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An Enterprise man was yesterday remanded to prison after being accused of defrauding a man of close to $5 million.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is informing the general public that Carifesta Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from today to July 1, 2016.

An Albouystown mason was yesterday remanded to prison on multiple charges of armed robbery stemming from gunpoint attacks in the vicinity of South Ruimveldt.

Multi-million dollar tenders were opened yesterday for river defence work at Belle Vue in Region Three.

Moraikobai, situated up the Mahaicony River, on Sunday became the latest beneficiary under President David Granger’s Five B’s or ‘Boats, Buses, Bicycles plus Breakfast and Books’ Programme, which is aimed at ensuring that every child gets  to and stays in school.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, on Monday, took her Self Reliance and Success in Business workshop to a group of businesswomen in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight), who were eager to capitalise on the opportunity to learn skills to advance their small businesses, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will conduct weekly lotteries to select beneficiaries of its’ ‘Home Improvement Subsidies’.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) recently held a blood drive in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health’s National Blood Transfusion Services (NTBS), which saw the donation of approximately 30 units of blood.

A resident of North Road, Lacytown, Georgetown is distressed at constant break-ins at her home, with the most recent being between Sunday night and Monday morning when the thief stole her cell phone valued $35,000 and other articles.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) will be partnering with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) on a sustainable land project.

LONDON/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European leaders told Britain yesterday to act quickly to resolve the political and economic confusion unleashed by its vote to leave the European Union last week, after the IMF said the uncertainty could put pressure on global economic growth.

The Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Guyana, Ambassador Jernej Videtič on Monday said that the EU’s member states stand ready to launch negotiations swiftly with the United Kingdom regarding the terms and conditions of its withdrawal from the union.

MONESSEN, Pennsylvania/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday vowed to force Canada and Mexico to renegotiate the NAFTA trade agreement with the United States – or scrap it – if elected, as part of an effort to protect and restore American jobs.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Three suicide bombers opened fire then blew themselves up in Istanbul’s main international airport yesterday, killing 36 people and wounding close to 150 in what Turkey’s prime minister said appeared to have been an attack by Islamic State militants.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Four scientists who specialized in sweet potatoes were named the winners of this year’s World Food Prize yesterday for their work to make foods more nutritious.

Almost five months after the police issued a wanted bulletin for him, wanted man Gary Primo was arrested and questioned in connection with the disappearance of two men, including a national footballer, before being released on station bail.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Libyan wealth fund’s former deputy chief screamed and cursed at Goldman Sachs bankers in a stormy meeting over derivatives trades made on the bank’s advice that ultimately turned out to be worthless, a witness told a court yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp said late yesterday it is recalling 1.43 million hybrid Prius and Lexus CT200h cars worldwide because of a possible airbag inflator defect.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders brought his firebrand rhetoric back to the floor of the Senate yesterday to condemn a White House-backed bill on Puerto Rico’s financial crisis as “colonialism at its worst.”

Education resource ambassadors from various parts of the world who were recently here for a conference on improving UG have raised $14.5m for the university.