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Labour Minister in meeting on helping migrants with transition

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton along with Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), Natecia Garraway yesterday received a courtesy call from representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) IOM/ILO to continue discussions on how migrants can be supported in their transition to Guyana.

President Irfaan Ali (left) with Samantha Powers (Office of the President photo)

President meets USAID Administrator

President Irfaan Ali has met with USAID Adminis-trator Samantha Powers. A release from the Office of the President said that the meeting, hosted at the Guyana Mission on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, focused on areas for development and cooperation.

An uprooted tree fell on this house. (Jermaine Figueira’s Facebook page)

Storm causes extensive damage in Linden

-Figueira says gov’t will provide roofing sheets A severe storm swept through Linden on Tuesday night, leaving a trail of destruction and flooding across multiple communities and APNU+AFC MP for Region 10 Jermaine Figueira last evening said that the government will be providing roofing sheets and local contractors will help with repairs.

President Irfaan Ali speaking yesterday (Office of the President photo)

Guyana doing its part to avert climate change – Ali tells UN Assembly

-launches Global Biodiversity Alliance x President Irfaan Ali yesterday told the United Nations General Assembly that Guyana is doing more than its fair share to address the issue of climate change by following promises with action, and also called on international body to assist those countries facing humanitarian crises.

Aubrey Norton

PNCR/APNU says will review oil pact, silent on royalties

-lays out 20-point plan for sector The PNCR/APNU yesterday released a  list of policies, strategies and principles for the petroleum sector and said it would review the controversial 2016 PSA to maximise benefits to the country but it did not explicitly say it would move for renegotiation of the pact or increased royalties.

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