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Businessman Robert Badal today issued a statement explaining his rationale for starting a new political party saying that successive administrations since independence have failed to address the challenges of the day.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after losing a vote in parliament today that means he is obliged to request a postponement.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early today as the city of 6 million descended into chaos amid riots that left a downtown building engulfed in flames and its metro system shuttered.

A drug treatment court is set for launch on Monday and those persons with substance abuse disorders  will have a chance for rehabilitation rather than being sent off to prison.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – China has banned the bulk shipment of black clothing and other items popularly used by Hong Kong protesters to the city, staff at Chinese courier firms said, as authorities grapple with often violent anti-government protests that have gripped the city.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – While traditionally formidable on home soil, India’s cricket teams have been known to struggle on their travels but West Indies batting great Brian Lara has said the current side are a force to be reckoned with anywhere in the world.

 (Trinidad Guardian) The pri­vate sec­tor must play a big­ger role in dri­ving the na­tion’s econ­o­my said Ryan Lewis, Di­rec­tor, Trinidad and To­ba­go Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA).

At 7:53am today, a Piper PA31 aircraft, registration 8R-HAI belonging to Capt.

Jean-Pierre Kingsley,  who served as Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer for 17 years,  has accepted the invitation of GECOM Chair Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh to provide technical electoral aid to the Chair.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Britain clinched an eleventh-hour Brexit deal with the EU today, more than three years after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the bloc, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson still faces a knife-edge vote in parliament to get it approved.

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George this afternoon struck out an application by attorney Anil Nandlall, for mandatory orders compelling Cabinet including the President to resign, and awarded costs against Nandall in the sum of $500,000.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday intercepted 94 lbs of suspected compressed marijuana at Parika.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had to abandon her policy speech because of jeering lawmakers today but later offered no direct olive branch to pro-democracy protesters, hoping instead to ease resentment by building more public housing.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced Australian duo Steve Smith and David Warner and West Indies opener Chris Gayle are among the most expensive players listed in Sunday’s draft for the new domestic tournament The Hundred.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Four pop­u­lar free to air net­works are ex­pect­ed to be pulled from lo­cal sub­scrip­tion TV broad­cast­ers from Jan­u­ary 1, 2020.

A West Coast Berbice rice farmer died on Monday evening after three men invaded his yard and one shot him in the region of his heart.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are among former cricketers who will return to the field for the Road Safety World Series in India next year.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police launched a corruption probe today to investigate the head of President Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) Luciano Bivar, a police source told Reuters.

A horrific accident early this morning on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road has left five persons, including a member of the Guyana Police Force, dead.