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The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) yesterday rejected as “false” a Guyana Times article which said that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has been stripped of all “line responsibilities” and now reports to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

As the cases of suicide and attempted suicide continue to rise, calls are being made to have a properly funded multi-sectoral approach to address what has been described as a crisis.

Suriname airline Fly Always N.V. is seeking to begin scheduled services here from February 1, 2016.

Government’s holding company NICIL is under no duty to deposit its revenue into the Consolidated Fund and Article 216 of the Constitution does not apply to it, according to advice given to NICIL last year as the public corporation faced a forensic audit.

After years of infighting during the last administration, the two new top officials in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) have pledged to cooperate to tackle the many issues affecting the vast hinterland region and anticipate a budget of $4 billion this year to advance development projects.

The MMA-ADA Scheme has served notice of its intention to cancel a series of leases including one for 49.759 acres held by the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five.

Residents of East Street are appealing to the authorities to discontinue the paid parking lot recently set up by the city and for the removal of the steel barricades that were erected.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Saturday relaunched its ‘Mobile Fairs’ as part of its plans to take its products and services to customers across the country.

President David Granger on Friday presented two 30-seater buses for school children to the Region Five, Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and questions were raised at the absence of Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal but he said he was not invited.

Denzel Wilson, who is accused of robbing an unsuspecting man of his motorbike when he made an unplanned stop at Mon Repos, was on Thursday remanded to prison.

Pledging to continue its corporate social programmes, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on Friday announced that it has partnered with the non-governmental organisation Women Across Differences (WAD) to help tackle the issue of teenage pregnancy here.

WASHINGTON/ANKARA, (Reuters) – Three Iranian-Americans arrived in Germany after leaving Tehran yesterday in a prisoner swap following the lifting of most international sanctions on Iran under a deal U.S.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Somalia received a pledge of aid for $50 million from Saudi Arabia this month on the same day it announced it was cutting ties with Saudi rival Iran, a document seen by Reuters showed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Food conglomerate Grace- Kennedy has entered the retail sugar market, while Seprod is two weeks away from introducing its product – the latest developments in the rapid evolution of how the sweetener is traded within the span of just one year.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the world’s population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich have grown richer and the poor poorer, an international charity said yesterday.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Ted Wade hasn’t cared about politics enough to cast a vote in a U.S.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World tennis was rocked on Monday by allegations that the game’s authorities have failed to deal with widespread match-fixing, just as the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, kicked off in Melbourne.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana Jaguars defeated CCC Marooners by five wickets in their final round of the Regional Super50 at Warner Park here today.

About 0010h. today, the police say that Surendra Nauth, 29 years; and his brother-in-law Totaram Bhola, 25 years, both of Albion Front, Corentyne, were involved in an argument at Williamsburg, Corentyne, with a man who had allegedly slashed a tyre of their motor vehicle.

(Trinidad Guardian) Angered by the revised foreign used car policy announced by Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on Friday, president of the T&T Automotive Dealers Association (TTADA), Visham Babwah, says she shed tears for the wrong audience.