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Issue No. 4887
THE BEACON OF TRUTH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022
World Bank: Guyana’s GDP growth rate to double in 2022
– Pres Ali assures of Govt efforts to grow a diversified economy
NRF Management Board to be appointed soon – President …assures of integrity in selecting persons to manage oil funds Page 7
US$7M Japanese-funded solar system handed over to Caricom Secretariat See story on page 9
...as Japanese Ambassador speaks of closer ties with Guyana, Caribbean Japan’s Ambassador to Guyana, Tatsuo Hirayama greets President Dr Irfaan Ali at the Caricom Secretariat, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown for the handing-over ceremony of the Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Plant
3 more COVID GPF promotes deaths, 665 cases 386 junior reported in 24 hours ranks
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Estonia, P10 Slovenia among new rice markets for Guyana in 2021
Truck driver detained over damage to Mocha-toDiamond road barrier P8
23 detained P16 for ganja bust
5 in custody for brutal assault on Black Bush labourer P2 3 nabbed after robbing Brazilian national at P11 gunpoint
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More ganja P16 found at Mazaruni Prison during routine search