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Ban sugar-sweetened drinks from school areas; integrate school-feeding strategy to fight deadly diseases
Sub-Regional Caribbean Coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul Caribbean governments are being urged to ban sugar-sweetened...
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Govt offers teachers pay increases for 2016, 2018 but no word on 2017; amount increased for de-bunching
President David Granger and his delegation meeting with the GTU representatives. The Guyana government is offering teachers a 10 percent...
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Caribbean urged to take up “fertile” lands in Guyana, Suriname to produce healthy foods
Sir Trevor Hassell Sir Trevor Hassell, the President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition- an internationally-recognised non-profit organisation in the fight...
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GTT did not threaten legal action to force disconnection of Digicel’s Suriname data link- Nedd
GTT's Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd. The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has denied any involvement in recent actions...
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President Granger tables new salary offer to GTU amid planned teachers’ strike
FLASH BACK: President David Granger being escorted in the Guyana Teachers' Union compound, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. President David Granger and...
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Essequibo coast farmer allegedly shoots another another…”me miss the ackurie”
A Queenstown, Essequibo Coast farmer is in police custody as investigators probe the shooting of another farmer in the Quwenstown...
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Police imposters beat, bound security guard, steal items from sand pit
Two bandits, who pretended to be policemen, slammed the living quarters of a security guard, forcing him to flee the...
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“E-Networks is carving for itself a place on the national spectrum” – PM Nagamootoo
E-Networks Chairman H.R Puri, Chief Executive Officer Vishook Persaud and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo sharing a light moment at the...
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Police awaiting legal advice in alleged assault involving High Court judge, CN Sharma’s wife
Justice Navindra Singh (Guyana Chronicle photo) The Guyana Police Force is seeking legal advice concerning an alleged assault involving High...
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Suspected Venezuelan pirates attack Guyanese fishermen
A Guyanese captain and crew were earlier this week ordered to jump overboard and robbed of their fishing boat and...
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