Two Region Four families receive homes on Christmas Day
Two Region Four families on Christmas Day received the keys to brand-new homes through President Irfaan Ali’s Men on Mission (MoM) initiative.
By Shuntel Glasgow For the family of 11-year-old Mark Harrypaul, the joy of Christmas has been overshadowed by his death in a bullying incident at the Strathspey Primary School last year and they are still seeking justice and closure.
“Hope springs eternal in every human breast” – from “An Essay on Man” – Alexander Pope (1732) Today, despite all the scientific and technological advancements, we live in a world filled with a persistent onslaught of chaos.
A Guyana-based software engineering company was recently awarded a grant by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), CARICOM and the University of the West Indies totalling US$34,000 or $7 million to fund their project which is to create a database that will highlight businesses, freelancers, and organizations in the creative economy.
By Shabna Rahman A single mother, Diana Gobin, 36, who was devastated when her house was destroyed by fire, is now relieved after she moved into a new one before the holiday season.
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MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India fought back with four late wickets to leave Australia on 311 for six on day one of the fourth test on Thursday after teen debutant Sam Konstas had lit up the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a thrilling knock in the morning.
Kashif & Shanghai National Futsal – matches set for tonight at Sports Hall Gold is Money, Road Warriors, Bent Street A, and Team Cruel secured their berths to the quarterfinal section when the Kashif and Shanghai National Futsal Championship continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
– says that cricket has a clear developmental vision While acknowledging that the discipline of cricket has a clearly defined vision, Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Co-Director Chris Bowman stated that other disciplines such as basketball lack that type of foresight required for their development, which is evident in their dearth of national infrastructure and investment.
(Trinidad Express) A fisherman driving a Range Rover has been gunned down.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and others injured yesterday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists gathered for a government press conference set to announce the reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital, a witness to the attack told Reuters.
(Trinidad Express) A woman identified as Adana John, 27 alias “Sixx Boss,” was stabbed to death in San Juan this morning.
DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early today, as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s removal more than two weeks ago.
ASTANA/TBILISI/BAKU, (Reuters) – An Embraer EMBR3.SA passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan today with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued.
CAIRO/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Syria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran yesterday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people’s will and the country’s sovereignty.