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Late former Chief State Planner Clyde Roopchand gave yeoman service to Guyana both locally and internationally with unquestionable dedication, according to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will reduce power generation if the key Guri dam, which supplies around half of the blackout-hit country’s electricity, falls below a minimum level that is fast approaching, an official said yesterday.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador is proposing to order telephone companies to block cell phone signals inside prisons where a state of emergency has been declared, in order to prevent gang leaders from ordering murders or extortions while incarcerated.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany’s longest-serving foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a one-time refugee from the communist East who helped unite his divided homeland, has died at the age of 89.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday denied acting dishonestly in a scandal over improper state spending at his private home, after a scathing court ruling prompted calls for him to resign.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. employment increased strongly in March, underscoring the economy’s resilience, but an influx of Americans into the labour market could temper nascent wage growth and keep the Federal Reserve cautious about further interest rate increases.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he was troubled by trends in Turkey against a free press and said he had urged President Tayyip Erdogan not to pursue a strategy of repression and shutting down democratic debate in his country.

The new councillors of the Mayor and City Council posed for a photo following their inaugural meeting today at City Hall.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s recent visit to China was in relation to an outstanding sum to the Guyana Government for the purchase by a Chinese company of 20% of the shares of the phone company, GT&T.

As expected, Patricia Chase-Green was this afternoon elected the Mayor of Georgetown.

(Trinidad Guardian) Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus said yesterday she suspected that over 5,000 people have lost their jobs in the last seven months as T&T continues to go through economic challenges.

President David Granger says he personally rescinded the controversial appointment of Brian Tiwari as business advisor to the government as he did not believe that he was needed.

Former president Donald Ramotar yesterday said that neither he nor the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was ever close to convicted cash smuggling pilot Khamraj Lall and that all meetings and dealings with him were strictly on a business level.

Two men were shot during an attempted robbery in front of a popular Regent Street store at midday yesterday.

The opposition yesterday criticised government for stealthily revoking a waiver of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on heavy-duty capital equipment, which the Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) called the “death knell” of the local industry.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered bauxite mining company Bosai Minerals to clean up waste oil that was “inadvertently” released into the surrounding waterways including the Demerara River earlier this week and said the company will be fined.

A West Ruimveldt resident was yesterday granted his release on $300,000 bail after he denied driving in a dangerous manner and ending the life of another man.

Guyanese nationals residing in the United States who plan to travel home for the celebration of the nation’s Golden Jubilee of Independence in May 2016 are concerned about crime here, the New York committee overseeing planning stated yesterday.

A security guard, who police say was found with an illegal firearm and ammunition last year, was yesterday found not guilty of the crime by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

Malcolm Ferreira, who won the Albouystown/ Charlestown seat on March 18 on the Team Legacy ticket has denied that there was any deal with the governing APNU+AFC.