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Three people were injured, one critically, following an explosion on board a ship docked at the Guyana National Shipping Company (GNSC) wharf yesterday afternoon.

More seniors are benefitting from the government’s increase of the old age pensions than from subsidies for electricity and water bills that had been instituted under the former government, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud told the National Assembly on Monday.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee says efforts should be made to ensure that an inquest is quickly set up to probe the circumstances surrounding the deaths of army intelligence officer Robert Pyle and two others, who were killed during a bungled surveillance operation in December.

The Maritime Administration Department’s (MARAD) Hydrographic Surveyor, Darrell Fraser, 22, left Guyana in June 2015, and returned on December 20th, 2015 after successfully completing training in “Hydrography for Charting and

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday claimed that the majority of elections day staff was made up of one ethnic group, although he would not identify which one.

President David Granger yesterday met with Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris to discuss matters related to the repositioning of the institution such as maintenance of infrastructure, enhancing research capabilities and students’ experience, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

A rancher accused of stealing a horse was on Tuesday placed on $25,000 bail after his lawyer said that he had been given the animal to keep for a friend.

A Plaisance duo who pleaded not guilty to assaulting and causing grievous bodily harm to a neighbour had to find $40,000 bail yesterday after answering to the charges before the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation will continue its bauxite mining operations in Jamaica amid filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica reduced its oil import bill by more than US$438 million (J$52 billion) for the first six months of the fiscal year based on the slide of commodity prices, according to newly released data from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ).

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Around 3.6 million people in Haiti are struggling to feed themselves as three consecutive years of drought have ruined harvests and raised food prices, worsening hunger among the poor, the U.N.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan shopping centers are scaling back hours of operation causing an uproar among consumers, in the wake of the government’s move to reduce their electricity supplies in the early afternoon and evening.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has questioned the timing of the Twenty20 World Cup squad’s contract demands, and says if players refuse to sign by Sunday’s deadline, replacements will have to be found.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The Hero Caribbean Premier League will stage six matches in the United States during the upcoming season, a landmark move that will see the premier regional Twenty20 tournament unveiled in the Americas for the first time.

The drug trade here cannot be crippled unless the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has the backing of the judiciary and the police and there is international cooperation, according to Regional Director Matthew Donahue who today expressed confidence in a successful tenure in Guyana.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 10, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board and dissatisfied players have found themselves at odds over the legitimacy of the West Indies Players Association’s role in negotiating players’ contracts.

MANCHESTER, N.H./COLUMBIA, S.C., (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton made the prospect of her being elected the first woman U.S.

Five candidates are contesting to be the representative for Constituency Two (Kitty North, Central, South and Subryanville) in the Georgetown municipality at the March 18 elections and among their priorities are cleaner and safer communities.

Opposition parliamentarian Yvonne Pearson yesterday told government to quit whining about ills inherited from the previous administration and show the indigenous people of the country specific benefits of this year’s proposed budget.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson over the weekend visited Kwakwani and Ituni in Region 10 and promised a range of improvements including a paved road come 2018.