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Twelve students attached to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) gained first-hand exposure of working in the real world while they participated in the company’s work-study programme.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian churned toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic yesterday and was expected to be close to hurricane strength when it nears the islands today.

After insisting on serving his country, a man sentenced to community service for stealing deodorant was on Monday allowed to act as a French language interpreter for a city court.

(Barbados Government Information Service) No major incidents, damage or injuries were reported across Barbados following the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian Monday night and early yesterday morning.

A Venezuelan woman was sentenced to do three weeks of community service yesterday after she pleaded guilty to shoplifting from a Bounty Supermarket.

(Trinidad Newsday) Last Wednesday, Dana Lemessey, 29, from Icacos, Cedros, gave birth to triplets at the San Fernando General Hospital.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A succession of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them at a young age voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom on Tuesday, some lamenting that the financier’s suicide deprived them of the opportunity to obtain justice.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided to conclude its national house-to-house registration exercise at the end of this month as it moves towards the holding of general elections “within the shortest time possible.”

DHAKA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladesh’s top court has ruled that women need no longer declare if they are virgins on marriage certificates after a five-year legal battle by women’s rights groups trying to protect women’s privacy and potential humiliation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the Prime Min­is­ter’s re­cent ‘at­tack’ on pub­lic ser­vants could be an in­di­ca­tion that he plans to fire them.

Financial Institutions have been warned to stop asking citizens about their political affiliation.

An 18-year-old was stabbed to death after he and his family stopped to buy fish and chips on Sunday night along the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and the police have since arrested one person for questioning.

President David Granger has called on members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to remain in campaign mode, stay vigilant and beware of agents of division.

A Springlands, Upper Corentyne farmer was murdered during the wee hours of yesterday morning at Rampoor Village, Corriverton and it is suspected that his assailant/s had been after his winnings from a gambling game.

A scheduled meeting between the two members of the ruling coalition to review the Cummingsburg Accord did not happen but the two sides have exchanged documents.

The first batch of Guyanese operations and maintenance (O&M) technicians hired by ExxonMobil Guyana for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel are set for  Advanced Systems Training at the Cape Brenton University in Canada.

The City Engineer’s Department is expected to cover an exposed manhole along James Street, Albouystown today after coming in for a tongue-lashing from city councillor Heston Bostwick over its failure to address the situation in his constituency and across the city.

The deteriorating state of Sussex Street has forced the Mayor and City Council to close it to vehicular traffic until further notice.

The Russian Embassy in Guyana is awaiting a response from Moscow to a note verbale sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding the withdrawal of untrue statements that a British military base was being built on an Essequibo River island to train Venezuelan refugees to destabilise the Nicholas Maduro government.

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