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President David Granger was officially indicted as patron of the Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS) at the organisation’s Tea Party and Fashion Show held on the State House Lawns on Sunday.

The names of persons selected to make up the interim civic component of the tri-partite mechanism intended to manage the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are to be announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Guyana Policy Forum has said.

LONDON (Reuters) – The pound posted its biggest one-day loss in almost six years yesterday on concerns of a possible British exit from the EU, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron as he mounted a defence of his deal to keep the country in the bloc.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s South China Sea military deployments are no different from US deployments on Hawaii, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said yesterday, striking a combative tone ahead of a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the United States this week.

New York-based NGO the Caribbean Voice (TVC) has reaffirmed its support for suicide prevention with the launch of its ‘Me…My Self Esteem’ campaign on Friday last.

At about 0100h. today, the police say that Joseph Jaundoo, 42 years, of Santa Mission, Upper Demerara River, was involved in an altercation with another man at a wake-house at Santa Mission during which they were separated and Jaundoo went home.

Investigations are being conducted into a report of murder-suicide that occurred at about 1500h.

Junior Social Protection Minister Keith Scott and Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix did not take up their seats in the House today in keeping with a recent ruling by former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that they could not sit in the National Assembly.

PPP members Kwame McCoy and Jason Abdulla along with former bodyguard Shawn Hinds appeared before a city court today where they were read a charge of assaulting activist Freddie Kissoon.

(Trinidad Express) The lives of two families were forever changed on Saturday night when a tragic accident claimed the lives of 30-year-old, Jillian Amala St Bernard and 23-year-old Aleem Akaloo.

The onus is now on the David Granger administration to set up Commissions of Inquiry (CoI) into the deaths of former Minister of Agriculture Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh and alleged extra-judicial killings they had lobbied for when in opposition, former President Donald Ramotar says.

Answers need to be provided on the mandate of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) as the original role conceived for the unit appears to have been totally abandoned and it is “out of control,” former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran says.

Despite being convicted for matters linked to dishonesty, security consultant Allan Gates was an important witness in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the death of political activist and scholar Dr Walter Rodney.

The opposition PPP has complained to the Norwegian government about comments by Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman that the party had farmed out all productive forests before leaving office and said it would support the suspension of projects if its concerns are not addressed.

Despite his denial, the Commission of Inquiry believed that then army pilot Gerry Gouveia transported Gregory Smith, the suspected killer of historian Dr Walter Rodney from Kwakwani to Nickerie, Suriname following the death.

An appeal by Guyanese attorney Rabi Sukul in the UK High Court against a decision by the Bar Standards Council to disbar him was dismissed last year, according to the decision seen by Stabroek News.

Former president Forbes Burnham’s grip and absolute control over the Guyanese society was so firm and extensive that he de-humanised and belittled many Guyanese by compelling them to clean trenches, canals or drains, according to the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the death of political activist and scholar Dr Walter Rodney.

Since the start of the year, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has launched a series of outreaches into key mining areas.

Asian company Rong-An Inc has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation to undertake large-scale logging in Berbice in an investment pegged at US$20 million.

A jury has been empanelled to deliberate in the case involving common law husband Prabhudyal Tarachand called Ramesh, who is indicted for the murder of his wife.