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Ten of 30 boat operators who received training have been licensed to operate in the Upper Mazaruni area.

Truck drivers who sell sand on the shoulders of the East Bank of Demerara Public Road, outside of the Industrial Site have been relocated by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Five people were killed and about 40 injured in London yesterday after a car ploughed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain’s parliament.

Uriel Amsterdam, who blamed his intoxicated state for him stealing a woman’s jewellery, was on Monday fined $100,000 for the offence.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York state judge yesterday ordered ExxonMobil Corp to work with New York’s attorney general to recover lost emails from an account once used by U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee set off a political firestorm on Wednesday when he said the communications of members of Donald Trump’s transition team were caught up in incidental surveillance targeting foreigners.

(Trinidad Guardian) By July, Caricom Implemen-ting Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) will have the capacity to hunt down regional criminals who profit in the proceeds of crimes.

Two persons were arrested early Tuesday morning following the discovery of a marijuana farm at Moco Moco, Region Nine.

WASHINGTON/OSLO, (Reuters) – The United States remains committed to the “principles and goals” of the global transparency initiative to fight corruption in managing revenues from oil, gas and mineral extraction, it said yesterday.

CARACAS/PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – G rumbling Venezuelans were lining up for scarce gasoline across the OPEC nation yesterday, due to mounting oil industry woes in the country with the world’s largest crude reserves.

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown (RCG) under its International Service Arm hosted a fundraiser for Haiti on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at the Pegasus Hotel.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has appealed to have his one-year ban for a doping whereabouts rule violation dismissed.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Four people were killed and at least 20 injured in London today after a car ploughed into pedestrians and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to the British parliament in what police called a “marauding terrorist attack”.

(Trinidad Guardian) A note stating “Gone to the market” was left on the dining room table as Malabar mother Kizziah Charles left her three children asleep on Sunday morning.

Following City Hall’s delay in acting on a direction that it suspend the controversial metered parking by-laws, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan last evening announced that he had signed a new order to effect the suspension of the parking meter project for a period of three months, with effect from today, while government said that the police force would help to ensure that vehicles are not clamped.

Although committed to resubmitting a list of nominees for Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has voiced concern that President David Granger’s criteria for candidates may not be legal or constitutional.

The unions representing staff of the University of Guyana have indicated their intention to begin protests against Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith today.

Businessman Marcel Gaskin has moved to the High Court seeking urgent declarations on the question of the criteria for the selection of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Ahead of the upcoming Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) elections, President Patrick Yarde is facing new calls for him to go after 30 years at the helm of the union.

Police have not yet completed their investigation of the Phagwah Day beating of two men by Canal Number One residents, who accused them of removing two rearview mirrors from a car that was parked in the community.