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The recently elected President of Suriname,  Chandrikapersad Santokhi and his Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, and International Politics, Albert Ramdin will attend tomorrow’s inauguration of  Dr Irfaan Ali, as President of Guyana.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall today said that all public land deals made by the APNU+AFC administration since December 21st, 2018 are to be reviewed.

President Irfaan Ali (third from left), this morning, met with Maria Clara Duclos Carisio (second from left), Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana, Patricio Becker (left), Chilean Ambassador to Guyana and Felipe Alejandro Gardella, Argentine Ambassador to Guyana at the Office of the President.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Anil Nandlall, today met with the Professional, Managerial, Clerical and Secretarial staff of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) today advised members of the public to be wary of Pyramid and Ponzi schemes which are disguised as legitimate investments.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec.

Former President David Granger in a Facebook address today maintained his position that the declared results of the March 2nd elections were not acceptable and he accused the PPP/C government of giving former APNU+AFC government officials an unreasonable amount of time  to leave their lodgings.

Wilfred Rambarran, the owner of the property on which the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal is located, is claiming $13m per month in rental since April this year.

Lenox Shuman, the Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) will be the first Member of Parliament for the list-joinder parties which hold one seat in Parliament.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron toured Beirut’s shattered streets today, two days after a giant explosion, with crowds demanding the end to a “regime” of politicians they blame for corruption and dragging Lebanon into disaster.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – China’s Vivo will not be the title sponsor of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said today, amid a growing backlash against Chinese companies in India.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pupils preparing for the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination will do their work at home from today until the August 20 test – and bars and restaurants are now the biggest COVID-19 risk.

Nineteen new ministers were this afternoon appointed by President Irfaan Ali and the crucial portfolio of natural resources has gone to Vickram Bharrat.

President Irfaan  Ali will be swearing in members of his Cabinet, today at 3 pm at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, according to a notice from the Ministry of the Presidency.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda’s crumbling public hospitals, doctors’ strikes and corruption scandals make its success in the fight against the new coronavirus all the more unlikely.

AYODHYA, India,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of India’s most bloody communal violence.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 100 people, an official source familiar with the findings said.

(Trinidad Express) A man was stabbed to death during an altercation with another man at the home of a woman early Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has alleged the UNC is distributing truckloads of stoves, fridges and microwave ovens in the South and East and he told supporters to take them all and then vote for the PNM.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) captain Orwain Sandy was this morning sentenced to life in prison for what Justice Sandil Kissoon described as the heinous, brutal slaying of his partner Reona Payne, whom he shot 14 times back in 2018.