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UNICEF’s Representative for Guyana and Suriname,  Marianne Flach (left) presents her credentials to Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. (GINA photo)
UNICEF’s Representative for Guyana and Suriname, Marianne Flach (left) presents her credentials to Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. (GINA photo)

New UNICEF Representative: United Nations

Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative for Guyana and Suriname, Marianne Flach on Monday  presented her Letters of Credence to Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.

$4M project aims at environmental compliance, enforcement

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have signed a $4M co-financing grant agreement aimed at developing the EPA’s Environmental Protection Compliance and Enforcement Regulations in support of the Environmental Protection Act No 11 of 1996.

Tolasicy Marshall

Albouystown man stabbed to death

A 28-year-old Albouystown resident was stabbed to death this morning. Tolasicy Marshall called ‘Talo’ of Hogg Street sustained two stab wounds just after 11 o clock.

Aranka death appears to have been a drowning – police

The police today said that cognisant of an article that appeared in the Stabroek News yesterday under the caption `Miner stabbed to death at Aranka’, and which dealt with the death of Keith Wallerson, the force wished to explain that based on investigations conducted so far, the circumstances surrounding Wallerson’s death appear to be different.

Clement Rohee

Rohee new PPP General Secretary

Veteran PPP insider Clement Rohee was yesterday unanimously elected as General Secretary of the party after President Donald Ramotar declined to seek another term and former President Bharrat Jagdeo has made it into the pivotal Executive Committee (ExCo).

Mavado

Promoter slings barbs at Mavado

Promoters of the Slingerz Caribbean Summer Jam yesterday rejected assertions by Jamaican dancehall artiste Mavado that they are to blame for his no-show on Saturday and said statements by the artiste to this effect were false and malicious.

Kenty Ferguson

CANU seeking Kenty Ferguson

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is seeking the assistance of the public to locate a man wanted for questioning in relation to narcotics trafficking.

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