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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul has backed the slumping Guyana Jaguars to quickly turn around their form and qualify for the semi-finals of the Regional Super50.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today announced that he had declined nominations for top leadership posts in the Alliance for Change which is holding its national conference tomorrow.

The Mayor & City Council, Guyana Teachers Union and Smart City Solutions, after giving due and special consideration to the critical and fundamental role that our teachers play in the education and development of the nation’s children, agreed today, 27th January, 2017, at a joint meeting between the Council, the Union and the Company, that vehicle parking spaces immediately in front of the public schools will not be regulated for the purpose of metered parking by Smart City Solutions, a joint statement  said.

(Trinidad Express) Within the last five months the number of “entities” listed as terrorist bodies in Trinidad and Tobago under local anti-terrorism laws have grown from 80 to 333 as the government is seeking to pursue cases in the local courts of financing of terrorism abroad.

A man is now dead and another was injured after two shooters exited a car and shot at them in front of a shop in `Warlock’, East La Penitence before escaping.

A forensic audit of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) board has uncovered several financial irregularities, including officials in unauthorised foreign currency trade using the PetroCaribe fund, according to Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, who says the report has been submitted to Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud for further investigation and action.

On the third day of its implementation of paid parking in Georgetown, Smart City Solutions began introducing drivers to its penalty system.

The three men who were arrested after police found an AK-47 assault rifle and a 9mm handgun at a Campbellville, Georgetown residence, were yesterday remanded to prison after being read charges for the alleged possession of the firearms and matching ammunition.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has distanced himself from recent attacks on outgoing Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh and the judiciary in the Guyana Chronicle and condemned the reportage.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday praised the Guyana Police Force for keeping the crime rate down.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) retired Justice Cecil Kennard has been asked to step down from office due to his age, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday.

A Guyanese man was found dead and another unconscious at a house in Curepe, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday night.

While Central Govern-ment is taking a hands off approach to the implementation of paid parking in Georgetown, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has encouraged citizens to boycott the meters.

Cabinet at its meeting on January 24, 2016 granted its no-objection to more than $95 million for the maintenance and cleaning of drainage and irrigation channels in Regions 4 and 6.

Bartica massacre accused Dennis Williams yesterday refused to attend court for his ongoing trial, which Justice Roxane George SC nevertheless continued in his absence.

The anticipated meeting between Attorney General Basil Williams SC and PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall on the nominees for the chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has been stalled indefinitely, with both men trading blame for the delay.

A vendor, accused of ganja trafficking, yesterday told a city court that the police arrested him although they knew he was the wrong man.

A Linden man appeared in a city court yesterday to answer to the crime of fraudulently converting over $300,000 in household articles and using the money for medical expenses.

Police are searching for two persons who are wanted for questioning about the Kaneville Housing Scheme fire which claimed the life of an eight-month-old baby on Monday.

PHILADELPHIA/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump could pay for a wall on the southern border with a new 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico, the White House said yesterday, deepening a crisis after plans for a summit with the Mexican president fell apart.