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By Neha Bansal NEW DELHI – This year marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ International Year of the Family (IYF).

(Trinidad Guardian) Antigua-based airline, LIAT 2020 Ltd, is one step closer to taking to the regional skies after it received its first two jet aircraft.

(Reuters) – Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land ownership to the state as a “reparations gesture” for historical wrongs.

Alphas grounded the Eagles by a 3-0 score-line when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) launched the Blue Waters U-15 Secondary School League yesterday at the National Training Centre.

Speightland and Young Gunners recorded comfortable wins in the women’s and men’s divisions, respectively, when the King and Queen Beach Football Championship continued yesterday at the PPP office compounds in Mackenzie, Linden.

Milo Secondary School Football The semifinal round of the Milo Secondary Schools Football Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

One of the striking observations from the recent exposure of the assault on a Venezuelan schoolgirl by five of her peers is that the usual ad hocery, now a hallmark of this and other administrations, has obviously been employed with regard to the influx of foreign children to the country and in our schools.

Caribbean Youth Table Tennis Championship Guyana suffered defeat in the team semifinal round of the boy’s U-19 division, while the girl’s U-15 outfit fell at the group stage in the 2024 Caribbean Youth Table Tennis Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Dear Editor, Any objective analyst would conclude that the current administration has been even-handed in its approach to national development.

By Mia Anthony Vendors along the seawall between Camp Road and Vlissengen Road were yesterday ordered to remove by the Sea Defence Board (SDB) and Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said they had violated the terms of their occupancy of the spots.

-disputed contract was signed on New Year’s Day, evaluation committee erred on two guidelines It took eight months for the PPC to throw out a complaint by R Kissoon Contracting Services over a bid for D&I pumps but more irregularities have surfaced in the tendering system including errors by the evaluation committee and the signing of the disputed contract on January 1st 2023, a national holiday.

Cornelia Ida was crowned the Jits & Neelam 40-Over Cricket Champion, defeating Windsor Forest by three wickets on Sunday at the West Meten-Meer-Zorg ground.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday received a cheque valued at $110,815,105 from the Muslim community in Guyana at the Office of the President to support the people of Palestine with humanitarian aid.

-Initiative lauded as developmental pathway for local cricket Some 75 primary schools, further broken down to 10 students from each school, – six boys and four girls – will take part in the 2nd edition of the Republic Bank ‘Five for Fun’ cricket programme.

Cane Vincent, a 24-year-old miner of Quarrie Village, Region Nine was charged yesterday with the murder of Leonel Manuel Franco Beria, a 19-year-old Venezuelan national.

KFC Elite League In the battle of the winless teams, Monedderlust and Buxton United played to a 2-2 stalemate last evening in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.

By Abigail Headley Two Venezuelan brothers attending Stewartville Secondary School on the West Demerara are now nursing serious injuries to the head and hand after being assaulted by schoolmates on Monday afternoon.

Dear Editor, Since coming to power in 2020, the PPP/C Government has been engaged in a wide range of infrastructure projects including roadways, bridges, hospitals, energy systems, and so on.

-urges those with fever to get tested Two persons have died from dengue so far this year and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony yesterday urged anyone experiencing fevers to go to the nearest health facility to be tested.