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Citing a clause relating to performance, the board of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has decided to terminate the five-year UK-funded contract with Severn Trent for the management of the water sector which was to come to an end in December this year.

A Guyanese-styled cabaret of song, dance and theatre will be held next Saturday at Sky 7, Sea Breeze Hotel at Pere Street, Kitty.

If you crave the taste of Ackee and salt fish then you no longer have to travel to Jamaica or elsewhere for that country’s popular dish.

A major exhibition of his work has been on in London for two months at the October Gallery, yet in his homeland, Guyana, the work of world renowned artist Aubrey Williams has been vandalized.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said the road at the junction of Mandela Avenue and Go-Slow Avenue will be closed to facilitate the installation of sewer pipes.

As the Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speaking Competition sponsored by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), Regent Street branch, continued on Thursday Marian Academy and Covent Garden Secondary prevailed over their respective opponents.

A six-member gang of armed bandits early yesterday morning robbed a Canje, Berbice family of some $1.4M along with cash and jewellery.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC), with assistance from a number of private sector organisations will host the first ever Georgetown International Village during the Cricket World Cup Season.

Police are looking for two men who reportedly attempted to douse a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital with acid on Thursday afternoon.

The government is disbursing some $10.8M to support this year’s Mashramani activities in all ten administrative regions, central ministries and departments, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

More charges have been suggested and twenty-one recommendations dealing with security enhancement, prisoners’ welfare and administrative changes are contained in the report of the board of inquiry that was set up to investigate the January 12 Mazaruni Prison jail-break.

The Office of the President says the cut-off of ads to Stabroek News is not a press freedom issue but simply a shift of patronage to another private newspaper because of its higher circulation and the limited financial resources available to the state.

The Jamaica Gleaner yesterday again blasted the Guyana government’s decision to withdraw its advertising from the Stabroek News and it called on Caricom leaders gathering for their intersessional meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines to tell President Bharrat Jagdeo that such an attack on press freedom stains the entire region.

The Office of the President recently approved the appointments of ten persons as regional executive officers/clerks of the councils for all ten administrative regions.

The death of a mother and her baby earlier this year is under review by the Maternal Mortality Committee of the Georgetown Public Hospital, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) says that contrary to a report from the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) the noise nuisance matter regarding the KFC Vlissengen Road generators is not yet closed.

PNCR-IG Member of Parliament Winston Murray says that the National Budget continues to be pumped up by external funding and the country should free itself from the shackles of lenders.

While the traditional red will be dominant on Valentine’s Day, one lucky person will be driving away in a bright red car, courtesy of Popeye’s Fast food Restaurant which will hand over the car keys on that day.

Government says the Children and Family Bill will be tabled in the National Assembly this year to boost its efforts to protect vulnerable groups from abuse.

After experiencing significant losses and route duplication as a result of a “ruthless price war”, two of the Caribbean’s dominant airlines decided to merge in an effort to provide more efficient service.