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APNU details measures to avoid budget cuts

(L-R) APNU MPs Carl Greenidge, Basil Williams and Joseph Harmon. The APNU on Friday highlighted several measures it said would go some way in avoiding cuts to the proposed GUY$208.8B budget with consideration of the estimates set to begin on Monday. Shadow Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge was asked at a news conference what could the government say between now ...

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APNU amends position on Home Affairs allocations

Carl Greenidge MP The APNU has retreated from its hard position that it would not approve allocations for the Ministry of Home Affairs as long as Clement Rohee retained responsibility for that portfolio. After efforts to oust and silence the minister within the National Assembly failed the coalition announced several months ago that it would not be supporting business brought ...

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Ninety-year-old woman beaten to death

The abandoned house in which the elderly woman’s body was found. The semi-nude and battered body of a 90-year-old woman was found in an abandoned house on the East Coast Demerara. She has been identified as Millicent Prince-Cummings.

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Guyanese software programmers in Caribbean race for the best problem-solving apps

Several participants of the Guyana-leg of Code Sprint 2013 University of Guyana (UG) software programmers are part of a Caribbean-wide race to make open-source programmes to solve social problems in a range of sectors. More than one dozen programmers are participating in the Open Data Code Sprint, which is a part of the Caribbean Open Data Conference and Code Sprint.

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Ailing MP Allen chose to resign – Granger

Rennita Williams M.P being welcomed to the National Assembly by Speaker Raphael Trotman. Leader of the Opposition David Granger says hospitalised former APNU parliamentarian Richard Allen made the decision to resign in light of his health issues and the importance of the consideration of the budget estimates. Sections of the media have been reporting that Allen was forced out in ...

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