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(Trinidad Guardian) Col­leagues of Sco­tia­bank’s Ch­agua­nas branch se­nior em­ploy­ee, Sil­vine Coop­er, 41, who col­lapsed on the job on Thurs­day and sub­se­quent­ly died from a sus­pect­ed heart at­tack, are blam­ing her death on the stress con­nect­ed to the new $100 poly­mer bill.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson called today for “closure” over the Brexit divisions that have riven the United Kingdom, saying his election victory provided an overwhelming mandate to take Britain out of the European Union on Jan.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Erik Prince, the controversial private security executive and prominent supporter of U.S.

The Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) held its 53rd Graduation ceremony yesterday at the institution’s auditorium where 178 students graduated in various areas of study.

Government is boosting the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) high technology security camera system to support crime prevention efforts by the Joint Services by adding 17 camera locations including more in the highly congested Stabroek Market area, at the Berbice River Bridge and the Lusignan Prisons on the lower East Coast among other areas.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Democratic-controlled House of Representatives committee today took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment when it approved two charges against him stemming from his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden.

The Police today said that they are investigating the murder of Marcellus ‘Ton’ Reynolds, 31, a miner of Achiwuib, South Rupununi which occurred on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Marudi Backdam, South Rupununi allegedly by a 17-year-old male who is in custody assisting with the probe.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the enactment of a new citizenship law that critics say undermines India’s secular foundations.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A record number of women were elected as lawmakers in Britain’s general election, with women’s rights campaigners on Friday cheering the result but saying progress towards equal representation must speed up.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain’s election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed yesterday, empowering him to deliver Brexit on Jan.

The United States says it has provided nearly 4 million USD for humanitarian assistance to Venezuelan refugees in Guyana since Fiscal Year 2017. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s son, Rafael Antonio Ortega Murillo, for alleged money-laundering and corruption, the U.S.

The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Guyana today signed a pact which brings closer the operationalisation of the Natural Resource Fund which is to receive oil revenues. 

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli led a six-hitting fest against West Indies during a blistering unbeaten knock of 70 off 29 balls, guiding his team to a 67-run series-clinching victory in the third and final Twenty20 international today.

The U.S. Embassy and United Nations collaborated on an NGO management workshop held December 9-10 for 45 managers of NGOs in Guyana representing six  different regions.

The Head of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says that this morning it was reported that a suspected chemical spill occurred in the vicinity of the Laparkan Wharf located on Lombard Street, Georgetown.

NEW YORK/MADRID, (Reuters) – Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swede who inspired millions of young people to take action against climate change, has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mad rush across the coun­try yes­ter­day as cit­i­zens de­fied the ad­vice of the Cen­tral Bank Gov­er­nor Alvin Hi­laire and rushed to banks across the coun­try to change their old hun­dred dol­lar bills to the new Poly­mer hun­dred dol­lar note.

(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania appeals court today  dismissed Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction, rejecting his lawyers’ argument that a judge deprived the comedian of a fair trial by allowing other accusers to testify.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives announced impeachment charges against President Donald Trump today, making him the fourth president in U.S.