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Three weeks after a freak storm caused three electrical poles to topple in the village of Pearl on the East Bank Demerara, residents are still awaiting assistance from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).

Two weeks after calling for an “urgent meeting” at which councillors could discuss the findings of the government’s review of the contentious parking system contract between City Hall and Smart City Solutions Inc (SCS), Mayor Patricia Chase Green has indicated that the meeting will take place this week.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Southern Division police now believe nine-year-old Seon Paul was executed and not hit by a stray bullet as they initially believed.

The man who was shot by police on Friday night outside of the Camp Street Prison is still to be identified.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s interior minister and former boss of the country’s anti-narcotics agency, General Nestor Reverol, hit back yesterday at accusations by a US federal court that he abetted cocaine trafficking.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – One of Singapore’s greatest strengths is its predictability: in a region where coups and economic meltdowns are not uncommon, it has long been a haven of stability for investors and businesses.

Although government has said that the Walter Roth museum is being relocated to accommodate a department of the Ministry of the Presidency at the Main Street site, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday said the “nation deserves an explanation” for the decision.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro has set a 48-hour deadline for ministers to dismiss some public workers who requested a recall referendum against him, a Socialist Party spokesman said yesterday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Kicking off a six-day tour of Latin America, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday in Havana his visit would open a new chapter in the Islamic Republic’s relations with Communist-ruled Cuba.

After more than a three-week delay, a date has been set for the commencement of the trial of the three accused in the Ramada Princess Casino robbery.

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ national police chief said today that about 1,900 people had been killed during a crackdown on illegal drugs, which began seven weeks ago when President Rodrigo Duterte took power, but about 40 were not drug-related.

An autopsy performed on the remains of 21-year-old Kevon McKenzie, whose body was discovered under the broken bricks of a collapsed wall last Sunday, revealed that he died as a result of fractured skull and compression to the chest.

(Reuters) – AT&T Inc, the No 2 US wireless carrier, said it had signed a deal with Cuba’s state-owned telecoms provider to offer direct roaming services to its customers visiting Cuba.

The David Granger administration is “talking the talk” but it remains to be seen whether it is “walking the walk,” according to a USAID-funded report which says the executive has done enough to suggest that it lacks the political acumen needed to address some issues including tackling corruption and pursuing politically meaningful reforms.

An 11-year-old child was yesterday electrocuted after he came into contact with what is alleged to have been an illegal connection that was located near to his Golden Grove home.

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed and his friend was beaten by residents in Pearl, East Bank Demerara, after the proprietor of a shop noticed the two men acting suspiciously around his business.

Five bandits armed with a gun, knives and cutlasses robbed an Edinburgh family early yesterday morning, and in the process one of the attackers shot dead his accomplice.

City vendors were a no show at the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) pilot ‘flea market’ project which was scheduled to roll out yesterday.

After the fatal accident yesterday in Mahaicony, two persons are still critical in the ICU at the Georgetown Public Hospital.