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The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has rejected an appeal from a man who claimed breach of his constitutional rights and sought damages over 91 acres of state land on the Corentyne from which he was removed in 1998.

Workers of the Wales estate are disappointed that they have not received their severance pay more than one month later and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) continues to blame the delay on an interim injunction granted by the High Court.

Concluding that the senior prison staff apparently lack the ability to negotiate with aggressive prisoners, the Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended that there be a structured training programme with special courses that will see this deficiency being addressed.

Almost half-way into the year, the David Granger administration is yet to engage the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on wages talks and as the frustrations of workers rise, the union said it is significantly worried by “the absence of dialogue.”

Local entrepreneurs are preparing to tap a US$226,195 grant that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has given to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to enhance “export readiness of enterprises in creative industries, particularly music, arts and craft and agro-processing.”

The parents of the Graham’s Hall Primary student who died last Wednesday are still in the dark about what led to their nine-year-old’s demise.

The section of the Camp Street prison where the deadly fire occurred in March should be renovated and turned into a learning centre equipped with a library for prisoners, the recently conclude Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended.

Guyana is one of seven countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean that collect over 50% of blood from voluntary donors, PAHO/WHO said in a press release yesterday.

Jamal McLeod and Michael Thorne, the drivers charged with causing the death of Roxanne Mitchell, who was killed on the morning of May 27, after their minibuses collided near the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DBH) yesterday pleaded not guilty to the offence.

A 47-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of marijuana for trafficking.

The Mabaruma Police Renaissance Youth Group on Sunday received a donation of sporting equipment from ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘F’ Division as part of the Social Crime Prevention initiative.

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) – US authorities said yesterday they had found no direct links between Islamic State militants and the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, describing him as a homegrown extremist who was inspired by radical Islamist groups.

The police on Sunday conducted a drug eradication operation at Arukamai Backdam, Mabaruma, North West District during which 300 marijuana plants were destroyed.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) – Despite spending more than US$100 million to create greater efficiency at Frome Sugar Estate, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) has plunged to a new low after producing a mere 27,507 tonnes of the sweetener at the end of the current crop year.

A man was on Sunday arrested after he was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of marijuana and he is expected to be charged today.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A World Bank-led solar power auction in Zambia has set a new low-cost benchmark for Africa, with two development groups winning backing to build generating plants in the next year, the international lender said yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – The recent wave of lootings and food riots in crisis-hit Venezuela has left three people dead in the last week, authorities and a rights group said.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global investors have spent more than $90 billion buying agricultural lands the size of Finland in deals criticized by rights groups for displacing small farmers, according to research published today.

PARIS (Reuters) – A 42-year-old police commander was stabbed to death in front of his home last night in the Paris suburb of Magnanville and his assailant, who had barricaded himself in the policeman’s house, was later shot dead by members of an elite police unit, officials said.

ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday condemned the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” and lamented the fact that it was easier to move weapons across borders than the aid needed to keep civilians alive.