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(Trinidad Express) The silence at the murder scene was broken by the piecing screams of family members of the men shot dead in Debe on Thursday night.

Toolsie Persaud Limited yesterday rewarded 13 customers with gift prizes as part of its Grand Mashramani Promotion.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli ordered the confiscation on Friday of passports belonging to foreign employees of an Indian infrastructure company managing a water project that is running late.

(Barbados Nation) Standard & Poor’s has lowered its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Barbados to CCC+ from B-.

ANTIGUA, (Reuters) – England captain Eoin Morgan blazed a fluent 107 to help secure a 45-run victory over West Indies in the first one-day international at a windy Sir Vivian Richards Stadium today.

Following the surprise closure yesterday of the Liliendaal bridge on the East Coast of Demerara, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that emergency works were required.

Amid weeks of intermittent blackouts that have angered citizens, Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson today acknowledged that transmission and distribution problems persist at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)  and he promised a solution by the end of the year.

The Altitude Cocktail Bar and Lounge on Sandy Babb Street, Kitty has been closed until further notice.

(Trinidad Express) Three men were shot and killed at a bar in Debe on Thursday night.

The Mayor and City Council (MYCC) yesterday lost a bid to prevent the High Court from reviewing its controversial parking meter contract with Smart City Solutions (SCS) after Justice Brassington Reynolds ruled that the court does have the jurisdiction to hear the case.

Ex-policeman and former murder accused Lloyd Roberts was yesterday arraigned in a city court for the murder of Ryan Sergeant, the teen who was fatally shot outside of the Rio Inn nightclub last year.

Marcellus Verbeke was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to unlawfully killing his employer, Richard Skeete, on June 9, 2011, at ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown.

Former presidential press officer Kwame McCoy was yesterday found guilty of assaulting rights activist Mark Benschop in March, 2011, and he was ordered to pay a fine of $20,000.

The government yesterday announced that the Public Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Trevor Thomas has been sacked following the recommendations of a Board of Inquiry (BoI) into allegations of mismanagement and malpractices in procurement at the ministry.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday said there is no link between the application of the Value Added Tax (VAT) to private school fees and the non-compliance of several of these schools with the tax laws.

The now weekly anti-parking meter demonstrations, initially touted as ‘silent protests,’ took on a new life yesterday when protestors began marching to Dave Martins’ recently released song, ‘Postpone,’ which offers social commentary on the controversial metered parking issue.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said the government will be seeking to have a large percentage of materials used in the construction of its housing projects sourced locally and tax concessions would be offered as an incentive.

Attorney Anil Nandlall yesterday argued that by virtue of Article 153 (2) of the Constitution, the High Court has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the case brought by the Cheddi Jagan Research Committee Inc (CJRCI), which is challenging the revocation of the lease it holds to Red House.

Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobin Ganga has challenged claims by Cambio dealers that the introduction of a limit of $3 on the spread of the buying and selling rates for foreign currency has resulted in a decrease in business.

City Magistrate Dylon Bess once again barred a transgender woman from entering his courtroom yesterday before dismissing an assault case in which she was the complainant.