Month: September 2022
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QC Old Students body apologises over lack of diversity in welcome video for students
The Queen’s College (QC) Old Students Association on Thursday issued an “unreserved” apology over a video it produced to welcome…
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Teen among two more to face charge over $400M gold theft
Two more suspects, including a 17-year-old, are expected to be charged today in relation to the multi-million dollar gold theft…
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Holidaying Canada-based man dies after being struck by bus
A Canada-based Guyanese man, who had been here on holiday, was struck down by a minibus – reported to be…
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Sugar workers protest over selective pay rises
Various categories of workers from the Blairmont and Uitvlugt Estates yesterday picketed the management of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), accusing…
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Only 17 objections made to preliminary voters’ list so far – GECOM
One month after it embarked on the claims and objections period, in preparation for the overdue Local Government Elections (LGE),…
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Cuba uses UN forum to rail against 60 years of US economic pressure
A more than half a century old United States economic embargo against Cuba came into the spotlight at the 77th session…
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ILO paper seeks examination of gender discrimination in fixing wages
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has just released a paper exploring measures which it says can help expose pay differences…
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Are Venezuela’s oil industry woes at the centre of global energy conundrum?
Even as it reels from United States sanctions that have limited its revenue from oil exports, Venezuela, believed to have…
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Bajan minister wants small businesses to think bigger
Barbadian Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business Development Sandra Husbands appears set to shove the…
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Jamaica’s ‘love affair’ with ganja
There was increasing evidence of the continued acceleration of the social and economic recognition of cannabis at the recent staging…
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