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A 55-year-old man is lucky to be alive after he was struck off of his bicycle by a vehicle on Brickdam, on Tuesday night.

The Government is committed to working towards the provision of an enabling environment for job creation for young Guyanese, President David Granger has said even as he discouraged them from seeking state jobs.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Tuesday opened the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana Robotics Camp for thirty students in the Buxton-Friendship area.

The Preliminary Inquiry into the charge against Regan Rodrigues for the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was cut short yesterday on account of a witness falling ill.

WASHINGTON/JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s White House campaign was in turmoil yesterday after he angered senior Republican Party leaders by criticizing a dead soldier’s family and refusing to back the re-election campaign of House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan.

A homeless man was placed on remand by a city magistrate after he denied damaging a car that was parked in Alexander Village.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada launched a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women yesterday, a long-awaited look into the root causes of decades of violence that have led to more than a thousand deaths and attracted international criticism.

KALPITIYA, Sri Lanka, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sri Lanka’s pioneering nationwide programme to save its damaged mangrove forests is bearing fruit a year on, prompting the U.S.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party took an early lead yesterday as vote counting continued in local government elections where it faces the risk of losing control of key cities for the first time since coming to power.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Miss Jamaica Universe, Shakira Martin, 30, died in a Florida hospital yesterday from complication with the sickle cell disease.

LONDON, (Reuters) – One woman was killed and five other people were injured by a man with a knife in central London in an attack which police said could be linked to terrorism.

(Trinidad Guardian) The already sluggish criminal justice system now has another hurdle to climb after the lone pathologist on duty downed his scalpel yesterday, saying he will not be working until there was an improvement in the operations of the Forensic Science Centre (FSC), St James.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (Reuters) – A Florida-based company won U.S. government permission on Wednesday to send a robotic lander to the moon next year, the firm’s founder said, marking the first time the United States has cleared a private space mission to fly beyond Earth’s orbit.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega picked his wife on Tuesday to run as his vice presidential candidate ahead of November elections, in a vote in which the leftist politician and his party are heavily favored to win a third consecutive term.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York state’s top prosecutor said yesterday his office has sent cease-and-desist letters to seven companies accused of deceptively marketing ineffective Zika-protection products amid growing concern over the mosquito-borne virus.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon today denied that Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff had reported to him that he had discovered massive fraud and that this was the reason why he, Shariff, was under probe.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 3, CMC – West Indies and India played to draw on the final day of the second Test at Sabina Park on Wednesday.

Despite the fact that the government is undertaking a legal review of the contract for the controversial parking meters project, the company involved is pressing ahead with public consultations.

(Trinidad Guardian) The already sluggish criminal justice system now has another hurdle to climb after the lone pathologist on duty downed his scalpel yesterday, saying he will not be working until there was an improvement in the operations of the Forensic Science Centre (FSC), St James.

Three Corentyne farmers were yesterday charged with the murder of the two men and teenage boy who were found shot to death at Mibicuri almost two weeks ago.