Laparkan Holdings Limited yesterday presented $1M to the Ministry of Education to facilitate the 2010 Teacher of the Year Award at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).The

(Reuters) – African nations whose populations have been devastated by AIDS have made big strides in fighting HIV, with new infections down 25 percent since 2001 in some of

NATION NEWS  – Cancer of the pancreas is often a fatal diagnosis, but there have been successful individual outcomes.This was the reaction from three specialist doctors to Thursday’s disclosure

NATION NEWS – There was a heavy presence of the young at St Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday as scores of people gathered for a memorial service to celebrate the

-Nokta tells community meetings in Essequibo River“IF you look around you see development, if you can read you will know that there is development, and you can also feel

THE Regional Administration in Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Berbice) has secured the services, on secondment from the LINMINE Secretariat, of Senior Engineer Emmet Alves.He is to assist with the capacity

In Region Ten…THE Regional Executive Officer (REO) in Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Berbice), Mr. Henry Rodney said he is very concerned that a number of contractors, who were awarded contracts

Veteran American lawyer advises…A VISITING American family law veteran said Thursday that, key to an effective response to domestic violence is professional training for policemen who have to deal

…truck dragged her for several feet before stoppingTWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Deokie Pooran of Lusignan Pasture was killed in an accident yesterday morning at Lusignan Railway Embankment and Golf Road, East Coast

With tripartite support…MOCO Moco Village, in Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu/ Upper Essequibo) created history on Thursday by harvesting its first rice crop.Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud, who witnessed some