HEADLINE NEWS UPDATE 19TH AUGUST, 2026
1…FIRST, Twenty-six Grade Ones. Nitya Narine of Tagore High School tops the country as Guyana records its strongest CSEC showing yet, with more students than ever earning twelve or more Grade Ones.
2…Also, Less than three days to move and more than 500 Kaneville residents still do not know where they are going. Conflicting information, no clear answers, and families who spent years building homes now facing an approaching deadline with nothing but questions.
3…Then, noise-proof your nightclub with a government loan, President Ali floats Development Bank financing for entertainment businesses as noise nuisance complaints pile up, along with a new EPA monitoring system to encourage self-regulation.
4…Meanwhile, HIV infections are falling overall, but rising among young people, and health officials want to know why. Meanwhile, a message of hope for expectant mothers: with the right treatment, an HIV-positive woman can have an HIV-negative baby.
5…And, 582 skeletons, including babies and young children, unearthed from a mass grave in northern Sri Lanka. Among the personal items recovered: a schoolbag, and a child’s toy.
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