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Although the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) plans to raise the status of the recommendations of the Walter Rodney Com-mission of Inquiry whenever it meets with the leadership of A Partnership of National Unity (APNU), it believes it would be in futility due to the inquiry being compromised.

There are over 90 active mining properties operating in the Parish Peak area under the purview of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the National Mining Syndicate (NMS) stated yesterday.

The critical Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Authority is closer to becoming a reality as the police have completed their due diligence on the 10 persons nominated to serve on it, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee on Appointments Dr.

The Diamond Diagnostic Centre does not have any HIV treatment or testing kits, members of the parliamentary sectoral committee on social services were told during a visit on Thursday.

Despite pulling out of the rice industry, the Alesie Rice Group’s remaining mills will continue their operations, and the company announced on Friday that it had reached a purchase agreement with Golden Grains Investment.

Youth housed at the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre were on Tuesday encouraged to “reflect, refocus, and plan for tomorrow,” by local personal trainer and physiotherapist O’Ryan Joseph, who shared how he overcame the challenges which once led him down a destructive path.

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – US Navy Admiral Michelle Howard said yesterday US cruise missile strikes on an air base in Syria had destroyed the means to deliver chemical weapons from that base, and the US military remained ready to carry out further strikes if needed.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday that US missile strikes against a Syrian airfield were “an unforgivable act of aggression” that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was “the right choice a million times over.”

The National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) on Friday launched its ‘Girls in ICT’ hashtag competition, which challenges individuals to explore and share why girls are needed in the information technology sector.

Police in ‘F’ Division have arrested a second person, as investigations into the death of Phillip Cort, a Cuyuni miner who was allegedly murdered after an altercation with another miner over missing gold.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A US Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula, a US official told Reuters yesterday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons programme.

Relatives of Ramesh Narine, the Lusignan handyman, who was found motionless on Monday on a street in the village, are calling on the police to conduct a thorough investigation since they believe he was beaten to death.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Friday it would grant residency permits to 588Cubans who were stranded in the north of the country after the United States ended its “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy, which had given legal status to almost every Cuban to reach US soil.

PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House aides Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner met and agreed to “bury the hatchet” over their differences, a senior administration official said yesterday, in a bid to stop infighting that has distracted from President Donald Trump’s message.

Two farmers were arrested on Friday after police discovered an unlicensed shotgun and two cartridges in a wooden boat at Kurupukari Crossing, Essequibo River.

About 800 children from various youth groups across the country yesterday attended the Guyana Police Force ‘A’ Division third annual career fair which aims at moulding and developing the youths, building public trust and reducing crime.

MANILA (Reuters) – Hundreds of residents of coastal areas in a province south of the Philippine capital fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami yesterday after a series of earthquakes on the main island of Luzon.

Three persons have been detained in connection with the armed robbery committed on newspaper vendor Sebastian Ramsuchit and his family two Saturdays ago and they are expected to be placed on an identification tomorrow, according to Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken.

BOSSASO (Reuters) – Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a bulk carrier ship, the head of a maritime security company said yesterday, in the latest in a string of attacks after years of calm.

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police shot dead six suspected members of an Islamic militant group in Indonesia yesterday, they said, after a failed drive-by shooting targeting police officers in East Java.