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The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that at approximately 10:40 am on Monday, damaged line hardware at Clonbrook, ECD resulted in a line trip which caused an interruption in the supply of electricity from Unity, Mahaica to Lowlands until 4:45 pm.

PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump won a crucial nominating contest in Florida yesterday, knocking rival Marco Rubio out of the race, but lost Ohio to John Kasich in a mixed result that set the stage for a long, bitter fight.

The body of a Bartica businessman, who was reported missing after his boat capsized, was recovered last Friday.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s coast guard has sunk a Chinese trawler that was fishing illegally within its territorial waters, the coast guard said yesterday, marking a first test for relations between President Mauricio Macri and Beijing.

A Corentyne grocer and his family were attacked in their home by two masked men, armed with a gun and a cutlass, last Friday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to bolster her government amid a storm of corruption allegations by naming her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to her Cabinet were overshadowed yesterday by a barrage of fresh accusations against a minister.

Calvin Bailey, who is on trial for the murder of 18-month old Shaquan Nero, yesterday told a court that it was the infant’s mother, Bernadette Nero, who inflicted the fatal wound on him.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The United States unveiled sweeping new measures yesterday to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and for the island’s Communist government to conduct long-restricted international trade, as President Barack Obama prepared for a historic trip to Havana next week.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Seventeen corpses have been recovered from a mass grave in the rising toll from a massacre of miners in Venezuela’s southern jungle, authorities said yesterday.

The British High Commission yesterday handed over a monetary donation along with a large quantity of kitchen utensils to Help and Shelter to support it in the fight against domestic violence.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is likely to announce either Judge Sri Srinivasan or Judge Merrick Garland as his pick for U.S.

Staff of the National Weather Watch Centre in Timehri will be participating in a regional tsunami early warning exercise today, GINA said.

QUITO, (Reuters) – A military plane crashed in Ecuador’s jungle yesterday, killing all 22 people on board, the South American country’s president, Rafael Correa, said.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on Sept.

(Trinidad Guardian) After weeks of intense protests for outstanding wages, 860 employees of financially embattled Construtora OAS received the dreadful news yesterday that the company had laid them off.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- West Indies, boasting a flamboyant opener and a powerful line-up of allrounders, will launch their quest for the T20 World Cup when they face England here on Wednesday.

Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira today rejected an explanation from Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on why Parliament has been adjourned until May 4th.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The United States unveiled new measures today to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and eased limits on the use of U.S

(Trinidad Guardian) Suspended Police Constable Valentine Eastman will have to stand trial before a judge and jury on 13 charges of human trafficking involving three Colombian women.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on Sept.