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A late afternoon fire of unknown origin that consumed a home at Block 22, Wismar, Linden on July 9 has left a family of five homeless and destroyed all their belongings. The owner of the destroyed wooden structure, Pauline Thom-Francis, told Guyana Times International that she and her family were at church when the fire struck. She added that she doesn’t know how the fire started, but she is sure the flame in the kerosene stove the family used was put out before she left for church, as she checked…

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Army Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best and Colonel General Staff Bruce Lovell were on July 11 conferred with the Gold Medal of National Defence and the Silver Medal of National Defence respectively, from the French Armed Forces. France’s outgoing non-resident military attaché, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kopecky, decorated the officers with the medals on behalf of his country’s defence minister, Gerard Longuet. The medal has three levels: gold, silver and bronze, and is awarded to active military personnel or reserves who are distinguished by the quality of services rendered, or…

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By Tiffany Rhodius President Bharrat Jagdeo has pledged Gy$30 million towards the continuation of the President’s Film Endowment Project, which had a red carpet premier on July 7th, at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Parade Street, Kingston. “This was a tremendous project for our country,” Jagdeo told the producers, cast, crew and special invitees who were present for the screening of the eight short films produced under the project. The President’s Film Endowment Project 2011 stemmed from a meeting in November last year with stakeholders in the local arts and entertainment…

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Government is to furnish 70 of Guyana’s secondary schools with computer laboratories as part of its national Information Communication Technology (ICT) strategy. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, revealed on July 11 that Cabinet granted its no- objection for a Gy$222.9 million contract for the procurement of computers, other equipment and accessories for 70 of the more than 100 secondary schools countrywide on July 8. According to him, these should be ready for the beginning of the 2011/12 academic year, which starts in September. He added that the…

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Terron Alleyne, the top student at the 2011 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), was the guest of honour at a special presentation ceremony at Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited Linden branch at Republic Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden. As part of the bank’s tradition, the top achievers for the annual national examinations are rewarded through the bank’s “Power to Make a Difference” community outreach initiative. A monetary gift and plaques were presented to Alleyne in the presence of the literacy coordinator of the Department of Education of Region Ten; deputy head teacher and…

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The Education Ministry is considering waiving the tuition fees of University of Guyana (UG) graduates who are willing to serve in the hinterland regions. This disclosure was made by Education Minister Shaik Baksh on July 11 during a farewell ceremony for a group of WorldTeach volunteers convened at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD). The plan, he said, targets graduates with specialisation in mathematics, English, the sciences, and other subject areas approved by the ministry. The offer will also be open to graduates from other faculties of the…

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The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation signed an agreement for wages and salary increases for 143 junior staffers and 18 private salaried employees on Thursday, 7th July. The union also accepted the corporation’s offer of a five per cent wage increase for last year and a similar wage increase for this year. The agreement was reached after the union recognised the unfair salary structure and payment arising out of the across-the- board increases, since in the 1980s when all workers were…

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