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President David Granger along with Vice-President and Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Sydney Allicock; Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, and Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, yesterday met with 12 Toshaos and a number of village councillors from Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Region Seven to discuss problems affecting their livelihoods.

The Liliendaal Community Development Group was yesterday afternoon presented with a $1 million cheque by Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo, to enhance the community’s development, GINA said.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – The African Union said yesterday it was preparing to send 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi to protect civilians caught up in a growing crisis, for the first time using powers to deploy troops to a member country against its will.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff named leftist economist and close aide Nelson Barbosa to replace fiscally conservative Finance Minister Joaquim Levy yesterday, signaling a dramatic break with the deficit-cutting policies her administration has pursued for most of this year.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of widows around the world are left destitute after being robbed of their inheritance, while others are enslaved by their in-laws, accused of witchcraft or forced to undergo abusive sexual rituals, research shows.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is to install distribution networks for customers residing in sections of Number 67 and 68 Villages, East Berbice who have been without water service for the past six years.

Two men pulled off a daring daylight robbery on a MediCare Pharmacy outlet on Thursday afternoon and escaped with several personal items belonging to an employee.

This year marks 22 years since the Rotary Club of Demerara officially received its charter from Rotary International on 9th December 1993, and members of the organisation gathered at the Cara Lodge on Tuesday to observe the anniversary.

(Jamaica Observer) After more than two years in Federal custody, flamboyant Jamaican deejay Flippa Mafia was yesterday found guilty of first-degree distribution of cocaine, second-degree money laundering, and second-degree conspiracy in Camden County Court, New Jersey.

KALUNDBORG, Denmark, (Reuters) – What do the world’s largest manufacturer of diabetes drugs, the biggest industrial enzymes producer and a leading offshore power company have in common?

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – The Nicaraguan government yesterday proposed that the United States fly out thousands of Cuban migrants who have been stranded for several weeks on the Costa Rican border with Nicaragua.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos called yesterday for a crackdown on social media, heightening concerns about the tolerance of dissent or political opposition in Africa’s number two oil producer.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Leg-spinner Samuel Badree believes the problems of West Indies cricket are now too big for authorities in the region to fix.

Two policemen who allegedly shot a man to death at Mahaica in July were on Wednesday arraigned on manslaughter charges and were released on $150, 000 each, `C’ Division Commander Marlon Chapman confirmed.

The Ministry of Public Security today issued a press release from its computer incident response team on a malicious software attack.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cabinet yesterday agreed to a huge reduction of the budgetary allocation to the International Soca Monarch and the National Chutney Soca Monarch for Carnival next year.

Under pressure over a contentious anti-terrorism bill, the government yesterday dropped plans to rush it through the National Assembly but two other bills were approved by the APNU+AFC side in the absence of the PPP/C whose parliamentarians walked out in protest.

Hundreds gathered at the Square of the Revolution from as early as 8 yesterday morning to meet Minister of State Joseph Harmon on problems they were experiencing.

Qualfon employees yesterday spoke out about     inadequate facilities and poor safety measures, when Minister within       the Ministry of Social Protection Simona Broomes and a team visited their Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara worksite.

A West Coast Berbice (WCB) cattle farmer was found dead on Tuesday afternoon with his motorcycle on top of him, moments after he had a confrontation with one of his employees in the backdam.