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Two companies that provided $74 million worth of services to the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) in 2014 and 2015 have been accused of VAT fraud and the GGB has been urged to refer the matter to the Guyana Revenue Authority for action.

The reopening of the Tower Hotel is set for May 14th.

Unapproved prospectors at Marudi in the Rupununi will have to remove their equipment by Sunday as part of a deal reached between miners and the authorities during a mediation exercise at Lethem last weekend.

A five-month- old infant died on Wednesday at the city public hospital after a truck hit his stroller while he was being pushed across a road at Belmont, East Coast Demerara.

Anthony David, one of the five men accused of robbing Justice Nicola Pierre and her husband, yesterday said that he was set up by police, who he accused of holding him for days without any explanation, assaulting him and then trying to recruit him as an informant.

The Regional Education Officer (REdO) has promised to address the issues at the Mocha Arcadia Nursery School, where teaching has resumed after parents forced its temporary closure due to the deplorable conditions.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has applied to Magistrate Judy Latchman to summon journalist Travis Chase and a station manager to testify in the trial of self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram.

An independent candidate from the Soesdyke/Huist Coverden local authority area has been elected as Vice-Chairman of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

A man is now at the Georgetown hospital after he was shot several times to one of his legs last night.

A teenage boy was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing a man of a smartphone.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-dominated Congress yesterday ordered the dismissal of Food Minister Rodolfo Marco over chronic shortages of staple goods that have become the primary complaint about President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – One of Mexico’s top crime fighters is under investigation over a key incident in the probe into the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers in 2014, the attorney general’s office said yesterday, adding a twist to a case that has shaken the country.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s comptroller general said it had barred builder Mendes Junior Engenharia from public tenders for at least two years yesterday, making it the first engineering company to be penalized for involvement in the Petrobras corruption scheme.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting which led to strict gun controls that have in turn led to a huge decline in gun murders, undermining claims in the United States that such curbs are not the answer.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election, securing 93.7 percent of votes cast in an April 24 poll to extend his 37-year rule over the Central African oil producer, a government statement said yesterday.

Government holding company NICIL today said that it had not received the outstanding US$5M for government shares in GT&T.

The Ministry of Education today said that it has no intention of closing schools during Independence Anniversary Week as reported by certain media outlets.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Claude Arthur, 67 years, of Adventure, Essequibo Coast, who was found lying under a shed along the roadway at Adventure, with injuries to his head.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1700h.

About 2245h. last night, security guard Sattaur Kadeer, 53 years, of Foulis, ECD, was on duty at the Best Buy Hardware Store at Bladen Hall, ECD, when he challenged two men who had entered the compound from the back.