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Texila American University (TAU) is aiming to reverse the trend of Guyanese students going to other Caribbean countries to study with its newly-constructed $2 billion Providence, East Bank Demerara Campus.

A hearing on a complaint by Digicel, which says its customers were being discriminated against by GTT, was adjourned yesterday after the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) could not come to a decision because of the lack of information.

The lifeless body of a Laing Avenue man was discovered yesterday morning floating in a trench along Woolford Avenue.

A former policeman was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he tried to pass off a forged $7 million cheque to a bank teller.

A Bartica resident was remanded to prison on Monday on charges of unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition that police say were found in his bag.

A Campbellville man was on Monday remanded to prison after he was accused of a break and enter larceny.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) are to commence drainage works in South Ruimveldt today to rectify issues that lead to frequent flooding in some sections of the community.

Three murder accused prisoners yesterday created unrest at the city courts, resulting in officers there struggling to maintain control.

The EU’s quota management comes to an end on 30th September, 2017, and along with it, an expected fall in the international sugar price, and a decrease in sugar imports from the ACP, with particular impact on Caribbean producers.

Million-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a Sluice at Triumph, East Coast Demerara under the Ministry of Agriculture-NDIA.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan has fixed April 3 for the start of the trial of former General Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) Nizam Hassan, who is accused of approving payments for substandard work on the rehabilitation of the company’s Robb Street headquarters.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch yesterday pledged independence from President Donald Trump, bristled at his criticism of the judiciary and said not even the president is above the law amid Democratic concerns he would be beholden to the man who selected him.

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified security threats.

Truck drivers who sell sand on the shoulders of the East Bank of Demerara public road, outside Industrial Site, have been forced to move their operations.

Barbados has implemented bans on the importation of all meat and meat products from Brazil, the Barbados Nation reported yesterday.

Attendees at a behavioural health and trauma conference were on Monday urged to approach mental illness from a place of culture, and to use the knowledge gathered to ensure that policy measures are put in place to properly address the issue.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Symbion Power is seeking $561 million from Tanzania’s state power supplier TANESCO via international mediation, accusing it of breach of contract, the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan has withdrawn five lawsuits which he had brought against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and one against Works Minister, Fitzgerald Hinds.

A stand0ff between the government and City Hall escalated today with the Minister of Communities being ordered by Cabinet to formally suspend the by-laws for the parking meters project and from tomorrow the police are to ensure that there is no clamping of vehicles.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon expressed concern that criteria identified by President David Granger for new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission may not be legal or constitution.