More than $100M allocated for Georgetown clean up P11
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Issue No. 2619
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Rice farmers on their own in payment crisis...
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No $23B, no help from Govt – Agri Min Holder Venezuela refuses accreditation to Guyana’s Ambassador – retaliates against alleged Greenidge’s comments in US Page 3
Vendor on $10,000 bail for escaping from Police custody P8 Missing woman’s body retrieved from Kaieteur Falls P13
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CICAD study finds 12-yearolds using illicit drugs
Fairfield P16 residents affected by air pollution – plead with EPA for relief
Mexico to help Guyana with digitisation of National Archives P16 – teachers in Caricom to benefit from Mexican experts' training
Organisation of American States Country Representative in Guyana Jean Dormeus hands over a report on a study done on drug use among Secondary Schools Students in Guyana by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to Vice President and Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday at a launching ceremony held at Cara Lodge, Georgetown
Albouystown man victim of drive-by shooting Page 12
Govt remains mum on Jagdeo’s tax help offer
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– Recovery of over $25B in taxes remains in limbo
Herstelling murder ... Page 9
Selfconfessed hitman for court today
Taxi driver P17 sentenced to two weeks in prison for destroying ex’s passport Travel agent robbed of P17 over US$750