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Today will mark two years since Panama’s Copa Airlines began serving  Guyana.

Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally on  Friday said that she was proud to honour 124 top performers from across five regions “who have done exceedingly well” at the 2016 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

American oil firm ExxonMobil is expected to sink one more exploratory well before drilling production wells at its Stabroek block offshore Guyana, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.

JUBA/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Renewed fighting erupted in South Sudan’s capital yesterday and forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar said his residence was attacked by the president’s troops, raising fears of a slide back into full-blown conflict in the five-year-old nation.

The Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Rawle Lucas says he is being paid a monthly stipend of $10,500.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – The U.S. military veteran who fatally shot five Dallas police officers was plotting a larger assault, authorities said yesterday, disclosing how he also taunted negotiators and wrote on a wall in his own blood before being killed.

The  Ministry of Education is  informing the public that schools in Georgetown will continue to distribute School Uniform Vouchers to Parents /Guardians until Thursday, July 14, 2016.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory yesterday in a marathon national election, with his coalition government retaining power and the opposition Labor Party conceding defeat.

(Trinidad Guardian) It will be a committed gesture to the legacy of late former prime minister Patrick Manning if the Prime Ministers and Presidents of the region resuscitate the Caricom and Caribbean integration charted by Manning’s vision of the Caribbean as a potent force on the world stage, said President Anthony Carmona on Saturday.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a landslide victory yesterday in an election for parliament’s upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation’s post-war pacifist constitution for the first time.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday his government would consider giving Tanzania, where he’s visiting, a $500 million loan to finance water projects in the east African nation.

(Barbados Nation) The dust has settled on the fight for Banks Breweries and now the substantial legal costs in the bidding war falls to Banks Holdings and SLU Beverages.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven runs, in the 11th game of the Caribbean Premier League at the National Stadium at Providence here Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad was jolted by an earthquake at daybreak today.

At about 19:20 hrs yesterday, the police say that a fatal accident occurred at Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara, involving motor car PRR 530 and Shanti Singh, age 30 yrs of 75 Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calls are being made to rename the Piarco International Airport to the Patrick Augustus Manning International Airport in honour of this country’s late prime minister for his keen interest in civil aviation.

Several ‘cold cases’ are expected to be reopened by the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force, including the murders of Sheema Mangar and Trevor Rose, while the file on the 23-year-old case of Monica Reece will be reviewed, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum announced yesterday.

Story and photos by Bebi Oosman Number 35/Macedonia is located on the Corentyne in the ancient county of Berbice.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of second-year University of Guyana (UG) student Harris Anthony Persaud revealed that he died from drowning.

A single mother made several efforts over the past four years to get her daughter out of an abusive relationship which ended last week when she was chopped to death.