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  Due to retire just over a month from now, acting Chancellor Carl Singh yesterday made it known that he will execute all his duties and responsibilities until then.

A two-day seminar on the New Civil Procedure Rules 2016 opened yesterday and outgoing acting Chancellor Carl Singh said that one of his last remaining duties was to ensure that the rules become operational.

Government on Thursday announced that a feasibility study will be conducted to determine if it should establish an oil refinery here.

Government has urged Norway to look at other alternative energy options outside of Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), according to President David Granger.

A Chinese business was counting its losses yesterday morning after a fire destroyed sections of a building on Robb Street, Georgetown, which housed a variety store, while the occupants of neighbouring properties were breathing a sigh of relief after quick action by firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region 9 Carl Parker yesterday publicly denied sexual assault allegations levied against him.

Prisoner Charles Chapman, called ‘Frenchie,’ who was last week charged with the 2009 killing of his former lover following his recent capture, died in a city hospital on Thursday night.

The painting of the buildings at the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP) in the colour green is in keeping with government’s push to develop Guyana into a green state, President David Granger said last evening on ‘The Public Interest’ television programme.

Citizens Bank officially opened its new $2.5 billion corporate head office yesterday and was admonished by President David Granger to shy away from trying to be responsive to the needs of all sections of society.

Conservation International (CI) on Tuesday evening launched a new four-year-project geared at achieving mercury-free mining practices among small-scale miners.

Sections of the Kitty Public Road will be closed and traffic will be redirected sometime next month when the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) expects to begin works to fix the sinkhole along the Seawall Road and surrounding defects.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an “American carnage” of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed his first executive order yesterday, heading into the Oval Office shortly after his inaugural parade to direct agencies to ease regulations associated with Obamacare, the signature healthcare law of his predecessor that Trump has vowed to replace.

The University of Guyana students who were displaced by the Cummings Lodge apartment fire were yesterday presented with laptops, mattresses and stationery by the Ministry of Social Protection.

BANJUL, (Reuters) – Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh, who led his country for 22 years but refused to accept his election defeat last month, has agreed to step down and go into exile, a senior advisor to new President Adama Barrow said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will move to repossess lands sold by the previous government to private developers if they continue to fail to deliver on promised infrastructural works and housing development.

The police on Thursday evening arrested a second person as they continued to probe the armed robbery outside the Jailing store, during which a taxi driver was shot.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – President-elect Jovenel Moise has pledged to stamp out corruption and strengthen Haiti’s legal institutions, but even before taking office on Feb.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Newly appointed Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, says one of the major items on his agenda is creating a structure that can lead to the establishing of a new winning culture in West Indies cricket.