The Guyana government has asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) to withdraw its provisional measures for the Indigenous Indian community of Chinese Landing where residents there had alleged severe physical violence and environmental degradation by a number of gold miners, Minister of  Governance Gail Teixeira said Wednesday.

Charrandass Persaud – the then governing APNU+AFC coalition parliamentarian who set in motion the virtual collapse of the David Granger-led administration by voting for a People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-sponsored no-confidence motion- has fallen seriously ill and was Wednesday evacuated to Canada, according to medical sources. One of the sources said Mr Persaud was suffering ...

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Hello from ASH! Writing this Readout from a press room at the annual hematology confab here in San Diego. Today’s edition is chockfull of Vertex content, plus some extras from ASH and elsewhere.

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Good morning, everyone. Damian here with another multibillion-dollar deal, a word on the future of Sanofi, and a setback in one of medicine’s longest-running quests.

Presented by Honourable Dennis Cornwall, Minister for Finance

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The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has formally agreed to back Saudi Arabia’s bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh and the establishment of an international water organisation,  in exchange for support in a range of areas including combatting climate change and boosting trade, investment and food security, according to a joint statement. The leaders declared ...

Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall and Chevanne Britton are Grenada’s participants at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) fall meetings

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The University of Guyana (UG) on Tuesday formally announced the establishment of a not-for-profit biodiversity research centre in the Essequibo River near the Mazaruni and Cuyuni rivers with an assurance by the British non-governmental organisation that the aim is not to export scientific information from the area. Co-founder of the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Institute, ...

WASHINGTON — Medicare on Tuesday announced it will negotiate prices for 10 drugs, including major blood thinners and diabetes medications, in the first round of its negotiation program created in Democrats’ drug pricing reform law.

Participants were assigned to various groups to discuss, examine, and identify how different sectors of society can contribute to maintaining peace and reducing crime and violence in the short and medium term