Month: September 2020
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Two more COVID deaths recorded
Forty-four additional cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and two more deaths were confirmed by the Ministry of Health yesterday.…
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Slain prisoner’s family questions use of live rounds during Lusignan unrest – -video disproves cause of death given after autopsy
By Readawne Henery Relatives of Earl Graham, one of the inmates who was fatally shot last Saturday at the Lusignan…
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West Dem hospital staff protest over late pay, work conditions
Staff of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) yesterday staged an early-morning protest over late salaries and the conditions they…
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Accused Ponzi couple out on bail of around $30M
Yuri Garcia Dominguez and Ateeka Ishmael, the principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), who are currently facing close to…
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Exxon’s Payara project approved
ExxonMobil has secured approval for its Payara project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana and an agreement, which would also…
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Global banking sector ‘heavies’ fingered in deals with criminal networks
The international financial sector was reportedly alive with talk earlier this week over reports that a number of prominent banking…
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The GMSA’s landmark virtual gathering
In more ways than one the international community has been ‘caught out’ by the advent of the coronavirus. The article…
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Hundreds complain about ‘low’ CSEC, CAPE grades – -pressure mounting on CXC to act
Controversy has erupted here and in other parts of the Caribbean over what has been described as the “shockingly low”…
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Winter bookings point to tourists keeping faith with Caribbean destinations: CTO Head
If it may still be a tough trek back to anything resembling normalcy for the Caribbean tourist industry, some of…
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Fraud fright: IMF wants strict controls on countries’ COVID-19 spending
With reports of spending by some countries on materiel linked to their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic already tainted by…
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