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A project, which in part will ensure that all births in interior locations are registered, is on track to begin next month, according to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix.

For the period 2010 to 2014 approximately 350 foreign nationals were granted citizenship by the Guyana government with the majority being St Lucians, Cubans, Chinese and Brazilians, Stabroek News has learnt.

Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix says he is focused on not only decentralising the process for the issuance of passports but also on moving towards enabling online applications.

A mother of three, whose house at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, was repossessed by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) after it claimed she breached the terms under which it was built for her, is moving to court to challenge the decision.

GENEVA/AMMAN (Reuters) – A delegation from Syria’s main opposition group arrived in Geneva yesterday to join UN-mediated peace talks, demanding President Bashar al-Assad’s government be made to comply with a UN resolution on humanitarian aid and human rights.

Marked decreases in the level of water in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has resulted in the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) appealing to customers to use this resource conservatively.

The newly rebranded Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is looking forward to the liberalization of the telecommunications sector and is patiently awaiting the appropriate spectrum needed to make the 3G service available here, Chief Executive Officer Justin Nedd said on Wednesday.

COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin’s prime minister Lionel Zinsou, favoured by the president to succeed him in next month’s election, received a boost yesterday when the leading opposition party also named him as their preferred candidate.

ANKARA (Reuters) – Almost 40 people drowned and 75 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey’s western coast yesterday, according to local officials and the Turkish Dogan news agency.

Nine months after Sophia teenager Alicia McPherson was stabbed about 42 times about her body allegedly by Shivanand Roopnarine, her boyfriend of two years, her family believes justice is being denied, as no arrest was ever made in the matter.

WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A US Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea yesterday to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the Pentagon said.

Delroy Joseph, called “Barney,” who was wanted by police for questioning on several reports of armed robbery and break and enter and larceny, was shot by police on Thursday during an attempt to apprehend him.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A gang of masked, black-clad men rampaged through the streets of Stockholm on Friday night after handing out leaflets threatening to attack migrant street youths, “to make a statement”, with police saying yesterday two arrests had been made.

(Gleaner) The Ministry of Health has confirmed one case of the Zika virus in Jamaica.

New housing developments are to be initiated this year in Perseverance, Stewartville, Cummings Lodge, Prospect, Williamsburg and Amelia’s Ward, among other areas, according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who says government will seek to continue establishing “cohesive” communities.

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey warned of consequences yesterday after saying a Russian SU-34 jet had violated its airspace despite warnings, once more stoking tensions between two countries involved in Syria’s war, but Russia denied that there had been any incursion.

(Trinidad Express) – The Ministry of National Security is clamping down on the use of aerial drones being operated by people to record personal and public events.

President David Granger today declared that coalition politics is important for the development of Guyana.

The owner of a house built by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo is moving to the court to thwart the agency’s attempt to repossess the premises.

Owen Verwey has been identified as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest), GINA said today.