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COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a case against letting a Chinese company lease land in southern Sri Lanka, a lawyer said, potentially ending a six-month delay in finalising the deal, part of China’s plans for a modern-day “Silk Road” across Asia.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge will be closed from 10.30am to 2pm today to facilitate emergency repairs.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Simone Veil, a former magistrate and Holocaust survivor best known in France for legalising abortion in the 1970s, died on Friday.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Labour unions staged a nationwide strike yesterday to protest against legislative changes to Brazil’s labour and pension laws that are central to the economic reform agenda of embattled centre-right President Michel Temer.

The Demerara-Berbice Inter-connected System (DBIS) experienced a second shutdown on Thursday following a burnt high voltage main and a defective line hardware, according to Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).

Scotiabank employees in its Country Management Office and Operations and Administration Department on Thursday donated US$400 to Help and Shelter at the organisation’s Homestretch Avenue office.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for a determined response to North Korea after talks with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Friday where he stressed the importance of their alliance but took aim at Seoul over trade and sharing the cost of defense.

(Trinidad Guardian) The gruesome murders of 13-year-old Videsh Subar and his 56-year-old sitter Rose Mohammed have impacted on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, so much so that it has left him very disturbed and shaken.

(Jamaica Gleaner)  Telecommunication company Digicel is to refund prepaid customers the unannounced monthly maintenance charge it began imposing on some of them on June 22.

The police are currently on the hunt for five suspects in connection with Tuesday morning’s robbery at the popular White Shop grocery store at La Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong’s new leader yesterday warning that Beijing will not tolerate any challenge to its authority in a strongly worded speech to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China.

A sixty-four year old security guard was shot dead tonight with his firearm by two identifiable male bandits, at a supermarket located at lot 8 Block X, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, whilst on duty.

The Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger, has appointed Amna Ally MP to serve as General Secretary of the Party with effect from the 1st July 2017.

School of the Nations’ Saskia Twahir has emerged the top student in the 2017 Grade 6 examination , landing her a place at Queen’s College.

There has been a significant improvement in the Grade Six results this year, according to Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson.

(Trinidad Guardian) The gruesome murders of 13-year-old Videsh Subar and his 56-year-old sitter Rose Mohammed have impacted on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, so much so that it has left him very disturbed and shaken.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations today criticised President Nicolas Maduro’s government for curtailing the powers of the chief state prosecutor and called on it to uphold the rule of law and freedom of assembly in Venezuela amid a clampdown on protesters.

A diversified economy is the number one priority for the country and the APNU+AFC government does not want a private sector that is laid back and looking to it for all fundamental and innovative changes,  Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says.

Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs has gone mum on the issue of  ministerial housing rentals while the country’s chief financial officer, Finance Minister Winston Jordan refuses to explain who approved the expenditure.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was yesterday notified that former Finance Minister Dr.