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An overseas-based Guyanese was assaulted, tied-up and robbed by two bandits at his Number 63 Village, Corentyne home just before mid-day on Saturday.

HONG KONG/LONDON, (Reuters) – As an international tribunal prepares to rule on Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, officials in Washington, Tokyo and Southeast Asia are on tenterhooks.

President David Granger on Friday evening extended Guyana’s gratitude to the Government and people of Canada for the firm support he said that country has shown in the face of the ongoing Guyana/Venezuela border controversy.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said yesterday.

A team headed by Minister with responsibility for the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Valerie Patterson on Tuesday and Wednesday visited Suriname to inspect housing projects pursuant to a proposal from a developer there and she said she was impressed with what she saw.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Vote counting resumed yesterday in a dramatic Australian federal election but a winner is not expected to be announced for several days, raising the prospect of prolonged political and economic instability.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne is planning to cut corporation tax to less than 15 percent in an attempt to offset the shock to investors of the country’s decision to leave the European Union, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

Continental Agencies Ltd on Saturday donated a quantity of its Ashoka food items in aid of a recognition day for over one hundred senior citizens associated with the Agricola Caregivers Great Movement Association, a release from the company said.

A man is in a serious condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital after being stabbed several times during a fight with another man who fled after the attack.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada is exploring the use of gender-neutral options on identity cards, Justin Trudeau told a television station yesterday as he became the first Canadian prime minister to march in a gay pride parade.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Fredrick Peters, age 36 years of Lot 90 Recht-door-Zee, West Bank Demerara which occurred at about 22:45 hrs yesterday at his home.

Guyana is closer to exiting from years-long scrutiny of its anti-money laundering framework by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  and key inspections have been set for September.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T economy stands to benefit financially from the presence of the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in this country, so says CEO of TKR Venky Mysore.

In the latest salvo in the war of words between Brian ‘BK’ Tiwarie and former president Donald Ramotar, the businessman yesterday claimed that he only penned a letter affirming his support for the PPP a month before the 2015 general elections as he feared his aviation company would be evicted from the GuySuCo hangar at the Ogle airport.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Adventure on the Essequibo Coast is still affiliated with the former ferry stelling.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigation of Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary (PS) Omar Shariff involves a personal business that he operates and has nothing to do with his job, his attorney Sanjeev Datadin said yesterday, while adding that media reports suggesting that his client has billions of dollars are untrue and have put his safety at risk.

The Government of Guyana and the Opposition yesterday extended condolences on the passing of former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Patrick Manning, to his widow Hazel, his sons Brian and David, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the government and people of Trinidad and Tobago.

A Sophia resident died on Friday afternoon and his cousin was injured after the car they were travelling in swerved from a motorcycle and landed in the canal at Dennis Street, Sophia.

A newspaper vendor was on Friday afternoon discovered dead near his stall at One Mile, Linden and the police are awaiting the result of the post-mortem examination to determine his cause of death.

Ron (not his real name) was just 14 when he was sent to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) for committing the ‘offence’ of wandering and while he still has some residual anger, he believes that the institution saved him.