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What was left of the back house after the fire
What was left of the back house after the fire

Wortmanville fire leaves two homeless

Two persons are now homeless at SS Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, after a fire that was allegedly started by a relative, completely destroyed one house while the two other homes in the yard were partially damaged.

Albert Ramdin

CARICOM reaffirms support for Ramdin in race for OAS Secretary General

At the Twentieth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reaffirmed its “unwavering support” for the candidature of  Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Inter-national Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname, for the post of Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the period 2025-2030, at elections to be held in March 2025.

Henrietta men remanded over armed robbery

Jarod Granville, a 23-year-old  of Lot 4 Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, and Rabindra Lall, called ‘Pope’, a 33-year-old of Lot 171 Henrietta Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, were jointly charged yesterday with armed robbery.

Some of the members of the public at the meeting

MMA-ADA to be independently audited – Mustapha

The Authority which oversees the MMA-ADA Scheme in Region Five will have an independent audit done of it, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha announced yesterday while stressing that if any malpractice is discovered persons will be held accountable.

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd addressing the Security Council

States must exist without threat to territorial integrity– Todd tells UN Security Council

-calls for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, on Wednesday said that states must exist without threat to sovereignty and territorial integrity, and has called on the United Nations to  honour its charter prohibiting the use of force and help put an end to the Ukraine/Russia conflict through diplomatic and political means.

The sod-turning squad (Office of the Prime Minister photo)

PM turns sod for 5 MW solar farm in Region Two

Prime Minister Mark Phillips spoke of the importance of enhancing electricity production for all Guyanese and said that yesterday’s sod-turning ceremony for a five-megawatt solar farm installation at Onderneeming, Region Two, marks a major step in Guyana’s renewable energy transition.

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