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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is hosting a training workshop aimed at building the capacity of officials who prepare reports on the application of international labour standards.

UNESCO Secretary-General Dawn Braithwaite said it was time that raising funds for something as important as education and training for persons with disabilities stop depending on the hosting of special events.

The four persons, including two teenagers, accused of killing a 30-year-old fisherman on Mashramani Day appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a joint murder charge and were remanded to prison.

Two brothers have been charged with evading customs duties in connection with a quantity of frozen chicken, believed to have been smuggled into the country and which has been seized by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Dexter Solomon scored a brilliant 95 not out to pace Ascension Secondary School to a 117-run victory over St Josephs High School in the Georgetown Secondary Schools final at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

Dwain Dick is the new men’s singles champion of the annual Mashramani table tennis tournament sponsored by the National Sports Commission/ Guyana Table Tennis Associa- tion.

Pele, led by goals from senior national players Nigel `Powers’ Codrington and Shawn `Fatso’ Bishop, came from behind to defeat defending champions Fruta Conquerors to win the Annual Mayor’s Cup football title Sunday night.

Well over a decade ago the report of the West Indian Commission headed by Sir Shridath Ramphal was presented to the Caricom heads of government.

Dear Editor, It’s a shame to see politically fostered racism still affecting the Guyanese people.

Dear Editor, We of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organisations (GAPSO) endorse the appointment of acting Commissioner Greene to the substantive post of Commissioner of Police.

Dear Editor, I read with interest a letter dealing with Internet Services by Mr Leon Jameson Suseran, who is advocating that the internet services should be zero rated with respect to the recently introduced VAT.

Dear Editor, Inasmuch as I would like to see our city with some semblance to what it once looked like many moons ago, I am in sympathy with the vendors who have been asked to move from around the Stabroek market square permanently.

Three bandits, armed with a long gun and a cutlass, attacked a family at Belvedere Reef on the Corentyne around 3.15 am yesterday and made of with about $500,000 in cash and antique gold jewellery.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) yesterday launched the Diamond Fire and General Insurance under-19 Inter-Association cricket competition at the insurance company’s head office in Kingston yesterday.

An East Ruimveldt man was on Sunday night shot dead by a policeman who is also the driver of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee during an altercation at Jerries Snackette on Garnett Street, Newtown, Kitty.

One man has died and four others were nursing injuries at the Linden Hospital Complex last night, following an accident about four miles from Mabura.

Guyanese businessman Shaheed Khan, yesterday pleaded not guilty to 18 additional charges brought against him by the US Government when he appeared before Justice Dora Irizarry in a New York court.

Dear Editor, Now that Buddy’s hotel is open for business, I hope both the proprietor and the government come clean with the public at the opportune time on how much money was hauled in by the hotel and casino operations so that the public can know if government would be getting back its multimillion-dollar ad-vance, as President Bharrat Jagdeo boasted would happen.

Dear Editor, The observances of Hindu Festivals in India are similar to those in Guyana and NY with some differences.

Dear Editor, I would like to commend Ms. Miranda La Rose, on her outstanding piece of journalistic work with regard to the report on the Casique Hotel at Providence.