Month: April 2021
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News
$1b Westminster Secondary completed – -will be ready for September term, says Manickchand
The construction of the $1 billion Westminster Secondary School located in La Parfait Harmonie, Region Three, has finally been completed.…
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Twenty-eight years after her murder, police say Monica Reece probe remains open
Today will mark 28 years since Monica Reece was murdered and her body dumped on Main Street and while the…
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Canada, UNICEF in $495M project for vulnerable Region One residents
Canada and UNICEF yesterday announced a three-year project worth $495m geared to provide services to vulnerable residents of Region One…
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Business
Pushing back COVID-19 in the hemisphere: Political leaders must act transparently – PAHO Director
As countries in the Caribbean confront varying degrees of pushback from recalcitrant pockets of population over adherence to strictures believed…
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STEMGuyana founder on Forbes Magazine successful ‘50 over 50’ women list
Guyanese-born, United States-based Karen Abrams, who pioneered the introduction of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) as an integrated discipline…
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IMF cuts borrowing countries more COVID-19 ‘slack’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday March 22 made another bid to throw its lot in to respond to…
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Business
Maduro looks to Moscow to help fend off US pressures
With the end of the era of the Donald Trump presidency having, up until now, done little to ease the…
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Jamaica PM says COVID-19 justifies further extension of region’s debt repayment timelines
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness wants a further extension of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) by the Group of…
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Business
Responding to the COVID-19 threat to the small business sector
A Stabroek Business Feature If the authorities can hardly be blamed for putting a brave face on what, in many…
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CDB-backed sweet potato project targeting food security concerns
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries are seeking ways of building on existing initiatives to realise improvement in their food security…
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