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The firm which audited the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) last year said that some of its buildings are in a dire state and its head office should be closed temporarily for repairs.

Hundreds of persons turned up yesterday at Highbury, East Bank Berbice to celebrate the 178TH Anniversary of the arrival of indentured labourers from India.

Davenand Dhandhari, 18, charged in connection with a murder, last week sat one of his first CAPE Examinations at the New Amsterdam Prison.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court removed the speaker of the lower house of Congress yesterday on charges of obstructing a corruption investigation, days before an impeachment process that he engineered was expected to oust President Dilma Rousseff.

(Jamaica Observer) Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is to retrofit an area of its Piarco International Airport by July, to improve accommodation for Jamaicans refused entry into the two-island republic.

CONKLIN/LAC LA BICHE, Alberta, (Reuters) – A catastrophic wildfire that has forced all 88,000 residents to flee Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada exploded tenfold in size yesterday, cutting off evacuees in camps north of the city and putting communities to the south in extreme danger.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Cayman Islands is to introduce genetically engineered mosquitoes to reduce the insect population in the fight against vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya and Zika virus.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC-Organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are disputing statements from top government ministers in Guyana that Trinidad and Tobago  have been chosen to host the finals of the CPL.

After almost two hours of heated debate, government last evening passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill despite pleas from the opposition that it should not be rushed and ought to be sent to a Select Committee.

Further legal action has been promised by the National Air Transport Association (NATA)  to stop the renaming of the Ogle Airport in an increasingly bitter struggle that has also drawn in President  David Granger.

With the introduction of its full-time cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, and special packages for cardiac evaluation, the Dr.

By Gaulbert Sutherland in Washington With a growing market for renewables, the Caribbean and Central America are being urged to diversify their fuel sources and the US yesterday unveiled US$10m in grant financing but Guyana was not listed as among the countries that could potentially benefit.

Investigations are currently being conducted into the circumstances surrounding a vehicular accident which occurred on Tuesday evening at Parfait Harmonie and claimed the life of a 36-year-old resident of the area.

A Great Diamond resident was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for allegedly committing a murder nine years ago.

Delon Henry, called ‘Nasty Man’ was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $100,000 at the closure of his trial in relation to a charge that he had in his possession on October 4, 2015, at Agricola, a .38 revolver and eight live matching rounds of ammunition without being the holder of the necessary licences.

Jamal Murphy, the alleged consignee of the variety of guns and ammunition found at the GNIC Wharf on May 8, 2015, was yesterday found not guilty of two charges of illegal possession of munitions.

Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc has been fined $1.5m for an oil spill that made its way into the Demerara River.

The Ogle Airport Inc launched a new $10.5M Light Aircraft Parking Ramp at the airport yesterday that is set to hold a maximum of 10 aircraft for operators who do not have access to permanent hangar facilities.

A businessman was robbed of $2.9M cash on Tuesday morning when he was attacked by two armed bandits a short distance away from the Ruimveldt Police Station.

Facing flooding in their community, residents of Kara Kara, Mackenzie, Linden, yesterday blamed Bosai Minerals Inc, claiming that the company’s negligence was what had caused the disaster.