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The Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration located at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice popularly called the homeless shelter will be opened on Saturday, August 10, by President Donald Ramotar, and Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana Reina Margarita Arratia Díaz. The centre will accommodate 200 males and 100 females in separate dormitories and will include medical, recreational, kitchen, conference and dining facilities. The US$2M Venezuelan Government funded project which will provide refuge for the homeless in Guyana was constructed on 7.30 acres of land. Accommodation for a resident doctor and nurse…

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Just over a week after 12 persons were injured following the crash landing of an Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft at Matthews Ridge, North West District, the company has begun the compensation process, according to Personnel Manager Omadat Singh. Speaking to this newspaper on Wednesday, Singh explained that the affected passengers were in the process of collecting claims for compensation. To date, they have collected more than 50 per cent of the claim forms and are addressing the issue head on. The passengers are required to claim for lost and…

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Ajeenkya D Y Patil Group Chairman and honorary consul general to Guyana in Mumbai, India, Dr Ajeenkya D Y Patil is of the view that agriculture in Guyana “is a winning proposition with positive advantages for all stakeholders involved”. In a recent press release from the group, it was announced that this opportunity will be presented to potential investors in Dubai this coming November. Dr Patil has stated that investing in Guyana “is a financially viable and potentially profitable proposal for investors in the region due to the global growth…

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President Donald Ramotar last Thursday received a copy of Volumes One and Two of late President Janet Jagan’s speeches in the National Assembly, the preface for which was authored by President Ramotar. Professor David Dabydeen, head of the Caribbean Press and Guyana’s ambassador to China, during a courtesy call presented the head of state with the books as well as a copy of his latest novel Johnson’s Dictionary. Professor Dabydeen was quoted by the Government Information Agency as saying a batch of the two volumes of speeches is on its…

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The health sector in Region Two will be significantly boosted as 11 more Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors graduated last Saturday at the Suddie Public Hospital in Essequibo after successfully completing their one year internship there. The doctors, Suzette Alana Regnold, Deoram Kajram, Smolana Swan, Andy Da Silva, Marlon Sooknarine, Chavita Bisnauth, Patricia Lew wai-see, Cardel Mc Watt, Suresh Seurattan, Kiloutie Das and Vijay Persaud successfully completed their seven-year training programme (six years in Cuban and one year at the Suddie Hospital). The doctors were trained in general medicine, internal medicine, paediatrics,…

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Since the opening of the Smart Aid Pharmacy at 207 Barr Street, Kitty, Assistant Pharmacist Sandeep Ramsarran said the facility has been receiving a fair response from nearby residents. The pharmacy was opened on Wednesday and Ramsarran said the influx of customers is seen mostly in the afternoons after working hours. “We’re only like four days old so people are now finding out about the business. We had flyers going around the area so we had a lot of people come in and check what we have, saying they would…

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