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NEW YORK/RALEIGH, N.C., (Reuters) – More than 100 restaurants and dozens of other businesses in cities around the United States shut their doors on Thursday to show support for “A Day Without Immigrants,” a walkout aimed at protesting President Donald Trump’s policies.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies player Marlon Samuels has been cleared by cricket’s governing body, the ICC, to resume bowling in international cricket.

The Board of Directors of Smart City Solutions Inc. (SCSI) today dismissed Ifagbamila Kamau Cush from his position as a Director of the parking meters company.

(Trinidad Guardian) State witness Samuel Rampersad was supposed to attend court yesterday, but hours before this appearance three armed men stormed his home and shot him dead in front of his family.

(GuySuCo press release) The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to inform those persons who are the instigators of acts of sabotage in the Corporation, that the management takes very seriously its responsibility to secure the livelihood of its 17,000 employees, and as such, sees it as a duty to protect the assets of the Corporation and ensure the highest level of productivity.

GTT today said that a restructuring of its operations will see 120 positions becoming redundant.

The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today said that the lack of transparency in the controversial parking meters deal will have repercussions on future generations if the deal is not rescinded.

The ruling in the third term appeal matter has been pushed back to next Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing four current and former U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Social media users who post gory and irresponsible videos, comments and photographs to create sensation and instil fear and panic among T&T citizens beware!

The Alliance For Change today said it is alarmed and disturbed by reports that Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has sought to blame Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan for taking misinformation to the public and causing civil disobedience.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned late on Monday after revelations that he had discussed U.S.

(Reuters) – A Virginia federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations, the latest legal setback for the administration.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. blacklisted Venezuela’s Vice President Tareck El Aissami and an associate for drug trafficking, the first crackdown by the Trump administration against top officials in President Nicolas Maduro’s government for money laundering and the drug trade.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says he would petition the Ministry of Finance to set aside a greater portion of the gold royalties for land reclamation projects in mining areas, GINA reported today.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Adele swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking home statuettes for the top prizes – album, record and song of the year – in a shock, history-making victory over Beyonce on a night marked by political statements and emotional tributes.

OROVILLE, Calif., (Reuters) – Evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States remained in place early on Monday after residents were abruptly told to flee when a spillway appeared in danger of collapse.

An early morning blaze yesterday claimed the lives of three persons at Beterverwagting (BV) and police are working on the theory that a man hacked his wife to death before setting the place afire.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Jazz and R&B singer Al Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy winner whose hits included “We’re in This Love Together” and “Moonlighting,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles at age 76, just days after announcing he was retiring from touring because of poor health.

A prisoner held at the Camp Street jail escaped from the facility this morning but was held shortly after following a chase by a policeman.