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Concerns about the treatment and conditions of veterans of the Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana National Service and the Guyana People’s Militia have led the government to set up a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to ensure their proper welfare after service.

Consultations started yesterday for the development of a National Integrated Solid Waste Management Strategy (NSWMS) that is projected to result in the sustainable use of 40% of all generated waste by 2040.

A two-bedroom house suddenly collapsed on Sunday at Kilcoy Chesney Housing Scheme, placing a single mother, her three-year-old son and her cousin in jeopardy.

Retired High Court Judge Desmond Burch-Smith passed away on August 2 at the age of 77.

A youth appeared in a city court yesterday on a charge of trying to kill his father.

Vijay Arjunandan, a 37-year-old excavator operator of Crabwood Creek, on Thursday pleaded not guilty to manslaughter following the death of a boy at the Number 63 Beach, Corentyne.

The Guyana Fire Service yesterday afternoon averted what could have been a major fire at the Guyana Post Office building located on Robb Street, Georgetown.

Jenny-Ann Crawford, who was allegedly caught with a quantity of cocaine hidden in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was yesterday denied bail and remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

City Councillor Salima Bacchus-Hinds yesterday submitted her resignation from the Mayor and City Council, in order to take up a scholarship.

The commencement of the trial of the former public service minister Dr Jennifer Westford and ex-ministry personnel officer Margaret Cummings on charges of forgery and the attempted larceny of state vehicles, has been delayed once again pending a decision by the High Court.

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100 yesterday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, and Islamic State claimed responsibility.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Coast Guard divers, police and Air Guard officers mounted a land, sea and air search in the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, after four people, including a nine-year-old child and a teenager, drowned in two separate incidents at Mayaro and Manzanilla.

PPP/C city councillor Bishram Kuppen yesterday repeated calls for a forensic audit to be conducted on what he says are the billions of dollars that are being spent by City Hall without any credible financial reports.

A family of four lost their abode and possessions when their house was burnt to the ground on Saturday afternoon.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian priest mentioned in the Catholic clergy sex abuse film Spotlight was found dead in a prison cell after he was arrested again for suspected paedophilia, authorities said yesterday.

 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, yesterday called party nominee Donald Trump unqualified to lead the country and said he would be “the most reckless president in American history.”

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council must not allow civilians on both sides of the Syrian city of Aleppo to be cut off from humanitarian aid, the United States said yesterday as  Russia  accused Washington of politicizing a humanitarian issue.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian voters will reject a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels in a public plebiscite, a poll by Ipsos Napoleon Franco showed on Monday, as the government sought to ratify a possible end to more than five decades of war at the ballot box.

Cara Lodge celebrated its 20th Anniversary in the hospitality industry in Guyana on July 28 with an Awards ceremony and the announcement of two gifts of sponsorship.

Councillor of the Linden Mayor and Town Council Lennox Gasper has written to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communities Emile McGarrell accusing the council of targeting Town Clerk Jennella Bowen instead of focusing its energies on improving the lives of Lindeners.