Month: May 2021
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News
City gets $30M from gov’t for completion of admin building
The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has handed over a $30 million cheque to the Mayor and City…
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Absent Sophia youth found guilty of raping 5-year-old – -arrest warrant issued
An arrest warrant has been issued for Alex Garraway, 22, called ‘Uncle Alex,’ of 1162 Cummings Park, ‘E’ Field, Sophia,…
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No Sputnik 2nd dose available – -almost 40% per cent of adults have received first shot
Almost forty per cent of Guyana’s adult population has received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine but in a…
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Communication technology a game-changer in urban, rural development divide: UN Report
The continual development of communication technology and more particularly the spread of internet services into what were once considered inaccessible…
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Floodwater cuts off Rupununi villages from Lethem
Villages in the North and South Rupununi have been cut off from access to Lethem as floodwater from over- flowing…
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Technology community forum finds Caribbean cyber security safeguards below par
The need for the Caribbean to ensure the integrity of its key and critical internet and other communication infrastructure as…
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Through the roof! A million plus COVID-19 deaths in Latin America, Caribbean
The announcement a matter of days ago by the Dominican-born Director of the Pan American Health Organisation Dr Carissa Etienne,…
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Business
COVID-19 and Farmers’ Markets
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists in its frightening rampage, loss of jobs, whether through temporary or longer-term displacement, have closed…
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Caribbean awaiting report card on Jamaica’s oil potential
Now that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries Guyana and Suriname have joined Trinidad and Tobago as bona fide oil-producing countries…
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Shoring up children’s nutrition – Barbados upping its school meals ‘game’
The Ministry of Education in Barbados has secured the support of a number of regional agencies in support of the…
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