent U.S.

In the absence of his national plan to create jobs, the Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Monday encouraged persons to create their own businesses.

San Diego, Calif, (Reuters) – Donald Trump brought his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America’s busiest border crossing on Friday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee greeted supporters in San Diego, California, amid one of the largest counter-demonstrations organized against him.

Studies have revealed that more than half of the economy was previously controlled by illegal activity, according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French riot police forcibly removed striking workers blocking a large fuel distribution depot yesterday as President Francois Hollande warned anti-reform protesters he would not let them strangle the economy.

The government on Tuesday tabled two bills signalling renewed efforts to liberalise the telecommunications sector.

Two men, Jermaine Edwards and Keno Lampkin, were yesterday accused of assaulting a woman in order to rob her.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania’s president has sacked his home affairs minister after he turned up to parliament and answered questions while under the influence of alcohol, the presidency said late yesterday.

A pensioner was on Thursday found hanging from a rope in an Alness Village, Corentyne mandir, for which he had been the caretaker.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday ordered a review of spending on cars for his four wives following a public outcry when the government said it cost 8.6 million rand ($554,000) to buy the vehicles over a three-year period.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on Thursday to welcome efforts he is leading to facilitate dialogue between the government of Venezuela and members of the Venezuelan opposition, the State Department said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities seized 3.7 metric tons (4.08 U.S.

A two-day expo at the Pegasus Hotel, which followed the launch of Guyana Fashion Week last weekend, also facilitated the local presentation of Selwyn Collins’s spiritual well-being book, The eartHeart Knows.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – National health officials stopped short yesterday of fully endorsing World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines to end the aggressive marketing of breast milk substitutes and baby foods for newborn and older infants.