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(Financial Times) US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened tariffs of 100 per cent against the so-called Brics countries unless their governments agree not to create a new currency as an alternative to the US dollar. “The idea that the Brics Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch
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Kato Village situated in the North Pakaraimas of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), will benefit from key development initiatives, including youth empowerment programmes and enhanced water access. This latest development follows an engagement with residents and youths, held by President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali during his overnight visit. Speaking at the sod-turning for the $5.4 billion Kato
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The registration process for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners to receive the 0=one-off $100,000 cash grant will begin on Monday. The government on Friday published the official registration schedule, which will enable pensioners in the various regions to register while conducting transactions at their respective NIS offices. Registration will last from December 2-6, 2024. Pensioners
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Fifty pupils from Liberty, Hogg Island, and surrounding villages in Region Three now have a conducive environment for learning, following the commissioning of the reconstructed $54 million Western Hogg Island Primary School. Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and Regional Chairman, Inshan Ayube presided over the commissioning ceremony for the new school on Wednesday. The reconstructed Western
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Two women and a girl died on Saturday night in an accident along the St. Cuthbert’s Mission trail. Dead are: Athena Andrews, her mother Olive Andrews, and her niece, Emma Andrews. The Indigenous community’s Toshao Alvoro Simon confirmed that the trio passed away in a Facebook post. They were traveling inside a motorcar that collided
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Press Release from the Guyana Chess Federation Three chess players were awarded prizes for their outstanding achievements in chess for 2023 in the National Sports Award Ceremony on Thursday, November 28, 2024, on the lawns of the Castellani House and Art Gallery. The formal event was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport
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President Irfaan Ali of Guyana recently joined the people of Barbados to mark the island’s 58th Independence Anniversary and third Republic Anniversary; the celebrations were also attended by a US bipartisan Congressional delegation, led by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The celebrations also honoured the centenary of Shirley Chisholm’s birth; Chisolm, an American politician, was born
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Kemar Roach rocked Bangladesh early, but West Indies’ poor catching denied the home team a few more wickets on the truncated first day of the Kingston Test. Bangladesh finished on 69-2, with Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain unbeaten on 50 and 12, respectively. It could have been much worse had the West Indies fielders not dropped three
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The fourth match of the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) took pace under blue skies and bright sunshine in Providence, Guyana, as the Lahore Qalandars took on the Hampshire Hawks and ran out eventual winners by four runs on Saturday. Carlos Braithwaite won the coin toss and decided to have first use with the
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Youth and women from the Beterverwagting/Triumph area on the East Coast of Demerara will soon benefit from training in the area of smart agricultural techniques. This was disclosed by Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha during a community meeting on Saturday, November 30th at the Beterverwagting/Triumph Community Center. The meeting was a follow-up to a community outreach
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