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The PPP/C’s move to have the government reveal the causes of frequent blackouts in the country and measures it would take to end them was defeated late Monday night even as both sides played the blame game as to who was responsible for state of the Guyana Power & Light, while the opposition maintained that the controversial Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) remained the only hope for the country to access clean, reliable electricity.

Residents of Mon Repos and the surrounding East Coast Demerara communities are pleading with the relevant authorities to fix the deplorable and “almost impassable” Agriculture Road.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday clarified that while he had provided to parliament the yearly increases in salaries for public servants, ministers and the presidents during the period 1998 and 2014, he did not total up these increases.

Verdicts are likely tomorrow, for the trio accused of the massacre of the 12 men, including three police officers, at Bartica, on the night of February 17, 2008.

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s first moves to restrict the flow of people into the United States spread yesterday as Massachusetts and San Francisco sued to challenge two of his early executive orders.

The trial into the murder of Glenn Xavier, who was shot and killed after being robbed at the Corn Bread Mini Mart, commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as a threat to the  European Union, EU  leaders were told yesterday by the man chairing a summit where they will debate relations with the United States.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nationals from the seven Muslim-majority countries temporarily blocked from entering the United States by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration may be barred indefinitely, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Concerns about crime and US immigration are affecting Carnival 2017 as some mas bands are reporting that registration has been affected.

To mark its 26th Anniversary, employees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) pooled their resources and donated more than $1 million in care items to residents of the Palms on Friday last.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades is not just killing Brazilians, it threatens to wipe out monkeys in the Atlantic rainforest that are already close to extinction, experts warned yesterday.

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s first moves to restrict the flow of people into the United States spread on Tuesday as Massachusetts and San Francisco sued to challenge two of his early executive orders.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Police Corporal 16825 Belgrave Bartholomew, 39 years of Itaballi, Mazaruni and who was stationed at Ekereku Police Outpost.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport will not charge the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on airport security fees nor will it increase the current car park fees by 14%, effective Wednesday February 1, 2017.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell was banned on Tuesday for one year for a doping whereabouts rule violation.

Miners have written President David Granger imploring him to rethink new tax measures which they say will squeeze the life out of the industry and they are seeking an urgent meeting with him.

The government used its one-seat majority in the National Assembly last evening to defeat a PPP/C motion calling for the restoration of items that were previously zero-rated under the Value Added Tax (VAT), with Finance Minister Winston Jordan once again arguing that the changes were necessary to stem the continuing decline of revenue yielded by the tax.

With the start of the enforcement of penalties for parking violations, numerous parking spaces in Central Georgetown remained vacant yesterday.

Superbet employees were yesterday robbed of approximately one million dollars by six gunmen after collecting the cash from an agent at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday said that Smart City Solutions (SCS)  made a mistake by charging VAT on parking meter cards instead of at the parking meter itself.