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(Barbados Nation) If the Minister of Finance wants to fire Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell, his hands are tied until today.

MANILA, (Reuters) – A staunch critic of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte yesterday revived allegations of millions of dollars of hidden assets that he said the president had yet to answer, an assertion Duterte’s camp dismissed as a publicity stunt.

(Trinidad Express) A missionary pundit from India has taken legal action against the Immigration Department of Trinidad and Tobago challenging the decision to deport him.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales rejected rumors of a possible coup d’etat on Thursday, shortly after his brother and elder son were sentenced to house arrest while being investigated for fraud.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The first gripe came three minutes into President Donald Trump’s first solo news conference yesterday, when he accused reporters of ignoring a poll showing him with a 55 percent approval rating – a figure at odds with most other surveys.

(Trinidad Guardian) State witness Samuel Rampersad was supposed to attend court on Wed-nesday, but hours before this appearance three armed men stormed his home and shot him dead in front of his family.

Dominica’s Opposition Leader Lennox Linton yesterday called for Caricom to intervene and set up a regulatory commission for the island’s contentious Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programme, while warning that it currently poses a risk of exposing both his country and the region to transnational crimes.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today lambasted claims by the State Assets Recovery Unit that the country lost up to $313b per annum in corruption and illicit capital flight among other causes while the PPP/C was in office.

NEW YORK/RALEIGH, N.C., (Reuters) – More than 100 restaurants and dozens of other businesses in cities around the United States shut their doors on Thursday to show support for “A Day Without Immigrants,” a walkout aimed at protesting President Donald Trump’s policies.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies player Marlon Samuels has been cleared by cricket’s governing body, the ICC, to resume bowling in international cricket.

The Board of Directors of Smart City Solutions Inc. (SCSI) today dismissed Ifagbamila Kamau Cush from his position as a Director of the parking meters company.

(Trinidad Guardian) State witness Samuel Rampersad was supposed to attend court yesterday, but hours before this appearance three armed men stormed his home and shot him dead in front of his family.

For years the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) breached Section 24 of the Procurement Act 2003, awarding billions of dollars in contracts in direct contravention of the act, since it did so without the approval of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) and it had no written permission to do so by the NPTAB.

As part of restructuring, GTT says it will be retrenching approximately 120 persons within the next 12 months, which the Postal and Telecommuni-cations Workers Union (PTWU) says is unlawful since they were not informed of the company’s actions.

Five persons were yesterday remanded over the murder of Tain mother of four, Leilawatie Mohamed, also known as ‘Aunty Leila’, 45, a domestic worker of Lot 149, Sixth Street, Tain Settlement, Corentyne on February 7.

Closure of the Rose Hall and Enmore sugar factories and several cultivations by the end of this year has been proposed by the government, according to the PPP which says it will not support these moves.

SARU yesterday defended legislation intended to set up an agency to retrieve state assets and it claimed that the country was bleeding up to $313b per annum under the PPP/C government.

Almost a dozen persons including several children are now homeless after a fire last evening  gutted two Princes Street, Georgetown dwellings.

The management of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) knew six months after it hired the now fired chief executive officer (CEO) Colin Welch, that he had deceived the company about his qualifications.

Leon Duncan called ‘Whistle’ was once again taken before the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday, and charged with attempted murder and discharging a loaded firearm at a man.