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Although thrilled that his commitment to preserving the rights of the indigenous peoples and his research in the Arecuna language have been recognised, national awardee Lawrence Anselmo says more needs to be done to protect the language or it could be lost.

Eight years have gone by since the burnt remains of eight miners were found at Lindo Creek and the wife of the camp owner is calling on the government to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the tragedy, which she says has left more questions than answers in its wake.

Months have passed since the lawyers for Sam Hinds Jnr and Bishnarine ‘Sanjay’ Persaud appealed their sentences but dates for their hearings are yet to be set.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) continues to search for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and says that no confidence by the Board in its former head Colin Welch led to his termination, after only six months of service.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for three and a half hours yesterday as part of the probe into her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state, her campaign said.

President David Granger says it is evident that some families have been affected by the abuse of alcohol or other substances although he is unaware of how widespread the problem is.

One man is in custody following the shooting of a security guard during an attempted robbery at the Berbice Educational Insti-tute (BEI), New Amster-dam yesterday morning.

(Reuters) – Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War Two death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming the life-long voice of millions of Holocaust victims, died yesterday.

Two armed bandits invaded an Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket on Friday evening and stole an undisclosed amount of cash and other valuables, while holding the staff and customers at gunpoint.

DHAKA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Bangladesh, faced with the worst militant attack in its history, is probing deeper for possible ties between the men who murdered around 20 people in a restaurant and trans-national Islamist extremist groups, security officials said.

LONDON (Reuters) – British leadership contender Andrea Leadsom said the UK could pull out of the European Union as early as next year following last week’s referendum vote to leave the bloc.

President David Granger is expecting Caricom Heads of Government to support Guyana’s call for a juridical settlement to the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Minister of Internal Security yesterday accused Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, of not doing enough to prevent incitement against Israel and said the social network was “sabotaging” Israeli police work.

In an article published in yesterday’s edition titled ‘I was a born PPP – Ramotar releases letter showing Tiwarie backing PPP up to a before polls’ – former president Donald Ramotar’s brother Peter Ramotar was named as the person at whom Tiwarie levelled a series of accusations.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Days before his passing, former prime minister Patrick Manning told his wife he knew he was dying.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation today announced revamped procedures for the screening in Trinidad of passengers from North America en route to Guyana.

Businessman Brian Tiwarie today said that he penned a support letter to the PPP a month before 2015 general elections as he feared the aviation company he owned would be evicted from Ogle.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement (PNM) has extended condolences to the wife and children of former party leader and prime minister Patrick Manning, following the announcement of his death at 8.15 AM this morning.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Islamist militants shouting “Allahu Akbar” attacked an upscale cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, killing 20 foreigners inside, before police stormed the building today and rescued 13 hostages, officials said.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara man early yesterday morning butchered his wife and two-year-old-son and critically wounded his mother during a rampage that was eventually brought to an end when he was shot by the police.