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The Ministry of Social Protection approached the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) to disaggregate the information of all persons who are 65 and over from the national voter’s list in order to ensure that all pensioners are in receipt of their old age pension, according to Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.

GTT, effective on Tuesday, made free data available to all its prepaid and postpaid smartphone customers.

Cabinet has given its nod of approval for the establishment of a National Border Institute, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture is intensifying efforts to increase land rates and to recoup billions of dollars outstanding for land rates and irrigation fees owed to the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary- Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA).

Officials at the Guyana Live-stock Development Authority (GLDA)  on Wednesday evening impounded several dogs which entered Guyana illegally, breaching quarantine regulations.

A teenager was sentenced yesterday to two months in jail for stealing a phone he said he thought belonged to no one.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday signaled that the report of the inquiry into the corruption allegations made against officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) by self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram may not be made public as was initially stated, because of the sensitive information it contains.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Senate impeachment committee voted yesterday to put suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial in the full chamber for breaking budget laws, opening the way for her to be removed from office.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday urged Argentina to be patient with the slow pace of economic progress under its new government, and urged Venezuela to allow a vote this year on whether to recall President Nicolas Maduro.

The poor execution of projects by contractors in Region One is a source of major concern for the region’s administration as it strives to complete its 2016 capital works before the reading of the 2017 Budget, according to Chairman Brentnol Ashley.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling party was on track for its worst electoral performance since coming to power two decades ago, poised to lose control of a key metropolitan area in a reflection of rising anger over a stubbornly high jobless rate and a lack of basic services.

A West Ruimveldt man charged with stealing a $15,000 cell phone was on Wednesday placed on $20,000 bail when he appeared before a city magistrate.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental regulator Ibama decided on Thursday to shelve the environmental license request for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in the Amazon, a project that had been opposed by indigenous tribes and conservation groups.

(Reuters) – The mayor of Stockton, California, was arrested yesterday on a felony eavesdropping charge stemming from a strip poker game he is accused of surreptitiously recording at a summer camp he hosts for disadvantaged inner-city children, prosecutors said.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed yesterday to choke off businesses linked to the U.S.-based

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. woman was killed and five other people injured by a man with suspected mental health issues who went on a rampage with a knife in central London.

BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Earl whipped Belize and Mexico’s Caribbean coast with wind and heavy rain, battering cars, disrupting transportation and forcing hundreds into shelters as it moved through Guatemala toward southeastern Mexico yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Students currently pursuing degrees in accredited tertiary education institutions will continue to receive Government Assisted Tuition Expenses (Gate) programme funding for their entire programme of study.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The World Bank approved new rules yesterday that aim to expand protections for people and the environment in projects financed by the bank while making it easier for borrowers to comply with its standards.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba has chosen French firms Bouygues and Groupe ADP to modernize, expand and operate its Jose Marti International Airport in Havana to cope with a tourism boom.