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BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate began the trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff yesterday after a lengthy impeachment process that has paralyzed the politics of Latin America’s largest nation and is expected to culminate in her removal from office next week.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s long-delayed presidential vote must take place on Oct.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the Government is doing all in its power to curb crime.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was beaten to death by striking mineworkers after being kidnapped, local media reported yesterday, citing a radio station director who said he saw his body.

 (Trinidad Express) There have been at least 420 homicides since the Peoples National Move-ment (PNM) won the general election eleven months ago.

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – A New Zealand pizza chain aims to become the world’s first company to offer a commercial drone delivery service, a milestone in the once-unthinkable quest to save time and money with an air-borne supply chain dispensing with people.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Chinese-Mexican businessman accused of drug trafficking could be handed over by U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has teamed up with several local and regional stakeholders to develop new response to the Zika virus as it threatens the tourism industry and sparks panic among pregnant women as medical studies are linking potential serious birth defects to newborn babies.

A final offer for differentiated wage increases for public servants ranging from 10% at the lowest scale to 1% at the highest has been made by the Guyana Government and the GPSU is to consider the proposal.

Former Minister of Health Dr Noel Blackman yesterday pleaded guilty in a New York court to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a controlled substance, and is expected to be sentenced early next year.

The relocation of the Walter Roth Museum has been placed on hold as consultations will be held with stakeholders, including museum staff and members of the indigenous population before any further decision is taken.

A Tucville businessman was taken into police custody after he opened fire on a vehicle that turned onto his bridge on Tuesday night, killing the driver and injuring his companion.

-says contract should be scrapped   Even as Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton prepares to hand over  a public apology tomorrow to  Parliament for misleading it on August 4th on the pharmaceutical bond contract, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that it will not suffice.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has pointed to Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a man by a licensed firearm holder as an example of why there is a need for the review of firearm licences with a view to revoking some of them.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has launched an investigation into the death on Monday of a mother of nine, who sustained a broken leg and was sent away from the hospital twice without receiving the needed surgery.

The Quartzstone mine to be operated by Sun and Sand Mining Resources Inc will not use any mercury or other reagents but will use new technology to ensure gold recovery of at least 90%, the project’s head Mukesh Arora told a poorly attended scoping meeting in Bartica on Monday.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday announced that it was seeking $5.2b from the government for financial year 2017 and it also unveiled a raft of administrative changes.

Last month the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed an agreement to provide USD$33,000,000 towards sustainable infrastructure projects in the Caribbean.

The main suspect in the murder of 14-year-old Akeem Grimmond is expected to be charged in a Berbice court today.

An alleged pirate was found dead with his hands and feet bound around 19:30 hrs yesterday at the Number 68 Village backdam.