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The Police say they are investigating a shooting incident which occurred on Saturday at about 6.39 pm   at Caesar Street, Agricola, EBD which left one man dead and another injured.

WINDHOEK, (Reuters) – A Namibian court denied the former Minister of Fisheries Bernhardt Esau bail today, following his arrest yesterday alongside a former senior manager of investment firm Investec on charges of corruption.

GAWU today said that GuySuCo has told it that it is planning for a new 55,000-tonne white sugar plant at Albion.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Three police were killed in a bomb blast late on Friday at a police station inColombia, after thousands gathered for renewed protests and sporadic looting erupted in the capital Bogota.

The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) led a Trade Mission to Guyana, from Wednesday to today, to engage in mutual trade with Guyanese companies. 

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, throwing him into a legal limbo and driving the country deeper into political crisis.

A meeting today between the two members of the governing APNU+AFC coalition ended with bright smiles and declarations of “excellent” as a revising of the Cummingsburg Accord has been agreed for the 2020 general elections.

Murder accused Marcus Brian Bisram today appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court where he was remanded to prison.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his opposition party’s election manifesto today, setting out his “radical” plans to transform Britain with public sector pay rises, higher taxes on companies and a sweeping nationalisation of infrastructure.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is set to benefit from five high-tech, long endurance drones valued at $180M which will boost the security of the country’s borders, maritime space and coastland.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A senior U.S. diplomat told lawmakers today that President Donald Trump expressly ordered him and others to help pressure Ukraine into investigating a political rival of the president, providing some of the most significant testimony to date in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry.

Donald Rodney, the brother of slain  WPA Leader Dr Walter Rodney, will mount a vigil from tomorrow outside of the Guyana Court of Appeal for a date of the hearing of his appeal against his 1982 conviction for the possession of explosives.

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Malta police arrested one of the country’s most prominent businessmen on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, two sources said.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Barbados was hit by serious power outages for a second day today, forcing schools and some businesses to close and hitting water supplies on the island.

Cabinet today said that it was distressed by the action taken by Troy Resources Limited in dismissing hundreds of workers and called on it to take measures to ensure that there is no further hardship to families.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A White House official testified in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump today that a phone call the president made to ask Ukraine to investigate his political rivals was improper, and denounced attacks on witnesses in the investigation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Donor governments and philanthropists pledged $2.6 billion today to help fund a worldwide polio eradication plan that has taken decades to reach what global health specialists say is now the “last mile”.

Troy Resources Guyana Inc has decided to terminate hundreds of employees while it continues to make efforts to restart operations.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police laid siege to a university today, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other weapons and stop them from fleeing amid fears of a bloody crackdown.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti needs international support to tackle an unfolding humanitarian crisis, President Jovenel Moise said in an interview, two months into anti-government protests that have exacerbated food insecurity in the Americas’ poorest nation.