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The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that at  approximately 9.15 this morning, the L21 Transmission Line that connects to Power Ship 1 tripped, resulting in the loss of 29 Megawatts of power.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukrainepeace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S.

-after talks with PNCR collapse As had been predicted, talks between the AFC and PNCR have collapsed with the former yesterday announcing that it will contest the 2025 elections on its own while the latter said that it accepts the decision but has not ruled out talking and coalescing with other parties.

-250 jobs to be created A new business process outsourcing (BPO) centre was yesterday unveiled at Enmore by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service Dr.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday rebuked the Charge d’ Affaires of the Chinese Embassy here over a statement at a press briefing on Wednesday that there should  be negotiations between Guyana and Venezuela over the border controversy between the two countries.

olice are investigating the murder of a 54-year-old businessman of Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice during a robbery.

-says he was born a PPP Prominent local businessman and quarry owner Brian Tiwarie yesterday officially endorsed President Irfaan Ali for a second term saying that in his heart he was always a People’s Progressive Party (PPP) supporter regardless of public perception to the contrary.

A regional disaster has been declared over a Linden sawmill fire that has been burning for five days.

A 38-year-old man who died in police custody has been positively identified by relatives.   

-complainant on wounding charge A Beterverwagting (BV) construction worker has been charged with the attempted murder of a Triumph carpenter and the complainant in turn is facing a wounding charge.

Twenty-seven-year old Freeman Street labourer, Sean Dos Santos appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with attempted murder.

Customs Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) recently seized a quantity of suspected imitation US Currency in an incoming package at a “popular cargo bond” at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Trump administration shielded yesterday domestic exporters and vessel owners servicing the Great Lakes, the Caribbean and U.S.

Forty-year-old teacher Terry Cornell appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty charged with use of threatening language and abusive language.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court urged the Trump administration yesterday to back off from its escalating confrontation with the judiciary while upholding a judge’s order to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted the Letters of Credence from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh’s Non-Resident High Commissioner, Asad Alam Siam at the Office of the President.

(Reuters) – A deputy sheriff’s son killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University yesterday before he was shot by officers and hospitalized, authorities said.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France’s past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of reparations that Haitian activists have long called for.

Works on the Stanleytown sluice in Region Six have been halted amid an ongoing dispute between residents and government authorities over the method of rehabilitation.

(Reuters) – Nearly half of the homes and businesses in Puerto Rico that receive electricity from the commonwealth’s main utility were still without power yesterday, a day after a widespread blackout struck the island, Luma Energy said in a statement.