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Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited registered an increase in after-tax profit of $746m for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, $73m higher when compared to the same quarter in 2014.

RECIFE, Brazil, (Reuters) – For scores of women in the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the joy of pregnancy has given way to fear.

KAMPALA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At first, Sarah Nakintu was grateful to her friend for alerting her to job opportunities in marketing and retail in Dubai.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – At least 65 people were killed during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said after counting bodies at a hospital morgue.

DES MOINES, Iowa/ COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, (Reuters) – Republi-cans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz battled yesterday to persuade their supporters to turn out and tried to lower expectations on how well they will do in the first U.S.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Prizes worth 1.25 million pounds ($1.8 million) funded by the Britain’s development ministry (DFID) are up for grabs for innovative minds with ideas on how to reduce billions of gallons of water trickling from pipes in developing countries.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebel group will enter politics and seek alliances with other parties after it signs a peace deal with the government, the top guerrilla leader said yesterday, despite rebel fears they may be targeted by right-wing armed groups.

Following the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Molly Hassan on January 12, state broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN) has advertised the position and two other senior posts, In an advertisement in today’s Sunday Chronicle, NCN said it wished to fill the three vacancies urgently.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will pump TT$400 million into restoration work on the controversial Red House project by the end of March.

Region Nine is bracing itself for food shortages as the persistent dry weather is depleting what is left of the region’s usable water sources, according to Region Nine’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker.

Sprawled along a dam running parallel to the Canal Number Two Public Road is the village South Section.

While some union leaders are encouraged by government’s decision to await the end of the collective bargaining process to announce any increase in public servant salaries and wages, they are concerned that the planned raise of the income tax threshold will prove meaningless in the face of impending tax reform measures.

Minibus drivers have expressed mixed views about the government’s plan to ban the importation of used tyres in keeping with its vision to promote a green economy.

Three men, including a driver and porter of a company who were supposedly victims of a ‘robbery’ committed on Thursday, are in police custody assisting with investigations after two of them confessed that the robbery was staged.

The Guyana Police Force is seeking assistance from the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to locate former Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Deputy Chief Executive Officer Aeshwar Deonarine who is wanted in relation to an alleged theft committed at the organisation.

Residents of Bartica, like other parts of the country, are currently experiencing a water shortage owing to the dry weather.

A whopping $300 million have been allocated in the government’s proposed 2016 budget to support activities for the celebration of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee Year.

The annual fees for gun licences and dealerships are to be hiked as part of government’s planned measures to enhance revenue.

With petroleum poised to become an important industry for Guyana, Finance Minister Winston Jordan says more emphasis will be placed this year on preparing the country to meet the needs of the sector.

The flagship project for the Ministry of Citizenship for 2016 is the complete digitizing of records at the General Registrar Office (GRO), according to Minister Winston Felix.