Month: February 2021
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Widespread land tenure insecurity in indigenous villages – -APA says after survey over nine years
Land Tenure Assessments (LTAs) conducted by the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) over the last nine years have revealed that there…
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Infant crushed to death by truck driven by father
A 20-month-old infant was crushed to death by a truck driven by his father at their home at Mahaica, on…
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Corentyne family seeks justice after woman loses baby then succumbs – -ministry launches probe
Hours after a stillbirth delivery, a 31-year-old Corentyne mother of three succumbed in the wee hours of yesterday morning, plunging…
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$12B in health contracts awarded in four months, $2.1B by single sourcing – -names of awardees still to be released
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said contracts worth a total of almost $12 billion, including some $2.1 billion of…
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Maternal death at GPHC to be probed – ministry
The Ministry of Health says it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo at…
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Prison escapee held after cordon and search
Earlier this morning the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said it conducted a cordon and search on several houses in the…
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Ministry says to set new date for cricket board elections
Stating that a dark cloud was hovering over cricket in Guyana, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport today said…
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Trinidad PM wants US to lift sanctions against Venezuela
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is calling on the new United States government to begin dialogue aimed at…
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COVID BRINGS HARD TIMES
In the past year, several Caribbean Community countries, led by Barbados, have taken innovative steps to earn state revenues as…
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Access bridge to Yupukari destroyed by fire
Ministry of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall today said that an access bridge has been destroyed at Yupukari in Region Nine…
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