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Suspected sabotage to a fibre-optic cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) impacted over 25,000 customers on the West Demerara – but within a 24-hour period, mobile and internet services were restored.

President Irfaan Ali today said he has directed the Attorney General to ensure that the full force of the law is trained at purveyors of hate speech on social media.

President Irfaan Ali today met with the families of the three youths who were recently killed on the West Coast Berbice.

Seventeen-year-old Haresh Singh died of brain haemorrhaging and blunt trauma to the head compounded by compression injuries to the neck, according to a post-mortem report today.

Welcoming the restoration of calm on the Upper East Coast and West Bank of Berbice, PNCR Chair Volda Lawrence today urged the government and the Guyana Police Force to act with urgency to bring to justice those behind the gruesome murders of four young men in recent days.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stella Jean, the Haitian-Italian designer who has just announced a boycott of Milan Fashion Week, says she has suffered racism all her life.

LEZINNES, France,  (Reuters) – In a factory in rural France, a laser cuts through a hemp canvas on the production line of what the manufacturer says is Europe’s first compostable face mask.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Bolivia’s interim government led by President Jeanine Anez is using the justice system to persecute her predecessor Evo Morales and his allies and supporters, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Friday.

Guyana now has a total of 1750 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  cases after 47 additional COVID-19 cases were confirmed today and three additional deaths have also been recorded bringing the total number of deaths to 51.

Two Corentyne men have been remanded to prison for the murder of Orlando Jonas, who was fatally stabbed last Saturday evening along the Chesey Public Road.

The Police are investigating the murder of Lunisa Peters, age 24 years, unemployed of Lot 97 Supenaam Public Road and formerly of Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast which occurred yesterday at around 11.30 pm at the said address by a male,  age unknown, of Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast.

Members of the Joint Services this morning embarked on a mission to escort persons who were stranded in Region Five and other areas following unrest to their destinations. 

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks, the State Department said today, a move China called a violation of human rights.

Amid growing and deadly violence on the West Coast of Berbice, President Irfaan Ali tonight announced that he was mobilizing help from the Regional Security System and the UK government to aid the investigative capacity of the police force.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Prettipaul Hargobin, age 34 years, of Block BI Bath Settlement, WCB which occurred about 15:45 hrs today 2020-09-09 at Bath Settlement Public Road, WCB.

The Guyana Police Force today noted the continued attack on Law and Order on the West Coast Berbice and the recent murder of Haresh Singh, age 17, in the Backdam of No.

A 17-year-old boy, who is the grandson of one of the suspects in custody over the murder of Joel and Isaiah Henry, died today after he was found with head injuries and chop wounds along the Number 2 backdam.

(Reuters) – Coronavirus deaths in the United States were approaching 190,000 today along with a spike in new cases in the U.S.

PHNOM PENH,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A high-ranking Cambodian police official has been sacked over sexual misconduct at work in a landmark case in the Southeast Asian nation but will not be prosecution to “protect the dignity” of the women involved, a police official said.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir today confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.