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CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma said yesterday an anti-corruption watchdog had no right to call for a judicial inquiry into alleged influence-peddling in his government, describing its report as unfair.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Four workers at a Sherritt 45venture in Cuba died on Tuesday, when a municipal bridge they were repairing collapsed, the Canadian miner said yesterday.

The Police this afternoon said that Marcus Brian Bisram, 27,  is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Faiyaz Narinedatt which occurred on November 01, 2016, at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Two hundred and ninety-four kilograms, two hundred and thirty-two grams of Cannabis Sativa, with a local street value of $147,115,950.00, was destroyed by fire at the Princes Street Incinerator today by ranks of the Guyana Police Force Narcotics Branch, the police said.

BULAWAYO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka took three wickets in the last three overs to snatch a thrilling one-run victory over West Indies in the triangular one-day series today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency with less support from black and Hispanic voters than any president in at least 40 years, a Reuters review of polling data shows, highlighting deep national divisions that have fueled incidents of racial and political confrontation.

Four men were yesterday charged with the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, while two women, including the mother of alleged mastermind Marcus Brian Bisram, were charged with offering a $4M bribe to the investigating police officer to not pursue the case.

-covered over label problematic   A local bottled water company has been using Antinfek for purification for more than two years but says it has since stopped in light of the recent controversy over the use of the chemical by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

The Guyana Police Force has contacted its counterparts in the US for access to US based-Guyanese, Marcus Brian Bisram who is wanted for questioning here in connection with the murder of Corentyne carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt.

The 16-year-old who allegedly stabbed Intiaz Ally, of Tuschen Housing Scheme, following a confrontation over a woman, was yesterday charged with murder.

Ex-policeman Colin Bailey, the common-law husband of murdered businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress, was yesterday committed to stand trial for killing her.

Three years after being charged with human trafficking, a North Ruimveldt woman has once again been accused of the crime.

Moneychanger Vishwahnauth Nouwbat says slain robbery suspect Rondell Marks was the man who shot him in the Popeyes fast food restaurant on Water Street just over two weeks ago.

Deputy Regional Executive Officer of Region Three, Ameena Marlyne Hinds is scheduled to go on trial in a Houston, Texas, US court next month after the suitcase she had in her possession was found to contain what is believed to be cocaine.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan yesterday said that he is not prepared to present to Cabinet, a request from the city of Georgetown for a $600 million bailout until he is presented with a clear and comprehensive account of the city’s present financial situation and future plans.

  The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday said that it had received the correct names of the directors of the company involved in the controversial D’Urban Park Development Project (DPDP) and Minister of Education, Dr.

Claims by Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon that Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors are “hopelessly incompetent” are reckless and baseless, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) General Secretary Oscar Clarke says the pension package proposed for former Prime Minister Hamilton Green was brokered by his party while it was in government but the succeeding PPP/C administrations failed to act on it up to when it lost power last year.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Barton Scotland on Monday decided that a motion in the name of PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali calling for an immediate forensic audit into the Georgetown City Council including the controversial parking meter project could not be debated in the house since “the matter was sub judice.”

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) says that it is currently working fervently with a consulting company to craft debarment procedures, a measure that should have been in place long ago.