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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Retired veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul believes his recent shabby treatment at the hands of selectors is a worrying sign for the younger generation of West Indies cricketers.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ramroop Rameshwar, 63 years, of Parika Sea Dam, EBE, whose body was found in his home at about 0630h.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Two former cabinet ministers under late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are seeking an investigation to trace the fate of some $300 billion allegedly embezzled during the past decade through a complex currency control system.

Four containers of evaporated and condensed milk were refused entry to the country last month as they didn’t meet the prescribed standards because they contained vegetable fat, a release from the Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) said today.

DES MOINES, Iowa, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz soundly defeated billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa’s Republican nominating contest on Monday, upending the party’s presidential race and creating a three-way competition with establishment candidate Senator Marco Rubio.

Two young children were saved by residents from a burning house at Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning.

Farmers in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas are preparing for enormous losses as they desperately seek to preserve limited water stores, which they say are being selfishly siphoned off.

“I don’t have a job and I can’t get a job.

Former Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford and the ministry’s past Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings were yesterday arraigned on 24 charges alleging they stole more than $639 million from the Government of Guyana.

After two extensions for the submission of a final report, Chairman of the Walter Rodney Commis-sion of Inquiry (CoI) Sir Richard Cheltenham yesterday said that it will be handed over to the President on Monday.

Two men were yesterday both granted bail in a city court after they each denied attacking a friend.

A Sophia man was yesterday released on bail after denying charges that he beat his common-law wife and threatened to kill her.

A man was yesterday released on self-bail by a city court after denying a charge that he slapped his common-law wife.

The government’s planned increase in gun licence fees as a revenue earning strategy is “a lazy move,” according to PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee, who yesterday said that this will put a dent in people’s spending power.

The trial of Leon Duncan yesterday heard that the person with whom he allegedly said he had left the Cool Square Hotel, on the morning Imtiaz Roopnarine was murdered there, had a different story.

Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration) of the Guyana Power & Light (GPL), Aeshwar Deonarine, has filed a motion in the High Court in which he contends that Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, had no authority to send him on administrative leave.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Richard Stanton, who is accused of killing of businesswoman Patricia Sanasie, continued yesterday with police inspector Nolan Burnette being subjected to further examinations by both the prosecution and the defence.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday reminded media houses of their responsibility to practice ethical and responsible journalism as well as uphold the law, following an egregious breach by the Guyana Times in its last Saturday edition.

As the Guyana Police Force continues the investigation into the disappearance of national footballer Ronson Anthony Williams and Carlos Anderson, the High Court yesterday granted the police an extension to keep the suspect in custody for three more days.

Just two days after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for two more suspects in connection with the robbery of the Bank of Baroda branch at Mon Repos, one of the men, Shawn Harris, yesterday surrendered himself to the police.