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The Ministry of Social Protection has installed the first Management Committee at the Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration with the aim of fully utilising the Centre.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, will be attending the 7th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (7th IIICF) in Macau and will present profiles on key projects to be done here including the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Linden/Lethem Road.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not face punishment for manhandling a legislator and inadvertently elbowing another during a fracas in the House of Commons, parliamentarians decided yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Eight of the ten men on trial for the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, were found not guilty of the crime yesterday afternoon.

The Leguan Cottage Hospital and Parika Health Centre are expected to have fully functional x-ray departments by the end of the year, GINA said on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Mind yuh damn business and go to hell!” This was the Indian Arrival Day message sent by secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Sat Maharaj on Monday to Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti should abandon a flawed election and start from scratch, a commission set up to re-examine first round results said on Monday, a decision that could trigger protests and further delay the vote for the Caribbean country’s next president.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – People returning from areas where the Zika virus is found should follow safe sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks rather than just four, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira resigned on Monday after leaked recordings suggested he tried to derail a sprawling corruption probe, the latest cabinet casualty impacting interim President Michel Temer’s administration.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A high court judge has ordered that a subpoena be issued for Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller in relation to the long-running Trafigura matter.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general, who has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s education venture, Trump University, slammed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday for his attack on a U.S.

Edward John Constant, the retired British soldier who returned to Guyana to join in the celebration of the country’s 50th  independence anniversary was robbed in the vicinity of Stabroek Market on Monday.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne today said that he “categorically rejects” the call for the dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), to pave the way for the emergence of a new governance structure.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Hero MotoCorp Ltd, headquartered in India, announced today that it is extending its title sponsorship of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by another three years.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) called today for an urgent meeting to see if crisis-hit Venezuela’s socialist government had breached democratic rules, which could lead to a process of suspension.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – People returning from areas where the Zika virus is found should follow safe sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks rather than just four, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Three Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officers narrowly escaped injury yesterday when they reportedly came under attack from members of the Venezuelan army, in the vicinity of Eterinbang, in the Cuyuni River.

An 18-year-old miner died on Sunday afternoon after the mining pit he was working in caved in at Konawaruk Backdam, Potaro, Region Eight and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has promised a full investigation.

The police are currently investigating a report of threatening behaviour made about a week ago against People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall and the case file has since been sent to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

Cleveland Pyle and Damion Pearce, the two RK’s Security Services guards who police say staged a robbery in order to steal millions, were yesterday charged and remanded to prison.