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(Trinidad Guardian) The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, which left some 49 dead, is not only a threat to the US but also to T&T.

Amid an increasing outcry over a clandestine contract for parking meters in the city, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan yesterday said that a more competitive process to select the contractor for the project should have been undertaken even as he pointed out that the city would be making a major investment.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority Myrna Pitt has resigned from her post.

Guyana has identified its new High Commissioner to India in the person of Dr David Pollard.

Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday afternoon unearthed 1,275 pounds of marijuana which was hidden in a container that had recently arrived from Jamaica.

Chaos broke out yesterday afternoon at the St Stanislaus College as irate parents of students of the Brickdam Secondary School objected to the Ministry of Education’s decision to shut down the institution and relocate the students and teachers to different schools around the city.

A young Bartician was yesterday charged with the murder of Madewini mechanic Puranand Baljit and remanded to prison after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A Berbice-born woman, who returned to Guyana from the United States for the Jubilee celebrations, is now stranded here as on her way out last Saturday, her passport was misplaced after she handed it over to two check-in agents at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Region 10 chairman Renis Morian is decrying what he described as the wastage of millions of dollars spent to purchase a boat and a generator for two communities in the region under the previous PPP/C administration but which were never used.

Accused of stealing over $20 million in goods from logging company Baishanlin, a man was yesterday released on $400,000 bail after denying the charge.

Multi-million dollar tenders were opened yesterday for the rehabilitation of the Bartica stelling and the supply of beds for the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The Hope Canal on the East Coast of Demerara has helped to alleviate flooding in Region Five as it was effective in draining the excess water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).

A 31-year-old man admitted that he sold a car that did not belong to him, to another man and also created fake registration documents for the vehicle when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The body of a man was found on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Saturday night after a vehicle reportedly ran over him.

A 51-year-old Guyanese man was ordered deported from Barbados after he pleaded guilty to stealing a number of items including condensed milk and corn beef from a supermarket, the Barbados Today reported yesterday.

A West Canefield, East Canje man was discovered hanging dead on his verandah early Monday morning.

The High Court has issued an interim order quashing a decision by the Food and Drug Depart-ment to deny entry into the country of a container of condensed milk and the Department and the revenue authority have to show cause why this order shouldn’t be made final.

Following the conclusion of a five-day ‘Training of Trainers’ programme, 24 persons from villages in the Mabaruma sub-region are expected to return home as trained facilitators of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme.

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela’s socialist government yesterday, just hours after he backed calls for a referendum that could force President Nicolas Maduro from office.

ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub knew of his plans for the attack and could soon be charged in connection with the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.